While all the others had already ascended to the second sublevel of the Lucullus prison, Stark and Leader were now facing one another, with the clear intent to fight and kill the other party.
It had been Leader that attempted to ambush Stark, but now that he was forced to fight, he wouldn’t hesitate to take this opportunity to climb to level 50 but also to accept the offer he had been given.
“…” Leader’s expression remained neutral as he saw Stark activate his aura, the clone behind him still smiling widely.
Frankly, Leader hated that clone more than any of the other participants, and he didn’t know why, something just felt off about it: its eyes, its mouth, and its entire figure, it felt like it could kill him whenever it wanted, but just chose not to for fun.
But of course, he would never show his expression faltering, it was something he learned as a sect leader: always being shown as all powerful with no flaws.
“GET READY, SECT LEADER!” Stark shouted with a smile as he stood his ground.
~FWISH~
Leader on the other hand already had the giant green aura lying in front of him, but he also decided to summon dozens of others that ranged from small to middle-sized, each of them surrounding his body: shoulders, neck, one was on top of his, others around his torso and legs.
“Am I supposed to be impressed,” Stark rolled his eyes while activating [Perception], if he so wanted to waste time, then Stark would use it wisely to check out his opponent.
…
[Name: Leader]
[Level: 61]
[Class: Domination]
[HP: 34000]
[Strength: 2938]
[Speed: 5372]
[Stamina: 4314]
[Defense: 5409]
[Skills: Domination, Snake Summoning, Venomous Touch, Ultimate Fusion (MYTHICAL), Serpentine Charge, Reptile Swarm, Serpent Restrain, The Symphony of Snakes, Snaky the Giant Snake, Giant Bite, Attack Frenzy, Snake Shield, Better Summons (PASSIVE)…]
…
‘Hm…’ his HP were very low, but it was expected as the [Domination] does seem to leave out HP to prioritize skills and stats, meaning that even a hit from Stark would probably only do around 8000 points of damage as the [Domination] aura would block most of it.
As for his general stats, they were insanely good, way better than Stark’s and even better than the level 100 people he had fought at the ‘ClassiTop Event’…
And of course, he had the [Domination] skill as well as twelve others since he was level 61, meaning that he got one skill every 5 level, much like Stark.
“Reptile Swarm!” was the skill he had used to summon all these snakes around him, and he could send them all to Stark any time.
Meanwhile, the giant (and strongest) snake out of them all that was lying in front of Leader, its eyes never leaving Stark, and its tongue hissing, was from the [Snaky the Snake] skill, and yes, it sounded ridiculous, but that skill is extremely powerful.
“AURA SMASH!” not wanting to do nothing, the [Superior Clone] immediately sent two crimson fists at Leader.
“Snake Shield,” but he just used this skill to summon a serpent that circle in front of Leader and formed a giant barrier.
~BOOM, BOOM~
The crimson fists did nothing to the transparent barrier.
“=)” but the [Superior Clone] didn’t seem affected.
‘Alright… it’s time,’ Leader had used this method dozens if not HUNDREDS of times against monsters and humans alike: letting them attack first, blocking their attack, and while they are busy anticipating what comes next, he would bind their feet to the ground using another one of his skills then send [Snaky] to deal the final blow.
This was an attack that hadn’t failed ONCE, and he would make sure today wasn’t the first either, it couldn’t be: he was stronger than Stark, and he looked so weak…
‘Come on…’ his expression was neutral on the outside, but deep inside, he was trembling slightly, it was the first time it happened, and he didn’t know why, ‘ALRIGHT, LETS GO!’
“SERPENT RESTRAIN…!” just like last time, he raised one of his feet then swung it upward in Stark’s direction.
~FWISH, QUWIK~
Two snakes came out of the ground below and attached themselves to his legs, making him unable to escape.
“SERPENT RESTRAIN…!” but he used it twice, this time in the clone’s direction to restrain it as well since it could ruin his plans.
“=)” the [Superior Clone] looked down at the small snakes restraining its legs, then back at the original, who looked indifferent to the attack as well.
Not only did he have [Invincible Dodge], but he also had [Dodge Control] available in case anything happened.
“COME ON…” Leader whispered while focusing his entire aura on the snake in front of him, making it get up then sending it at intense speed toward Stark and his clone, it was taking the entire hallway, so normally, avoiding it should be impossible, “IT’S MY WIN…”
~FWISH, GROOWWW~
The giant green snake opened its mouth, big enough to swallow both Stark and his clone in one go, yet none of them looked afraid of that thing.
“…” Stark looked at his clone then made a quick gesture with his head, asking it to do ‘that’.
He didn’t even plan to waste his [Dodge Control] or [Invincible Dodge] on such a WEAK combo of attacks.
And so…
“DOMI-CHAIN,” the [Superior Clone] summoned the crimson chain and sent it toward the giant aura snake, closing its mouth and slowly wrapping itself around it.
“…!” Leader for the first time in months if not years showed signs of legitimate surprise, “KEEP GOING…!” he wanted to shout to his snake.
But…
~FWISH, STOP~
The chain wrapped itself around the snake’s mouth, face, and body; making it abruptly stop right before reaching Stark as the chain was absorbing its energy, making it fall to the ground, unable to keep going.
~FWISH, KICK~
Right afterward, Stark and his clone got rid of the small snakes attached to their legs by punching or kicking them.
“MOVE…” Leader ordered [Snaky The Snake] to keep going, but…
[Snaky is unable to move since he is bound, try again later!]
“Well, I’ll just summon his back to the space and use him later then…” Leader lifted both his arms with the intent to bring Snaky back to himself, but yet again…
[Snaky is restrained by the ‘Domi-Chains’, making him unable to come back until the chains are off him!]
“…” Leader was astonished: his most powerful combo had been stopped by a mere chain while his opponents were restrained, and they didn’t even seem to care about that, taking it as some sort of weak attack.
[Snaky the Snake] was Leader’s second most powerful skill, yet it was now tamed by Chosen, making him unable to control it as long as it was bound.
‘…’ Leader breathed in and out again, focusing his aura and attention on what he should be doing next, ‘It doesn’t matter, I’m still stronger…’
He got ready to keep going while using his other skills, after all it wasn’t because his most powerful combo had failed that it was the end of the world, it was bound to happen at some point against someone who had the convenient skills to stop it.
But… even when he thought of all of this… the faces of Stark and his clone at that moment, their massive smiles as they saw his surprised look, sent shivers down his spine.
