Chapter 378 -378 – Taming Trails – 7
Lin was about to be crushed.
However, the agent received several light cuts on his lower back, shallow wounds that, while not causing deep injuries, were sufficiently unexpected to make him straighten and allow Lin to spin and recover.
Ren had struck from afar while the agent was focused on Lin, his light phantom claws finding meat. Each cut purified a small amount of abyssal energy, making for a weak but painful effect.
The crane manifested again only in Lin’s legs, extending her reach just enough for her feet to connect with the agent’s shoulders while her hands found his wrists. She used his own momentum and strength to create a perfect fulcrum, launching herself over him in an impossible arc while dragging him forward by the imbalance.
The agent staggered, but instead of falling, he roared and sank his legs into the earth.
The ground collapsed beneath him while he took advantage to launch a rain of stone projectiles in all directions, hoping to hit both Lin and Ren. The attack was desperate, unfocused, the wild thrashing of a wounded beast.
But Lin was already running along the wall of the enormous stone bowl he himself had created with the last attack, her panther paws finding purchase on the nearly vertical surfaces. Each projectile created handholds that she used to change direction unpredictably.
Her movements were so fluid and supernatural, they seemed as if gravity itself bent to her will.
Ren had covered himself with his armor and hadn’t taken significant damage either, but had been left outside the “pit”. From his position, he could see the battle’s ebb and flow, looking for opportunities to contribute while trying to approach.
“Stop running around everywhere!” the agent roared, frustration leaking through his transformed voice.
“Running?” Lin smiled, reaching the upper edge of the cylinder. “I’m barely jogging…”
She launched herself downward, the crane manifesting completely this time.
But instead of flying in a straight line, she began tracing tight circles around the agent, striking his torso on multiple occasions. Each orbit was tighter than the last, a descending spiral that built momentum with every revolution.
Her wings created air currents that lifted dust and leaves, obscuring vision and adding chaos to an already complex battlefield.
The agent tried to cover himself and follow her movement, but she was too fast.
Each time he turned to aim at her, she had already changed position. His earth attacks began to become erratic, desperate. Stone spikes erupted randomly from the ground and the careful control he’d displayed earlier devolved into wild thrashing.
Lin waited for the exact moment when he launched his broadest attack again… an explosion of rocks in all directions that would even damage himself. The desperation in the move was obvious, the last resort of someone who had lost control.
She changed to panther immediately, allowing herself to be hit by some stones.
The impacts hurt, but her enhanced durability let her push through the pain. More importantly, they provided cover for her real approach.
The agent raised his arms to block, but Lin wasn’t attacking where he expected.
She twisted on the ground, her panther claws finding the exposed side that the golden mold had left vulnerable.
This time it wasn’t a martial arts strike.
It was pure animal force.
Claws that sank into exposed flesh and dragged downward, opening bleeding furrows that painted the ground crimson. The sound was wet, terrible, the rending of meat and the scrape of claw against bone.
The agent howled, a sound that was barely human.
But Lin was no longer there.
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