Alter instantly tried to cast his dark starlight spell, but the spell failed, he tried to cast the phoenix movement spell, it failed too,

Next, he casted crimson blood claws, a fusion of both blood ruby and crimson

The spell worked as usual, two crimson claws appeared,

The crystal figure that was walking toward him stopped for a moment , it looked at the claws in Alter hand, thrn it extended it hand, a crimson sword appeared on it hand , then it dashed towards Alter

Alter instantly casted hot blood, increasing his physical capabilities, next, he locked on the crystal figure with his mental power, allowing him to study every movement it does, next, he executed the movement technique he learned from Leo and dashed forward

The distance between each other reduced, the crystal figure swung it sword from the side, Alter blocked the incoming atack by one hand, then he inserted his empty aura in the other hand and executed his claw art : ' Consecutive piercing punch'

He hit it three time on the neck, there was barely any visible damage, only a tiny scratch, Alter frowned, he jumped and retreated , his mind constantly analysing the situation,

Elemental-less spells do work, in his previous atack, he used a claw reinforcement, a spell that simply strength materials, also, atacks using aura do work, but the aura should be empty, as he was unable to use the corrosion law aura

Meanwhile , Alter enemy didn't stop, with a kick to the ground, it dashed toward Alter,

Alter took the initiative to attack, a crimson magical circle appeared above them, the crystal humanoid was alarmed, but the magical circle didn't do anything, just as it looked at Alter, it noticed that he was already in front of it

Alter scratched using both his hands, this was the claws arts ' X slash' again, there was barely a noticeable damage, the crystal humanoid was going to slash forward, but again, Alter retreated

Suddenly, A giant spear fell down, piercing through the crystal humanoid head, the spear came from the magical circle, which was made by dragon power and powered up by mental runes such as 'spinning' ' Weight' ...

the crystal humanoid fell down, but it head started regenerating again

A rumbling sound could be heard, Alter didn't idle around, he kept shooting multiple spears, just this consecutive atack costed him most of his dragon power,

Right now, the crystal humanoid became tiny fragments of crystal

The tiny crystals started shattering until it turned into dust , the dust accumulated, it transformed into a red ball , Alter found himself unable to move

The ball directly dashed to Alter forehead , just as it touched him, the ball exploded into tiny dust, it didn't harm Alter though, Alter was surrounded by the tiny dust, the dust started entering him, Alter felt a extreme sense of satisfaction and refreshment

After the feeling disappeared, Alter tried to move, he felt that his body was much lighter and he was a bit stronger, and the mana he used recovered

Suddenly, the world started shaking and breaking apart, the previously crystallized humans were freed

Suddenly, chains appeared from the cracks, then it shot forward, trapping the crystallized humans and dragging them to the cracks

Alter was a bit afraid, what's on the other side of those cracks ? will it affect him?

A sound transmitted to Alter mind

'You have potential, but can you survive the next level?'

After every crystallized human was dragged , the space repaired itself

Alter instantly tried to open his inventory, it indeed appeared, Alter sighed in relief, it seems that he isn't dreaming

just to be sure, he scratched his hand

'It hurts' Alter cried in his heart

Suddenly , A clump red fog appeared faraway from him, the fog materialized, it was another crystal humanoid, but this one had the same size as Alter, it even had claws on both hands

Alter guessed that this is the next level that the voice spoke about

He created a pair of claws in his shoes, his opponent did the same

Alter decided to not use any other spell, as it was likely that this crystal humanoid copied everything he did

Alter dashed forward, the crystal humanoid did the same thing

Alter punched forward, the crystal humanoid kicked , the claws on it legs were going to hit Alter face, meanwhile , Alter who was aiming at it neck had to retreat, but he didn't do so

The atack that was supposed to hit his face failed, after all, he's still have his crimson pebble man disguise

Suddenly, the crystal humanoid flickered, it disappeared before appearing ten meters away

Alter was depressed, 'What kind of cheat is this!'

Still, he didn't give up, he dashed forward and tried to engage in battle again, but this crystal humanoid did something that was totally out of Alter expectations