Chapter 297 33

[Invincible Blade]

[Blade of Annihilation]

The aura blades of Ziel and the Archaic Knight met in the sky. But unlike before, Ziel's attack this time wasn't cut off but clashed violently with his enemy's attack and caused a massive explosion.

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmm!

"Ooh, isn't that the power of the Sacred Demonel? So my guess turned out to be right. You can use not only the power of the nine-headed imperial dragon but also the Sacred Demonel. Will you get their powers after defeating them? Interesting!" The Archaic Knight was slightly surprised when he saw that Ziel blocked his attack. But that feeling was quickly replaced with fighting intent overflowing from him.

Ziel didn't answer the question from the Archaic Knight. He pointed his sword at his opponent and compressed his power at the tip.

[Demolition Ray]

Ziel thrust his sword and fired a black laser beam at the Archaic Knight. Not just once, but he delivered dozens of consecutive stabs, and the number of laser beams released was the same. Archaic Knight easily blocked the first laser beam. But the second and subsequent attacks surprised him as he felt it was getting harder and harder to cut with his sword.

Just as the Archaic Knight was about to cut through the last laser beam, hundreds of Spheres of black light suddenly appeared and surrounded him. Ziel secretly unleashed another skill while his opponent was busy blocking the laser beams that he purposely made stronger with each attack.

[Sphere of Annihilation]

"Hahaha… I didn't even notice that you had unleashed another attack because I was too excited. Good… good… I haven't felt like this in a long time!" The Archaic Knight laughed and then released a blue aura from his body. The light expanded at a terrifying speed and instantly covered an area of thousands of meters.

[Sword Domains]

[Sword Rain]

Ziel raised his head and frowned upon seeing the scene above him. He saw hundreds of thousands or millions of swords appear out of thin air and fill the sky. When the Archaic Knight swung his sword, the millions of swords descended at high speed toward Ziel.

Ziel tried to keep his distance from the attack and injected his power into the white sword in his left hand. He compressed it until his mana and aura condensed thickly and swung it towards the millions of swords that came at him.

[Space Banishment]

A gigantic space tear appeared in front of Ziel and engulfed those millions of swords. But the Archaic Knight looked calm after seeing that his attacks were ineffective against Ziel. He seemed to have known it was going to happen. Then the Archaic Knight compressed his strength into his sword and pointed the tip at his opponent.

[Sword Domains]

[Sword Burial]

The sky where Ziel and the Archaic Knight were fighting suddenly turned to land with many swords stuck in the ground. The Archaic Knight strolled, and the swords trembled as he approached them. He sheathed the sword in his hand and drew the two swords stuck on the ground next to him. Then his figure suddenly disappeared and reappeared in front of Ziel.

Ziel quickly responded to his attack, but a strange thing happened when he tried to block his slash. The sword of the Archaic Knight passed through Ziel's and directly hit his body.

"Hmm..." Ziel saw the two wounds on his shoulder. Luckily he quickly kept his distance from the Archaic Knight after noticing something odd about the sword in his hand.

"As expected, your reaction is fast." The Archaic Knight nodded satisfactorily after seeing that Ziel had dodged his attack. This proves that Ziel is a formidable opponent and deserves to fight him.

"What's that?" Ziel subconsciously asked after seeing the power he had seen and felt for the first time. He felt that Archaic Knight's skills were troublesome. Although not as omnipotent as the previous slash, the attacks from those swords were dangerous.

Ziel couldn't swallow all the swords in that place with 'Space Banishment' as he did with the rain of swords because he felt a force was preventing him from tearing the space in the surroundings. He guessed that the land with thousands of swords was the territory under the control of the Archaic Knights.

"Ooh, are you asking about this sword? This is the soul of the sword." The Archaic Knight let go of the two swords in his hands and turned into particles, then disappeared.

"Sword soul?" Ziel didn't understand the meaning of his opponent's words because it was the first time he had heard about it.

"It would take a long time and be difficult if I explained it in detail. After all, I have no obligation to do so." The Archaic Knight retaliated for what Ziel had done to him. He once asked Ziel about the strength of the continent guardian on him, and the other party didn't want to answer his question.

"I understand." Ziel had no intention of asking further after hearing that answer. He tightly gripped the two swords in his hands and charged at the Archaic Knight.

"Good! Come on!" The Archaic Knight picked up another sword nearby. This time it was a great sword of enormous size and swung horizontally at Ziel.

Ziel parried the attack, but the same thing happened. The sword swung by the Archaic Knight suddenly became unreal and passed through Ziel's blade.

Ziel's face changed, and he quickly teleported to avoid the slash. But the tip of the greatsword had hit his body and left a large scar on his armor. Ziel could have continued his attack when his sword passed through the sword of the Archaic Knight. But that would be tantamount to suicide after remembering his opponent wielded a great sword, and Ziel would be cut in half if he did.

"What does he mean by sword soul? Is it the same as the human soul after they die? If that was true, he could use all the swords here and slash them at me without being blocked. That entity isn't something I can cut with my sword. But I have to find a way to deal with it." Ziel looked at the surrounding swords with a severe face. Then he suddenly raised his eyebrows after remembering something.

"Then how did he wound me with a sword soul? Aren't those swords supposed to pass through me or maybe injure my soul? Then why did that attack give real wounds to my body?" Ziel looked at the wound on his shoulder that was slowly healing. The scars are real and not just imagination. That meant the Archaic Knight could condense the sword's soul to make a direct hit on his body.

