Something basic that one learns in school is that 1 + 1 equals 2.
However, that doesn't always apply.
Rito had already tried to activate the same copied skill twice — the result? It didn't add up.
So... There's no way to go beyond the copied result?
In fact, it is possible. However... You need to cheat just a little bit.
Rito created a sword-style blade in his right hand. The sharpness shines dangerously on the blade and then, he applied wind to the blade's edge, making it shine green.
If before it seemed threatening, now besides threatening, it had a touch of beauty.
Horizontally, Rito slashed the air using all his strength at the maximum possible speed.
*Whoosh!*
And, like a green chalk scratching a white sheet, a green streak marks the space, soon that same streak in the form of a blade shoots forward, gaining a half-moon curvature.
This attack Rito calls: Emerald Half-Moon.
At sunrise, the green wind scythe with ten meters in length reached a group of five lionesses.
*Booom!*
It was all very fast, none of them had time to react and when they were hit, the wind scythe cut them and hit the ground, creating a fissure that produced a huge cutting sound.
A curtain of dust rose. He didn't see, but the hit lionesses must have been turned into dust. For now, he would have to wait a bit before being able to collect the orbs.
"ROAR!!!"
"ROAR!!!"
"ROAR!!!"
The roars of the lionesses become more frantic, it was as if they wanted to avenge their 'sisters'. While the Flaming Red Lion King, although he didn't roar, the flames around his body became more intense to the point that it was barely possible to see his majestic figure.
When the Flaming Red Lion advanced, the lionesses retreated in a form of respect to the king while tilting their heads a little.
'Damn, that's actually cool...' Rito thought.
Until a moment ago, the lionesses were furious, but as soon as the 'Mufasa' took a step forward, they calmed down and showed respect for the King.
He managed to understand why this lion was treated with so much respect. Even at a considerable distance, he could feel how powerful this lion's flames were.
If it weren't because he possessed the Sage's Eyes and had copied Yami's skills, he wouldn't have confidence to win and would have retreated a long time ago.
To the sound of gears, followed by the cry of an eagle, the Sage's Eyes is activated once again.
This lion's understanding of flames was profound. Just by copying the way he manipulated the fire around his own body, Rito felt his own Spiritual Mana being consumed very quickly.
If it were before the fight he had against Yami, all of his Spiritual Mana would have been consumed.
Rito descended from free fall in the sky toward the lion.
"ROAR!"
To the sound of the roar, the lion created several fireballs and shot them in his direction.
Each attack was observed by his eyes and therefore, he managed to dodge with ease.
The fireballs passed by him like a very powerful motorcycle, buzzing in his ear.
But, he didn't lose the rhythm and continued descending.
Almost hitting the ground 500 meters away from the lion, he used the wind as a cushion and had a 'soft' landing, although he was at more than 500 kilometers per hour in free fall.
Like the landing of a helicopter, area dust rose and created a dust curtain.
Even without being able to see him, the lion still shot fireballs and some were coming in Rito's direction.
Dodging, he starts to run with the wind enveloping his body at an incredible speed.
His hands transform into blades 1.5 m in length.
At this point, he had already used about 30% of his Spiritual Mana while demanding a lot from his eyes to manage to dodge while copying the lion's skills.
Rito was running so fast that he became a green blur.
The fireballs shot in his direction were analyzed and easily dodged.
Seeing this, the lion crouched, and the blood-jade-like horn emitted a red light.
Without hesitating, a red and hot beam of light, with dozens of centimeters in thickness, was fired toward Rito.
In all places it passed through, the air became distorted and the grass instantly turned into ashes.
A terrible heat!
But, with Rito's speed and reaction time, it became easy to dodge and with his hands forward and making an X with his hands in the form of blades, he arrives in front of the lion that still didn't seem to feel the danger that awaits him, however, the sharpness and hardness of the blades were enhanced and attacked the lion's mind.
When the lion had his mind disturbed, he stood up and shook his gigantic head, shaking the beautiful mane, managing to get rid of the mental attack, but it was already too late.
Rito was already in front of the lion and with the more powerful blades, he slashed.
*Whoosh!*
*ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzhhhhhhhh!*
When the lion realized, it was too late. Even the fire armor showed resistance.
It was a clean cut!
The sound was like the sound of a 15 thousand Hz frequency and was followed by the wind shot that cut vertically toward the sky.
With his back to the Flaming Red Lion King that began to disintegrate into ashes, Rito thought: 'This mountain has become too small for both of us...'
"..."
Seriously, he had to stop thinking about these embarrassing things in important moments.
But, it simply happened, he couldn't avoid thinking something like that.
The feeling of managing to defeat the boss of the first floor with a single hit, although it can be seen that he did it with borrowed power, was simply too good.
Panting a little, he deactivated the Sage's Eyes. A single attack cost him 50% of his Spiritual Mana.
Seeing the lionesses looking at him with resentment and anger, he knew it wasn't the right moment to celebrate yet.
There were 9 lionesses alive.
But, Rito was still confident of winning, even with little Spiritual Mana remaining.
Creating a pair of white feathered wings, he shoots into the sky at great speed.
*Booom!*
In the place where he was, more than a dozen fireballs collided against the ground.
A terrible explosion was triggered because of that and he would be in danger if he hadn't escaped to the sky in time.
The advantage was that the takeoff with the wings that he copied from Yami was superior to takeoff using only the wind or even the fallen angel wings that he had copied before.
"ROAR!!"
The furious roars of the lionesses echoed while fireballs were shot in his direction, mixed with almost 2 m fire spears.
Activating the Sage's Eyes once again and to the cry of an eagle, he descended from the sky with his wings folded, like a falcon diving and upon arriving in front of a lioness, he opened his wings while his hand transforms into a blade and claims the lioness's head, taking flight again, dodging other attacks and returning to attack, but this time with the hair that stretched and punched a lioness five times, turning her into mashed potatoes.
Gaining altitude, he created thousands of wind spheres and with a wave of hands, shot them toward the surviving lionesses.
*Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!*
The precision of each attack was elite sniper level. The Sage's Eyes gave him that advantage.
'Is it over?'
Rito stayed floating, panting, while the dust settled.
When it finally became visible, he didn't see any lioness standing anymore. However, there was still one that continued alive, lying on the ground, full of wounds, looking in his direction.
He descended, standing in front of the lioness and with a blade appearing in the place of his hand, Rito was merciful in cutting her head.
He sat on the ground upon canceling all the skills, thinking: 'Now it's over...'
Breathing deeply and sighing a few times, he controlled the wind and made all the orbs float toward him and quickly collected them one by one.
He simply couldn't feel at ease leaving the orbs uncollected. It was as if something bad would happen if he didn't collect them.
From the Flaming Red Lion King, there were 12 red orbs that emitted a light even brighter than that of the red lions. There were also 12 brighter purple orbs. In addition, there was also a vibrant fire-red crystal sphere that seemed to be full of life.
Finally, there was a white and nebulous sphere. It was just a thread of energy. Its form changed constantly; sometimes it transformed into spheres of light and sometimes into threads.
After collecting all the orbs, he struggled to approach the fire tree and then touched the flame.
The moment his hand touched the tree, the fire tree distorted, as if it were made of a malleable material, and was absorbed into the three-dimensional dimension in Rito's mind.
After doing all that, Rito's eyes darkened.
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