Chapter 28 - Powers of A Spiritas (1/2)
(Note: Vitality points and Spirit points have been changed to Life and Will points respectively to avoid confusion.)
”[Spirit Energy Sacrifice].”
Fwoosh!
In an instant, the remaining SP that Aurus had was being sapped away as a silver flame started to cover his body. From an outsider's perspective, the bar that showed his remaining SP decreased to 0 in an instant and then not long after, silver flames covered Aurus' body.
Ding!
Of course, Aurus didn't notice what he has done.
'Your SP is being sapped in exchange for power!'
”Shit!” Aurus couldn't help but curse at the notification. ”I activated the wrong skill!”
”Gahhhh! [Spirit Channeling]!”
Whoosh!
If before, his SP was being drained to 0, at this moment his HP was being rapidly drained until Aurus had 1 HP left.
But that didn't happen.
At times, there would be cases where Aurus' HP would be close to 1, but it didn't reach it. This was all thanks to the 5 Anima Aurus made that had a specialized purpose of either regenerating his HP or SP.
Not long after, multiple notification screens appeared in front of Aurus' vision.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
'Your HP is being transformed into SP!”
”Your SP is being sapped in exchange for power!”
”Your HP is being transformed into SP!”
”Your SP is being sapped in exchange for power!”
”[Spirit Energy Sacrifice] has leveled up.”
”[Spirit Channeling] has leveled up.”
Although it has only been around 2 seconds since Aurus activated the two skills, they already amassed enough experience to level up, reducing amount of HP and SP being drained from his body. Then again, the both of them were only at the C-grade.
Arogancia felt a small sense of danger after looking at Aurus but didn't mind it as it remembered that it sacrificed all of its Life points in exchange for power that surpassed its limits.
Not recognizing the possible consequences of this ignorance, Arogancia shot his roots once more towards Aurus as the tips of the roots started to glow a faint silver.
”[Root Barrage: Boosted Nature]!”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In the midst of Arogancia's roots trying to hit Aurus, multiple blurry silhouettes of roots the color of silver also mixed in between the attacks of those roots, putting Aurus in a precarious situation.
But who was Aurus? He was a God level existence within the game named Infinite Stick Evolution! Although he was reborn as a stick in the same world of the game, his memories that were recently unsealed gave Aurus the confidence to avoid Arogancia's attack.
”[Tempestuous Spiritas Glide]!”
Whoosh!
After activating the skill, what Aurus did was...
Leave the skill's area of effect!
Why would Aurus bother dodging each and every root Arogancia threw at him if he could just leave the skill's area of effect? He was a Spiritas with a smart soul, why would he think inside the box like the other sticks?
”I can't believe you dodged that!” Arogancia couldn't believe it as this was the first time an enemy completely avoided its attacks.
Aurus then couldn't help but say in an awkward manner, ”It's not that I dodged it, I just can't believe that you didn't change the attack's direction after I moved.”
”Heh...” Arogancia's soul started to buffer after hearing Aurus' reply before saying, ”What did you say? Something useless? I'm undefeatable with this boosted power! Taste it!”
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Rather than attacking Aurus with quantity, Arogancia instead controlled its roots to converge and spiral as it formed a lance-like shape. It then infused its SP into the roots, increasing its piercing power and speed as it headed towards Aurus' direction.
”Take this! [Unavoidable Root Lance]!”
Whoosh!
As expected, Aurus easily avoided it with the help of his doubled movement speed thanks to [Tempest Burst]. He also used the momentum of his dodge to get closer to Arogancia's trunk that was still injured after going berserk.
At this exact moment, only 2 seconds remained before the effects of [Tempest Burst] disappeared. It was also at this moment that...
Ding! Ding! Ding!
'[Spirit Energy Sacrifice] and [Spirit Channeling] has leveled up.'