Ranged Attacks [C128]

Feeling the change of the atmosphere derived by the two Met-3, Shu Himo felt a shiver on his spine, and readied himself once again with the scythe, staring at the two.

Suddenly, one Met-3 dashed backward, while shooting with his astral cannon toward Shu Himo.

*BOOM!*

Exploding, the cannon sent a ray of light capable of shattering the courage of anyone, as consuming additional energy, its strength was incomparable with a normal attack from its astral cannon.

Gazing at the attack, Shu Himo calmly used a stacked [Hopper_x4] toward left, dodging it… however, he suddenly noticed that the other Met-3 was sending a punch him!

Startled for a moment, he looked at the trajectory of the punch and seeing that it aimed at his left hips, he frowned, knowing that in his current position he would not be able to defend from it… so the only solution was to dodge it!

Using a stacked [Hopper_x3], he jumped high, evading the punch and arriving a couple of meters higher on top of Met-3.

About to use [Hopper] to go for the kill, he suddenly heard another *BOOM!* from the astral cannon's shot of the other Met-3, which forced him to use [Hopper] to dash toward the ground instead.

*Tud*

Stepping on the ground, he looked up to see the light from the shot, yet he suddenly became alert, noticing a punch coming from behind: while he was occupied with dodging the shot, the other Met-3 used the chance to attack him!

Yet, this time the situation was different, as he was properly positioned. Holding the scythe with two hands, he quickly rotated on himself, until the tip of the scythe met the coming punch.

As if the scythe was guiding the punch, it was deviated toward the ground, smashing the floor in the area.

*PUM*

Smirking, Shu Himo rotated the scythe and slashed toward the Met-3 who just attacked him, however, having already registered his attack Met-3 retreated immediately, attempting to evade the attack.

Yet, Shu Himo was too fast to dodge completely, so with a slash of the scythe, he severed the right arm of Met-3.

Not wanting to give it any chance of escape, Shu Himo quickly chased toward it, but with the sound from another explosion, he noticed that another shot from the astral cannon was about to arrive, and promptly used a stacked [Hopper_x4] backward, dodging it.

Noticing how the level of difficulty increased he frowned, 'While I could wait for them to use all their energy… I have the feeling that they would not be considered worthy opponents anymore… how can I kill them now?'

Taking out his Essence Qi Clock, he noticed that the needle was moving like crazy, continuously moving everywhere, as if the Essence Qi flow was too faint to be perceived.

Seeing its state, Shu Himo's expression turned grim, it means that the tower was able to stop formations from being created.

Such places were generally rare, being difficult and pricy to construct. The only way to ignore the interference from the building would be by using a formation of a high-enough level, yet that level of formation was not present in the library of the Academy, so Shu Himo had no knowledge about them.

Knowing that it would be useless, Shu Himo put the Essence Qi Clock back in the storage, and stared at the two Met-3 for a moment, appearing to be falling in thought.

Having limited time due to the depleting of their energy, the two Met-3 would surely not wait for him to decide a plan, so they both aimed at him with their astral cannon, about to shoot.

Seeing that they kept attacking with ranged attacks, Shu Himo felt annoyed, "You attack me with ranged attacks? Then I will do it too!"

Aura Azusa and Phylia were stunned, what kind of ranged attack can he use against them?

Meanwhile, the Demon King smiled curiously, 'Since he has such a mastery of close combat I thought he would not have strong ranged attacks… how surprising indeed…'

All of a sudden, with the sound of an explosion, the two Met-3 fired their astral cannon, directing the blast toward Shu Himo. The two blasts together created a blinding light, yet gazing at them, Shu Himo did not worry at all.

Smirking, he used a stacked [Hopper_x3] jumping in the air, easily dodging the blast. He then spun repeatedly mid-air gaining centripetal force, and abruptly threw his scythe toward the closest Met-3!

*Fiuu*

With the high-speed obtained from the throw, the scythe spun on itself, and Met-3 had no time to react before being stabbed by it, almost split in half due to its sharpness.

The Demon King could not believe it and widened her eyes in disbelief, 'That's what you call a ranged attack?!' She believed he would use some spell… but surely not to just throw his weapon!

Aura Azusa just sighed, how could she even think to predict what Shu Himo would do? Meanwhile, Phylia was sweetly laughing, thinking that her master was as unpredictable as always.

The only remaining Met-3, using as a chance the fact that Shu Himo was disarmed quickly rushed toward him and threw a punch.

Even while being in front of the punch Shu Himo did not worry, and used [Hopper], jumping even higher into the air, evading once again the attack.

He then spun once again mid-air by abusing the propulsion from the hopper skill, and, taking out his greatsword, slammed it on top of Met-3.

*Boom!*

Before Met-3 could react, the greatsword smashed on top of it, crushing it on the ground.

Once he had fallen on the floor, Shu Himo immediately used a stacked [Hopper_x4], rushing toward the scythe and taking it, and reused once again a stacked [Hopper_x4] dashing toward the remaining Met-3 before it could move.

*Frrrn*

Slashing the last Met-3 in half, Shu Himo smiled in delight, 7/10 worthy kills achieved!