Ziel felt closer to a conclusion after receiving two slashes from the Archaic Knight. Although he still didn't know the true principle behind the attack, he had a general idea of it and wouldn't let his opponent land the third attack in the same way.

"I will find the answer myself." Ziel said calmly, and his figure disappeared from his opponent's sight.

The Archaic Knight let go of the greatsword in his hand and took the rapier stuck in front of him. The Archaic Knight dealt tens of consecutive stabs when Ziel appeared before him.

Ziel frowned upon seeing the attack. He knew he could not block the dozens of stabs even if he saw the trajectory. Because of that, Ziel decided to temporarily distance himself from the Archaic Knights and look for opportunities to counterattack.

The Archaic Knights continued to chase Ziel and didn't give him time to think of a way to counterattack. But Ziel suddenly turned around and came towards him. Spheres of black light appeared around him and collided with his opponent's sword thrust.

[Sphere of Annihilation]

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The corners of Ziel's lips raised slightly after seeing that the skill he got from the Sacred Demonel was effective against the soul sword.

"Ah, I forgot that Sacred Demonel's attacks can destroy both body and soul. Looks like I have to increase my attack level." The Archaic Knight shrugged his shoulders and released a rapier that was half destroyed after colliding with Ziel's attack. Then he picked up another sword that looked like a katana behind him. The Archaic Knight compressed his strength into the sword, slashing it towards Ziel.

[Sword Domains]

[Invincible Sword Burial]

Ziel's face sank when he saw the attack from the Archaic Knight this time. He combined his two skills, and one of them was the most difficult for Ziel to deal with, even though he had managed to block it once before.

Ziel quickly created a black light-sphere and compressed it on his sword. But he didn't immediately swing his sword because he knew that he wouldn't be able to withstand this attack the same as before. The Archaic Knight combined his two powerful skills, making the slash even more challenging to deal with.

A thick black light condensed on Ziel's sword. When he felt that the blade could no longer take the compression of the Sacred Demonel's power, Ziel swung it towards his opponent's attack.

[Blade of Annihilation]

Booooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmm!

Their attacks clashed and violently shook the Sword Domain. Not long after, the sword burial blurred and disappeared. The impact of the collision of their attacks made the space in the area unstable and annulled the Archaic Knight's skills.

This was the second time Ziel had managed to block his enemy's omnipotent slash. Although he still felt the overwhelming coercion of his opponent's skill and made him unable to dodge it, he already had a way to fight it, and the answer was to use the power of the continent guardian.

After successfully resisting the attack, Ziel disappeared from where he was standing and reappeared behind his opponent. He launched an attack on the Archaic Knight when he saw an opening in his opponent.

The Archaic Knight didn't immediately notice Ziel's presence behind him because he was too focused on controlling his combined attack and watching Ziel's countermeasures.

When their attacks collided, it caused smoke and dust to fill the area and made him lose Ziel's presence for a split second. But when he sensed it again, he was already too late because Ziel had swung his sword with the power of the Sacred Demonel.

[Impenetrable Defense]

The Archaic Knight quickly created a barrier to cover his entire body, but Ziel's slash cut it off.

Slash!

His defense was broken, and the Archaic Knight's armor was cut off due to Ziel's slash. The Archaic Knight was slightly taken aback by that, but then his feelings became ecstasy because Ziel had managed to land an attack on him and even injured him.

"Hahaha... awesome! You are the strongest opponent I have ever faced apart from the last guardian of the continent." The Archaic Knight laughed madly and drew the sword at his waist.

"Show me how strong you are! Let's fight more seriously from now on!" The Archaic Knight unleashed his full power and made the space around him tremble. A raging blue light swirled around his body, creating a windstorm that blew away everything around him. Archaic's mood and temperament completely changed at this time.

"Come on!" The Archaic Knight's figure disappeared.

[Lightning Rhythm]

Ziel frowned as he sensed the change in his opponent and quickly turned his body to meet the attack from the Archaic Knight.

Clank!

"Ugh!" Ziel was pushed back dozens of meters with just one swing of the Archaic Knight's sword. Not only did his speed increase, but his attacks became heavier. His current opponent looked like a sharp sword that had just been drawn from its sheath. After attacking, the Archaic Knight's figure disappeared again.

Ziel also released all his strength and compressed the power of the Sacred Demonel in his black sword and the power of the nine-headed imperial dragon in his white sword. Then he disappeared, and clashing swords echoed in the sky without showing the two people fighting.

"Hahaha... Good! Show your strength even more. Get it all out. Please do not disappoint me! Don't you feel the same way about yourself!?" Archaic Knight seems to enjoy his fight with Ziel. He didn't care if Ziel was irregular or not. He just wanted to fight him with all his might until one of them died.

"I do feel a little excited when fighting a strong swordsman. Unfortunately, I can't enjoy this fight because I have to kill you. You are very dangerous to the people around me." Ziel said coldly and kept his distance from the Archaic Knight.

"Is that so?" Archaic Knight was slightly disappointed by Ziel's answer. Then he brandished his sword, and a blinding light overflowed from his body.

[Sword Domains]

[Invincible Sword Rain]

Millions of aura blades appeared in the sky, all terrifying attacks that couldn't be blocked with ordinary power.

"Die." Archaic Knight said indifferently and swung his sword at Ziel. Then millions of swords descended simultaneously toward Ziel at high speed.

Ziel's face darkened as the threat he felt from the attack was terrifying. He made millions of spheres of black light and intended to fight the attack head-on.

[Sphere of Annihilation]

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The spheres of black light and aura blades clashed and created massive explosions in succession. But suddenly, blood splashed, and an arm holding a white sword was cut off.