MY 10,000× DIMENSIONAL SYSTEM

Chapter 138 Mountainside Battle

Mountainside Battle

Christopher wasn't particularly surprised by the difficulty of the mountain chain, or how the difficulty was set.

This is because the higher one went, the colder it became, and the denser the Mana was. As such, the higher one went, the stronger the creatures they could encounter would be.

The tiger he killed at the base of the mountain he was climbing was at the bottom of the food chain in this place, and the difficulty gradually increased as he climbed.

Moreover, the battles were hardly ever straightforward. Sometimes he'd fight beasts and creatures that required head-on collisions. However, beyond that, most of the things he fought could easily be considered to be nightmare fuel.

A clear example of this was when he had reached the 5-kilometer mark on the mountain he was climbing.

Because this place wasn't inhabited by any intelligent species, there were no clear paths for Christopher to follow, so he was using his discretion to ascend. The result was that he encountered a swarm of microscopic flies that were completely white which caused them to resemble an unassuming white mist on that part of the mountain.

Individually, they were quite pathetic. The issue was that there were trillions of them. A true example of quantity over quality.

Luckily for Christopher, he was extremely receptive to energy signatures. That and his senses were on another level, literally. So he immediately noticed something was off when he saw the 'mist'. This prompted him to use his Transcendent Vision, as he had decided to call it and saw the trillions of tiny threads connecting each fly to the fabric of existence.

Surprised and appalled, Christopher didn't hesitate and ignited the swarm with blue flames. They tried to resist, but his Void-Forged Mana ignored whatever resistance and defense they could put up and killed them in a matter of seconds.

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It was when the mist faded that he was able to see the half-eaten skeletons of various creatures, their flesh and blood consumed long ago.

Even with his strength, the idea of trillions of tiny creatures trying to eat him from the inside and the outside wasn't pleasant to visualize.

Regardless, he kept moving upwards.

As he proceeded, the mountain started to slope more and more, and its surface also became slippery as thick sheets of ice covered its surface.

Committed to not flying, Christopher created metal chains and then a harness by his waist, he attached one side of the chains to the harness and then fired the other sides which were shaped like harpoons high up, and embedded themselves into the ice.

This would make fighting many times more difficult, especially if he encountered a flying creature. But Christopher was determined to make things as difficult as possible to ensure maximum training potential.

At this, Christopher immediately changed his strategy. He created a barrier to fend off the attacks for a short time, then he turned the sword into a bow, and just like he had with the tiger, he drew the string and a blazing blue fire arrow appeared.

He canceled the barrier and let the arrow fly, it tore through the barrage of attacks with ease and streaked toward the beast in a blue line, going straight for its head.

However, the beast didn't just watch. Instead, its chest inflated slightly, then it opened its beak and let out a concentrated blast of cold air that collided with the arrow. The impact was enough to slow it down and cause it to detonate into a sphere of blue fire that ducked up whatever oxygen was in that area.

Christopher didn't stay put and neither did the goshawk as Christopher started running along the side of the mountain while the beast flew in the same direction some ways away from him, and the two of them continuously unleashed ranged attacks with the intent of putting down the other.

Christopher's arrows would either be dodged or destroyed by the beast before they hit it, and the beast's feathers and blades would be dodged or deflected by several ice blades Christopher created and had them float around his body.

For a time, they seemed to have entered a stalemate as up till now, none of them had injured each other.

But that was about to change.

Christopher let another arrow fly and it was dodged like many others, and he exhaled behind his mask as the floating blades he created worked extra time to defend him from the onslaught of ranged attacks.

'Now should work.' Christopher thought and suddenly created a fire arrow that was of a deeper blue hue and gave off significantly more heat than the ones from before.

He let it loose, but instead of streaking toward the beast, it exploded into hundreds of smaller arrows that swarmed the beast like flies.

It immediately stopped its attacks on Christopher and flapped its wings as its speed surged and it started performing some insane maneuvers to avoid getting hit. While also destroying the arrows that got too close.

Christopher kept on firing the arrows he had been firing before too, which increased the pressure the beast faced. But that wasn't his ultimate goal.

He looked up a little and saw numerous blue dots rapidly approaching and nodded in his heart.

The arrows that the beast had dodged didn't simply dissipate or disappear, instead, Christopher made them go out of sight so that they would strike at the right moment. And now was that moment.

The beast just destroyed the last few mini arrows when it suddenly felt danger and looked up, and before it was a tide of blue fire arrows that streaked towards it like meteors. Each one making use of gravity to move significantly faster than when they were first shot out.

The beast shrieked as it prepared to use one of its skills to defend, but before it could, its body suddenly jerked as a large ice javelin tore through its chest and sprayed blood. Its eyes widened and it turned its eyes to Christopher who wasleaving his throwing pose.

And before it could do anything else, it was drowned in the tide of arrows.