'Fighting Rankers is really not easy,' Lux thought as he backed away from the criminal that could transform his body into sharp blades.
This was Lux's first battle after becoming a Ranker. For him, learning how his abilities work in real combat was quite important, especially now that he was currently being hunted down by the Divine Army of Light.
Taking advantage of their current situation, he had intended to fully test his limits in this deadly battle using only his core abilities.
Although summoning his Undead Army would instantly give him a strong advantage, this was not something he wanted to do.
He didn't want to overly rely on them to fight all of his battles for him.
Lux knew that there would come a time when he had to fight by himself, and with this in mind, he didn't want to become rusty.
After Lux distanced himself from his opponent, the silhouette of a Dragon appeared behind his back.
From a distance, no one could tell what kind of Dragon it was. They could only see the outline of its body and its golden eyes that contained great power.
Gaap thought that his Disciple was using his ability, Peerless Dragon Strike. However, this attack was different, and it contained a power that Lux would unleash for the first time on the battlefield.
"Dragon God's Wrath!" Lux roared.
His booming voice reverberated across the arena, and a powerful spiritual attack descended upon all of his foes, making them feel as if a great pressure was stepping down upon their heads.
This was Lux's Anti-Army Ability that was meant for large-scale battles.
The Dragon King's Wrath was an attack that could target at least a single individual up to everyone within a thousand-meter range around him.
If the targets' Rank was equal to or lower than the Half-Elf's, they would suffer from Intimidation and Fear debuff, lowering their attack, defense, movement speed, and attack speed by 80%.
Lux made sure to limit the area of effect to the Rankers that had slipped past Seraphina's blockade.
The reason for this was that he wanted Eiko and the Battle Angel to get a taste of what it was like to fight stronger opponents that weren't suffering from debuffs.
The Ranker that could transform his body into blades was originally a rank higher than Lux, but due to the Dragon King's Wrath, his fighting ability was significantly reduced.
Right now, he was slightly weaker than Lux, making his movements a bit sluggish.
'The effect is better than I thought,' Lux mused as he observed the effectiveness of the skill that he was using for the first time. 'If this was used against an Army, anyone below a C-Ranker will lose their will to fight. I wonder if this spiritual attack can be dispelled by Clerics and Priests. I guess I'll have to test this before returning to the Surface World."
After carefully observing his opponent, Lux raised his hand.
"Come, Calypso."
The Living Armor appeared before her Master before turning into the Divine Spear, Longinus.
Lux had wanted to test how powerful the Spear of Longinus was, so he decided to try it out in this battle.
When the Half-Elf was still in Leaf Village, he acquired the skill Transmutation [EX].
This skill allowed him to add abilities from one weapon to another. This was a skill that he had neglected for a very long time, not because he couldn't use it, but because there was no suitable equipment for it to be used.
However, times had changed.
He now had a Divine Weapon in his hand, and he would be a fool if he didn't make the already powerful weapon more powerful.
Currently, the Spear of Longinus was at its basic state. Meaning, it still hadn't received any transmutation abilities whatsoever.
The Half-Elf wanted to know its base power before making it truly overpowered, so he could make comparisons in the future.
"Pierce through the void!" Lux shouted as he pulled back his arm, aiming the tip of his spear at the Ranker that could transform his body into a blade.
"Spear of Longinus!"
The moment Lux threw the spear toward his target, a whistling sound spread in the Coliseum.
Knowing that this was a matter of life and death, the Ranker transformed his entire body into a golden sword.
This sword then flew towards the spear that was headed in its direction and met it head-on.
A crisp cracking sound reached Lux's ears as the Golden Sword and the Golden Spear collided with each other.
The Golden Sword held firm for a few seconds before its blade shattered into countless pieces.
A spray of blood mist then appeared in its place as the body of the Ranker fell from the sky.
Perhaps, waiting for that moment, a Black Coffin appeared out of nowhere and sucked the lifeless body inside it.
It then disappeared without a trace before appearing on the opposite side of the battlefield.
The corner of Lux's lips twitched when he saw Blackfire smack one of the Rankers that were laying on the ground on the head before swallowing him up.
It then reappeared not far from Eiko and swatted another Ranker like a baseball bat, sending them in the blue-haired girl's direction.
The Fairy Princess smirked before kicking the Ranker with an attack imbued by the Divine Abyssal Touch she copied from Lux, and sent the helpless Ranker flying back to Blackfire's direction.
To Lux's surprise, Blackfire swatted the Ranker back to Eiko, and the Fairy Princess kicked the Ranker back to it.
This repeated a dozen more times before Blackfire's lid opened and gobbled up the pitiful Ranker who was treated like a Soccer Ball.
Lux had a fair idea of what Blackfire was doing. It could only absorb dead or nearly-dead creatures inside of it.
Since the Ranker was still very much alive, it decided to beat it up until it was half-dead before swallowing it whole.
"… I didn't know Blackfire could do that," Lux muttered as he scratched his head. "Calypso, are all Divine Equipment like this?"
The Golden Spear then transformed back into a Living Armor and nodded her head.
"Yes, Master," Calypso replied. "All Divine Equipment is sentient and can act autonomously if they wish for it."
"I see." Lux nodded. "Thanks for the confirmation."
"You're welcome, Master," Calypso replied before turning back into a golden spear to float beside Lux.
The Half-Elf once again held the Divine Weapon in his hands and looked for his next target.
His experiment ended too soon, and he wasn't able to gauge Calypso's true power because his opponent was already weakened when he attacked.
After scanning the battlefield, Lux's gaze landed on Leonidas, whom he believed to be the strongest among the Gladiators in the Coliseum.
"We found our target," Lux said softly. "Let's see how strong you really are, Calypso."
The Golden Spear in the red-headed teenager's hand hummed as if asking her Master to use her to the fullest.
Lux no longer tarried and headed to where Leonidas was currently fighting. Although he felt sorry for 'stealing' one of Eiko's opponents, there was no one else he deemed worth fighting among the Gladiators, whose numbers were slowly dwindling with each passing minute.
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