Chapter 442: Chapter 442 - Balance(Part 10)
Point-of-View: The Balancer
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I must eliminate him quickly...his Soul Weapon is far too dangerous, it drains my very being when it so much as touches me, and he is quite perceptive, so he may notice that fact before too long.
If he lands too many more hits with it, I...I may end up ceasing to exist. I cannot allow that to happen, my existence is necessary to ensure balance in this world. No, even if I end up being destroyed in this battle, at the very least, I must take him with me...
I then teleported above him and drove my right fist down towards the top of his head, but he was quick to spring back, my fist grazing the tip of his nose before he slashed his blades across at my arm, slicing above and below my elbow.
I quickly teleported away as he tried to grab hold of my legs with his whips, avoiding his grasp before I focused on forming a new arm.
My existence is one of pure energy, my current form is that energy materialized into a solid form...in order to remain in the world, I must maintain this form.
If I do not, I shall enter a period of hibernation that would take several millenia to awaken from.
But ordinarily, I would have no reason to be concerned about that, damage to this physical form does not affect the energy of my being in the slightest, so I am able to instantly repair any such damage.
However, that is only under normal circumstances...this human, or whatever he is, is not normal. Every time he attacks me, it weakens the energy that I am made up of.
Soul Weapons are imbued with the very essence of their wielder, that is why his attacks using his Soul Weapon are so effective against me, his Mana-fueled, Magical attacks are less effective, but still dangerous to me.
His attacks are like a poison to me, they infect a portion of my energy, forcing me to expel that infected energy from the rest of my energy, before that infection can spread to the rest of my being.
And then, I need to reconfigure the spread and concentration of my energy across my physical form in order to repair the damage inflicted upon me...each time I do that, the concentration of my energy weakens bit by bit, and once there is none of it left, I shall cease to exist.
I must eliminate him before it comes to that, I cannot allow him to erase my existence, let alone survive this battle!
I then teleported away as he fired several lightning bolts at me, before teleporting again and reappearing behind him, driving my fist towards his back as fast as I could.
He began to turn his body across, my fist striking the left side of his back, but his body was gelatinous again, my strike bursting though before he spun around and slashed his blades across, striking my shoulders and slicing across my chest.
I reached out as fast as I could and grabbed hold of his wrists, before raising my left foot and driving it forward with all the force I could generate.
Right as my foot closed in, his torso suddenly spread open, my foot whizzing through the air and shooting through the gap he’d created in the middle of his body, a shockwave bursting out from the force I’d generated.
Suddenly, his arms turned gelatinous and broke free of my grasp, I quickly teleported away before staring bewildered as he teleported right along with me, before I felt a tight constriction around the middle of my physical form.
I see, he coiled his whips around me right before I teleported, so that he would get caught up in the teleportation...this is not good, I must break free of his grasp immediately!
As he swung his blades across at my arms, I split my physical form into several pieces, freeing myself of the grasp of his whips before teleporting away as his blades sliced through a couple of the pieces I’d split into.
I quickly reattached the remaining pieces as I reappeared and rebuilt the missing parts of my form...that was a costly move, his whips had already infected a fair amount of energy, and I lost a bit more when I split my form apart.
Furthermore, the energy that made up the pieces of my body that he slashed got completely infected, weakening the essence of my being even further.
More than half of my being has been extinguished since the start of this battle, this does not make any sense...he may possess a wide range of attacks, but I definitely possess more speed and strength than he does.
So, then, why is it that I am at a disadvantage? I am quite certain that I am moving and reaction more efficiently, progressively so, but somehow, he is keeping up with me. Hm?
No, wait...he appears to be fatigued now. And his Mana must be significantly decreased by now, as well...even if his existence is an anomalous one, surely he does not possess an unlimited amount of Mana or stamina.
If I keep attacking him, he will eventually tire and slow down...in which case, I cannot afford to allow him even a moment’s respite to regain any stamina, I must keep attacking him relentlessly.
I do not tire, so no matter how much of my energy he infects and drains, the speed and strength of my physical form will not diminish.
This is a risky ploy, it is essentially a race...can he extinguish the essence of my being first, or can I exhaust his Mana and stamina first?
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