Chapter 626: Chapter 626: Perfect timing

Michael’s attack was in perfect timing. He swung his Unity Saber towards Potbol, launching the reality - shredding crescent strike towards him. But at that same moment, Potbol closed his eyes and summoned the Diva above his head. The projection of a Millenium tree, one with massive roots and thick trunks, gave Potbol the serenity that he needed. Suddenly, Potbol’s skin started to glow golden, much like a buddha. With his Aubility activated, his entire body was now completely invulnerable to any attacks! Even though Potbol was unable to see Michael in time, he was able to guess, purely from pure instinct and battle IQ, that he was going to get attacked from behind. So as a precaution, he immediately activated his Aubility to nullify any attack that Michael could conjure. Just then, the reality - shredding crescent strike finally hit him back, with the Millenium Tree above him projecting its ethereal glow to resist the attack. Potbol, confident of his own defense, quickly raised his Battle Axe and readied a counter attack. But it was in that moment that he felt a sharp pain from behind him. Blood poured down his back. He looked behind him, and saw the crescent strike shredding the very reality around Millenium Tree’s protection. It slashed through his ’impermeable’ defense and cleaved a deep injury spanning from his right shoulder down to his left waist. Potbol looked down. A horrified look descended upon his face as he saw his own blood dripping down into the ground. Somehow, he got injured. Even when he was using his 9th stage Aubility that allowed him to literally be impervious to any attack, he still incurred a large gash on his back. The pain he was feeling was nothing compared to the damage to his pride and his own self - esteem. He couldn’t understand how his own Aubility had failed to stand up against an attack from a 4th stage Maugnetic! Aerith, Bobby, and all the other players competing in the game stopped stared at Michael. Even they weren’t confident that they would have been able to injure Potbol normally, especially if he had his Aubility activated. But somehow, Michael did. Even the crowd watching from above went entirely speechless. They stood up and wiped their eyes, wondering if what they saw was correct. "No. no way. How can Potbol get injured. he activated his Aubilitiy!" "What are Michael’s powers! First, he has speeds that can surpass 9th stage Maugnetics, and second, he has a power that can even injure someone invincible!" Meanwhile, the Mermen, who weren’t usually impressed by things of human nature, couldn’t help but applaud Michael’s talents. "This kid might be the first decent talent I’ve seen in the overworld," one the Mermen commented. "So young too. If he weren’t a human, then I would have wanted to recruit him to our family." "What do you think, Mistress?" They all turned towards the woman in the highest seat, with hair as curly as seaweeds and as orange as the setting sun. "How interesting," she muttered. Her voice indicated her youth, probably only a few years older than Michael. "He’s able to use that while being so low in cultivation? I didn’t even know that was possible," she muttered. One of the mermen couldn’t help but speak up. "What do you mean, mistress?" Unlike her, most of the Mermen here were completely clueless about human cultivation. The woman opened her mouth, about to explain, when her attention was suddenly pulled towards the Pocket Dimension. She noticed something on the corner of her eyes. A very fast blur was rushing towards the center, aiming for the platform containing the drops of Soo. "Looks like we’ll see it soon," she said, with an intrigued smile on her face. While Potbol was still shocked at seeing his own blood drip down to the ground, Michael took this chance and ran towards the next drop of Soo. He stretched out his hands and grasped at the vial on top of the pillar. Immediately, another beam of light shone down from the skies and officially signaled his ownership of the drop of Soo. With Potbol out for the moment, there was no one else left to stop him from using the rest of his 300% battery energy to ’Quantum Step’ towards ten other drops of Soo. His hands started to bend reality, warping the fabric of space, when all of a sudden, he felt the air turn heavy around him.