Undead Beast Master: Living Solely for My Desires-Chapter 216: Clash of Skills

Master the basics and nothing more; the more basic things he learned, the more he would be able to combine them to confuse his enemy.

This was Zaroth's approach, the way he gained strength.

And this was the first time he was fighting against a person who had mastered the use of a single weapon almost to perfection.

Seeing the way his opponent skillfully moved, evading Zaroth's odachi with his daggers, it was clear that the man had spent countless hours perfecting his mastery of the weapon.

While Zaroth just had the general idea of how each weapon functioned.

Even if he had read a lot of books about the matter, at the end of the day, it was still the basics, and he didn't truly know the advanced tactics.

In other words, this was going to be a battle between a master of one skill and an novice in many.

Zaroth's opponent had just made Zaroth's odachi move to the side with a skillfully placed fist and was able to close the distance between them.

In normal circumstances, the battle would already be over; after all, Zaroth's beasts were busy fighting each other and draining his mana core, while his weapon was to the side and couldn't be moved in time.

But Zaroth wasn't normal in the slightest.

He knew many things, even if it wasn't to the mastery level.

So his eyes narrowed like a hunter as he saw his opponent get an arm's length away from him, raising his daggers, ready to end the fight.

Then Zaroth opened his mouth, and the back of his throat shined as a second later, he used Firebreath.

His opponent's face was covered by the hood over his head, so Zaroth couldn't see the man's reaction, but by seeing the way he took hurried steps back, it was clear that he was at least somewhat surprised.

Because the man was moving stealthily and quickly, Zaroth decided to call the him an assassin.

As the assassin took a few steps back, Zaroth's Firebreath hit the ground, dispelling a small part of the mist.

He flexed his muscles as he was about to move the odachi, only for his eyes to widen as he saw that the assassin was missing.

'Behind you!' hearing Luna's shout in his head, Zaroth turned without hesitation.

After all, Zaroth trusted Luna so completely that he could place his life in her hands without a second thought, not worrying about the consequences.

Just like how Luna had warned, the assassin had somehow found his way behind Zaroth's back and had raised his daggers, ready to attack.

He hadn't expected Zaroth to be able to sense him, and as such, he wasn't able to defend himself that skillfully this time, and the tip of Zaroth's odachi made a shallow wound on the assassin.

Or more accurately, it merely grazed the robe the man wore. But since the assassin had some form of flexible armor underneath, Zaroth's poison wouldn't take effect, as it hadn't entered his system.

'He moved so quickly... Could it be that he has the ability to teleport?' Zaroth wondered, taking a step forward and slashing downward.

His attack had a lot of force, as he not only used all of his muscles but also had the help of gravity.

And yet, the assassin managed to parry it.

Zaroth gritted his teeth as he opened his fist and let out a fireball aimed at the assassin.

He, in turn, disappeared again.

"Again?" Zaroth cursed as he turned around again, only to find the man trying to attack.

Zaroth was ready to defend himself again, but that was before, in his peripheral vision, he saw Hellweaver moving toward both of them.

Zaroth could only curse as he was forced to shift his odachi to defend against the spider.

If Hellweaver bit him and infected him with its poison, Zaroth was going to lose.

After all, Zaroth was the one who had applied the spider poison to his weapons multiple times, so he knew just how dangerous it could be.

Thankfully, the assassin saw the spider as well and was forced to stop his attack and defend.

A moment later, the spider's giant body collided with both of them and sent the men flying a few meters in the distance.

Zaroth tried to keep his eyes on the assassin at all times.

If the man disappeared only to appear behind his back, it could only prove trouble.

'At least my beasts could attack him as well as long as he's in their vicinity,' Zaroth began to think.

The man was able to teleport and use some kind of reddish mist.

Did the mist also empower him? That could explain how he was able to teleport so effortlessly.

'If that's the case, what is the range of his teleportation? Does it extend across the entire mist, or is it limited? How many times can he teleport before needing to rest?'

Zaroth's eyes darkened even more; it seemed that the mist didn't only have a negative effect on his beasts, but him as well.

A weak headache began to assault his mind, and Zaroth knew that it would only grow stronger with time.

He couldn't help but smirk.

"A master assassin, forcing my beasts to fight against each other while also assaulting my mind," he muttered under his breath.

"This is a fight truly worthy of the semi-finals!" Zaroth exclaimed as he dashed toward the man.

Without delay, he sent two fireballs at the him.

The assassin was forced to look away from Zaroth as he had to shift his gaze to the fireballs and block.

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This action took no more than a second, as he simultaneously used his daggers to block the fireballs.

He didn't take long, so in the brief moment he wasn't looking at Zaroth, he shouldn't have missed anything important

But just as he shifted his gaze to Zaroth, rather than seeing his face, he saw a deadly spear soaring through the skies aimed for his head.

Zaroth had distracted the man with the fireballs, while in truth, he was planning to hit his opponent with the spear!

But unlucky for him, the assassin was faster and teleported behind Zaroth again. Now Zaroth had lost his spear, and the assassin wouldn't let him get it back from the ground.

Now, Zaroth was left open as he had thrown the spear a second ago, so he couldn't possibly defend himself.

That was what the assassin thought, until his eyes narrowed under the hood for the first time in shock.

Zaroth had not only thrown the spear toward the assassin, but at the same time, he had already begun to rotate his body, slashing with his odachi, anticipating where the assassin would appear.

Yes, both the fireballs and the spear were the distractions—this was Zaroth's plan all along!

The assassin had just teleported and was about to attack, so he wasn't ready to defend himself!

No matter how good someone is, if caught by surprise, they would be hit no matter what!

Zaroth's odachi slashed through the air as a twisted smile appeared on his face.

And a second later, his odachi made a scar on the assassin's face.

At that moment, the assassin was pierced, and not a second later, the poison began to take effect.

Zaroth's plan had worked.