Chapter 185 – The Summons (1/2)

Chapter 185 – The Summons

This is a strange sensation.

Calron could feel the touch of the wind on his cheek, but instead of grazing past him, it remained glued to his skin.

The darklings that were madly rushing at him, all appeared to be moving painfully slow in Calron’s vision. He could see the wrinkles on their grey skin, the sharpness of their claws and even their slightly foggy breath.

Just as suddenly as the vision came, it quickly vanished and time returned back to normal. As Calron already expected this outcome, he easily dodged the three strikes that were about to land on him.

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“Oy… what’s wrong with him?”

Eva frowned, seeing Calron struggling with lowly darklings when he was initially subduing them.

“Something happened to him. Look at his eyes, they are in confusion.”

Drien spoke, preparing to attack in case Calron let his guard down under the onslaught of the enemies.

“Give him time, I don’t think this is the extent of his prowess.”

Vala calmly stated while crouching down on top of the hill which had a clearer sight.

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“Enough wasting time, let’s finish this.”

Calron could still not figure out what happened with him, but his current situation did not allow him to explore or experiment any further.

Concentrating his Azure Lightning to the tip of his forefinger, Calron began to strike back against the darklings.

It looked like a plain blue needle with static lightning around it, but Calron knew exactly how vicious and fearsome that concentrated power of the Azure Lightning was.

“Gluguh… ”

A darkling choked on his own blood when Calron pierced his finger through the creature’s chest and dragged it towards his neck.

Calron’s main worry with the Azure Lightning was the amount of essence that it consumed and how quickly it drained his body of strength. By focusing his essence on a focal point, Calron could reduce his essence usage by a wide margin.

After killing that darkling, Calron kicked the leg of a nearby enemy who was bolting towards him and pierced his finger into another one’s kneecap after ducking the attack by yet another darkling. It was like fighting the wave of a tsunami.

He could not instantly kill more darklings after the first one as they were all cautious of his finger and retreated the moment Calron struck.

I’m running out of time.

Calron was starting to feel the physical exhaustion after using the Azure Lightning for a few minutes. He did know how much longer he could last.

However, before he could make another move, the Saint stage leader of the darklings entered the fight and used his soul power to constrict Calron.

“Foolish.”

Calron turned to smile at the darkling leader at the back, his eyes now morphed into a bright grey color. This was the gap he needed to break through their defense.

*clink-clink*

Two metal rods floated out of Calron’s spatial bracelet and attached themselves to each of his wrists as they transformed into two mini-crossbows.

Calron shot a blue bolt of lightning at the darkling leader and the second one at a nearby enemy. The leader managed to dodge the bolt, but the other one’s head exploded the moment the blue lightning connected with his skin.

*hiss**hiss*

Calron shot two more bolts around him, taking down a couple more darklings in front of him.

There were now only four more darklings left including the leader.

As Calron was preparing to shoot two more bolts, the strange sensation returned once again. It came without a trigger, causing Calron’s aim to shift and miss his targets.

Those were the last bolts of Azure Lightning, as Calron was now out of essence and could no longer use the Divine Element.

“Back to old habits… ”

Calron chuckled, as he raised his fists and used the first ability of the Blood Legacy, the Formless Fist.

After realizing the amount of essence the Azure Lightning consumed, Calron decided on training his long-forgotten legacy in case a situation arose where he was drained of essence.