Sizzle~
Max stimulated his fire elemental mana and moved it according to the instructions of [Calidus Brachium].
His mana swirled around his right fist in a complex pattern and slowly the fire sparks started to flicker.
He continued pouring his mana into it and more sparks flickered. However, the Dark Demon Snake, of course, wasn't going to wait until his spell was ready. It hissed and bared its fangs and came slithering towards him at a fast speed.
Bang!
Max kicked a small rock on the ground which flew through the air and hit its scaly body and broke into pieces without causing any damage.
"Hiss..."
Although, the rock attack didn't injure it, it successfully enraged The Dark Demon snake. It hissed balefully and halted its movements, black mist started rising from in between its dark scales.
Max frowned. This Dark Demon Snake was using its ability right off the bat.
He quickly moved away from the cave entrance and the snake turned its body toward him.
Seeing this Max sighed in relief. His previous attack was only to ensure that it wouldn't attack the cave.
If he hadn't provoked it like he did, the snake would have attacked the cave since it knew that there was another human inside it and that would have put him in a disadvantageous position because he would have to protect Leticia while fight it.
"Hiss..."
The snake hissed and the all the black mist converged in front of its mouth in the shape of five fist sized black balls.
After going more than 200 meters away from the cave, Max stopped.
He was still in the process of casting [Calidus Brachium] and it was going to take some more time since he hadn't cast it before and the mana consumption was also high so he had to do it slowly.
He turned around and when he saw those five black balls, his brows scrunched up as he exclaimed in his heart 'Middle grade two-star beast!'
The Dark Demon snakes don't have any distinct identifying mark like other beasts when in the two-star realm.
Therefore people can only find out whether it is in initial, middle, high or peak stage when it uses its dark poison balls.
It can use three of such black balls when it's in the initial stage of two-star, while in the middle stage two-star it can use upto five black balls, seven in high stage and ten in peak stage.
This was his first time fighting a middle stage two-star beast and moreover he was alone.
After knowing that it was stronger than other breast he had encountered until now, he raised his guard up and wanted to put more distance however,
"Hiss..."
Whoosh!
The Dark Demon Snake hissed and the five black balls shot towards Max from five different directions, like bullets.
Shua!
Max kicked the ground and quickly dodged all five black ball.
Ssss~
One of the black balls struck where he stood and the sound of ground melting was heard.
Meanwhile, the rest of the balls stopped just above the ground and turned towards Max who was now twenty meters in the right side.
Although he already knew that Dark Demon Snakes had high control and their dark poison balls would follow their targets until they hadn't struck them, but reading something and actually witnessing it was entirely different.
Because he also read that its attacks were deadly, he glanced at the area where one black had struck to see exactly how powerful it was and shivered.
The black ball that was only the size of a fist, actually melted and created a one meter wide and probably even deeper hole in the ground. Black smoke was coming out of it and a nauseating stench spread in the area.
Shua! Shua! Shua!
The black balls came at him once again. He raised his agility to its maximum started dodging the black balls and at the same time focusing on casting his spell.
His mind was completely focused on doing these two things and he forgot everything else.
If he lost focus even for a second, he would be hit by the dark poison balls and he didn't believe that his body was harder than the ground, and if he stopped pouring his mana into casting, all the mana he had used until now would be wasted and he would have to endure the backlash of stopping mid way.
He continued moving across the area while dodging the black balls. Fortunately, the Dark Demon Snake wasn't moving in order to control its poison balls or Max would have been in big trouble.
After dodging for a while, his stamina had reduced from 30 points to 24 points. Thankfully the spell was completed now.
His whole fist was burning in intense crimson fire. However, he wasn't feeling any burning sensation since his mana was unable to harm him.
Phew!
Max exhaled his face turning pale after he had injected 1500 MP in casting. He turned towards the snake that was only fifty meters away from him.
All this time, he was gradually coming closer to the snake while dodging the dark poison ball so that he could attack the moment he finish casting his spell or in case the snake became impatient and tried to attack the cave.
Whoosh!
He once more dodged the balls and suddenly ran towards the beast at his full speed. It took only a moment for him to appear beside it.
The beast became alert and the speed of the black balls increased as they shot toward him, simultaneously it lashed out with its tail.
Max easily dodged its tail strike and punched at its head with all his might.
Watching his burning fist coming closer to its head, the snake tried to move its head away but it was too late.
*BANG*
A loud banging sound sounded out as his fire fist struck in the middle of the snake's head and pinned it to the ground. The ground under it also cracked in web like formation due to the destructive power of the punch.
The hard black scales on its head easily broke apart and the fire from his fist started burning its blood that was leaking out from the injuries.
Whoosh! Bang!
The black balls that were coming at him were strayed from their course and whooshed past him, colliding in the ground.
After punching the beast, Max felt its skull cracking which made him surprised.
From the discription of the spell, he knew that this [Calidus Brachium] was highly destructive spell. but he still didn't expect it to have such power when he cast it with only 1500 MP.
"Psshh..."
Black mist started oozing out of its body. Max quickly stepped back, thinking that it was going to attack him.
Bang! Bang!
The Dark Demon Snake started squirming while its tail started hitting the ground left and right. Each time its tail struck, ground would sunk and small cracks would appear.
Max knew that because its skull was damaged, it wasn't able to think properly.
He retreated a meters back conjured two 300 MP fireballs and threw them aiming for its injured head.
Boom! Boom!
Both fireballs exploded and killed the already half dead snake. However even after dying, its body squirmed for a while before becoming still.
"Huf... Huf... Finally dead." Max took deep breaths while trying not to fall down and smiled triumphantly.
