Chapter 1397 (2/2)

Snorting, Kaan brought two of his remaining pyramids shooting upward. They impacted each other right in front of Neveah’s claw, releasing a painful clang that somehow completely dispersed the momentum of her image. Neveah’s image was left awkwardly stretched out.

Then Kaan focused on Randidly, using his superior strength to twist Randidly to the side and force him to stumble. Then he quickly released his original grip and made to seize Randidly from behind.

Randidly sent a mental thought to Neveah in that sliver of a moment, releasing Acri so the weapon could strike freely. I’m going to give him some exposure to my images. We need to do some more damage as quickly as possible.

Neveah’s reply came as Randidly utilized Kaan’s shove to pivot on his heel, bringing his shoulder toward Kaan’s reaching hands. Make the hits count.

As Randidly’s wild grin stretched to his limit, his left eye flickered. Kaan arrived next to Randidly, his hands grasping outward. Then Randidly’s left eye was plunged into darkness and light in the surrounding area seemed to melt and swirl down a hole that had been ripped in the world. The Stillborn Phoenix spread its wings. A ravenous desire pulled at the surrounding emotions, intent on devouring them.

Piercing Gaze of the Egg.

Randidly unleashed several bolts of power from his left eye, containing all the concentrated vitriol that the egg of darkness could produce. With the two pyramids above his head releasing light and empowering his body, Kaan only frowned at the impact. But it was enough of a distraction that the attack that came from behind took Kaan by surprise.

Congratulations! Your Skill Tide of the Void (L) has grown to Level 205!

The smoking and ominous claw of the Stillborn Phoenix ripped into Kaan’s back, causing his to adjust his footing. But at that moment, Acri erupted forward and impacted Kaan’s legs, causing him to stumble. Randidly exploded in a wave of purple-black revelation energy, populated with the minuscule and blinking stars of emerald and orange. Lowering his shoulder, Randidly activated two Skills at once.

Cosmic Necessity. Hallucination of the Bloodless Heart.

Randidly created three Cosmic orbs and used them to launch him forward, shoulder first, at the same moment that his legs exploded with Nether fueled force. The ground cracked beneath him. Hallucination of the Bloodless Heart unleashed a wave of gravity at Kaan, restriction his movement enough that Randidly’s shoulder could directly impact the still smoldering handprint on Kaan’s chest.

DOOOOOONNNNGGG.

Randidly bared his teeth at the failure to strike quickly enough, but he shifted to the next stage of the plan. He released another steamy breath and used Hallucination of the Bloodless Heart to pluck Acri off the ground and lower it at Kaan Swacc, who was staggering backward. Neveah arrived at that moment, claws swiping left and right.

Kaan ducked under her attack and slammed his head against the underside of Neveah’s jaw. She didn’t even flinch. Randidly surged forward at the same moment that Kaan gestured sharply and his three free pyramids shot downward at Neveah. They smashed into her back, cracking her bones. But they couldn’t pierce through her exo-skeleton and do any sort of significant damage. Even Kaan seemed to be taken by surprise.

Jesus, you are strong. Randidly thought solemnly. His body rippled and suddenly there was a monster overlaid with his body. Its ghastly gaze was locked onto Kaan Swacc. Acri vanished, replaced with a right arm that had been stained with the blood of an ancient god. Molten Fang of the Pariah.

Congratulations! Your Skill Molten Fang of the Pariah (L) has grown to Level 211!

Image and reality overlapped. To match Randidly’s overheating body, Acri began to glow a brilliant red as the attack slid forward. Kaan twisted out of the way of another one of Neveah’s vicious swipes, only to put himself directly into Randidly’s path. The attack hit; Acri’s tip pierced into Kaan’s chest and Kaan’s face warped in vicious indignation.

“I’ll crush you…!”

The hair on the back of Randidly’s neck tingled. A wave of power blasted out from Kaan and an enormous pyramid of glass appeared in the air above him. Randidly looked up at it with narrowed eyes. He’s using liquid Aether.

The pyramid began to vibrate and Randidly unhesitatingly activated one of his own drops of liquid Aether. An enormous phantom of Yggdrasil manifested, seeming even more solid than Kaan’s image due to the small amount of Nether flowing through it. Just as the pyramid was beginning to release a wave of resonance, thousands of roots surged out of the ground and bound the pyramid, stifling the noise.

They were a thousand leafy chains and emerald locks, sealing the attack before it could even strike.

Congratulations! Your Skill Revelation of the Atramentous Threshold (T) has grown to Level 289!

Yet something was wrong-

Randidly twitched to the side on instinct. The golden pyramid, that had previously been suppressing the area, ripped through his esophagus rather than cracking open his skull. Fully sixty percent of his Health was annihilated in that single attack. Randidly dropped Acri and his hand surged up to stem the spurts of blood into the air. The gooey liquid was scalding on his hand.

He used liquid Aether as a distraction…? This piece of shit...

With a toothless glee, Kaan rushed over at the wounded Randidly.