Chapter 176 - 174 ~ Divine Smite
"Because she won't be satisfied with this little exercise if it ends so soon."
The raging flas that ford a tall, nigh impenetrable wall of pure hellish fire disappeared, catching the attention of Momonga, Lelouch, the twins, and Albedo.
And from behind it, they could see Aika standing with her left hand raised in front of her as the last bit of light particles from the [Dispel] magic she used to erase Ulbert's [Hell Fire Wall] dissipated from her palms.
It was as Lelouch had said... Aika wouldn't go through the wall of flas, not because she couldn't, but because she would end the fight too early.
Instead, she simply dispelled the spell with a simple wave of a hand.
"Rose of Agony."
As the words left her luscious lips, black thorny vines with blooming black roses appeared around Ulbert's legs, wrapping itself around it as it climbed higher and higher, before disappearing.
"That is..."
Despite only for a very brief mont, Momonga and the other floor guardians present did not miss the appearance of the black roses and vines that suddenly wrapped around Ulbert's feet.
And they also did not notice the visible panic that Ulbert displayed before he imdiately took off from the ground using [Fly] that he had cast earlier.
But... No matter how quickly he tried to fly away, he was still slower than lightning.
"Maximized Magic. Dragon Lightning."
Voracious lightning crackled from her hands. And in the next mont, a massive dragon of lightning charged with a thunderous roar.
"Kuh!"
Despite everything, the phantom of the gray goat supre being and owner of the [World Disaster] job class which boasted the greatest fire power out of all other classes barely managed to dodge the massive thunderous lightning attack from another holder of the [World Disaster] job class.
The flowing jet-black sleeve and part of the velvet cape that adorned Ulbert's right half had vanished, revealing his cindered clawed right hand and arms.
Imdiately after, the black thorny vines and roses appeared once more, and this ti, it had already wrapped itself around his waist.
The flying phantom of Ulbert crashed back down to the ground with a heavy thud, tumbling for a few ters, before landing face down on the cracked ground.
Bits of lightning crackled all around his body as smoke slowly drifted upwards from his scorched arm.
"Khh! Kuhaa!!"
Jet-black blood escaped his lips as Ulbert coughed heavily on the ground. The effects of the Rose of Agony he so feared had already reached the second stage and affected him greatly...
Seeing the result of her spells, a satisfied smile blood on Aika's beautiful visage.
The 7th Tier Spell, [Rose of Agony], was an exclusive spell she got accessed to upon maxing her Empress of Evil Job Class.
At first, the 7th tier spell did not seem to do much. It was a single target spell that did not deal instantaneous damage, damage over ti, or disabled its target. It simply cursed its target and decreased their movent speed and evasion for 20 seconds.
However, this effect was rely the first of five stages of the spell. And upon being hit by an attack, the spell will move onto its next stage.
With each hit, the briar rose will rise higher and higher. On the second hit, it would rise up to the waist and inflict true damage equal to 5% of the caster's magic attack for 10 seconds.
If the target was hit once again within those 10 seconds, the briar rose would rise up once again and wrap around their chest and neck, continuing to deal true damage. In addition, 10% of the caster's magic attack would be inflicted every ti they tried to cast a spell or a skill.
The fourth hit would cause the thorny vines to wrap around their arms, slowing the target's casting speed and decreasing their accuracy. And on the final hit, it would fully wrap around the target's head, dealing massive damage and inflicting the "blindness" condition for another 10 seconds.
Ulbert, having gained the knowledge, mories, and personality of the true Ulbert despite being a phantom, knew of the effects of the spell.
It was one of Aika's favorite spells to use, and as her self-proclaid rival in terms of being a mage with the highest magic damage, he had studied and learned about all the spells she had ever shown him.
However... simply knowing didn't necessarily make him capable of dealing with it, especially with Aika's inhuman speed, reaction ti, and proficiency with it.
Thus, Ulbert's first and imdiate reaction was to fly away, knowing that going on foot was simply a fool's errand given the decreased movent speed debuff he received from [Rose of Agony]. However... With Aika's proficiency with magic and his lowered evasion rate, he failed to dodge her [Dragon Lightning], raising the [Rose of Agony] spell by one stage and causing him to lose concentration on his [Fly] spell.
Now, he had been tossed out of the frying pan and thrown straight into the fire, as the [Rose of Agony] now further decreased his movent speed and was now doing quite the considerable amount of continuous true damage onto him. And this ti, he would need to cast [Fly] once more unless he wanted to beco a stationary living target practice for Aika.
anwhile...
'Hm~ Should I use that spell now...? No, that would make everyone here horny... I'll just use that tonight when I'm alone with Yuuji~ Fufu~'
Aika contemplated on what spells she would like to try out as she waited for the phantom Ulbert to rise up to his feet.
On the other side of the battlefield, sparks and clanging of steel reverberated throughout the entire Amphitheater.
With an extrely enthusiastic Spirit Sword Sovereign, Est, in his hand, brimming with excitent, Yuuji had to hold back quite a bit so as to not accidentally slice through Phantom Touch 's sword, armor, and body in one slash.
That said, Yuuji was pleasantly surprised by the phantom's strength.
While he hadn't tested his full strength in this form yet, Yuuji knew from his "mories" just how powerful he was, even if he didn't use his space manipulation magic.
The original Touch
had never won a duel against him... In fact, they all ended up in the white clad world champion being thoroughly overpowered through sheer strength.
Yuuji even "recalled" when Touch
asked him why he wouldn't enter the World Tournant and vye for the "World Champion" title, given he was the most powerful player he had ever known.
But even then, the Phantom of his past close friend, guildmate, and World Champion, was still the strongest opponent he had ever faced.
While Tatsuya was objectively the most powerful with his magic and martial art skills, Touch , despite being a Phantom, was stronger physically.
Each and every blow of his sword was heavy, and his defenses, with the "Compliance with Law" armor and "Earth Recover" shield, were tougher than Yuuji first expected, making it quite difficult to gauge how much power he should use.
Fortunately, with Alice's innate ability, "Clairvoyance
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