[Wind Pressure Slash LV10] [Flame Dragon Breath LV10]
Sword energy collided with a flaming fist, and sparks scattered through the explosion.
Fifteen still had to dodge those blue sparks, but Gray could use the chance to close the distance again, pressing in and trying to burn Fifteen with the intense heat.
"What a pain—"
Fifteen swung out sword energy while stepping back with
[Roaming Step LV10]
.
Facing Gray, he was not in such a bad state as Bella, who could barely even counterattack.
But simply flinging sword energy from a distance clearly made it difficult to threaten Gray, even with Bella switching to crossbow bolts to assist from the side.
However, that did not mean Fifteen was at a disadvantage. Quite the opposite—if this stalemate continued, the one who died in the end would definitely be Gray.
That terrifying Blue Flame was immensely powerful, and keeping it active like this was bound to consume a great deal.
By contrast, Fifteen's
[Wind Pressure Slash]
consumed very little, and he had plenty of stamina. If worst came to worst, he could even have Number Nine give him a mouthful of spores to stimulate his potential—
But Gray had clearly noticed this as well. He did not choose to retreat. Instead, he deliberately headed toward another Node Tower within the city, his intentions obvious: either fight him to the death, or watch him tear down the Node Tower, then kill him after his strength was exhausted.
Fifteen naturally could not let Gray destroy the Node Tower.
"If only I knew Master's Moon Treading—" Fifteen felt somewhat regretful.
Back then, between the two top-tier movement techniques,
[Moon Treading]
and
[Ground Shrink]
, the former was faster and covered a longer distance, while the latter made one's movements more elusive and harder to guard against.
He