222 Chapter 221 - Bat wings (2/2)
The beasts must surely have been smarter than the humanoid creatures that had reached the place of the clash: not far from the clearing, hidden in the trees, some boys and a huge cat were observing the progress of the fight. Their eyes were following to the two opponents.
”Pseudonym!” Helial yelled, leaping at terrifying speed from one white flame to another in mid-air.
The armour replied with a puff and a smile from under the heavy black armour that was more and more battered.
His incredible perception allowed Pseudonym to understand exactly what was going on in his opponent's: Helial had several bones that kept fracturing and regenerating, swirling him in an infinite spiral of pain.
”It doesn't seem that you will be able to keep on for much longer!” said Pseudonym, with a sincere hint of regret in his voice.
”Stop that!” Helial roared, suddenly furious.
Pseudonym may have had highly developed senses, but Helial Perception. Through the flickering in the Aura of the legend of Orma, the boy was able to sense his emotions.
And Pseudonym felt like a lonely, unreachable and distant titan. His Aura emanated bottomless resignation and sadness.
Helial thought that Pseudonym's worry was baseless. The legend of Orma would not have been alone on the summit for much longer.
The blood that covered the boy's body began to evaporate.
His eyes turned pitch black, while the horns on his head took on a more tangible shape and a series of black veins appeared on the surface of his body, just below the skin.
His hands let go of Curse of the Demon, which remained floating in front of him. Helial started creating a huge number of seals, too fast for the eye to follow.
Pseudonym frowned as he felt Helial's Aura become more powerful.
Iblis watched Helial's transformation without saying anything. In another context, perhaps he would have bothered to warn him, as Helial was in danger of destroying his own body. Metamorphosis and Runic Condensation already strained it to the maximum, subjecting it to incredible mechanical stress.
Occasionally it is only fair for Devils to behave like Devils... The child's body floated in space and leaned on an invisible hammock, swinging on nothing.
A hat with bat wings applied to the sides appeared on his head, while the Devil closed his eyes and began to snore loudly.
”Turn a blind eye” is an expression that is sometimes taken too literally, so much so that the blind eyes eventually become two.
All the muscles in Helial's body began to send painful impulses so powerful that he nearly got knocked out.
Helial gritted his teeth and went on, completely ignoring all the warning signs his body was giving him.
Raising his swords, Pseudonym jumped forward. He was not the one to give the enemy a chance to recover in the middle of a fight, just when he was winning.
But, a few meters from Helial, a shock wave made him bounce back, for about a hundred meters, and injured him.
The large black phoenix wings flapped several times to regain balance.
The first thing Pseudonym saw after returning upright was Helial, motionless, who had just stopped creating the seals. Now, his enemy's fists were closed against each other, while a reddish mist seemed to come out of the pores of his skin.
Helial smiled maliciously. ”Maybe it's not enough to defeat you at your full strength, but if you believe you don't have a rival at your Phase, I have to say you're wrong.”
Flame of the Qilin, which just before had enveloped his body, was shrinking fast.
Two huge, barely visible bat wings seemed to delineate behind him as white fire enveloped his hands.
Pseudonym saw Flame of the Qilin shrink to tiny strands and settle on the Runes present on Helial's hands. The bluish runes suddenly turned pure white.
More and more satisfied, Helial's smile widened into a grin. ”Mana is not the only medium that can be used to create Runes.”
Flame of the Qilin cannot be used for 24 hours.
Secret Skill Activated
Runic condensation temporarily evolves
Runes of the Qilin