Elven Legacy (Part 2)

Chapter 364: Elif, Meet Hippogriff

Seeing how my opponent relied on his disgusting antics to secure victories, I saw no point in furthering this battle; I had initially wished to experience this being's fighting style a little, but my interest had waned entirely as of now. Standing up, I flicked Hokori and compressed all of its aura toward the blade's tip while flying through the sky, dodging my opponent's hands as he tried to swat me out of the sky like an insect.

Nearing his chest, I got real close before once again thrusting Hokori right where his heart would be, launching a powerful heavenly pierce as a thick beam of purple Qi shot through the air and penetrated the Titan's chest before exiting through the back, slamming against the white wall. Although the hole was significantly bigger than the previous one, it still didn't mean much given my opponent's sheer size; however, before I could attack once more, I saw him release a mighty breath, yet since I was expecting it, I was able to back away before my nose took the brunt of his attack, but still, as this was an enclosed room, the scent of his disgusting breath wafted through the air.

'What a terrible opponent.' Thought Elif with a deep frown as he refused to breathe, ensuring the inside of his body wasn't forced to deal with such vile air.

Intending to finish this battle as quickly as possible, I continued with my actions of launching heavenly pierces at the Titan's chest, stabbing a hole through his heart; although my attacks were small, over time, as they began to accumulate, I knew it would only be a matter of time before my opponent finally succumbed to the numerous injuries.

However, before that occurred, something surprising happened just as I was about to attack the Titan for the umpteenth time; while floating in the air parallel to my chest, moments away from thrusting Hokori at him, I felt a pang within my body, causing me to furrow my brows, though following that pang I felt a warm sensation surge flowing through my throat, only for me to cough out a lump of blackish blood.

"W-What the–" Asked Elif in confusion as he stared at the viscous lump of blackish blood, only for him to be slapped into the wall.

Switching my attack, I launched a heavenly scar, deepening the already present wound from before while also freeing myself, though I didn't attack again and instead quickly distanced myself, intending to figure out what was wrong with me.

Using this moment of respite, I searched my insides with my divine sense, yet it didn't take long to find out the cause of my problem; all throughout my body, there were thousands of tiny little bugs eating away at my insides, all the pain I'd been dealing with wasn't because of the attacks I've taken, but instead, it was because of these grotesque tiny bugs.

I nearly vomited at what I was witnessing happening within me, though following that sense of vomit was fury at the sight of a bunch of tiny bugs feeding themselves on perfection, such as I. Without any further ado, I sent a wave of Qi through my body, hoping it would kill them, but nope, instead, they absorbed whatever Qi they could before they split into multiple different versions of themselves, nearly tripling their numbers.

"Tsk. It was you, wasn't it?" Asked Elif furiously as he narrowed his eyes at the Titan, who was stomping his foot atop him.

Since it seemed like I couldn't just easily deal with them, I let them be, as disgusting and anger-inducing as it sounded, but although they ate away at my insides, they were taking their sweet time, so they weren't really too big of a deal; they haven't significantly injured any of my organs as of it; besides, they were mostly centered away from my heart, and not a single one was at my brain, so I wasn't concerned with them defeating me.

Coating Hokori in a dense layer of ethereal purple flames and sword will, I sliced upwards at the encroaching foot, slicing it in half as it barely missed me; however, I wasn't finished; I once again readied my sword and slashed at the ankle I had previously injured, furthering the wound and completely slicing off its foot, causing the Titan to nearly trip over. I was required to use more Qi than I usually like to since, given my proficiency, the cost-to-output ratio got less efficient the more Qi I used, but I had no need to be efficient right now.