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Chapter 183: Damn cockroach... Why won’t you die!

To Kain's shock, Ram didn't dodge or retreat. Instead, he raised a single armored hand, meeting the attack head-on.

BOOM!

The impact sent a thunderous shockwave through the surroundings, uprooting nearby trees and scattering debris.

Yet, when the dust settled, Ram stood firm, he didn't even move back a single step, like an unyielding mountain.

Kain's eyes widened in disbelief. Ram, barely half his size, had stopped the attack with nothing more than a single hand.

The ground beneath Ram's feet cracked slightly from the force, but he stood his ground effortlessly, the faint glow from his armor intensifying, as most of the force was dispersed from his arm towards all over his body.

Kain's sneer faltered. "Impossible," he muttered, his voice filled with disbelief.

The strength he had put behind that punch was enough to flatten large boulders—and yet, this man, who was barely half his size, stopped it without budging an inch.

"Not bad..." Ram smirked, his voice calm. "Didn't I tell you? You're the one who should be worried."

This was Ram's first time experiencing the true extent of his bio-armor's new feature,

[Dynamic Adaptation]

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As the armor adjusted seamlessly from hard to soft, it redistributed the kinetic force from Kain's punch across his entire body.

The overwhelming energy of the attack, which would have crushed a normal person, was dissipated, leaving Ram standing firm.

However, he quickly noticed a limitation.

For the

[Dynamic Adaptation]

ability to fully activate, he had to remain stationary.

If he moved mid-impact, the redistribution would falter, significantly weakening the armor's defensive effectiveness.

Additionally, there seemed to be a threshold—if the force exceeded the armor's capacity, it would fail, leaving Ram vulnerable to knockback and other effects.

Even with these limitations, Ram knew he had an edge.

Before Kain could process what had happened, Ram surged forward with blinding speed, his armored fist glowing faintly with an emerald hue.

The punch landed squarely on Kain's chest, the impact reverberating like a thunderclap.

Kain was sent skidding backward, his feet digging deep grooves into the ground as he fought to steady himself.

"How??" He grunted, his massive body swaying for a moment before regaining balance, "You're just a low-level insect, how can you have such power?"

"Now I get it, it must be due to the armor you are wearing..." Kain growled, "Let's see how long you can keep this up! Once I kill you, the armor will be mine, hahaaa..."

The tattoos on his body flared brighter, and a wave of spiritual power burst forth from his body.

The ground beneath him cracked as his aura intensified, and the fierce lizard etched on his skin roared with life-like ferocity.

With a guttural roar, Kain activated [Rapid Assault]. His speed exploded, and in an instant, he was in front of Ram, delivering a flurry of punches and kicks.

Each strike was a blur of motion, a combination of brute strength and relentless impacts.

However, every move of Kain's attacks was clearly under Ram's powerful divine consciousness observation and his spiritual eye dynamic field, he dodged and countered with precision, his bio-armor absorbing hits that couldn't be avoided.

He countered while landing blows on Kain's ribs and shoulders whenever openings appeared.

The two fighters exchanged a series of rapid attacks, hard for those below Tier 4 to follow up, their strikes causing shockwaves that rippled through the forest.

"It was really the right choice to raise all those Basic Martial skills to the Intermediate level, even if it took some Spiritual power."

He laughed as he fought back, his body's moments becoming more and more smooth as he absorbed all the memories, he got from upgrading his skills on his way while escaping.

[ Martial Skills:

- Intermediate Fist Method:

Lv1 (0/5000), Characteristics: Strength Level 1, Physical Fitness level 4, flexible level 4

- Intermediate Footwork:

Lv1 (0/5000), Characteristics: Drifting level 1, opening and closing level 1

- Intermediate Knife Method:

Lv1 (0/5000), Characteristics: Strength Level 1, Physical Fitness level 4, lightning level 1

- Intermediate Gun Fighting:

Lv1: (0/5000), Characteristics: Drifting Level 1, Flexible level 4]

[Strength:

For each level of skill upgrade, the agility attribute will be permanently increased by 5 points

]

[Drifting:

For each level of skill upgrade, the agility attribute will be permanently increased by 5 points

]

[Physical Fitness:

For each level of improvement, the Physique and Strength attribute is permanently increased by 1 point

]

[Opening and Closing:

For each level of skill improvement, the jumping ability will increase by 30%

]

[Lightning Speed:

Every time the skill is increased by one level, the speed of the knife technique is increased by sixty percent

]

Although the attribute bonus he received was significant, he had to enhance his basic skills to level five to upgrade them to the Intermediate level, it took him more than ten thousand points of spiritual power to upgrade all of them.

