Ch.6 HURRICANE WOLF

It was a majestic wolf standing on the rocky and flat surface of the lightless space, showcasing a wild and savage scene. The wolf, who appears to be a female had a thick, shaggy coat with a mix of greys and blacks fur, and its ears were perked up, giving it an alert and vigilant air. its eyes were a deep amber color,

It was a creature of unmatched beauty and terror, a masterpiece of nature's darker palette. it was facing Black with a hint of triumph. adding a spine-chilling and unnatural atmosphere to the scene.

The low-level transformation stage beast had already crossed the distance between himself and Black standing only at three meter away from him. The creature was massive and it had an air of ancient power about it.

"Oh no"

He didn't even had the chance to react before the magical beast wolf had already used it's species techniques on Black.

Him being overy overconfident after killing the first six mortal stage beast the Hurricane wolf had sent to distract him was part of the reason Black was not prepared for the sudden attack.

He had never thought that the Hurricane wolf had simply sent the first six magical beast as bait to him and the wolf himself waited for the perfect opportunity to launch a concentrated attack on him.

It truly was a cunning wolf, the other Hurricane wolf's that he knew from his memory were more aggressive and straight forward in essence. It truly must be an odd one out to show this much cunning as a Hurricane Wolf.

Black regretted of the fact that he had clearly underestimated this Hurricane wolf's cunning and was ashamed of overestimating himself just because he won the Battle against those six magical beast while knowing the fact that they were clearly weaker than him.

He did improve in that Battle as he was easily able to dispatch six magical beast compared to when he had fought his first Battle with the deer-like magical beast.

Thinking that the Hurricane wolf won't be difficult either since it was just only a single Rank higher then the magical beast he fought with previously. But he overlooked the difference in there stages and the changes it bought.

However his most conspicuous error was his negligible towards their intelligent.

Hurricane wolf being a Sky Class Magical beast species did not help it either since it's more astute compared to other normal rank four magical beast because of it's higher class.

*AAAWWOOOOOO*

As the transformation stage magical beast howled. using it's species techniques, the wind element in the atmosphere around ten meter of it's radius all trembled, quivered and stared moving.

The winds began to pick up around them, hinting at the elemental fury the beast could command. Giving birth to a Hurricane of wind blades that shot towards Black from every direction.

Seeing this Black was left stunned for a few moments however, seeing the multiple wind blades rushing towards him and sensing the danger posed by the wind blades if he were to get strucked he fell into a panic for the first time. Black tried to take deep breath, focusing his thoughts.

he knew that he had to act fast. The magical beast wolf has already launched its most powerful attack, and he could feel the air around them crackling with energy.

His brain stopped working, as it was the first time he truly felt the danger to his life. If this attack landed on him then he would certainly be terribly injured.

With his meager experience in Battle let alone fighting the Transformation stage beast who had haunted innumerable number of beast, simply keeping his life would pose a challenge.

He didn't doubt the fact that this particular magical beast must be more accustomed to battling stronger existence than itself even before completing it's evolution to transformation stage when he had truly gained sentience.

Just before the attack landed on him in that stressful situation. His mind raced, searching for the right thing to do. Then, it came to him the memory of how he had used his weapon when fighting those six magical beast. In his desperation he tried the last thing he could do.

He willed the unique energy in his body to create a thin layer of shield around his body just like he had done with his improvised weapons a while ago when he was battling those six magical beast wolf and instead of creating just a single layer he tried to created multiple layers overlapping each other.

Burning his energy without disregard since time was of the essence.

The hurricane of wind blades grew in intensity, spinning faster and faster, the air around them singing with the promise of destruction. Black's heart hammered in his chest as he watched the winds coalesce into a maelstrom of razor-sharp air blades.

In the last second just before the attack landed,

the three layers of energy overlapped each other and somehow fused together,

Changing its state from a gaseous state to liquid state when it first formed the three layers overlapping each other and then liquid to solid state when the three overlapping layers fused together creating a solid translucent shield around Black skin.

"This isn't going to be pretty."

Black observed and felt everything clearly, feeling quiet astonished but he didn't have the time to appreciate anything before the attack landed on him.

*booooommm*

*whoooosh* *whoooosh* *whooooh*

As shield of mysterious energy met the oncoming storm. The shield collided with the first wave of wind blades, the impact causing a deafening boom. The air around them was filled with the sound of shattering ice as the shield on Black sink shattered from the force.

Black was sent spiraling backward from the force of the impact raising a cloud of dust in it's wake.

*Drip* *Drip* *Drip* *Drip*

*aaaaaaa... hhaa*

Black roared in pain,as blood began to flow from the shallow cuts he had suffered all over. but the shield had bought him a brief reprieve and prevented him from suffering grave injuries.

Black could feel his magical reserves waning, the effort he had put in creating that shield at the last moment exhausted him to his limits. His eyes darted around in the lightless cave, searching for an opening, a weakness he could exploit.

His mind raced through the pages of his memory, searching for the right... Then, it came to him. It was risky, but he had no other choice.

He had exhausted more than eighty percent of his energy from all the Battles he fought in the last hour.

First it was the deer-like magical beast that he killed by using that translucent beam of energy and exhausted more then thirty percent of his energy reserves. Then within the next ten minutes He was onse again locked in a Battle with those six mortal stage magical beast wolf's again using ten percent of energy from his limited reserves.

Now after defending against the Strongest attack of the Hurricane wolf. He had exhausted almost fourty percent of his energy and was only left with no more than twenty to twenty-five percent of energy reserves.

However the good part was that after fighting all those Battles Black's proficiency in utilizing the mysterious energy had increased slightly giving him a ray of hope in this Blake atmosphere.

He was still a little way away from reaching the Biggner level proficiency in utilizing the mysterious energy but it was enough to make his attack stronger and lessen the energy consumption.