Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

Alex knew that the beast had exhausted its mana; maybe it had some left, but not enough to give him a major problem. But what if, just what if his calculations were off and the beast still had mana left?

The beast had only used one major attack until now, after all.

So, Alex wasn't stunned in surprise when he saw the new attack; he was just tensed as he clenched his spear harder, his gaze focused on the beast.

The beast had its jaw opened wide, blood flowing out of its body from various places, its body throbbing in pain, yet its eyes burned with endless ferocity.

It was preparing for an attack that took away half of its mana even though it didn't have that much mana left.

It would probably die while using the skill as its mana would be snuffed out, leaving nothing to properly maintain the heat it was exhaling, which might end up resulting in the fire exploding inside of its body, killing it on the spot—an outcome Alex didn't like.

*Boom*

He pushed his mana into the spear, propelling himself up in the air, but it was not enough height; he needed to go higher.

*Boom*

He did the same thing again, using the Windgust of the spear to push himself higher and higher before he changed the direction of the spearhead.

He turned it opposite to the Emberclaw's direction so that it would push him toward the beast, accelerating his falling speed.

*Boom*

And with that, he wooshed toward the beast, his eyes serious, but the next second, his body tensed.

*BOOOM*

The beast's attack—infernal breath—was now completely charged, so without waiting for a second, it turned its head toward Alex and shot a conical beam of concentrated fire at Alex, who could only grit his teeth and move the spear in front of him.

*Woosh*

He started rotating the spear at a speed so fast that it seemed more like a circular shield with a width of 2 meters rather than a spear, hoping to protect himself from the attack.

The time seemed to have paused as the beam of fire coming out of the beast's mouth moved toward Alex, and so did the guy with his spear acting as a shield.

*BAAAM—Chissss!*

And with a boom, the collision finally happened. All the speed Alex had gained by pushing himself with the help of Windgust got canceled by that single attack, and it started pushing him back, but with his brows frowned, he used another ability.

'Pressure Crush.'

'Ghh!'

But this time, he used it on himself, causing him to feel like a mounting was crushing him, pushing him deeper into the abyss, with Tidebreaker in his other hand.

This, however, was exactly what he needed, as the speed at which he was descending increased exponentially, causing the beast's eyes to widen.

But soon, he kept the short sword back in the inventory, as he didn't want his body to get crushed.

"ROOOAARRR!"

The beast, on the other hand, roared in anger as it burned more and more of its mana, pushing itself to the breaking point, hoping to kill Alex before its body gave out.

But Alex could tell that as well, so even though it was hard to move his body, and even keeping the speed of the spear's rotation was hard, he let go of the spear, pushing it toward the beast.

The spear, still rotating, went forward, stopping the beam of fire aimed at Alex. It won't give him much time, as the spear would soon be deflected, but the amount of time he would get is enough for him.

*Woosh*

The sound of sea waves crashing against each other was heard as Alex drew the tidebreaker again. It didn't even take him a second to take it out and draw it.

For many people, or maybe everyone, inventory was just a place where they could store their items, but for Alex, it was more like a skill for him.

A skill that could make it possible for him to change his weapon at any time or retrieve his weapon anytime; all he needs to do is be in touch with that weapon.

Many people don't even know how to use more than 2 weapons, but Alex knew how to use every weapon, and he was skilled with every one of them.

So, the more weapons he had, the more he could shift between.

Right now, however, he was focused on something else as he didn't have much time.

*Clang*

In less than a second, the spear was flung away by the force of the inferno breath, letting the beam of concentrated fire hit Alex, who didn't back down.

'Pressure Crush.'

He used the Tidebreaker's ability again, pushing his body toward the beam until it crashed.

"Ghhh!"

Alex got engulfed in the beam of concentrated fire, causing the beast's eyes to narrow in elation. The groan from Alex made it clear that he really did get hit by the attack, but before the beast could celebrate its victory...

*Slash—Fwoosh*

"Rooooaaarrr!" X2

The sound of a slash was heard, causing the beast to squint its eyes, still letting out the infernal breath, but the next second, accompanied by a bright blue flash that tore the beam of fire into two parts, two roars, similar to one the beast had heard before, were heard, just a bit weaker.

Then the Emberclaw saw it.

Two sea serpents made out of pure and concentrated water rushed toward it, coiling around the beam of infernal breath as if it were a tree truck.

*Hisss*

Their bodies evaporated a bit, but the intensity of the infernal breath almost diminished as they took almost every bit of the attack.

The beast's eyes then moved toward Alex, whose body arms were charred black, blood seeping out of them as if they were about to break, same as many other parts of his body, but his eyes were bright with a solemn look, staring at it without blinking.

The beast could tell that Alex had taken the attack head-on with the sword, causing his hands to get burned in the process, yet he didn't stop, and as the beast saw the sea serpents, only 3 meters long, baring their fangs as they reached its head, the Emberclaw knew that it was the end of its story.

To the beast's surprise, though, instead of attacking it directly, the sea serpents entered its wide-open jaw with a woosh, not even giving the beast any time to react.

*Chissss!*

All of the fire in its body was extinguished, and the beast chocked up on the water in its throat.

*Gurgle*

*Thud*

It fell to the ground with its eyes upturned as it felt its lungs being filled with water, burning hotter than any fire he had felt.

*Tap**Tap*...

With the corner of its eyes, it saw the blurred silhouette of the human it had been fighting, hopping toward it, moving slowly, caution perceivable from his movement.

'Corporeal Heal.'

Alex, on the other hand, unaware of the beast's condition, hopped toward the beast as he used his mana to heal his arms, which had almost been burned to crisp.

The good thing was that he had used Tidal Dash at the last moment, covering his body with water, making it harder for the fire to reach him, or he would've really died.

As he stood in front of the beast who was choking on the water he had pushed into its body, both the beast and Alex knew that the fight was over, and Alex was the victor.