Chapter 1012: Salvaging the Situation
Bang! "Agh!"
With great force, the bolt struck Valyr, sending the young man flying as a wave of pain began to radiate from his back.
Fortunately, the young man was able to quickly react and landed on his feet, though he
immediately faltered to the ground as another wave of pain washed over his body the moment he did.
Seeing that Valyr's life wasn't in danger after the insidious attack, Vaughn inwardly let out a sigh of relief as he conjured a series of barriers around the young man, not wanting the same thing to happen again.T/his chapter is updated by nov(ê(l)biin.co/m
Then, turning his head towards the culprit, Vaughn unsheathed both of his swords, charging towards the werebeast as he flared his aura to its limits.
"Clazarek!!!"
Whoosh!
Moving at a speed far faster than before, it was at this moment that Vaughn finally showed the strength of a true Greater God, slashing down at Clazarek with abandon.
"Hahahaha!!!" In response to the rage-filled attack, Clazarek let out a cackle as he defended against the attack with his arms. "You really think I'd let you do as you please, Vaughn?"
"Remember who you're messing with." Bringing out all of his strength in response to Vaughn's tyrannical move, a grin adorned Clazarek as he soon attacked in retaliation.
"The Alltide doesn't go down without a fight."
"[Rage of the Alltide]."
"[Laceration]!"
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Pushing back Vaughn's swords with great force, Clazarek soon struck at the man with his claws in all directions, making it seem as if he'd confined the man into a small spot.
"[Essence of Immortality: 1st Tenet]."
"[Patience]."
In response to the flurry of attacks, Vaughn struck back at Clazarek with both swords, imbuing them with his energy before beginning to neutralize the attacks one by one.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Glad that he had bought himself some time, a smile appeared on Valyr's face as he briefly glanced at the fight unfolding between Vaughn and the Alltide.
Seeing that the Alltide had momentarily broken away from his confinement, the young man quickly returned his senses inwards, doubling down on having his mana fight against the energy since he had a lot of it.
Unfortunately, just as he thought that his idea would continue to work, the mark seemingly began to gain resistance to it, gradually returning its rate of expansion to how it was before Valyr began interrupting it.
Undeterred, Valyr shifted his train of thought from attacking the mark with quantity to
attacking it with quality.
Swoosh!
Continuing to use the mana on the mark, Valyr soon began to pour in his Void Energy into it, awakening the hundreds of sensations contained within it to give it more force.
Surprisingly, using Void Energy on the mark worked better than mana ever did, putting the formation of the mark to a halt before proceeding to gradually reverse the formation soon
after.
Taking in a deep breath to calm down his excitement, Valyr was finally able to figure out what he needed to stop the mark from forming in the first place, mobilizing his Prime Azure Energy in coordination with the two energies already there.
To no surprise, the speed at which the mark disintegrated sharply increased the moment Prime Azure Energy was added, being the highest-tiered energy Valyr had access to at the
moment.
Yet, just as the mark was close to disappearing from his back, the Alltide had broken away from Vaughn's offensive yet again, making use of his brief freedom to focus all of his
attention on the mark he'd put on Valyr.
Fwoosh!
"Urgh!"
And just like that, Valyr's effort had gone to waste as a mark far larger and stronger than his
previous one had formed at the center of his back.
Ding!
Then again, his efforts were not entirely wasted.
[You have assimilated a trace of the energies of the Divine level into your energies.]