Dark Magus Returns C.860: White Hybrid

Mantis had delivered a powerful punch right in the center of the man known as one of the pillars of the Behemoth Clan, Kilper.

After delivering the hit, Mantis looked at his fist, still feeling the power surging in it.

'That was perfect!' Mantis thought. 'After watching Raze break those walls, I've been trying to perfect this punch in that base day after day, and now I just landed it perfectly!'

While joyous in the punch, his wings on his back started to flap.

"Someone's happy for a situation where the enemy is still standing," Mada claimed.

"My attack was the only one that hit, so I don't want any crap from either of you, and that guy's as big as at least ten buffalos," Mantis claimed.

During Mantis's time at the Dark Faction, he hadn't just been lamenting over his situation. He had been trying to perfect the punch he had delivered, condensing his Qi to one point. He had done well, but for a long time, something was still missing.

His punch seemed weaker than the hit back then, and he realized what it was. When his desire was extremely strong, he unleashed part of his hybrid form.

His hybrid form gave him extra physical power, and with his Qi, he was able to deliver one of the strongest punches he had ever done before.

However, he was unable to control his hybrid form, something that he didn't even ask for.

In the end, Mantis gave in and asked Amir for help, help in controlling his Hybrid form, and now he was able to use his hybrid form at will.

But in return for this power, he was now a Hybrid. He was willingly using his beast form. Even though he didn't want to admit it, it was because he was ashamed that he was using this beast form for power that he had yet to go back to his clan.

How else, though, was he meant to catch up to all of the people that were around him? Even the two by his side, who were students of the same age as him, were complete monsters in strength.

Kilper, regaining his footing, stretched out his three-part weapon. One of the largest parts of the metallic weapon dug into the top of his back.

After that, the chains hung around the back of his arms, and now he held two giant swords in his hands.

"I didn't realize there were more people to be wary of in the town of Flendon. I will fight with all my might!"

Kilper slammed both of his swords into the ground, and a large amount of Qi surged inside. Right where the three were standing, Qi exploded in their position. So powerful it lifted them off the floor.

"What is this feeling?" Mada complained.

Still in the air, the large amount of Qi was grilling their bodies. It was wrapped around their whole skin and was crippling them to the point they were unable to move or even use their own Qi to get out of the situation.

Kilper had lifted his swords out of the ground, but the Qi was still affecting the others.

"Oh, there's one that can still somewhat move. Is it because he isn't completely human?" Kilper noticed.

White substance was coming out from Mantis's body and covering him; soon it appeared as if his body was wriggling out of the area, breaking down and reforming.

With one hand, Kilper swung the blade over his head by the chain and then swung it down. The blade bashed right in the center of Mantis's body, and Mantis was slammed into the floor. The large attack caused the warriors next to them to stumble due to the power of the attack. "That doesn't look so good," Ricktor commented, still in the strange field of Qi.

"Not good, I'd be surprised if he's not dead!" Mada added.

"Don't worry, the two of you will shortly join him!" Kilper said, swinging the sword above his head again, then swung it down, this time aiming for Mada.

As the sword swung down, Kilper felt something off. Before the sword hit the ground, he pulled it back to his hand.

Looking on the floor, there was no person there. Mada was nowhere to be seen, and as Kilper turned his head to look at Ricktor, who was in the air being held by Kilper's Qi, he saw a figure flying and grabbing Ricktor out of the area of Qi and pulling him to the ground.

Mantis stood there transformed, a strange white skull covered half of his face and arms. He looked more and more like a monster compared to before.

Yet in both of his hands, he had Ricktor in one and Mada in the other.

"I thought you were dead?" Mada asked.

"That's a strange way to say thank you," Mantis spoke, his voice deeper and part of it lingering.

Somewhat sounding like an animal trying to speak.

Mantis, although able to control his hybrid form, had no clue what was happening to his body.

When upraised and lifted into the air by Kilper's Qi, his own body was reacting. The strange white substance was reacting and covering his body. The substance that would come out when one transformed.

When attacked by Kilper's sword, the white substance gathered above his head and protected him from being cut in half by the sword.

When on the ground, the Qi had stopped, but the white substance was still covering his body.

During this time, he remembered some words of Amir.

"There are so far three known colors of hybrid transformations: White, Black, and Red. I and Dame both have Black transformation, you have White," Amir stated.

"Right, the weakest of the three colors, right? So, the beast that attached to me was weak," Mantis complained.

"Weak? Maybe in the eyes of many, or simply if we just look in terms of power, but there is a difference between these colors."

"Black are more physical transformations; in some cases, body parts can have some capabilities as well. Red, well, we don't have enough examples for that, and then White- some have healing capabilities, some have the ability to create large fogs. As for you, what

can you do?"

Mantis still didn't understand, but it didn't matter right now; he was alive, and he was stronger than ever.

"We can't just let you do all the work," Ricktor said. "It's time the two of us pulled our

weight."

Ricktor looked at his hand with the white glove, and Mada looked down at the boots covering

his feet.

Both of the artifacts started to activate.