Jade’s final push had a very simple format; he absorbed the energy from the plasma beams of the Elementals, the silver aura could absorb various forms of energy and boost users speed with the energy. With it the Elementals could not react in time with their gravity field combined and since Jade started teleporting his attacks the Mountain was finished.

The Phantom Reaper form of Ouki utilized the special Blue patterned black aura. This aura texture when activated made the aura incorporeal, the aura would seep into any matter it encountered and make the affected particles repel themselves, if the amount of aura wasn’t enough the atomic and molecular bonds of the matter might hold and the object wouldn’t split apart, but if it was enough the bonds would break and the object would be split. So it was very necessary for Jade to ensure that the aura maintained a very thin blade so that the entire black aura would be focused on a smaller area when he slashed with the scythe.

The Phantom Reaper form might seem unstoppable because it could technically cut anything if given enough energy but it had a fatal weakness. If the Blue patterned black aura was exposed to a region of relatively dense energy it would disperse like gas regardless of the user’s control, only if the user provided it a ludicrous amount of energy compared to the energy density it is submerged in would it hold strong.

But sadly the Mountain didn’t know this, so it lost core after core even though it could have saved itself by simply compressing its energy zone. This is why having good understanding of one’s enemy while the enemy has a bad understanding of you is very crucial to clinching victory, a factor Jade did not overlook when he started killing creatures that were Rank 7 and above. This was the way a true hunter fought.

Jade’s maximum teleportation distance was 23 kilometers but he had limited it to about two kilometers to throw off the Mountain’s strategies. When the Mountain’s remaining core reached a distance of about 10 kilometers from Jade underground, it began to retaliate.

The Elemental had truly underestimated Jade by flying up to meet him, it was an earth Elemental so it was strongest underground but considering Jade’s stupidly low Rank and, what it considered, pathetic abilities, it didn’t see it fit to try hard. But for it, this was the first time the IP and Rank system it trusted so much had failed it so it was hard to adapt on the spot.

But now that it was literally and metaphorically in its element, it had no fear. If it couldn’t kill Jade it could run away, although doing that greatly betrayed its instincts it was not willing to die for them.

The spawn that were still above the ground rained plasma shots on Jade and the ground heated up as the Mountain prepared to fire its own shots at the extremely annoying ‘Rank 2 Fried Chicken’.

Jade swung his scythe and teleported the blade, aiming at the last core of the Mountain. The strike hit as the plasma shots of the spawns were teleported away. His IP said ‘You have killed Rank 11 Sentient Technology Mountain’ ‘Congratulations! You are now Rank 11. You can select an additional privilege’.

The spawns lost their life immediately and dropped to the ground lifelessly. Jade smiled as he thought ‘Although I had to damage the core of the Rank 11 there is still one core that it undamaged, the one that was infected with golden aura. There is hope that I might be able to mend the other cores from studying it. The elementals are really special and with their cores my technology will reach new heights, I just hope there is another Elemental horde out there’

Jade asked his IP ‘So I can get an additional privilege now, right?’ His IP responded ‘Yes, the only option is Hunter’s Perception. Do you wish to get it?’ Jade replied ‘Yes’.

A few seconds passed before the IP said ‘Done, would you like to see the details of the monsters that are within a 110 mile radius of you?’ Jade said ‘No, I’ll do that later’.

After the hunt Jade went back to a room in his portal storage where he had relocated his laboratory to and studied the cores of the Elementals for one month until he was free to meet with Mira.

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