Chapter 1067: The Logic-Defying Clash Across Null Remnants! (8)

Chapter 1067: The Logic-Defying Clash Across Null Remnants! (8)



The absolute ferocity of the dragon shocked everyone. Even the Null Devil King was impressed.

Aurolio showed signs of apprehension as he looked up at the beast through his cracked Bare Guise.

What monstrous power!

What strength!

However, the one to gleam the most from the Herald's sword slash just now, was the amalgam. He knew a thing or two about swordsmanship. Besides the fact that he had seen Alaris' skill, he also knew the extent of what a Swordmaster was capable of because of Pherdanta.

While the Unlimited was not exactly a Swordmaster yet, from her skill, he was able to estimate just how much power a true Swordmaster could wield.

Quite frankly, Jerthrax wasn't exactly at that level of skill either, but his weapon plus his raw physical strength was capable of bridging the gap somewhat. His display just now...

'How... how many classes does this thing have?' Vohnvolt thought in horror.

It was hard enough to constantly be bombarded by the dragon's strength, expelled as a ferocious wind by his molten shadows, but being forced to swallow the fact that the bastard was somehow able to use Mind Casting and Swordsmanship simultaneously was insane!

'The scale of this battle is quickly spiralling out of control...'

The first indicator of this, was, of course, the absolute demolition of the masked man. Half his body fell to the ground and splattered blood on the arena floor from his ripped robes.

It was no surprise that while the dragon's spear couldn't brute force its way past his shell of Divine energy, his double-sided sword was able to. Besides, both attacks were carried out at almost the same time. It wasn't unreasonable to consider that the masked man simply couldn't react in time, by perhaps strengthening his defences.

However... was he dead?

Could the ambitious necromancer have just perished so suddenly?

The answer acted as a turning point for the battle.

Before the amalgam knew it, the clash turned cataclysmic.

The masked man rose as though he hadn't been cut up from the leg to the shoulder just now, and in an instant, greenish-black flames of Undeath bellowed from the severed side to weave new flesh for him. They also erupted in vast quantities, condensed and formed a better robe and boots for him don when he suddenly leapt into the sky, hurtling towards the dragon fearlessly!

Aurolio sprang forth as well, as did the Null Devil King who kicked off the sky as though it were his sovereign platform.

"YOU ARE YET TO LEARN, ANTS."

The dragon declared with a haughty tone, and his spear smote down at the masked man and Aurolio!

The former extended his hand forward to receive the attack and another deafening impact resounded as the spear met his hand which was infused with Divine energy.

Swiftly, using Brunt Divide - whose applications were as broad as Yuyui's Eye of Moving - the masked man stripped the spear from the dragon's hand, and cast it away, but Jerthrax's sword blurred, cutting the world several times within finely divided instances!

All of a sudden, large, straight trails from the large sword filled the arena, hunting for targets to split!

The masked man used Brunt Divide on himself, dividing himself into three forms that juggled themselves in between the rapid slashes of the dragon's sword!

His body became a separate, autonomous entity, as did his strangely-coloured soul, as did a silhouette made from the purest of his greenish-black flames!

The soul and faint silhouette prevented the body from being hacked again!

Other fine traces of Jerthrax's sword assaulted the Null Devil King as well, but unlike the masked man, he didn't dodge. Instead, Null Life Essence hardened around him, rendering the immense carving power of the dragon moot! It simply slid off the hardened, smooth barrier of essence!

half, just like before, with the masked man.

Aurolio himself found it very hard to even perceive the speed of the attack, much less dodge

it, but thankfully, because of his Void Gate's powers, he managed to stop it from killing him!

As Aurolio interpreted strength so broadly, he could manifest these individual examples of strength using himself as a base.

Two of these examples of strength could be superimposed on him at one time.

For instance, Aurolio could match the physical properties of an opponent with his body if he

wished, though the extent depended on how far his mastery of the Void Gate had progressed. At the same time, with this same body, he could grant himself adaptability that rendered skills below a certain calibre meaningless. Such was what he was doing right now.

The Voided Deathform could also increase his 'numbers' by creating doubles, and grant them

two aspects of strength as well, though, because these doubles were him, they were imbued with the two aspects Aurolio himself had also, meaning they possessed four at one time.

This was why he was able to sent forth clones that travelled through an unfamiliar version of reality which the amalgam hadn't been able to recognise, and deal blows that left him torn. The Voided Deathform did the same in this moment, after having one of his unseen clones reduce the momentum of Jerthrax's blade so that he could dodge.

He sent another clone hurtling towards the spot where the dragon's scales had been removed

to deal a fierce physical blow.

...!!!

Unfortunately, as soon as the hidden clone touched the rising shadows of the Herald, he was erased from existence despite not even existing in this plane!

Aurolio was shocked by this just as much as he was thrilled by the fact that it was even

possible.

"Incredible!" he thought before racing along the blade of Jerthrax's sword which began to

rise sharply, intent on hurtling towards another opponent.

'Let's see. Will this grab your attention?' he thought as he expelled something from his

spatial storage.

At once, Jerthrax's vast blue eyes snapped in his direction.

"That's right! Look at me!" the Voided Deathform cried joyfully.

[Author's Note]

Aurolio's powers allow him to define strength broadly.

Basically, if he thinks strength is numbers, he can make clones of himself.

If he thinks strength is stealth, he can become invisible to his enemies and so on.

He can, however, only adopt two of these definitions of strength at a time. For instance, stealth and adaptability. But, his clones will also carry these definitions innately once he summons them, meaning he can give them two more definitions each. This is pretty much a

cheat.