Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

*Woosh*

Alex, who wasn't sure how long he had before the tree ran amok, rushed out of the tree's trunk with all of his might, and just as he came out...

"ROAAARRR!!!!"

"GRROAAAAA!!!"

"KRIEKKKK!!!!"

The beasts on the outside, who had never left the area, directly rushed toward him. They could fill Greeny's absence, as his aura was the one thing that stopped them from coming close.

With him gone, they didn't have anything to worry about.

Alex, on the other hand, squinted his eyes as he saw this, counting the beasts in the surroundings, only to find their numbers crossing 30 or 40, making him surer of his previous decision, so with a deep breath, he muttered, "Thunderveil Steps."

As if the time had paused, the beasts and monsters lunging at him couldn't even perceive it as he dashed right past them in a flash, stepping out of the blue zone even before a second was over, but soon he noticed something.

There were beasts and monsters—a ton of them—surrounding the zone as if waiting for him to come out. It seemed that they were the beasts that had followed him when he was rushing toward the zone, attracting more and more of them as they grouped up, and now there were so many of them that Alex couldn't help but feel like he was a tiny piece of sugar making ants swarm up.

But all he could see now was those beasts and monsters frozen in their spots with their jaws wide open as if preparing for a roar, and soon an idea flashed through his mind, making him stop the Thunderveil step at 0.5 seconds, saving the other 0.5 for emergencies.

The next instant, the Duskwind spear appeared in his hand, and with a woosh, he pierced it in the ground.

*Boom*

Then, with a fierce wave of wind being pushed out of the spear's tip, Alex was propelled upward, finding himself at least 20 meters above the ground, but that was not the end of it. With a fast series of actions, he hurriedly threw the spear to the ground 10 meters ahead of where he was landing, covering it with hellfire to increase the damage by folds.

That spear was for the beasts who were a bit away, but there were beasts covering the entire area, so he took his arrows out—around 5 of them—and covered them with hellfire just like the spear, letting them fall to the ground, but these two attacks were just for the beasts who were far from him.

"Graaaaaa!!"

"Roar!!!!"

"Krrraaaaaa!!"

The beasts had already noticed him by now, and because of that, there were very few beasts far from him; most of them were crowding below him, climbing over one another in order to reach Alex, making Alex bring out the Tidebreaker.

"Sea Serpents Wrath!" Alex yelled with his eyes blazing fiercely, still mid-air, as he pushed around 20% of his mana into the Tidebraker, making two large sea serpents appear out of thin air, smashing into the horde of beasts and monsters who were trying to reach with by climbing on top of each other.

"ROOOAAAARRRR!!!" X2

The sea serpents roared with anger, and with their jaws wide open, they crashed into the beasts.

*BAAAAMMM*

With a loud baam, the beasts again were subjected to the torture of having their skin peeled out of their skin, but Alex still wasn't satisfied as he knew that even with all this, there would be many left alive.

The number of beasts and monsters in the surroundings wasn't low. If Alex had to guess, then almost all of the high-ranking beasts had grouped up here, waiting for him to come out. Maybe they knew how strong Alex was, only hoping to be able to defeat him with all of them together.

That was probably why they were fiercer than ever, roaring in a frenzy even when they were about to get killed.

<Looks like you somehow were able to keep up your end of the deal with those humans, even though it was unintentionally.>

The AI, wanting to lighten the mood, giggled in Alex's mind, which he didn't find funny; he found it rather weird if anything.

The AI, that never even knew how to show emotions, was trying to giggle, and it honestly seemed forced; however, Alex just shook his head, a cold light flashing through his eyes as he wooshed toward the ground.

"RAAAAAAAA—"

A beast right below him was roaring in pain after the sea serpent had passed over it, peeling away a layer of its skin. But its scream was cut short because the next second, Alex landed right above it.

*Pierce*

His Tidebreaker pierced the beast's elephant-like head, killing it on the spot, and the other beasts, who noticed Alex's presence in their attack range, although in pain, all rushed toward him.

Alex, however, waited, not moving an inch from his spot, making it easier for the beasts and monsters to all rush at him, their eyes blazing with anger and bloodthirst, and the desire to kill Alex filling their minds.

Alex was the only human who was able to get on the nerves of so many beasts, and well, how would he not after killing so many of them more than once? Almost all of these beasts had died at least once under Alex's attack.

*Crackle*

But Alex didn't care about any of those beasts' or monsters' feelings or thoughts. All he did was focus on his Thunder Discharge ability, making a crackling sound of yellow and white electricity reach the beasts closest to him.

By the time they noticed Alex lifting his feet, it was already too late...

*Baam—Crackle*

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

One after another, thunder whips slashed into the beasts, making them scream and roar in agony, burning their already peeled skin to the extreme, causing even their soul to feel the pain.

Alex had already made it so that the sea serpent covered the entirety of the beasts, leaving none of them out. Even if the attack power had lowered by the end, the sea dragon was still supposed to cover all of the beasts in water, as that was what was going to help Alex, and now it did.

*Crackle—Sizzle*

From one beast to another, the thunder kept spreading, reaching each and every beast in the area, and even if it didn't kill all of them, every beast suffered from this attack. Even if they were stunned, they were still affected by the electricity.

But being stunned didn't mean them being left alive, as before they could get their heads straight, they would already have their brains splattered as an arrow covered in hellfire would pierce right through it.

*Woosh*

"GRROOAAAALLL—!"

*Woosh*

"RAAAA—!"

*Woosh*

"Uuuu—!"

After a while, only the sound of the arrows zooming through the air was left as the beasts, one after another, fell to their deaths with a hole in their heads, unable to even do anything.

Alex then turned back, his gaze lingering on the blue dome. If he wasn't mistaken, he was sure that among the roars of the beasts around him, he heard some from the inside as well, and unlike the ones he had heard before—the angry roars—they were all screeches filled with pain.

But maybe it was just his imagination, so he ignored it and rushed forward, knowing full well that the number of beasts he killed just now, although very high, was still far from the total.

There must be many of them remaining, and after that, he was still wondering whether he should continue fighting or not. He didn't think that he really needed to fight anymore. Testing his power could be done later; right now, he didn't think he could find a worthy opponent.

With so many boss beasts and monsters inside the blue zone, Alex didn't think it was possible for him to fight the tree in peace. So he just dashed toward the location where he last recalled leaving the humans.

What he didn't know was that before, when he felt like he heard pained screams, he wasn't just imagining things. Inside the blue zone, just like out here, there were beasts lying dead with their own blood pooled up under their bodies.

The reason for that was the bloody green veins coiling around them. None of the beasts were expecting a sneak attack from the tree when they tried to rush toward Alex.

The tree had used its root to break their necks and pierce their hearts right when they were least expecting it. They had all thought that after Greeny left, the tree was nothing but a husk. Who would've thought that this husk would be this powerful??

That tree, even with Greeny gone, was strong enough to kill all of the boss beasts and monsters in the area. But one could say that it took the other bosses by surprise, so when the bosses spawn the next time, with the tree among them, they were probably going to attack the tree with all they could.

So, just like Alex, this tree had many enemies to fight, but unlike Alex, it didn't have a choice, and it had to fight the boss beasts and monsters no matter what.