Armipotent

The wind itself was the blade, and Tang Shaoyang was under constant assault by the wind blade. They came from all directions while Malrus hid from him. The flow of mana was more chaotic, and it was much harder for Tang Shaoyang to find Malrus in this situation. Battle Sense did not help at all because it kept warning him of the incoming danger from the wind blade which was all the time. As long as the wind storm was raging, Battle Sense was useless.

Tang Shaoyang constantly moved in the middle of the storm, constantly blocking all the incoming wind blades. He smashed the wind blade easily. His movement was smooth, and he read all the incoming wind blades. Even the one that came for his blind spot. Even though it was his first time swinging the bladed shield. But it looked like someone who had been practicing with it for years.

There was a reason why he tried to smash the windblade. It was to give an opening for Malrus. He wanted to lure Malrus out and fought him. If this continued, there was nothing to gain from the fight aside from getting more familiar with his newest class.

The situation continued for a few minutes, and Tang Shaoyang had enough. He activated Chaos Shade, a defensive barrier made of Chaos Energy. Chaos Shade covered all parts of his body like armor, from the hair to his toe. Then he stopped moving and blocking the wind blades

The wind blades bounced off as they hit Chaos Shade. Just like an impenetrable castle, Tang Shaoyang stood in the middle of a wind storm.

"Is this all you get?" For the first time, he said, "If this is all you get, isn't it better for you to give up? Let me kill you, and we go for the next battle instead of wasting our time here?"

Tang Shaoyang sounded genuine, but it was also part of his provocation. He genuinely asked and tried to provoke Malrus at the same time. If Malrus truly went all out with just this, it would be better for him to end the fight.

A few seconds after his question, a giant wind blade formed right above him. The giant blade was swung toward Tang Shaoyang.

Swoosh!

He raised his hand and caught the wind. That was right, even though it was made of wind, he managed to catch it, or to be more accurate, he stopped the wind blade with the Chaos Energy that used to cover his palm. Catching energy with energy. It was a wimp thought, and it worked wonderfully. He then crushed the giant windblade with Energy Destruction Touch.

The giant wind blade disintegrated. It was a show for Malrus that what that man had been doing was useless. He wanted his opponent to come out and fight hand-in-hand combat instead of fighting like this. This barely helped him familiarize himself with Paragon of Armament Class. He wanted to find the most effective way to fight with this class, and he had not gotten a proper chance for that.

However, Malrus thought differently than Tang Shaoyang as he formed three giant blades. Two giant blades swept from the right and left while the third giant blade came from above.

At the moment, Tang Shaoyang furrowed his brow as he thought of possibly the best combination of his skills. Chaos Shade and Energy Destruction Touch, 'Is it possible to apply Energy Destruction Touch in Chaos Shade?' All this time, he used Energy Destruction Touch in his attack, but he never thought of using the skill defensively.

The idea was there, and he tried it right before the three giant blades hit him. As soon as the three giant blades touched Chaos Shade, the wind blade of mana disintegrated. It worked the same when he used it on the attack. He has the perfect combination of his defensive skills.

"I would like to fight you, but this is not a fight," After muttering those words, Tang Shaoyang stomped the ground and activated the Realm of Fire. Fighting domain with another domain. The ground cracked up like a spider web and the black fire burst out from the cracks. The fire shot up into the air and mixed together with the wind. The supposed windstorm turned into a firestorm. It looked like the fire and the wind were blending together, but in fact, both elements clashed to dominate.

Tang Shaoyang kept pouring out the fire, letting the wind carry the fire. It was not that he had not thought of how to fight Malrus' wind, but he just wanted Malrus to fight him head-on. He tried to lure Malrus with provocation and openings, but he failed to lure his opponent out. So he had no choice but to use the domain to force Malrus out.

"ARRRGHHHHH!"

 A few minutes after the Realm of Fire, a scream rang in the air. Echoing in the air as if the wind carried the voice. Right after the scream, the wind completely disappeared.

That was his method, burning the hiding spot. Eventually, his fire would reach Malrus, and it worked as he thought. As the wind disappeared, the black fire fell off. It created an amazing sight, a rain of black fire.

Malrus was thirty meters away from Tang Shaoyang's left. He was shaking his burning hand, trying to put the fire off. However, the black fire would not die out unless it consumed the target. Malrus made a quick and decisive judgment to cut his hand off with the dagger. As the hand fell to the red soil, the black fire consumed the hand within seconds.

Malrus breathed heavily, looking at his missing hand. He realized that his flesh turned back at the part where he cut his hand. It was poison, there was a mix of poison within the fire, and the poison had entered his system.

His eyes widened in shock as he fell to his knees with the sudden pain in his chest and head. The excruciating pain was no less painful compared to when the black fire latched onto him. Then suddenly the pain was amplified which almost made him pass out. He supported his body with his left hand.

His chest heaved up and down, faster than before. Then he felt something in his head, something moved in his head. He did not know if it was just him hallucinating because of the poison, or if there was really something in his head, eating his brain.

Plop!

A black rotten flesh fell, and his eyes locked toward the black flesh that released a foul scent. His eyes slowly moved toward his missing hand despite how unwilling he was. Then he saw a dangling flesh, rotten and black, covered in the sticky substance. His wound was not healing despite his high regeneration as a Demi-God Rank.

Plop!

The flesh fell and the pain was amplified even more. His left hand gave up, and he fell on his face. A muffled grunt came from him, holding the pain he never felt before. Then Malrus heard steps, coming closer toward him.

'This is my chance….' Malrus endured the excruciating pain with a chance presented before him. He gathered all his remaining power as he slowly reached the blade on his waist. He closed his eyes, focusing on the spot, 'Not yet. I am confident about killing him at close range.' The plan was simple, ambushing his enemy when his enemy was not ready.

The steps came closer and closer and soon reached his range. 'NOW!' He gathered all his remaining, trying to push himself up, and pushed the dagger in his hand to Tang Shaoyang's chest. But soon he realized there was something wrong. His body did not listen to him, his body could not move, at all.

"Are you perhaps thinking of a surprise attack just now?" Tang Shaoyang shook his head. The poison affected Malrus' body, but his mind was quite strong not to be affected by the pain. Malrus could think clearly and make the right decision, but his poisoned body could not support his strong mind.

Malrus' body started to rot, and the feather on his wings fell out, revealing the black skin. His hair was gone, his nails started to fall off and black blood trickled down from his ears, nose, and eyes. His pain was gone because the poison had broken his senses. He could no longer feel the pain, that was why he did not realize that his body was beyond broken.

Tang Shaoyang was disgusted with what he saw, and the surprise was that Malrus was still alive. If people saw a body had turned like this. It was natural to assume this person was dead. However, he had not heard a notification from the system, and he noticed the twitch earlier. That was why he thought Malrus trying to launch a surprise attack on him.

He pulled out a random sword from the ground and stabbed Malrus in the head.

[You won!]

[You have obtained a God Shard!]

[God Shard: 6]

Tang Shaoyang nodded at the notification as Malrus' body turned into particles. He held his chin, reviewing his gain from the fight. It was still far for him to utilize Paragon of Armament to the fullest. However, he gained a unique combination of his skills from the fact. The combination of Chaos Shade and Energy Destruction Touch.

The second combination was his black fire and dark poison. He imbued the poison into the fire. The idea came from Chaos Shade and Energy Destruction Touch. To his surprise, the combination worked. Another thing he learned was how potent and dangerous his dark poison was.

"I have to be careful with the dark poison…."