236 Chapter 236: BREAK!!!

With Derik and Cyrus gone, Kira and Kin could only watch the green spear approach with gloomy expressions on their faces. Even though the barriers protecting the empire are yet to be breached, for the fact this attack could injure Derik and Cyrus who took the initiative to confront the attack, it simply meant that the barrier may not be able to stop the attack!

If Kalos were here, this attack would have easily be redirected but he and Aldora were sent out on an important task by Derik earlier! There is no one here to save them!

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"How?" Diana gasped as she kept staring at the sky that was dyed green already.

With her cultivation level, she could see quite far without even putting in any effort. Seeing Cyrus and Derik defeated in an instant by an unknown assailant, she instinctively felt terrified of the monster behind the attack! This was the reason she was reluctant to make a move, she was sure the other gold realm masters felt the same way as well. The lives of the members of the palace of the dead are nowhere as valuable as theirs, so there is no need for them to risk their lives for it!

Elsa stood quietly at the window side with Diana standing behind her, her face bore complicated emotions that even her struggled to understand. Her relationship with Derik after the creation of the empire has always been thorny, she finally got to understand the kind of person Derik is! A ruthless murderer who is ready to take countless lives to achieve his goal and she has always hated him for that. Their relationship crumbled completely the moment she confronted him and joined hands with Diana to battle him, she never expected he would fight back and even go as far as to harm both of them. At that time she concluded that Derik had lost his mind and was intentionally trying to get them killed! The death magic has corroded his mind and without the timely intervention of the life mage, they would have died at his hands.

She was naive!

Seeing the kind of power Derik released today when confronting the green spear made her realized that Derik was greatly holding back at that time, if he bore the intentions of getting rid of them at that time, he could have done it in an instant!

Her heart was filled with mixed emotions as she watched Derik in the skies charged towards the green spear fearlessly even though the difference between their aura was great! She could tell that Derik wasn't overestimating himself, he just sincerely wanted to keep his people safe and he was ready to risk his life for their sake!

Wasn't this man supposed to be ruthless? Does he really have a heart?

"Do you understand now… the pain of not being able to protect the people you love…." Elsa spoke softly and a mystical power pushed her words forward, towards the direction of the falling death mage

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Immediately Elsa's words made its way into his ears, Derik's eyes yanked open and stared into the distance, towards the direction of Elinor, the city of the elves and a weak smile bloomed on his face.

"Understand what pain? I'm not weak! No one can harm my subordinates, I will never understand such feelings!!!" An unusual darkish purple light flashed in Derik's eyes and his pupils instantly took the color!

"ONLY I CAN KILL MY DISCIPLES! NO ONE ELSE IS QUALIFIED!!!' Derik bellowed furiously and his body turned into a purple beam of light and chased after the green spear which was colliding the empire's barriers right now.

Wooooosh!!!

Carrying a whirlpool of darkness behind him as he moved, Derik arrived beside the green spear in a single breath! If the owner of this spear thinks the current overlords of this empire are pushovers then they must be truly naive!!

His right hand instantly reached for the green spear but before his had could even reach it, it exploded into a blood mist!

Roar!!!

Derik's primitive instincts as a werewolf took over and he fearlessly reached for the spear once again with his left hand which was now coated in condensed darkish purple energy. By this time, the hole on his chest had closed up and his originally destroyed right hand had reformed!

"SHATTER!!!" Derik roared as he tried to coat the weapon with his death aura in a bid to corrode it but this backfired and he could only let go while spitting out a mouthful of black blood!

Wooooooosh!!

Cyrus figure appeared beside Derik with a rare serious expression on his face as he gazed at the numerous web-like cracks on the barrier surrounding the empire! This was a threefold magic barrier formation which was used to replace Kalos' spatial barrier since he was currently away. This barrier may be powerful but it was nowhere as strong as Kalos' spatial barrier, this was why Derik took the initiative to confront the attack because he knew this barrier won't be able to stop the attack.

He was right!

Numerous exploding sounds occurred all over the empire due to the collusion between the green spear and the barrier! Since this barrier is strong enough to tank attacks from mid-grade gold realm masters, it only meant that only attacks at the peak grade of the gold realm can shatter it! The realization that their opponent was at the peak of the gold realm made them feel uncomfortable. For the first time in a long while, they felt inferior to something.

"Together now…" Cyrus gave Derik a weak smile, who nodded in response.

Their aura exploded and gathered around their palms, condensing in the process, everyone present felt terrified when they saw the two figures in the sky, gathering all their powers for a single attack. They were marveled by the bravery of these two.

Woooosh!!!

While Derik and Cyrus were still gathering their powers, a third figure appeared from nowhere. His eyes were as bright as the sun and his glittering golden knight's armor easily made him stand out. His orange hair swayed back and forth violently due to the violent air current in the area.

"Let me help you with this" Kaido spoke calmly and his orange aura exploded from his body as well, condensing in his palms. His eyes glowed even brighter as the three of them silently reached for the green spear which was only a few seconds away from shattering the green spear.

BOOOOOOM!

BOOOOOOM!!

BOOOOOOM!!!

Numerous explosions occurred as the three gold realm masters grabbed onto the three-meter long green spear and they showed no intentions of retreating. Strange emotions welled up in the hearts of the members of the life and death palace as they watched their supposed invincible palace masters struggle fiercely with a single attack!

Green cracks slowly appeared on the bodies of these three people, if this continued they may be destroyed as well by the attack but none of them had any intentions of letting go.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Derik's resounding laughter filled the skies!

It was the same domineering laughter he lets out in every battle! The ability to laugh in the face of danger is a privilege reserved only for the strong!!!

Soon Cyrus and Kaido's waves of laughter could be heard as well and even the orc horde and the ancient dragons which where a large distance away could hear them! The attitude of these three gold realm masters instantly sparked some sort of excitement in the hearts of their disciples who in turn forgot their fears and worries and just cheered them on from below!

INVINCIBLE!!!

Break!!!

All three men bellowed and a massive explosion occurred which blew all three men away! Not even a piece of the spear remained!

Roar!!!

Derik let out a resounding roar and his figure turned into a beam of light, shooting towards the direction from which the green spear appeared. Behind him were Cyrus and Kaido who bore deep resentment for the person responsible for this!

"DON'T YOU DARE THINK OF ESCAPING! NOW YOU ARE HERE, YOU MUST STAY A BIT LONGER!" Derik bellowed furiously!