What ave showed at the mont was certainly a different kind of transformation than his. Seeing the monstrous figure before him, Ery promptly scoured through his mories before he landed on a na, the Fenrir Wolf.
It had similar features to the one he saw in his illusion. The pitch black fur, the spikes on its limbs. Ery also noticed small horns on its forehead and the much larger claws than its normal counterparts.
The wolf, or rather, the transford ave let out a roar loud enough to destroy a normal individual's eardrums. Strong gust of wind washed over him as Ery could clearly feel the strong power radiating from the other party.
There was even a voice that sounded directly to his mind, ave's voice.
"You will learn the stark difference between us!"
He could clearly hear the witch's voice in his mind, sothing that shouldn't be possible. This could an either she had reached the level similar to the High Priestess or that her [Wolf Transformation] had sohow related and had so connection to his [One Mind] skill. After all, no matter how much Ery wanted to deny the other party's existence, they were still related in blood.
Moreover, Ery's [Mudwall] and [Entangled], no matter how powerful those two spells had beco due to the enhancent they received, were still considered as lower tier spells. They were clearly not enough to hold ave's [Wolf Transformation], which was simply monstrous.
As soon as she broke out of her constraint, the transford ave imdiately went charging to Ery's direction. Despite her enormous fra, it seed to have no effect on her as she shot toward him at great velocity.
Ery knew the current ave was sothing he couldn't underestimate. Such size, such speed;
Therefore, Ery quickly used his [Fey Transformation - stage one].
With partial transformation, Ery turns his feet to give him a boost in speed to dodge.
However, much to Ery's shock, the huge wolf rapidly coming at him was more agile than he thought. It swiftly shifted its trajectory, following the direction his body was moving, and swung its massive claw at him.
Splat!!
ave's claws, which were like blades of a sword, were able to cut through Ery with ease, causing a long streak of line across his body as blood spilled out of the wound like a rush. Fortunately, the wound wasn't that grave as Ery was protected with his [Stone Skin] spell.
Even though the spell managed to mitigate the damage the claws inflicted and not caused deep wounds, the montum brought by the attack was able to throw Ery a few ters away.
While Ery was half kneeling on the ground bleeding, the wolf quickly took the opportunity to charge at him once again. Dust rose to the air as ave rushed with the pure intent to kill.
ROARRRR!!! Accompanying the charge was a loud roar befitting a wild beast, as there was nothing else in ave's eyes but Ery.
But this ti, the witch only hit empty air as Ery had flickered over to another side using [Blink].
Realizing that her prey was gone, the wolf turned its head around looking for Ery. The mont it found him, ave once again glared at him nacingly. anwhile, another voice ca to Ery's mind.
"My young Ery, you cannot hide from !" She said, "You must know that the Night Wolf, the son of Fenrir; was our original bloodline…" Ery could feel the other party's gaze on him intensified as another voice resounded in his mind, "An impure Feywolf, like you, won't beat no matter what you try."
Ery's face remained plain as he heard ave's ramblings. He, of course, didn't have the slightest bit of trust in the other party's words. This was because he had learned at the Bloodline Institute and saw for himself that even a higher rank bloodline could be defeated by the lower one.
The Fey Wolf was known as a rank 6 bloodline, and Ery had managed to boost his rank to rank 4, the Fey Shaman.
Hence, even though the witch said her bloodline, which was Night Wolf, was a much purer, higher rank of bloodline, he didn't believe that the other party had evolved her bloodline to stage 5. Even if he overestimated her, he was sure that her bloodline would only reach rank 4 at the most.
He had clearly seen the strength and speed the other party could display. Now, it was ti for him to showcase his real strength.
Ery focused his concentration on his body's ridian points and quickly channeled his spirit force circulating in his body toward a certain one as taught by his master. A mont later, he roared as he utilized the battle art technique.
[Immortal Gate - Stage 5]
[Battle power increased by 32 points]
[Battle power 93 - 125 (110)]
The technique brought a large increase in his overall physical power. His muscles, bones, and skin density greatly improved. His strength, speed, and reaction ti exponentially increased as well.
