Leon felt genuine excitent building for the next challenge as all traces of the previous brutal battle disappeared completely from the arena.
The damage that had been inflicted on the reinforced floor and walls simply vanished—repaired instantly by whatever maintenance chanisms the tower possessed.
GLOW! CONVERGE!
Light began gathering at the center of the arena, coalescing into a focal point where the seventh-layer enemy was about to materialize.
Leon wasted no ti preparing himself properly.
ACTIVATE!
He unleashed one of his strongest enhancent techniques—Raijin Descent, executed with Transcendent Rank mastery.
FLASH!
A thunder-shaped glowing imprint appeared prominently between Leon’s brows, pulsing with concentrated electrical power.
Extrely refined purple thunder threads began coursing around his entire body in intricate patterns, crackling with barely contained energy. The sheer power made the air around him visibly distort and warp.
This is close to my maximum conventional combat state.
Including his already-active Mana Body Enhancent, Leon was now operating at one hundred percent of his strength—without even tapping into his divine energy transformation yet.
Multiple types of auras were wrapped carefully around his body in complex, overlapping layers.
Most created protective barriers—defensive shells that would absorb and deflect incoming attacks.
But so auras were in the process of rging with each other—not completely fused yet, but approaching that critical threshold.
His lightning and ice auras were partially rged. Wind and fire were doing the sa—two pairs of complentary elents seeking unity.
Once they completely rge, my power will increase to another significant degree. The synergy effects will be trendous.
He also actively maintained his light aura and life aura despite their lower developnt levels.
The light aura was only at Level 1 mastery. Life aura had reached Level 2.
But these rare elental types weren’t weak at all despite the low numbers. These special elents displayed power far beyond their apparent rank when compared to common elents like fire, wind, water, or earth at the sa level.
Rarity has quality advantages.
Over his body, the various auras were carefully layered and controlled with precise intent.
However, on his blade, it was sothing completely different.
A chaotic, destructive ss of overlapping energies swirled and fought for dominance—barely contained by Leon’s will and concentration.
I can only keep this under control because I’m in the Rank 8 affinity state right now. Otherwise, it would spiral out of control and harm instead of my opponent.
He couldn’t maintain this blade configuration for extended periods. It was too volatile, too dangerous.
But for short bursts? Absolutely devastating.
Leon stood ready, his eyes focused and sharp.
In the next mont—
MATERIALIZE!
The monster appeared, completely different from any previous opponent.
Leon imdiately felt it was at Archon rank—a genuine breakthrough into the next major cultivation tier.
[Abyss Crawler - Archon Rank]
But the na and rank weren’t what made Leon’s eyes widen dramatically.
It was a horrifying six-limbed creature covered in glossy black chitinous armor that seed to absorb light. It had no visible face—no eyes, no nose, no features at all.
Except for a vertical mouth running grotesquely down the entire length of its torso, lined with rows of serrated teeth.
Purple veins pulsed visibly beneath its shell as a heartbeat made visible, and dark smoke leaked continuously from gaps in its armor.
But worse than its appearance—far worse—was the absolutely horrible stench emanating from it.
What is that sll?!
Leon nearly vomited blood just from being in close proximity to the creature.
If not for a previous similar experience, he might have actually lost his composure entirely.
He rembered vividly when he’d gotten rid of that scum noble family—the king who had transford into a corrupted monster. Its appearance had been even uglier than this Abyss Crawler.
However, the stench this creature gave off was many tis stronger than that of the previous encounter.
Nauseating. Absolutely nauseating.
Leon held his breath imdiately, not even daring to breathe normally.
Then he moved with explosive speed.
VOID STEP!
He teleported directly in front of the monster and attacked without hesitation.
But he wasn’t just attacking—he was angry. More angry than delighted about the challenge.
I feel like vomiting because of this stench! Finish this quickly!
And he had an advantage. He sowhat knew the weaknesses of this type of corrupted creature—knowledge he’d learned from the Saintess of Light, Aurelia, after the previous incident.
Elents like light and thunder were its biggest fundantal weaknesses. Especially light—it was particularly lethal to dark corruption.
Life energy also eroded this type of creature, but not as devastatingly effective as the other two elents.
Perfect. I have both light and thunder available.
Leon decided to unleash absolutely everything he possessed without holding back.
FORM! MATERIALIZE!
Another layer of protection appeared over his body—an icy armor constructed from condensed ice elent.
It was an Uncommon rank skill that had reached Transcendent rank mastery through extensive training. The armor improved his physical defense substantially while simultaneously making his ice elent attacks more lethal and penetrating.
Defense and offense combined. Efficient.
Then the battle truly began.
SLASH!
Leon’s chaotic blade struck the Abyss Crawler’s chitinous armor with trendous force.
CLANG! CRACK!
The armor cracked but didn’t shatter completely. The creature’s defense was genuinely impressive.
The Abyss Crawler retaliated imdiately with shocking speed.
STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE!
Three of its six limbs lashed out simultaneously from different angles, each one carrying enough force to crush stone.
Leon dodged two with precise, minimal movent, then blocked the third with his ice-armored forearm.
BOOM!
The impact drove him back several ters, his feet sliding across the arena floor.
Strong! Much stronger than I expected for an early Archon rank.
The creature pressed its advantage, all six limbs attacking in a coordinated assault that seed almost impossible to defend against.
VOID STEP!
Leon teleported behind it, his blade already moving.
Sky Breaker Draw!
SLASH!
The transcendent technique cut cleanly through one of the creature’s limbs, severing it completely.
Purple blood sprayed across the arena floor, smoking and hissing where it landed.
But—
REGENERATE!
The severed limb regrew almost instantaneously, black chitin forming from nothing and solidifying within seconds.
Uncanny regenerative ability! Just like the information suggested.
Leon’s eyes narrowed with understanding.
Unless I destroy both the heart and brain simultaneously, it will keep regenerating indefinitely.
He adjusted his strategy imdiately.
FROST FANG!
A massive wave of freezing energy erupted from his blade, attempting to encase the entire creature in solid ice.
FREEZE! CRACK!
The Abyss Crawler’s movents slowed as ice ford across its body, but it shattered the prison almost imdiately with raw physical force.
BOOM!
Chunks of ice exploded outward like shrapnel.
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