Chapter 124: Slugfest

I stood there on the unknown battlefield. I can't see anyone and I was unfamiliar with the place. I then heard the sound of metals rubbing on each other.

In this complete darkness, I was cautious.

I closed my eyes to focus on sound. And then I heard someone jump. And that was my enemy, a werewolf, lunged at me with their claws. I dodged it by jumping back a little as they pierced through the ground.

While they were stuck trying to get out of the hole they were in, I quickly lunged at her to take advantage of the situation. But they were faking it. They weren't stuck, they were just waiting for a chance to throw the dirt at me in which they did. It blocked my vision for a few seconds.

"UGUAH!" That sudden burst of pain in which my whole body felt was insane. I took a look below and found their claws piercing my stomach. I threw up blood and gastric juices. Seeing how they try to dig even deeper, I grabbed their wrist on the hand that was in my stomach using my left hand and put my hand on their neck.

I grabbed tightly of it and using her other hand, she's trying to take off my hand from strangling her. I used my sharp claws to dig into their necks.

But I couldn't handle the pain of their claws stuck in my stomach so in that quick second, I lost my strength in which they took the chance to take their hands of my stomach and take away my hand that was strangling them.

We both quickly backed off from each other. With a werewolf's great healing and recovering ability, our wounds will just heal in no time.

"Come, Soul Rend." My claws merged with my Soul Rend weapon. Turning it into a violet colored claws shining out with its oozing aura. I noticed this when I was training two years ago. The more I hunt, the more I kill, the stronger this weapon becomes. I have unlocked ten forms of it. And this form I chose, the purple form, grants me the Bleed Effect.

[Bleed Effect, when damaging an enemy, they will be inflicted with the Bleed Effect wherein they'll take continuous damage as long as the wound is open.]

They were cautious of my claws and it seems that their hands were damaged seeing how their claws from their fingers are bending and dislocated. Well I'm not surprised. They did try to pierce through my Gazer form.

I rushed up to them and started up with a kick right to their stomach. That caught them off guard as they flew away. I ran on four legs trying to catch up to them and jumped and sat on top of them. I started attacking recklessly while they were on the ground.

Their thick skin is difficult to pierce through but the hundreds of wounds will soon take effect.

While I was attacking them, they move their hands on my side and pierced their claws on my leg. It stopped me from attacking. They then smashed the ground and it crumbled so I was taken off guard and lost my balance.

They had the chance to kick me off so they did.

In this complete darkness, I'm relying on my mana search. I'm a combat oriented fighter so I can't keep this spell up for too long. I only learned this so that I can improve my senses. Good thing I did.

But I can't see the terrain, the surroundings or even the ground in this complete darkness. "Burning Fists." My claws is imbued with fire. This kind of lighting is fine. I can see better.

They took action and rushed at me and jumped and spun in the air like a drill with their claws diving into me. I don't have time to react since it was so unexpected so I just hoped for the best and tried to take it with both of my hands.

As they spun around and around, they were slowly drilling into my hand. So I redirected them by tilting both of my hands slightly to the right and they followed that path and crashed into the ground.

My hands are severely damaged… I'm changing my Soul Rend into Yellow form next. It allows me to get the enhancement of Lifesteal.

[Lifesteal, when damaging the enemy, you will heal 50% of the damage dealt. Every ten strikes, you'll heal 200% of the next damaging ability.]

They blended in the darkness by retreating incredibly far so that I couldn't see them with the light source I'm providing my claws with.

They next appeared at the sky with a drop attack. I didn't notice this fast enough so they wrapped their legs around my head and sat on my shoulders and used both of their hand to snap my neck.

Yellow form is incredibly useless in this situation. I'm changing into red form. It gives the buff of enraged.

[Enraged, gain strength depending on your level, +200 per level. When damaging an enemy, you have a 30% chance to inflict 500% damage.]

I didn't need the second effect but I need that extra strength. I grabbed their legs and tried to break it away. It was fairly easy with the buffs I gained from changing forms. I lifted them up with ease and they tried to rustle around and move a lot trying to get out but to no avail.

With all my strength, I smashed them onto the ground with one hand. With that blow, their cloak was removed and they show their true appearance.

"Wha… what the hell?" I couldn't help but be taken aback. This werewolf's head is two… One is the appearance of a human and the other is the head of a werewolf. Their claws have the hands of a human and the nails are that of a werewolf. "This… This is a hybrid… A HYBRID BETWEEN A WEREWOLF AND A HUMAN!" This abomination was created… This cannot be forgiven.

They notice their cloak was gone so they grew angry. "HUAGH! DON'T! DON'T LOOK! UGYAAAAA!"

"I'll put you out of your misery. I'm incredibly pissed right now. First it's because of Zeta and that Yurid and now this abomination someone created."

They imbued some magic onto themselves. Mostly buffs. They grew larger than me. Twice, as large as me.

I tested my strength against them. Our claws clashed and a giant spark formed but in exchange, their claws were destroyed.

I'm stronger.

They looked at their hands trying to figure out what just happened. But then suddenly their hands twitched and rearranged itself. Their healing capabilities far exceed mine.

We exchanged blows again. Again and again. I'm getting damaged but so is them. This is a battle of endurance.

In that middle of that unknown place, no one backed off. We were just exchanging blows. No one was moving their feet or running away.

We were fearless. In this battle of slugfest where we exchange blows for blows, it tested my limits. And I'm going to break through that.

I couldn't get a hit in their body. Every time I try to, they interrupt me with their own claws. It seems their speed got even faster. I need to put in feints to confuse them. I'm changing into violet form. It gives me haste and speed.

[Accelerate, gains bonus movement speed. If running towards a damaged enemy, gain 100% more speed. Gains bonus attack speed. When attacking a damaged enemy, gain 100% more attack speed.]

I can't trade blows with them anymore. Using the bonus haste I got, I added feints between my attacks. But I'm trying my best to not connect with their blows. And as I thought, this confused them and tried to follow my attacks. I'm slowly grazing them bit by bit.

And as I waited using this method, I found an opening. I used my absolute speed to reach for their chest and immediately switch to Red form.

And that… stopped their movements.

With the bonus strength I got from red form, I pierced through their chest to the other side ripping their heart off.

They dropped to the ground and so did I. I was exhausted. Extremely so. I let go of the heart that was on my hand and retracted my hand through their chest.

Their reckless behavior by attacking everywhere was their most fatal mistake that I took advantage off. And that's the reason I won. And I'm satisfied with that.

"I didn't even get their name." But it doesn't matter. What happened to them is something that's bothering me. Someone is creating this mutant. I wish that this is just one of them. This is a huge threat. But I don't have time to think about that now.

The fight is over. So I'll have to return.

Now… how do I get out of this dark place?