It was very difficult for me to focus on the black liquid spreading everywhere even with Blink with zero cooldown. So I decided to use melee attacks as well.

Although I was an ice-series wizard, it didn’t mean I was weak in melee.

Rather my melee attack was more powerful than any other attack, not to mention Ice Ball or Ice Bolt, for I had the powerful Ice Emperor’s guardian sword that I upgraded until 8 Enhancement, which greatly beefed up my physical attack power.

So I moved behind him using Blink with zero cooldown.

Puck! Puck!

Kheeeeeeeek!

I stabbed the 8 Enhancement Ice Emperor’s guardian sword into him.

Huge bubbles erupted at the place I stabbed with my sword, releasing massive black energy.

Damn it! Resonate, Death Echo!

You have ‘All Buffs, All Debuffs’.

-Death Echo does not affect you.

“Did you not learn after already experiencing it?”

…

He was obviously embarrassed because this was not a situation where he wanted to check how strongly or weakly the debuff was applied to me in proportion to my Willpower. And it showed on his face.

After noticing that, I provoked him even more by asking, “Are you dumb or stupid or both?”

Curse it, you son of a bitch! Blow, Death Storm! Shake, Land of Death!

Puck! Puck! Bang! Bang!

In an instant, a black liquid that was much more powerful than the Vortex of Death just a little while ago splashed in all directions. Even the ice terrain created by my Ice Field reinforced with Multiple Thin Ice began to crack and break.

Of course, I had no intention of staying idle because the cooldown of my level 8 skills were back.

“Ice Tornado! Ice Punishment!”

Wheeeeeeng!

Bang!

His huge storm clashed with the powerful tornado accompanied by a gust of wind.

They collided into each other in the middle, fiercely clashing against each other.

It was as if a dragon was fighting against a tiger.

Of course, my Ice Punishment was blocked by the black liquid shield he summoned, but it didn’t matter.

HIs black liquid shield which blocked my Ice Punishment spewed out black energy profusely, and turned into transparent water like before and dropped to the ground. And the more it melted like that, the more damage he suffered.

I didn’t stop attacking him, of course.

“Ice Field! Multiple Thin Ice!”

Pasasasasak!

As his Land of Death smashed apart the Ice Field I laid out at the start, I created the ice terrain again. Of course, using more ice did not thicken the ice terrain because it was only Multiple Thin Ice that could stack.

However, the cracked and shattered ice terrain began to harden again.

Anyway, a fierce battle took place on the ground and in the air. Since I had no intention of giving up, I charged at him again. He also confronted me with a black liquid sword in one hand and a black liquid shield in the other.

So our second round of combat resumed.

***

Outside the Ring of Death.

There were tens or hundreds of thousands of people watching the duel.

“…”

“…”

“…”

No one said anything while watching the fierce combat between the two, for the battle was far from a common and typical battle.

Then Juan, the leader of the intelligence department of the Sayens Guild, who escorted and briefed Asirante about the black liquid man, opened his mouth in a low voice.

“I thought I knew enough about Asirante’s power because his combat skills are widely known to many people. But no matter how hard I look at it, the trials, ordeals, adversity, as well as the quests and events that could prove his strength until now seem to have been too shallow.”

“…”

“…”

There was no one here who was stupid enough not to understand what Juan was saying. In other words, if Asirante’s capabilities were level 10, he could solve any problem by showing only level 3, so they seemed to have misunderstood that his full capability was only level 3.

However, Asirante now fully displayed his strength because he was finally facing the right opponent.

In particular, all those in this place had no choice but to feel how strong Asirante was because they had already confronted the black liquid human before.

So when somebody cheered for him at the top of their voice, all others followed suit.

“Juyoung Hong! Juyoung Hong!”

“Asirante! Asirante!”

They clearly realized that if even Juyoung Hong failed to block that black liquid man, there would be no other way to stop him.

***

Originally, the black liquid man was about 5 meters tall when he appeared.

However, after he fought me for some time, his height decreased a bit. But when he used the buff ‘ ‘Shake up and Amplify!’, he immediately grew as tall as he was before, and recovered his previous strong build.

After that, our fight lasted in the Ring of Death for about 30 minutes.

As a result, my health also fell below 30%.

My health exceeded 65,000, and my health regen had restored an enormous amount of health during the battle. But his attack was powerful, as well. In the meantime, there was something that helped me a lot more than I expected. It was my Titan monster imprint.

Aside from an increase in my physical strength and stamina by 3000, I clearly realized how powerful a 10% damage reduction was when I confronted this black liquid guy.

However, there was also something that I badly wanted. Namely, the roots.

Obviously, if the roots had appeared, it would have been much easier to face him.

In that case, my health would never have dropped below 30%.

But I thought twice about it.

‘Well, what a relief that I have this monster imprint!’

Even though my monster imprint didn’t help me substantially in this battle, I brushed off my regrets over the lack of the roots because I had already been helped by the roots a lot, and it was the roots that granted me the monster imprint.

And I now began to feel my victory was around the corner because the black liquid boy was now shorter and skinnier than me, and now looked like an elementary school boy.

“Oh, you make me feel sorry for you.”

…

Did I want to drag my feet? Of course, it was not necessarily a loss for me.

He might recover a little, but I would recover much quicker.

But the main reason I dragged my feet was because it would be beneficial if I could get even a little more information from himt.

But the black liquid man didn’t respond to my insulting comment.

“What? Did you suddenly become mute?”

I recognize your strength. I’m really surprised to know that a guy like you without any mark can be so strong.

“Well, I didn’t mean to surprise you. I’d like to talk with you for a moment.”

You are speaking to me as if you have already won.

“Well? Don’t you feel I’ve won?”

How arrogant you are!

“I think I can be arrogant, given my enormous power. Don’t you know that excessive humility is harmful instead?”

Well, that’s right. I think you can act arrogant with that level of skill. Alright. Shall we fight again?

“Are you sure you want to challenge me again?”

Because our fight is not over yet. Rapid Regeneration!

Waves formed on his body as soon as he finished speaking. And I had seen such a scene before. It was when he buffed himself up by shouting ‘Shake Up and Amplify!”