I almost fell to my knees.

Almost.

Greedily sucking in sharp breaths, I felt the pain burn through my chest and gut.

Those two hits I took from that summoned Essent — one in the sternum, the other in the stomach — would have put anyone else out of commission.

In fact, I think most C-rankers wouldn’t have survived.

Thankfully, my Essence Circulation technique had strengthened my body just enough, giving me the monstrous endurance needed to tank those killing blows.

But even then, I was so outmatched that the fact I survived at all felt like a miracle.

A perfectly planned miracle — one I pulled off myself with a carefully crafted and well-timed strategy.

But a miracle nonetheless!

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