Chapter 220 - 176.1 : All out 1 (1/2)

Arthur was waiting for their God Spirits to emerge but none of that happened, only their aura multiplied and the pressure they emanated felt several times heavier and it was pressing down Arthur's body, slowing his movements by a little bit.

Since they seemed wary and afraid of his Dark Magic, Arthur decided to mainly use that so gain an advantage, he activated his Dark Anguish technique to its maximum, pulling the pulsating dark talisman from his Dantian and forcing it outside.

The talisman landed on his chest, emitting strange dark light and an ominous aura, then Arthur's body transformed into a flaming figure. He was covered from head to toe with Dark flames and every fraction of his movements caused space to crack yet not completely shatter.

Makaze was similarly covered in flames, they were in harmony with Dark Magic so Arthur's didn't want to waste this opportunity to attack them.

He rushed at the three of them, who chose to stick together, with several three meter long dark spears flying at them nonstop and Makaze slashing at the young man, this gave them more trouble than expected.

Nevertheless, they too, were strengthened and much stronger than earlier, one of the two women stretched her hand and created an illuminating blob of light that acted like a shield, stopping the penetrating dark spears. By this time, Arthur had already arrived close to the young man, who was also protected by that blob of light so Arthur decided to not waste this chance to use normal attacks, he held Makaze and concentrated his Nether Energy, activating [Heavenly Slash].

Different from the original one, [Heavenly Slash] wasn't in the form of a dark arc this time, it was actually a creepy looking skull that opened its mouth, ready to devour the three of them whole.

The skull's size was pretty big and its appearance had a bit of similarity to the one engraved on Zodiak's robe. The distance separating them when he used [Heavenly Slash] wasn't big, to begin with, and the speed of the skull was even faster than its caster so it instantly reached the trio and crashed on the blob of light, devouring it as if it was nothing then continuing its way towards its original targets.

Alerted and flabbergasted by the dark skeleton, the trio used their weapons to meet with the skeleton, each using their strongest techniques. The two spears swept forth towards the skeleton, transforming into two white snakes, one with red eyes and the other with blue eyes, as for the young man, he was panicking and lagged behind, unable to react in time to resist the skeleton. He recklessly swung his weapon to meet the terrifying skeleton but it was futile as his saber showed signs of destruction.

The two women were smart enough to back away when they saw that the snakes conjured from their spears were able to resist the skeleton for sometime before dispersing due to the overwhelming power of the skeleton. The young man, however, was in a tighter spot, he watched as the skeleton opened its mouth, ready to devour him whole and in a fit of desperation and panic, he shouted in fear and thrust his saber in an attempt to stop the death that was coming right at him.

Arthur didn't know what the youth used but a bright golden light emanated from inside the dark skull after it had devoured the target, this caused it to halt and shake violently before it exploded, causing winds to howl and dust to fly, a bloody figure was seen falling down only to be caught by the two women.

The youth was in a terrible state, he had blade wounds all over and some of his veins were dark in color, making him look unhealthy. He was urgently fed recovery pills and their effect should've been immediate, however, no change was seen. In fact, his state seemed to be worsening, blood was gushing out of an ugly wound on his abdomen, even both could be seen, and this bones were actually jet black as if infected with a deadly poison or a strange disease.