Flashy Adventurer System : Show Off to Get Stronger! - Chapter 629

Chapter 629: Pressed Hard
Cold winds howled as the night’s chilling darkness engulfed the world, with the sun momentarily retreating from its kingly duties.

Beneath the now shadowed skies, two humanoid figures—who could easily be mistaken for spawns from hell—stood facing each other.

The two were naturally Shye and Reginald who were about to begin their all-out clash after a rather fierce exchange of words.

They somehow secretly hated each other’s guts, but only due to the fact that they had not known each other on a deeper, more personal level.

Today was their best opportunity to settle their differences like true men: through a fierce battle, forging the closest of friendships afterward.

The next moment, both combatants disappeared, Shye reappearing at the area where Reginald previously stood.

‘Tch, still a bit too slow, huh?’ He thought inwardly, regretting the fact that he allowed his opponent to once more disappear into the shadows.

Once again, Shye could do nothing but wait for Reginald to show himself as his [Mana Pulse], for once, was useless as heck.

‘Or I could…’

An idea entered Shye’s mind.

‘If you won’t come out, then I’ll make you!’

With a single flap of his wings, Shye soared to the skies, staying afloat with the help of his other skill [Flight].

He then exchanged both greatswords for elemental staffs.

‘Hmm… these are getting pretty outdated… Even my greatswords aren’t holding up as well as they used to… I should request new ones soon…’ Shye thought inwardly as he aimed both staffs towards the ground.

‘Fire Bomb Assault! Frozen Thorn Barrage!’

With a tremendous increase in his intelligence and wisdom attributes, the firebombs and frozen thorns that materialized in front of Shye grew way larger, astonishing even him, the caster.

The firebombs had expanded to four meters in diameter, while the frozen thorns had grown to a thickness of three meters and a length of five meters.

They were cataclysmic in size.

Once the firebombs exploded and the frozen thorns shattered into multiple smaller shards, they would be way more destructive.

Shye actually felt slightly worried for Reginald.

However, he can’t hold back here.

‘You better survive this, Regi!’

In the next moment, fire bombs roared and frozen thorns violently tore through the winds, all hurtling toward the open ground where Reginald was hiding.

‘Sh*t!!’ Reginald inwardly cursed upon realizing that multiple firebombs and icy thorns were headed his way.

With his stealth skill active, he wouldn’t be able to dodge all the violent, fiery explosions and shattered ice shards.

He had no choice but to deactivate his [Superior Cloaking] as it reduced his movement speed by a good thirty percent.

Emerging from the shadows, Reginald sprinted across the modest-sized clearing, dodging tens of meters of fiery explosions and countless ice shards with unmatched finesse.

At that moment, he moved like unpredictable shadows, somehow dodging everything with pinpoint precision, no matter how hard Shye tried.

He was simply unhittable.

“Tch, fine. I shall believe that you’ve been training nonstop, but I’ll make sure you explain to me how!” Shye exclaimed, switching back to his greatswords.

Then, with another powerful flap of his wings, he descended like a meteor, aiming straight for Reginald.

After dodging the last few ice shards, Reginald realized that the aerial bombardment had stopped, prompting him to look up.

His eyes widened in shock, and every hair on his body stood on end.

Shye Crowley of the Black Dawn, a human that had enough strength to contend against peak-tier monsters head-on, was upon him.

‘Sh*t!!’ Reginald inwardly cursed once more.

In the past, he always won easily against the few who dared challenge him despite his easygoing ways.

He had never been so pressed in a one-on-one battle.

‘Phantom Teleportation!’

This was one of Reginald’s most reliable escape skills, enabling him to summon a phantom anywhere within a fifteen-meter radius.

He could control the phantom to attack or even switch places with it, as long as it remained intact or hadn’t timed out.

Moments later, the descending demon landed with a force that created a small crater as his swords sliced through the phantom, while the real Reginald, watching from a distance, broke out in a cold sweat.

The crater could’ve been him!

It seemed that after being outsmarted in their first clash, Shye wasn’t willing to take any more chances.

Now, it was up to Reginald to prove whether he could survive Shye’s relentless attacks.

Shye, having lost any sense of restraint, was determined not to hold back or accept defeat.

‘Hey, hey, isn’t this supposed to be a friendly spar?’ Reginald thought as he charged toward Shye.

His speed was now far greater than before, thanks to the mysterious red and black vapor, while the black runes had significantly enhanced his dexterity and strength.

He naturally had a plan that involved the phantom so he had to act before it timed out.

Unfortunately for him, Shye had other plans. He had always ignored Reginald’s phantoms as they posed little threat to him.

However, looking back, the darned phantoms had been the source of all his troubles.

It was better to destroy them. It wasn’t that difficult anyway.

Shye didn’t even need to swap his greatswords with elemental staffs to enhance his spells’ destructive powers, simply casting a fireball with Adamance to obliterate the phantom.

‘Tch, why now?’ Reginald clicked his tongue in annoyance.

Shye had always ignored Reginald’s phantoms in their previous encounters, which led Reginald to believe he could use the phantom for a counteroffensive.

Unfortunately, this time Shye decided to destroy the phantom, preventing Reginald from executing his plan.

As a result, he had to stop his advance and momentarily fall back.

Shye, however, was done playing Reginald’s games.

Based on how Reginald never dared to fight him head-on despite such flawless combat techniques was proof that his offensive capabilities were only so-so, and although Reginald might have a skill or two that could instantly defeat him, he had his countermeasures for that.

After careful analysis, Shye determined that the best strategy was to stop hesitating and pursue Reginald aggressively, attacking him with a straightforward approach.

This way, Reginald would have fewer opportunities to employ tricks and tactics.

Realizing that Shye was now pursuing him as though a hunting hound, a shadow of a smile emerged on the scout’s face.

‘Fine, come chase me then, Shye Crowley of the Black Dawn…’