Chapter 43: All-Out Battle!
Ignoring Elias’ side, Kai downed another mana potion and locked his eyes on the two beasts who had an advantage against someone with a double hammer as his weapon.
’Now that we’re fighting against time, I don’t need to spare my mana too much like before since we need to kill the 1st Echelon Rank Beasts as soon as possible.’
Kai thought to himself as he prepared to use the [Azure Slash] skill and killed the beasts quickly without even thinking of the mana consumption since he could fill it in an instant and he still had a few dozen of them anyway.
The battered plain rang with steel and screeches as Kai skidded to a halt beside a burly dual-hammer wielder who had been forced back step by step by two Saber-tooth Shadow Panthers (Lv 27 & Lv 29).
Their oil-black coats shimmered with dusk mana as every claw left afterimages in the air.
"Hold them for a bit."
The burly man grunted, crossed his twin mauls, and blocked a double swipe that would have eviscerated a weaker man. Sparks flew, and tendons in his forearms bulged.
Kai vanished into thin air and reappeared above the higher-level panther, left hand flicking a [Slow Curse] seal onto it.
Mid-fall, he twisted Azure Sword into a reverse thrust and stabbed straight into its body. Instead of detonating outward like before, he channeled Azure Slash along the blade’s length, turning it into a vibrating hydro-drill.
The edge bored forward, shredding its organs as the beast convulsed and went limp.
The second panther spun toward him, but the burly man’s right hammer crashed into its ribs, staggering it into Kai’s path.