1937 Chapter 1937. Saving a Caught Prey
On the other side, Arthur was fighting Bird Asmodeus. Bird Asmodeus' movent speed was too fast for Arthur. Ile couldn't keep up. Yet, there was no worry on Arthur's face. It was instead Bird Asmodeus who displayed an exasperated expression.
Arthur just stayed in one place as Bird Asmodeus circled him at high speed. Bird Asmodeus moved outside the range of normal mana sense. Ile then zood in to attack Arthur from his blind angle. He knew Arthur had mana sense. But with his speed, he could reach Arthur before Arthur could react after sensing him, Yet, every ti he did this, Arthur perfectly parried his attack before delivering a precise counterattack.
The first ti this happened, he thought Arthur was just lucky. After it happened another five tis, he no longer thought the sa.
"How do you predict where I attack from?" Bird Asmodeus finally couldn't contain his curiosity.
Arthur simply smiled and perford Shadowless Slash while Bird Asmodeus paused to question him.
"Grrr... So be it! I want to see how long you can cope with my speed!" Bird Asmodeus exclaid. Ile no longer used hit-and-run-tactic. Ilis two bird legs took turns kicking at speed almost imperceptible to human eyes. Yet, all these kicks failed to cause any damage to Arthur,
Arthur didn't contest Bird Asmodeus' strength. Ile simply redirected the attacks so they didn't hit him. Using this kind of technique in such high-speed exchanges required Arthur to have a superhuman reflex. He didn't have that. What he had was the Sword's Heart. With his mastery and experience, this art let him detect and predict incoming attacks even with very little information.
Seeing his rapid attacks were also not working, Bird Asmodeus added his assault by casting a spell. Arthur jumped away just as a bolt of lightning ca striking from heaven. The lightning strike was not the real attack, though. Bird Asmodeus chained cast another spell. The ground where Arthur had landed started to glow.
Arthur sensed the second spell. It was too late for him to dodge, but he didn't panic. With a calm mind, he combined his mana sense and Sword's Heart.
Throughout the long fight, he experienced a multitude of Asmodeus' spells. He wasn't an experienced gar. But with repeated exposure and his acute senses, he started to grasp the structure of Asmodeus' most cast spells.
The spell currently taking effect on the ground below him was one such spell. It was Lightning Turbulence, an elental variant of Arcane Turbulence. After the multiple exposures combined with his acute senses, he could detect the power nodes of this spell. Ilis katana thrust out and stabbed one of these nodes. Ile channeled his mana with this thrust, which disrupted the spell's mana. The electricity that was building up on the ground died down.
"What...?" Bird Asmodeus was surprised to see his spell getting canceled.
Although this kind of feat was not rarity among experienced natives, he believed it was sothing impossible for outworlders. They hadn't been in this world for long. Their exposure to spells was limited. They also learned skills and spells by instant ans instead of proper training, so their understanding of the fundantal principles of spells should be shallow. Yet, the reality before him proved otherwise.
Arthur sensed the turbulence in Bird Asmodeus' mind. Ile zood forward using the Immortal Crossing the River, then followed with a Crescent Moon Slash. The crescent light sliced into Bird Asmodeus' skin.
This slash woke the devil up. He couldn't be careless against this swordsman. Though Arthur's strength and speed were below the other two lee outworlders, Bird Asmodeus deed Arthur the most difficult to deal with among the three.
Despite getting hit, Bird Asmodeus smiled. He gave Arthur similar questions to the one Dragon Asmodeus gave Four Winds. "You might be difficult to kill, but you also can't kill , How long do you think you can keep this up? More correctly, how long do you think your army can last before my minions co and overwhelm you?"
Arthur didn't answer. He didn't let such questions bother him. The Sword's Heart kept his mind serene. All that mattered was fighting the opponent before him.
"Hmph! We will see how you stay calm when my demons swarm you," Bird Asmodeus said and lunged.
On the other side, Leavealone was clashing with Snake Asmodeus. Petunia supported him with her gunbow and spells from a distance. Leavealone didn't ask her. She ca of her own accord. Petunia always fought on the side where Snake Asmodeus was. This was because she didn't want the sa thing that happened to Aneid to happen again, Leavealone's body and flas were brilliant golden. Ile was under the Supre Reign. When he punched using Tiger Punch, the roaring voice of a tiger and the screeching call of a bird were heard. After constant fighting for almost two days, the synchronization between Leavealone and Suzaki was getting better. They were as if one. This allowed Suzaki's power to better supplent Leavealone.
