Chapter 274 - Battle with the Beast (1/2)
While it was just a second exchange of blows, it felt like an eternity has passed before I was able to find a way to effectively attack my opponent. If I had the time to count it, from the moment I placed the first firewall to block my enemy vision to the point when it was punctured by my attack, only about ten seconds passed!
”You little…!”
I guess this lovely beast never expected that despite being far weaker than it on paper, I would still be able to attack him!
But instead of rejoicing and continuing my attacks, I kindly stopped.
What others might take for the act of fairness and mercy aimed to let the opponent recover from the attack, was in reality just me trying to observe and make sense of what was happening.
Because my hit didn't end with just puncturing the beast's defences!
Even with how fast the tunnelling of the fire from my weak fireball was, it still took quite a while to finish. And all this time, it continued to feed condensed fire inside the beast body!
Unwilling to lose such an opportunity, I added a single rank one, tier five shockwave in the middle of the weak fireball. Before it even managed to erupt, it was swiftly sucked by the vector and transported inside the beast body!
BOOM!
”ROAR!”
With a huge chunk of the flesh from its upper leg erupting away, the beast couldn't speak normally anymore, and let out an animalistic roar. I guess if someone ripped my biceps away from my body, I wouldn't pay any mind to appearances either!
”I WILL KILL YOU!”
With the anger and pain shedding away the fake kindness of the beast, it launched itself at me.
In a flash, I saw an enormous pair of claws flying towards my neck. I guess it was unwilling to make the common mistake and decided to go for the head!
Shockwave and vector.
Combining vector with my other skills turned out to be an awesome antiarmour tool! That's why even if I had no hopes of stopping its attack, I could at least redirect it upwards!
With the huge wound hindering its movements and the continuous loss of blood despite its body already regenerating, both the sense of balance and stability of the beast was off. Exploding the shockwave at a low angle before its paw was enough to make its attack miss.
”It's not over yet!”
If something works, then there is no reason to use any other means!
With how many times I was thrown around by my own shockwaves that were to close to me for my comfort, I used yet another one at a considerable distance to distance myself from the beast. Even if I had the flight ability, it was a way to slow and unreliable to use it in the fight!
Gaining meter by meter of the distance didn't come at a cost though.
This beast, even with its wounds, was still inherently faster than I could ever hope to be without upgrading my system and unlocking the limit on my attributes. That's why, as I moved backwards, I continued to throw 'burials' and 'firewalls' in a growing radius, to gain this one more second required to cast another fireball.
STOMP!
Before losing my momentum, the beast already appeared behind me, reaching for me with its jaws even before it's body managed to stabilize on the ground.
I guess using the shockwaves to move around isn't the best idea. Not only every single time I'm doing so, I'm at risk of sustaining unnecessary injuries, but the path of my movement is obvious as well!
”Just fuck off!”
With no other choice, I tripled my barriers and cast double shockwave right under my body.
BOOM!
Cough!
This was a close one. Even before I reached the peak of my ascend, I felt some liquid filling my mouth, before coughing it out.