Chapter 123 - 120 : End of the 8th trial
Kara placed her hands on Sora and Emily, enveloping the group in the effects of [Time Acceleration].
This time, she controlled the skill's intensity carefully, accelerating their movements only a dozen times faster rather than a thousandfold, as she had in the previous battle. The measured use of her skill allowed her to conserve her dwindling life energy while still giving Sora and Emily a significant edge.
Leaving Kara near the storm to recover, the two human players launched their attack on the approaching group simultaneously. Knowing she wasn't back to her full strength yet, Emily left two clones behind to guard Kara, ensuring no one would reach her unnoticed.
Netsu, the Time Dragon and Emily's Blood Fox appeared as well, engaging the opposing familiars.
Using [Blink], Sora appeared directly in front of a demon from the Fox group, eager to test his [Elemental Nexus].
The energy pulsed in his hand, exuding an ominous glow. As Sora struck, the nexus obliterated every inch of flesh it touched. The demon barely had time to register the attack before half of his stomach vanished, and Sora's hand drove through his chest as if slicing through air.
The lack of resistance was almost unsettling, and Sora felt a strange awkwardness as his hand fully traversed the demon's body, forcing him to retract it the same way it had entered.
As he pulled back, he observed in fascination as the destruction didn't stop at the gaping hole in his opponent's chest. Instead, the damage spread outward, freezing some parts of the body, incinerating others, and sending a violent electric current through the lifeless body. The combined forces of the [Elemental Nexus] consumed the demon entirely, leaving behind little more than dissolving particles.
| [You have eliminated a Fox: +1,000 points (Eliminated)] |