131 Battle with the Abomination Elemental Spirit Part 1 (2/2)
Bang! Bang! Bang!
At the same time, Shin didn't cancel his descend. In fact, he even accelerated downwards.And when Grimrace saw that, he immediately uses another 'Shadow Escape' to put some distance.
Unfortunately for him, the moment he uses that skill, Shin also uses his 'Void Steps' skill to directly appeared in front of the Shadow Spirit while having a sword-drawing stance. And immediately after that, Shin quickly pulled the [Yamato] out from its sheath before swinging it rightwards.
Shing!
Grimrace hops towards his back while leaning his body backward to dodge the unsheathed sword. But something unexpected happened when an ice-cold silver crescent sword Qi was release from Shin's sword.
'Class Fighting Style: Lunar Flash'
Swoosh!
It is too late for Grimrace to create a barrier or an armor to protect him from the incoming sword Qi, so he just summons a small round-shield that is made of shadow on the path of the sword Qi to lessen the damage that he will take from it.
Bang!
-1 277 560(Slowed)
-3 636(Chilling Damage)
The damage looks massive but it is just a scratch for Grimrace's HP as it only fell with 1% of its total. And because of that, Shin immediately starts doing his so-called 'Frost-Flame Combo Barrage'.
Then the [Yamato] suddenly set ablaze as he swings it downwards and sending a blazing black sword Qi towards Grimrace.
'Extra Skill: Flame Burst'
-250 171
-7 151(Burning Damage)
-3 576(Bonus Blazing Damage)
Boom!
-500 000(Opposing Elemental Explosion)
Shin is about to follow it up with another attack when a hand enfolds with black armor reach out to from behind the smoke that was created by the explosion.
That move was too fast for Shin to react so he can't do anything when that hand suddenly grab his neck and try to squeeze it as Grimrace plans to break his neck.
Fortunately, Hanzo suddenly appeared beside Shin while swinging his weapon at Grimrace's extended arm with the hand that is holding Shin's neck.
Grimrace was forced to immediately retract his hand and move backward when he felt the immense threat coming from Hanzo's weapon.
After that, he immediately raises both of his arms over his head to create an umbrella-like barrier above him to protect himself from the incoming rain of blood spears.
-7 151(Burning Damage)
Shin and Hanzo seize that opportunity to attack Grimrace who is now open on any kind of attack from them because of his current situation.
Shin quickly sheathed his sword before dashing forward while transforming himself into a stick silver light that charges towards Grimrace. And when he's about to brush past the latter, he swiftly pulled the [Yamato] from its sheath before slashing it to the Shadow Spirit's body.
Whoosh!
'Class Fighting Style: Moonlight Splitter'
Shing!
-3 296 283
-7 151(Burning Damage)
-7 151(Burning Damage)
But that didn't end there, because another 'Shin' suddenly appeared at his previous location before dashing forward and trailing the path that Shin had took while also mimicking his previous actions.
Swoosh!
'Phantom Swordsman Skill: Phantom Strike'
Shing!
-3 300 189
-7 151(Burning Damage)
At the same time, Hanzo makes a tear on the space as he charges forward while swinging his weapon in the process and leaving a trail of a purple stick of light along the way.
'Spirit Skill (Void): Astral Step'
Swoosh! Shing!
-7 782 672
This time, Grimrace can't just ignore that kind of damage. He immediately transforms himself into a black figure once again before entering his shadow for the second time.
Then he appeared at the shadow of a collapsed wall a few meters away from his previous location. But the moment his body materialized once again, a doubled-edge longsword that is made blood suddenly greeted him and pierced through his chest.
-100 262
After that, Vladimir formed a claw with his left hand together with his sharp steel-like fingernails. Then he immediately pulled the sword out of Grimrace's chest before swinging his left arm powerfully at the Shadow Spirit and sending claw-like Energy Wave that looks like it came from hell.
'Spirit Skill (Blood): Claws of Asura'
Phsk!
-7 782 266
Roar!!!
Grimrace suddenly becomes enraged and releases a shout that sounds like a devil's roar together with a powerful shockwave that sends Vladimir flying backward.
With all of the damage that he had taken earlier, Grimrace's HP suddenly fell at 75% of its total so he immediately entered the second phase.
A bunch of Shadow Elemental Mana suddenly gathers at each of Grimrace's hands and transformed into a pair of black daggers. At the same time, a bunch of throwing daggers were also formed and float around Grimrace body.
Then he looks at the three hideously while saying solemnly. ”Looks like you are going to treat me as prey in a melee fight if I didn't bear my fangs, Huh?”
Then the floating throwing daggers around him suddenly flew towards Vladimir who just stabilized himself form the previous shockwave.
At the same time, Grimrace suddenly disappeared from the sight of the three before unknowingly appeared behind Shin while swinging the dagger on his right hand.
Shin didn't saw Grimrace's actions, but he still felt the sudden fluctuations of Mana around him through his 'Sensing Circle' when Grimrace appeared behind him. And with that, he immediately transformed himself into an illusionary figure and dash backward.
'Slayer Skill: Moonlight Steps'
Swoosh!
Grimrace uses the momentum of his swing to turn around and continue swinging his dagger at Shin.
But Shin immediately uses another 'Moonlight Steps' to dash forward and repositioning himself at his enemy's back.
And as if expecting that, Grimrace does another turn as he continues swinging his dagger. But this time, he uses the momentum of his two consecutive turns to spin his around like a twisting wind.
And with that, Shin was forced to use his third 'Moonlight Steps' backward to move away and dodge that spinning attack before letting Hanzo to takeover.
But when he stopped a few meters away from Grimrace, a bunch of throwing daggers rain down at his location.
”What!?” Shin was gotten off-guard with the sudden attack and failed to respond at it immediately because the set-up was too perfectly timed.
But his body still moves as he quickly transformed the sheath of his sword into a semitransparent longsword before swiftly swinging both of his swords at the falling throwing daggers.
'Legacy Skill: Mondi's Style: Meteor Form'
Clang! Clang! Clang!
(-20 782)
Cling! Cling!
(-20 671)(-26 672)
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Because Shin's defensive maneuver is a little step too late, some of those throwing daggers get pass his defense and stab his body. And with those damages, Shin's health suddenly falls on a 60% mark of his total HP so he immediately drinks an Intermediate Health Potion to recover his HP back to full.After that, he turns his head at the battle and saw Hanzo keep blinking while fighting Grimrace who keeps transforming into a shadow and appearing at different shadows on the plaza. And from the looks it, Hanzo is being toyed by the latter.
At the same time, he saw Vladimir dealing with a shadowy figure that looks similar to Grimrace.
”Eh!? A clone? Since when did this guy summon one? At first, I thought that he is a magical class Spirit, but he suddenly becomes an assassin a moment later. What's more, he only summons his weapons and still not using his strengthening skill like Hanzo's Wheel and Vladimir's Wings. Tsk! This guy is really hard to deal with.” Muttered Shin before checking how much duration is left on his two domain skills.
”Ten minutes left? Tsk! We are not even close at cutting this guy's HP to half.”
After that, he immediately starts sprinting towards the direction where Hanzo and Grimrace are fighting to rejoin the battle.
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