Chapter 628

"I wonder why I was so cautious…" Leon said and then sighed while Shadow was draining the mana of the darkness.

The shadowy figure knew that he could destroy things using the power he obtained by killing one of Shadow's fragments. Still, he didn't know that the spirits could grow stronger or even recover their ally's mana by absorbing the elements. Although it wasn't that efficient since the shadowy figure was stronger than Leon, Shadow still could absorb a part of his power, as long as Leon grants his enough mana to balance things. For example, at his current level, Shadow could only eat dark magic-related spells that didn't cost more than one hundred thousand points of mana. Darkness Execution used six times more than that, but just like any other spell, Leon could temporarily make his spirits stronger as long as he increases the mana he uses to keep them in them summoned.

Noticing that Leon survived his strongest spell unscathed, the shadowy figure began to tremble a little. That was something that he had never imagined, and that only happened because he killed the fragment of Shadow that he found instead of making it his ally.

Leon didn't lose that chance. After using Teleport, Leon activated every single of his buffs and punched the bastard in the face. Thanks to that, he destroyed his right arm, but half a second later, it was back to normal thanks to Full-Recover.

Leon watched the shadowy figure fall on Miebos' ground. His attack drained the remaining mana the shadowy figure had. Thanks to it, he didn't have enough mana and finally received some damage. After seeing a lich-like creature falling and bleeding from all the holes in his face, Leon couldn't help but sigh. His opponent was powerful, but in the end, he was just a lunatic that became that powerful after living for thousands of years and after sacrificing millions, perhaps billions of lives for his own selfish ambitions.

"The god of death, huh…" Leon sighed. "In a sense, he deserves that title, but… whatever."

Leon couldn't let that bastard recover his mana, so he used Teleport and grabbed his body. However, much to his surprise, Leon couldn't sense any life in it. Something was off… he was pretty sure that a single punch wouldn't be enough to kill that guy. Even if he was a magician, there were many ways to become more resilient.

"Did he transfer his mind to somewhere else?" Leon frowned.

"That is possible," Sekundez answered. "He didn't have mana, but maybe he had some sort of artifact that would make him transfer his mind to another body once his mana reaches the bottom."

On that guy's body, Leon found a single broken ring. Since it was broken, he couldn't analyze nor feel its mana. That being said, by using Time Manipulation, Leon managed to restore the item.

Mind Transference Ring

It grants you the power to possess the body instantaneously of those marked by this ring.

Cost: 5,000,000 mana

Mana Stored: 0/5,000,000

"He sure had an interesting ring… most likely, he masses produced those to situations like this," Leon nodded to himself. "I thought the system would save our progress in our bodies, but I guess that isn't one hundred percent true… or if it is true, he just mass-produced some copies of his body."

Even though it was a troublesome process, Leon was quite sure that he also could create a copy of his body without a soul. That kind of thing should be pretty common among bastards like the shadowy figure. It was one perfect way to escape and move to other sides of the galaxy in an instant, after all. Still, Leon knew more or less where to find that bastard.

Without wasting time, Leon tried to look for the traces of his mana in that world. Fortunately, all the circles he created to use Checkpoint were still active, and thanks to it, he found what was left of the dungeon where he found the liches. The purple crystal wasn't there anymore, but after concentrating for a while, he found traces of that bastard's mana moving toward the same direction.

Congratulations! The skill Teleport has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Teleport has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Teleport has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

…

After using Teleport for a few more hours straight, Leon finally found another world covered in darkness, and there he finally found that guy's mana.

"He had plenty of time to escape… why is he still here?" Leon rubbed his chin. "Well, it doesn't matter either way. They should be ready by now."

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Darkness Absorption.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Light Absorption.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Light Absorption.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Water Absorption.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Wind Absorption.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Thunder Absorption.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Earth Absorption.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Ice Absorption.

You obtained 01 status points.

For an instant, Leon went to his mindscape, and there assimilated the knowledge his replica obtained. Although the replica barely had the chance to train those skills, Leon wasn't worried about their levels. For the time being, he just wanted to have some measures in case the shadowy figure tries something unexpected.

Instead of status requirements, to learn how to absorb the elements, Leon's replica had to endure for several days being damaged by those elements. It was quite hardcore given that he didn't have time to rest or eat… so it didn't surprise Leon that he took his sweet time learning it.