Chapter 89 - Consequences - I
** Seven days after the banquet
"Behind you," Elian said.
Blue lightning serpents hissed as they slithered across the ground toward me like living creatures.
"Learn to sense the effects prana causes around you. Every spell, every attack manifests a resonance that can be felt and used to predict what's coming!"
Blood dripped from my body. My arms were limp and bleeding, my clothes reduced to tattered rags barely covering me. The serpents quickly surrounded me. Two tried to bite at my knees while two others lunged for my face.
Crackling yellow lightning daggers formed in my hands. With difficulty, I swung horizontally, slicing through the two serpents attacking my face, then leaped upward, reducing gravity around me to evade the other two.
The severed serpents reformed, merging with the two that had missed their strike, becoming a massive anaconda. Its body stretched up to my height, and in a swift motion, it struck at my legs.
I combined my two lightning daggers—a technique Elian had taught me and one I'd refined to my current limit—forming a spear over three meters long. With aching arms, I hurled it at the anaconda Elian controlled effortlessly.
"BOOOOOOOOOOOM!"
Electric explosions echoed through the arena as destruction unfolded beneath my feet. Both the serpent and the spear annihilated each other.
"Phew... that was close," I cursed.