Systemless in a Parallel World

The Human Skeleton rammed his head in Zayn's direction. It was a sudden movement, which made it near impossible for Zayn to react in time and evade it.

'Too fast!'

Zayn grit his teeth, trying to put the silver iron shortsword between himself and the Human Skeleton. However, he was clearly too slow which was enough to come up with a quick defensive technique. Thus, he forcefully circulated soul particles through his entire body in an attempt to strengthen himself.

He was still too slow and imagined how his own skull would crack the moment their heads butted against one another. Just as Zayn grit his teeth and prepared himself for the inevitable the Herculean Human Spirit jumped in between Zayn and the Human Skeleton at the last possible second.

There was not enough space for the Herculean Human Spirit to squeeze in completely but it was possible for it to intervene by altering the trajectory of the iron mace's smash.

The Herculean Human Spirit inserted soul particles inside the large iron mace to enhance its endurance as it smashed against the head of the Human Skeleton, providing Zayn the tiny opening he required to jump to the side.

He rolled over the ground to bounce back on his two feet and turned around to take a look at the situation behind him. His heart was racing and adrenaline shot through his entire body. His physical strength was slightly enhanced due to the soul particles he circulated through his body but he could clearly tell that it was not enough to fight the Human Skeleton head-on.

The Herculean Human Spirit was already fully grown and its physical strength was further enhanced due to the diligence of the Spirit when it had still been alive. The data used to materialize the Herculean Human Spirit was a near-perfect replication of the former Human Adventurer. Only small alterations were initiated when a Spirit was materialized since Spirits and Humans had different limitations.

The Herculean Human Spirit was physically stronger than it had been when it was human. But even then, it was not yet strong enough to fight a Human Skeleton with one Soulring. After all, the Hercuelan Human Spirit's first Soulring was only manifested by a tad more than 10%!

That was also why Zayn had jumped up from the ground in an attempt to help the Herculean Human Spirit to fight against the Human Skeleton but was pleasantly surprised to see that his Spirit was faring quite well against its opponent.

For a moment, Zayn was awestruck by the resilience of his Spirit. He only regained his senses when the terrific combat awareness of the Human Skeleton entered his view once again.

'If you're wearing a metal armor, at least act as if it's somewhat heavy, or difficult to move in it…' Zayn grumbled when he saw how easily the Human Skeleton overwhelmed the Herculean Human Spirit after it had analyzed its movement pattern within seconds.

Zayn was glad that he was not alone and that the Sparrow Spirits focused on releasing their fire needles at the joint of the metal armor which was also attacked by the Agile Human Spirit.

They were trying to remove the Human Skeleton's metal armor since it was in the way. The Skeleton's chestplate had to be removed in order to get through to the Core of the Undead. There was not really another way to kill it!

Slowly but steadily, the metal chestplate was showing signs of being damaged and falling apart as the attacks kept hammering it from everywhere. This was also mostly owed to the fact that the Human Skeleton didn't care about its armor and body that much. It remained focused on attacking the Herculean Human Spirit that was desperately trying to stall for more time.

The large drop-shaped shield had broken in half by now and it grew harder for the Herculean Human Spirit to defend itself against the relentless attacks of the Skeleton. Zayn attacked the Skeleton as well but it didn't pay much attention to him right now. It was not even bothered when he cut through the heated area of the metal armor, breaking it open at one of its joints.

With a loud rattle, the metal chestplate fell to the ground. However, what ought to be a moment of euphoria turned into something that caused frustration and fear to surface instead. While the metal chestplate fell to the ground, the Human Skeleton pushed the Herculean Human Spirit beyond its current capabilities.

The Dao Saber of the Human Skeleton accelerated all of a sudden and it cleanly severed through the Herculean Human Spirit's body. It looked like the Dao Saber didn't feel any resistance as it cut through the semi-transparent body of the Spirit that turned into a wisp.

With a shocking velocity, the wisp of the Herculean Human Spirit shot toward Zayn where it merged with his body. It returned inside the Grimoire of the Ancient to rest and recover a bit.

Meanwhile, the black bandages and the iron mace fell to the ground.

Zayn frowned deeply but he didn't have the time to curse as the backside of the Dao Saber shot toward him only a short moment after the Herculean Human Spirit had been cleaved in half.

He twisted his body and evaded the attack by just a hair's breadth of the gap between the Dao Saber's backside and Zayn's neck. The thought of his neck snapping at the brute force that would have impacted took his breath away.

He tried to retreat in order to initiate a new attack with the Agile Human Spirit and the two Sparrow Spirits but the Skeleton didn't give him much time. It slashed through the air in an attempt to cut through the Sparrow Spirits, but to Zayn's relief, its attack failed.

Thus, the Sparrow Spirits started to fly around the Skeleton as if they were annoying mosquitos. The two Sparrow Spirits didn't release any fire needles for the time being as their aim was to distract the Skeleton by flying around it.

On the other hand, the Agile Human Spirit burst forward when the Skeleton slashed the Dao Saber at the Sparrow Spirits again. It used the vast majority of soul particles to insert them inside the karambit knuckles, reinforcing their endurance and destructiveness to the limit.

With three precise high-velocity punches the Agile Human Spirit was able to crack open the Skeleton's rib cage, unveiling a small, yet beautiful purple marble.

The Agile Human Spirit pierced out with the fourth rapidly issued attack and the tip of the karambit scratched the Core of the Undead lightly, just for the Human Skeleton to pierce the Spirit with the Dao Saber.

Zayn didn't expect the Agile Human Spirit to be able to crack open the rib cage of the Human Skeleton but it was a great opportunity for him. The Dao Saber had pierced the Spirit that returned to the Grimoire of the Ancient which meant that it would require a short moment to initiate a new attack.

And to exploit this chance, he went all out with the Soulblade that shrouded the entire silver iron shortsword as he shot past the Dao Saber to pierce through the ribcage of the Human Skeleton. The Skeleton twisted its upper body in response but it was already too late.

The Core of the Undead was cut and a bright smile appeared on Zayn's face.

'Yes!!' He screamed in his mind just to realize that the Skeleton didn't scatter.

It continued to move and headbutted Zayn, who could only scowl with a hideous grimace.

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