Ery then took out one of the swords he received from King Fjolrin. One hand with the prized sword, another with the exquisite dagger; he was ready for round two.
When the transford ave once again dashed at him, Ery was not afraid as he knew he could handle the other party.
Clank!! Crisp sound of tal clashing against sothing hard echoed in the air as Ery managed to parry ave's sharp claws. He then used the dagger in his other hand for the counterattack, successfully scoring a wound on her body. However, it wasn't deep enough.
Nevertheless, this feat proved that Ery was able to match ave's extraordinary strength and speed, and showed that he had no plan to be a sitting duck for the latter to be beaten.
HOWWLLLL!! Loud piercing sound ca out of ave's mouth as she beca fiercer and lunged at Ery. Red glint was seen striking across her eyes, signifying that she was at the peak of her emotions.
Seeing the wild attack aid at him, Ery quickly took the appropriate asure. Now that he was skillful enough to use two weapons simultaneously, he quickly shifted his body to the side and dodge the lunge before proceeding to make another cut on ave's body. He also took the opportunity when it appeared to land another hit on her.
When the situation beca too risky, Ery decided to stall his assault so as to not risk a battle of strength. Therefore, he once again retreated to the distance using his [Blink] spell. While ave was trying to find where he had gone to, he resorted to another approach on attacking the forr, by using a trick he had done before.
A small spatial tear opened near Ery and he imdiately thrusted his sword into it. At the sa ti, a similar spatial tear materialized near ave's right hind leg where a tip of the familiar sword appeared and stabbed on its target. All of this happened without ave realizing it.
Splat!!
Blood splattered as the result was delivered. This ti, the wound was deep enough to partially immobilize the hind leg, causing ave to limp. Looking at the success of the trick, Ery nodded his head in satisfaction. This should be effective in reducing the mobility of the other party.
HOWWLLLL!!
ave wildly and loudly growled again. At first, Ery thought it was because of the several wounds he inflicted. But apparently, that wasn't the case. There, where the wounds were; he could see faint smoke rising, which was imdiately followed by the closing of the wounds.
Ery was surprised at the sight. That must be one of the innate abilities the Night Wolf bloodline had.
The wolf, or rather, ave glared at Ery again and spoke, "How.. How is this possible?!!" disbelief was evident in his voice. "You're a re Fey! This is not possible!!"
Ery didn't have the chance to reply to her rhetorical question because she once again charged at him.
But once again, now that he knew what she could do, Ery adapted to her advance. Slowly but surely, he was able to follow her movents which in turn allowed him to inflict so more wounds on her.
This happened repeatedly until her body was covered with cuts. ave had to use her regeneration ability three more tis before she finally realized that he was more superior than her.
The mont that the realization hit her, Ery's mind was filled with her hysterical voice. "No!! I won't lose to a boy like you!! It will not end like this! Never!
The next thing happened was ave was chanting a few words before it was followed with another howl, but not out of anger this ti. Her body suddenly fell to the ground, trembling and shaking as if sothing happened to her.
The sight confused Ery, but it didn't take long for the questions to be answered. All of a sudden, he felt a burst of energy coming from her. The pitch-black wolf figure began to change. His fur quickly turned shorter and longer many tis over, and he could even hear a loud cracking sound.
ave's body was transforming; the previously massive figure started to stand on two feet as it slowly transford into a humanoid wolf - much the sa as Ery's second transformation.
She howled again, and Ery could clearly see the body changed. The muscles beca conspicuous, the fur on the four limbs and back turned even longer, and the spikes on the body beca even more prominent.
Through the transformation, ave was still screaming in pain until Ery saw the area of her chest. Just below the neck, sothing was growing. A black crystal surrounded by many nerves.
Before he could wonder what the black crystal was, Ery suddenly felt the witch's power increase greatly. Turning his attention back at her, he saw her glaring at him.
This ti, no sound echoed in his mind. Only the sensation of pure anger ready to devour his existence.
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