Chapter 443: Energy Force (1/2)
”Screee!” The Tier 3 Steel Porcupine screamed and hissed in pain, thrashing about as the corrosive property imbued in the aura and psychic energy seeped into its body, damaging it both externally and internally.
The lightning bolts numbed it, preventing it from reacting instantly. The moment the first bolt of lightning landed on it, numerous others were soon attracted towards it. After all, the entire ground was covered by the forest of blades, metallic in nature.
They became conductors of electricity. And, the body of the Steel Porcupine became the perfect sink for them, so all the electricity flowed towards it, both as the lightning bolts, and arcs of voltage passing through the metallic surface.
This amplified the damage dealt by the attack to a tremendous extent. The Steel Porcupine bore all the electrical discharge, including the corrosion that attacked it from time to time. Ten seconds later, the air returned to its base state as the lightning bolts disappeared.
The sounds of thunder too numbed down before vanishing, making the place echo with the sounds of the wind that had been generated thanks to the attacks. The body of the Steel Porcupine lay on the ground, buried under a couple of blades that had melted.
The molten blades had melted through its body and had solidified, causing it to become stuck to the floor. Its own attack had caused its doom. The Steel Porcupine weakly lifted its head, looking up to only spot the two white structures.
Even until the end, its attacker hadn't come out. Its eyes closed as it plopped on the ground with a mild thud.
Hovering behind the Web World, an Amplifier's eyes shone green as he gazed at the Steel Porcupine, remaining in a frown for a good minute before smiling, ”It's dead now.”
”Yeah!” Everyone cheered as Ashten patted Jyorta's shoulder, ”That was impressive.”
”Thanks,” Jyorta panted as Laekha Walta continued to heal him, alleviating his exhaustion.
”I only have enough psychic energy to heal you once more.” Laekha Walta retracted her psychic arms as conversed about something with George.
”Let's hurry,” Dalna Doppler said, causing everyone to pause and look at her. She then gazed at the Tier 3 Spindle Bee beside Jyorta, ”How many more minutes do you have?”
”Hm,” Jyorta closed his eyes and sensed the tattoo using his aura, commenting at the end, ”Only about 45 minutes.”
”We still have four more Frenzy Beasts to deal with,” Dalna Doppler then gazed towards the other domes, saying her piece, ”We'll face the Rigordile next, followed by the Lava Turtle, Floating Spider, and finally, the River Whale.”
Upon noticing the gazes of confusion from others, she said, ”This Graduation Ceremony's endpoint is the River Whale. It does not seem like it, but it is the strongest of all the Developers here. Moreover, we are outmatched in a fight with it.”
”What you said makes sense,” Jyorta nodded, recalling the thickness of the film of water a River Whale could make at Tier 3. Moreover, at this stage, its Trait would have developed further, allowing it to subtly modify the shape of its film of water. This way, just its passive ability would be tremendously powerful. It was not to mention its Tier 3 Skill.
Moreover, it was a tank. And, as the students were only Tier 2, they didn't have any ranged or energy-based attacks. Therefore, they would have to expend everything they had to fight it. So, fighting it the last would be the best bet they could make.
Everyone picked up sturdy blades the Steel Porcupine had unleashed, also ensuring to rip out the body length spikes it had saved up. Then, they swiftly flew towards the dome with the Rigordile.
The dome had a layer of water spanning a depth of three metres. It wasn't much, but it gave the Rigordile enough water to move around.
The moment they entered the dome, the Tier 3 Spindle Bee directly activated its Tier 3 Skill and slammed a barrage of spindles through the entire area, immediately causing the Rigordile to go on the defensive.
The layer of water wasn't enough to absorb the momentum behind the spindles. After all, even when it lay flat, the body of the Rigordile was barely underwater. Its Tier 3 version was a massive Frenzy Beast.
The Rigordiles didn't grow as big as the Lava Turtles, but they were still considerably huge. Moreover, the Lava Turtles only blew up in size from Tier 4 onwards. Until then, the River Whales were the biggest of the Tier 3 Frenzy Beasts, followed by the Rigordiles.
But, what they wished to achieve with their attacks didn't occur. For, with a flap of its tail, the water started to form currents, causing it to move at tremendous speeds within it. Moreover, the layer of water slowly began to change shape, rising up as pillars as the Rigordile made arching pathways through it.
Tier 3 Skill—Forged Water!