Chapter 848: Punches and Kicks.

Chapter 848: Punches and Kicks.

After Alec summoned his golems, he didn't bother moving, he remained still, arms crossed, eyes locked on the kangaroo with the scar over its left eye.

From the expression on the kangaroo's face, it was clear things weren't going as it had expected. Alec's golems were dominating the battlefield, though only the eight main golems were Tier 6, but with their minions by their sides it significantly amplified their power.

The synergy between them allowed the main golems to exceed their realm's limits, overwhelming the Kangaroo opponents with brutal efficiency.

"Arrrh!" The kangaroo leader finally snapped, no longer willing to watch his subordinates be slaughtered, just as he prepared to leap into the fray, he realized someone was also moving to block his path.

Alec had been watching him closely and had tracked his line of sight in case of any sudden movement, so the moment the kangaroo flashed forward, with lightning crackling across its body, Alec reacted, propelling himself into the air with a surge of mana and qi wrapped around his body and legs to enhance his speed.

The kangaroo had been targeting Butcher, its eyes locked on him from the beginning as Butcher seems to be doing the most damage, the look of concern now replaced by aggression.

Alec's movement wasn't fast enough to stop him outright; as his elemental affinities weren't built for high-speed travel, forcing him to rely on raw power to close the distance.

He calculated it would take another split second to reach them.

Meanwhile, Butcher, who is flanked by his ten Storm Knight golems in a battle against a set of kangaroo demonic beast, sensed the danger just in time, and he withdrew backwards, barely dodging a strike from another Tier 6 kangaroo in front of him.

Then, in a swift motion, he split his double-handed axe into two one-handed versions, though smaller, but the new weapons allowed for greater agility, as he shifted one arm behind him, positioning the axe defensively as he prepared for the attack he had sensed.

Bang!

A shockwave rippled through the air as the kangaroo's figure appeared, fist clenched and slamming into the base of Butcher's Thunder Axe, sending the massive golem flying backward, and causing Butcher to crash into his golems who he'd been fighting with, scattering them like pieces on a board.

In the very next second, Alec was already in motion, twisting mid-air, as he angled his body and launched a straight kick with his left leg toward the kangaroo leader, the kangaroo reacted quickly, turning his other hand to clamp down on Alec's leg—

【> Mid-tier Spell – Gravity Shock Mid-Tier Spell – Gravitational Shriek Ding! <]

【Close Combat Mastery has evolved into the Intermediate Stage】

He had been using the kangaroo, an opponent with higher mastery in hand-to-hand combat as a training tool, deliberately taking hits to push himself further.

He could've ended the fight earlier with ease by drawing his blade, but Alec had decided it was time to master close combat for himself, and not just rely on his golems mastery when he needed to use his fists.

He chose to do it this way because with his newly gained Magma Control, there was no better method to unleash its destructive potential than by using his own body as the conduit, as the bearer of the power, he wouldn't be harmed by it.

However, the moment he channelled it through a weapon not specifically designed to withstand Magma Control, the consequences were obvious, the intense energy would begin corroding the weapon's durability until it eventually shattered.

Though his bloody Changdao was a divine weapon capable of restoring its durability by absorbing blood, and he could have activated the second seal to compensate, but Alec was too eager to see this idea through on his own terms.