Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Chapter 72: Tough fight

The leg first crashed into his body, then sent him crashing into the ground, losing even more HP. Adam had slammed so hard into the ground that he had formed a small crater around him.

But he didn't care about that, the pain coming from his left leg was the only thing he could feel for a moment. It was broken, obviously. Very badly so.

He looked at his HP, and his eyes opened wide when he saw what was left of it. 2000 HP!

With all his equipment and the bonus from the Godslayer's Heart, Adam's HP stood at 18600HP! Meaning that without his timely heal, he would have died from that attack.

Adam regained his bearing and saw the spider going for another attack, so he hurriedly jumped to the side while healing himself once again, which also fixed his leg.

+3720 HP!

He was able to barely dodge the leg, but the moment it touched the ground it sent a shockwave at Adam that injured himself further.

-5000 HP!

His health was now down to 700HP, but he managed to combo the spider's leg thanks to his [Wind Blade].

-7000 HP!

-7000 HP!

-7000 HP!

-7000 HP!

-35000 HP!

The last attack was an [Icy Stomp], which not only allowed him to deal a lot of damage, but also to lower its speed by 8%. Since their speed was in the hundreds, the difference would be felt.

After Adam's combo, the spider once again tried to smash him apart, but Adam dodged and activated his level 5 necklace skill, [Fiery Breath], which allowed him to deal 150% of his damage every second for three seconds.

-3500 HP!

-3500 HP!

-3500 HP!

The necklace was becoming more and more useless. He couldn't apply his [Mighty Strike] to triple the damage, nor use his Aqua Aura on it to double the damage because that was an equipment skill.

(Author's Note: The use of the Aqua Aura is confusing, so let me clear that up. Although it was said using Aqua Aura doubles the damage of an attack, that's only for normal attacks, as long as he uses a skill then that bonus disappears.)

While he was attacking, Adam had also activated his Healing Factor to its maximum, healing 1% of his health every second, but his Aura was quickly going down, so he stopped when he reached 30% of his health.

Adam was able to separate from the [Black Heart Spider] for a moment, allowing him to take a breath, but the spider once again screeched and slammed the ground with its legs.

Adam felt a danger coming from the ground and so he jumped away, just in time as spikes of earth appeared where he was previously standing. He smirked and jumped toward the spider once again.

It repeatedly tried to smash him to death, but he was able to dodge the legs and the occasional shock waves and jumped on its legs, using them as platform to then reach the abdomen of the spider.

The spider unraveled its secret stinger, but Adam already guessed it had one and so he was able to dodge it before unleashing both [Mighty Strike] and [Lunar Smite].

Critical Hit! -70000 HP!

Critical Hit! -70000 HP!

-35000 HP!

-35000 HP!

Thanks to Adam's effort, the boss' HP was now at 350000 HP, although he had dealt more damage than that the boss had a great recovery speed too.

Adam was in a bad spot now though, as after having attacked he was once again again in mid air, and the spider once again attacked with its sting. However, Adam used his sword, which had penetrated into the spider's abdomen, as a support to ram into its bottom, using [Charge].

This forced the spider into a stunned state, and although its incredible strength made it only stunned for an instant, it was enough for Adam to use its abdomen to jump toward the ground at full speed and not make himself vulnerable again.

Right as it woke up, the spider slammed its body toward the ground, trying to slam into Adam, who smirked. He didnt move but applied [Mighty Strike] to his sword before inserting the handle into the ground, making the sword stand straight.

At that moment, the spider was about to smash into Adam, but to do so it would have to slam into the sword's blade. Confidant in its armor being harder and sturdier than the sword, it decided to continue smashing downwards to kill the man that had been fighting it.

However, the moment the spider's body was about to smash into him, Adam used one of the skills he gained when he became a Sovereign, for the first time, [Misty Escape].

Adam transformed into vapor as the spider slammed into him. However, it did no damage to him and instead burned itself, while Adam appeared a second later on top of it.

-2000 HP!

-150000 HP! Moderate Bleeding!

The damage from Adam's Vapor Form didn't do much damage, but the sword plunged right through the spider's body.

The spider screeched in pain and anger as it started thrashing around, trying to get Adam off of it. Now weaponless, Adam used his legs to sturdy his position on the spider's back and punched its back like he was in a frenzy.

Adam was able to punch it ten times before it was able to get him off its back. Adam landed into the black blood of the spider, and was shocked to see it was poisonous. He hurriedly jumped away from the blood but his HP had taken a hit.

Looking at the spider again, he was surprised to see it had dipped the tip of all its legs in the blood. It once again used its sound attack, but Adam countered most of it with his [Barbarous Roar]. Even when its skill was canceled off, he continued roaring at it, pressuring it.

At the same time, he was feeling an excitement like never before, the thrill of fight was making his blood boil!

Seeing its attack had no effect, the boss once again screeched and began becoming smaller and smaller, until it was only five meters tall. Only 150 000 of its HP was left, so it shouldn't be using its berserk skill so soon, but this boss was smarter than any monster Adam ever saw, and it had that 'Chosen' tag.

Since the spider had activated its berserk skill, Adam knew it was time for him to do so as well. He didn't activate his personal skill though, but rather the one from his armor.

Red steam appeared around Adam as he felt himself getting strengthened. Sensing the danger Adam was emitting, it jumped toward him with an unseen speed. It was so fast that Adam wouldn't have been able to see it at all in his normal state.

Now however, his stats were all enhanced by 50%, making him much stronger. He dodged its attack and appeared where it was just before. There laid his sword, which the spider had ejected out of its body before transforming.

After all, if it shrunk its body with the sword still in it, it would have probably killed itself with the sword.

Picking up the sword, Adam and the spider looked at each other. Adam laughed loudly with [Barbarous Roar], followed by "SUBMIT!"

Adam's voice and violent aura had become even stronger with the berserk skill activated, and so the spider began feeling afraid once again despite its berserk state.

Adam then jumped to the spider, attacking it, but it attacked back. Adam's sword and the spider's leg collided with each other but no clear winner could be seen. For the next three seconds, Adam and the boss exchanged more than ten strikes, but every time they wouldn't be able to get advantage over the other.

Adam didn't know for how long the spider would be able to hold on, but he only had 7 seconds left. That's why he decided to use the final skill he had, the one that placed everything on the line for seven seconds.

Adam separated from the spider and roared "SUBMIT!" As he did so the red steam around his body slowly fell back to let place for a bluish mist.

The spider felt the damage Adam was emitting, and couldn't help but get scared, and it tried to move back. However, it barely moved one of its legs when Adam disappeared from where he was and appeared on top of it.

The spider didn't actually see him, but it felt the heavy sword crash into its back, breaking its outer shell, and destroying everything in its path.

Critical Hit! 109692 HP!