Sinner System-Chapter 478: So Much Slower Now

Point-of-View: Cleo Nova

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As the Archdemon came to a halt with a sharp spread of his wings, he spun around as the burns on his back rapidly faded, before firing out a volley of Negative Energy arrows towards me from his left hand, while extending his right arm out towards me.

"<Partial Monstrification: Greater Demon, Wings>," I chanted, stabilizing myself in midair as a pair of wings rapidly extended out of my shoulder blades.

I veered across to evade the incoming projectiles, a couple of them grazing my legs, before I swiftly shifted my trajectory and shot forward with a sharp burst of speed as flames erupted from my feet.

I swerved to my left as he drove his claws towards my head, grazing my cheek before I jammed the energy blades over my right hand into the middle of his arm and shot towards him, my blades slicing his arm in half.

He gritted his teeth before swinging his left arm up and slicing through his right bicep, severing his right arm before unleashing a fierce blast of Negative Energy towards me from his mouth.

I zipped down to evade it, landing on the ground right as my wings retracted, before sprinting away as a volley of piercing Negative Energy beams came raining down towards me, one grazing the back of my right shoulder and another nicking my left arm.

"<Phoenix Flames>," I chanted, as I came to a skidding halt and spun around, before blasting myself straight up towards the Archdemon with a sharp burst of flames from below my feet.

His eyes widened slightly as I closed in on him and drove my right fist towards the middle of his torso, the energy blades over my knuckles poised to strike his Core.

He quickly flew back, getting out of the reach of my energy blades...or so he thinks...

"<Mana Blades>."

The three blades over my knuckles on each hand swiftly combined into one and extended to about a meter each, a sharp gasp of pain ringing out as I pierced through the Archdemon’s solar plexus.

Suddenly, he unleashed a sharp burst of Negative Energy between us, blowing us both away before my blade could reach his Core, a trail of blood running down his stomach before the stab wound closed up.

Damn it, so close...

Mana Claws is the default offensive option of my Personalis Arma, which, by the way, I’ve named Incisio, the Latin root of the word incision.

But I can upgrade Mana Claws into a stronger version, Mana Blades. I’m a lot more adept at wielding Mana Claws, since they’re pretty much just an energy-based version of my old go-to weapon, the gauntlets with three blades over the knuckles on each fist.

But the gauntlets, even after I modified them, were pretty restrictive to Monstrification Skill, it was hard to transform my arms and hands without damaging the gauntlets, or being restricted by the gauntlets.

But Incisio doesn’t have that problem, these gloves adapt and transform to accommodate Monstrification and Partial Monstrification seamlessly.

I don’t have any real experience with swords, so my mastery over wielding the Mana Blades is pretty lacking at the moment...still, it makes for a good surprise option.

Unfortunately, the Archdemon managed to react in time, just another fraction of a second and I’d have reached his Core.

I let out a slow exhale as I landed back on the ground, reverting my Mana Blades back to Mana Claws, narrowing my eyes at the Archdemon as he kept his distance.

This has been really tough...bottling in the murderous sense of bloodlust I feel. I’m just itching to kill him, but I can’t let myself attack in a blind, murderous rage.

I need to keep my composure...

Alright, I’ve let this drag on for long enough now. It’s time to wrap things up...based on the muffled crashes echoing out from below, it sounds like Kai is still fighting the rest of the Monsters in the Dungeon, there must be a lot of them.

I doubt he needs assistance, but I can at least help him wipe them out faster. I’ll set that thought aside, for now...I should focus on killing the Monster before me first.

"It’s about time for you to die, you rotten Monster. Now...<Monstrification>," I chanted, the Archdemon shrinking back as an intense burst of power erupted around me, my body transforming rapidly as I felt my power surge.

Wyvern scales appeared all over my body, a mix of fiery, reddish-orange, three different shades of blue, and green, forming a pattern around my skin.

I felt my hair stand up on end as a tinge of green washed over my line of sight, a pair of feathered wings extending out of my back, with a mix of orange, blue and green feathers.

A long, scaly tail extended out of the end of my spine, a snake head forming over the end of the tail and letting out a sharp hiss, its fangs gleaming with venom.

My teeth and nails sharpened and extended out into fangs and claws, curved horns appearing on either side of my hair.

My tongue narrowed and split at the end, flicking out of my mouth as I let out a slight hiss, eight large spider legs extending out of my back in two rows of four below my wings.

Jet-black fur sprouted over my forearms as my hands morphed into curved scythe blades, my gloves transforming into flexible bracelets as the energy blades faded.

I shifted my right scythe blade into a hand and fired out a blazing fireball as a swirling blast of Negative Energy came shooting towards me, canceling it out before I fired out a rapid rope of sticky webs straight towards the Archdemon from my right hand, the end of the rope sticking to his left leg before he could react.

As I began to pull him in towards, he quickly sliced off his leg and flew back, getting some distance and eyeing me warily.

He looks so much slower now, I can follow his movements so easily. Yeah, time to end this...