“That was amazing….” Carter says again, still looking surprised about the kick.

In the next moment, he gets up from the floor and starts pulling off his beast gears.

“Why are you pulling off your beast gears and…clothes?” Stella asks with a perplexed expression.

Pulling the last piece of clothing off his body, Carter’s well-toned abs and biceps appear before Stella’s eyes. Although it’s nowhere near as toned as Jake’s, it’s still pretty impressive. Currently, only a black tight pant is covering Carter’s bottom while the top is bare.

“Nice body, but not as impressive as my master’s. I knew it, my master is a perfectionist, and no one can ever be compared to him.” Stella oozes disdain and pride again, making Carter grit his teeth in anger.

‘Such an arrogant maid, I was wrong to not use any of my powers against her. Now, she’s going to regret it, she’s about to face an opponent almost as powerful as an average vampire lord.’ Carter thinks inwardly as he picks up a long golden, single-bladed sword.

He really wasn’t bluffing. Carter is an entity that could go toe to toe with an average vampire lord in terms of strength and ability. He’s just a regular vampire who wasn’t able to evolve any further due to genetics issues. However, through sheer determination and perseverance, he trained hard and got to the level he has attained today which made him very much respected, while also being a role model for millions of regular youngster vampires who couldn’t evolve further.

Despite all these, he still has a very big weakness and disadvantage which makes him slightly weaker than a vampire lord. His blood aura; without enough blood aura, a vampire can’t use many blood attacks, and that’s the case for Carter. However, the existence of abilities and beast gears covered up this major weakness.

In a flash, Carter starts running towards Stella, throwing a large curved blood strike at her while also trying to attack her with his sword.

However, contrary to Carter’s expectations, Stella grabs the blood strike with her bare hand, destroying it into nothingness. And at the same time, she swiftly swings her sword, parrying Carter’s attack.

CHA-CHING!

A loud metallic sound ensues as the two swords collide. It’s obvious that there’s a clear winner in terms of strength right now as Stella can be seen pushing Carter backwards.

‘H-How, how could she be so strong? She grabbed my blood strike like it was nothing! I’ll admit that my blood attack is quite pathetic but how in the hell is she so skilled with the sword?’ Carter thinks inwardly, gritting his teeth in anger. A mere maid has pushed him to the edge. Carter doesn’t give up as he also tries to push Stella back, but suddenly, Stella gives him a powerful kick to his right thigh, making him lose his balance.

‘That was close~’ Carter thinks inwardly, grabbing onto his right thigh. No doubt, his femur has been broken as it can be seen rapidly healing from within.

“Weak~” Stella says with a disappointed voice, turning around to walk away.

“Wait! You cocky bitch! Did I say it was over?!!” Carter bellows at the top of his voice with veins popping on his forehead. He has never been humiliated like this before, he has always been looked at with respect.

“Oh, you still want to fight? Tch..tch, what a stubborn cocky man. You can never win against me. I’m a prodigy when it comes to swordsmanship, archery, and close combat, you have little to no chance of winning.” Stella says again looking disappointed.

“Sigh… okay, just one more time, please~” Carter says, gritting his teeth.

“Mmm, okay fine then.” Stella replies, taking a battle stance once again. Carter also does the same, as his right femur has been fully healed.

Suddenly, the atmosphere turns cold as Carter clasps his palm with a serious expression on his face. Even Stella looks quite surprised at his expression, making her very serious this time around.

“I’m not going easy this time. Twenty-two hands of Buddha!” Carter bellows and in an instant, a very large gigantic ethereal figure starts appearing behind Carter.

This is his ability; Hands of Buddha. This ability is a very complicated and rare ability that most people usually avoid at all costs due to its complexity and high requirements for concentration. However, Carter has managed to wield this ability proficiently over the years.

The ability works by summoning the statue of Buddha which has many hands. These hands can be controlled simultaneously according to the wielder’s wishes and skills. The higher the level of the ability, the bigger the statue and the higher the number of hands it will have. The wielder can also move the statue to any position they want, as long as it is within their proximity, and it also depends on the amount of MC cells they have. The first man to wield this ability is one of the strongest men on earth right now, and it is rumored that his statue has two hundred hands, and there’s still no limit as to how many hands the statue will evolve to in the future.

This makes this ability one of the most dangerous abilities in the world. As for Carter, he has mastered the ability to the extent of being able to create twenty-two hands. The lowest of the ability is two hands, so Carter has come a long way and become skilled with it due to its complexity.

“Wow~” Stella leaks out a voice in surprise, stunned by the scene in front of her. It’s her first time seeing something like this, so she is left in awe.

Looking at the seriousness on Carter’s face, a smile appears on Stella’s face. She’s about to get serious, and in this situation, a sword won’t help her. At least not the grade of the sword she was currently holding.

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