Lind admired his work. The shaft of the glaive was dark but it was made of his own scales. The blade was made of his claws as well. He had been working on making similar weapons for so ti.
His family had wondered why he was only using his own body as materials but he had kept quiet about it. He did not know how much the Bastard had under his belt that could spy on them.
He assud they were always under watch and they adopted his tactic to the extent they could. Not all could be hidden, it was just impossible but they stopped talking about their recent preparations.
Lind was on the top deck polishing his newest creation when his erald eyes narrowed to slits.
He looked ahead before he confird what his senses told him.
[FIENDS ARE INCOMING!]
His transmission bood in the entire army. The forward scouts were caught off guard but quickly discerned so kind of disturbance beyond the boundary they followed behind. Erald light flared outward like an arc.
It slamd into sothing that distorted the air before it fell apart and revealed billions of Fiends!
They were not as many as the army but the sheer number made it clear they were not taking chances. Further, the scouts noticed not a single flying artifact among the ash grey figures. They were able to fly unencumbered by the usual strain of the Void Ocean!
The ships emptied as their forces lined up but then each side held to their side of the barrier. While it advanced, the Fiends would fall back.
It seed like they were waiting for the army to co to them and vice versa. Lind had long expected it and sneered.
[They will co, be prepared.] No one knew what he was talking about. Why would the Fiends move to the side where they suffered a disadvantage?
Lind flew up before transforming. His massive, sinuous body filled the sky as he roared. The Fiends locked onto him with clear signs they had priority targets but before anything else could happen, Lind's mane moved in a blur!
Space was ripped apart like it was so much paper and shapes appeared only to vanish before anyone could register them. Even the Fiends seed keen on catching what he was doing but Lind's maw simply pulled back in a vicious smile.
[AWAKEN!] A wall of erald light exploded behind the Fiend's backline! So thought it was an attack but only a few keen eyed figures looked confused before they beca slack jawed.
A powerful aura flared and every Divine Realm felt Mystery energy slamming into the Fiends before they began to be carved up!
It took a mont before people realized what they were seeing.
Weapons, a lot of weapons, all kinds of weapons, were working in tandem with an aura that felt far more profound than anything many had ever felt. Only the weaponmasters and others that had grasped so form of the skill realized what they were seeing.
"MYSTERY BATTLE AURA!"
A voice scread in shock but the Fiend army only turned part of their numbers to deal with it. Even as impressive as it was, it was only cutting a swathe into a small part but Lind's smile never wavered.
Suddenly, screams ca from the Fiend back commanders and it caused everyone to turn. The army on Lind's side, of course, realized what was happening. Lind was able to use his whole array of weapons as he had explained theirs!
Armor, barriers, and anything infused with Fiend Qi might as well have not existed. The swords, axes, and even whips moved as if flesh did not exist. When they hit the dantian, however, they blood into erald explosions!
A sudden realization passed through everyone. Lind's weapons had limits in the hands of others but in his hands, his weapons were forever! Only his wives understood the key.
Each weapon was made of Lind! His scales, teeth, claws, even his mane had been used to make them!
The Fiends quickly understood they could not stand up to the wall of weapons cleaving into them but even touching them was a death sentence. Strangely, it did not consu them unless they pierced the dantian.
That facet made the Fiends finally react in fear. Lind roared once more.
[GO!] He was not speaking to the army. A set of weapons appeared far more powerful than the rest.
It was a pair of short swords that seed to glow like the sun. They began to move in a very familiar sequence to his family before the phantom of a wolf appeared! Tears ford in his wives' eyes and many others as the Wolf Fang Art returned to wreak havoc!
Compared to the coordinated Mystery Battle Aura, the phantom wolf was far more devastating! It could not be predicted where it would appear and it began to attack key areas!
The army suddenly understood and prepared. Lind started the attack to reveal the lines of communication and points of power in their enemy. Now, he was attacking them directly.
How long could he keep it up? No one knew but he could not dare to exhaust himself if the Bastard appeared. Lind knew all their thoughts but they did not know sothing surprising.
