Desther immediately became alerted as soon as it used an entirely new skill.
His Supreme Combat Art, Body and Will absorbed the information extremely quickly, filling his mind with possible countermeasures to the sudden move made by the Shadow Monster.
Desther immediately stopped in his tracks; his senses screamed, not with danger, but on what would be the Shadow Monster's next move.
Dissolving to the ground like a liquid shadow, Desther predicted that it would ambush him beneath the ground; hence, the reason why he stopped midway.
The next instant, Desther kicked his foot off the ground and leapt a few meters away in an instant.
Where he stood earlier, three razor-sharp claws protruded on the ground like a growing spike. If he did not react in time, Desther was positive he would sustain some sort of damage from that attack.
The claws emerged along with the entire body of the Shadow Monster.
"Time to take this up a notch."
