Chapter 16

The sound of rustling leaves and creaking branches came from along the treeline at the far end of the forest arena. Broken trees and torn-up earth lay around Adam, and the crystallised shards of the exploded blood golem were still embedded everywhere.

Safe to say that the fiendbarb effect doesn’t wear off quickly. That probably means it’s lethal no matter what, since it should lead to gangrene as it would disrupt circulation.

Of course, that side-effect won’t really matter, since it might take days to fully set in and these stages are no more than half an hour at most in duration.

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