Chapter 375 - 328 : Visto (1/2)

”I must say… I greatly underestimated you even after seeing your monstrous strength.”

Losha got up and patted the snow off her clothes whilst smiling. Though she was a bit angry at herself as she was too overconfident, she was still delighted to have a powerful disciple, albeit temporary.

With a talented and powerful disciple, there's only so much you can teach him/her. Moreover, she only has three months at most, which is why no time should be wasted.

Nevertheless, Losha wasn't going to stop before having a little spar with Arthur. Lucy is an inborn genius and has a powerful physique but what about him?

While its true his strength and speed are out of the norm, they still aren't enough to penetrate the Diamond Physique.

Arthur was already in his peak state and Losha wasn't severely injured. Although Lucy's last blow was kind of unexpected and did cause damage, it wasn't enough to weaken the reincarnator.

Very soon, Lucy's bloodied arm returned to normal. It was completely healed within twenty seconds, mainly thanks to the Life Energy can wield. He can barely use it but it was more than enough to heal such a meager injury.

Both parties stood facing each other in this half-destroyed arena, which was, more or less, returned to normal after Losha did something to get rid of the snow and ice in this underground area.

Arthur wasn't planning to reveal all his cards but he won't admit defeat that easily too. With his absolute speed, he can certainly come up with a few tricks to wound her, even for a bit.

”A mistake can only be made once. I'm not going to underestimate you.”

As she said that, Losha's body was covered in Diamond yet again. However, unlike earlier, even her face, arms, and legs, changed and were shining. By no means did she become ugly, in fact, she resembled a beautiful statue.

She wasn't releasing any killing intent or attacking him yet Arthur still felt an invisible pressure that weighed down on him. It was the pressure you feel when you're inferior to an enemy.

Seeing that the enemy is ready to receive some blows, Arthur readied himself by activating [Transmutation]. His body was quickly enveloped by green lightning which greatly boosted his stat, however, this was but the beginning. Two talismans were crushed, one was the Light Talisman which increased his attack speed by 15% and the other was a Lightning Talisman which augmented his movement speed by 10%.

The next skill to be activated was [Eternium], the natural lightning was consumed by the Dark Magic, which turned Arthur into a black and ominous silhouette. Last but not least was [Angel of Death], its active effects are overpowered and the cost wasn't that much as it's almost negated by his extremely high Mana and Nether Energy recovery.

Since it's a spar, Arthur chose not to use [Griffin's Bloody Switch] as it permanently consumed Mental Power. From the appearance of a normal human(while ignoring the grey hair and the scarred eye), Arthur now was truly an angel of death. You could see two massive wings behind his back, the right was one as white as snow and emitted an angelic, almost heavenly aura. As for the right one, it was grey and was composed of creepy bones, it emanated the aura of death and decay.

These supposedly opposite auras were harmoniously living together inside of his body, not causing any backlash. Every now and then, you could see a green lightning spark around Arthur, whose appearance totally made Losha speechless.

”W-”

Before she could talk, he vanished from her sigh and by the next sect, she was hit from the back and was forced to take two steps to stabilize her body. This assault was only the beginning as Arthur's speed was literally unequaled, he only left after-images as hundreds of blows landed on Losha, who was no different than a sandbag.

Even Her Diamond body showed signs of shattering after a minute passed. She received no less than a thousand blows from him and he showed no signs of stopping.

The reincarnator swallowed the bit of blood that accumulated in her mouth and strengthened her physique even more.

'To demonstrate such speed… this is surely taxing to him.'

Losha's thought was definitely on point. Though it seemed he was faring well, Eternium alone consumed a large amount of Mental Power every second and if you add the other activated skills, it becomes mentally exhausting. However, Arthur can continue fighting in this state for much longer than Losha's predicted.

When only thirty seconds were left for the end of the spar. Arthur stopped his nonstop assault and stood a few meters away from Losha. As he noticed her unusual expression, he grinned and said

”Shall we end with a big boom?”

