SSS SKILL: DUPLICATE

Dan is astonished that Flute is not even scratched, and his enemy easily send away his comrade. Now he is alone against a powerful enemy.

Flute walks toward Dan.

Dan removed his helmet, then he releases a large amount of aura.

The aura forms a tiger.

BEAST POSSESSION

The tiger-form aura went inside Dan's body. Dan's brown hair and canine teeth became longer, his iris turned yellow, and his pupils became vertical like a cat.

Boom! The ground cracked as Dan suddenly dashes toward Flute.

Flute waves his fingers accross the strings.

Aura blades flew to Dan, but he swiftly dodges them.

Flute is moving to his back while attacking with aura blades. He is at a disadvantage in close combat.

Bang! Bang! The aura missed Dan, causing blade marks to appear on his tracks.

Dense aura blades fly to Dan.

Brrgh! An earth pillar lifts Dan to the air, then he directs it to move toward Flute.

He casts earth spikes while standing on top of the pillar.

Bang! Bang! Earth spikes are stabbing the ground as Flute swiftly dodges them.

Dan put more aura to his feet.

Boom! Dan accelerates toward Flute.

Flute sees the rapidly flying Dan, then he attacked him with aura blades.

Dan crushed the aura blades with a huge tiger claw.

Flute attacked with a bigger aura blade.

Boom! The tiger claw is crushed

The huge aura blade keep moving toward Dan.

Dan pulled his body and knees closer. He casts earth magic, then he steps on earth in the air.

Boom! He jumped toward Flute with a backflip, then he stretched his right hand.

A magic circle appears above Flute.

PILLARFALL

Phew! Phew! A sound of rubbing air from rapidly falling objects echoes in the air.

Pillars are rapidly falling to the ground.

Bang! Bang! Bang! The pillars are hitting the ground as Flute dodges them. Flute moves away with difficulty.

Flute got out of range of the Pillarfall, but he is not out of range of Dan's attack from the air.

Dan is clad in beast form. His head is facing the ground. Earth appears over his feet.

Boom! Dan charges down at Flute.

BEAST CHARGE: IMPACT

A red blur instantly appeared above Flute, but he already sensed it earlier. His finger is on the string of the zither, then he strummed it.

TNNG! Flute jumped to his back without touching the ground with his feet.

Boom! Dan hit the ground with his sharp fingers. His sharp right fingers are buried in the ground up to his forearm.

The impact crushed the ground and created a big crater.

Dan's left hand is suddenly clad with a giant tiger arm. He rotates his body to his right as he pulls out his arm from the ground, then swings his giant beast arm to Flute.

BEAST ARM: GIANT CLAW

A huge horizontal tiger claw suddenly flew to Flute, who had not yet gotten away.

Tnng! A sound of zither echoes, then an invisible shield appears in front of Flute and blocks the attack of Dan.

Flute jumped to his side and landed on the ground. He is outside the range of the huge tiger claw.

The tiger claw only stops temporarily, then it continues moving.

BANG! The huge tiger claw hit the ground and created a loud explosion. There is a big claw mark on the ground.

"This, what the hell happened?! Something blocked the Tiger Claw! Even earlier, he was able to jump without touching the ground or stepping on a solid object!" thought Dan.

He grits his teeth. Beast possession is taking a toll on his body. A tricky opponent is bad news. He must figure out how to defeat his opponent quickly.

Dan did not let Flute get away easily. It was difficult to close the distance between them. His left hand turned to a normal-clad aura, then he continues attacking Flute with magic.

A magic circle appears beneath Dan's feet.

FIST OF WRATH

Boom! A huge fist suddenly attacked Flute below him, but he avoided it. The huge fist became taller, then attacked Flute from the air.

Bang! Another earth fist rises from where he was standing, and joins the attack on Flute. They are trying to hit Flute to turn him into a pulp.

Boom! A huge palm rose and tried to catch Flute, but he still avoided it. Dan is at the top of the huge earthen fist. He jumped high, intending to attack Flute, who had just avoided the grasp of an earthen palm.

Flute saw Dan, then he waves his finger on the string.

SOUND IMPACT

TNNNG! "Ackk!" Dan is suddenly hit in mid-air. It felt like something hit his body directly.

TNNNG! "Ahhh!" Something hit Dan and pushed him to his back, then he started falling. He rotates his body in midair to avoid falling on his head.

Flop! Dan landed on the ground while panting, and blood leaks from his mouth. He is staring at his enemy and trying to figure out why he can't see the enemy's attack.

SOUND DROPS

TNNNG! Flute strummed the strings of the zither, and then many small balls the size of a fist appear around him.

There are so many of them that even Dan can now see what attacked him. There are distortions in the air. Each ball has a little distortion in the air that can't be seen if eyes are not focus on them.

Dan sweats when he sees the crowded balls of energy.

"What kind of power is that? I heard that musical instruments are used as weapons by some aura masters in countries north of grassland, but how is the attack almost invisible?" asked Dan in his mind.

Flute saw the astonishment of Dan, then he smiles. Everyone discourages him on his chosen road because it is very difficult. He has a high aptitude for magic, but he chose to focus on his musical instrument. He fell in love with music, and he wants to gain strength through it. He had endured all the mocking looks to gain his current strength.

"These small balls of energy are life energy in the air that are manipulated through the aura and sound of the musical instrument. Most of their vibration can pass through the armor and hit the body directly. You have the honor to be the first to experience its power," said Flute while smiling at Dan.

"I'd rather not be the first!" said Dan in his mind. He experienced the power of the attack. It will be dangerous if he is hit many times.

Flute put his finger on the string, then struck it.

TNNNG! Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! The balls became elongated and rapidly move to Dan.

EARTHEN WALL

Brgggh! A huge, thick earthen wall rises from the ground in front of Dan.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Many sounds of explosions are heard by Dan. The front of the earthen wall has many holes. The sound of explosions continues. Bang! Part of the wall has penetrated near Dan. One meter from him is a half-meter hole. Bang! Another ball penetrated, and Dan moved to the side and avoided the attack.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Many balls penetrated the wall, and Dan had no space to dodge.