Battle
What are you doing?
Shadow Erosion asked again.
"Thinking about... how... to kill you," Shen Heng replied in the same trembling voice.
It wasn't that he did it on purpose, but rather that his body trembled instinctively due to the high-frequency flow of Origin Power within him, causing his words to tremble as well.
"Still thinking of... struggling...?"
As if suddenly losing interest, Shadow Erosion slowly raised its tentacles.
Its massive body cast a suffocating shadow in the moonlight.
"Whoosh--"
The sound of wind breaking rang out.
Three tentacles shot out from different directions, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound.
Shen Heng stood still, silently watching the several tentacles that were attacking him.
The sound of wind cutting through the air grew louder and louder in his ears.
Suddenly, he turned to the side and took two steps back.
"Whoosh--"
The tips of the tentacles appeared before him with a sharp whistling sound, then quickly disappeared, leaving only three thick tentacles.
Shen Heng slightly tilted his wrist as he held the knife.
Twofold Force + Vibrating Blade · Triple Force + Flow · Overclocking!
"Whoosh--"
With a swift slash, the three tentacles snapped off.
Wh... what?
Its cloudy yellow pupils reflected a faint light, and a jet-black crack appeared on Shadow Erosion's head.
For the first time, an expression of disbelief and astonishment appeared on its face.
Its tentacles had been severed by the humans before, but each one had been cut off individually. This time...
But there were three of them together!
What happened to this human?
With a look of bewilderment, his cloudy yellow pupils once again focused on the human below.
Below, Shen Heng lowered his eyes slightly, feeling the resistance from the strike he had just received.
Excluding the enhancements from the Twofold Force and the Vibrating Blade, is the boost from Origin Power Flow roughly equivalent to A-Class ability?
These improvements are still not enough for Shen Heng to surpass or even crush Shadow Erosion.
But at least it will allow him to close the gap in physical fitness between the two sides.
Once this gap is closed, Shadow Erosion won't be so difficult to defeat for Shen Heng, who possesses Twofold Force and the Vibrating Blade.
At least, severing its tentacles no longer requires as much effort as before...
Shen Heng turned around, looked at Shadow Erosion, and strode over.
His steps were somewhat unsteady, as if he hadn't yet adjusted to the constant trembling of his body.
But the impact doesn't seem to be significant, because he was very determined in every step he took.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!..."
Tentacles came one after another.
Shen Heng dodged with minimal movement.
At the same time, the long sword was raised again and again.
Each time it lifts its head, it severs a tentacle.
Furthermore, this time, Shen Heng did not allow Shadow Erosion to retract its severed tentacles.
The long sword was raised repeatedly, severing one tentacle after another that was trying to retract.
Shen Heng moved slowly forward amidst a barrage of tentacles, like an assassin facing an archer's attack.
As more and more parts were missing, Shadow Erosion's body began to involuntarily sag.
Eight meters, seven meters, six meters...
"Roar--"
An angry roar rang out.
Shadow Erosion stopped its attack, its murky yellow eyes fixed intently on Shen Heng.
That's anger at the status quo!
It is the anger of a prey that was once being crushed at will suddenly possessing the power to harm it!
Shen Heng also stopped.
His body was still trembling, but he had mentally adapted to the state.
Moreover, it seems that 'Flow Overclocking' has not yet reached its limit. If the frequency and flow rate of the Origin Power within one's body are further adjusted...
Its ability to improve physical fitness seems to have room for further improvement, but...
Shen Heng felt the intense burning sensation emanating from his body.
The body can only maintain 'Flow Overclocking' to this extent at the moment.
A rustling sound rang in Shen Heng's ears.
He lowered his eyes to look at the two tentacles behind Shadow Erosion.
The two tentacles were hidden behind several other tentacles, clinging to the ground and meandering to either side in the darkness.
The goal is to retrieve the severed tentacles at the back?
Shen Heng didn't turn his head to observe, but relied solely on his hearing to identify the movement of the two tentacles.
He didn't stop him, but gently raised his eyes to look at the shadowy Shadow Erosion in his trembling vision.
He lifted his toes slightly, and then...
"Bang!"
The ground suddenly cracked open.
Shen Heng disappeared from the spot.
His figure transformed into a black line, rushing straight towards Shadow Erosion.
This was Shen Heng's first run since he comprehended and used 'Flow Overclocking'.
The speed, so different from before, caused Shadow Erosion's body to lean back slightly involuntarily.
It wasn't afraid, it just...
Damn it, this human really has changed!
He's become... stronger than before!
Several tentacles rose up at once and attacked Shen Heng.
Shen Heng stared intently at the tentacles that were attacking him, their trajectories and power points clearly reflected in his perception.
"Whoosh--"
A sharp, piercing sound of wind breaking through the air rang out.
Shen Heng leaped suddenly, his figure soaring into the air.
The long sword slashed towards the tentacle; it was a long sword that was only imbued with two layers of sonic waves.
"Laugh--"
The long blade sliced through the surface of the dark tentacle and sank in.
But that's exactly the effect Shen Heng wanted.
He twisted his body, using the force of his tentacles to tumble several times in mid-air.
Then, it pushed off the tentacle with its toes and charged straight toward Shadow Erosion.
The humans in front of them dodged their attack.
Shadow Erosion's eyes gleamed, and the two tentacles beside him, which had not yet been activated, immediately reacted and rushed forward.
This time, Shen Heng did not dodge.
While suspended in mid-air, the long sword suddenly slashed down.
The third sound wave overlapped with the one that was being slashed by the longsword.
"Clang—Sizzle!"
A flash of light appeared!
Two thick, jet-black tentacles, strong enough to shatter steel plates, were severed at the root!
"Bang!"
Shen Heng landed.
He looked up calmly at Shadow Erosion a few meters away, then pushed off the ground with his toes and rushed over.
Gazing at the figure charging towards it, at that moment, Shadow Erosion forgot everything else; all it remembered was its biological instincts, only...
"Roar--"
An angry roar came from the shadows...
"Whoosh--"
The blade flashed as it sliced through the rift.
Shen Heng Shadow Erosion at Ying Shi in mid-air, then descended and landed on the ground.
His foot had barely touched the ground when he leaped forward again.
The long sword was raised.
"Vibrating Blade - Triple Slash!"
"Whoosh--"
A dazzling flash of light swept across the blade.
This time, the longsword severed the connection between Shadow Erosion's body and its tentacles.
Along with the two tentacles that stretched out, trying to retract their previously severed connection.
Without hesitation, Shen Heng kicked out, sending the Shadow Erosion lower half of Ying Shi flying.
Then.
"Boom--"
Shadow Erosion's oval head fell straight to the ground.