Psychic Parasite

Chapter 328: Corrosive Aura
The ground quaked while flashes of light went off, brightening the surroundings. Despite the flickers, the light allowed them to get a better grasp of their surroundings, even though their eyes ached in the process. Jyorta panted, feeling strained as his forehead turned hot, a sign of overexertion.

Flying in the air were 12 Tier 2 beings: 5 Floating Spiders, 5 Spindle Bees, and 2 River Whales. The remaining two Tier 2 beings—a Floating Spider and Spindle Bee—were killed by Ashten Coorg when they fell on the ground during their fight.

Upon every Frenzy Beast that died, Jyorta’s mental state was further strained, having to creating the image of the dead Frenzy Beast in the air, fighting against other dead foes. It was to put a show so that the Frenzy Beasts would continue their battle. Finally, when only the Tier 2 beings were in the air, Jyorta was unable to hold on.

”Ashten, be ready. I’ll weaken them with my aura attack and lower their altitude.” Ashten looked back upon his shout, noticing his exhausted state, judging that Jyorta would no longer be able to maintain his aura personification.

Jyorta gazed at the flying foes, modifying the hallucination to bring them closer. He lifted his right hand, facing the palm towards them, riling up all his presence. He burned a bit of his body mass, taking in a deep breath before recalling his encounter with the genius level Tier 2 Steel Porcupine, using the experience to better his action.

It began from his toes, subtly thinning, the process inching its way up his legs, stomach, and shoulders before proceeding towards his right hand. His right hand bulged under the overload of aura, like a bump moving underneath his skin.

”Die!” His gaze was full of hatred as he unleashed the aura beam. The air rumbled, a thunderclap resounded as the aura beam zoomed towards his foes, its power higher than the previous time. Moreover, unlike the previous time, the aura beam coiled along its path, like a screw while maintaining its streamlined flow, condensing itself in the process.

The moment the aura beam neared the target area, its girth increased to encompass all the 12 Frenzy Beasts within it. Faint sparks were created as a result, the volatile substances in the air igniting for a few fractions of a second.

Various forms of aura unleashed by the Tier 2 Frenzy Beasts during their battle were cleared out, snuffed under Jyorta’s aura beam. The Floating Spiders were the first to be hit, their bodies toppling under the power, the auras in their body becoming their undoing.

When their auras resisted the aura beam, they were repulsed, affecting the cells they originated from in response, dealing internal injuries to the Frenzy Beasts whose bodies were smacked by the phenomenon.

Like a stone colliding into a pile of cans, the bodies of the Floating Spiders flew, spinning in all directions as they lost control of their flight. The Spindle Bees that were affected next fared even worse, their wing joints breaking as a result.

They began to melt, getting corroded under the property imbued in the aura beam, soon losing the structural integrity to maintain their lift. The final target of the aura beam was the large water sphere maintained by the River Whales.

Ripples formed on its surface when the aura beam impacted it, drilling through the paltry aura circulating within the water before it hit the River Whales. The bodies of the River Whales turned overhead from the impact, their bellies facing the sky, the disorientation collapsing their hold over the water around them.

The water spilled on the ground, the River Whales following suit, their speed of recalling the water inferior to their speed of descent. Their skin began to peel off, forming patches that were akin to having been burnt, the pain affecting their mental states, decreasing the power they could harness from their Trait.

The River Whales fell on the road with a thud, causing small splashes on the collected water. The Floating Spiders crashed into either the nearby buildings or the road, depending on the path they spiralled out of control from.

The Spindle Bees dropped on the road one by one, no longer able to take flight for the time being, with the wings of some even falling off.

”Huff…puff,” Jyorta fell on the road, gasping for breath, feeling his head spin. He couldn’t tell up from down for the moment or even differentiate the colours. He couldn’t even hear Ashten’s shouts, shaking his head to imply that he was fine and for him to continue with the plan.

The blue soul overlaid the face mask, giving him the bare enough mental state to maintain his hallucination over the Spindle Bee—hovering next to him. It was part of his plan. Otherwise, the Spindle Bee would turn on him the moment he retracted his aura personification.

