The Path of Ascension 6: A LitRPG Adventure by C. Mantis

Author:C. Mantis [Mantis, C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2024-04-10T00:00:00+00:00

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Cory cursed in half a dozen languages as his Genesis Energy ran low.

He was a hybrid fighter and was used to fighting alone, but this floor was testing him.

It pushed him to his limits with each encounter.

His normal fighting style was built around casting spells to empower his body and lance, but he just didn’t have enough Genesis Energy in his spirit to mimic his mana pool. It certainly didn’t help that he couldn’t rely on his normal tactic of waiting for his mana to recharge, slowly pushing through rifts all on his own.

These tree monsters in particular were a problem for him to take on.

While he could beat them without getting hurt, he spent more Genesis Energy than he earned from the kills, even with their increased rewards.

Slowly but surely, he was running out of Genesis Energy, and once that happened, he would be a dead man.

Cory refused to give up hope though, and continually fought to find himself an exit to this place. As long as he found a different ruin where he earned Genesis Energy per kill, he could return to his normal pace. If anything, this floor would be extra fast for him, and not using his mana at all would set him up quite nicely for the third floor.

Activating [Dash] and [Mana Reinforcement], Cory braced himself and charged into the tree monster that had uprooted itself.

His lance stabbed deep into the wooden body of the monster, but it swung its branches right back, trying to both whip and entangle him.

Cory cast [Mana Shield] to block the attacks as he channeled Genesis Energy into [Fire Weapon]. In seconds, his lance was engulfed in flames that incinerated the tree monster.

Under normal circumstances, [Fire Weapon] was one of his favorite skills, as the channeled nature of the skill meant that he could always spend just the right amount of mana on it. But here, he’d found the corresponding cost in Genesis Energy to be outright ruinous, even when trying to limit it as much as possible.

The spell did its job of burning the tree, but one strike wasn’t enough on a monster that large, no matter how powerful and golden the Genesis Energy-empowered flames were. So, he was forced to keep the skill active as he cast [Rapid Thrust] and thrust his spear a few dozen times in rapid succession with help from the spell.

That left a dozen holes in the tree’s body, and a rush of Genesis Energy flowed into him. Like before, it was still not enough to cover the cost of his spells.

He was cursing Minkalla for making such an annoying floor when he felt a flash of Genesis Energy in the distance. It only appeared for a second but was like a firefly on a dark night.

Unmistakable.

Crouching down, he stalked through the woods like some kind of coward to see a group of two.

A man and a woman fought against one of the tree creatures, and Cory smiled.

If he was running out of Genesis

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