Greg's gaze hardened. As Yellow Springs lunged at him again, he did not retreat.
"Entangle!"
Five tentacles formed from pitch-black magic power shot out, deftly wrapping around Yellow Springs's slashing claws and mutated limbs. Although the slime seeping from her crystals quickly corroded them, they still caused an extremely brief hitch in her attacks.
Greg seized the opening, and pitch-black armor once again covered his arms and feet!
This time, he chose not to attack from a distance. Instead, he poured most of his remaining magic power into the armor and became a bolt of black lightning, charging straight at Yellow Springs while the tentacles briefly held her back!
The instant before they collided, Greg silently recited the trigger word! LV5 Boohoohoo activated!
Yellow Springs's crimson soulfire abruptly faltered, and her frenzied attacks came to a clear halt. Though the effect lasted only five seconds, it was already a fatal opening for a being of her caliber!
Greg intended to plunge his right hand, clad in [Dark Erosion Armor], directly into Yellow Springs's body and use its darkness-aspected devouring power to consume the soul energy within her, destroying her soul mass.
Yet something happened that Greg had not anticipated. The instant his shadow-wreathed hand touched the shattered crystals on Yellow Springs's body, the dark magic power on his arm seemed to scent an exquisite feast and suddenly surged out of control!
"Fuck, how did this power get so strong all of a sudden?!"
Greg tried to suppress it, but like a black tide starved for far too long, it used his arm as a bridge and surged madly toward Yellow Springs, enveloping her entire body in an instant!
"Aaargh-!!!"
Yellow Springs let out an utterly agonized soul scream, filled with endless pain and... an irresistible terror rooted in the very