Chapter 1197: The One Left Standing (11)

Chapter 1197: The One Left Standing (11)



Ashema had felt the express need to rise even higher into the sky.

The battle was growing more and more intense, and he wasn't sure he would be left out of the piling collateral damage catalogue if he kept flirting with the expanding range of the conflict between the two versions of the same individual.

Be that as it may, however, the Carven was thrilled.

"They are monstrous!" he cried with a grin and a swig of the blood from his gourd.

Indeed. He couldn't believe how powerful Skullius and Replicus were, but for the former, it couldn't be overstated just how much of his (Ashema) hand played into it.

"I'm glad to see you are thoroughly abusing the knowledge you got from me. HAHAHAHA!" the Carven laughed maniacally.Rread latest chapters at novelhall.com

Indeed. If not for that fair trick, this might not have been a battle at all.

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Replicus saw the Noboboyama drift from the black void and fly over Feinheath quite speedily and gracefully.

He was however teleported away at once, appearing in a town that he assumed to be in Pelian. A moment later, the figure of the CREATURE appeared a few strides away from him, and the shadow of the Spirit of Blind Drowning smothered them both in darkness.

Replicus didn't know the effect Skullius had just used a few seconds ago with the Noboboyama. Serenity hadn't told him about it - likely because she didn't know it - but he was sure it was momentarily bolstered by the unreasonable trick Skullius used to grant his attacks immense output beyond their rank. Only then had it gained the power to decimate hundreds of thousands of powerful Cluster beasts, rip apart a Cluster, and chew through Aigas' Rules.

Replicus' eyes shone.

'I still can't find where his soul is. It's not in his body. It's not in the Stolen Angel and...' he spared a moment to use his emboldened soul senses on the PHANTASMIC RETAINER above, '...it's not in that either.'

Replicus was at an extreme disadvantage in this battle. However serious he could get, he couldn't fight to obliterate Skullius. If he did, he would be killing himself. He had gone into this battle with that knowledge.

If it was simply a matter of killing Skullius, he would have accomplished that goal in less than a minute, but alas...

His plan had been to use Inverted Mana to deal high degrees of damage and subdue Skullius. Naturally, he had hidden this card for a while as it used up a massive amount of his mana with each use much more than Maximum Catalyst, in fact - but now, he needed it. The Hybrid Luman was really hard to harm without it.

Inverted Mana could crush all mana constructs, including skills because it was far more potent. It was especially powerful when he inverted the mana from his two gold cores, which allowed him to even overpower the effects from Skullius' Super skills temporarily.

Unfortunately, Inverted Mana alone wasn't going to work.

Replicus' most favourable winning condition laid with making sure Skullius' body and soul were in one place.

Nomatter how much physical damage he dealt, there would be no point otherwise as he could be sure Skullius could find a way to remain intact even as just a soul.

"Don't look so distraught. Come," Skullius said as he grabbed the hilt to Demion's Dance. There was utter glee in his voice.

The Noboboyama above trembled.

Replicus knew at once. It was about to unleash another devastating attack.

However...

BOOOOOOM!

Aigas shook as the Noboboyama was walloped into dark oblivion by a strange, invisible force. It burst like a balloon!

...!!!

Skullius was stunned.

This came as a great surprise.

What in the world had just happened?!

Replicus wore a small smile.

Skullius couldn't have known, but a massive, long-snouted mercury dragon had been drifting silently in the skies since the battle started, waiting for the exact moment the Noboboyama would be erected. A quick swipe of its tail had been enough to dismantle it!

Of course, Replicus capitalised on the element of surprise. His Apostle, Beyrmir would remain invisible - with the use of one of his Classes, Spirit Walker - keeping the Hybrid Luman guessing.

"Nomatter," Skullius said chillingly, recovering at once, and he streaked towards Replicus with speed that bewildered the Warmoth's Progeny.

He had appeared as a black, messy smear on space even to the Replicus' eyes which were used to seeing atrociously speedy enemies!

Meanwhile, Replicus used more of the Blessings he had prepared beforehand to fight against

Skullius.

One that limited the amount of damage the Hybrid Luman could land on him. It capped at

35%.

Another that increased the Hybrid Luman's vulnerability to his own attacks. It capped at lessening Skullius' defences by 28%, which was a bummer, but Blessings had their limits, especially at a stage as grand as this.

Because all these Blessings had been created during the two months Replicus had been in the Timemould Mirror Box, he still had the full 50 million units of Divine energy stored in the Fallen Reincarnator's Shadow free for use.

For these, he made a decisive choice to expend them all at once by creating a RULE.

"Grant me the power to see my enemies' hidden secrets."

At once, the RULE was made. Limiting its scope - Replicus hoped - would empower its effectiveness. His eyes turned from their usual yellow radiance to a seductive midnight blue. The Progeny's view of the world was altered at once though nothing much changed in his

immediate sights.

The six ghosts as well as the original CREATURE were upon him right after the Blessing was

created.

This time around, Replicus saw the original CREATURE among them. While the rest were

black with bits of crimson, the original Skullius was highlighted wholly in pristine white.

'This should make things a bit easier.'

Reinforcing his body with Null Life Essence, Replicus swung both the Fallen Reincarnator's

Shadow and the Warmoth's Spine to clash against the swords of the enemies at speeds that transcended lights by a large margin.

The oversized spine bore the weight and might of the sword attacks with ease while the spear had to be applied with flexible, spins and swipes to handle the slashes.

As Replicus' right arms were yet to be restored (and he couldn't use [Ju`wtta Resounding Restoration]) he had to fight with only the left set, but he managed still, quite to Skullius'

surprise.

One of his ghosts drew back and used the Beyond-Scale Critical Divine Sword Art to launch an

ungodly slash from afar, using the cover of unending attacks from the others to mask it as best it could, but Replicus' eyes saw through the scheme.

He saw the released attack as a sharp, messy line of pristine white that avoided harming the

ghosts as it hurtled towards him.

Replicus entered the Ju`wtte Blizzard Corridor to evade it, but of course, his other enemies

were quick and keen. They found him the instant he became visible again. Some attacked with

the Beyond Scale Critical Divine Sword Art to ignore the distance, while the others surged to meet him in close quarters.

Feinheath knew a great many crashes and booms as the battle raged on all across its

boundaries!

Replicus couldn't dodge every attack, but he performed quite well. The fact that some of the attacks enhanced by [Dipped in Black], which now had the capacity to hurt him normally, barely dealt any serious damage helped a lot. The Blessing to reduce the damage afflicted by

Skullius was well worth it.

The KUTHMUK caught up to the speedy fighters and warped them to another place. This time,

both combatants recognised it at once.

It was a certain Academy for Energy Formers in Genhuis City which had remained standing tall

and proud despite the Carvens' expansive attack on Pelian.

It was the Reacher Academy!