Insanity

"Hoh?" Aurus couldn't help but be surprised after seeing that the next form of the Spirit Spear was upgraded thanks to activating the spear forms from the first to the next.

Of course, before he started to actively use the Spirit Spear back then when he evolved it, he read through the five basic forms of the Spirit Spear.

The first form, Denial, was a form that was the second strongest out of all the forms, being behind Acceptance. But what it gave in exchange was that the damage received by the enemy would increase by a certain amount for a short while.

The next form, Anger, was a form that was similar to the Law form of the [Nut Trident Trial]. It had a 100% hit rate and it followed the enemy wherever it went.

As for the next form after Anger, which was Bargaining, was a form that was similar to the Sanction form of the [Nut Trident Triad], being able to shoot a lot of Spirit Spears within a short span of time.

The fourth form, Depression, was a form that focused on inflicting debuffs to the enemy. These debuffs are reduced attack power and reduced movement speed specfically.

The fifth and final form, Acceptance, was a form that dealt the highest damage compared to all of the other four forms. Even though the damage dealt is already high, it grows stronger as the branch grows stronger in terms of SP amount.

Knowing the basic uses of these forms, he knew which form to use at an opponent and when to use it. But most of the time, it just ends up with him using the Acceptance form to get over with it at a quick speed.

"I wonder what the upgraded third form would be," Aurus muttered to himself as the two clones that he killed disintegrated into dust. This dust then headed towards Aurus' body, which was absorbed by his body in an instant.

Ding!

'Wave 2 has been cleared.'

'Experience +20'

'1 Genesis Point has been obtained.'

"Aww." After reading through the notifications he received, he noticed that he didn't get an additional Genesis Point after clearing the second wave. He thought that, since the number of enemies he needed to kill for every wave multiplied, the amount he would get would multiply as well.

Letting out an understanding sigh, he muttered to himself, "Then again, if that was the case, I would be able to reach the 30th layer of the Genesis Tree in time."

It only took an instant for the disembodied voice to talk once more as four clones that had the same stats as the previous clones appeared in the center of the green jade hall.

"The third wave is starting."

Whoosh!

In an instant, four walnuts that were infused with SP headed towards Aurus' body as they wanted to corner him with these shots, forcing him to take damage.

From their perspective, it was a genius idea that would definitely succeed if they were fighting against a branch of the same level.

Sadly, Aurus was a monster in his own right.

"[Spirit Wind Bolt]."

Whoosh!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Conjuring a crude magic circle within his Spell Core that shot out an energy bolt, he then controlled this energy bolt to pierce through the four walnuts, thus negating the damage he would possibly receive.

Surprisingly, the energy bolt still didn't dissipate after piercing through the four walnuts. With that, Aurus decided to just control the energy bolt to head towards one of the clones.

Whoosh!

Even though the clone that Aurus aimed for tried to dodge, the sheer speed of the energy bolt was vastly superior to its movement speed, killing the clone in one shot.

Ding!

Unexpectedly, a notification screen appeared in front of Aurus' field of vision, forcing him to read the words written on the screen. Not long after, he couldn't help but curse out.

"Fuck."

'The third form of the Spirit Spear, Bargaining, has not been used after the second form, Anger. Instead, a foreign skill was used.'

'The chain has been broken. User must start all over to fully exhibit the true prowess of the Spirit Spear.'

"Haah...you should've said so earlier." Aurus couldn't help but complain at the system as he looked at the three remaining clones within the green jade hall.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Without caring about what Aurus felt, the three clones shot out another round of walnuts towards Aurus, not even feeling any despair from seeing their compatriot die. Well it was a given, they were clones created by the inheritance. They were meant to die.

Aurus, on the other hand, saw these walnuts as a provocation and couldn't help but let out an aura filled with killing intent as he grimly smiled inwardly. "Hoh? You still attack me even though you know I'm pissed?"

"How bold of you guys."

"[Spirit Wind Bolt]."

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With the cooldown of the spell being reduced thanks to the notifications and other happenings before casting the spell, he was able to destroy the walnuts that were headed for him once more and decided to aim the energy bolt towards the ground.

