NABC Chapter 1071 Combat Awareness
Chapter 1071 Combat Awareness
Chapter 1071 Combat Awareness
It passes Rex's mind the sole fact that an Awakened above the sixth rank realm had a spirit.
Back when he had just assimilated with Devo, he gained a hint that ancient Awakened would not have assimilated with a spirit at the sixth-rank realm, the method of cultivating their own power was different compared to the new era.
Rex doesn't know when, but ancient Awakened assimilated with a spirit at a higher realm.
At the very least, at the seventh-rank realm or above.
Due to the burden of the mind, stressing over the preparation for this fight—he didn't realize he didn't realize that throughout their encounter, he had never seen the Executor summoning his own elemental spirit.
Not once had he used his spirit energy.
From the moment they met until now, the Executor only used his raw mana to fight others.
Only the naive would think the Executor doesn't have a spirit.
"What is that...? Even Devo is a child compared to that," Rex gasped sharply seeing the literal chaos incarnation, a being of profound ancientness, a clear specter of the primordial world—the Executor's spirit manifests itself and gazed at him.
At the sight of this, Rex felt his throat instantly felt dry.
It felt like he was stared at by the ultimate predator, a humongous obsidian nine-tailed fox.
Manifesting gracefully into the world of the living, the beast eyed Rex from top to bottom. Its fur is a vortex of obsidian. Purple shadows seem to cling to it, wisps of darkness playing over sinewy limbs.
Nothing could escape this primordial spirit's eyes.
Possessing multiple eyes across its head showed its exceptional sight ability, however, it was not only relying on those eyes. Its nine tails also had amethyst eyes across them—a spirit of unfathomable power and origin.
Fused by spirit energy, the Executor's aura spreads and cracks the ground.
Rex felt his own body tightened when he felt this.
If earlier he could handle the Executor's aura well, this time, he would need to give in effort.
Only then can he sustain the pressing aura from the Executor.
Knowing that the two were about to battle, resulting in deadly devastations—the people who were too close to them started to retreat to safer distances. At the very least, they should be able to fight against the opposing army without being impacted by the impending clash that would occur soon enough between Rex and the Executor.
Meanwhile, Rex shook his head and snapped out of his daze.
He squinted his eyes to inspect the Executor's spirit.
Devo possesses a remarkable spirit energy, comparable to spirits above five thousand years of age. However, the Executor's spirit... Its energy is extraordinarily dense, easily doubling if not more of Devo's spirit energy, making it around the ten thousand-year mark.
Assessing the spirit, Rex could tell instantly that it was way stronger than Devo.
[It surpasses me by leagues. That spirit is known as Sharion the Fox Tyrant, one of the fifty Divine Spirits of Corvanna, among the strongest in the spirit realm. If I'm considered a High Spirit now, Sharion is a Divine Spirit. Despite its placement being near the bottom ranks, it's still very strong]
[Yeah, it's scary... Its source of power is worship through fear if remember correctly]
Out of nowhere, Devo and Amanair explained.
Even though he doesn't have the System to instantly access the knowledge he seeks, he can still rely on Devo and Amanir, both well-versed in the spirit realm. However, receiving the info about Sharion furrowed his brown with concern.
Since this spirit is famous and even got a nickname, it must be extremely strong.
As expected of the Executor's elemental spirit.
Before Rex could even recover from the shock, the Executor stepped forward and declared.
"You promise to challenge my view—as stupid as that might sound, I respect it," the Executor spoke with a measured intensity, advancing forward with steady steps. "In return, I also offer my own vow for this confrontation: before this battle ends, Royal Black Prince, you will kneel before me!"
Swoosh!
Rex's pupils dilated seeing the Executor cut the distance between them instantly.
He managed to barely cross his arms to defend himself.
Bam!
In a split second, infused with the spirit energy from his primordial spirit, the Executor struck Rex with his claw-like fingers and sent him crashing away. A blast of chaos energy was made upon impact, strengthening the propelling force.
Rex remembered the moment when he was still helping the Executor at the Shifting Realm.
There, he intentionally permitted an attack to land on the Executor, only to see an unfamiliar way of power. With a mere gaze, the Executor was able to make the Vampire responsible for the attack bleed profusely.
Back then, Rex didn't know what it was but turns out he copied the Vampire's spell.
Coming to this realization, Rex couldn't help but frown.
Summoning creatures, suppression, and now copying abilities... What more does he have?
"Is that all that you can do, Fifthbo-"
Just before he could finish his sentence, Rex saw a gleaming, razor-sharp object hurtling at lightning speed toward him. Reacting swiftly—he leaped backward just in time to evade the deadly thrust that turned out to be the ink-black spear belonging to the Executor.
His Werewolf senses were still very sensitive to threats.
Even with the disparity in power, it would still be hard for the Executor to get him like this.
He should be coming to me right now. Maybe I should explode this entire place wi-
Once again, Rex couldn't finish his thoughts as the Executor suddenly appeared before him—appearing like a ghost and caught the flying spear that was mere inches from Rex's body. As Rex saw this, his eyes widened in utter disbelief.
So... So fast! I think he used a spell when I was not focused on him!
Even though the usage of spirit energy made the Executor stronger, he shouldn't be able to blitz Rex like this. He was fast, but it shouldn't be to the point where Rex couldn't sense him approaching closer.
Casting a wicked smile, the Executor exclaimed, "I got you now, Royal Black Prince!"
Raising the spear high and above, the chaos mana around him swirled.
It was swirling like a whirlwind and made the tip of the black spear the core of its rotation.
Just from this alone, Rex could tell that the Executor was about to cast another chaos spell.
One that would undoubtedly be way stronger than anything he uses.
Despite the imminent danger posed by the incoming attack, with the high probability that he would be injured severely, Rex's lips curled into a smile that confused the Executor. In such a situation, his reaction was unexpected and puzzling.
"You should rethink again," Rex mused with a daunting smile. "Did you forget something?"
Upon hearing this, the Executor frowned for a second before his eyes widened.
Almost instantly, he looked skywards and found the white sphere in the sky was gleaming.
It was reacting to his heightening power.
Realizing that unleashing one of his stronger spells provoked a vehement response from the white sphere of the First Breath, the Executor clenched his teeth and intended to deliver the attack he was about to do at Rex.
But his momentary hesitation earlier cost him the chance to exact the attack.
Rex was able to make a quick dash away from the Executor.
Even though he did that quickly, Rex's leg was still within the Executor's reach.
Naturally, the Executor wanted to pull him so that at the very least, both of them would bore the full brunt of the white sphere's force, but the suppression shot from the white sphere, in the form of a white beam, outpaced even the Executor's swift reflexes.
Shingg!
Boom!!
Since the power coming from the Executor was immense, the reaction was also immense.
Rex and all the others near the area got flung away like bullets.
Even the ground was trembling violently as if there was a nuke exploding nearby, all because of the Executor's power exceeding the threshold of the First Breath by a large margin. It was what Rex was expecting from the start.
He wanted to use the white sphere against the Executor.
A moment ago when he was activating his King Marks, he was being extra careful.
One wrong move and he would be shot at the suppression.
Due to that very reason, he chose to persist with his lightning spells despite knowing that the lightning element was not effective against the Executor. He made a calculated act to avoid suppression from the white sphere.
"Not even you would come out unscathed from that, Fifthborn" Rex mused with a light smirk.