308 Chapter 308

Bang!

Bang!!

Bang!!!

With a clutched fist, Kaido threw three powerful punches at the empty air, releasing three fist-sized compressed air balls at the birdmen, who in response promptly maneuvered through the attacks effortlessly, reaching the fleeing Kaido in a single breath.

"Are you sure, they didn't sacrifice their defensive capabilities for speed too?" Kaido snarled while clasping his hands together to release a violent fiery shockwave to push the birdmen away.

On normal circumstances, he would just power through everything and destroy his foes with a single blow but after Cyrus revelation, he was forced to defend all through. He probably would have doubted Cyrus' words if it wasn't for the gaping hole in his massive divine weapon, created by just two birdmen. Even if he, the sun cosmic spirit host decides to damage Cyrus guardian weapon, he was pretty sure he would have to go all out. Now if these beasts could do this to such a powerful weapon, how much resistance can his body put up against them?

Unlike Derik, he didn't have the immortal body or an abundant life force and the ability to possess another body like Cyrus. Charging blindly into battle in this situation is too much of a risk to take, an untimely death is something he was determined to avoid.

"Crazy offense and ridiculous speed? Hehehe! It doesn't matter in the face of absolute power!" Derik shot Kaido a mocking glance as he shot past the sun guardian knight to confront his pursuers.

"You!" Kaido was about to reply but he was promptly flanked by another group of bird men.

No matter how much he checked to see if the number of their foes was dwindling, he could easily count over a hundred of them with just a glance. Gritting his teeth, he promptly summoned his golden growth type magic sword from his storage ring and dashed forward.

Xiu!

Leaving behind an orange blur, Kaido appeared right in front of a birdman, and with a swift hand movement, the beast was neatly cut in two. His actions caught the beast by surprise since it expected Kaido to keep retreating like before.

Chirp!

He heard a cry from behind and quickly turned around, brandishing his magic weapon at the beast but to his greatest surprise, the beast parried his attacks skillfully with its golden talons, buying enough time for another birdman to swipe its claws at Kaido's broad back leaving a deep bloodied wound behind.

Bang!

Meanwhile, Derik let out a loud roar, lunging towards the bird men group fearlessly, but unlike Kaido who could match these beasts in speed, Derik was greatly lacking in that aspect, giving them the opportunity fly around him in circles.

Chirp!

One of the birdmen dived down after circling for a while trying to blitz past Derik and taking a limb with it as well. The normal reaction would be to defend but to the magic beasts greatest surprise, Derik didn't retreat or stop. Instead, he pushed forward and swung its claw at the blurry figure heading his way.

Puff!!

Blood spurted out of the spot where his hand is meant to be but the smile on Derek's face never faded. He gazed at the birdman who kept shivering and blood kept dripping down its body uncontrollably. The beast turned around to meet Derik's wild gaze, revealing Derik's severed hand sticking deep in its throat.

"Nice shot" Derik revealed a vicious grin while he complimented himself.

When the birdman dived down at him, he simply swung his claws at it recklessly with no specific target in mind. Since the beast was too fast he didn't have the luxury to aim. Who would have thought he would he would land a critical blow unintentionally.

"I guess my luck is not as bad as I thought" Derik laughed while darkness aura covered his severed hand, replacing it with a new palm.

"Who wants to go next?" Derik grinned while glaring at the hordes of magic beasts slowly circling them.

This time there was no fear or anxiety, just excitement. At this point, Derik realized he had spent years and even a decade without engaging in a deadly battle that required him to put his life on the line. All this while, he has simply overpowered his for or joined hands with Cyrus and Kaido to defeat stronger foes safely. At this point old memories of his days as just an archer, facing off against a goblin warlord and even the alpha of the Lockwood pack, Scott Lockwood flowed into his mind. He finally realized that he spent even though his life was on the line back then, it was the thrill and excitement that kept him going. These are priceless emotions he has lost in the past and now he finally realized why powerful men usually travel the world in search of worthy opponents that can rekindle their passion and love for battle, most of them are even willing to lose their lives just go the sake of this unusual feeling.

Back then he considered this foolish but now he began to see the world in a whole new way, birthing a new goal and a reason to live. A reason to survive this deadly encounter and push forward.

Roar!

Derik let out a loud roar as the hairs on his body stood up and size once again increased. At this point, he was over three to four meters tall with blazing purple eyes. Each time he exhaled, he released a small most of death aura.

" I'll end this in an instant!" Derik growled.