Blood Assimilation

However, he could only keep up with this red-scaled demon and not suppress it.

In truth, he was the one repressed by his opponent instead.

Just how strong was this demon?

Furthermore, there was still another demon nearby observing him as if trying to inquire about his weakness, which was very concerning.

What if the two demons decide to join forces to fight against him together? Wouldn’t he lose terribly by then?

As he worriedly thought about the possibility of fighting two demons, he still clashed with the scaled demon with his Glacial Beast Sword a few more times, with sparks flying around them and their movements turning into a blur one moment and then visible the next.

If an ordinary person saw their exchange from the start, at this instant, they would only gasp in shock and wouldn’t know what to make of it, as their appearance kept disappearing and reappearing whenever they moved and clashed.

The red-scaled demon’s claws were very sharp and sturdy, on par with steel metal.

.....

No, it was even sturdier than steel metal.

Otherwise, how else could it remain undamaged even after he slashed against his S-rank Glacial Beast Sword, which was not only firm but sharp enough to cut through steel metal.

After a few seconds, they had already exchanged hundreds of moves, and Randy had started to get anxious as he watched the black-horned demon who was still observing their fight with a calm gaze.

‘What the hell is he doing watching on? Is he not planning on attacking me along with his partner?’

Randy split his attention for a single moment as he thought of the horned demon’s actions. But the moment he did, the red-scaled demon smirked, took advantage of that moment, and launched a feint attack with his claws before switching and launching a punch at his gut the next moment.

Bang!

Randy groaned in a low voice as he thrust backward, flying away from the unexpected blow.

Boom!

He grunted as he smashed into the rock he had stood behind previously.

“Kuhahaha. That was fun, human!”

Watching Randy sprawling on the ground, the red-scaled demon couldn’t help but burst into peals of exhilarated laughter.

“Enough playing around and kill him.” Said the black-horned demon from the side.

“You’re no fun, Gleet. This human seemed pretty strong but lacked fighting experience. Just look at him. He’s still standing back up with no visible wounds. Why don’t I play with him a little-”

“I said to end the fight quickly. We don’t have time to waste. Do you want me to report to our lord that we were held back in procuring the sacrifices because of you? Also, my name is Gleak for the thousandth time.”

“Tch, whatever.”

The red-scaled demon had a peeved expression as he turned to face Randy in the distance: “Hey, human, I am so pissed right now. I need to release this anger, so I will not be playing around with you anymore. Give it all you’ve got. Otherwise, today would be your last breath. Then again, no matter how hard you try, you’ll still die in my next attack anyway.”

Randy’s gaze was serene as he stood up and brushed off the dust on his body.

He stood there motionless without any discomfort on his face, almost as if nothing had happened to him.

Before the impact of the red-scaled demon’s attack, his armor’s passive defense property activated on its own and negated most of the blow of the punch that landed on his gut. As such, he was mostly unaffected.

Moreover, he still had another semi-defensive skill, Body Strengthen, which he activated to strengthen his stomach when the red-scaled demon aimed for his stomach, which further nullified the impact.

The Body Strengthen skill was an innate skill awakened in response to his Stealthy Python’s Grip skill, similar to the Absolute Stealth skill, which he awakened from the Stealth Scales skill.

Naturally, the Body Strength skill wasn’t supposed to be used as a defensive skill since it could only strengthen a part of the body currently, but it could serve as one if used creatively.

But, despite that, he still felt the reverberated shockwaves clearly when the punch landed on his stomach.

Based on his estimates, it would have damaged, at least, his internal organs, or at worst, would have resulted in severe internal damage if he did not have his black coat on and had relied only on his semi-defensive skill, Body Strengthen.

‘Now, I can catch my breath. It was too dangerous just now.’

As for why he allowed himself to get hit, despite seeing the incoming attack beforehand, that was deliberate. He wanted to make a distance between himself and the red-scaled demon to activate his skills.

Earlier, when he engaged in combat with the red-scaled demon, he couldn’t use all of his skills except his Intermediate Swordsmanship skill. Due to that, his comprehension has increased, as stated in his vision right now.

[Your Intermediate Swordsmanship mastery has increased, gaining enough experience]

[Intermediate Swordsmanship Skill has increased from level 1 to level 3]

‘That was at least beneficial.’

With this, his current understanding of this Intermediate Swordsmanship skill has become basic if he had to describe it.

Before, he only knew Beginner Swordsmanship, which was enough to comprehend basic sword slash and sword pierce techniques.

But the intermediate level swordsmanship allowed for more maneuverability of the sword, along with the previous effects.

Along with his comprehension of the sword, the understanding of his sword-based skills also increased slightly.

With that determined, Randy activated one of his skills.

[Sacred Sword Skill Activated]

With the activation of this skill, the Glacial Beast Sword, which had a cold blue body, was instantly covered with a golden, radiant, and sacred light.

This sacred light gradually sipped into the blade of his sword as it vibrated slightly in response.

The next moment, Randy channeled mana into his legs, and soon, with a gust of wind, his appearance vanished on the spot.

[Wind Sailing Movement Skill Activated]

He did not plan on being on the receiving end this time around.

Within the next few seconds, he traversed the distance and appeared in front of the red-scaled demon while brandishing his light-infused sword, which aimed directly at the red-scaled demon’s neck.

The red-scaled demon was caught in surprise by his unexpected attacks, and his pupils dilated for a split second before quickly blocking in front of himself.

Slash!

One Slash Unleashed, Multiple Sharp Sword Light Gushed Outward!

This was the essence of his sword attack just now.

His current attack was possible because he had grasped the basic understanding of the Intermediate Swordsmanship, which allowed more versatility with the sword.

That coupled with the specialty of Sacred Sword skill that allowed the user to comprehend and imitate basic holy sword aura.

This generated holy sword aura, even though it would only be an imitation at its current level, could still help the user unleash multiple sword auras or blades of light.

By utilizing the Sacred Aura skill, which only provided an aura of light and Sacred Enchant to enhance the effects of one’s equipment, one could gradually comprehend sword aura.

Sacred Aura Skill was currently at level 9. But by itself, it couldn’t do much. It only allowed the usage of ‘Aura of Protection’ and the comprehension ‘aura’ generally and not sword aura itself.

Only through the continuous usage of the Sacred Sword skill could one gradually manifest their sword aura. But that was the most challenging part. It could take years for that to happen.

That was why that knight captain only had level 5 for his Sacred Sword skill and level 6 for his Sacred Enchant skill, even though he was considered a captain of the church of light.

Luckily, after inheriting his skills at their current level, naturally, Randy knew how they work and how to use them.

All that knowledge sublimed together perfectly to unleash his current attack, which contained more destructive power than merely swinging the sword around to slash or pierce.

The scaled demon’s feet slid a few meters back from the multiple impacts of his sword attack.

Blood Splattered.

The red-scaled demon’s eyes widened with a shocked expression as he watched his blood dripping down from the multiple cut wounds on both arms that he used to block in front of him.

Unlike before, he seemed unable to heal from the sword attack right away, which shocked him further.

The next moment, that shocked expression turned into madness and fury as he used his claw to cut away at all the meat around where the sword had inflicted the wounds.

Shocking enough, after all the flesh on his arm was torn away, along with the sword wounds, he began to heal rapidly and regenerate the flesh lost from his injuries.

However, Randy was not shocked simply because the red-scaled demon could heal his wounds faster.

Instead of that, he was more stunned by the blood of the red-scaled demon. Specifically, the color of his blood.

The reason was that this red-scaled demon in front of him had black blood dripping down from his wounds. That scene instantly caught his attention.