The next few minutes went by at a fairly relaxed pace, or so it would seem to the spectators.
Time after time, Adam attacked Bladeclaw Beast at great speed using his lightning power. Bladeclaw Beast could do nothing against Adam, only to hope that soon Adam would run out of energy and that would turn their fight upside down.
However... that was not to be. Adam, thanks to his powerful and rapid attacks that didn't require too much energy, but could pierce even very strong armor, was an unfortunate opponent for Bladeclaw Beast.
Adam wounded Bladeclaw Beast seriously too easily and occasionally ripped new organs out of the monster's abdomen, filling the snow-white room with scarlet color.
"Come on. We both know you're already too low on strength. Just give up and let me move on to phase two." Adam said calmly before stopping in front of Bladeclaw Beast and kicking the monster's head off.
Bladeclaw Beast's head flew off to the farthest part of the room, but Adam wasn't going to stop there.
Whoooooooosh.
With a swipe of his claws, Adam sliced off Bladeclaw Beast's upper and lower paws, leaving the monster's torso without its head and limbs.
Adam did not further wound Bladeclaw Beast, instead he scattered the monster's parts as far apart as he could within the confines of the room.
Bam.
One paw slammed into the protective glass, right in front of Magnus. The girls flinched, for a moment they sensed danger, but Magnus only smirked, rubbing his palms together contentedly.
"Good. I don't know if he planned this from the beginning, but he did the right thing."
"Agh? What are you talking about?" Silvana turned to Magnus, puzzled, waiting for an explanation.
"Look at Bladeclaw Beast's head." Magnus said calmly.
Silvana glanced to the side as her eyes went wide.
Bladeclaw Beast's head was in one place, while the monster's limbs were slowly trying to reach each other as if each one of them were a separate organism.
"Sure, eventually they will become one unit, but it will take quite some time. Bladeclaw Beast has too little energy to do it quickly, moreover, Adam is giving him the opportunity." Magnus waved his hand looking behind Adam who was leisurely pacing.
Then, remembering Magnus's words, Adam tried to channel Bladeclaw Beast's energy to his hand. For a long time, the monster's energy couldn't stay in the human body, but if Adam used it, there wouldn't be such a problem.
Soon, Adam felt a strong burning sensation in the area of his right arm, as if the flesh was trying to break free through the overgrown layer of skin.
But... before regeneration could begin, it ended.
"Agh? I could feel it... My arm was ready to grow right now..." Adam muttered, breathing heavily and slightly disappointed.
"Don't worry." Magnus said confidently, "Now you've just figured out the whole process. You've already done more than half of the Phantoms that went through my method. Now the easiest thing left - increase the amount of flesh you eat by more than ten times, as well as the difficulty..."
Adam nodded as he glanced away.
Bladeclaw Beast's paws were still aiming for the torso, the limbs would need a lot more time, but... the claw on the paw had been restored. Adam realized that Bladeclaw Beast would try to kill Adam again, and there was no way he could stop the monster unless he wanted his heart to dry up due to exhaustion.
"Well, there seems to be no point in delaying the inevitable any longer." Adam sighed heavily before stabbing the fork into the monster's heart and raising it in front of him like an appetizing piece of meat, though... nothing was appetizing about it of course.
Adam opened his mouth wide, plunging the piece of meat inside. Then, with a crunch, Adam used his powerful jaw to grind Bladeclaw Beast's heart into small chunks.
Silence.
Nothing happened for a while, it seemed even Bladeclaw Beast was curious to see the result.
But... soon Adam's eyes went wide and waves of pain traveled through his entire body.
Silvana and Nessa looked worriedly at Adam, while Magnus's gaze went sideways - to Bladeclaw Beast's clawless paws. The monster had destroyed them on purpose, for one reason - to grow new claws right in Adam's stomach, and he'd succeeded.
It couldn't be seen, but... Magnus was completely sure that Bladeclaw Beast's claws had already pierced Adam's organs.
Could he be wrong? Well, sure, but not this time.
"Argh!" Adam's pupils narrowed as streams of blood gushed from his mouth, flooding the white tablecloth covering the table.
Magnus frowned, biting his finger with a great grimace.
'Come on. Don't disappoint me. Your organs have already been destroyed, but they can be rebuilt. Shit, it's not as easy as I thought, right?'