The golem also prepared its bow and shot at him. But when it saw him prepare his arrows, it put away its bow and used its shield to defend itself. It did this while rushing towards him.
It knows that if it doesn't shield itself, it might become too late for it to when Arthur shoots his arrows. This is a lesson that it had learned from its second fight fight with Arthur.
It also learned to dodge the arrows and try not to take them head-on. Unfortunately, dodging became too difficult for it to achieve a few seconds into the battle.
Just as it expected, when the arrow struck its shied, the force of the arrow was so strong that it was pushed back and its shield was dented. If not for the quality of the shield, the golem would have died with one shot.
This is another advantage of a physical arrow. Physical arrows require more power to pull and are not as fast as energy arrows, but they carry a lot more momentum. This is a lesson that both the human and the golem learned from their second fight.
Arthur was suppressing the golem from afar. The golem couldn't do anything else but defend itself and try to get close enough to Arthur to take him down.
Their combined speed was 240 meters per second, and the distance between them was 2,000 meters. His speed is 180 meters second while that of the golem is 60 meters per second.
So it will take 8.33 seconds for them to reach each other. Plus the time it will take them to accelerate to their top speed, it will take them 9.33 seconds to meet.
During those 9.33 seconds, Arthur was able to cast the Plant Growth Spell and the Wood Control Spell. These two spells were prepared by his two mental phantoms. He didn't activate them yet because he didn't need them yet.
Once he got close to the golem, he put his bow into his pouch and took out a single seed from his seed pouch. Then he activated the spells that he prepared.
The single seed sprouted and grew into a long vine. This vine wasn't thick like a club, like the first version he uses. This vine was thin and tough.
This single vine also split into three. So instead of expending mental energy and spiritual energy to control three seeds, he spent less mental and spiritual energy to control one seed and make it do the same thing that three seeds can do.
He also didn't stay in one place to attack the golem. He continued to approach it while the three-pronged vine in his right hand stretched towards the golem.
While he was doing this, the two phantoms in his mind also got busy casting two spells. He was casting the energy shield and swift body spell.
The golem didn't know what he was preparing. All it knew was that it had to maintain a certain distance from Arthur, or it would lose soon.
As Arthur got close to it, the vine in his right hand was turning into a large cage for the golem. The vines were surrounding it and were about to trap it.
The worst part was that they didn't attack it. If they attacked it, at least it would be able to cut them off. But they only slithered around it in order to corner it.
But the vines were only half of its worries. There was also Arthur, who appeared intent on fighting the golem with his body.
This made it difficult for the golem to determine what it should do. It didn't know if it should focus on Arthur or on the vines.
Arthur actually couldn't control both his body and his spell perfectly at the same time. He has to pause one for the other.
However, he learned that he didn't need to be able to do the two things at the same time. He just needs to look like he could do the two things at the same time for him to stifle the golem.
At first, he harassed the golem. He feigned attacks and teased it. He pressured it with the possibilities of danger without actually committing to any plan of action.
He moved in circles around it, forcing it to constantly reorient itself while his vines scampered around it as if to grab it. But once his energy shield spell was ready, he activated it and moved close to the golem.
He appeared to be ready to punch it. But this time, he was really going to punch it. He didn't jump back at the last moment. Instead, he committed and struck the golem with his gauntlet-wearing fist.
The golem swung its sword at him in a desperate attempt to eliminate him or at least force him back. But he didn't retreat. He took on the sword and controlled his vines to ensnare the golem from every direction.
The sword clashed with his energy shield. This caused a green light to flash a few centimeters above his skin.
The green light was the brief appearance of his energy shield. It repelled the sword while his vines made contact with the golem.
His vines coiled around the golem like pythons while simultaneously stretching it. The force from the vines was so strong that it caused the golem to flash red and surrender.
Arthur was also frozen. When he felt his body stiffen, he sighed in relief.
FIGHTING EXCELLENCE TEST.
#Level 1: Passed.
#Completion Time: 14 seconds.
#Choose one option.
1. Exit.
2. Retry.
3. Advance.
He laughed when he saw this result. His laughter was the laughter of pride. He felt immensely proud of himself for his victory.
The golem disappeared, and he regained his freedom. He used that freedom to recover his spiritual and mental energy.
He became prouder when he realized that he only used 22 spiritual energy to acquire his victory.