Chapter 1515: 1515. Monster

'They have become used to my battle style,' Noah thought while the rank 8 monkey and wolf kept their angry gazes on him.

Fergie and Noah had never stopped fighting under the tree during those years. Their success rate in seizing the fruits was relatively high, so their opponents eventually learnt that they had to get rid of that nuisance.

The many underlings couldn't do much against Fergie. The expert could fly, and his techniques had continued to improve throughout the years spent fighting. He could handle the two packs even if they decided to focus on him.

Instead, the situation for Noah became far worse. He had always managed to manipulate his opponents during the previous fights, but those creatures had slowly adapted to his techniques.

Most divine magical beasts were intelligent, and that feature improved in the higher ranks. Noah's opponents were two rank 8 existences, so they eventually understood why they kept losing the fruits.

The monkey and the wolf didn't attack each other at that time. They immediately followed Noah and waited for him to make his move. They didn't even try to attack each other during the chase.

'I might have to retreat early today,' Noah thought before bloodlust flowed out of his figure.

Noah drew the Demonic Sword and the cursed sword without showing any hesitation. He couldn't fight two rank 8 magical beasts simultaneously, but he still wanted to keep the creatures busy.

'How much do you need to reach the eighth rank?' Noah asked through his mental connection.

'These half-fights aren't enough for me,' The cursed sword replied. 'Magical beasts don't even give me much. You might need to kill a few of them in the eighth rank to make me advance.'

Noah cursed in his mind before focusing on his opponents again. The monkey and the wolf didn't move. Their fierce eyes waited for him to launch one of his slashes.

'Maybe it's time to leave this region,' Noah thought, but a loud squeal suddenly echoed through the area.

Multiple squeals followed it, and a third rank 8 aura fell on the region. The monkey and wolf couldn't bother with Noah anymore at that point. Even he turned to look in the direction of the tree.

The Foolery flew through the sky and chanted war cries before shooting toward the tree. Fergie had filled the region with flames, so only the strongest in the pack managed to reach the surface.

The leader of the Foolery was also there. It charged ahead of its pack and slammed its head on the tree without bothering to mind its opponents. Those rank 7 creatures couldn't stop it anyway.

The monkey and the wolf shot toward the tree, but Noah promptly launched a slash. The latter managed to dodge the attack, but the other leader found a massive wave of sharp energy landing on its body and forcing it to stop its sprint.

Noah spat flames while his chest exploded. His fire instantly healed him, but it didn't manage to do anything to the monkey in the distance.

The leader glanced at the tree before turning toward Noah. Anger filled its expression. The creature had grown tired of those interruptions.

The monkey walked through the flames while its chest inflated. Noah could sense its determination to take him down. Nothing would stop it from making him pay for all the troubles that he had caused since his arrival in the area.

'It's a one versus one now,' Noah thought as resolve surged in his mind. 'This is a good moment to test how strong I have become.'

The dark world spread around him, and a blueprint lit up in his mind. Waves of dark matter solidified around his body and gave him a draconic form.

Noah raised his draconic head at the sky and gave voice to a roar. The dark matter around him dispersed and revealed his new form to his opponent. Still, Noah had yet to complete his preparations.

The unstable substance flowed inside his black vessels and brought his physical strength to its limits. His ambition also surged and forced his centers of power to reach the peak of the seventh rank.

A second wave of dark matter covered Noah. The rune representing the Shadow Copy spell activated and multiplied his arms. His darkness almost vanished during the procedure, but Noah didn't dare to stop it.

Once the transformation ended, black roots pierced his palm and covered his draconic figure. The Demonic Form consumed the dark matter in the area, so the monkey could lay its eyes on Noah's monstrous shape.

The monkey hesitated for an instant. Its soundwave was ready, but it didn't want to attack just yet. The beast had never seen something like that in its long life. Even its instincts didn't know how dangerous that opponent was.

Noah had the shape of an eight-legged dragon. Six of those limbs held long black blades that radiated a threatening aura. He had a pair of large wings and two long horns that pointed toward the monkey.

Roots also covered his entire draconic body. That part of the area darkened due to the many influences that seeped into the world.

'I almost emptied my dantian to copy the cursed sword,' Noah thought before launching a roar and shooting toward his opponent.

The monkey quickly released its soundwave. The attack crashed on Noah's chest, destroying many roots and ripping apart that armor of dark matter.

The shockwaves released during the attack also reached Noah's real body. He spat blood and almost lost consciousness due to the sheer power contained in the blow, but his ambition forced him to stay awake.

'I can fight rank 8 magical beasts!' Noah shouted in his mind while black flames shot out of his mouth.

His black hole sent the dark matter to fix the damages in his draconic armor, and the parasite absorbed nutrients from Noah's body to spread more roots.

Meanwhile, Noah reached the monkey and slashed with his six arms. The creature wasn't as fast as him, but it managed to prepare a second soundwave that it didn't hesitate to release.

Noah's blades touched the monkey before the soundwave exploded on his face. The detonation flung Noah and the leader away, but they both stabbed their legs on the ground to stop their momentum.

A spiderweb of cracks ran through Noah's body. His skin shattered, and a rived of blood came out of his injuries. Multiplying the cursed sword had increased the severity of its drawbacks.

The soundwave had destroyed Noah's draconic head. His real face was in the open now, and blood flowed out of his mouth. A series of cracks had also spread there, but his black hole was doing its best to preserve his most essential organs.

Noah instinctively launched flames that spread through the environment and burned everything in his range to restore his body. The wave of energy that followed his attack closed his injuries, but it didn't manage to fix all of them.

The black hole quickly restored the upper part of the draconic armor, and a wave of excitement filled Noah's mind when his eyes landed on his opponent.

The monkey had suffered some injuries due to the soundwave, but six large cuts had also appeared on its arms, right in the spots where Noah's blades had landed.