Chapter 17: Loopholes
Val and Rajel looked at each other silently, they were both observing each other, this was a battle between the strong and the strong, and the slightest slip could kill them in an instant.
"Come on!" Val finally broke the deathly silence first, quickly condensing a crystal spear in his hand, and then hurled it at Rajer.
Rajel just stood still, his Word Devourer's ability to devour anything within a meter of his body in another dimension, so he had no need to dodge in the face of Vaal's direct attack.
As he expected, the crystal spear that Val threw at him was instantly swallowed up by the alien space at a distance of one meter from him, and in just a few seconds, Val had already rushed in front of him with an arrow.
Rajer had expected that Vaal's previous throw of the crystal spear was nothing more than a feint, and he swung his fist at the same moment as Vaal arrived, and the two former friends had no more than the urge to kill each other.
"Sure enough, a normal attack doesn't mean anything to you at all. Val looked at Rajer's face and said, "There's no need to have any scruples anymore, let's do everything we can now!"
"As you wish, old friend. Rajer flicked Val's punch away, and then unleashed an onslaught at him.
"Is it finally all that is left to kill me?" Val looked at Rajer as he stormed, and instead of being frightened, he smiled slightly. "That's good, that's how the last battle with you is going to be happy!"
He quickly condensed a crystal sword in his hand, and without the slightest hesitation, he rushed forward to meet Rajer's attack.
Rajer dodged Vaal's crystal sword that stabbed him in the face, then lowered himself to attack Vaal's unsuspecting abdomen.
But his fist stopped in an instant just a few centimeters from Vaal's abdomen, and then a roll dodged Val's crystal sword that slashed down from below, and Val, who didn't succeed, didn't continue to pursue but took a defensive stance.
"Did you anticipate the direction of my attack and crystallize that part in advance?" Rajer said, looking at Val, "I almost got hit too, and it seems that the next battle can't be careless." ”
"I have also discovered a flaw in your abilities. Val raised an eyebrow and said, "You can't use the Word Sky Devouring ability when you're moving, do you?"
Did he notice it? Rajer wasn't too surprised by this, because he knew very well that Val's strength would be abnormal if he hadn't found a flaw in that ability in the battle just now.
But that alone is not of much use, Rajel thought to himself, it is true that this ability is flawed, but you don't have time to look for it anymore.
Although I knew about one of the weaknesses of the Sky Eater, the situation really didn't work in my favor. Val has been keeping his eyes on Rajer, and I now have to turn the situation in my favor as much as possible in the next fight.
"What's the matter, do you find it tricky?" asked the nameless man, "it's true that he managed to find a flaw in his abilities, but it doesn't work much for you, right?"
"Definitely. "I can predict most of his attacks, but it's not foolproof, and I can't attack him at all, so I'm at an absolute disadvantage." ”
"So what are you going to do next?"
"Just use Awakening. Val is accumulating the strength in his body, "Although he has not fully recovered, his current strength alone should be enough. ”
"So be it. "But try to be careful, after all, that guy's strength can only be described as terrifying." ”
"I know what to do without you reminding me. The blood-red words on Vaal's arm quickly spread throughout his body, and the ground beneath his feet was covered in transparent crystals.
"Have you entered the awakening of the Word?" Rajer said, looking at the transparent crystals beneath Vaal's feet, "It looks like you're ready to do your best to deliver the final blow, so I'll be with you to the end, Val!"
"Take it, Rajer!" Val snapped, "O Shattered Crystal, turn into a realm of despair and lead my enemies to a future of destruction!"
The transparent crystals quickly surrounded Rajer, and countless crystal pillars attacked Rajal from all directions at rapid speed.
But all the crystal pillars were swallowed up by the alien space in an instant, and no matter how large the number of attacks and how fast they were, they were all in vain under the defense of Rajer's ability.
But even so, Val did not stop attacking, he kept watching the attack closely, hoping to find even the slightest weakness in Rajel, but he finally had to admit that he had not been able to find anything.
