Chapter 638 - v4c23 The Holy Lance of Heaven(5) (1/2)

v4c23

The Holy Lance of Heaven(5)

Ten meters.

Seven meters.

The room was now filled with pebbles and sand that had been whipped around by the twister. The entire underground hall boomed and roared with the sounds of it. This entire s.p.a.ce was being drawn by an inexplicable force towards a single point. Brendel squinted, enduring the sharp rocks and stones cutting across his face, but at last, he determined the predicted position.

The blade flashed quickly. The next second, Brendel vanished from where he had stood and appeared next to Ovina. The girl of lightning didn’t seem to notice. She looked up in surprise, but mockery flashed across her platinum eyes.

Brendel observed her carefully and immediately realized something was wrong.

“How shallow.”

Before he had a chance to use the Halran Gaia, he heard Ovina’s chilly words of judgment. The next moment, Brendel felt the sword in his hand clang against an indestructible wall. Since the wall was transparent, it looked as if the blade of the Halran Gaia was stopped about a meter away from the girl of lightning, unable to move any closer.

“What is this?” Brendel stood in awe. He had never heard of anyone being able to cast a magical s.h.i.+eld around themselves while they were still in the middle of channeling. Did that leave anyone room for success?

“This is not a magical s.h.i.+eld, human.” Ovina raised the tip of her lance and pointed it at his chin. “That is because your inability to defeat me is destined. It is like a predetermined fate. That is why you hesitate,” she answered calmly.

Brendel understood immediately. This was part of Ovina’s Elemental Powers. This was another manifestation of the Power of Destiny; it planted a subconscious thought in every one of her opponents, making them think that they couldn’t defeat her.

In other words, there weren’t any magical s.h.i.+elds around her, but since he believed he could not defeat her, his sword halted right there.

Everything was merely an illusion.

And yet, the illusion felt so real that he was powerless to fight against it. No matter how much effort Brendel exerted, his sword always stopped a meter from the girl of lightning, as if he was fighting against himself.

This power was unbelievable and bizarre. Brendel had never heard of anything like it, be it in this world that he transmigrated into, or from the game in his previous world,

He had heard other players hypothesize over how terrifying the Power of Existence was. Now that he had encountered it, it was even more formidable and frightening than they had thought!

“Understand now?” Ovina asked.

Brendel smiled bitterly. This was indeed a power that he couldn’t triumph over, because he saw the girl lightning begin to gather up the last bit of energy needed to unleash her attack.

Only then did the Mage from the Silver League begin chanting his spell.

Brendel turned around and caught sight of William’s grave expression.

But right then, a figure entered Brendel’s vision from behind the endless storm. It was someone he had never dreamt of seeing here.

A ponytail the color of fiery flames billowed and fanned out, following after its owner. The lady spun the spear in her hands. It was merely a standard spear from the White Lion Legion. It couldn’t even be counted as a magical weapon. However, the tip of the spear pressed against Ovina’s back in just a moment.

It was Scarlet.

The girl of lightning quickly detected the sneak attack. She whipped her hand back and directly sliced off half of the spear. When she turned around, she looked at Scarlet in puzzlement. “How odd; you’re so weak. How did you escape my lightning cage?”

“Because I’m lightning too!” The girl with the ponytail shouted in anger. “Let go of the Lord!”

“Is that so?” Ovina had already seen the electricity floating and arcing around Scarlet. She raised her eyebrows slightly. “What pure electrical power. You too have Divine Blood in you, and it is even from Kesu…

“But unfortunately, this is far from being sufficient.” Her palm was already flying towards Scarlet’s neck even as her last word fell. This Elite Elf from the Azure Knights had probably realized that Scarlet was weak and decided to finish off this pest first.

“Watch out!” Brendel was still next to Ovina. He already knew that it was futile to attack this self-proclaimed Elite Elf of the Azure Knight. As long as they were under the influence of the Element of Destiny, even if she offered her own neck, he wouldn’t be able to cut through it. Even so, he still had many ways of interfering with Ovina’s actions.

Brendel dodged around the girl of lightning and thrust the Halran Gaia downwards. He shouted, “Rise up, Power of the Earth!” The power in the Halran Gaia exploded in an instant and the ground of the great hall shattered upwards in multiple layers. The floor underneath Ovina looked like it would be completely pulverized the next second.

Ovina’s fury reached new heights, but she had to stay her attack. She pushed her hand downwards and another Time’s Reversal flew out. This hall was her greatest weakness. She certainly would not allow Brendel to destroy it.

But as she turned around, she left herself open for the ponytail girl to attack again. Scarlet did not care that her abilities were worth less than that of an ant’s to the girl of lightning; she just kept using the blunt end of the spear that the Ovina destroyed to stab at Ovina’s back.

“Scarlet, move aside!” Brendel called out in dismay. He knew that Ovina’s Elemental Power was very special. Nevermind Scarlet, he himself was momentarily powerless against Ovina. Scarlet would just be more burdensome by remaining here.

However, clearly it was too late. Scarlet and Brendel’s relentless attacks infuriated even the normally good-natured Ovina. More importantly, the Archmage William’s gathered magical energy was slowly becoming a threat as well. Of course, William was far from being able to hurt her, but if he was set on damaging the great hall, she would have to expend time and effort to repair it.

“Waste of energy, waste of time!” the girl made out of lightning commented coldly. At the same moment, she adjusted her lance’s trajectory and thrusted her weapon towards Brendel.