BXBX NOVEL Chapter 63: Don't Charge In
You shall serve as the life force that produces the next Anima Lord!"
The Anima Lord is what the Anima call the Armageddon class Anima. The anima all feared KING for a long time after the fight against the Armageddon. They witnessed his power and realized that he was too dangerous for any of them to stand a chance against him. If he could kill one of their Lords, then what chance would they have?
But they slowly lost that feeling of fear as they no longer saw KING fighting on the front lines.
They realized that KING would not show his face no matter how many humans they killed or ate, so the memory of what he was capable of collectively meandered back into something mythical for them. Why should they be afraid of a KING with no power?
Mark\'s glare never reduced in intensity.
"You don\'t know the meaning of the word fear."
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[Does User wish to send points to the selected Skill? Yes/No]
[User has added 40 points to Blunt Force Trauma]
Current Rank: E Rank [2/200]
Probability of landing a Critical Attack: +5% for every successful consecutive hit.
Probability of landing a Divergent Attack: +0.1% for every successful consecutive hit.
[Divergent Attack: This skill envelops the user\'s fists with mana, exponentially multiplying the damage inflicted upon impact by 2.5 with each consecutive successful use.]
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[User has added 60 skill points to Mana Circulation]
Current Mana Circulation: E Rank [60/200]
[Stat Improvements Due to Application of Mana]
Strength: +12%
Stamina: +12%
Agility: +10%
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[User has added 160 stat points to Strength]
[Strength: 980 [+98] [+118]]
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Mark didn\'t even have the time to look at the new addition to the skill he just advanced. He just continued making his way towards the anima with murder in his gaze.
A hand suddenly appeared in front of Mark and Mark turned to look at Meta with a sneer. Meta had a frown on his face as he tried to understand what the fuck was happening. He knew that Mark was angry, but that didn\'t mean Mark should just charge into battle like a maniac.
"I don\'t know what exactly the both of you are talking about, but you should calm down and think. That anima is not as weak as it makes itself seem. It is faster and stronger than me and if you walk in there without a plan, it will end up killing you."
Meta didn\'t know what sort of beef the Anima had with Mark and he didn\'t understand why the Anima kept calling Mark KING. There was no way someone like Mark would be KING. KING died a long time ago and he was one of the strongest of all the superhumans. If Mark was KING, then he would not have struggled against that Calamity Class.
Mark was about to say something, but a sound from underground made him furrow his brow as he felt a tremor under his feet!
Rumble!
Mark immediately jumped high and placed both feet on Meta\'s chest before using it as a springboard to launch both him and Meta out of the way!
Boom!!
A large green vine-looking structure suddenly burst out from the earth and began to wriggle around like a worm! It was as wide as Mark\'s entire body and it reached all the way to the ceiling before it bent in on itself and turned around to shoot down at Mark!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Three more vines shot out from the ground and Mark was immediately on the move as he saw all of them aiming for him. He didn\'t know what those things were and he didn\'t know what would happen if they caught him, but they weren\'t his immediate concern right now since he knew that he could dodge around them if they tried to attack him! He only had eyes for that ant-headed Anima!
Phwoom!
One of the vines tried to attack Mark by slamming into him, but Mark was able to dodge it easily and he planted his foot on the vine and began to run across its body as he raced for the Anima!
[Raijuu Thunder God]!
Bzzttt!!!
Mark\'s constitution suddenly activated the lightning technique once he touched the vine and he heard a loud screech echo through the cave as all the vines in the room shook in pain. Mark was immediately able to figure out what the vines were once he heard it screech. There was still one low-level Calamity class that he was yet to defeat and he was sure that this vine was it! Is it some sort of worm?
That is disgusting.
Mark wondered how in the world he was going to kill this thing since it was underground. He would have to think of a way after getting rid of that Ant Anima.
Mark reached the point where he thought he would see the ant, but he was shocked when there was no one there! It ran away!
Shink!
It was only his quick instincts that allowed Mark to dodge quickly enough to avoid the sword that almost took his head off. Mark fell forward and immediately turned around to race straight for the Anima behind him! The Anima wasted no time as it also ran straight for Mark and they both clashed in the middle!
Boom!
Bam! Bam!
Slam!
Mark grabbed the Anima by the arm and threw it into the air and the Anima easily turned around and used the body of the large worm and shot off for Mark again. It tried to take Mark\'s head off with its knife arm, but Mark stepped close and prevented it from getting a clean cut!
He pulled his arm back and three devastating punches flew out and slammed into the Anima\'s midsection before he grabbed it by the leg before it could fly away and threw it into the ground!
Bam!
Ka-Boom!
Once the Anima hit the ground, a massive green vine flew out from under the ant and carried it into the sky! It slammed through the roof of the cave and exposed the cave to the moonlight shining through the island as the fight escalated into the open forest.
Down in the cave, Meta was on the move as he dodged around the vines that were also trying to get him. He was able to dodge most of them since they were slower than him, but he was not able to join the fight because of his injuries. He knew that if he joined the fight the way he is now, he was only going to slow Mark down. He needed to get some of his stamina back as quickly as possible.
Crack!
Crack!
Meta dodged around a vine that tried to bludgeon him and he turned around to look at what was making the new sound. He narrowed his eyes as he saw the cracks that appeared on the pod that was holding Arit and he could only sigh tiredly.
Crack!
"What the fuck is going on in this place?"