For each Fiend he destroyed, his Mystery Battle Aura seed to get rejuvenated. He had no idea why it was happening but he would not look a gift horse in the mouth!
The phantom wolf was much more draining as it was constantly being attacked or had to move quickly not to get bogged down in useless targets.
Its massive teeth finally ripped apart a female Fiend that seed to break sothing. The Fiends moved towards the army.
Lind was a terror to them and they no longer wanted to deal with him!
They crossed the barrier without issue but their flight slowed considerably. They assud the level playing field would allow them to regain their footing as Lind exhausted himself but he only smiled wider.
[Welco to Hell.] His erald eyes were amused as the Fiends heard his words but did not understand them in ti. His army summoned their Divine Authority weapons.
They moved with a will to strike down the foe they were ant for and the Fiends' disturbing eyes went wide in horror! It was happening again!
Each weapon treated their defenses like so much air and once it reached their dantian, they understood a fate worse than death awaited them! Lind kept up his Battle Aura but dismissed the Wolf Fang Art.
It was an imitation at best and without the true wielder, it was not as potent as it could be. Only the weakness of the Fiends to his harmony and new skills allowed it to be so devastating.
His dragon form hid his condition from enemy and ally but he was nearly exhausted. He quickly downed elixirs and so pills to rejuvenate himself.
Caught between his Mystery Battle Aura and the army, the numbers of Fiends began to bottom out at an alarming rate but Lind saw sothing else with his Eyes and Touch.
A form of energy was flowing like a storm into the world. It was mostly moving beyond, returning to the cycle but so seed to gain a kind of definition. Faint figures waved before diving into the advancing front!
Lind felt it grow stronger and stronger. It even began to pick up speed.
Even in death, cultivators of honor existed. He bowed low to them and allowed himself to recover. By now, the Bastard had to know sothing was wrong.
As if the thought was a summons, the Mystery Battle Aura was violently shattered, but not destroyed. A scream of pain made all turn to see the shadowy figure of the Bastard holding his left arm that was singed badly.
His white eyes glared at them before a massive broad sword of dark tal that made all tremble appeared. Lind felt his own soul shrivel.
He knew what it had to be but he was not unprepared.
He closed his eyes and the sky twisted in front of him.
Everyone paused and revealed that both sides had casualties, yet the Fiends were definitely on the losing side.
The air darkened before a massive shape appeared in front of Lind. It was an erald staff base with decorations of leaves and vines across it. It also had shapes of beasts, Elentals, and essentially all life on it!
Gold, silver, black, white, tan, and all elental Qi danced on the decorations before settling across them. Erald connected it all. It was a staff but while so recognized it, others felt a cold sweat break out.
[IMPOSSIBLE! YOU CANNOT HAVE THAT!] The Bastard scread but Lind only smiled the rictus of a smile a dragon could.
[STAFF OF DEFIANCE, GO!] The staff flared and where the light fell, Fiends scread in pain but that was not all, the Bastard had to hold up his sword before it got to him! The staff and sword crossed.
The world fractured around them. Master Tiers recognized that kind of damage! It was the damage inflicted when 2 Master Tiers fought at full strength!
"A Mystery Weapon! He had condensed a Mystery Weapon!" Shock flooded the army but hope blood! Lind could fight on an even playing field!
The Bastard snarled as dark light flooded from him and broke the battle aura apart. The surviving Fiends fled but millions more were destroyed before they could escape.
Once they were on the other side, their speed shot up and the Bastard vanished. They had retreated! The first clash was an unmitigated victory!
The cost, however, was not cheap. Lind dismissed his weapon and quickly resud his human shape. He nearly collapsed before Shoti caught him. Back to back extre attacks had wiped him out.
The Bastard did not know that, and did not risk it as he was clearly unprepared. Lind had revealed a lot of his cards, but it had to be done. He smiled as they licked their wounds and advanced.
He knew they would not let them rest. They would discover the weakness of his weapons in the army soon enough. Until then, they would rip them apart! The Fiends would finally feel the terror they had visited on untold trillions!
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