Chapter 314 - Andros the Grim Reaper (1/2)

Annie’s performance in the knock-out round was amazing. Although this little princess was defeated in the end, her combat ability was recognized by many contestants.

The key thing that people noticed was that the adorable little princess’s destructive power was unbelievable. She was definitely not weaker than an assassin. In fact, she knew more defensive moves than assassins.

William didn’t bother himself with the spectators’ gossip.

He couldn’t possibly tell them that if Annie had her unicorn with her, she would have faced absolutely no problem in getting into the top 10 contestants in the southern region.

After all, unicorns were as powerful as Great Dragons.

Even though the unicorns hadn’t displayed its prowess during the Darkness Invasion, this magical creature was not one to be underestimated.

Nonetheless, it was a fact that Annie had lost this round.

In the finals, one would be eliminated once one lost one round.

Everyone wasn’t too sad about that.

Ultimately, they had already proved themselves by reaching this stage of the competition.

Regardless of whether one had been tricked or whether one suffered from bad luck, there was no need to complain too much.

The next few rounds were equally exciting, and even William thought that the battles were wonderful to watch.

Professionals who could qualify for the finals weren’t ordinary people. They were abnormally strong. They were the cream of the crop in terms of their equipment, endowments, and occupation.

In the fourth battle of the finals, Diablo was up against Andros.

Although, no one thought that Diablo could win in this battle…

It couldn’t be helped. Andros, who had been possessed by the Viscount of Darkness, was way too powerful. He was so strong that he could easily defeat any top experts of the same level.

Before Diablo was about to enter the arena, William suddenly pulled him aside. “Do your best. It’s okay to admit defeat if you can’t overpower him. There’s no need to take this battle so seriously.”

“Why? I want to see how strong he is.” Diablo glanced at Burned Cinder. If he managed to defeat Andros, wouldn’t that make Burned Cinder very ashamed? Perhaps he would even cry his heart out.

“Up to you. However, if you are injured, I won’t give you any Life Potion. You’ll have to slowly recover at home.” William rolled his eyes. He had already warned him. If Diablo got injured, William wasn’t going to step in. He would have to depend on his endowment to recover by himself.

The World Tree didn’t exist yet as of now.

He didn’t have an endless supply of Life Potion!

Diablo grinned. “Rest assured, my Lord. I’ll admit defeat if I’m not his match.”

“A metal element warrior?” Upon seeing Diablo enter the arena, Andros tilted his head in wonder.

Diablo remained silent. He had nothing to say to this guy in front of him.

He opened his space ring, and thousands of pounds of metal fragments instantly covered the ground.

Andros nodded, seeming to come to a sudden realization. “Oh, a metal element mage.”

The next moment, he eerily smiled. “So

what?”

Andros, who was wearing black armor, stepped forward and drew his sword.

The long and narrow sword was only halfway out of its scabbard, yet, numerous waves of sword energy had already pierced through the

air.

It formed a black trajectory in the air and headed straight for Diablo’s metal element defensive barrier.

And before Diablo could counterattack, Andros’s sword had already fully come out of its scabbard.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Black sword energy attacks filled the air, each taking up an area of dozens of meters. Explosion sounds could be heard, as these attacks headed towards Diablo from all directions.

Just before the attacks were going to land on him, Diablo loosened his clenched fists. The metal fragments on the ground turned into a whirling metal storm, blocking the sword attacks from reaching him.

His feet were lodged firmly on the ground like roots. He suddenly flung his metal spear forward.

Bang!

The spear produced a deafening sound as it pierced through the air, and it flew towards Andros.

The remaining metal fragments were also molded into spears. In a formation similar to that of Andros’s sword attacks, the spears zoomed towards Andros with a buzzing noise.

“You’re copying me?” Andros wielded his sword in his right hand, not caring about the spears that were nearing his body.

Just the moment before the spears were about to pierce through him, he dashed out from the array of spears and released three sword energy attacks.

Thereafter, he rushed towards Diablo.

Diablo kept retreating. He knew that Andros was extremely skilled in close-combat, especially since black flames were attached to his battle energy. Those flames possessed an extraordinary ability of burning others, and they were also poisonous to the touch.

However!

Andros was way too fast.

The veins on his legs had bulged to the extent that it had exploded. Blood could be seen gushing out of his leg. He was overdrawing his body potential, forcefully breaking past the metal barrier like a cannon shot. He flung his sword downwards.

Crack!

The two spears that Diablo was holding broke apart.

As the sword hacked downwards, blood splattered in mid-air.

Diablo’s body was nearly split in half vertically, from his chest to his thigh. He endured the excruciating pain and clenched his fists.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Countless metal fragments created a whirling metal storm again.

A gigantic metal sphere was formed, cocooning Andros in it. Diablo was going to slice Andros into pieces!

Those metal fragments were swirling at an incredible speed. It seemed impossible to escape from them.

Just as the spectators were anticipating what would happen with their mouths wide open, a shrill roar was heard from the metal sphere.

Dark flames filled the sky.

A long black sword swept across a radius of hundred meters.

In the next moment, the metal fragments turned into dust. Diablo lost his chance at controlling the battle situation.

Andros hovered in mid-air. Not only was he unscathed, his flames also skyrocketed several meters.

Stepping on air, he made his way towards Diablo.

He slashed his sword downwards.

Swish!

Boom!

Diablo managed to avoid taking the attack head-on by a small margin.

However, a visible cut appeared on his left shoulder…

He pressed on his left shoulder with his right hand.