This was empowered with one of the three wishes from the SunÆs Teardrops Belt It was an emerald cannonball crackling with golden electricity that struck Paolo solidly in the chest and sent him shooting backward His leather armor was destroyed and the flesh of his chest was smoldering but Randidly was relieved to see that the man had survived
Looks like he invested pretty heavily in Physical Defense If he hadnÆt well this would challenge would certainly have taken another turn
As Paolo shot toward the stands and Alana was forced to leap up and prevent him from physically crushing some spectators Kayle moved forward like a silent reaper But the image of the Ashen Phantom physically imposed itself between Randidly and Kayle
Kayle frowned and slashed out with the same powerful Skill that was able to cut Randidly while he was dodging The maroon dagger fingers of the Ashen Phantom clashed against KayleÆs knives and a cold icicle of pain shot through RandidlyÆs head
It was difficult to condense the image into something capable of resisting a Skill from another individual even with RandidlyÆs extremely high stats Grimacing he endured the mental strain and focused on his arm Flame come
At his beckoning emerald fire flickered to life around his shoulder bridging the gap between himself and the metal arm But that wasnÆt enough Soon he envisioned the golden writing of Yggdrasil Behind him the sound of rustling leaves emerged
Luckily Kayle was still frowning at the monster between them I donÆt have time for you
But the Ashen Phantom was a creature of need Released of its bounds and given almost all of RandidlyÆs mental strength it shrieked and cut forward through the air With quick movements Kayle drew and threw several gleaming knives They tumbled end over end striking at the relatively weaker joints in the Ashen PhantomÆs body
One cracked its knee while another found a home in the burning socket of its eye The most debilitating shattered the PhantomÆs ribs and filled the air with the spray of bones Each wound was a blow against RandidlyÆs psyche and he trembled as he endured the layered mental agonies and tried to control Mana Engraving and Ignition of the Emerald Essence at the same time
Slowly the golden glow of the writing shifted to burn emerald
Despite its wounds the Ashen PhantomÆs ungainly body charged forward and struck out at Kayle In terms of stubbornness it had no equal KayleÆs two supporters moved forward but he waved them back Some things need to be done personally Besides canÆt you feel how he is weakening
Randidly pressed his lips into a line it was true The area influenced by the cloud of ash around the Ashen Phantom was shrinking The image wasnÆt losing definition but it was becoming more difficult to manage And at the same time
RandidlyÆs flesh was sputtering and burning as he worked on his other pressing issue
Deflecting the Ashen PhantomÆs strike Kayle lanced a knife through its chest in his resposite Then he twisted and blade and cut upward shattering one of the bones in the Ashen PhantomÆs upper arm With a hiss the Ashen Phantom drew back Although it did not know fear it was growing wary of Kayle
Abruptly the cloud of ash shrank even further but the Ashen Phantom sucked that ash in to condense a substitute bone to keep its shattered arm functional With an ash cloud that had shrunk to the point where its scrawny body could be seen it once more raised its hands in a vicious promise
But Kayle wasnÆt giving it the time to take the initiative With six quick attacks its leg one of its hands and part of its remaining front teeth were hacked off The bones tumbled to the ground and the Ashen Phantom staggered backward It had faded to a flimsy flickering shadow but still it struggled to recover
Warning Damage to your Skills is accumulating
If this continues Skills may
I fucking know Randidly hissed The Ashen Phantom didnÆt collapse however The remaining ash spiraled behind it to reform its severed leg Rather than a human leg this was closer to the leg of a grasshopper folded and spindly And when the ash rushed to fill its hand the appendage twisted into a vicious bear claw gaining mass with the last bits of ash
The repurposed limbs looked oversized and strange on its skeletal frame So much so that Kayle laughed
This is your image ItÆs more monster than anything else at this point Which makes this very easy Sever
But the Ashen Phantom disappeared at the last second and KayleÆs Skill struck nothing but air Tilting his head he looked up at Randidly His eyes widened
Once more Randidly was standing with Acri raised grimacing through the pounding headache he had acquired from the series of mental gymnastics he had endured But in that time he had added burning lines of emerald fire that twisted upward from his metal shoulder into the flesh spreading in a radiating shape
With Mana Engraving he had bonded the limb to himself It hurt like a bitch but it would mean that any further attacks to the binding would be pointless
And also
Behind him a dark cloud of ash slowly gathered All across the arena a wind picked up Flakes of blood and ash spread earlier by RandidlyÆs image were now slowly pulled back to the source His grin was wide and feral
Nothing is eternal Especially Strength Especially weakness Randidly said softly
Synergy detected
Due to loss of integrity your Skillsets the 7 Kata of the Ashen Spear and the 6 Signs of the Spear Phantom « are merging Warning this process may result in a reduction in rarity as the synergy rate may be low
Calculating Synergy Rate
Randidly used every ounce of his remaining mental strength and significant Willpower to press forcing those two Skillsets closer to each other within himself He recalled every second of desperate practice with the Root Avatars and with Helen He recalled the years of training with both and his struggle to distill them down to their essence
And now forced backward by the tightly woven teamwork of the Number 1 and 2 Squads of Donnyton Randidly was done being gentle with himself
Unable to determine Synergy
Merge
MERGE
The image of that misshapen monster appeared in RandidlyÆs mind Then he flexed his fingers
Congratulations Your Skillsets have merged into the Descent of the Grim Chimera
Chapter 934
Paolo brushed himself off and frowned at Alana Does this mean IÆm disqualified
Alana glanced back toward the arena Kayle continued to dismantle RandidlyÆs strange skeleton creature while Randidly seemed to be setting his own shoulder on fire It must hurt But AlanaÆs instincts told her allowing him to continue with the process would be a bad idea Not that she could do anything about it as a spectator
Which Alana didnÆt really mind All in all it was a very good fight to watch
Then she scratched her head At this rate she could sense Randidly was going to turn the fight around It would be a shame if Paolo couldnÆt participate in the rest of it Well Technically no but
Sighing Paolo nodded in agreement You cushioned my fall To protect civilians but I should bear that interference not Randidly So punch me Once in the stomach To even up the damage
The two were standing in the five meter crater that Alana hadnÆt been able to prevent Paolo from making in the stands Randidly had truly smashed him back with a huge amount of force And to stop that momentum Alana had used a spear strike Even then this was the damage that resulted
The people who Alana had shoved out of the way gazed at the two of them with wide eyes
How hard Helen asked half heartedly even though she thought she knew what the answer would be
As hard as you can PaoloÆs face was covered in blood from his shattered nose but it was nowhere close to the damage that RandidlyÆs spell had wrought on his chest The flesh was blackened and burnt with puss and blood leaking out from the cracked wounds Even Alana had been shocked at how powerful that single spell had been
Something to watch out for when she finally got her turn to walk out onto the stage