178 Chapter 178: Strength of a Bishop!

Aldora was covered with injuries that seemed to be infused with death aura, preventing it from healing. He had tried to use numerous light-based techniques to extract the death aura but they all shattered upon contact with the diabolic and malicious aura that Derik possessed.

\"You think you can break my curses? Humph! You think too highly of yourself!\" Derik snorted disdainfully.

\"You…\" Aldora was about to retort but then he felt the life aura of the wingman priest vanish and his facial expression crumbled immediately.

Derik also was stunned by the recent development. He could sense the life force of so many top tier warriors and mages at the silver realm been drawn away from him but another force, a holy one.

\"Cyrus… damn you! Who said you could join the dark side…\" Derik muttered with a weak smile on his face. He understood Cyrus' intentions by diverting the souls of the dead which was meant to fuel his power into himself. Even though this reduced his current increase in power, he didn't bother struggling with Cyrus over the souls.

\"It would be nice if Gyro had two powerful guardians… Life and death…. Haha! That would be really cool\" Derik muttered softly with a smile on his face.

He quickly shifted his gaze back to Aldora who wore a complicated expression on his face. With a glance, he could tell the man's thoughts. Now that the second most powerful member of the holy church is dead, it won't be long before the others join hands and wipe out the remaining elites of the church, after which they can aid the death mage in this battle. Even if he manages to defeat the death mage before the others can meet up, he still won't be able to handle the life mage easily.

\"I guess you realized how bad your situation is\" Derik laughed while glaring at the midget coldly.

\"Bad? You seem to underestimate me… let me show you, the true strength of a bishop!\" Aldora laughed hysterically as he spoke.

His aura instantly skyrocketed, pouring out from his body like a vast sea, creeping towards Derik. Seeing this, even Derik felt threatened by the man's sudden burst of power! He was forced to release his death aura around him, preventing the golden aura from getting closer.

\"Damn it, aren't the hosts of guardian spirits the only ones capable of raising their power levels abruptly?\" Derik said with knitted eyebrows as he stared at the blinding light at the center of the golden aura.

\"Deity path: Two-faced divine Buddha!\" A majestic voice resonated from the blinding light and the golden energy around retreated instantly.

Bam!

Bam!!

Bam!!!

Derik's confident smile vanished and his face turned pale as he watched the golden aura take the form of a seven-meter tall being with two faces and close to a hundred hands. He literarily kept looking up to the Buddha in awe, feeling some sort of urge to bow and worship this powerful being…

\"Snap out of it kid…\" Demos' voice broke his chain of thoughts, making him regain his cool once again.

\"W… what was that…\" Derik asked with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead

\"It's just an illusion to keep you distracted while he deals a fatal blow… so many people have fallen prey to this tactic and they have all lost their lives… Unfortunately for the bishop… you have me, it won't be easy for him to play such tricks on you now\" Demos replied indifferently.

\"The Buddha… it looked so real… it felt so real\" Derik muttered in thought.

\"Snap out of it and focus om the man…. This technique would have been way more powerful if he possessed the life guardian spirit… Unfortunately, he has only the light magic... take a step forward… put an end to this nonsense as soon as possible… the forces of the other kingdoms are station outside the walls of Gyro… you can't delay any further!\" Demos scolded Derik.

\"Alright, alright!\" Derik said and his fiery darkish purple eyes lit up and the death aura around him gathered, forming a black storm around him as he dived towards Bishop Aldora with murderous intentions.

\"Death magic: Exploding flaming skulls\" Derik roared as he spat out numerous darkish purple blazing skulls that flew towards the bishop, with great speed and accuracy.

\"Humph… witness the true strength of the bishop of the holy church!\" Aldora roared arrogantly, not even bothering to look at the exploding fiery skulls heading his way.

Wooosh!

Immediately after the bishop Aldora was done speaking, a massive palm of the giant Buddha swung towards the exploding darkish purple skulls, pulling the clouds along as it moved with terrifying force.