Fwoosh!

Rather than making a crater on the floor, the energy bolt dissipated into thin air as the energy stored within it was used up.

Aurus didn't waste his time as he formed two Spirit Spears using his floating Animas, shooting the first Spirit Spear towards one clone as he chanted, "[Spirit Spear: Denial]."

Bang!

Without any difficulty, the Spirit Spear easily pierced through the clone and kill it in one shot, just like the fate of the clone that was killed before it.

Not long after shooting out the first spear, he then shot out the second Spirit Spear towards one of the two remaining clones. Unsurprisingly, in the middle of its trajectory, the Spirit Spear split off into two as it killed the two remaining clones at the same time.

"[Spirit Spear: Anger]."

Bang! Bang!

Ding!

'[Spirit Spear: Anger] has been upgraded to [Spirit Spear: Rage].'

Seeing that he was back to where he previously was, Aurus let out a small sigh as he waited for the next wave of enemies to come at him.

"Well that wave was incredibly fast," Aurus couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Contrary to what Aurus sees, the speed of the fight was not actually that fast at all. The attack speed of the branches were reliant on their movement speed, which was sped up by 60 times in order to reduce the amount of time between fights. Nonetheless, the fights between branches and trees were still slow.

Even for Aurus who had a movement speed of 270 meters per hour, he would have slight difficulty in dodging attacks from branches and trees of the same grade as they almost had the same movement speed. Only when he activated his multiple buffs was he able to fight against S-grades.

Ding!

'Wave 3 has been cleared.'

'Experience +40'

'1 Genesis Point has been obtained.'

Checking his status screen while he still had the time, he noticed that he only need around 250 XP to fully max his current grade.

"Then again, I'll be staying in this form for a while to get better evolutions," Aurus said to himself as he checked his status screen.

Not long after, the disembodied voice resounded throughout the hall, reminding Aurus about the next wave of enemies he would face.

"The fourth wave is starting."

Whoosh!

In an instant, eight clones appeared in the center of the green jade hall. As Aurus was looking at the clones to see if the clones he would face this round had the same stats as the previous clones he fought against, only to see a clone that looked stronger than the clones he had faced before.

"Identify."

Ding!

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[Aurus]

Existence Level: Inanimate (A)

Level: 4/10

HP: 105/105

SP: 280/280

Stats:

[Tenacity]: 17

[Vitality]: 22

[Spirit]: 28

Skills:

[Roll++ Lv. 9], [Nut Trident Triad Lv. 8], [Wind Affinity Lv. 2], [Spirit Channeling Lv. 2]

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"Hm. The stat this time is closer to my current form. Even the appearance is somewhat close to what I currently look like," Aurus couldn't help but say. The stronger clone glowed a faint green light as it exuded an aura that was slightly similar to Aurus' aura.

"As for the skills though, it's extremely lacking." Aurus couldn't help but chuckle after seeing this. "Nonetheless, you're still weak in front of me."

"I won't fuck up this time."

Manifesting a Spirit Spear using a floating Anima, he shot it towards the strong clone as he chanted, "[Spirit Spear: Bargaining]!"

Whoosh!

The Spirit Spear rapidly darted towards the strong clone, only for it to incessantly multiply in number as it gradually got closer and closer to the strong clone.

And then...

Poof!

It disappeared.

"Eh?" Aurus was dumbfounded. Although he made sure to consecutively use the forms, the fact that his attack disappearing before it even the enemy was unheard of.

But then...

Weeenngggg...

Aurus instantly heard a buzzing sound come from the ceiling of the green jade hall and looked upwards, only to gasp in shock.

The Spirit Spear he shot was teleported to the ceiling of the hall, including the cloned Spirit Spears as they glowed a faint green before charging downwards towards the eight clones as if they were bombs dropped off from a bomber plane.

Ding!

'[Spirit Spear: Bargaining] has been used after [Spirit Spear: Anger], allowing the former's properties to be boosted.'

'[Spirit Spear: Bargaining] has been upgraded to [Spirit Spear: Insanity], turning into a skill that hits every enemy within a certain radius.'