CHAPTER 390: RESONANT EDGE (1/2)

If my hunch was correct, each time she launched herself off those fiery bursts, she had to use up her mana; it wouldn’t make sense otherwise. In contrast, my ability to fly did use up some physical strength as well as mana, but those were miniscule compared to hers.

In other words, I could just drag this fight out into a battle of endurance. While that might not be the most glorious of victories, it was still a win.

As Mo Ning continued launching herself off those fiery bursts, she had to dodge an array of lashes from my Darkness Whip and my Mana Feathers. She tried multiple times to speed up, but I always maintained a decisive edge over her. Furthermore, my ranged attacks were more varied than hers -she only had those flame breaths to spit at me.

Because I was afraid that she wouldn’t be able to survive some of my deadlier spells, I hadn’t used any Nether Flames yet. My new and improved Vengeful Soul which I learnt from Mo Na was out of the picture as well.

Still, even without this auto-pursuit skill that was Vengeful Soul, I had other tricks up my sleeves, like my Bone Spears.

Ever since we stepped into Purgatory, I hadn’t used any of my Undead spells, because my talents in that field weren’t up to par. Well, it was worse than Mo Na’s anyway. Of course, there were other reasons as well… like the fact that whenever I cast those spells, the effects were less than desirable…

However, in this situation where I wasn’t trying to injure my opponent, they were perfect for hindering Mo Ning.

That was why when I lashed at her and fired off my Mana Feathers, I threw out my Bone Spears as well. My Bone Spears were considered both physical and magical spells at the same time, and her red shield seemed to only be effective against magical damage seeing as she made sure to dodge all of my spears.

With my vast pool of mana, I could easily throw out a hail of such low level spells. Faced with such a massive force, even Mo Ning didn’t dare face them head-on. Thanks to that, our distance was maintained at a comfortable twenty meters apart.

Twenty meters was a distance that was neither too far apart, nor was it too close. In order for Mo Ning to cover this distance, she definitely needed more than one second.

Just as a single Bone Spear was about to hit her, she suddenly boosted herself upwards in a fiery burst. She then used that Bone Spear as a launching pad to dodge even more Bone Spears. I would have never expected a horse to be capable of such… deft maneuvers had I not seen this firsthand. From where I was flying, I could only watch as she steadily closed the gap using the Bone Spears which were supposed to hinder her.

‘What the heck was that? Movement Skills, like those martial arts movies? Horse Taking Off Like Swallows? No… more like Horse Steps On Spears…’

I was furiously backpedalling with my wings while maintaining a close eye on Mo Ning. Thanks to that, I could watch in excruciating detail as her silhouette got ever bigger by the second. I knew she wasn’t happy about the fight so far, so a furious counterattack was about to happen next. Her mouth opened up slightly and turned in my direction. In all likelihood, she was gathering up mana for an attack.