Novel Lived
Chapter 1150 Stance Change!
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As she faced the mighty Ars Goetia Demon, Buer, Elena utilized the powers of her mother's [Aeternitas' Divine Spiritual Vessel Guardian Protection] Skill, channeling the powers of the Great Spirit and Titania into her soul and body, granting her sufficient stats to overcome this challenge.
"I won't lose…! {Stance Change}: {Water Stance}!"
Elena suddenly changed stances after gaining enough Afterglow, a power that emerges when someone of the Samurai Class remains in this stance for too long while taking damage.
TRUUUM!
When there's Afterglow, and they suddenly change stances, a special effect is triggered, suddenly doubling Elena's VIT and STR for 30 seconds, and giving her all the power she needed to push forward, as she used the Water Stance, specializing with attack speed to rush forward.
"{Abyssal Void Blade Fifth Form Echo}: {Dance of Emptiness}"
Her body spun in midair as she slashed through the demonic blade several times, devouring it piece by piece with her katanas, each blow generating shockwaves that distorted space, ultimate reaching Buer's chest.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
"GUUAAAGGH!"
With a scream of agony, the demon was pushed back! His body almost collapsed on the ground if it weren't for the goat legs on his back helping him maneuver in the empty space.
"Dammit! She's stronger than I thought?!" Buer thought for a second, gritting his teeth. "No matter! Keep struggling all you want! It'll all be FUTILE at the end!"
Elena saw the giant demon approach her, swinging its massive sword again.
Her reflexes.
Her senses.
Her body.
And her mind.
Even her soul!
They were all fully focused.
Her eyes shone bright red, as she inhaled and exhaled air.
"Concentrate… You can do this…"
The sword drew closer.
For a moment, she saw something.
The time itself…
It felt slightly slower!
And above all else, red spots.
As her Oni eyes could see the souls and auras of foes, as she fully concentrated, she saw something.
There were slightly red spots around the demon's body.
They were areas where there was an overaccumulation of energies.
"I can see it… A path towards victory."
Somehow, she was awakened something new.
Something beyond Skills, Abilities, and anything else.
A nascent power from a culmination of everything, and the unification of her soul and her Avatar body.
"DIE!"
Buer's sword descended rapidly, Elena used a combination of several skills to intercept, block, and then parry his blows, making the demon's eyes widen with each blow.
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
"What?!" Buer was shocked. "Is she really just a Player?!"
With a furious lion roar, a shockwave of pure demonic power struck Elena, as she roared back, her Soul Aura surged, as giant Oni wearing samurai armor surged from within it, swinging a massive ghostly naginata.
"HYAAAH!"
CLAAASH!
The Naginata struck Buer's head, surpassing his demonic barrier and shattering it at the same time as he was thrown several meters away.
"HOW DARE YOU!"
With a furious roar, the demon rushed back at her, swinging his blade again while maneuvering in space, trying to make his movements more unpredictable. Your journey continues at empire
Yet…
YET!
Elena evaded the blows, parried them, and then leaped into the air, spinning in midair with her two katanas and unleashing yet another powerful Dance against him while changing her Stance to a Fire Stance once her Afterglow reached the max amount.
"{Fire Stance}: {Flame Dragon's Dance}!"
"NGH?!"
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
A barrage of slashing blows reached Buer, who quickly intercepted them with his massive sword, only for it to gain countless cracks, beginning to shatter.
Elena couldn't believe it either, the best way to fight was to use old Stances that she only used in her early levels.
After she got the strongest skills and started fusing, she had completely left behind a core mechanic Samurais have because she thought their boost wasn't comparable to her new skills.
And now, it was coming in clutch!
"Focus… Focus… FOCUS!"
She quickly evaded a giant sword coming down towards her, the demon conjured a second one and had tried to crush her from a descending attack! As she evaded, another slashing attack reached her from the left. She placed her Aura's arms in front of her and then her katanas.
CLAAASH!
"Nnnggh…! GRAAAH!"
With a furious roar, she once more changed stances.
"{Wind Stance}: {Soaring Skies}!"
FLUOSH!
As Elena spin in midair, she unleashed a giant tornado of emerald winds, clashing against Buer's blow and then slicing through his entire arm, at the same time as the explosion of the Afterglow increased her speed by two times for thirty seconds, she rushed towards the demon as she ran over his huge arm. The monstrous being was, after all, over twenty meters tall.
"WHAT?!" Buer panicked. "She got over me?! She's aiming at- No! How did she guess?!"
Buer rapidly distorted space with his legs, trying to unleash a spatial shockwave to stop Elena once and for all, yet Elena moved faster, the Wind Stance enhanced her Speed greatly!
"{Abyssal Void Blade Fifth Form Echo}: {Dance of Emptiness}"
In that very moment, Elena initiated the Dance of Emptiness again, all while evading the giant demon's claws and his magic swords, materializing out of thin air one after another.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
"G-GAAAGH?!"
Beus was shocked and then screamed in agony, within that split second, his entire arm was sliced apart, and quite easily so! Elena targeted the areas where his energy had crystalized into demon cores, helping to stabilize his new body.
"{Fire Stance}"
FLUOSH!
And right after that, she changed into her Fire Stance, the Wind Stance Afterglow increasing her Attack Speed by two for thirty seconds, making her escape the incoming blows as she leaped away from the demon, his jaws opened, releasing a giant beam of flames.
"BURN!"
Elena's eyes widened as she saw the flames reach her, enough fire to burn her into ashes completely! Yet she remained focused, her body spinning downwards in midair and then…
"Now or never… I'll redirect the fire!"
She rushed upwards, kicking the empty air with a burst of Mana from her legs.
"{Fire Stance}: {Flame Dragon's Dance}!"
FLUOOOSH!
And in that moment, Elena tamed the demonic flames, as she spun, controlling them with her movements and sending them back at the demon in the for of a roaring dragon!
"ROOOAAARR!"
"T-This is utterly impossible!"
BOOOMMM!!!
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