188. Re: Akor vs Rex (Part-2)
With Rex breaking through the 1-foot-wide Volatile Aqua shell with relative difficulty, Akor went all in and made it as tough as he could, tripling its thickness.
Although that troubled Rex, going all out had let him pierce his arm through the shell.
But that gave Akor enough ti to dodge incoming attacks. To counter that, Rex activated his other Innate Exclusive skill, , on his opponent.
: Allows the user to cast a debuff to quarter the target's movent speed for 1 minute.
Cost: 20% of the user's Spirit Energy.
As soon as the skill's effect took place, Akor's movent speed dulled considerably, making it harder for him to dodge Rex's claws.
Most of the ti, Akor dodged them by a hair's breadth, but occasionally, a few gashes appeared on his skin.
Akor knew that he couldn't continue with that for long.
If that continues, the chances of him losing to Rex were sky-high, and he didn't wish to lose, especially to Rex. So, he made a bold move, one that Rex didn't see coming.
Akor didn't dodge the incoming claw strike to his torso and instead let it stab through him.
Despite the tornting pain, Akor made his move without even a split-second delay. He gripped Rex's arm with all his strength as he simultaneously repaired the hole punctured in the Volatile Aqua shell.
Doing so seized Rex's body within the shell, making most of his body immobile while at the sa ti having to suffer the burn from being in direct contact with the Volatile Aqua elent.
Although the Pseudo-Speed Energy protected Rex from the damage, it ca at the cost of heavy Spirit Energy expenditure.
He could only endure that since it was the most effective way in his arsenal to save himself from being burned by the Volatile Aqua elent.
Akor could barely move whilst grabbing onto Rex's arm that stabbed into his torso, but that didn't stop him from deploying his ace move.
A bunch of 10-feet long Tridents made of Volatile Aqua elent began to materialise on the inner side of the miniature do shell that enveloped the Stage.
That process was slow enough for Rex's tuned-up ti perception to sense those Volatile Aqua Tridents were pointed at his back.
If it weren't for him being stuck within the shell, dodging those tridents would be a piece of cake, but only if his movent wasn't restricted.
Rex tried to free himself, but to no avail, and before long, those tridents were launched at him one after another.
Every ti one of those hit him, a deafening bang would resonate throughout the entire Colosseum.
The spectators occasionally flinched at the devastation Rex would be suffering with each strike. But what they didn't know was that Pseudo-Speed Energy took care of most of the damage.
However, that further increased the already exorbitant Spirit Energy expenditure, leaving Rex with few seconds before his Spirit Energy reserve could hit rock bottom.
If he couldn't defeat Akor by then, that would be the end of their Bout, with him being on the losing end.
Instead of trying to free himself, he focussed on his right arm that stabbed Akor's torso.
With Akor firmly holding onto it and the shell engulfing most of him, pulling out or pushing in the arm was out of an option for him.
So, Rex ca up with the next best thing. He began to vibrate his arm as fast as possible, and thanks to the amplified movent speed and attack damage of Pseudo-Speed Energy, the damage dealt was no less than stabbing Akor thrice in the sa spot.
While coughing up blood, Akor squeezed in a smile, "Filthy Mutt, to defeat , you need to be willing to put yourself in more harm's way...…..I have what it takes, do you?"
Soon after that, Rex's Spirit Energy could no longer hold up the insane expenditure and was exhausted completely.
With the Pseudo-Speed Energy no longer protecting Rex, he was as vulnerable as butter to a knife in front of the incoming Volatile Aqua Tridents.
The next mont, Rex was impaled onto the Stage, leaving him in a sorry state.
If not for Rex's body occasionally twitching from the piercing pain, the spectators would have doubted he died from the impalent.
In the little to no ti he had, Rex tilted his body as much as he could and managed to avoid those Tridents impaling his most vital spots.
Before the Volatile Tridents could cause substantial damage from within, Akor's Spirit Energy depleted as well, and those Tridents vanished along with the shell that protected Akor, as did the miniature Volatile Aqua do that engulfed the Stage.
If not for the enhanced regeneration provided by his racial skill , Rex's blood would have gushed out through the nurous see-through holes all over his body instead of coagulating as quickly as it did.
But that wasn't of much help to Rex. The pace at which those heavy injuries recovered moved at a snail's pace due to the severity of the injuries inflicted.
Even in such a condition, Rex approached Akor and threw a swing at him, disregarding the injuries.
With either of them no longer possessing Spirit Energy, the spar turned into a first fight.
In regards to physical condition, Akor was in a better state. After all, he had a single hole in his torso, while Rex was riddled with several such injuries.
However, Rex was the one who held an advantage, all thanks to the 45% passive movent bonus from his Innate Talent.
While Akor could barely land a hit, Rex didn't have trouble landing several of his own.
Before long, their Stamina almost hit rock bottom, and their Bout turned into a dull brawl, where neither could barely swing a punch at the other.
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