Chapter 44: Betrayal... Despairing Battle?
Kranos looked at the creature that had appeared before him. Surprisingly, it was a tree demon. Kranos was surprised but without giving Kranos time to think much, the corrupted tree immediately attacked Kranos with almost ten branches.
Not good! Kranos exclaimed inwardly, executing space flash to the maximum. Unexpectedly, the tree’s speed was very fast, fortunately, it wasn’t as fast as Kranos. After all, the Tree Demon was only at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.
Kranos brandished his sword, which emitted a silvery glow—Moonlight saber... this was a sword technique he had comprehended after spending months occasionally glancing at the purple moon hung up in the sky.
In the next instant, his sword seemed to vanish from sight—and before the Tree Demon could even sense it, it had already been split in half. The creature didn’t see how it happened... it died in eternal regret...
But Kranos had no time to rest. Another corrupted beast lunged at him. Gritting his teeth, Kranos swung his blade. Like before, the monster was dead before it even realized it had been attacked.
Previously, Kranos had used these creatures to hone his instincts and reflexes. But now, seeing that they were trying to overwhelm him through numbers and attrition, he knew—this couldn’t continue.
He would have to cut them down swiftly.
And so, the killing began in earnest. One after another, the beasts fell like wheat under his blade as Kranos used the moonlight saber consecutively. Their corrupted bodies twitched and collapsed to the ground, slowly dissolving into a puddle of purplish liquid.
As his mana reserves dwindled, Kranos suddenly felt something stir deep within him. Within his mind space, he could see that ninth foundation had solidified and the tenth one was slowly shaping under his strenuous use of ana