Bro, I'm not an Undead!

Chapter 1317: Spectrum (3)



Skullius was sent flying through the ceilings and floors of the upper levels of the Purity headquarters he and Elita had just scaled down from earlier. He only stopped after smashing into the ceiling of the second level, where the massive pool of water with the statue of Listafelle protruding from it could be seen.

As he had borne a hole through the pool, the waters immediately began to sink under.

'Again with that invisible attack. It's like a punch I cannot see. None of my Andori can even register it,' Skullius thought as he warped away from the ceiling and appeared over the water. He wasn't really harmed, but the mystery behind the nature of this attack was nagging him more than he liked.

Uyuniya shot through the waters in the pool and landed on the ceiling feet first; she was upside down. Her three-pupiled eyes looked down arrogantly at Skullius, her viral dress swaying solemnly, beautifully. Her height was more unnerving with the dress on, for some

reason.

'She's keeping her distance now. She knows she'll be ensnared if she gets too close to me,' Skullius thought to himself. 'Well, let's see how well she fares against long range techniques while on guard.'

Skullius pointed a free hand toward her.

Six basic output [Ruining Cutters] stormed towards Uyuniya at once.

Her reaction was fierce. She brandished her Deceptive Incubating Masterpiece like a Swordmaster, parrying four of the slashes and cutting through the rest.

'Hoo. Her reaction speed is good, and it seems a Realm Rank weapon like hers can effortlessly ignore Grand tier Andori like my slashes,' Skullius thought, a little impressed.

But then he sent three more slashes with maximum output - three times the power compared to the first six. They flew thrice as fast as the last ones. Uyuniya was pressed. She managed to parry one by swinging her great sword forcefully to the right, which took her a moment more than she could afford; she had no answer to the rest except for reinforcing herself thoroughly with Voided Death Essence.

Unfortunately, that didn't help her as much as she would have hoped. One of the [Ruining Cutters] slashed through her shoulder and the other lopped off her leg and sent it spinning into the dwindling pool!

Skullius folded two of his arms.

'Interesting. She doesn't appear to have an Immortal Physique yet,' he analysed. An Immortal Physique lessened the damage taken from attacks like this. Skullius had seen it with the Cavern he had fought earlier. Even their souls were afforded some durability under the aspects of their Physique, not just their bodies.

Uyuniya didn't whine over her leg or the ghastly wound on her shoulder. Even as the slashes ripped through her, she kept her eyes on Skullius, anticipating his next move.

Skullius scoffed at her.

"Do you still want to do this?" he asked, and walked towards the statue of Listafelle. It held a great jar in its hands. "Anytime you want to stop this madness, just let me know. Though, I imagine you're even more determined to kill me now." Skullius touched the statue with the Malefic Gold Hand.

All of a sudden, its pale marble appearance was layered in stark gold. It then started to fold in on itself, its size reducing dramatically, its shape changing unrecognizably. Soon, the statue was a double-edged short sword. It had a golden hilt with a cross guard made of tiny little jars. As for its blade...

The blade was a dancing concentration of sky blue, sparkling water, its crispy edges outlined by the light from the torches plastered against the walls.

Uyuniya saw the sword and was immediately dashing away along the ceiling. Her Voided Death Essence collected around the stump of her leg and formed a new one that worked just as well as the last.

Skullius chortled.

'What are you running from?' he thought... and slashed her way with the short sword.

It was water that bridged the gap between him and Uyuniya.

It was water that followed the path of his slash, conjured by the tip of his short sword. The Purity Headquarters was sliced through like a cake all the way to the surface and across thirty kilometers, leading into Emeradis past the Tattered Serpent's Throat!

Where the slash went through, furious torrents of water and water vapour rose, announcing the success of the attack.

Uyuniya had managed to dodge the slash. Skullius had seen her react to it closing in on her spectacularly. He didn't let up, but Uyuniya didn't keep running. She charged against him.

Just as keenly as she watched his blade's movement, he watched how she conjured that invisible attack of hers. There must have been a secret to it.

Skullius saw Uyuniya cock back her free arm and stab forth with her great sword at the same time.

BAM!

Once again, he was bit in the chest by something he could not see... but not before he slashed with the limit of his dexterity at Uyuniya, who wouldn't have been able to dodge his slash from her range.

As Skullius smashed through several walls, the Purity Headquarters was once again sliced through like cheese.

...But the Hybrid Warmoth's eyes sparkled. He felt the sting of the blow just now, but he was excited nevertheless.

'So that's... but how...?!'

How indeed.

Skullius had figured out the trick Uyuniya was using to attack him. Rather frustratingly, it exposed how ignorant he was about a great many things about Divinity.

He quickly warped back to where the pool's contents were draining, his spirits rising and quaking with enthusiasm.

"How many times are you going to save her from me?" he asked Elita who, while glowing with brilliant light, was standing in front of Uyuniya with Broodweiler propped up. The massive gash in the underground labyrinth extending past Uyuniya and exposing the dark night above explained just how timely Elita's arrival was.

The former Paladin Champion had blocked Skullius' attack with suspicious speed and power like before, but it clearly took her all to manage such a feat. Skullius could see her hands

quivering ever so slightly.

He turned to Uyuniya.

"You're crafty," he said to her. "I didn't know the Broader Existence could be used to attack an opponent. Why don't you show me the trick a few more times?"