179 Chapter 179: Necromancer path; Legion!

In the process of utilizing his necromancer path ability, legion. Derik's looks had changed entirely and his aura had vanished completely, replaced with shrill screams and cries of the dead.

The black hairs on his head turned white almost in an instant, standing up all at once, thereby giving him a special spiky shape, coupled with his blood-red eyes which gave him a vicious look. His skin color turned pale and numerous strange green symbols could be seen all over his body, from it tiny green flames the which took the form of skulls escaped from the gaps, dancing around his body while letting out a cold ear-piercing cry. Further away from the main body was a green mist that surrounded Derik, making it difficult for them to see his main body. This green mist released numerous skull-like creatures that let out various cries and pleas while circling around Derik's body.

\"This… This is really something…\" Aldora seemed reluctant to make the first move as he felt insecure due to Derik's new appearance.

At this point, he could not even sense Derik's aura to tell what power level he is at and this greatly troubled him. With the wealth of knowledge Aldora has gathered over the years, he knew there are only two possibilities if a situation where a person cannot feel the aura of a foe in battle.

The first is the possibility is that his foe is using some sort of special technique to completely erase his aura, making it close to impossible for his target to pinpoint his aura or guess his power level by analyzing his aura.

While the second simply means that his aura is so large and vast, that the target in question is too weak to sense the upper limit of his power, making it impossible to accurately tell his power level.

As a bishop of the holy church Aldora has met numerous talented masters at the mid-grade of the gold realm and even the peak grade of the gold realm in the holy continent! If such monsters were present, the can easily wipe out Gyro with the flick of a finger and Aldora was very sure that Derik is yet to reach such a level.

He just failed to understand why he couldn't feel Derik's aura, yet his sense keeps screaming of impending danger if he decides to approach. A cold air diffused from Derik's body and the sounds of the battles taking place below them have mysteriously vanished. Everywhere was as cold and silent as a graveyard and this terrified Aldora.

The only person that has made him feel so insecure and terrified before now is the pope of the holy church. A man whose aura is vast and enormous like an ocean, forcibly subduing the powers of everyone in the holy church with ease. As Aldora has already seen a peak gold realm master in the holy church, he could easily deduce that the pope is at a realm higher than this, a realm which no mere mortal has ever stepped foot in. With such power, the pope can easily subdue everyone in this continent with just a single thought. Yet he failed to understand why this man has refused to lift a finger, insisting on remaining idle but no one dares to question him.

To think that a small character like this death mage is able to make him feel fear once again, Aldora was completely enraged and instantly burst out his golden aura, shooting towards the death mage with the rage Buddha following closely behind.

\"You will fall death mage!\" Aldora roared alongside the rage Buddha and numerous crimson red fists rained down on the death mage, each fist possessing Aldora's murderous intentions.

\"Hahahahahhaha! Who will make me fall, you? I am sorry to say this but you don't have the ability! You are not my opponent!\" Derik laughed hysterically with his demonic voice as he spoke.

His red eyes glowed fiercely and the clouds beneath him instantly flew towards him. A massive hurricane soon formed about him and a divine aura shone greatly from his body. In an instant, over a hundred aura's, belonging to different people emanated from Derik's body.

\"Lightning and wind combo: Lightning Hurricane!\" Derik roared and a massive hurricane that had numerous blue bolts of lightning circling it appeared right in front of him.

\"Light magic: Divine protection; light walls\" Derik screamed while he retreated, creating numerous light was to take his place as he moves away hurriedly.

Bam!

Bam!!

Bam!!!

Boooooooom!!!

The space around them twisted and turned violently as both crimson red fists of the rage Buddha collided with the lightning hurricane Derik called out. Both attacks struggled with each other and it seemed as if the lightning hurricane had successfully sealed off the Buddha's fists but two crimson red managed to breakthrough, dashing towards the retreating Derik at its top speed.

Bam!

Bam!!

Bam!!!

Numerous light walls quickly shattered upon contact and for a second right there, it looked like the crimson red fists will definitely reach Derik but it finally stopped when it reached the twenty-second golden wall.

\"Twenty-one layers of defense could barely stop this magnificent technique… I must confess, if I got struck by your attack, not even my bones will remain\" Derik commented with a stern look on his face.

\"But then again, I have a thousand warriors and mages by my side! I cannot lose! What the heck? I may even end up winning!\" Derik roared, releasing blazing orange auras of different kinds. Successfully fusing them into one in just a second!

