18 18. Cruel Sun

"What the...! Did you just use [Hunger]?"

In a shocking surprise, Mufasa couldn't believe what had happened to Scar.

"..."

Scar, on the other hand, didn't say any word and just stared at Mufasa menacingly. He placed his sword up high in the air and fire began to swirl on the blades that made Mufasa shiver in doubt.

'C-could it be? He's trying to use that skill again?'

Sweat drip down from his forehead thinking that Scar might again use his powerful skill that should've been in cooldown yet he didn't flinch. From his palms, black orbs appeared, it was the size of a baseball which he used to throw towards Scar nonstop.

Boom! Boom!.....

Every black orb exploded when it got near Scar's vicinity but a wall fo flame appeared every time the orbs explode that defended Scar when he was still charging his skill.

"A wall of flame? I have never heard a skill like that from yours? Is that a newly acquired skill?"

Mufasa asked Scar, but still, Scar didn't speak a single word and only focused on his attack.

Mufasa had a correct assumptions on what was happening. The wall of flame was a newly acquired skill that Scar received after absorbing some of eternal flames.

[Fire Wall], a passive skill that blocks any type of aerial attack.

"Tch! You really want me to go all out huh?"

"..."

Even with his attempt at taunting Scar, he didn't open his mouth and continued to focus on his skill. This made Mufasa more irritated that he couldn't feel his brother suffer from his attack, he uses the powerful attacks that he had accumulated on his extraction.

"[Death Rain]! [Black Vines]!"

Mufasa cast down the powerful skills he had. Clouds of storm unfold above the ceiling, it began to rain black lightning that struck down to Scar but was defended by the wall of flames. From the ground on which Scar stood, pitch-black thorny vines appeared that constrict him from moving and dealt with continuous damage to him, seeing that blood had dripped down his body, his attack was already ready.

"[Prominence Burn], [Hunger]."

The burning beam that was gonna be used to attack Mufasa had been completely absorbed into his body. The veins in his body turned the blood into magma and the wounds on his body slowly disappear, his eyes burned brightly like stars.

The flames on his body burned furiously and a burning aura enveloped him.

"Grah!"

He roared like a lion causing waves of heat to drift through the surroundings. The vines that had constrict him vanished in the blazing heat.

'Ugh! What tremendous power!'

Mufasa exclaimed. He had receive damage from that roar itself, it wasn't even an attack or any skill, it was just an aftereffect from Scar's growl.

"Having two special feat is impossible! I don't accept this!"

Mufasa cried in disbelief. It was true that having another special feat was impossible. Scar didn't also believe it but he had successfully receive another one. The only plausible reason might have been that he had shared the same genes with his brother that caused this miracle. Other than that, he didn't know how this phenomenon happens and the only thing he knows is that he was given hope to defeat Mufasa.

"[Cruel Sun]!"

He pointed his index finger above the air. A small fireball could be seen from his fingertip slowly increasing its size and burned brightly like a miniature sun.

The surrounding temperature rose sharply that it caused everything in the room to slowly melt. Mufasa was coated in sweat due to burning temperature that his clothes burn into ashes leaving a naked upper body.

'It...hurts!'

The temperature didn't stop to rise that made Mufasa want to shriek in pain. His skin hastily roast itself due to the invigorating heat. He received ample damage from this effect that he was forced to cover himself in the Thorne's mana.

"[Void Aggression]"

This was a powerful buff that uses the mana of Thorne into a body enhancer. It sharply increase his attack, speed, and defensive status, it also regenerates 2% of his health every second but its backlash was too risky. Thorne's power would slowly corrupt the soul of the caster so Mufasa would only use it for emergencies and this was the right moment he needed to activate this skill.

"This is for my friends."

Scar then threw the burning ball of flame towards Mufasa. Though it slowly moves along the way, the area on which it moved rapidly melt into a liquid substance.

'What the? I can't move!'

He was sure that he could easily evade this attack but his body didn't move as he wanted it. He was stunned by this occurrence seeing that the miniature sun had slowly draw nearer to him. It gave him fear and slough of despond knowing he might die in this process but before he accepted death, a window interface appeared in front of his vision.

Ting!

Thorne has been successfully extracted!

All the power of Thorne has been distributed in your player status!

You have receive all the skills of Thorne!

Skills:

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Permanently keep this power?

[Y/N]?

"Yes."

Dududududu!

The miniature sun blasts Mufasa towards the wall and exploded upon impact. Countless damage indicators appear above his head that devoured almost all of his HP, his health drop down to 3% but surely, he'd die from this attack since the burning effect had been placed on him.

"Sorry brother."

Scar looked at his brother who had only half of his body left from the powerful explosion that had occur get burned alive.

He didn't move anymore so he declared him dead even if he still had 3% of health remaining. When he was about to walk back and return, a disgusting chuckle reverberated throughout the place.

"Khieeehahahahaat!"

"..!"

Quickly averting his gaze to check the source of the laugh, he saw that Mufasa's remain was floating in air.

He was being enveloped in dark and vivid mana. Though his body was now halved and the upper right of his face had disappeared, he was still alive.

The cyclone of dark mana begin to move on the missing parts of Mufasa's body and turned itself into new ones but these were more sinister and pitch black in color.

The upper right part of his face reform itself into black new parts and his missing eye had now reformed into a blood-red like a demon's eye.

Black devilish wings that were fully made in aura grew on his back and as it slowly flap, the wind it blew decayed the area it hit making it very dangerous for anyone to come near its area.

"This tremendous power! I can feel it coursing through my veins!"

Mufasa exclaimed as look at his new body.

His physical form had changed entirely but he himself.

"I-impossible!"

Scar couldn't believe what he was seeing right now. Looking at his health bar, it had slowly regenerate. He needed to finish this as soon as possible because this might be dangerous for Jin who was still not far enough for Mufasa to trace him.

"I will surely kill you, brother!!"

Gyaaaahh!!

A shrill echoed from his body when he pursued Scar. It was ominous and threatening but Scar didn't flinch and take the attack head-on. Only then, he heard a rustling noise behind him that slowly move nearer and with a quick look, he saw Jin running towards him.

"Scar! You look hot! I mean actual hot!"

"Fuckin hell! Jin! Run!"

Vhoooooong!!