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There was no time to waste. Wang Yu didn't know how long the effects of the Elixir of Recaptured Glory would last, but Bloodsurge Doppelgänger was particularly draining on his reserves. He had to make full advantage of this brief window of surprise.
Crouching low, he surged forward. His fist, wrapped in fighting spirit, flew at the advanced knight whom he had just struck with an elbow. He poured all his strength into that punch, aiming squarely for the man's face. The air split with a sharp crack.
No flourish, no tricks—just raw, explosive speed, pushed to the limit by his drug-enhanced physique. A speed so overwhelming that dodging was no longer possible.
His gauntlet brushed the tip of the knight's nose, but in the next instant, the knight vanished.
The knight's stealth-based potential had activated. He dissolved into shadow and streaked across the ground, sliding beneath Wang Yu in a blur. As he reappeared behind him, his jet-black short blade arced straight toward Wang Yu's flank.
A sudden blast of wind tore through the street, yanking the knight up from his glide along the pavement. The gust disrupted his strike before it could land.
Wang Yu had anticipated this: the moment he sensed the enemy's ability to meld with shadows, he knew that he'd have a hard time landing a direct attack.
In the second or two since the start of their clash, several fireballs, each trailing searing tails of flame, had formed high in the air. They now hurtled toward Wang Yu.
The knight melded into shadow again, slipping past the shockwave Wang Yu unleashed as he stomped on the ground with all his might.
The brutal impact cratered the street and launched shards of stone into the air.
Behind him, his bloodforged twin extended dozens of tendrils of blood from his body. They snatched up the flying debris and flung them toward the descending fireballs, which were nearly upon Wang Yu's head.
Each throw was swift and precise. Empowered by Blood Tempest, the debris struck the fireballs in unison. The spells burst apart in mid-air in a rain of sparks.
The scattered fragments of the fireballs that did strike Wang Yu only blackened the hardened, scale-like growths that now plated his body.
The clash between the three paused momentarily. The knight withdrew to the magician's side, while Wang Yu assumed...
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