Chapter 316 - 316 Marcus Vs Quillon (2)

Sending hundreds of lightning boosted iron feathers towards Quillon, Marcus had him completely surrounded by the countless number of projectiles making it incredibly difficult for him to deal with all of them.

Though Quillon did not seem worried in the slightest about the numerous projectiles coming his way as he switched up the hold on his sword placing it behind his back.

Seeing this Marcus wondered what he was doing since it was not a very good defensive stance, but what he saw next made his eyes go wide.

As his iron feathers got within fifteen feet of Quillon, they began curving around him, some slamming into the ground and others going into the air.

It was similar as to what happened with Gurrom, but the process was completely different.

Marcus had no idea how it had happened, but it was as if there was some force that was changing the direction of his iron feathers and preventing them from aiming at Quillon.

However, he did not have long to ponder the reason as to why his iron feathers veered off target, as Quillon released a slash from his blade swinging it upwards and sending out a very fast and powerful blast of mana. 

Holding his scythe back Marcus began charging it with mana and the darkness and light energy from his supreme skill, brining it up to maximum power.

At the same time, he also deployed a mana barrier in front of him and allowed Quillon's attack to hit his defenses first.

Quillon's mana blast quickly broke through Marcus' mana barrier and then his radiance scales spell, that he had cast earlier.

But right before it was about to break though the last scale Marcus finished imbuing all of his strength into his scythe and slashed out against Quillon's attack.

His slash still at full power busted through Quillon's and began flying towards him.

It was a perfectly timed counterattack from Marcus, and now Quillon was going to have to deal with the blast of light and darkness coming for him.

Yet even with as much power as he had put behind this attack, Marcus watched it get pushed aside splitting into multiple different parts and flying away from Quillon.

Marcus had only caught a glimpse of what had happened, but Quillon had used some sort of sword skill to redirect the flow of his attack.

Quillon then after having blocked Marcus attack took to the sky as well, creating platforms out of mana under his feet and running up them.

It was an impressive display of ability, and one Marcus put into the back of his mind to try to replicate later.

Though having to deal with it now meant he lost out on the aerial superiority.

"Laser."

Firing of a heighten laser spell further empowered by his supreme skill, Marcus was planning to push Quillon back, or at least force a defensive action that would give him enough room to maneuver away and keep up a ranged assault.

Except like his iron feathers previously, Marcus' laser spell bent around Quillon completely avoiding him and blasting into the ring below.

With his plan a complete failure Marcus gritted his teeth and flew towards Quillon aiming to push him back in a physical confrontation.

'Soul devour.'

Using his unique skill again right before attacking Quillon, Marcus drastically increased his power.

But unlike last time where Quillon met him head on with brute force, this time he switched up his sword stance and with an incredibly smooth parry allowed Marcus' blade to slide past him.

This allowed Quillon to attack Marcus' exposed side and changing the grip on his sword unleashed a quick flurry of slashes.

Twisting his body around and using his iron wings Marcus just barely managed to avoid taking any damaged but after blocking Quillon's last attack was sent plummeting back towards the ground.

Luckily, he was able to stop his momentum by using his ghost form and then reappearing, landing on the ring gently.

Unfortunately, Quillon was in hot pursuit rocketing towards Marcus with his sword posed to deliver a devastating strike.

Raising his hand upward Marcus planned to cast a powerful spell and blast Quillon away, but it became quickly apparent that he would not make it on time.

'Screw it.'

Seeing as how he had already gone this far, Marcus came to the quick decision to forgo fake chanting a spell.

'Blazegram's Furnace.'

Casting the powerful tier five fire magic spell Thabon had taught him, the image of a furnace made of flames appeared in front of Marcus and sent out a powerful blast of fire.

Quillon who was only around a dozen feet away from Marcus at this point had no time to avoid the spell that appeared out of nowhere right in front of his face.

Marcus then watched as Quillon was completely engulfed by the torrent of flames his spell created.

However, even as he was being blasted by flames Quillon had begun swinging his sword in a zigzag pattern keeping most of the flames away from himself and creating enough room to jump out of the spell.

'Looks like I finally did some damage.'

Keeping his gaze on Quillon, Marcus could see that he had slight burns on his hands and face, not having escaped from that last spell unscathed.

Nevertheless, the wounds on Quillon quickly began to heal on their own, and Marcus frowned understanding that Quillon also possessed a regeneration skill.

'Well, a war of attrition is out of the question now.'

With Quillon having a regeneration skill, Marcus' plan to slowly injure him was not going to work, leaving him with only one real option.

'I guess I will have to win with one big attack.'

The two of them then stared each other down for a moment seeing who would make the next move.

Of course though, it was Marcus who got started first, since he was burning through his stamina and mana at a crazy rate, and he only had a little longer before he reached his limit.

He needed to end this fight fast before his own overwhelming skills ended him.

So, jumping back Marcus put some distance between him and Quillon, though Quillon was quick to pursue noticing the frantic expression on Marcus' face.

'Iron golem.'

Summoning his iron golem Marcus put it in Quillon's path to slow him down a bit, and while it was cut down in one blow it served its purpose.

'Cataclysmic iron sword.'

Draining nearly all of his remaining mana, Marcus cast his strongest and only tier six spell, creating a titanic sword of iron over three hundred feet long.

Then with the swing of his arm the massive blade began falling down on Quillon gaining speed by every moment that passed.

But to Marcus' surprise Quillon did not try to get out of the way.

He simply stopped in his tracks and held his sword out in front of him after sheathing it.

And when the cataclysmic iron sword was about to crash on top of Quillon, his aura seemed to explode, and he unleashed an upward slash at the colossal sword about to hit him.

Unable to believe what he saw next, Marcus watched as his cataclysmic iron sword was deflected upward and now had a large nick in it, with cracks forming through its blade.