Affinity:Chaos

"That's a Golden fur panther, I couldn't deal with it on my own and you think you can?" The young man had noticed that Grey was only in the Eighth stage of the Overlord Plane.

This panther was not something that they could take lightly. It was powerful. He was already lucky to be able to fight against it till now. If not for the talisman, he was not certain if he would be able to escape from the panther.

"I know, don't worry, just watch from the side, if you notice I can't deal with it alone, you're free to join me then." Grey said with a smile.

The young man looked at him and retreated. Since Grey wanted to show off, then he would leave him alone. To him, Grey was making a wrong decision since the two of them had a high chance of killing the panther, if only Grey fought against it and was killed by the panther, he would instantly use his talisman to escape.

Grey knew the young man didn't feel he could deal with the panther alone. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but chuckle. Although this panther was powerful, it couldn't be compared to those old men from the horned race that were at the Peak of the Overlord Plane. This panther's strength should be below them.

The panther didn't attack immediately because it thought Grey and the young man would team up, when it saw the young man heading back, it couldn't help but look at Grey as if it was looking at a moron. Its eyes showed it so well even Grey and the young man noticed it.

'Haha, that guy is looking down on you.' Void's laughter echoed in Grey's head.

A soft smile appeared on Grey's face.

'It'll regret it soon enough.'

The panther attacked, hoping to kill Grey in the shortest time possible. Although it found how Grey appeared without its knowledge, it didn't feel Grey was its match.

Grey threw a blow at the claw strike of the panther.

When the young man saw this, he couldn't help but facepalm.

"Moron." He brought out the talisman, preparing to use it at a moment's notice. To him, Grey wanted to commit suicide.

The next moment, he saw a scene that sent chills down his spine, his mouth opened wide while his eyes nearly bulged out.

Grey's fist collided with the panther's claw, and the panther was sent flying. There was a flash of bluish light which indicated the usage of an elemental skill. But the fact that Grey was the one standing while the panther crashed into a tree was something the young man's brain found unbelievable.

"How?"

After a moment of silence, this was the only word that came out of the young man's mouth. He looked at the panther that was standing up after breaking through two trees from Grey's attack, then he looked at Grey once again.

Grey smiled when he saw the increase in his physical strength. He used his fire element to make the impact of the blow heavier, but the result was something that made him proud. His current prowess was on another level.

The panther roared and looked at Grey in disbelief. It rushed at him once again. Grey was prepared for it and they started exchanging blows.

The panther was quick, but with the help of the space element, Grey was faster.

The young man watched in disbelief as Grey was holding his own against the panther. This was the same panther that he couldn't fight against.

Just like the panther, he was at the Peak of the Overlord Plane while Grey was in the Eighth stage. Grey hadn't even gotten to the Ninth stage yet, but he was already this powerful.

Boom! Bam! Bang!

Grey and the panther continued fighting, destroying most of the trees around them.

When the panther realized it couldn't gain the upper hand, it spat out a golden light from its mouth.

Grey dodged the attack, but just barely.

'Hmm, such a strange attack.' Grey thought as he sensed the attack. The properties of the attack the panther used were something he had not sensed in other elements before.

The battle raged on and the panther realized it was not able to harm Grey. It had hit him a few times, but other than superficial wounds, Grey seemed perfectly fine.

Thinking up to this point, it felt a bit of fear and quickly turned around to escape after using an attack to force Grey back. When it started the battle, it didn't think Grey was a match for it, so it didn't really feel any burden when attacking. But now that it realized it might actually be the one who was in danger, it escaped decisively.

Grey naturally wouldn't let this beast escape from his grasp. With a blink, he appeared close to the panther and the gravity in the area increased.

The sudden change caught the panther off guard and it fell to the ground. But being a magical beast meant that it had powerful physical abilities. It managed to stand up almost immediately and attacked Grey.

Grey blocked the attack and retreated, but he made sure to stay within the region of his gravitational force field. This would help him in slowing down the panther.

They continued fighting, destroying the trees around them. Even the hill by the side had suffered from the battle as well.

Two minutes later, Grey stood in front of the Golden fur panther, which was panting heavily. It had wounds on its body from Grey's attacks.

Grey wasn't free from wounds as well, there was a large claw mark on his back and blood was flowing from it.

'A magical beast at death's door is truly not to be taken lightly.' He thought as he looked at his state.

When the panther finally came to terms that Grey was not going to let it leave, it put its life on the line in the battle.

Grey was not prepared for this, so the panther managed to wound him, and not on one occasion.