The fingers of the carrion wriggled and sank more deeply into the target leading to that light faltering just as soon as it had come Yet it swung a vicious weapon at RandidlyÆs back despite its deepening wounds
Randidly smirked You are going to regret lashing out while wounded Marred Yet Reliable Foundation of Yggdrasil Diffracted Corruption of the Avaricious Impossibility Cloak of Utter Night
The base layer was his body refined with new anchors and polished flesh to be impossibly durable Then came a layer of pure corruption the shroud of the Stillborn PhoenixÆs event horizon which could warp time space and energy And finally Randidly wrapped himself in the inky inviolability of the deep night
When the scythe with its weakening light sunk into those defenses it barely managed to cut through the thick substance of night In the face of the distorted layer of corruption it could advance no further
Congratulations Your Skill Darkness Withers the Horizon and the Waiting Carrion Grins has grown to Level 990
Randidly lowered himself into a three point stance the toes of each foot and the knuckles of his left arm pressing against the ground He used the other hand to reach down and squeeze the harpoon spear version of Acri wrapped around his waist The weapon trilled understanding his intentions immediately
Both Elhume and the Prophet stopped speaking looking with alarm at the sudden shift
From the Alpha Cosmos the other two pieces of the transformed Acri emerged The heavy spearhead the glittering blade as large as a gravestone cracked the reinforced ground with its weight The articulate thorny tentacleÆd Thorn imitation rolled and climbed up wrapping its base tightly around RandidlyÆs waist Then its long appendages began weaving themselves together into a resilient massive single cord
Every muscle in RandidlyÆs body burned with excitement violence and anticipation He had practiced this form before but never had the opportunity to use it against a genuine foe But now he wanted to strike decisively especially against Elhume He needed overwhelming physical force
A blow so decisive the fist user would be cowed At least for a little while after such a loss his image wouldnÆt be a threat to Randidly
While the vine body finished weaving itself into a tail Randidly unleashed his image physicalizations This display placed quite a bit of strain on the Stillborn Phoenix but it bore it well enough as it condensed in the hole in SulfurÆs palm his left hand transforming into an event horizon
RandidlyÆs back arched and then flexed He gritted his teeth in displeasure as gnarled sharpened roots forced themselves out of the thick muscles of his back bare branches stretching wider and wider into a horrid approximation of wings Shadows flickered along their length the currently well fed carrion skittering happily back and forth
His body became the Dread Homunculus all intensity and armored joints a being designed to shatter the limit of the possible His skin darkened into an armored substance glistening and deadly in the dark red flashing coming from the humanity ritual
As he remained crouched there his three images singing together Acri used the massive appendage to pick up the third of his three pieces the massive spearhead The Dread Homunculus looked forward with focused eyes one of its hands a swirling blank oblivion Vicious looking roots stretched out from his back into the vague approximation of featherless wings
And a massive scorpionÆs tail swayed above his head This was his most monstrous form all his transgressions made physical
A split second before Randidly moved Elhume seemed to finally realize how serious a situation it had become You mean to
When Randidly moved the ground shattered His left hand led his back the event horizon shredding through the intervening space to assist in his deceptively immediate acceleration He didn’t pull any emotional affect from his emotional sea because his whole being focused on the channeling of energy He was image physicalizations and momentum nothing more Neveah had to reach through him keeping his storm of kinetic force in the proper rotation nudging the energies swirling around that clay body in order to avoid it all collapsing
Opposite him Elhume straightened He had just enough time to pull back a fist and throw it forward his image of the void flaring and expanding into a destructive squall He trusted Randidly too much he didnÆt hold anything back
RandidlyÆs scorpion tail the massive Acri portion shooting forward ghosted out to meet the punch There wasnÆt a collision just a vicious severing
ElhumeÆs right arm tumbled through the air and bounced off the ground Blood leaked out of the torn flesh and dribbled across the clay body of humanity
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Even Randidly felt a thrill of shock as his bare feet skidded across the ground behind Elhume his toes curling to carve up little trenches of dirt and disperse his momentum He had enough speed after the impact to have careened forward destroying his way through the entire base ElhumeÆs arm tumbled end over end in his wake spattering blood across the clay figure and then rolling to a stop
Randidly turned around releasing a steaming breath His eyes glittered and his hands tingled It had almost been too easy becoming the unstoppable monster His body his Nether and his Aether physicalizations all came into alignment The density and weight of the massive Acri spearhead served as the perfect blade to cleave apart any obstacle in front of him Randidly couldnÆt be sure from just a single utilization but with how tightly bound all his power had been in the movement perhaps this form would even be able to withstand the tide of Nether dragged around by Deganawidah
He would slice his way through giving himself enough of an opening to land a blow But that was for later
ElhumeÆs image contracted rapidly around him all the concentrated force he had gathered sheered in half and rapidly turning into pure blasts of force All this Randidly seized and pulled into his storm of kinetic force churning around the room A maelstrom hovered ever closer above the sparking embryo of humanity their rotations quickly coming into alignment
Randidly shook himself focusing back on the moment He straightened the scorpion tail lowering itself to the ground to keep him balanced flicking fitfully back and forth His Nether Core pumped another solid flow of significance through his veins steadying him readying him for another pass
If necessary
Elhume took another step backward obviously very thrown by how totally he had lost in the brief clash He was turning just as RandidlyÆs event horizon housing hand grabbed him by the front of his robe Randidly briefly allowed the Stillborn Phoenix to flare devouring the remnants of ElhumeÆs image and emotions before that righteous fury could come roaring back before the misguided belief that Randidly would threaten Pine would come roaring back
Well Randidly admitted privately I do have a rather dangerous gamble to make on the subject of Pine But that will come later
He did not spare Elhume at all just sucking away anything he could slurp up with the image The last embers of resistance disappeared past the edge of the event horizon
Congratulations Your Skill Hypothetical Gaze that Consumes the Universe has grown to Level 1010
With a sharp twist Randidly whipped Elhume across the battlefield in the direction of the Patron of the Borrowed The Vulpine had largely just been staring at the confrontation but managed to get his arms up in time to catch ElhumeÆs body
Randidly felt a strange sense of unease and sent one more glance over at the crumpled form of Elhume When the Hungry Eye had turned on Elhume it had pulled from his depths and found surprisingly little Was that because he managed to resist the pull Or was he truly that hollowed out at the moment
He pursed his lips as he turned to face the Prophet So many small details demanded his attention but the large issues were more pressing And you Do you need a demonstration