He aligned the tree trunk and swung it again. The spikes on the monster's back began to vibrate and the armored plates that they're attached to its back began to move around its back. The vibrating spikes shredded the tree while the shifting plates ensured that the spikes cut more into the tree trunk. It was going to free itself.
Unfortunately for it, it wasn't fast enough. The giant club struck it before it could be free from the trunk. It was slammed into the trunk by the club. The force of the hit was so great that both the monster and the tree it was attached to were sent flying. The monster landed in an unsightly manner. It crashed onto the ground and its face became covered in dirt.
It rose up to its feet with anger only to see Soverick preparing another strike. He was already swinging the club around to take another hit on the monster. The monster's anger boiled over and its eyes flashed purple. It is furious and the world answered its call of fury.
The sky darkened all of a sudden as dark clouds formed. Purple lightning fell from the sky from the clouds onto the monster like a waterfall. The shower of lightning changed the monster instead of harming it. Its eyes and the spikes on its back began to glow purple after being energized with lightning.
The monster opened its mouth and some sort of ball of purple energy began to form in it. The ball formed very quickly so it was ready for Soverick's third strike. The monster shot the ball toward the tree club and the two collided. An explosion occurred immediately. The purple ball exploded into a large purple sphere that eviscerated the tree trunk. The explosion and evisceration were completely silent.
Soverick noticed all the changes to the monster and he still struck with the tree club. There was no reason not to despite all the flashy things that the monster was doing. He swung his tree club but he didn't receive that satisfying feedback of a successful hit. He swung and continued swinging without hitting anything. It was like he missed but he knows he did not.
"That can't be good." He said as he examined the makeshift club in his hands.
The weight in his hands had suddenly become lighter because the tree trunk has been effectively halved. The other half was turned into ashes by the purple sphere. What he found to be most odd is that the explosion of the purple ball and the tree trunk was soundless and eerie.
He threw the trunk at the monster because he found it too short for clubbing now. The shorted trunk, which is still more than 50 meters long, sailed towards the monster. The purple spikes on the monster's back began to vibrate in response to the threat. A round purple lightning field appeared around the monster to protect it. The tree trunk disappeared as it came into contact with the field of protection. It just turned to ashes.
"This is bad." He said as he eyed the monster.
For the first time in this competition, Soverick became serious. He became serious because he knows that he might die if he doesn't become serious. He thought there was something dangerous about this monster after the first soundless explosion. Now he is very sure since he got a good look as the tree turned to ashes.
There's a possibility of death in each encounter with a monster so it should be expected that there is a threat to his life from this monster. But in this situation, the chances of his death is not some vague concept. He has been able to identify what is dangerous about this monster and how he will fare against it. He will fare badly against it. In fact, his death is all but certain if the monster manages to hit him well.
He can feel the same thing that he felt from the claws of those resentful ravens. It is a distinct danger to his life. That purple ball must not touch him just like the claws of those birds or the consequences will be dire. The shield of momentum around the tree didn't protect it from destruction so there's no reason to believe that it will protect him from the purple energy.
The two of them eyed each other for a while. One is wary of the other, while the other is very confident of its prowess. Then the rhino snorted and pawed at the ground with its hooves. It was taunting him. Soverick's eye twitched. He decided to strike again. He summoned a vast amount of momentum and solidified it with his divine sense. Then he rained down golden fists on his enemy.
His golden fists slammed into the purple force field around the monster and were nullified. They didn't turn into ashes immediately like the tree but their power was reduced drastically so that they became harmless when they struck the monster. They went from being giant punches bigger than him to becoming tiny punches smaller than his own hand. The purple force field made them useless. Some of them even disappeared before making contact with the armored spiked rhino. They were eroded soundlessly without fanfare or an explosion.
The monster didn't move to attack. It weathered the rain of blows unmoved and continued to taunt Soverick. He stopped attacking when he realized his attack isn't working. He decided to step up his game. So he activated the next level of his mastery of the fourth step of weaponry, the mind weapon.
He activated the Fourth Step Of Mastery: The Ultimate Fist of Glory. Numerous golden fists formed around him in the air. Their number is more than two thousand. He pulled his hand back and the golden fists withdrew backward instead of shooting forward to punch. They were compelled to come closer together and began to combine as they moved backward.
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