Chapter 175: Spirit Mode (1/2)

Nags, who was still standing on a tree branch spectating the fight could not believe his own eyes.

Was Moby the first person to ever wield 2 abilities or did his ability also include purple ice as part of its repertoire?

At this point, he was not able to tell. But, since Jason was swiftly defeated he knew that it was his turn and he could take his time forcing the information out of him. He did not care for saving Jason just like he promised, he brought it upon himself and now he was about to face the consequences.

Nevertheless, before he went down to Moby's location, he decided to verify Jason's theory of there possibly being someone that was in the forest before he had erected his barrier and that person was the one who used the ice ability to win by using a dirty tactic.

Yet, just like he expected, after hopping around from tree to tree around the area, he found absolutely nothing, meaning that Moby's claims were no bluff.

However, as he was ready to hop down from the trees to reveal himself, something even more unexpected happened, making Nags laugh like a mad man, clenching his stomach before once again sitting back to enjoy the show.

Moby's strategy of luring Jason into water where his ice powers were buffed was very risky in more ways than one, especially since he did not know how much better his basic ice manipulation skill had strengthened his ice powers as he did not have time to test it out due to the fact that he was searching for Ray all day.

It was his only choice since all he had left was his nearly full reserve of mana since his demon energy was all but depleted.

He took a massive gamble since this was his first-ever time testing out his ice powers after his boost and he would be lying to say that he was disappointed. It worked out much better than he expected. The ice, using the water as a means to strengthen it, was relatively easy to control and it was extremely difficult for Jason to break off as he was still in a very injured state, more than he could have ever dreamt of getting out of his ability from before.

Moby now stood up straight from his previous hunch and removed his arm that was clenched onto another one like it was broken as he had no more reasons to pretend or overplay his injuries in order to lure in his opponent since he already got him right where he wanted him.

As Moby approached Jason's frozen body to do what he had to do, he began to hear small cracks coming from his direction. At first, he thought that he must have stepped on a twig or that he must have just imagined it. However, when he looked back over at Jason, he noticed large cracks beginning to appear on the ice surrounding him, making it shake like crazy.

This made Moby panic as he knew what this meant, Jason was somehow about to free himself from the ice prison binding him. Moby threw away all of his previous plans and focused on just solely killing Jason before he was able to completely break out.

He sprinted straight towards him with all of his might, instinctively putting his hand out in order to blast his demon energy only for it to not work.

As he cursed his stupidity he shifted to using his other energy source that he was not used to having just yet, his mana.

He lifted his hands in the air and with the aid of the water surrounding him, he created 5 spears of ice, immediately throwing them towards Jason, aiming straight for his head in order to deal the finishing blow.

However, right before the spears could make impact, they were suddenly and abruptly blocked by wing-like, blue, unknown energy that almost seemed to be fuel by soundwaves that emerged from Jason's back.

”What the fuck is that!?” Moby blurted out in shock as he was unable to understand what had just happened, and what kind of power that was.

His attacks seemed to be ineffective, so the only thing he could do was try his best to hold Jason in place by strengthening his ice. He knew that it would undoubtedly waste a great chunk of mana doing so but he had to take the chance just in case that it worked.

He lifted both of his hands out in front of him as he began to strengthen his ice prison, sweat running down his face. Yet, despite all his efforts, he was still unable to keep up with the rate the ice was breaking, making him internally curse as he watched the scene he did not want to see unfold right in front of his eyes.

Before he knew it, Jason was now free, free to do whatever he wanted as he laughed maniacally, his wings flapping as he floated in the air above the river with a beyond crazy look on his injured, bloody face, a few visible veins popping out.

”Hahahaha! I'm free! You sly little fucking bug! I'm finally free! Did you miss me? You really thought you had me didn't you bitch!? But seems like all your little tricks have run out! You have no idea what I'm gonna do to your ass! Just you wait! I'll show you what true power looks like! I'll fucking tear you to shreds and piss on your remains before I feed them to the dogs! There's no getting away this time!” Jason shrieked like he had completely lost his mind, celebrating his newly acquired freedom with deranged laughter.

Blue, sound energy with what looked like musical notes surrounded his entire body. The energy formed more than just 2 wings that sprouted out of his back, but also 2 extra-long ears coming out of his head, a small, thin tail that protruded from his behind, short yet sharp claws, and the same kind of blue, sound energy glowing from his eyes.

He looked exactly like a bat… The connection was unmistakable.