His question was left unanswered as he charged again. He deliberately didn't use any of his powerful skills and only relied on his extreme speed and high strength to continuously damage her and it was more than enough to shock her. The skill he's about to use if one of the first skills he had ever gotten, it is called [Dark Burst] and it magnifies the force behind any physical attacks he does. It is better used when using his fists or legs as its effect is greatly weakened when battling with weapons.

Maybe, for some, it may seem idiotic to finish this incredible combo with a punch, and a slow one at that. Yet Arthur was more than confident that it'll incredible damage.

Dark Burst was magnifying the Death Energy in his right hand. His figure vanished as it transformed into a streak of black and white light that made its way toward the prepared Losha.

His form quickly appeared when he was merely inches away from her, his fist was flying straight at her abdomen. The fist, which was supposedly dark due to the effect of [Eternium], was now totally grey as malicious black flames revolved around it.

At first, when he made contact with the diamond body, he felt a momentary pause before his fish went right in, crushing the diamond and sending her flying like a kite.

Her body crashed into the wall and then fell on the ground, leaving a few bloodstains. A bit of blood leaked out of her lips but her expression wasn't of a pained person but a startled one.

”No wonder you were so confident. You can also manipulate Death Energy.”

Death Energy contained decaying properties so it can counter her Diamond Physique though not as much as Void Magic, which is considered one of the strongest if not the strongest Magic.

'See? She isn't so invincible after all.'

Hearing Arthur, Claud scoffed and retorted mockingly

'Ha! You barely scratched the bitch. Don't forget she only relied on her Physique, she didn't even use Nether Energy which can strengthen the Physique. Moreover, she didn't even move or defend herself, she just remained still. Trust me, if it were a real fight, you will survive for no more than five seconds.'

Arthur snorted and didn't try to argue with his copy, who greatly hates Losha for some reason. Losha only needed ten seconds to recover from Arthur's blows. She stretched her body then walked up to the couple, who remained silent and waited for her to talk.

”Now that I've seen what you can do, shall we begin?”

Her speech was directed to Lucy, as for Arthur, she sparred him only because she was curious about his ability and indeed, he didn't disappoint her. Contrary to Lucy, Arthur is fit for continuous and long-lasting battles with powerful opponents. As for her new disciple, Lucy, she's good at dealing high damage to several enemies or one-shot entities stronger than her. Her saber skills are more than enough to kill those annoying flies that may appear every now and then, as for the Gun, it's used for emergency cases, or so speculated Losha.

The only thing that bothered her was Lucy's flame which she used when they first met. She didn't use it in the spar, which left Losha curious about their origin. They are unlike any flames she had seen in her two lives and the damage they did to her was considerable.

…

Both Lucy and Losha went to the latter's residence, which was actually in the Southern Regions of the Green-Leaf World. Losha managed to build a two-way formation from the blacksmith shop to her residence and vice-versa. Arthur intended to go with them at first but decided to schedule that for later as he planned to visit Jian Si.

As he was left alone in the Imperial City, Arthur decided to lay low for a while before infiltrating Cold Sword's sect.

'It has been around two weeks since we left Astria. It'll take another month or so for Gutcha to hide the first box.'

With that in mind, Arthur planned to familiarize himself with the factions in this city. There was no better host than the Mirage Era Hall. The couple built a rather friendly relationship with Shu Ru and they even helped her subdue the Yin Beast so she could tame it.

Though she first felt guilty since she caused them troubles by leading them to Losha, once all the problems were solved and explained to Shu Ru, it became possible for them to continue their harmonious friendship.

Every time Arthur remembers the piercing glare Lucy gave him when she warned him not to meddle into a women's problems, he could feel his whole body shiver.

To be honest, Lucy wanted to accompany Arthur, however, he insisted that she follows Losha. The reincarnator may be a bit crazy in the head but she appeared quite competent and with the presence of the Fate Contract, there's nothing to fear.

Makaze was also given to the blacksmith so she can fix it, which means Arthur's prowess decreased by more than 40%. As long as she doesn't piss off any powerful God Monarch, he shouldn't have any problem. Moreover, in case something dire happened, Losha handed him something akin to Life Crystal which will warn her if he's severely injured or on the verge of death.