The lightning shield Snake Asmodeus had conjured was shattered by Leavealone's punch. The flaming fist continued forward and produced an impact that caused the devil to reel back.
Snake Asmodeus stared at Leavealone with disbelief. He had the mory of his other three selves when they split, so it could be said he had fought Leavealone all this ti. The outworlder before him was unlike the one when they first clashed. It was as if Leavealone got stronger the longer the battle lasted.
Snake Asmodeus' eyes glowed. Chaos lightning rays shot out from those eyes.
Leavealone was ready when he noticed those eyes glowed. He activated Supre Stance. The chaos lightning rays pierced his afterimage while he zood forward and landed
another punch at Snake Asmodeus' human head.
"Oof "The human head grunted from the nunch
Leavealone had learned to use the Supre Stance at the last instant. After he displayed the skill, Asmodeus refused to touch him when he used it the second ti. The devil just went and attacked other targets. Leavealone had no choice but to end the skill and chase after the devil.
When Leavealone was about to continue his assault using Infinite Lightning Punches, Snake Asmodeus lunged away using his explosive speed. Leavealone heard a yelp. Ile turned and saw Petunia in Asmodeus' grasp. Her legs were half inside the snake head's jaws. Snake Asmodeus hadn't been fighting blindly. While he actively battled Leavealone, he had been slowly making his way to Petunia. Petunia, who had been vigilant of the snake targeting others, wasn't aware that she herself had been the target. Snake Asmodeus' explosive speed had again caught them off-guard.
"Release ...!" Petunia yelled as she fired her bowgun right into the snake head's eyes. Asmodeus closed his snake head's eyes. He didn't need to see. Petunia was already in his grasp. Petunia tried to cast a spell but kept faltering. Her panic at her mortality caused her mind to be unable to form a spell formation properly.
Snake Asmodeus' human head saw Leavealone's charging over. He grinned while casting a spell. A lightning wall was erected.
Leavealone's left arm ford a flaming black drill. This black drill pierced and shredded the lightning wall. Leavealone's charge didn't slow.
"Tch! That black drill again... What skill is that? How can he use such a powerful skill so often?" Snake Asmodeus was confused.
Leavealone arrived before Snake Asmodeus. Snake Asmodeus's human head was
preparing another spell. The devil didn't worry, Leaveaone could attack all he wished. He would still devour Petunia. No prey had ever escaped once his jaws caught them. Unless Petunia chose to sever herself in half, she wouldn't escape.
Leavealone moved to just before the snake-head, which should make that part the snake-head's throat. He then punched using his right hand. It was not a punch using a fist, though. Two of his fingers were extended forward. The black drill of Nine Yin Abyssal Finger was conjured again. The black flaming energy drilled into Snake Asmodeus' body.
Snake Asmodeus felt the stinging pain, but he endured it. His snake head continued sucking Petunia while his human head continued casting.
Leavealone knew the Nine Yin Abyssal Finger was not enough. He had planned for a follow-up attack. The finger stabbing into Snake Asmodeus was retracted an inch before punching forward again. Leavealone combined this One-inch Punch with Tiger Punch and Supre Punch.
The Nine Yin Abyssal Finger opened the way, allowing the explosive energy from the punch to penetrate deep inside the devil. The Supre Punch's inner ignition was triggered then. Multiple explosions erupted inside Snake Asmodeus. The force was enough to cause the
snake head to retch.
This action released Petunia from the jaw's iron grip. She imdiately pushed herself away. "Grabh How dare von II" Snake Asmodeus hellowed. This was the first ti soone took away a prey already in his mouth. Ilis fury was so great the spell formation he had
half-ford fizzled.
Snake Asmodeus' long body moved in Leavealone's direction, attempting to coil around him. Leavealone didn't just let it. He noticed Petunia was already at a safe distance. A giant fireball crupted from him. Since Snake Asmodeus was too near, the devil was engulfed by the searing hot fla.
This giant fireball was Suzaki's Giga Fla Burst. The flas condensed before focusing into a single beam that washed over Snake Asmodeus. By the ti the attack was over,
Snake Asmodeus' body was full of burning marks. His HP also fell below half.
The devil grinned. "You are simply repeating the cycle."
Snake Asmodeus zood away. The sa happened with his other two selves. They were about to recombine and go into the healing phase.
"The cycle ends here, devil!" Leavealone proclaid as he activated his weapon's
Overlimit.
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