His eyes glowed even brighter as blazing flames burned around his right hand and on his left hand were numerous dazzling lightning bolts!

\"Fire on my right, Lightning on my left… I summon thee, sea of despair!\" Derik roared while combining both elements with great control!

Roar!!!!

Derik roared like a sea of flames fused with lightning dashed towards Aldora like a tidal wave, threatening to swallow him whole!

\"How?!\" Aldora was shocked and terrified at the same time as he hastily retreated while changing his rage Buddha to pacifism.

Instantly, numerous golden Buddha hands wrapped around Aldora while the others took the initiative to directly assault the sea of lightning flames which threatened its master's existence.

Boom

Boom!!

Booom!!!

The space around them vibrated greatly and it seemed as if it would collapse at any moment! The struggle lasted for a few seconds before both sides were forced to retreat and reevaluate their opponents.

Aldora was shocked by the sudden change in Derik's aura at first and how he is able to utilize abilities that are not his element, this is why he was caught off guard! Forcing him to struggle against Derik's strange attacks. But now things were different! Aldora has lived for more than a century and within that long time, he was able to acquire great knowledge and experience, making it easy for him to understand how Derik's new power works with just a single glance.

Derik's necromancer path: Legion allows him to share his host body with the numerous souls which he has acquired over the years, thereby granting him access to each soul's ability. This is probably the most terrifying ability Aldora has come across over his years as a powerful mage, even more, terrifying than those at the gold realm level which he has seen so far!

An ability that allows one to utilize the powers of numerous souls which he has consumed as if it's his own, why won't he be terrified by such an ability?

Aldora has served the holy church all his life. During that time he has come across numerous mages and warriors of different races and clans utilizing evil powers, including necromancers but none of them has never been able to achieve such a feat. The most powerful necromancer he fought back then could only let a soul take control of her body, allowing her to utilize the abilities of that soul. Even then she was considered powerful, but now he is forced to battle a man who possessed the power of over a thousand warriors and mages!

Terrifying!

That is the only word Aldora could use to describe the person he is fighting. His eyes narrowed as he considered a lot of things and a vicious smile soon bloomed on his face.

Just like the necromancer mage he fought back then, she had the advantage throughout the battle but before she could deal the final blow she ran out of mana and stamina, the soul departed, leaving her vulnerable.

Even if the other forms of evil magic are considered fake when compared to death magic, it still doesn't change the rules of nature surrounding them. It's a give and take world, where one gives up a certain amount of mana and stamina to utilize spells and combat techniques. In his opinion, Derik's mana expenditure should be several times larger than that of the female necromancer he fought in the past. That explains why Derik has refused to continue his assault, leaving both of them idle. It was obvious he is trying to conserve his mana and stamina.

All he needed to do at this moment is to increase the pressure on the death mage while keeping a good distance until he runs out of power. Even if his werewolf side grants him unique fast mana and stamina regeneration, it doesn't mean he's invincible. All Aldora has to do is make expend mana faster than he recovers it.

\"HHHHHAAAAAAAA!\" Aldora roared as he stormed forward with malicious intentions.

Seeing this, Derik's expression crumbled. All of Aldora's speculations are true and the rules binding this spell he's utilizing are more complex than Aldora thinks. The necromancer ability allows one to gain access to all the souls which share the user's host body. But to use these abilities perfectly, one needs to have a reasonable understanding of the soul's abilities in his or her possession. That is the basic requirement, but since Derik started out with hundreds and thousands of souls, so he has never really had the chance to go through their powers one after the other. He can only use those he has seen his army of the dead use.

Also, since the user shares his host body with the souls, he or she has to find a way to shut out the thoughts of these foes and focus on the fight ahead. According to Demos, this ability is considered dangerous even amongst necromancers! Cases, where necromancers have lost their sanity due to this spell, are not rare, but this was not really a problem for Derik. As a man who has housed the guardian spirit of the death element in his mind for years, the presence of all these other spirits is nothing when compared to the guardian spirit, so it wasn't really difficult of Derik to forcibly shut them off

Seeing Aldora approach, he pushed all those thoughts aside and summoned bolts of lightning from the clouds that gathered around him to bombard the incoming Buddha and the bishop. While this happened, his eyes released a golden glow and a divine ray of light shot out of his body, into the air.

\"Guardian weapon path: Divine crucifix!\" Derik roared and a massive golden divine cross appeared above his head.

\"Guardian weapon path: Divine ray!\"