Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 121: Many Hands Make Light Work

Sol moved mana into the ground like he would normally with [Terra Spikes], but using his experience from when he first changed the skill, he slightly altered the effects.

The ground slightly shook as the earth beneath Sol’s feet blasted outwards, raising a pillar of earth. Instead of its usual jagged and pointed cone shape, it emerged as a pillar with a flat surface. The strong force blasted Sol into the air and out of the zone of the gravity field.

[Terra Spikes] leveled up! (5 -> 6)

’Huh?!’

Sol was surprised to see it level up naturally, but while flying midair towards a boss wasn’t the ideal time to question whether it was a fluke or not, so he put it to the back of his mind for now.

The red hand changed its trajectory to continue firing at Sol, but it trailed behind too slowly, giving Sol the breathing room he needed to retaliate. While still in the air, Sol swung two [Mana Slash] towards the two hands.

The hands were easily sliced by the attack, disintegrating by the time Sol landed on the ground.

He turned to Amber and saw she had already taken care of the giant orange hand and was finishing off the blue one with another sand attack.

Sol took this moment to check the Handless Fiend’s mana.

Mana: 530/1150

’It’s still got about half, huh.’

Although the two had yet to damage the undead once, it only has half of its mana left. If they kept fighting as is, it would eventually run out of mana. But there was something that bothered Sol.

’It’s strong, but it hasn’t gone all out yet.’

As if on cue, the Handless Fiend decided it has had enough. It raised its handless arms as the seven hands formed behind it of each color. The red, yellow, blue, and purple hovered above it, while the orange, green, and indigo ones moved in front of it.

At that moment, all the projectiles were launched towards the duo. The gravity was multiplied under Amber as the red beam and indigo fist blasted towards her. The blue crescents and yellow projectiles flew towards Sol, with the large orange one moving to crush him. The green hand stayed behind, maintaining its protection.

Like a composer, the Handless Fiend moved all the hands in perfect synchronized order. With all the hands working as a team, similarly if not better than an adventurer’s party.

BOOOOOM!

The explosions took out not only the two hands protecting the Handless Fiend but the other five that were resummoned nearby. Before it had time to summon any more, Amber created a blast of sand underneath her and launched herself towards the fiend. She copied Sol’s idea with [Terra Spikes] but with her own set of abilities created an extremely similar effect.

She flung herself through the aftermath of the explosion and with her two daggers attacked the Handless Fiend.

"WRAHH!"

Sol could hear its ghoulish screech as Amber mercilessly attacked in rapid succession, instantly emptying out its health.

You have slain a Lv 90 Handless Fiend! Gained 3,025,000 Exp (300%)

You have leveled up! +5 Attribute points

Learned [Chromatic Red] Lv 7!

Learned [Chromatic Green] Lv 7!

Learned [Chromatic Purple] Lv 7!

[Siphon] leveled up! (4 -> 5)

Sol was overwhelmed with a flood of system messages.

’[Siphon] leveled up again!’

Ignoring the rest of the notifications, he opened the description of [Siphon] immediately.

[Siphon] Lv 5: Siphon 3 skills from dead beings. Can additionally siphon one talent skill. Increased efficiency, lowers the longer they are dead.

’Talent skill?!’