104 Chapter 104: Encountering an archenemy

Another week passed quickly and Derik was yet to reach the other end of this well-forested area. At a point he began to doubt himself, thinking he has been going the wrong way all this while but under the guardiance of the guardian spirit Demos, he could only move forward and not complain.

At this point, he realized the way the forest works and the major task at hand. The more he advanced, the denser the forest became! After traveling for another week, the journey became even more dangerous and tiresome!

Derik's body flew forward like an arrow and with just a single push he easily covered a lot of ground. His fiery eyes flickered as he discreetly gathered his energy in an attempt to guard against the mysterious powers of this strange forest. His knowledge of his current situation broadened and he could easily tell what was required of him to get through this dangerous forest.

With Demo's aid, he could travel through the strange forest which seemed to move, confusing people in the process. That way, the other teams kept moving in circles for weeks now!. His death aura terrified all the beasts in this forest, preventing them from acting against him. In summary, his journey has been smooth until this very moment!

The massive trees around suddenly tilted and moved, blocking Derik's path. It was clear that he was not far from the edge of the mysterious forest for it to make such a move. In truth, Derik felt like the forest itself has become reckless and has decided to prevent Derik from proceeding at any cost.

"You dare!" Derik roared and thrust both hands forward.

"Ooo God of Death, lord of the underworld and ruler of all damned souls in it, hear the plea of thy faithful servant and burn thy foe with the unquenchable flames of hell, even thy ashes will not remain… Death magic: Hell flame!!!!" Derik screamed and scorching darkish purple flames poured out of his hands completely consuming the trees that blocked his path.

A sinister smile bloomed on his face for a while but soon disappeared when the burning trees were replaced by new healthy trees at a speed which even he could not react to! His darkish purple fiery eyebrows knitted together and his expression became cold when he witnessed numerous thorny vines erupt from the earth, lashing at him.

"Hahahahaha! Does nature dare to stand at the face of Death? Arrogant!" Derik roared and clasped his hands together!

A tremendous amount of darkish purple aura stormed out of his body like an ocean, covering over a hundred meters around Derik!

No matter what kind of attack the forest threw at him the all withered away before they could get to him and the life force of every organism within his range in this mysterious forest was slowly drained.A cold and sinister smile appeared on Derik's face and he shot forward once again, advancing at a rapid speed but this time there was no hindrance. A triumphant smile bloomed on his face as he moved then tragedy struck a few hours later.

A beam of golden divine light suddenly flew towards Derik at a terrifying speed which made Derik panic! He was pretty sure that this energy could penetrate his difference and most likely kill him at a go if he is struck by this attack. Since it was already too late to evade this attack so Derik decided to face it head-on!

Death magic: Bone armor

Death magic: Death beam

Hiding within his exoskeletal bone armor, Derik screamed and urged his death powers. A darkish purple magic array appeared and a powerful beam of death energy shot out to met the incoming golden beam!

Boom!!!

Derik's body violently slammed into a massive tree before hitting the ground. He spat out a mouth full of black blood while silently watching his bone armor shatter right before his eyes. His soul shivered in fear after he experienced this. At first, he thought Cyrus was the one responsible for the attack since he's the only one who possessed the ability to manipulate divine power! But after he took a hit, he began to doubt his suspicion. Cyrus may possess the life guardian spirit and control the divine power but Cyrus has never been this powerful!

He was not given enough time to ponder as another beam of golden divine energy shot out from the distant forest and sped towards him like a cannon. All the hair on his head stood up and he let out a terrifying roar before dashing towards the beam of divine energy. His claws and fangs instantly sprouted.

His fiery darkish purple eyes burned even brighter as he brandished his claws at the golden divine energy

"Silver level secret technique: Brilliant claw" he roared and a condensed streak of death aura escaped his claws and lunged towards the beam of golden divine power.

Boom!

Boom!!

Boom!!!

Derik's body was thrown back by over 50 meters. His body trembled violently and his claws were broken, leaving behind a bloodied hand. His eyes were gloomy and a hint a fear could be found in them. When going against a foe who is most likely at a higher realm and also wields the only element that could counter his death element, he couldn't help it! He got flustered.

"You Dare!!!" Derik roared after spitting out a mouth full of black blood, gazing at the direction in which the two powerful attacks came from.

He flicked his hands and a bone bow and a quiver filled with bone arrows quickly appeared as he silently waited for the assailant to reveal himself. As his foe slowly emerged, dangerous life energy poured out and filled the area. The withered plants were soon rejuvenated and the corroded environment was then returned to normal.

"Quickly Derik! Run!!!!! You absolutely can't fight this being... Leave here now!!!" Demos suddenly roared in Derik's head.

Soon a blinding light slowly emerged from the direction where the attacks came from and at that moment Derik realized he fucked up!

He thought he could battle against this mysterious being now he finally got to meet it head-on he realized it was not something that he could handle. His eyes quivered and he didn't dare to stay and see the true form of this man!He turned in the opposite direction, not caring if it was the right way to go.

"Death magic: Death meteor!"He roared and darkish purple flames consumed him in an instant.

His body the shot forward, and instantly vanished!

A second later an extremely tall and handsome figure emerged from the light. He looked emaciated and lanky, his eyes sparkled like the stars in the night and a gigantic orange sword was strapped to his back. All four wings flapped lazily

"All evil must be purged!" He muttered lazily before turning into a beam of golden light, chasing after Derik!