THE STRONGEST NEXULYTE

The monster looked completely different after it was done with its transformation.

Its neck looked like a compressed spring made from flesh and its pale face had a wide split that threw from both sides of its mouth.

Its body became more muscular and tall as well, with bone sticking out from its sides; it now had four arms that were over three meters long and ended with bone sickles that had blood dripping from them.

Its legs, which were previously a large mass of folding flesh, were now replaced by clusters of bone that seemed to be twisted together; one could tell just how much damage those legs could cause if they landed on a person.

"It's stronger now," Ralph mumbled as he stared at the four sickles that were each one meter long; they looked sharp enough to cut through metal.

"You go right, I'll go left" Ralph turned to Clint and said before summoning the undead knight.

The fearsome knight in rusty armor appeared with its shadow horse, its eyes scanned Clint before moving toward the monster.

'Kill'

Ralph immediately got feedback from what the undead knight was feeling after seeing the monster.

"Go!" He ordered and the shadow horse flickered before dashing forward, the undead General right behind them.

Clint wasn't staying idle either; placing his hands on the ground, he summoned a thick blanket of shadows before sinking into it, vanishing without a trace.

Ralph was stunned by this but suddenly got a feeling from the undead knight that pointed its sword in a direction.

'There'

Ralph looked but saw nothing, only after focusing his eyes was he able to notice that the shadow in that place was abnormal and seemed to be moving slightly.

'It can even see through Clint's ability!?' Ralph was shocked at this discovery, it was a pleasant shock; he wouldn't be too worried now if he was to face someone with similar talent as Clint.

Back to the fight, the undead General was first to reach the monster and a sickle was immediately sent at it.

Clang!

A metallic sound echoed and the sickle made contact with the red robe of the undead General, unable to penetrate.

The undead General immediately attacked as well after blocking the first sickle, it stepped on it and used it as a springboard to launch itself into the air and toward the monster's neck.

Bang!

It landed a fist on the neck of the monster, the neck of the monster rippled like a water surface, absorbing the damage from the punch of the undead General.

A sickle appeared right behind the undead General as it was dropping to the ground.

Swoosh!

At this moment, three large shadow hands appeared from the ground and grabbed the sickle that was about to hack at the undead General.

The latter was able to land thanks to the shadow hands and went in for an attack again.

The undead knight also joined this time. Arriving close to the legs of the monster, the undead knight lashed out with its sword.

Sparks flew out as the sword and the leg of the monster made contact; only a small cut appeared on the leg, but it was enough for the dark aura on the sword to slip into the body of the monster.

At the same time, multiple shadow spikes shot from the darkness around them, stabbing into the body of the monster and causing it to bleed.

The monster was furious, letting out a piercing screech, it stepped forward and suddenly vanished.

When it appeared again, it was behind Ralph with one of its sickles coming down on Ralph like a meteor.

It was so fast that Ralph did not even get enough time to react before the sickle reached him, he closed his eyes in anticipation for the pain.

Swoosh!!

Ralph suddenly felt a gentle push on his shoulder, and he went flying a few meters away; he realized what had happened and quickly opened his eyes to see who had saved him, only to catch the scene of the monster's sickle slamming into the undead General.

BOOM!

The undead General was sent flying away like a bullet after taking Ralph's spot; it crashed into a half-collapsed building, finally finishing up what was left of it.

Ralph did a flip midair and landed lightly on his feet after witnessing this, a sweet taste rising up his throat, but he forced it down; the impact wasn't too strong and had only affected the undead General lightly, so Ralph was able to resist the backlash.

Seeing that it had missed its primary target, the monster turned to face Ralph again, blood flowing out from the wounds that the shadow spikes created on its body.

It let out another shriek and was about to vanish again when another pair of shadow hands rose from its shadow and confined it in a firm grip, pulling it backward.

Bang!

The monster let out a shriek as its black landed heavily on the ground, it slammed its sickles into the ground in an attempt to force whatever was controlling the shadow hands out. It even tried slashing the shadow hands but they would simply mend themselves after it cut them.

The undead knight appeared beside it at this moment, its eyes flickering with black smoke.

Ralph was able to feel its emotion and it was…rage.

It lifted its sword, which burst out with an even darker aura that made the shadows in the area grow darker; the shadow hands that were the doings of Clint were also enhanced under the sudden burst of dark aura, and their grip became tighter around the monster.

Like a streak of black lightning, the undead knight and its horse began to flicker around the body of the monster; its current speed wasn't any slower than Glen's in his half-transformed form!

Wherever the undead knight reached, it would deliver multiple sword strikes to the body of the monster; making sure to leave a large wound with dark aura pouring into the wound.

Soon, the entire body of the monster was covered in sword wounds created by the undead knight, the black aura from the sword wreaking destruction within its body.

The monster began shrieking in pain and struggled aggressively, trying to free itself but the enhanced shadow hands were like thick metal chains that wouldn't bulge.

Seconds passed slowly, and the body of the monster began to fall apart under the effect of the death aura that had burst out from the sword of the undead knight; its sickles fell off, its limbs collapsed, and its body began to turn into dust.

In less than a minute, the monster that had nearly ended Ralph was no more.

The undead knight finally lowered its sword this time, and the intensity of the dark aura reduced; it lingered for a little while before returning to Ralph's Nexus chamber; it had used too much energy.

Same was for the undead General as well, Ralph had recalled it after the monster had died.

Clint finally rose from the shadow that he was hiding in, a complicated expression on his face as he faced Ralph.

Ralph didn't know if the boy was staring at him since the latter's eyes were closed so he just stared back.

Clint finally looked away for a few seconds, not saying a word as to why he was staring at Ralph. Only he knew that he had been shaken by the might of the undead knight.

"Took you guys long enough" A calm voice suddenly sounded from their side.

The two of them turned to look and saw Ivan sitting on top of the monster that was addressed as the Village head while holding a Nexus crystal in his hand.

He had finished a while ago.

They then turned in the direction of Glen and Karin.

"Looks like they'll be finishing soon as well," Ralph voiced out but couldn't help turning to look at Ivan again; he was wondering how Ivan had killed that monster faster than them.