Chapter 1680 - Black Sun (2) (1/2)
Sprites were meant to be the newest and highest evolution of humanoids. Well, half-sprites that was. However, they had one glaring weakness: Presence!
Ethereal and spirit-like things found the body to be their direct opposite. Unfortunately for them, Presence was based entirely on the body as it was one of the most ancient martial arts to survive to this day.
Wasn't it too foolish for a Sprite who wasn't even Dyon's match to begin with to fight him despite knowing he had the Presence of a True God?!
Paku's transformation was directly interrupted. He felt like his face was shattering under the weight of a thousand planets as Dyon's fist connected with his jaw-line. His only saving grace was that he lost consciousness immediately. He didn't feel it when he streaked across the skies like a meteor, nor did he feel it when he slammed into the city's grounds, wiping out several hundred meters worth of real estate with him.
”Two.”
Those of the Clans Dyon listed were caught between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, they knew that none of them here were a match for him, but they also knew that they couldn't spit on the pride of their Clans so easily. More than half of them were dragons and qilins, and the other half were from the mighty sprite races! How could they not be prideful!?
”He came here alone!” Someone roared. ”Attack him together!”
The Dragons and Qilins didn't move an inch toward Dyon. Instead, they began to make their ways to the various teleportation arrays. They were too prideful to gang up on a single man. But, they also knew that they couldn't defeat Dyon alone. Their only choice was to wait for True God Aurum, Lux and Nativus to get word of today's events. Then they would come back to vent their anger.
However, the sprites were a completely different matter. They surged upward in the tens of thousands, the hundreds of thousands even!
Of course, they weren't all sprites. Much like elves, sprites suffered from terrible birth rates. This was simply the curse of greater evolved species. However, they did have many talented subordinate clans under their charge, all of whom would suffer under Dyon's ban. So, how could they not act?
Dyon couldn't help but involuntarily smile. Actually, it could be described as more a grin. He had spent too long cooped up. Sure, spending everyday with his wives was great, even diligently spending time on his array alchemy brought him happiness like almost no other thing could, but there was simply nothing like fighting an insurmountable enemy on your own, the kind of enemy no one expected you to defeat!
All of the geniuses here before him, every single last one of them had names that rang like thunder in the ears of the common people. Yet, today, they had banded together to face him alone!
In that moment, someone immediately began to record the events. One of the newest ventures those business savvy individuals created were platforms where events would be recorded and broadcasted live. Large companies would pay recorders of these events a certain commission, and in return, the person who recorded these events could use the name recognition of those large companies to get as many eyes on their recordings as possible.