The Greatest Beast Tamer of Earth

A group of students could be seen exploring inside a dungeon; it had been some time since they entered the dungeon. At first, they were all excited and hungry for fights, but it became harder to survive here as time passed. The difficulty was manageable, but the difficulty breathing and the disgusting smell made it one hell of a place to live in.

They were using torchlights to look around; the deeper they went, the more opponents they faced. All of them were constantly fighting while some rest. In one turn, Rishi and Dilip fought, while in the other, the rest of the members fought.

The rules were simple: they would not interfere in each other's battle until it was a critical situation and it was absolutely necessary. Dilip was not interested in fighting weaklings, so he let Rishi take care of all the opponents on his own. Rishi just smiled. He was learning to control his new skills by getting used to them.

When he first fought, he was only able to control fifty weapons, but now he could control a hundred. He could control even more, but his aim dropped when he used more weapons. He used 'Extreme Focus' to learn how to control his weapons in a more effective way whenever he had time.

He was sitting lifelessly on the back of his contract beast; he had summoned it so he could meditate while traveling. He was in deep thought when someone woke him up. He looked at the person. It was Lalit, who gave him a smile before pointing at the front.

He followed the direction of his fingers and saw a huge army of skeletons before him. They had skeleton soldiers as infantry, skeleton knights as captains, and skeleton archers as marksmen. This looked like a proper army, which couldn't be compared with anything they had faced till now.

"Do you need help?" asked Dev; he was not very sure if Rishi would be able to take on so many opponents alone. The three Skeleton Knights were of the Elite Stage; they were very agile and hard to defeat even when fighting alone. With a whole army supporting them, it was very difficult, even if the whole first group fought together.

Rishi jumped down from the back of his contract beast and started walking towards the opponents with the long breifcase in his hand. "Just wait and watch; I would like to test how much I have grown."

He opened his backpack and made a hundred daggers float around him. The skeleton army started approaching him, trying to destroy any invader. Rishi just smiled before using the 'Phantom Steps' skill, which was now at max level. It gave him a single dash and a fifty percent agility increase for a minute.

He launched his weapons at the opponents before him; the weapons moved as if they were big bullets that took out anyone in their path. The opponent archers shot multiple arrows at him; he used 'Shadow Walk' and disappeared from his place.

When the opponents were confused and trying to look at him, a shadow appeared at the back, where skeleton archers were present. He came out of the shadow and used the 'Sword Dash' + 'Quick Draw' combo to chain through all the opponents.

The opponents were very weak; he only needed a single slash to take them out; it wasn't required to keep them in place which made it easier for him. He simply eliminated each opponent with an attack before moving toward the next. He went like a blurry flash, and the heads of the fifty skeleton archers were blasted.

Their bodies started falling like Domino blocks, but he didn't have time to enjoy the scene as multiple arrows coming at him from the other side gave him no time. He used 'Ruler's Authority' and stopped the arrows in the air before throwing them back at the skeleton soldiers.

He sighed when he saw a big bony spear that was about to pierce his chest; hopefully, after the new upgrade, his 'Shadow Walk' got reset whenever he eliminated an opponent. He used it again and turned into a shadow to disappear from the eyes of his opponent.

The bony spear had only gone through empty air, which confused the Skeleton Knight that was looking around for his opponent with confusion in his blue flame-like eyes. Rishi came out of the shadow of his opponent's mount before using 'Chain of Shadows' to keep him in place.

After it, he used two daggers surrounded by a strange dark black flame to defeat his opponent and his mount in one go. The body of the headless knight fell, followed by the body of his mount. There was a grin on Rishi's face as he used 'Shadow Walk' again and disappeared.

"What was that? He defeated an Elite Stage Skeleton Knight so easily," said Lalit with his mouth wide open. He was pinching himself to make sure what he had seen was real.

"I am more curious about that Starangel Blackish Flame. Is it really what I think it is?" asked the girl with two braids. She could not believe his competitor had learned to use that power.

"You are right, Nina; he had learned to use Aura," commented Dev, with a smile on his face. He was impressed with the progress Rishi had made recently.

"It's not ordinary aura; it's Sword Aura, which is a completely offensive type of Aura," said Dilip.

"I am more surprised by how he can use that weird shadow skill again and again. Don't tell me he can use it every time now," said Manu, his mind unable to comprehend how a skill like that could exist.

Rishi appeared in between the cries and roars of the skeletons. He controlled his weapons to destroy his opponents. He could now control each weapon independently and control everything about them; the only drawback was that he needed to do it with 'Extreme Focus' activated, and even with it, he could only control the complete moment of only fifty weapons.

He started controlling the fifty weapons while summoning his 'Chais of Shadows' to also attack; he could now easily control these chains as if they were his arms due to the addition of the Ruler's Authority.

He dual-wielded two daggers and started slaughtering his opponents. The chains moved like giant chainsaws and hacked the enemies. The daggers moved like magic swords and started eliminating enemies on their own.

With his way of fighting, he looked like the ultimate killing machine to his teammates. They couldn't believe that he was way above their league now. Even Dilip sighed this time; he had to admit Rishi had outdone himself and may even be able to face him at a similar level.