Chapter 1970: A Different Kind of Storm Spirit
Adrian activated his appraisal magic to see the description and stats of each enemy. He made sure to get a good look at all the of the five storm spirits that he tagged as powerful. Just as Adrian feared, all of the five storm spirits are actually named monsters.
Monster Name: Nubeshumana
Monster Type: Venti
Monster Tier: Legendary
Level: 320
HP: 100%
MP: 100%
Description: A Venti that has taken on a humanoid form that is made up of dark clouds. It likely imitates the form of a living storm but in a humanoid shape. Ventis are phenomena of nature when wind itself takes on a personality or becomes intelligent. It is the last to be born among the five powerful Ventis that it calls family.
Monster Name: Nubesursi
Monster Type: Venti
Monster Tier: Legendary
Level: 320
HP: 100%
MP: 100%
Description: A Venti that has taken the form of a large bear made of clouds. It possesses powerful lightning abilities that it can use to harden with its claws and fangs. Ventis are phenomena of nature when wind itself takes on a personality or becomes intelligent. It is the fourth born Venti among the five it calls family.
Monster Name: Nubesaquilae
Monster Type: Venti
Monster Tier: Legendary
Level: 320
HP: 100%
MP: 100%
Description: A Venti that has taken the form of a large eagle made of lighting feathers and a body made of dark clouds. It possesses powerful lightning abilities and can create sonic booms when it just flies across the area. Ventis are phenomena of nature when wind itself takes on a personality or becomes intelligent. It is the third born Venti among the five it calls family.
Monster Name: Nubesalata
Monster Type: Venti
Monster Tier: Legendary
Level: 320
HP: 100%
MP: 100%
Description: A Venti that has taken the form of a human that has wings. It possesses a powerful lightning magic and superb flight mobility. Ventis are phenomena of nature when wind itself takes on a personality or becomes intelligent. It is the second born Venti among the five it calls family.
"They are powerful, but I could kill them if I managed to get a one-on-one battle." Adrian thought as he started his assault.
Adrian planned to kill one Venti at a time and work his way up to the most powerful one. Fortunately for him, the battlefield is indeed chaotic to the point that they are not really focusing much on him. It seems that the god that created this storm did not have clear instructions on focusing on killing Adrian. The Storm Spirits were more prone to destroy his territory than actually kill players.
Adrian controlled his spear in such a way that any storm spirit that came across him would get destroyed. He could be seen flying towards the Venti known as Nubeshumana since he judged him to be the easiest to target. Adrian is not alone because he is accompanied by Kanlaon who is flying in circles around him.
The scene where Adrian looking like he is running through the air with a flaying spear around him and Kanlaon following looked straight out of a fantasy eastern novel. Any storm spirit that came near Adrian would either be killed by his spear or be destroyed by Kanlaon's elemental spells. He looked like the hero that is meant to kill the villain who everyone was waiting for.
Nubeshumana noticed a powerful foe coming near it as Adrian and Kanlaon's mana is not discreet in their current form. The powerful Venti made sure to kill them as killing the strongest enemy would mean great decrease of moral. The Venti was already smart, but they became even smarter when they were given energy from a certain god.
Nubeshumana did not take on its humanoid form to long as it suddenly turned into a small twister made of dark clouds. This twister headed straight towards Adrian which he already expected from his observation. The venti that he chose to fight first did not have much long-range attacks and uses its body as the actual attack.
Adrian saw that Nubeshumana would transform into a small twister and then trap its enemy inside of it. The trapped enemy would then be bombarded with lightning attacks until their body gets charred. Some can escape if they are able to force the body of the Nubeshumana to become unstable.
"That trick will not work on me unfortunately! Kanlaon!" Adrian stated as Kanlaon roared.
Kanlaon activated his ice dragon orb to freeze the small twister which proved useful. The body of the Nubeshumana froze but it soon regained movement after ten seconds. The ten seconds were enough for Adrian to start his attack. With a clear shot of the body of the Nubeshumana, Adrian shot his spear and pierced its body.
The Nubeshumana screamed and lightning bolts came out of its body due to experiencing pain. The Venti were unaware of what pain feels like because they are made of fundamental nature energy. They should not even be able to feel pain because they are made entirely of the wind element. They can get destroyed when a powerful blast of mana hit them but even that is painless to them.
"Star Ascends!" Adrian stated as his spear suddenly performed a beautiful, coordinated movement.
The spear armament cleaved upwards which once again hurt the Venti. The Nubeshumana did not know what kind of sensation this is, but it felt the damage to his soul. The reason that it can feel pain is due to the fact that its soul is damaged. The Venti might not have physical vessels, but they are still living beings since they have souls.
"Much more effective than I though." Adrian muttered but he did not expect that the scream of one of the five Ventis would alert the others.
The other four Ventis immediately rushed towards Adrian's location. They were determined to destroy the being that hurt their own family member. Adrian managed to learn of this because Saena can see everything in a battlefield when it is in Avalon.
"Block them for me." Adrian stated but it was actually a command to his soulbounds.
Sirius appeared before the Nubesaquilae and stopped it from flying at Mach speed towards Adrian. Charon appeared before the Nubesursi and stopped it with his chains that can easily trap even beings without a physical body. Kanlaon left Adrian's side and appeared before the Nubesalata. Kanlaon managed to stop the Nubesalata to cast a powerful lightning beam.
This left Kimat with handling the Nubesequus which he deemed to be a good match for him. Kimat and the Nubesequus were sizing each other up as if they were determining who should be the real Monster King of Lightning. Kimat growled at the Nubesequus and it actually looked at him with great anger. Whatever Kimat told the Nubesequus is something that could agitate the most powerful monster on the battlefield.
"I am afraid your family members cannot help you now." Adrian stated.
"Did you think that I need help from them in killing a mere demon?" The Nubeshumana stated which actually shocked Adrian as he did not know that they can even converse.
The Nubeshumana was not speaking with a mouth as it has none. Adrian can hear the words, but they were more like sound that traveled using winds. It was not entirely coherent, but it was clear enough for Adrian to get the point. Still, Adrian smiled with great joy because this opponent can speak and monsters that can converse are extremely smart and powerful.
"Let us see if your clouds will still hold your body that I have shredded up." Adrian stated as he no longer controlled his spear mentally but held it with a stance.
"Star Descends!" Adrian casted as he blinked just above the Nubeshumana.
Adrian sliced downwards and the Nubeshumana screamed but it also dispersed its body. Despite getting injured, the Nubeshumana turned its body into a large twister with Adrian at the center. The Nubeshumana created numerous lightning bolts and sent them all towards the center where Adrian is located.
"Time Stop! Star Dragon's Strike!" Adrian stated with confidence as everything froze. Everything except for the Daemos as there were other demons in the area other than Adrian.
Adrian flew upwards as he calculated the perfect straight line before resuming time. He released the powerful skill that created a starry dragon silhouette that flew towards in a straight line. As if Adrian intended for it, he was able to hit all five of the Venti with this skill and also some storm spirits in the process.