Digitize: Rebirth of the Silver Death God

When Elly and Ivy fled from the scene, Nero stood facing the horde of Midnight Wall Bugs with a calm expression on his face, his eyes shone in a cold ray, but deep down, one would catch a trace of excitement as he could only picture them as experience points.

They shuffled through the wall like swinging the ocean as they charged at him at high speeds; Nero angled his scythe at his side while staring at them when he thought to himself.

'Since tough monsters like these are bound to pop up even more in this dungeon, I should strive to improve myself as much as I can, maybe I could increase my mastery a bit more, and while I can't rank up my core techniques, I should be able to get my Blood Reaper's dance to its second rank.'

Adult Nero smiled as he heard his younger self's thought; he said to himself, "A good choice."

When Nero finished this, he charged towards the horde, diving straight into their ranks. As they noticed his movements, the bugs didn't even hesitate to jump towards him, some springing from the paved ground like fish leaping from the water.

Looking at their faces, one would see a trail of red lights that followed their beady eyes as their jaws opened up wide with their sharp teeth that dripped with saliva.

"Hmph! Try and bite this!" Nero said as he spun us body at their center and ruthlessly swung his scythe, leaving behind an arc of silver light chopped towards the enemy. With a chopping sound, the scythe's edge easily bisected the bodies of the bugs, leaving behind a series of corpses that littered the ground.

'As I thought, my current power increase is enough to easily cut them, even if I only use the basic form of my Dancing Reaper combat form...'

Nero thought with a sharp glint in his eyes, but despite his current advantage, he didn't stop there but continued his onslaught, twirling his scythe around his body like a martial artist's pole, which only left behind trailing silver lights as he shifted positions from left to right. His feet tapped the ground, as it seemed as if he was dancing in the narrow passageway, his manner akin to a dancer in a field of death.

After a while, the bugs had dwindled considerably; they soon started to halt their charge as some even backed up in fear.

However, right at this time, the giant Elite Midnight Wall Bug standing behind the others, seemed to have gathered its full strength, releasing an immense amount of magic power.

"Here it comes..." Nero uttered as he adopted a more serious stance, lowering his torso by more than 90 degrees as his feet crouched and spread wide. He held one of his arms behind him, gripping the scythe's handle closer to its edge as his other arm that reached out in front of his face firmly gripped a part of the other end.

"Kreeeh!"

With a savage cry, the Elite Midnight Wall Bug pressed its four limbs against the ground, causing them to form a spider web of fissures before it pushed itself forward like a rocket.

It swept ahead towards Nero with a whooshing sound, blocking off all escape routes from its attack. Nero's eyes grew colder; he gripped the scythe's handle firmer as his pupils shone in a reddish ray when he shouted, "Let's see who's stronger! Blood Reapers Dance!"

With Nero's shout, he twisted his body, swinging his scythe with an incredible amount of force, causing his body to grow indistinct before he vanished. Instantly, his scythe's etched form another bright glow of baleful arcs of spiraling red lights that swept towards the right and left side of the Elite Midnight Wall Bug.

With beady eyes filled with disdain, the Elite Midnight Wall Bug didn't even put up a defense aura when it saw Nero's attack; it simply pressed onwards with an ominous glint shining from its eyes while it slowly opened its mouth.

Instantly, both bug and energy had collided, creating an explosive sound and a bright red light for a moment. Nero was repelled by the shockwave of the attack, falling back towards the exit direction by a few meters; he slid against the ground before halting and looking towards the direction of the fading lights.

Not long after, a painful shriek was heard as the light faded to reveal the Elite Midnight Wall Bug's silhouette. Its armor-like shell now had two long scars leaking with tiny bits of blood, but other than that, the wound didn't seem to have much of a lasting effect.

'Damn! It's just as hard as I thought, to think that even with my Stage 8 Combat Power, I can only leave it minor wounds with my strongest attack skill despite being at the same level.'

Nero cursed in his thoughts as he saw the change, but despite his current mood, he didn't show fear or any intention to retreat; he planned to use this chance to bring his strength up a bit further.

Much like Nero, the Elite Midnight Wall Bug didn't plan to flee; after its prey wounded it, its eyes shone with a bloody light due to its anger as it prepared to wreak havoc on its enemy.

The scene growing silent as one youth and one bug stared at each other before charging towards each other and entering once more into a fierce showdown.

***

A distance away from the shocking collision sounds behind them, Elly and Ivy had only now arrived at the exit.

'Nero, I hope you're okay.'

Elly thought as she glanced behind her, noticing distant red lights flashing about behind them; she could even hear the vague cries of a savage monster.

Ivy also had similar thoughts of concern while looking behind; she spoke as if trying to counsel both herself and Elly, "It's okay. I believe that he'll be fine."

Suddenly, Elly's eyes grew firm as she gripped her slender palms into a fist and spoke, "That's right, Ivy, but we can't keep relying on him; we must also grow stronger; I'm almost a step from achieving Stage 8 mastery in my core Plum Blossom Arts. Hmph! When I do achieve it, I want to see if these monsters dare bully me again!"

Ivy though seemingly meek due to meeting Nero, was also a prideful girl; she smiled with a greenish light in her eyes as she added, "Me too."

With their minds made up, they didn't dare to hesitate a moment longer and jumped out of the narrow path, passing through the bright lights that shrouded the outward scenery.

After arriving here, Elly and Ivy now had wide eyes as they saw a wide-open space of a bright ominous purple hue, its sheer size no different from a massive football field. Their faces showed shocked looks as they saw that at the far-off end of this enormous field, there was another passageway led to the unknown.

"Where is here?"

Elly said she looked at the current scene, noticing many different skeletons and tombstones erected in various areas. A soft mist shrouded the field as a few silhouettes shuffled back and forth. Even the cries of what sounded like a wolf had drifted from the distance to their ears.

Ivy also had a look of caution on her face, she began to inspect the area more carefully, but right at this time, her face grew solemn as she glanced in a particular direction noticing two approaching forms.