Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

Leon used Telekinesis and the ring of gravity to counter Stagnation of the ancient undead Trent, but the difference in power was too big. Since he also had to use that on Darya, the number of his attacks decreased a lot.

"This presence... you are not Donan." The undead Trent said. "Another presence is similar to his... a descendant? That fool... he said that none would approach this place."

That monster was truly resilient. It was receiving Leon's attacks, it was talking and was able to keep its concentration to cast spells. Despite having its body being burned by magma.

"Tsk... let's see if you can endure this." Leon clicked his tongue.

Leon stopped shooting Magma Spears for a while and then concentrated, a few seconds later, a massive lightning bolt fell from the top of the cave hitting the undead Trent. Stagnation effects disappeared, and then Leon and Darya had some room to breathe while the tree was letting some smoke out of its body.

"So much power behind such a simple spell... your mana quality..." The undead Trent mumbled. "You are not from this world, are you?"

It looked like the creature was blind. Regardless, Leon had no reason to answer that. Instead, he used the chance to make the tree eat some Magma Spears.

"Insolent fool!" The undead Trent shouted. " You will pay for this!"

The creature stopped using its mouth to talk. Instead, it used its mouth to spit a massive wave of mud. In the blink of an eye, the entire dungeon became a sea of mud... it was probably the skill Quagmire. The mud was like three meters deep, and if the creature uses Stagnation again... Just like Leon thought that the air around started to vibrate, and their bodies got heavier. Fortunately, the steel containers filled with mana liquid were five meters tall, and the mud didn't spread that far. So, they were alright for the time being.

Leon wanted to use Lightning again and stop the Stagnation, but he didn't. He couldn't see the purple crystal, but it was probably behind or inside the undead Trent, if he tried to attack with that kind of spell, he would cause a dungeon break. It was annoying and didn't help all that much, but Leon created a block of earth to keep him and Darya out of the mud, and then he cast Regeneration on himself and on her.

"Just hang in there," Leon said. "That thing can't properly attack us, so we don't have to worry about being suddenly killed."

"Ugh… okay…" Darya said on her knees.

Although Darya was short and light, Leon could see her bleeding from her knees. She was a cannon-glass even more than Leon, and since she disliked letting the monsters get too close, her resistances weren't at a high-level. Even though Leon's Gravity Resistance was level thirty-five, it wasn't of much use against Stagnation level one hundred.

Leon stopped trying to counter-attack the monster's spell, so he only focused on attacking using Magma Spears. Much to Leon's surprise, despite the pain she was feeling, somehow, Darya managed to cast two Fire Tornadoes to attack the undead Trent.

"Annoying little insects..." The undead Trent said, visibly displeased.

Although that would slow down his firing rate, Leon decided to focus a little more before shooting his Magma Spears. He didn't feel the need to use Haste before since his target was too far away, and it couldn't attack him directly per se, but he activated to increase his reaction and overall speed. Despite that, the number of attacks halved, but all of Leon's Magma Spears hit the monster's face and caused a lot more damage.

"How dare you... how dare you!" The Trent shouted.

Congratulations! The skill Gravity Resistance has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Gravity Resistance has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Gravity Resistance has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Leon and Darya's bodies got even heavier. This time even Leon's knees started to bleed because he couldn't do anything but use them as support. Darya was already laying down on the block of earth, and she lost control over one of the Fire Tornadoes. She was having a hard time breathing since her body got several times heavier...even the block of earth was starting to crack.

"This is bad…"

As if that was a joke, the eyes of the Trent started to emit a purple glow, and then it shot a Cursed Ray toward Leon and Darya. Leon created an Earth Wall to block the attack, and he succeeded, but soon the Earth Wall started to break due to the Stagnation. He had to create a thick steel wall to stop that, but even so, little by little, the wall was sinking in the ground of the cave, all due to the Stagnation.

"Tsk… so annoying."

Leon's strongest spell, which was Lightning, was sealed, and he had no other spell powerful enough to make the undead Trent stop from cast its magic. So, Leon and Darya could only endure the pain. After making a mental note to level up all resistances at least to the level fifty, Leon had an idea. It would be dangerous, but it was the only thing he could do in that situation to change the tide of the battle. But first, he covered the earth block he and Darya were with steel.

"Darya, stop your attack and just use your Telekinesis to help me," Leon said. "Just keep sending mana liquid to my body."

Darya had no idea why Leon couldn't do that himself, but soon she understood why when she saw a massive and thick steel spear being created in front of Leon. The bigger the weapon was, the more mana Leon would have to use to keep the weapon from falling on the ground before completing. Instead of creating a big tip for the spear, Leon created a short, but very sharp tip.