Chapter 1351 (2/2)

The swirling colors slowly settled around Randidly. He was holding Acri and stepping through the portal. The duo in front of him was turning around in shock.

That earned a smile from Randidly. No matter how many times he saw it, the confirmation on Kaan Swacc’s face that he had been fooled by Neveah’s disguise never failed to put Randidly in a good mood. It helped that they were Soulbound, but the illusions that she wove were absolutely impeccable.

Randidly focused on this battle on getting more familiar with his Cosmic Necessity. After all, it was hard to find a sparring partner who was as enthusiastic as Kaan Swacc just lying around on Earth. And most others were too easy to bully.

Randidly’s gaze darkened as he took a step forward. A purple-black energy flowed around his limbs, filled with the tiniest pinpricks of emerald and orange. There was a strange sense of peace that flowed through Randidly as the energy filled him, giving him vast insight into how Kaan would move. He was part of a vast pattern, and with his sharp gaze, he could capture slight hints of what was to come.

Congratulations! Your Skill Revelation of the Atramentous Threshold (T) has grown to Level 258!

Congratulations! Your Skill Cosmic Necessity (M) has grown to Level 203!

Randidly brought Acri upward in a vicious thrust toward the Special Investigator’s neck. The bronze man immediately responded by pulling up his hands to catch Acri. By this point, Randidly had seen this move so many times that he was already adjusting the angle of his thrust to avoid it. Annoyingly, Kaan’s hands unerring followed the blow.

Good Perception and Reaction… but not enough.

With a small grin, Randidly conjured a Cosmic Orb directly in front of him and activated it in quick succession. He pulled himself forward a short distance, throwing off Kaan’s predictions and smashing Acri’s tip against his foe’s collarbone. Unfortunately, Kaan’s body was exceedingly tough; he only staggered when hit and wasn’t pierced by Acri’s sharp tip.

Of course, Randidly wasn’t willing to miss this chance. He activated Hallucination of the Bloodless Heart (T) and smashed the back of Kaan’s knees with a surge of unexpected gravity. The Special Investigator’s face twisted into a snarl as he folded backward and Randidly brought Acri down in a vicious overhead strike to smash him into the ground.

Dooooonnnnnnnggggggg.

Unfortunately, Randidly hadn’t moved quickly enough. Kaan’s hand flashed upward to intercept Acri and he used his strange sound-based Skills to defuse the force of the blow into the air. The sand in the surrounding area was blasted away, but the Special Investigator was none of the worse for wear.

Randidly’s eyes narrowed. Spinning downward and dropping to his knees, he unleashed a kick at Kaan that the humanoid twisted away from at the last second. But of course, Cosmic Necessity saw that coming and Randidly was already surging forward. With Acri’s huge form brought to bear once more, Randidly unleashed three quick thrusts.

Dong. Dong. Dong.

There was a flash of bronze and all three strikes were dealt with. By this point, Kaan had caught up to the tempo. His hands spread outward and turned Randidly’s attacks aside. “Did you truly think- guh!”

Randidly conjured another Cosmic Orb and used it to accelerate his body into smashing his metallic left shoulder into the Special Investigator’s chest. It was only a half step backward that Randidly caused, but it was enough to seize back the initiative. He released Acri to let the plant lance act independently and unleashed a barrage of palm strikes at Kaan.

Acri was simply too big and unwieldy against a foe like Kaan who could neutralize kinetic force with but a touch. Better to rely on quicker strikes to inflict rapid damage.

Congratulations! Your Skill Cosmic Necessity (M) has grown to Level 204!

Congratulations! Your Skill Cosmic Necessity (M) has grown to Level 205!

Randidly landed several vicious hits against Kaan’s torso before the bronze humanoid managed to gather together more of a defensive stance. But Randidly could tell that his earlier blows weren’t nearly enough to inflict any lasting damage. And now that Kaan had seen his tricks with the Cosmic Orbs, he was on his guard against them. Randidly’s attempts were met with those dismissive palms, forcing him to rely entirely on his insight to keep the brawl even.

Congratulations! Your Skill Revelation of the Atramentous Threshold (T) has grown to Level 259!

After about ten minutes of exhausting exertion, Kaan had seized the upper hand was beginning to release strange blasts of kinetic energy in return that Randidly could barely handle even with his devouring image. So Randidly swore under his breath and left the Fatepiece. Besides, his headache was already pretty substantial.

After he had recovered, he could try again. And then again.