224 The Power Balance! (1/2)

But Krune didn't have time to think about it, that's because the wisp immediately started to launch a barrage of attacks. Not too surprisingly, that Divine Soul Realm wisp was also a long-ranged attacker. Of course, with its cultivation alone, most of its attacks were a lot more potent than the previous opponent.

Krune immediately activated his Tribulation Lightning movement and started to dodge. He might not be able to use it at full power output in human form, but it is definitely enough to at least keep himself in battle. Krune then brought out all his Hexagonal Flying Shields and was finally able to stand his ground.

The opponent attacks were an eye-opener for Krune, that's because it looked like the wisp was drawing out the spiritual energy that its body was made of. Krune had never tried anything like that before. Still, he could see that every time it happened, the wisp's core seemed to replenish the part that was used.

Only then did Krune understand the principle behind it.

'I'm such an idiot! I have always had so much extra and much easier to use spiritual energy, ready to be used, and I had never noticed it. My soul is inside my core, so my ethereal body isn't exactly that important. Now that I think about it, I have been hit on my core a few times before. Although it hurt when it happened, my ethereal body had never been affected. Not to mention that it had almost no use for the defense to start with.'

If not because Krune didn't want to show his wisp form, he would definitely try to do the same as his opponent.

Still, Krune was puzzled with the fact that the wisp had reached the Divine Soul Realm. As far as he knows, this illusion formation uses the ordinary level of the cultivation realm of the Universe. If there is a wisp here, it means that records of Divine Soul Realm wisps exist in this place.

'I will have to do research later. For a wisp to reach the Divine Soul Realm, there must be a reason for it here. Could it be a cultivation technique like mine?'

Krune finally stopped his thoughts and focused on the battle. It took some time to explain, but all his train of thoughts happened in just a little more than a second.

Krune then started to retaliate while making sure to protect himself with his Flying Shields.

”Tribulation Thunder Line!”

”Tribulation Blazing Wind Blades!”

”Myriad Tribulation Water Dragons!”

His opponent was just an illusion, so it had no emotions. That wisp used some attacks that looked remarkably like Krune's ones. Still, they didn't have the power of the Tribulation Lightning to increase the strength. Of course, as a Divine Soul Realm wisp, it was already enough to make Krune put his all on defense.

Outside, the examiner looked at Krune with puzzled eyes.

'That Lightning power is obviously the Tribulation type, but I've never heard about Purple Tribulation Lightning. Also, his Tribulation Lightning is much stronger than the common one, just how did he achieve this?'

There was another thing that he couldn't find an answer to.

'This Krune is at his limit on both attack and defense, so why isn't he going back to his true form? Demon Beasts in human forms usually are weaker. Could it be that he is an Ocean type demon beast or something like that?'

Krune didn't know what the examiner was thinking, but it didn't matter at the moment anyway.

'No holding back anymore. Although it will hurt my human body, I will have to bring the power of the Tribulation Lightning to higher output.'

”Tribulation Lightning, 80%!”

Krune and that wisp had been in a stalemate since the start of the battle. But now that Krune increased the Tribulation Lightning power in plus 30%, his attacks power surpassed the Divine Soul Realm wisp.

Speed, Strength, Elemental Control, Krune's overall combat prowess increased at that moment in exchange for damaging his human body. Of course, this is just an Illusion Formation. Krune's real human body is still fine outside it.

'This should be enough!'

The speed that Krune got hurt wasn't as fast as the wisp in the distance. Some of Krune's attacks started to hit its core one after another, and after not soo long, the wisp's core finally cracked. It wasn't enough to kill the wisp, but definitely enough to defeat it. The illusion Formation considered that the Divine Soul Realm wisp had no chance of victory anymore and immediately dispersed it.

Krune wasn't much better either, so he didn't even wait for the next opponent to appear before immediately exiting the Formation. He knows that for him to battle the 2nd Stage Divine Soul Realm, he would need to rely on his Wisp Form. Not to mention that he used a lot of Spiritual and Elemental Source Energy in the battle against the wisp, so his victory wouldn't be assured anyway.

Outside, the examiner looked at Krune's group as if they were a bunch of monsters! Still, he couldn't be happier with this outcome.

”Good! Those who have defeated at least one opponent can follow me to make the registration.”

The examiner then looked at Krune and the others and smiled.

”Now that I think about it, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Rueter Kaves, I'm one of the examiners of this branch.”

Krune and the others complimented Rueter and followed him. On their way to the registration office, Krune decided to ask the examiner about that wisp.