Utopian System

Transformative energy continued to swirl around the remaining artromus like a tempest of power, their forms blurring and shifting as they underwent their metamorphosis.

Elio calculated he could eliminate at least one more before they completed their changes, but the memories of Enid and Arnaud weighed heavily in his mind. Their faces, frozen in those final moments of sacrifice, burned into his consciousness like brands.Nôv(el)B\\\\jnn

Each drop of their spilled blood demanded vengeance, but also caution.

No more sacrifices while he still stood.

With a fluid movement, he extended his hand.

The carbon-infused metal responded to his will with a precision he had never before experienced, as if the very atoms themselves were extensions of his consciousness.

A colossal steel hand emerged from the ground, its fingers moving with the same agility as his own, each joint and segment perfectly articulated through his enhanced control.

In a single, sweeping movement, the metallic construction swept across the battlefield like a tide of living mercury.

Zara and Lila barely had time to register what was happening when the hand lifted them to safety, its grip gentle yet secure. Mei and Aria followed next, then Kai and Milo, each warrior plucked from danger with surgical precision.

The massive construct deposited them softly alongside the main group, the movement so smooth it seemed to defy the laws of physics.

The metal transformed again, flowing to form a protective dome around them. Small, precisely calculated openings appeared in the structure, allowing his companions to breathe and observe the battle without being exposed to the devastating attacks that were about to unfold.

The artromus completed their transformations just as Elio finished securing his companions, their new forms radiating power that made the air itself heavy with tension.

But he didn\'t give them time to acclimate to their enhanced bodies.

Like lightning incarnate, he launched himself at the nearest one.

His transformed body moved with such velocity that the air itself formed visible shock waves in his wake. The sword, charged with amplified magical power, traced a lethal arc through the space between them.

The artromus, still disoriented from its own transformation, barely managed to interpose its arm. The blade met the transformed limb and, for the first time in the battle, didn\'t cleave through cleanly.

The resistance was unprecedented, a testament to the power of their cursed forms.

But Elio had anticipated this possibility, his enhanced mind calculating contingencies faster than thought itself.

Without losing a fraction of a second, his leg shot out in a devastating kick that seemed to compress the air before it. The impact shook the artromus, forcing it backward while the sword freed itself from the defensive block.

In the same continuous movement, Elio channeled even more power into his weapon, pushing beyond limits that had seemed absolute mere moments before.

The blade began to glow with blinding intensity as Elio forced his power past previous boundaries, the air around it shimmering with barely contained energy.

Magic Damage: 960 S

Unique (4)Elemental Sword / Attack 400 (1920/1920) x2 weapon buff (4:41 min)

The cut that followed was so fast it seemed to split the air itself, finding the artromus\'s transformed neck with unerring precision.

If the battle had remained one-on-one, it would have meant a quick victory for Elio...

But the other three artromus moved as one, their transformed forms converging on him from different angles with lethal intent.

Any sensible warrior would have retreated.

Each monster wielded an attack power of 400, and Elio\'s defense of less than 100 wouldn\'t withstand their combined assault. His resistance had barely recovered to just over 2,000 points.

Logic dictated creating distance, regrouping, seeking a safer opening rather than facing the combined assault of 4 monsters with 5 times his natural strength.

Elio did exactly the opposite.

A thunderous roar from his transformed summon shook the crater\'s air, the sound itself seeming to make reality tremble. Their combined power catapulted Elio forward with an intensity that created visible shock waves.

The sword, glowing with contained energy, traced a perfect arc toward the first artromus\'s neck, seeking to complete the decapitation that the previous cut had begun.

The blade drove through enhanced chitin and flesh, sinking to the third of the neck and severing the spine with a wet crunch.

The blow that would have severed its head stopped just short of completion, and for an instant that seemed to stretch into eternity, Elio was completely exposed.

He needed another attack to complete the roughly 5,000 points of damage required.

The other three artromus converged like predators that had cornered their prey, seizing the moment. Their transformed claws, each capable of parting common steel like butter, traced lethal arcs from perfectly calculated angles.

The combined attack carried enough force to strip almost 1,000 resistance points from Elio.

The attack was perfect, inevitable...

And completely useless.

The transformed claws, which should have found vulnerable flesh, crashed against metal barriers that appeared at the last possible instant.

Each impact point, each angle of attack had been anticipated and countered with a precision that only Elio\'s enhanced perception could achieve.

Perception / Agility: 16 S

The metal responded to his will not as a tool, but as a natural extension of his transformed being, each defense materializing with perfect timing and placement.

\'BREAK THEM!\' Zentros\'s mental voice resonated with urgency as he was contained by Selene.

He was right, of course.

Even metal enhanced by the transformation would eventually yield to the artromus\'s brute force.

It would only resist 3 attacks.

Magic Damage: 960 S

And while the transformation\'s mana was vast, it wasn\'t infinite.

Mana: 315/500

But he still had plenty... and Elio had no intention of giving them that opportunity.

In a movement that defied even the enhanced perception of his enemies, Elio channeled magnetic power through the layers of metal covering his body and the Sword.

The impulse, combined with his already monstrous speed alongside wind impulses, transformed his next attack into something barely visible to even enhanced senses.

Speed: 20 (30) + 10 speed buff (4:40 min)

+ Summon push 120

+ Wind and Neon 80

+ Magnetism 40

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+ Strength: 80 S

Total Instant Speed: 350

The sword found the exposed neck, finally completing the decapitation he had been working toward.

The artromus\'s head had barely begun to separate from its shoulders when Elio spun to initiate the necessary cuts in the torso.

The first slash never connected.

Another artromus interposed itself, its transformed body blocking the sword\'s trajectory.

Simultaneously, a third artromus launched a devastating kick toward Elio\'s side while the fourth dove to recover the fallen head.

But Elio\'s enhanced perception turned even these coordinated attacks into predictable movements.

He slid under the kick like water flowing around a rock, his fingers closing around the artromus\'s ankle in the process.

What followed was a brutal demonstration of pure strength.

Strength: 160 SS

With a fury-filled cry, Elio\'s enhanced muscles exploded with transformed power as he used the monster as a living hammer.

The impact when he smashed it against the artromus that had tried to block his attack was deafening.

Before the two could recover, Elio\'s sword was already in motion.