Chapter 40: Changes
Theron's body soaked in the water. As though he were a dry patch of land, he greedily sapped up any Water Mana he could get his hands on. Though, there was a strong bottleneck, decided by his cultivation and the quality of his Core.
Water Mancy might not be known for its power, but other than Wind Mancy, it was among the easiest to pull from the environment. Even then, with Wind Mancy, it depended on the conditions. With Water Mancy, so long as there was water, there was hope.
This was something the Metal Mancer had experienced intimately. Despite having earth all around him, Earth Mana didn't have the fluidity of Water and Wind Mana and thus couldn't be drawn from so easily, not without exceptional skill, a powerful cultivation method, or, once again, a bloodline ability.
The moment Theron deduced that the Metal Mancer had been responsible for drawing open the tunnels and forging new paths of entry into the Guild, he knew that he had to be running low on Mana.
[Water Bullet] didn't have much offensive power to begin with. If he was trying to take down a Variant Earth Mancer with it, it would be like throwing an egg against a rock.
So he baited the Metal Mancer, not only forcing him to use more of his Mana, but also doing something completely unexpected in the end.
When the Silver Mancer had been targeting him earlier, in the Veinsong focused state, Theron had felt that he had an opportunity to regain his equilibrium by shifting the fluid in his inner ear. He acted on instinct and used his Water Mancy to control water within his body, something he had never done before.
Theron's knowledge of human anatomy was actually quite extensive, though he naturally knew about a great many things. The entirety of his youth had been spent reading about things that fascinated him.
Pulling on that knowledge, he had been able to do something unprecedented. But... Theron knew that there was nothing natural about this.