A group of four slim, breezy scaled lizards and two bulkier earthy scaled lizards stood glaring at him with bloodlust in their eyes.
Circulating mana within his lower body, Shane reached a breathtaking speed with his first stride towards the group of six scaled lizards.
Shane estimated he was around forty meters away from the lizards, which would take no time for him to charge through if there were no obstacles.
From his estimation, Shane thought that the slim, breezy scaled lizards would be faster than the fiery scaled lizards, as their affinity was the wind affinity in addition to their slim body.
Thus, he concluded that the breezy scaled lizards were faster, yet probably weaker in strength, while their wind affinity was most likely capable of manifesting wind blades.
As for the earthy scaled lizards, Shane predicted that they were stronger compared to the fiery scaled lizards but slower. They could most likely use their earth affinity to make the soil jut out of the ground in long and sharp spikes, similar to stalagmites, or erect a wall made up of soil and rocks, which were the most common attacks used by elemental beasts at the basic dimension.
This information wasn't confirmed yet, but it was better to be safe than sorry and Shane decided to be careful around unknown opponents.
Most beasts with higher affinities liked to use them in an exaggerated manner as they looked glorious, elegant, and beautiful in their eyes.
This was probably because lizards liked treasure the same way that dragons belonging to fairy tales he had heard back on earth did, without exception.
Wasting no time Shane used feints to make it seem as If he was about to charge straight at them with his high velocity, only to stop midway and change his direction.
A moment after he had adjusted his directions, Shane noticed multiple earth spikes and wind blades crashing into the area he was a second ago.
From the velocity and might, the elemental attacks utilized, Shane figured out that the breezy scaled lizards most likely used less mana than the earthy scaled lizard.
This could be easily calculated as dozens of wind blades were shot out at the same time while only four earth spikes were targeted at his previous spot.
The wind blades were much weaker in strength but extremely fast while the earth spikes were both fast and mighty.
Nevertheless, shooting elemental long-range attacks for a long interval would rapidly exhaust wild stage beasts with their small mana pool. Shane planned to capitalize on the opportunity as he decided to wear them out.
With Shane's fighting experience that he had gained over the last weeks and the years before, he could predict where the long-range attacks would land. He kept his eyes trained on the scaled lizards observing their movements carefully.
It was straining for him to do so but he felt alive and the pressure of the countdown provided him with the adrenaline rush, making him feel ecstatic.
While Shane tried his best to evade the onslaught of wind blades and earth spikes, some of them did hit him. There were shallow cuts on his skin from the attacks. Slowly, he adjusted to the high-velocity wind blades in addition to the mighty earth spikes that were shot towards him.
Not even a full minute had passed but Shane could already tell that the breezy scaled lizards were exhausted and drained of their mana, while the larger earthy scaled lizards took a few deep breaths.
If the scaled lizards worked together, they would most likely be able to exhaust Shane and kill him in the end, but that wasn't possible anymore.
He still felt energetic, because he had restricted himself from using up too much mana and made only the necessary movements required to avoid the elemental attacks.
Circulating his mana within the lower body to enhance his speed by a fraction, he appeared in front of the first breezy scaled lizard.
As he thrust his dagger out, he felt a large surge of mana fluctuations around him. He stepped back a little and a one-meter tall earth layer wall erected out of the ground in front of the breezy scaled lizard.
Shane didn't allow himself to be distracted as he immediately switched his target to the two earthy scaled lizards near the breezy scaled lizard. His charge towards his opponents continued, without anyone hindering him.
He walked in between both earthy scaled lizards, and his high velocity caused his two opponents to be overwhelmed. He sensed another surge of mana fluctuations below him and looked around.
The earthy scaled lizards were slightly larger compared to the fiery scaled lizards with a height of roughly forty centimeters. However, it wasn't difficult for Shane to jump over the earthy scaled lizard as he thrust his dagger in its back while twisting his body into an uncomfortable position.
While he jumped up in the air, he yanked the dagger forcefully. The flesh around the light wound tore apart, turning it into a rather serious wound, enough to kill it in a few minutes.
It had been long since he was forced to attack someone while observing everything around him carefully This caused a slight trace of joy to emerge within him.
Umbra couldn't understand his joy, because most of the time he was thrown around. He was barely able to stay with Shane, without being of much help to him.
Stumbling to the ground, he felt it tremble. He pushed himself upwards before a breezy scaled lizard appeared below him.
Even though Shane was ecstatic, this fight was really annoying, frustrating him to an unbearable degree. Wanting to rid himself of the opponents as soon as possible, he kicked hard with his leg at the breezy scaled lizard below him.
Oddly enough, the breezy scaled lizard was thrown almost three meters away which shocked Shane slightly. He noticed that the lizard's body was very light weighted as it should have taken double or triple the force for him to throw it away that far. He made a mental note to think about it after the battle.
He had the same feeling against the fiery scaled lizards, but each kind of the scaled lizards was extremely weak while their affinity was a stark contrast to its essential high degree.
Now that two earth walls decorated the battleground around him, Shane noticed that the earthy scaled lizards couldn't shoot earth spikes at him anymore. They were gasping for air, while the injured one looked as if it would die any moment.
The breezy scaled lizards were fast but weak in all other aspects while Shane was still faster than them by a marginal degree.
As such, he appeared in front of the closest breezy scaled lizards before he thrusted out his shiolite dagger.
The breezy scaled lizard in front of him was either brave or naive as it tried to deflect Shane's tier-1 shiolite dagger. The lizard bit into the dagger with its maw, only to notice that this move was more than a little bit foolish.
Piercing through the breezy lizard's mouth, the shiolite dagger didn't stop halfway and penetrated the neck, where it stuck out.
Shane yanked at his dagger with brute force, and the breezy scaled lizards collapsed on the ground. Shane turned around with his ice-cold black eyes piercing straight into the remaining opponents.
With an emotionless voice, he spoke
"Warm-up is over you bastards!" He exerted the remaining mana within him through his mana veins to strengthen his complete body and charged at the five opponents in front of him with killing intent filling his eyes while a faint smile covered his face.
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