Supreme Magus novel Chapter 838

Chapter 838 Battlefield Part 4

Gremlik lunged at Lith, who deflected the attack with Ruin that was now back into its bastard sword size while pivoting on his feet to use the opponent’s momentum and move out of his trajectory.

’If I took flight as well, I would have lost one breath’s worth of Invigoration. I don’t know when I’ll get another opportunity to use it, so I must make this count.’ He thought.

’I strongly disagree.’ Solus replied. ’The Thrall was nothing compared to the real thing and I’ve already told you why. In their mutated form, a Grendel becomes one with their blood core.

’That guy’s mana flow has fused with his life force with amazing effects. Sure, he can’t use magic anymore, but his entire body is now made by mana and elemental energies.

’It’s like your fusion magic, except that instead of infusing his body with the elements, he is now one with them. It explains a Grendel’s resistance to magic and their lack of healing abilities.

’Undead have no light element to start with and now that the life force is mixed with mana, he can’t rearrange his flesh to close a wound without undoing his transformation.

’To keep the balance between the two forces, feeding is the only way he has to heal since it grants undead both nutrients and mana. He might be just a brute, but now his physical prowess is close to Faluel’s.

’One breath of Invigoration is not worth risking your life.’

Lith was about to reply that he needed all the power he could gather when reality ended their argument. Gremlik managed to use Lith’s sword as a fulcrum to change his direction.

His body moved as if it had no joints, freely rotating the hips in mid-air so that now his feet were touching the ground. It allowed his claws to dig deeply into the rock-hard wooden floor and perform a 180 in the Grendel’s charge.

’Definitely not worth it!’ Lith thought, noticing that even though he was stepping back, the creature’s fingers never left Ruin.

Lith had infused the blade with all the darkness magic he could, but the same element coursed through the Grendel’s body, to the point that Gremlik could physically interact and repel darkness as if he was a living spell.

Wielding a sword was supposed to give him the range advantage, but between the length of his claws and arms, the undead had the upper hand nonetheless. Lith released a powerful tier three bolt of lightning and a Plague Arrow stored inside his rings.

’He has had no way to dodge them from so up close without exposing himself to Ruin. No matter if he dodges or tanks them, I should get some space.’ Lith thought.

Yet Gremlik ignored both spells and swung his claws at the enemy, aiming at Lith’s major arteries with surgical precision.

’Those spells were both charged up to the rings’ maximum capacity. How the heck is this possible?’ Lith was amazed seeing that his rings appeared to be useless.

’The guy is a mass of living mana. If you don’t hit him with more energy than that stored inside his body, the conflicting elements will simply nullify each other and he will take no damage.’ Solus said.