48 Fighting the Demon and Reveal of the New Techniques 2 (2/2)
Solidifying energy was a difficult process especially in a short time, to give an accurate analogy, energy is like water you can form it in many shapes and sizes. But hardening it takes time, like how water hardens to ice, the more ones trains in it the more solid the energy will be.
Phantom Limb a technique that freely manipulating Zen energy forming it into an extra limb, due to it being only energy changing the shape and size was possible along with stretching was a form of enginiush talent, since no one had taught him.
Shadowless Waltz, it was simply Stigma using energy to propel him through one area to another. Due to still being in the weaker Tier, he was unknowingly using all of his reserves without knowing if he ran out or not, since he didn't know the room was only filled with energy, Stigma had the assumption he was only recovering easily.
Yet at the same time Stigma was capable of not producing sound, so one cannot really on their ears to look for him.
As for the invisibility, it was a simple trick, since the Demon relied to only look for Zen only, it couldn't detect Stigma's presence since he only used it on his feet, then it finally notice where Stigma was from his hardened Zen to his fist.
Albeit a crude fighting style for a beginner, but if a veteran cultivator were to use this, he could use it more effectively than Stigma.
'Truly a genius in a making, it must be that he had used it all up in one go so I can't find him, but if he were to learn how to use it properly...too bad you jumped the gun and started with little experience...'
”Not bad, now it's my turn...” All of a sudden he started forming his energy, like how Stigma formed his energy.
'Shit! The Demon copied my new skills I developed!' Stopping for a moment, Stigma saw the change from the Demon and immediately cursed.
The Demon was using Stigma's idea in fighting, layering its arms and legs with energy, the difference in size was huge, compared to Stigma that looked like a chickens feet, the Demons had formed exactly like the claws he wanted on his hands and feets.
Moments later the Demon charged at him and sent a powerful right swing at Stigma, when he guarded he cursed from making a mistake. The punch he received had sent him against a wall only to be broken through all the way to the other side.
”Hah...Back to square one...” Moments when the Demon had boosted itself with Phantom Limbs, and Shadowless Waltz, Stigma was sent flying, so he decided take the initiative and gave it no chance to fight back since it was still new to the copied skill.
But when he was about to move the Demon came through the wall and sent a flying kick, the damage he received was heavy, straight to the gut causing him to propel backwards, followed with an overhead kick Stigma was spinning all the way to the ground.
Forcing himself to not lose focus, he looked to see a kick was going to land on him, so gave he braced the impact, sending him backwards again, crashing into a pile of rubble.
The battle had continued on for two hours and Stigma had no time to relax, so he was extremely exhausted.
While pushing away the rubble, Stigma had flowing down his head and saw the Demon in Ogre form standing from the otherside with its one hand making a gesture, telling him to come get him.
”Got no more tricks left, except for that, gotta make the last one count!” spitting a mouth full of blood Stigma jumped out and focused all his energy on hi right arm.
'Hmm, what is he doing...Oh, I see,must be gambling it all in one shoot' Following Stigma stance, the Demon also focused his energy all in his right arm, aiming to kill Stigma on one blow.
”I hope your ready for this.”
'Don't think bad of me, I'm only doing this for your own good.' The difference again was shown, Stigma was a rubber ball, while the Demon was a pure black orb with no deformities.
'You have to face reality...'
With no need to wait for the other, they both charged at one another. The Demon was first to throw his punch, but instead of countering Stigma focused some energy on his feet circled to his arms.
”LIKE HELL I CAN COUNTER IT STRAIGHT ON YOU MORON!” What Stigma did next was grabbed the said arm and continued to circle the Demon, warping his energy around him like a rope. But instead of being dazed the Demon laughed at Stigma's attempt.
”HA HA HA, YOU THINK ROPE MADE FROM ENERGY CAN STOP ME, OUR RESERVES ARE WORLDS APART, ONCE I BREAK THIS, ITS OVER!” When the Demon started to break the rope he noticed something odd, the more he tried to break it the more it stretched, since the energy was already around his arms he can't rip it out.
”WHAT THE HELL!”
”SUCCESS! THE GRUDGE ENERGY IS MORE RESILIENT THAT I THOUGHT!”Exactly, what Stigma did was nothing but simple, he just molded his Grudge energy to his hand, and only wrapped it around the Demon's torse.
But that doesn't mean he can stop the Demons legs, seeing a kick coming at him charged in circled the energy around its neck.
But the Demon Countered by running upward and doing a backdrop with Stigma behind it. The process continues for more than an hour, the shear weight of the Demon was getting to Stigma so he was about to pass out.
Yet Stigma was not the only one suffering, the Demon had been breathing heavily as well, with the rope made from energy it was slowly being choked from behind by Stigma stubborn grip, and it jumping around and landing on its back was not helping it at all.
But that was not the only problem, the Demon noticed that it was slowly losing its reserves more that he thought along with him getting shorter.
'What the hell, how am losing energy! This form just need me to release it to revert back!' With time passing by the Demon was reverting back to his imp form, confused as to by it was losing its strength, then it gave only one explanation.
'That's right Sir can do Curses!' As it continued to struggle the more he felt the rope tightening around his neck. Even with all his physical strength it was useless.
”I get it... Sir can force.... anyone to receed their energy or nullify it... with this move, truly brilliant!” With that in mind he can only use one method, and that is to forcefully remove it with brute strength, but even after struggling for thirty more minutes it still left no visible result.
Looking up in the sky, the Demon can only smile as it felt the tightening sensation around its neck.
”Hah...it's...my lose....” But before the Demon could pass out, it felt the rope being lossend and head a body being dropped.
Turning its head to look, the Demon found Stigma passed out with his eyes closed. Instead of taking the chance to attacking him, it only looked at him then to its hand and smiled.
'To think he had such an ability' Looking at its hand for a moment the Grudge energy was slowly disappearing reverting it back to the Ogre form. But instead of delight from the victory the Demon felt like he had lost and released his form, turning back into a familiar black imp.
”It is my lose Dear Sir, you earned my respect.” Doing a series of hand signs, it released a orb of energy from its body letting the other orb from Stigma's body merge with it, it was an orb representing its life force.
With another series of hand signs it then placed its hand over Stigma's head, after muttering a few words a seal was shown. Afterwards he signaled the attendance and beast to move forwards, showing a ferocious glare while pointing at Stigmas body as if he was the main priority.
”Make sure Sir goes to the Healing Spring, do not delay! Half of you clean up the mess, while the rest look after Sir! As for you beast, return to your cages until further notice!” The Demon currently had the highest rank among them, it was also him who subdued the beast when they first entered wreaking havoc inside Stigma's soul, so naturally they had a great sense of fear from him.
As the attendance brought Stigma's body on a pillowed stretcher, the Demon muttered in a low tone as they all walked away.
'What a scary child, to have such a frightening ability, if he were to use it in the future, be would be considered the bane to all cultivators. I have to make sure he masters this ability in the future, to make him, the strongest...'
The Demon smiled and followed behind.
[1] Phantom Limb,is the sensation that an amputated or missing limb is still attached.