Chapter 34 - Declining With Style (2/2)
”What should I do...” Aurus was trying to think of ways of dodging the tornado but he realized that he had no skill that allowed him to remove debuffs on his body. With that, he couldn't help but sigh as he accepted his fate of dying under the hit of the tornado.
Only for a spark to flash in his mind as he remembered a skill that might not remove the debuffs on his body, but it would allow him to solve the case of dying under the tornado.
”[Unyielding Spiritas]!”
Whoosh!
At the exact instant the tornado collided with Aurus' body, Aurus' body was instantly covered with a silver light as the tornado was completely absorbed by the silver light...as if it wasn't there in the place.
Ding!
'You have received 1 HP damage from [Loran].'
”What?!” Loran, who knew the terrifying prowess that tornado had, was shocked to see that it didn't even deal any damage to Aurus at all. She wasted around 500 SP in order to form the tornado, but it ended up dissipating into thin air? What kind of joke is this?
Horell, on the other hand, was surprised to see the skill that Aurus activated. At that point, Horell understood why Herellia wanted the Spiritas in front of him to join their alliance. Since he was also an X-grade being that had an intelligence nearly comparable to a human, he had a hunch as to what Herellia's plans were.
”Now I wonder...” Horell mumbled to himself. ”Will this Spiritas fight back?”
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”Holy shit,” Aurus couldn't believe it. He knew what the skill could do, but he didn't know that it was this overpowered!
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[Unyielding Spiritas] (Level 1/3)
Grade: C (Mortal)
As a Spiritas who treads both the paths of Life and Will, you do not succumb to the temptations of both, but instead forge your own path.
> All damage taken is reduced to 1 for 3 seconds
Cooldown: 12 hours
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Looking at the two beings' faces of shock, Auurs couldn't help but laugh in a grim manner as he said, ”Since you've attacked me, it's time to return the favor!”
”[Spirit Energy Ascension]!”
At the instant he activated the skill, his SP was drained furiously as the 18 SP recovery Animas surrounding him madly regenerated the lost SP, the silver flame surrounding his body taking a corporeal form.
Ding! Ding!
'[Spirit Energy Ascension] has leveled up.'
'[Spirit Energy Ascension] has leveled up.'
As the skill leveled up twice, the height of the silver flame rose up as an aura of terror exuded from Aurus' body. Loran and Horell looked at this, with Loran furious but curious to find out what Aurus was doing.
Not long after, a notification screen appeared in front of Aurus' field of vision.
Ding!
'The exchange of SP into power has reached its limit, boosting the user's power by 110%!'
Of course, this was not over.
”[Spirit Ascension]!”
Bang!
After activating this skill, a loud explosion resounded out of Aurus' body as the silver flame surrounding him turned black. At this moment, being fueled with a lot of SP, the black flame surrounding Aurus grew stronger as it became more and more corporeal.
The [Spirit Ascension] skill increased the stat boost limit by 50%, thus allowing him to have a stat boost limit of 165%!
During this time, Aurus also activated [Tempest Burst], which doubled movement speed, attack speed, and of course, attack power.
Ding!
It didn't take long for the black flame to finish engulfing SP, boosting Aurus' stats by 165%.
Aurus took this chance to look at Loran as a Spirit Spear made out of Anima hovered above his body while being covered in black flames and tempestuous winds.
”You know what? Since you're so prideful to not even let me explain the reasons why I don't want to join your alliance, just let this be the reason why I don't want to join.”
The Spirit Spear's ferocity grew in size as an incredibly sharp aura surrounded the spear. Looking at his SP bar refilling back to its maximum amount, he then shot the spear towards Loran as he shouted.
”[Spirit Spear: Acceptance]!”
Loran thought that the aura exuded by the spear was extremely terrifying, but since it came from an A-grade Inanimate, she thought it would only reduce her HP by around 200 at moment, making her relax as she laughed.
As for Horell, he knew the power behind the spear as he kept silent, mumbling inwardly, 'Let's just say this is a wake-up call for her.'
”Hahaha! How much damage could that puny spear d—urgh!” Continuing to laugh, Loran belittled the spear shot out by Aurus, only for a large chunk of her HP bar to be removed.
Ding!
'Aurus has dealt 3338 HP damage to [Loran].'