Chapter 45 - A Better Aurus (1/2)
”...” Aurus was at a loss for words after seeing the upgraded form of what was possibly his hardest hitting skill up to date. Trying to comprehend what just happened, Aurus looked at the center of the hall as dust gradually materialized in the center of the hall before heading towards Aurus' way to be absorbed.
Ding!
'Wave 6 has been cleared.'
'Experience +320'
'2 Genesis Points have been obtained.'
Not minding the notification screen that popped up in front of his field of vision, Aurus tried to remember what happened once the final form was shot out.
He remembered that he shot it out like normal, just like any other Spirit Spear. At the next instant though, the Spirit Spear froze in place, as if it was stuck in time.
And then not long after that, all of the enemies instantly disappeared without a trace as they froze in place as well.
No matter how many times Aurus tried to understand how the upgraded final form worms, he couldn't get how the Spirit Spear that was stuck in place, was able to kill all of the enemies with one hit.
In the end, Aurus let out a sigh and said to himself, ”You know what? Why should I bother with this? I'm going to evolve this skill sooner or later anyway.” After saying that, the disembodied voice resounded throughout the hall, notifying Aurus of the next wave.
”The seventh wave is starting. Please proceed with caution.”
”Eh?” Aurus couldn't help but notice the disembodied voice say another sentence after announcing the next wave. Seeing that the disembodied voice had the heart to warn him of the dangers of the next wave, Aurus didn't hesitate to use [High Spirit Channeling].
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Transforming the other specialized Animas he had that recovered SP into a specialized Anima that recovered SP, Aurus' SP bar that was completely drained of its content thanks to him using the Acceptance form, was gradually being filled at a fast rate as the next wave of enemies materialized.
Whoosh!
In an instant, 64 enemies appeared in the center of the green jade hall, forming a circle of branches that was around five meters in radius. On the edge of this circle were the first type of clones that Aurus encountered. In the inner portion of this circle, the stronger clones that Aurus didn't think were really strong were seen. As for the center though...
In the midst of him recovering his SP, he couldn't help but notice the branch in the center that looked like him but had an aura that felt like it was stronger than him.
Ding!
'[High Spirit Channeling] has leveled up.'
'[High Spirit Channeling] has reached the MAX level.'
'[High Spirit Channeling] has met the necessary requirements and is ready to evolve.'
While staring at the new branch, this notification screen popped up in front of his field of vision, prompting him to ignore the notification screen and move it away and then identify the new branch as he deactivated the [High Spirit Channeling] skill.
Ding!
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[Aurus]
Existence Level: Inanimate (S)
Level: 4/20
HP: 510/510
MP: 735/735
Stats:
[Fortitude]: 57
[True Spirit]: 62
[Energy]: 73
Skills:
[Tempestuous Spiritas Glide Lv. 6], [Nut Trident Triad Lv. MAX], [Middle-Low Spirit Spell Core (Wind Variant) Lv. 4], [Wind Affinity Lv. MAX], [Spirit Energy Sacrifice Lv. 3]
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”...” Aurus was dumbfounded for a bit as he changed half of his specialized Animas to recover SP. He blinked a few times as he couldn't believe what he was seeing. After seeing that this branch was already doing something similar to what Aurus by igniting a silver flame around its body, it seemed that Aurus wasn't hallucinating at all.
”Well shit,” Aurus couldn't help but say as he looked at the huge amount of branches he had to currently face. While thinking of his next move, the branches moved first, shooting out 56 walnuts and 7 tridents, totaling to a number of 63 shots that Aurus would have to dodge if he did not want to get injured.
”[Spirit Wind Bolt]!” Without hesitation, Aurus shot out an energy bolt that pierced through 24 walnuts and denied them of their access to colliding with his body. As for the 39 remaining shots, Aurus transformed a floating Anima into a Spirit Spear and used [Spirit Spear: Bargaining] to destroy the shots before it could even get to him.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
With all of the shots destroyed, Aurus was now going to retaliate with his own skill...only to be blocked by the strongest branch out of all the clones he had face.
Whoosh!
The strong branch was basically an upgrade of Aurus, while also being a downgrade on some. Its movement speed was higher than Aurus' movement speed, including its Spell Core, but for the others, it was weaker than Aurus' skills.