Ashten First targeted the Floating Spiders, taking three swings to kill the first, proceeding to deal with the second similarly. He then saw a Spindle Bee stand with its legs and crane its abdomen slowly, struggling to do so, aiming its stinger at Jyorta.

”Humph,” Ashten kicked the severed head of the Floating Spider near him, watching it collide into the Spindle Bee, preventing it from shooting the spindle. He then saw the other Spindle Bees begin to stand, all attempting the same.

He picked up the body of the Floating Spider using its legs, throwing it at a Spindle Bee. Though, his aim was far off as the legs of the Floating Spider came off in his hands, causing its body to fly in a different direction.

There were three more Floating Spiders to kill; Ashten used the severed parts of the Tier 1 Floating Spiders to knock out the Spindle Bees, using the time he earned to attack the Tier 2 Floating Spiders.

The Tier 2 Floating Spider wriggled its body, about to move when his sword came slashing. The first hit slammed it to the ground, the second hit cleaved a large gash on its head, the third hit slashed its abdomen. Seeing that it was moving, preventing him from delivering a critical hit, Ashten pierced its head with his sword, injuring it beyond hope of recovery.

The remaining two Floating Spiders took flight, intent to escape. Ashten threw his sword at the farther Floating Spider, impaling it, and causing it to fall. After slamming on the ground, it struggled to get up, the sword lodged in it weighing it down.

It wriggled its legs, bleeding as they held the blade and steadily pushed it out.

Tier 2 Skill—Aura Burst!

Ashten unleashed his aura, hindering the movements of every Frenzy Beast. His aura made it hard for their injured selves to breathe. The aura also worsened their injuries, as their internal aura resisted his, allowing Jyorta’s aura in them to wreak havoc. A faint burning smell wafted out from their bodies.

Ashten jumped and slammed his hands on the last Floating Spider that had taken flight, sending it reeling to the ground. He landed on it, squishing its body using the weight of his body, elevated through the emission of his aura.

The River Whales in the meantime condensed a thin film of water around their bodies, intent to take flight and escape. He sped on the ground, kicking at the River Whale closest to him, ”Tch.”

The film of water absorbed most of the strength in his attack, allowing the River Whale to start flying. Ashten jumped and kicked at its top, the momentum pushing it towards the ground. He used the rebound to jump towards the other River Whale that had flown higher, attacking its top to decrease its altitude.

”Dammit,” The moment he had gone far from the ground, the Spindle Bees started to get up, aiming their stingers at Jyorta. He turned around and noticed Jyorta still hadn’t recovered.

”Aaargh!” He joined his palms, crisscrossing the fingers between the two hands, slamming them onto the River Whale’s head. The impact caused a ripple on the film of water, spilling some of it.

He raised them and slammed again, the power exceeding the previous attack, reducing the altitude of the River Whale by a metre. The River Whale wriggled its body, trying to topple him, but Ashten rained down attacks in the opposite direction to its turns, negating its manoeuvres.

”Aaaahhhh!” He shouted as he rained down punch after punch on the River Whale’s head, spilling out most of the water in the film surrounding it. He leaped from its back, gaining height as he unleashed all his aura, increasing the weight of his body rapidly as he fell in a straight line, landing on the back of the other River Whale that stealthily tried to escape.

The impact even sent the massive body of the River Whale descending down, the angle of his attack directing it towards the Spindle Bees, flattening them when it touched the ground. Just before it slammed down on them, a Spindle Bee exerted strength in its abdomen, shooting a spindle towards Jyorta.

A blinding beam of light hit its eyes right at this moment, causing its body to jerk instinctively, wavering its aim. The spindle barely missed Jyorta’s neck, flying past before it fell on the road. The Spindle Bee screeched in anger as the River Whale flattened it, along with the others.

Ashten sprinted on the ground, picking up the sword that the Floating Spider barely managed to pull out from its body. He sent a kick its way, slamming its body on the walls 10 metres away, turning around to throw the sword at the sole River Whale still in the air.

”All of you will be dying here.” He unleashed his aura, watching the River Whale spew blood from all over its body as large pieces of its flesh fell off, a sign they were corroded. The River Whale slammed on the ground, bleeding profusely.

The Floating Spider—that crashed into the wall—and the River Whale that had flattened the Spindle Bees also began to bleed as pieces of their flesh fell off.

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