Chapter 195 195 The Synergy
The two wings contorted exaggeratedly into thin red blades that looked as flexible as whips! Along with its change, it lunged toward Caleb unforgivingly at a very fast speed that it turned into a blur from Caleb's eyes.
What is that concept!? Caleb already has a high reaction speed that exceeds most of Tier 8 Destinies!
'Finally... It seems this would make the fight more interesting.' Caleb tried to hold back the smirk on his face. He hadn't had a good battle for a while. Although he doesn't deem himself as a battle maniac. An adrenaline-pumping battle still excites him sometimes!
There was not enough time to think as the two sharp-whip-like blood weapons grazed him on his left cheek, causing a thin line to appear and a bit of blood to flow from it. Afterimages, after images appeared as Caleb tried his best to constantly dodge the whips with his Deka Step.
'How is he dodging this!?' Amelia gritted her teeth, shocked at what was happening. Even a Tier 7 would have to be careful with this attack of hers, which was as fast as the flapping of dragonflies themselves!
On the other hand, the crowd watched as Caleb produced an extra shadow out of his body and threw it in a random direction, and switched with it to reposition himself and dodge Amelia's attacks. The combination of shadow abilities and Deka Step were now showing their effects in front of hundreds of people.
"My god... What kind of cockroach is this!? No... he's even harder to kill than cockroaches themselves!"
"Look, it's not only his shadow abilities that gave him such excellent mobility in the battle. It's also that weird footwork technique of his. I wonder who taught him that technique or where did he learned it? Did he develop it himself?" A 7th Seat Officer rubbed his goatee with interest and said.
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The battle continued and two minutes had passed since it started before Caleb decided that he had enough fun. He stopped all his movements and closed his eyes.
Amelia stared wide-eyed. Confused at her opponent's sudden move.'Huh? Did he give up already?'
It was too late for her to retract her blood-whip attacks, even if she wanted to. No!! She shouted in her mind with a horrified expression. This is just a battle and they don't have enmity with each other. She doesn't want to kill someone without due reason. After all, it would be a murder!
Everyone on the platform watched with nervous expression. A couple of 7th Tiers stood up, intending to save Caleb. However, even with their speed, they knew that they wouldn't reach in time.
Some people could already imagine a body getting divided neatly in half or blood spurting everywhere. Most of the scouts closed their eyes, not wanting to see the gory scene that would befall the young kid. Some black-hearted people, on the other hand, glared at the scene as if waiting for thrilling things to happen and satisfy the violence in their hearts. They want to etch Caleb's accidental butchery in their mind. Yes, such people exist in this world.
CLINKK!
A loud metallic sound rang in the entire fighting arena. The majority of the crowd was confused as it was the sound of clashing of metal against metal instead of the smooth cutting of flesh.
When the scouts who had their eyes closed heard it. They swallowed their saliva and opened their eyes. A bit afraid that they would see bits of pieces of limbs and flesh scattered on the stage.
However, what they saw made them so dumbfounded that they were unable to believe it. The young Caleb stood on the fighting stage intact with his arms crossed together with a relaxed smile on his face. However, what's different with him is the fact that his skin. No, his whole body had been covered with what seemed like black steel!
On the other hand, he had one of the whip-like blades caught in his hands while the other one had its tip bent after unsuccessfully penetrating his neck... Nah; it didn't even manage to leave a scratch on his steel-like neck. The combination of Hardening and tesai stacked upon each other finally showed its might in front of everyone for the first time!
Yes, he managed to replicate Tesai. Thanks to his increase in learning and recall ability brought by his high spirit attribute.
Caleb was afraid that only those peak Tier 7 destinies would be able to injure him in this state! Enjoy exclusive content from empire
Amelia, instead of disbelief, heaved a sigh of relief. She was thankful that she hadn't accidentally murdered someone or else she would regret it and would become a shadow in her heart. However, she doesn't believe in evil! She smiled and conjured blood bullets in the air and shot them toward Caleb. The battle must continue until the victor is decided!
"It's futile..." Caleb shook his head as the blood bullets hit his body and exploded one after another. As for the feeling? He just feels that someone was trying to pinch him. A smile appeared on his face and he looked at Amelia. "However, I commend your spirit. For that, you deserve to lose with my trump card."
As Caleb said this, eight tentacles made of gum gum rubber emerged out of his back which made him look like both a spider and an octopus. The tentacles had the color of purple (Color of gum gum rubber). If it was in the past, it would be useless to form/shape the gum gum rubber into sharp weapons or anything of the like. But now, everything changed because of...
Hardening!
The gum gum rubber tentacles, which have the property of both gum and rubber, solidified with the activation of hardening... Making it hard, sticky, stretchable, and sharp at the same time! Such an anomaly of material shouldn't have existed, but now it exists! His gum gum rubber could finally take a solid form thanks to his hardening ability which gave it the property of steel!
More importantly, it would only get tougher and sharper in time as long as his hardening and his physical strength increase in level without losing its innate adhesive and stretchy characteristics. This is the result of the synergy between gum gum rubber and hardening!
'Should I call it Steel Gum Rubber Substance?? Hmm... That sounds awkward.' Caleb smirked.