Level up is hard? I can Directly Purchase infinite Levels!-Chapter 101: Hunt Me? Then I’ll Hunt Too!

Maurice frowned and turned toward the source of the sound.

A silver, sky-rending bolt flashed across the void.

Within that Thunder Light, a figure bathed in dazzling arcs of electricity stepped forward.

"Turning one’s body into lightning—this is the thunderclan’s royal art, Thunder Arbiter!"

Maurice recognized it instantly.

Confused, he called out loudly,

"May I ask which member of the thunderclan you are?"

Although the blackwater clan was also a powerful race, it survived by attaching itself to the thunderclan.

He knew thunderclan techniques well. Anyone capable of using such a killing move was unquestionably a prodigy—at the very least a core genius!

The figure wreathed in lightning was Raine, drawn here by the pillar of energy.

Seeing that the other side had mistaken him for thunderclan, Raine didn’t respond. He simply stepped straight into the region sealed by the formation.

"We’re completely done for..."

The human prodigies at the edge had already been drowning in despair after hearing Maurice’s words.

They had planned to stake their lives on carving out a path when the enemy began attacking Abby and the others—if even one could escape, it would be worth it.

But now, a thunderclan powerhouse had arrived...

With enemies on both sides, they had no hope left.

"May the spark of our human race never die...!"

In despair, the human prodigies let out unwilling, sorrowful howls.

The Nex around their bodies began to surge violently—they would rather self-destruct than die in humiliation.

Raine still didn’t speak.

The Thunder Light spreading from him instantly swallowed the human prodigies on the outskirts.

Just as Maurice thought the newcomer was about to crush them—

Raine’s figure blurred, and in the next instant he was already right in front of Maurice!

Maurice’s pupils contracted. His reaction was lightning-fast.

Threads of black killing energy spiraled into a destructive storm, blasting toward Raine!

"Lord Maurice!"

The black-robed youth was also thrown into hesitation by this sudden turn.

The black energy swords that had been aimed at Abby and the others instantly changed direction, shooting at Raine instead.

The guardian behind him moved as well.

He was, shockingly, a quasi-Epic powerhouse!

A vast tide of Nex surged up like a torrent capable of shattering heaven and earth.

The guardian tore open space itself, intending to crush Raine—

But the moment he stepped into the spatial rift, his face changed drastically. He recoiled in horror and retreated at once!

At the same time—

Raine executed Lightstep, his body ghostlike as he slipped around the black storm.

In an instant, he closed the distance to Maurice!

Void Thunder and Oblivion Domain activated simultaneously!

Centered on Raine’s foot, countless beams of Thunder Light—each carrying extreme destructive power—shot outward like lasers, hammering into Maurice.

Runes on Maurice’s dark scale battle armor flashed, forming a layered, scale-like barrier of light that continuously offset the destructive Thunder Light.

But the terrifying impact still sent him flying backward.

Electric arcs coiled like serpents across the armor’s surface, tearing without end.

Before Maurice could stabilize himself, Raine’s second strike—Judgment Spear—was already upon him!

A lightning spear that seemed to split heaven and earth appeared abruptly on the path of Maurice’s flight.

Like a divine lance of annihilation, it blazed with blinding radiance.

Maurice, still being hurled backward, had no time to adjust—he crashed straight into it!

It was like smashing into a blade of destruction. Endless lightning erupted, instantly piercing his scale-light barrier!

KRAK—!

The might of thunder punishment blasted Maurice until blood sprayed from his mouth again and again.

His guardian reacted at once, tearing open space again and throwing a punch that obliterated that segment of void—along with the lightning—into nothingness.

Seizing the moment, Maurice borrowed the force to leap high into the sky, pulling distance away from Raine.

With the pressure reduced, Abby and the other three immediately broke free and fled at top speed.

The human prodigies who had been preparing to self-destruct were also interrupted by Raine’s lightning shockwave.

As soon as the suppression vanished, they reacted and scattered in all directions.

Everything had happened in the blink of an eye.

Maurice’s face was covered in blood. His eyes were icy to the bone as he stared at Raine.

That lightning-fast ambush had made him suffer a heavy loss.

However, when he sensed with mind power that Raine was only Elite rank, his expression turned even colder—mixed with an indescribable sense of humiliation.

He—an exalted Master Rank Eight prodigy—had been wounded by an Elite-rank ant?!

Even if it was because he had mistaken the newcomer’s identity and let him breach his safe distance—

It was still a monstrous disgrace!

If word got out, Maurice would become a laughingstock of all races!

Elite rank?!

Meanwhile, Abby and the others, fleeing outward, glanced back and were so stunned they could hardly breathe.

An Elite-rank ambush had actually injured the prodigy Maurice—so badly he couldn’t even fully take it?!

It was simply unbelievable.

The black-robed youth’s attack had missed. His eyes darted back and forth between Raine and Maurice, filled with disbelief.

Maurice was Master Rank Eight—two full major ranks above this Elite!

No matter how unexpected the ambush was, with a prodigy’s reflexes and strength, he should have been able to take it.

Yet he was injured?!

He knew very well the problem wasn’t Maurice.

It was the attacker’s speed, timing, and burst power—each one reaching a terrifying, almost unheard-of level!

"How is this possible?!"

Even the alien-race prodigies were shaken.

This had been a killing trap with certain death—yet it had been disrupted by an Elite-rank?!

"Run!"

Abby shouted toward Raine, "He’s the blackwater clan’s prodigy, Maurice! You’re not his match!"

After shouting, he accelerated his retreat.

The other human prodigies had already fled far away.

Against a prodigy, the farther you got, the better. There was no need to throw your life away here.

"Stop them—don’t let them escape!"

The other alien-race prodigies immediately moved to block them, and the Master-rank guardians once again released Nex pressure to suppress the area.

"Another prodigy..."

Raine studied Maurice, realizing the weight of that title.

When Arlis had been attacked before, it had caused a huge uproar—showing just how heavy the word prodigy truly was.

That prodigy Bruce had suppressed him throughout their entire fight. If Raine hadn’t gambled everything at the brink of death, the one who died would have been him.

This Maurice was also a prodigy. His status and value must be extremely high.

"You seem to be alone,"

Raine swept his gaze across the surroundings, glancing at Maurice, the quasi-Epic guardian at his side, and the black-robed youth.

These alien races loved hunting human prodigies?

Then he’d try hunting an alien-race prodigy himself!

"Hm? I’m alone?"

Maurice sneered, dripping with contempt and mockery.

"So what? What can an ant like you do to me? Don’t tell me you want to kill me?"

Even Abby and the others, already far away, couldn’t help turning their heads back in astonishment at those words.

"Maurice, don’t underestimate him—he has a guardian behind him!"

"His guardian made me feel a tremendous threat... this boy is absolutely not simple."

Maurice’s guardian warned him via mind-power transmission, making Maurice’s heart tighten.

For a quasi-Epic guardian to feel a tremendous threat, the opponent’s guardian had to be at least the same level—possibly even stronger!

By that logic, this person’s identity was absolutely extraordinary.

"Lord Borm,"

Raine no longer hesitated and called out at once, "please hold off his guardian."

"I want to claim the head of this lone prodigy!"