Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Level... ten (263)

While it could have been a good thing that the demon could only see movement, Kai knew that it was not.

He was always fond of performing feint attacks and trying to trick his opponent. Like, performing a movement with his wrist only to end up doing something else.

But since the demon could only see movement, that was all it could focus on. If Kai attempted to trick it, it would end up realising and reacting to it much quicker than the average beast.

So that meant that Kai had to come up with another method to best the beast.

And to be honest... His mind was drawing a blank.

The demon was stronger, quicker, had more advantages and to top it all off, it was Evolved.

All of the Evolved beasts he had encountered had been outrageous in their own way. The Veiled of the Dark Side had their invisibility, the Depth Dweller would have been a horrible foe to face if Kai hadn't gotten lucky, and the Winter Serpent probably could have killed him in a single attack if it hadn't gotten burnt to a crisp by the Divine flames they were protecting.

And this Demon was no different. They had their frostbite attacks and a sort of domain that had trapped them.

It was looking rough to say the least.

Of course, Kai also had his own advantages. A wide variety of skills, the ability to weaken the demon by a little, his fused state which increased his stats tremendously.

And if things got worse than they already were, he could give all of his stats a 2× boost using Ignition.

But Kai didn't want to do that, not while it could leave Cecilia unprotected afterwards.

And that was another advantage of his.

Kai was not alone.

Although Cecilia may not be too useful in the current situation, maybe something would change. Her Mana Threads were decently strong by now, so maybe she would be able to set up a trap.

Staring at the demon, Kai took out a Mana potion and quickly downed its contents. His Mana had dropped a little below half, so he had to make sure he always had enough of it to sustain his transformation and skills.

He had a thought of consuming the strength potion that was in his satchel, but he decided to hold off on that for now.

Flexing his claws, Kai waited for Esurient to float to his side before making any move. The Ruby blade slowly decended to his level before shivering in anticipation.

Then, the two of them shot towards the demon.

Esurient started spinning, building up speed and momentum in an effort to be able to cut into the demon's body. Before, they had found it difficult to cut into the abominations surprisingly sturdy flesh, but if they were to keep spinning then they would most certainly be able to..

Using Mana Surge, Kai imbued every inch of his legs with newfound power. He felt them throb as a crater formed in the snow where he just stood, bits of the snow getting flung into the air.

Kai reached the Demon first, aiming to slash its arm off, but the Demon reacted rather quickly. It countered by knocking Kai's arm away with its elbow and aiming a kick at his stomach.

Esurient managed to stop that hit from landing, it's body threatening to sever the creatures leg just before it pulled away.

What followed was... rather strange.

Even though it was a 2 v 1, Kai did not feel like they held the advantags. The Demon, despite the fact that it had never had any sort of training, was incredibly efficient in hand to hand combat.