Before Argon could understand what was happening, every single one of his attacks was being blocked by the reinforced arms of the creature before him…
However, that was not where it ended.
Not only was it beginning to block all his attacks, it quickly moved to parry them instead.
Argon’s techniques utilized the power of momentum. Even if it blocked the attack, Argon’s technique and control over his toki allowed him to move the swords in a way that allowed him to keep the momentum of the last attack.
It could be seen when he first attacked the storm of spiders. Every time he killed something, the toki around him would increase while his next blow became even stronger than the last.
However, not that the creature was using his momentum against him; it was getting much harder to fight it.
And the worst part of all of this was not the fact that it was pushing him back, but it was the fact that the humanoid spider was doing it while fighting three of them at the same time.
“What are these moves… They are almost— Human!” Argon’s eyes widened as he quickly realized something, but before he could tell his teammates, the spider produced a burst of speed and instantly blitzed him.
The punch catapulted Argon through the air before smashing him into the other side of the cavern and sending out a large shockwave that alerted everyone who could hear it.
“Argon!” Falco shouted and shot forward.
His martial style allowed him to contain and unleash energy in the form of bursts, the same way a kangaroo would squat down, contain the energy, and release it in the form of a jump.
Falco’s style allowed him to contain as much energy as his normal body could handle, his natural toki included.
*Swish*
Unleashing the energy in his legs in the form of a leap, he pushed against the ground with so much force that it began to crack all around him.
And in the next instance, he had become a blur to everyone, including the humanoid spider.
His hand moved at incredible speeds as it slashed at the creature like a lightning bolt striking its opponent.
The humanoid spider couldn’t react in time.
The dagger was too fast.
A large cut could be seen on the humanoid spider’s chest in the blink of an eye.
The gash gushed out brown blood that splatted Falco’s face; however, it had been studying his techniques too.
Suddenly, the creature’s arm turned into a blur as it launched forward with the intention of squashing Falco’s head in like a watermelon.
Falco himself was shocked, but not for the right reasons.
He had expected that the attack would have cut the creature in half; however, when he saw that it was just a large cut wound on its chest, he felt a sense of fear overcome him.
That was one of his strongest strikes; anything stronger would take him a few minutes to collect.
While his martial style had taught him how to fight without the use of its technique, however, that didn’t mean he would be effective in it. Plus, he had put his all into the attack. All the energy he had contained within his arms and legs was now gone, and as the arm grew closer, he could not help but sense his life beginning to slip from between his fingertips.
However, before it could hit him, he felt a tug at the back of his shirt as something swiftly moved him away from the striking range.
At the same time, the earth and rock underneath the spider humanoid erupted out in a cage-like pattern, quickly encapsulating the spider within it before closing and shrinking to crush it.
Herla was still panting. She looked extremely pale, and from the looks of it, her knees were shaking as she looked at the floor the a drowsy expression.
She was suffering from mana exhaustion. She wanted to stop and allow herself to regain a little bit of mana. Yet, by the time she had made that decision, she had seen Argon, their strongest toki user, get launched away in less than a second.
In the next second, she saw that her boyfriend was in danger, so with the little mana she had left, she strained her body and used one of her tier-3 spells.
It was a weaker version of earth prison that used much less mana, but even then, it still made her collapse the moment she was finished with it.
She was still awake; however, the human body couldn’t handle that much stress, and in order to save itself, the mind sent a signal throughout the body to stop all non-essential activities.
However, from the angle she was in, she saw everything clearly.
ραΠdαsΝοvεl ƈοm
With the same momentum as the throw, her sword became a blur of light, slicing through the tier-3 earth prison like a hot knife going through butter.
In the next instance, the two rocks split cleanly in half, as one of the sides slid off, collapsing to the ground and showing one of the two dead halves of the spider humanoid.
“That wasn’t so hard now, was it?” Nymira sighed while placing her sword in her sheath.
The weapon looked like a normal long sword; however, at a second glance, everyone could tell that it was a high-tier weapon.
“Advanced tier weapon…” Syra muttered to herself as her eyes were drawn to the pristine sapphire core on her sword.
“A little help here!” Eclipse shouted with a little bit of distress in his voice.
However, despite knowing that he was currently on his last breath trying to dodge these creatures that were adapting to him at a monstrous rate, Nymira’s eyes were locked upon the giant spider with a huge grin on her face.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve fought a creature on your level…”
“Show me what you’ve got.”
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