Randidly felt somewhat helpless a storm of his making that he couldnÆt control above him and hundreds of malicious baby spirits clinging to his back and glaring hatefully at the Master Is it too much to hope that I wonÆt look very dangerous to Number One
His beard billowing the Master swayed around the strikes He opened his left hand and closed it again robbing Number One of the dangerous attacks he used But Randidly didnÆt miss how the gesture was much slower than it had been ItÆs becoming more difficult for him to disperse the ripples and gather them If we push him a little further
Randidly sucked in a breath His mind rose and filled the sky The strange out of body experience made his head throb but he endured With his third attempt Randidly directly generated a horrifying maelstrom of electromagnetic radiation light radiation natural force and dangerous patterns He channeled all that force into a sharp wind and scythed down at the Master
A common wind blade that had tortured him immensely during his ascent now remade with enough power to obliterate even RandidlyÆs powerful body
Congratulations Your Skill Cutting Tide of Amenonuhoko has grown to Level 602
The Master took a step forward and grasped His fingers seemed to be rusted from the exaggerated slowness but all of RandidlyÆs force was suppressed The wind blade vanished plucked directly from existence Number One gathered himself and lashed out again but he paled as the Master seemed to ignore his drilling strikes and reached for the cup The mist stirred and the ripples began to curve back on themselves once more
You dare ignore me Number One howled He blurred into motion leaping forward with fully formed patterns empowering the motion All his potential seemed condensed into this sudden explosion Randidly prepared his own counterattack but then hesitated when the Master vanished and left the cup floating in the air And to his incredulity and alarm the Master appeared in front of him
Do you think your petty combination canÆt be broken Heh The MasterÆs eyes bored into Randidly Up close it was easier to feel the aura of timelessness that clung to his body I donÆt know how you avoided the defenses but the Path of Blood is very picky about its owner And you Heh Watch this I contest the Path of Blood
After he spoke the words Randidly felt something resonant in the sky His consciousnessÆs connection with the Path dimmed It hadnÆt been severed completely but during the challenge his influence had been reduced He stepped back and took a fighting stance but just ended up jerking right back forward he found his feet had been rooted to the ground His body swayed as he kept his balance RandidlyÆs eyebrows shot upward as he felt a strange surge of heat through his entire body He felt suddenly very very light His eyes widened in recognition This feeling
In front of him the dignified and respectful form of the Master visibly exploded His robe shredded as the manÆs body swelled into an impossibly large muscle bound brick house that would make any bodybuilder drool With a grin on his grotesque new face he raised a fist wrapped in pulsing veins The Path of Blood was one of my first Paths It harkens back to a more primitive time Therefore the challenge to rule it is very specific And for someone like you who cheated his way to the top
Stop Number One gathered up his whirlwinds and launched a volley at the MasterÆs back but Randidly felt his own power moving to stop the Number OneÆs attempts Without even his direction the imprint he left on the Path reached out and unraveled those whirlwinds by pulling apart the binding ripples that formed them
At least I know I can fare well against Number One RandidlyÆs lips twitched Then he turned to face the Master whose body twisted with kinetic force A punch from an arm as thick as an old growth oak tree accelerated at RandidlyÆs chest As for you
The punch landed Randidly didnÆt even have to take a step back The Master blinked in shock Even Number One stumbled stunned by the total lack of response
The familiar and comforting heat continued to spread through his limbs With the challenge for control over the Path of Blood the 99% physical restriction that Randidly had struggled under vanished without a trace He had an amused look on his face as he raised his hands and cracked his knuckles Based on the context IÆm guessing its my turn
Chapter 1840
You The Master released his words in a soft whisper The air around them stalled covered by the strange restriction that came along with the challenge He looked from his own fist to RandidlyÆs chest How is your body so powerful
Randidly squeezed his fist until his knuckles popped His blood stampeded through his veins bringing with it more and more physical power
He then leaned forward and whipped his arm around The motion was sharp and natural Just like when Randidly had been stuck the MasterÆs muscular form remained rooted to the ground Perhaps when the Master had looked like a frail scholar he could have dodged but his swollen body was essentially a punching bag to Randidly All fourteen hundred and ninety two of his Primordial Nether Juju burned to life Each of those individual Stats burned with a little extra potency at the moment due to the significance of this challenge
As soon as RandidlyÆs blow landed the challenge zone shattered The MasterÆs chest caved in beneath his fist revealing shards of broken ribs poking up through his fleshy sides RandidlyÆs connection to the sky immediately reasserted itself stronger than ever
However Randidly narrowed his eyes as the locked foot position vanished and the Master flew backward He seemed to have immediately sensed his inability to defeat Randidly in that way and threw himself to lessen the force of the blow And now borrowing the power of RandidlyÆs strike he rushed right back toward his cup
Number One grinned now that the barrier had vanished He had recovered more quickly than the Master and had been furious conjuring tiny whirlwinds Do you think IÆd miss this chance
Randidly flexed his fingers savoring the heat Another wave of attacks rushed toward the Master Despite having a fist sized depression deforming his chest he adroitly tumbled and grasped with his left hand The challenge had given him some time to deplete the suppressed ripples so he handled Number OneÆs attacks in a series of two quick snatches Then he waved his right hand physically backhanding Number One and sending him sprawling Compared to the average person the Master was probably quite imposing
This time he just picked the wrong opponent The heat in RandidlyÆs body flared
You two will pay The Master began but his words were cut off as Randidly landed in front of him with enough force to crack the ground
Randidly bent his knees his eyes wild with glee His image physicalizations flared an event horizon forming in his left eye grey black armor covering his torso and legs thick golden veins pulsing in his limbs The physical restrictions of the mountain were rapidly tightening on his body but for a few seconds Randidly had access to his actual dominant physical prowess He whipped a left hook around and slammed it into the MasterÆs side Even as the Master spat out a surprised gasp Randidly released disruptive ripples directly into his body That should slow down his healing
The Master was blasted sideways by RandidlyÆs strike but Randidly spun sideways and brought a vicious kick around that stopped the Master dead and folded him over like a sheet Burning with heat Randidly raised his hands and hammered the Master down into the ground By the time he bounced back up his preparations were complete Upstodatee from
RandidlyÆs fingers curled into a palm strike that he slammed against the MasterÆs side A dangerous core of grey energy ripped forward
Can you strike now that heÆs been pummeled Randidly asked the Unborn as his attack landed Spiraling patterns swam around his arm and dug into the MasterÆs side spraying blood in dribbling arcs across the stone ground Finally the restrictions caught back up to RandidlyÆs body