Path of Absolute Transcendence

Chapter 28 - 28: 28. Demon Forest

Kai ordered the ants to

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The ape roared, and it activated its talent. The gravity around the ape changed, and it increased by twofold. Kai, who was unprepared for this situation, was caught off guard and lost his balance. The ape did not miss the chance and hit him straight in the chest.

Kai flew towards a tree and got hit by it due to the force of the punch. Due to his tempering in Refining Tower and proper tempering in the body tempering realm, Kai had a high amount of defense and survived with only a few injuries. If there is a regular cultivator in Kai's situation, he may die due to the sudden impact.

"It seems my experience with Tier 1 beasts is not enough." Thought Kai. He had already trained to fight with beasts for 3 years, but all of them are Tier 1 and they don't have any abilities to fight. But from Tier 2, every beast has their talent and abilities. Their fighting style will also differ based on their abilities.

Kai did not consider any of these in the fight, he did not even use his full power in this battle. If he were to use his willpower to sense, he would have found the change in gravity as he was already capable of sensing them. He could have also used his soul perception to see the situation, but he did not do anything and fought without any consideration.

'I must control my pride. If I used all my strength, the situation wouldn't have happened.' thought Kai. He had already realized his mistake.

Kai got up from the tree and used phantom steps to escape from the gravity field around the ape.

'TCH!, This gravity field is very annoying. It is almost like a domain ability,' thought Kai as he continued to dodge the assault of Ape.

The ape won't be able to maintain the ability for a long time since it will consume energy. Kai wanted to take advantage of this situation and make the ape tired. He used his willpower and soul perception to avoid any surprise attacks.

Kai was only passively receiving the attack while dodging them with phantom steps. He was not able to attack the ape due to the gravity field around it.

'Ahh! This type of battle is so annoying. I should have learned at least one attack technique from the library' Thought Kai. He wasn't able to attack the ape, and even if such a chance appears, the attack's impact will be reduced a lot due to the field. Considering the high defense of apes, it only causes a negligible impact.

Kai can also perform his [Freedom Scripture] technique to kill this ape in one shot, but it will use all of his energy and leave him in a defenseless state. So he did not use that move since he was still in the forest.

Due to being on the receiving end of the attack, he suffered a lot of small injuries. Kai activated his evergreen talent to heal his injuries by absorbing the surrounding wood element, Qi. He also made his blood run at a faster rate to increase his speed. It was achievable due to the heart control ability he acquired in fire tempering.

Kai got a little advantage in the battle and finally started battling in an equal state with the ape. He used all of his basic sword moves to perfection and moved by using phantom steps. He did not leave any trace or sound during his movement.

Kai moved like a ghost in the battle with the ape, and it also started acting more recklessly. The ape stopped using its gravity field ability, and Kai took the opportunity.

He used his phantom step to immediately appear behind the ape, used his will manifestation on the sword, and slashed with his full power at the neck of the ape. The defense at the neck is very weak, and the sword easily passes through it. Blood splattered on Kai as the head of the ape was severed, and its body slowly fell to the ground.

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