Bucket List of the Apocalypse: Devour System

50. Dual Blades and Warhammer

Jed’s dual swords, Noxblades, glinted under the flickering lights of the narrow corridor. His breath came in measured intervals, each one syncing with the hum of the ship’s bio-engines.

Standing across, a slender humanoid alien mirrored his stance, its own dual blades that came from its long limbs shimmering with an eerie, otherworldly glow.

With a sudden movement, both of them lunged. Blades clashed against blades, sparks flying as they exchanged rapid, fluid strikes. Jed’s muscles burned as he parried and struck, his eyes locked onto the alien’s unblinking human-like gaze. The alien’s movements were almost dance-like, its agility matching Jed’s Hyperreflexia, a passive skill that granted him superhuman reaction times for dodging and countering attacks swiftly.

Not stopping, Jed recalled the skills that came with these dual blades. ‘Crosscut!’

[Active Skill – Crosscut]

[CD: 59 minutes 59 seconds]

[Core: -500]

As if his arms were moving on their own, Jed gave a crisscrossing attack