EX-Grade Ability Card: Tower Ascension with My Absolute Restoration-Chapter 55: Still Too Weak

With petals not really a jet black but rather a murky mixture of brown, blue and black, swelling and making it look like a beaten or rotting piece of flesh, along with the pulsing, dark blue and crimson red veins covering this now flesh like petals, the Abyssal Rot Eternal Flower’s current form seemingly represents just what sort of abomination it has become, continuous stealing life force from other beings in order to sustain itself and avoid the very thing that it once protects its subject from, death.

It was not only the previously pure white petals that has gone into an extreme change as the once azure blue, seemingly sacred core transforms into a dreadful shade of crimson, the origin of the shrieking finally revealing itself as right in the middle of this core, a humanoid, baby face is plastered, said face while resembling the feature of a human is void of anything that will make it one. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Eye sockets empty, from this void oozing a thick, blackish yet still crimson blood, festering with decay as vomit-inducing bubbles pops out of it from time to time, in place of the face’s nose another void is located, brimming with maggots among all of the things, large enough to make Azrael feel something crawling on his skin as even his more than just above average height pales in comparison to the length of this grotesque creature.

What is more terrifying is where the mouth should’ve been, in place of it another smaller face bearing the same feature as the larger one, the only difference is the small mouth in this face, said mouth filled with sharp, jagged teeth, the normal lips supposed to cover this terror opening in three ways revealing the entirety of the mouth.

"God damn, is this the legendary second phase in video game boss fights?" despite living in the Ethereal Tower for more than a decade already, the young man still recalls his younger days outside on Earth, and being quite the gamer at heart, he couldn’t help but muse to himself as he thought that there is only one more thing that it lacks for it to be actually a second phase boss fight.

’It lacks a Latin choir music’ he added to himself as he starts observing what could this change possibly bring into his fight, one of the most significant, and probably the most troublesome change being the fact that the entirety of the Abyssal Rot Eternal Flower’s body is now covered with the black fog, making it all the more troublesome to approach it now.

Seeing that its opponent is just helplessly circling around it once again, creating a substantial distance just enough for it not to reach him, the Eternal Flower couldn’t help but let another shriek once again, followed by something that surprised Azrael quite a bit.

"Mere... human... scared of... coming closer to... this great one?" with its nightmare fuel of a face directed towards the young man, the voice coming out of it being a guttural and ear painful one as if sand is scratching on metal and producing this peculiar, borderline demonic sounding voice, the Abyssal Rot Eternal Flower worded, stopping Azrael in his tracks.

"Fucking... hey I just thought you’re smart but here you are provoking someone that can threaten your life!" hearing the obvious taunting from his opponent, Azrael replies with threat in his voice, not even bothered about the fact that this flower can speak human language anymore the moment that he recovered from the initial shock.

"Hahaha... what a joke... Humans... like you... I can kill... with a thought!!!" hearing the threat from its enemy, the Abyssal Rot Eternal Flower replies in an amused laughter, its bloodlust climbing to its peak as it continues talking with the young man, the rage in its voice a clear indication that it does not take the threat quite well.

As it finishes its announcement, the black fog in the surrounding gets even stronger the dense, focused on previously on its body remaining there but weaker fog already spreads all across its domain, turning the once lush and vigorous place into a rotten, barren wasteland with no living being other than the flower itself and its enemy in sight.

Once again getting into contact with the Abyssal Rot fog, Azrael starts feeling quite the pressure as it felt like somehow, it is even stronger than when he voluntarily entered the black fog previously, his current Absolute Regeneration not keeping up with his need for recovery, forcing him to utilize his Immortal Energy far earlier than necessary.

[Immortal Energy: 100/100]

[Immortal Energy: 99/100]

[Immortal Energy: 98/100]

...

As time continues to go by, the young man can only see the continuous reduction of his Immortal Energy, the rate that it is going down a bit faster than his rate of recovery, the current situation forcing him to think of a better solution to end this fight, and whatever it is that he needs to do, he needs to do it fast.

’No fucking way I am going to use a Return Crystal to escape here, I don’t even know the directions I took so there’s no guarantee I can return here, but Absolute Regeneration is about to hit its limits... there’s no other way than that...’ thinking of method to get out of this predicament, Azrael starts shaking his head as using the method he thought of means that this monster is far stronger than he expected, and if it is this strong, then he can only imagine what sort of terrifying beings are the boss and the treasure guardian of the second floor are.

"See... human... you cannot... win against... this great... one... surrender your..." seeing the dismayed expression on its enemy’s face, the Abyssal Rot Eternal Flower taunted with its voice revealing a hint of relief and celebration, as never in its entire existence did it experienced being cornered by what it thought was a prey like this.

"Shut the fuck up little flower... You don’t know what you’re talking about" Azrael replies without even letting his opponent finish, raising his head as he looks at it with a manic grin on his face as he continues his words.

"I was hoping that I’m strong enough to deal with you without using this but... fuck it, you think you’re the only one who has a second phase?"

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