SSS SKILL: DUPLICATE

The huge ball was compressing toward its center. Smoke rose as the soil below the ball was dissolving.

LIGHTNING SHOCK

Boom! A lightning sphere came out of Oswal's body and exploded.

The slime ball turned into bits and pieces. Some pieces floated in the air and turned into sharp spikes, then attacked.

Crackling lightning appeared on Oswal's body as he dodged.

The spikes that were stabbed in the ground turned into jelly and moved to Vistal. They turned into balls and floated around him. "Who are you?"

"Why ask questions that you know will not be answered?"

Vistal chuckled and thought,"He is a second-level aura master and a fifth circle, but he could manipulate his aura like a third-level with ease, and his martial art is abnormally strong. Only the knight guild and the government have the grudge, ability, and courage to do this, but there is no need to send a middle-level hyperbeing to attack me."

He smiled at Oswal."You are not under the government or knight guild. Boy, you don't know how vicious our guild is. We take revenge for the slightest grievance. If the enemy has a bigger fist, we will wait for our time and strike hard like a viper when there is an opportunity. We'll make sure that our enemy will feel the greatest pain they could ever imagine. Boy, among the Poison Guild members, my words have credibility. If you don't block my way, I will forget what you just did."

Oswal chuckled. "I worked very hard and got brutally killed many times before I was allowed to fight you for a period of time. Don't waste your breath trying to convince me to retreat. I am here to kill you."

"You mutilated Mr. Simon's body, I will take your head as a sacrifice to his tomb," said Oswal in his mind.

Vistal's eyes turned sharper as a smile appeared on his face. A huge circle appeared behind him, then Slime came out and turned into a giant viper with three heads. "Brutally killed many times? Boy, there seems to be a problem with your head. You will only die once, under my hands."

A helicopter just flew over an area with many trees. It was flying over the hills with some huge plants and long vines. Karan opened the door of the passenger seat and looked at the purple sphere. "Shit! Vistal is right!"

BOOM! An earthen spear covered with an aura penetrated the helicopter.

The helicopter was spinning in the air while smoking, then it exploded.

Karan had jumped away. He cast magic, then fire gathered in the air. He landed on the back of a firebird and looked at the man who was standing on a vine.

Gan raised his arm. A spear was forming in his hand, and it was pointing at the man in the air. "Come down here."

Karan was chuckling while his bloodlust was increasing.

At the wall of the Poison Guild stronghold, Diego was looking at the dimensional lock with anger on his face. "Have you notified the headquarters?!"

"Y-yes," answered a man named Easton.

"Has the communication with Jargo and the boss returned?!"

"No, sir."

Diego's eyes were turning sharper. "Tell the boys, we are coming out!"

A few minutes later, the gate of the stronghold opened, and then four tanks came out of the gate, followed by armored pickups.

Diego and other hyperbeings were standing on top of the tanks while armed men wearing camouflage pants and other Poison Guild members were standing on the pickups.

Somewhere in the forest, Jargo struck his fist and hit the ground.

Seanlu jumped back and cast magic.

A water tornado attacked Jargo, but he jumped up.

Boom! He moved from the air and slammed his arms.

Seanlu dodged Jargo's attack. He had turned around in mid-air, then attacked.

INNER PALM

Bang! His palm hit the ground.

Jargo jumped forward with a somersault. He put his feet on a trunk.

Boom! His fist hit the ground. The soil and trunks around them kept getting damaged as they tried to hit each other.

In another part of the forest, Flore swung his arm, then a vine stabbed a trunk.

Emily dodged the attack, but part of the vine rapidly bulged and turned into a plant with a huge head and sharp teeth. The head of the monster plant was colored red. It's name was demonweed.

Bang! The plant was destroyed by an arrow, but more bulge rose and turned into demonweed, then they spit.

Emily kept dodging the spit in the air as she shot arrows. The spit was hitting parts of the trees. They looked acidic. Poisonous white gas was spreading in the air.

Flore moved up and dodged a wind tornado. A vine appeared and became longer in his other hand, then demonweeds also rose. He moved toward Emily as he swung the vine. "Woman! I will turn you into fertilizer for my plants!"

In the underground arena of Puerto Princesa City, Madam Lisa was walking in a hallway. The hallway was quite dark. The style of the wall and pathway had imitated the style of ancient times. They were made up of bricks. The light was coming from torches that were put on the wall.

There were two hyperbeings and armed men in the hallway.

One of the hyperbeings named Jorge smiled. "Madam Lisa, we are glad to have you here. I heard there is a problem outside. Having you here made us feel more at ease."

Lisa also smiled. "It's my pleasure to be here."

She suddenly swung her arms. Sharp thorns flew to armed men's heads, and her vines held the necks of the hyperbeings and broke them. "I was a helpless spectator. Those girls were under my care, but they had to suffer because of someone's viciousness. Now, I can have the chance to free them."

An armed man came back and saw the others fall to the floor. "Ahhh!"

Thorns hit his body and blew him away.

Bang! A vine crashed him on the floor.

Lisa continued walking to the deeper area of the arena.

Hyperbeings were running in a hallway.

"Shit! What was that scream?! Is the arena infiltrated?! Who put off the light on many torches?! It's damn dark!"

SHADOW MAGIC: BLACK THORNS