With the considerable improvements to his physical attributes, his physique had already surpassed the upper limit, reaching 99, the same level as his spirit attribute.

Thanks to this, physical attributes combined with Groot's already reached more than 170 points. Well, compared to Kain it's very low, but he is flexible, has skills, and a lot of spiritual power to back him.

Dodging to the side, Ram raised his forearm to deflect a crushing blow aimed at his head.

The impact rang out like metal striking stone, the force enough to send vibrations through his arm.

Yet, he gritted his teeth and countered with a swift uppercut aimed at Kain's ribs. The blow connected, causing Kain to grunt and stagger slightly.

Kain snarled, his tattoos flaring brightly as he brought his knee up, aiming for Ram's midsection.

Ram twisted, avoiding the strike by mere inches, and countered it with a spinning kick. The emerald glow of his bio-armor left a streak in the air as his foot smashed into Kain's shoulder.

"You're quick, I'll give you that, but your attacks won't do much damage to me," Kain growled, rolling his shoulder as if to shake off the blow. "Even if you're fast, speed means nothing against raw power!"

With a guttural roar, Kain activated [Earth Shatter]. Slamming his foot into the ground, he sent shockwaves rippling outward in all directions.

The earth cracked, throwing rocks and debris into the air. Ram leaped upward, narrowly avoiding the devastation, only for Kain to appear above him mid-air, his massive fist descending like a hammer.

"Got you!" Kain bellowed.

Ram crossed his arms, bracing for the hit. "Aha..." The impact sent him hurtling back toward the ground, creating a crater on impact. Dust and debris filled the air, obscuring the battlefield.

Kain landed a few meters away, his sneer returning as he watched the dust settle. "See? No matter how clever you think you are, you're just an insect."

A faint glow emerged from the crater as the dust began to clear. Ram stood up slowly, brushing rubble off his bio-armor, while flexing his neck.

Though the impact had left his ears ringing and his legs slightly shaky, the huge amount of life energy inside his body had already begun repairing minor fractures and the damaged armor.

Absorbing his Life energy, flexible root fibers like silk threads extended around the broken armor, and stitched back together, before long the damaged Bio armor became as new as before, and all it took was 10 points of his own Life energy.

"Is that all you got?" Ram questioned, rolling his neck, his tone plane. "If so? you're done."

Kain's expression darkened. "Still standing, huh? it's that damm armor of yours..."

The lizard totem on his chest seemed to come alive, roaring as Kain activated

[Totem Resonance]

. His muscles bulged, his already huge body swelling further as his Physique and attack power surged.

Ram's Spiritual Eye flickered as he observed the change. "Impressive..." he muttered, yet before he could say more, Kain roared, charging forward again.

This time, Kain's attacks were heavier, faster, and relentless, each strike amplified by the power of

[Totem Resonance]

.

Ram's movements, although fluid and precise, couldn't avoid every blow.

His bio-armor's

[Dynamic Adaptation]

struggled to keep up with the sheer intensity of Kain's enhanced strength, reducing some impacts but failing to completely neutralize the overwhelming force.

Each hit was like a hammer falling on his body, the shockwaves rattling his bones.

The armor absorbed what it could, dispersing energy to protect him from fatal damage, but the strain began to show.

Cracks formed across the bio-armor's surface, only for the flexible root fibers to stitch them back together with life energy.

The cost, however, was growing. His life energy and spiritual power were dwindling with every repair, and the pain from Kain's strikes began to seep through.

Yet, Ram persisted. Each time he was knocked down, he forced himself back up, his Bio armor glowing faintly in defiance. Blood trickled down his body, but his eyes burned with unyielding determination as the armor recovered back to its original shape.

"Damn, cockroach..." Kain growled, frustration creeping into his voice. Despite his seemingly unassailable power, Ram refused to stay down. His resilience was unlike anything Kain had encountered before.

Kain's attacks didn't stop, his fists and feet smashing into Ram with devastating force. "Why won't you die!" he roared, his tattoos glowing brighter as his borrowed power reached its peak.