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Chapter 979 All Out War (3)
?979 All Out War (3)
"The first Rune Magician?" Qiel frowned. Even Laufey and the other two Devil Saints furrowed their eyebrows after that bold declaration.
They could clearly sense that Felicia was only a Spirit Master. Her strength was nowhere near that of the Superior Demon.
In the past, Noel and Anna had to work together to defeat a Superior Demon. And Anna was forced to use her True Spirit Body and almost died because of it. Noel's strength was also extraordinary for a Spirit Master.
Yet, they barely defeated it. To think that there would be someone bold enough that they could kill a Superior Demon with only her Spirit Master's strength...It was ridiculous.
However, what they didn't know was that Felicia was the first Rune Magician in history. While her strength was nowhere near that of the Superior Demon, the gap could be closed by the runes.
The only real gap between them was the amount of spiritual energy. A Superior Demon had more spiritual energy. Their utilization was much more powerful and contained more energy.
Even if the runes could withstand their attack, the consumption of her spiritual energy would be ridiculously high, let alone the fact that her energy reserve was far inferior to that of a Superior Demon.
If she claimed that she could kill several Peak Level Demons, they wouldn't really think much about it. However, Superior Demons were simply built differently.
"Let's test whether you have the strength to back up your words or not. Kill her!" Qiel ordered the cat to move forward. While she didn't believe that the Rune Magician was stronger than a Superior Demon, she still wanted to test the so-called Rune Magician. After all, it would also reflect their future potential.
The cat leaped into the air, trying to bring Felicia down.
Felicia flew back to avoid the cat before pointing her staff at it. "Rune Spear."
Multiple spears appeared around Felicia. She sent four of them directly toward the cat's eyes.
The cat gathered the spiritual energy around its palm to block these spears. Surprisingly, the spears were actually stronger than the cat originally thought.
*Meow?!* The cat wasn't injured, but it felt the impact and even got pushed back a little bit in mid-air.
"Momentum Rune."
Felicia didn't stop and summoned the second rune, charging the momentum of the remaining spears.
"!!!" The cat noticed the danger coming from the spear. Instead of the paw, the cat actually used the nails to strike back.
However, before launching the rune spears, Felicia added one more rune. "Multiplication Rune."
Six spears flew straight to the Multiplication Rune, and each of them split into eight spears.
*Meow?!* The cat was startled. The number was simply too many for it to stop. The cat waved its paw at lightning speed, striking as many spears as possible.
However, ten of them still passed through its defense.
"Impossible." Qiel widened her eyes in shock. The damage might not be fatal, but she couldn't say it wasn't much either. Two of the wounds were actually bleeding profusely.
Angered, the cat's tail shone brightly, blinding everything around it.
Even Felicia wasn't immune to it. She had to cover her eyes with her hands, and that was where the cat struck back.
The cat suddenly appeared in front of her, trying to catch her.
Sensing the cat's presence, Felicia activated the Spiritual Barrier Rune, creating a sphere that would protect her.
The demon cat slammed this sphere to the ground before pointing its tail toward her. It shot another beam.
*Boom!*
The explosion engulfed nothing as the cat skillfully looped around Felicia and struck her from behind.
"Harden Rune!"
Felicia didn't have enough time to activate the Intermediate Rune, so she had to resort to this basic rune to harden her body. However, the sweep was swift and powerful.
It launched her at least fifty meters from her original position, causing her body to roll multiple times on the ground.
The cat wasn't even done yet. It was about to deliver a finishing blow, only to find that this was yet another trick from Felicia.
Before the cat was able to move, it actually saw multiple spheres in front of it.
"!!!" The cat widened its eyes, not understanding how there were so many spheres right before its eyes. However, one thing explained it all. There was a translucent barrier that isolated these spheres. It was the same barrier originating from the Spiritual Barrier Rune.
Felicia smiled.
"Spiritual Barrier Rune release. Plus, Momentum Rune." Felicia tossed a small rock near her and the Momentum Rune launched it like a bullet, hitting the spheres.
*Meo—* The cat was shocked, trying to cover itself with spiritual energy. Unfortunately, it was too late.
*Boom!*
A massive explosion shook the battlefield.
Felicia panted a few times, her face was extremely pale. There were three key things in Felicia's action.
The first was tossing all the spheres. The moment she saw the cat stepping on the air, she actually cast the Spiritual Barrier Rune to protect the majority of her unstable spheres.
Because the Spiritual Barrier Rune had been used to protect the sphere, she had to use another rune, which was the Hardening Rune to protect her body. Still, the Superior Demon's attack was much more powerful than a basic rune. In the end, her body suffered a heavy injury from this attack.
But she actually threw herself toward her unstable spheres so that the impact would actually blow her in that direction. And she used the last bit of her strength to activate the Enhance Forward Rune, sending the spheres to the cat.
Last but not least, she only had to detonate the unstable sphere with a small impact, which was the stone she threw earlier.
And the result was a massive explosion. Those spheres contained almost all the spheres she had left, so even a Superior Demon wouldn't be able to survive.
The result was soon clear. The shadow cat lost a portion of its head. Half of its forehead was gone, the right eye disappeared, and the entire right cheek had been splattered on the soil.
The cat was still alive despite the damage, but if one took a closer look, there was a yellow flower on the cat.
The cat hurriedly leaped forward, trying to kill Felicia.
"She can't be left alive. Kill her!" Qiel shouted.
The two remaining Superior Demons that Qiel had saved until now finally made their appearance, flanking Felicia from both sides.
"Is it still impossible for me to defeat a Superior Demon?" Felicia gritted her teeth. She thought she could finally do it, so the frustration filled her heart.
However, Noel's gentle voice echoed in her ears as a small flame erupted on top of the cat, burning the flower. As a result, the cat fell to the ground and finally died. The flame was also about to engulf the cat and reduce it to nothing.
"My lord..." Felicia noticed a presence next to her. She felt too exhausted after using her all to fight the Superior Demon. Noel caught her body gently, smiling at her achievement. "Congratulations, my rune magician, for killing a Superior Demon. Leave the rest to me."
Felicia smiled, but ended up falling unconscious.
Noel actually came down to the battlefield. Even if the cat died, there were still two Superior Demons surrounding her.
"That's Noel..." Qiel gasped but hurriedly regained her composure as there was an even more important thing. "That's their lord and Supreme Commander. Surround him! Don't let him return to the city wall alive!"