\"It's not going to be that simple, little man!\" Derik laughed as he retreated hastily while controlling the blazing skulls with his mind.

The exploding skulls suddenly changed directions abruptly, escaping the massive Buddha hands while reducing the distance between them and the bishop.

\"Not good enough! Deity path: Buddha's embrace\" Aldora sneered as the Buddha quickly wrapped its massive hands around the bishop. Preventing the exploding skulls from reaching him.

Meanwhile, the smile on Derik's face seized when he saw his exploding skulls had failed to harm the bishop. His heart sank as he saw Aldora who was within the protection of the Buddha wave his palm in the air as if he was trying to slap someone. At first, Derik was confused but on second thought, he felt great danger approaching.

Rumble!

Rumble!!

Rumble!!!

From the side, a massive golden palm appeared from the void. The dazzling light instantly pierced through the darkness surrounding Derik, blinding him in an instant and this left him stunned for a second.

Bam!

Derik's body shot through the sky like a rocket and bone-cracking sounds resonated from his body. His hands which he tried to block with looked disfigured and black blood flowed out from numerous holes which just appeared on his body.

[A path that can actually boost one's capabilities by a whole grade! Here I thought such abilities are restricted to we hosts of guardian spirits but It seems I was wrong! I shouldn't have looked down on this priest from the holy church!] Derik thought as he struggled to stabilize himself.

Wooooosh!

He finally stopped and stared at the face of the Buddha which had changed from indifference to rage and anger. Its aura which was calm as the great sea had changed as well and murderous intentions diffused from its huge body!

With just one attack from that Buddha, he was sent flying, covering close to five hundred meters from his original position

\"Sure enough, this path is truly power but flawed as well\" Derik said as he bones twisted violently, returning to its right positions, beginning the healing process.

\"I guess you have seen it… the first face you saw was pacifism…it only defends and retaliates when its caster is harmed or threatened by any force… If you thought the first attack was strong then wait till you see the destructive power from the rage face… its destructive capabilities increase twofold and it will also take the initiative to attack the target but this time its caster will lose its protection and be let vulnerable… the question is this… will you be able to force your way through the hundred fists?\" Demos spoke casually.

Hearing this Derik only shook his head casually while considering the odds. He could tell that the forces of Gyro have the advantage against the holy church with just his supernatural senses and it won't take long before the church's forces are wiped out and reinforcement appears.

The question is not if he can defeat Aldora in this mode…

Instead, the real question is if he can hold out until help arrives…

He already realized that this man was more powerful than any foe he has fought before! The sun cosmic spirit guardian knight, Kaido included. There is no way he can defeat this man, the only option now is to hold out until the others arrive.

With narrowed eyes, he watched Aldora approaching with his rage Buddha. After sending a message to Kalos and his death avatar telepathically, Derik's eyes turned snow white and an icy death aura diffused from his body.

\"I didn't think I'll be forced to use this ability so early… the kingdom couldn't make me use it but the holy church succeeded in doing this…. It's nice to know there are people capable out there… even if it is the holy church!\" Derik sneered and a dark portal appeared above his head and numerous souls appeared from it, rushing into his body.

The portal was the pathway to his incomplete domain and the souls are from all those he has oppressed and murdered all those years, including Zaylee of the lightning element and Sternroff of the wind.

\"Don't think that the necromancer path is as simple as you thought…Necromancer path: Legion!\" Derik roared with a hoarse voice as the souls invaded his body directly. As he spoke, it sounded as if hundreds and thousands of different voices said the same words at the same time, stacked atop his own voice.

Numerous symbols appeared from his body and a black fog hid his body from sight. His snow-white eyes turned crimson red and his aura changed entirely! With just one move, Derik had changed completely, rising his power level even further.

\"This kid…\" Aldora was stunned by the sudden change and boost in power. Even he was forced to halt his attack and a strange feeling of insecurity clouded his mind. He finally started understanding why the various guardian spirit hosts were murdered countless times by the allied forces of the kingdoms in the continent!