Chapter 68 - Practical Test [2]

A/N: Read the first chap of my new book, pretty please with a cherry on top. It's about a dude with a copy power, he dies after finding out he can copy any move he sees, and gets reborn as a blind guy with the same name as him.

Issue is, he's blind and needs to see things to copy. But due to plot convenience the guy he was reborn as, has a skill relating to perception and sight!!!

Anyways, read the first chapter and the blurb, see how you like it. Second chap drops today.

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My eyes opened and adjusted to the light, and before even trying to adjust to my surroundings, I used Arcane Magic and purged myself of any exhaustion. As I stood up, I summoned my Cloak Of Darkness. Unfortunately, I hadn't been allowed to take anything aside from the supplies we had been given.

'Though, what's the point in giving me food? I don't need to eat.'

I took in my surroundings, I was in a... beach? Stretching, I began to enhance my body.

Blood Strength and Arcane Enhancement. That was all I needed for the moment, if I used Asura State it would've been more than a little excessive.

I had felt it for a while now, there were several presences around me, they weren't even making an attempt to hide their hostility.

'I don't have a weapon, so this should be a good time to test out how strong with my bare hands.'

Then, without any warning, an arrow was fired at me. It wasn't anywhere near the calibre of the arrows fired by the Elven Princess, so, I decided against blocking the attack.

As I moved forward, several arrows impaled my body, drawing my blood. With each step I took, more and more opponent's began to show themselves. By the time I finally got a good look at the Archer, I had been surrounded by no less than a dozen enemies.

'Oh wow this is...'

Looking up at the sky, I made my Cloak Of Darkness dissapear. I pulled the arrows out of my flesh and began to regenerate, using Arcane Magic at its maximum output.

"You know, I knew I wouldn't have the leisure of a one on one, but this is gonna be fun."

Then, from the trees a young man with blonde hair and green eyes, spoke.

"We're the noble alliance, surrend-"

Leaping into the air, I propelled my body towards the blonde brat, grabbing hold of his arms while I was borne and rotating my body before launching his body into the ground, causing a small crater to form in the process.

Then, creating a platform of blood above me, I planted my feet onto it before slamming my fist into his stomach. The boy began to vomit blood, his ribs shattering from my fist.

As I withdrew my fist from his body, I saw a flash of light before the young man's body dissapeared.

'Wow. Fast. That's a teacher at this place for you I guess.'

"I hope the rest of you are better than that guy."

Then, several arrows fired into my body, each of the arrows was attached to a rope. The arrows were aimed at my joints, rendering me temporarily immobile.

'Not bad.'

Using Partial Enhancement, I shattered my own shoulder joint before using my Blood Manipulation to saw the rest of the limb off. Then, I regenerated the limb in it's entirety.

I repeated this for my other arm and my knees, eventually freeing myself. This had taken a few seconds to do, but it seemed they hasn't expected me to amputate myself just to free myself.

"Aren't you people gonna make another move?"

As I spoke, several people charged in, their output was significantly lower than mine.

First, a spear was thrust in my direction, grabbing the spear's head, I squeezed my palm on it, allowing it to make deep cuts in my hand before regenerating to soldify my grip.

Flesh and metal bound together as my damaged hand was remade, then I tugged on the weapon with all my might whilst simultaneously detaching my arm using Partial Enhancement, causing the spear wielder to trip on their own feet and move towards me.

Their body fell, and at the same time I recreated my arm before grabbing onto their throat, slamming them into the floor, the ground beneath them cracking.

However, before I could finish them, I felt something stab me in the back, narrowly missing my spine but piercing my lungs.

Fortunately, this didn't affect me too much. The lungs existed to supply oxygen to the blood so that oxygen could be transferred to cells to carry out their processes.

I was a Blood Manipulator, and lots of my blood had been spilled. I didn't know how much still had oxygen, but it was enough.

And so, I manipulated all the blood around me while controlling my own blood flow, getting rid of the deoxygenated blood and pumping freshly oxygenated blood into my body as I fought against the one who had just stabbed me.

I threw several blows to their liver with one arm. Using the blood they had spilled, I made it flow to their feet and solidified it, forming a crystalline structure that restricted their movement.

I would've liked to take the sword out of my lung and heal, but my parallel processing was limited. I couldn't simultaneously fight, control the blood both inside and outside my body and use both applications of Arcane Magic at once.

As I poured blow after blow into my assailants, they finally fell to the floor, my blood still holding their feet in place.

"So who's next?"