The body is reaching its limit. Sweat ran down Val's forehead so that my abilities would not be sustainable, and at that point, the battle would be doomed to me.
"Looks like your body can't hold it anymore. The Nameless Man suddenly spoke, "Then you will soon no longer be able to use your abilities. ”
"Of course I do. Val frowned, and said, "If that doesn't work, do as I told you before." ”
"It's not that time yet. The Nameless Man laughed, "He does have a seemingly impenetrable defense, like an impregnable golden bell, but no defense is perfect, don't you say?"
"You. Val instantly realized that the Nameless Man was reminding him. That's right, Rajer's seemingly flawless defenses do have a funnel, a vulnerability that is easy to overlook but is real.
"If that's true, there's a loophole. Val said to the Nameless Man, "But I can't attack it with my power." ”
"Then use my power at the same time. The Nameless Man said, "Merge your abilities with mine, and you should be able to do it." ”
"Okay then. Val looked at his left hand, "I'll put the power on you now, so I should be able to attack." ”
"Good. The nameless man said with satisfaction, "Then come now!"
At the same moment, the crystal pillar's attack came to an abrupt halt, and Rajer looked around for a moment, only breathing a sigh of relief when he was sure there was no next attack.
"There's no way to attack you. Val looked at Rajer and smiled, "I have to admit it. ”
"Are you ready to give up now?" said Rajer, "there is no point in continuing to fight, you don't even have the slightest chance of winning." ”
"Not necessarily. Val sneered, "Your defense is perfect, but you still have a deadly hole that will kill you. ”
"What did you say?" Rajer was startled when he heard this, and at the same time he knew that the ground had cracked open, and several black tentacles had wrapped around his ankles in an instant.
"Are these tentacles the only one?" Rajer was about to break free of the tentacles, but he suddenly felt his ankles become extremely stiff, and when he looked down, the transparent crystals had firmly imprisoned his movements.
"Of course, it's not just these tentacles. Val smiled triumphantly, "They're just a medium, a medium for conducting crystals. ”
Val raised his left hand, and saw several slender black tentacles extending from the edge of his palm to the ground, and it was clear that Val had been prepared from the beginning to launch a surprise attack the moment Rajel let his guard down.
"The so-called perfect defense did not exist from the beginning. Vaal laughed, "The biggest weakness of Sky Devouring is not that it cannot be activated when moving, but that its defense actually has dead ends!"
"It's like a bell, even though the bell is unbreakable, there is still a gap at the bottom of the bell, and only if you can attack from the bottom of the bell, then no matter how perfect the defense is, it will disintegrate from within. ”
"Then it's very simple, your weakness has always been at your feet, I just need to attack from your feet, and now the situation has proven all my previous pushes right. ”
"Commendable indeed. Rajer glanced down at his crystal-bound feet and said, "I forgot that you didn't fight alone in the first place, the thing that was parasitic in your body still exists!"
"It does exist. Val smiled and said, "I didn't expect that even your strongest ability could completely erase him from this world, which should be something you didn't expect before." ”
"I really didn't expect such a strong vitality. Rajer said, "I didn't expect him to survive, this is indeed my own miscalculation." ”
"Then are you admitting that you lost?" Val slowly approached Rajer, "Actually, you can't use the power you awakened from the beginning, your black hands have already told me, it seems that you are really old." ”
"It's very well observed. Rajer laughed, "I'm really old, and the side effects of awakening are so obvious that people will be discovered, but don't you think you're too hasty just by thinking so?"
"What did you say?" Val stopped suddenly, and at this distance he could already feel the power emanating from Rajer's body.
"It's a feeling. Val looked at Rajer and said, "Impossible, how could that be?
"That's right, Val is as you think it is now. Rajer's feet, which had been unable to move, were now moving, "As I did before, never underestimate your opponent too much, because it could cost you your life!"