"..." Ninth Sister, you really are something. Muttering inwardly, Jiu Ming abruptly sped up, closing in on the Twisted Aberration before him in an instant. The moment it retaliated, he moved at high speed behind it and chopped at the back of its neck.
Crack!
Shattered black ice flew everywhere. Looking at the layer of ice that had blocked his hand blade, Jiu Ming curled his lips. "Tough... but my own strength has dropped quite a bit too."
A layer of transparent flame suddenly lit up over his hand. The black ice, already riddled with cracks from his previous strike, was instantly shattered. Yet with the time it had bought itself, the Twisted Aberration formed another layer of ice and blocked Jiu Ming's attack.
It even left several holes in Jiu Ming's palm where Ice Spikes had pierced through. He swiftly pulled back his hand, then sent the Twisted Aberration flying with a spinning kick. In its slightly widened eyes, his injured hand seemed not to have affected him in the slightest. He directly crushed a Sealed Card. Once Laevateinn was in his grasp, the flaming blade extending from its sword body bore down on it with overwhelming force!
The blazing flames crushing down on it suddenly dimmed. Seeing that, Jiu Ming snapped his fingers. "Panel-kun! Give me a blessing!" A layer of blazing white coated the dark crimson flames. Though its distortion had weakened, the Twisted Aberration's ability to assimilate energy still remained. Aside from the difference in force, what remained was the difference between active control and passive lack of control.
Passive abilities were all well and good, but once they lacked controllability, they easily brought disaster.
The protected flames directly ignored the Twisted Aberration's assimilative nature and unleashed their power at full effect.
Naturally, the Twisted Aberration