Chapter 223 - 178 : All Out 4 (2/2)

As if pushed by the mere wind, the white snakes were pushed a big distance away before they vanished, unable to resist the pressure of the attack.

They didn't their job but they managed to buy Arthur enough time to finally prepare the third wave.

'Third wave, Extinguishing Flames, Fire of Redemption!'

A red blade with blazing hot flames struck the defenseless back of the old man, he wanted to use the white shield to reflect the attack in time but his reaction was a split second later. Arthur's distractions did their job and although he wanted to stun the enemy, this kind of result was welcome too.

Like a meteor falling, the old man was sent flying down with a big wave of dark flames behind his back, illuminating the dark sky and spreading a wave of intense heat that burned some of the forests at the edges of the crater.

This attack has definitely injured the old man and it wasn't some minor wounds like earlier. Arthur panted heavily as blood leaked out of his lips, the dark flames enveloping him disappeared as he returned to his normal appearance.

Even Makaze's appearance returned to normal, just a jet black curved blade that had no aura, it couldn't hold on anymore and it's unwise to continue unleashing the remaining waves of the skill, it will result in the blade's destruction and even if it could, Arthur's wasn't in a condition where he can unleash it, not at his current state, at least.

With the boost from the Dark Magic gone and the absence of Makaze, which was safely stored away, Arthur's prowess has declined with these two gone, fortunately, he still had a couple of aces up his sleeve but there is still the fact that he's injured and used a big amount of his Nether Energy and Mana.

As he was thinking was to do to buy some time for his wounds to recover, Arthur's instincts were alerted when a beam of white light shot straight at his head, aiming for a fatal strike.

The beam was evaded by a quick teleport but what awaited him next was a big illusory fist that came from below. Seeing that teleporting from it is too late, Arthur met the attack with his fist, which emanated flames from all direction.

A large fist of fire materialized itself in front of the illusory fist, soon colliding with it. One side had dark red flames blazing the sky and the other had a bright white light illuminating the gloomy sky.

Arthur made use of his Space Magic again to distort the space near the fist, weakening it and allowing his fist to push it away.

Unfortunately, just as the fist of light was pushed, the old man, who had a haggard and disheveled appearance, appeared next to him with a golden palm striking his chest.

Arthur couldn't cross his hands to defend either could the Dark Barrier be of any use against such an attack. The defenseless and injured chest of Arthur was struck by the golden palm which only pushed him a small distance away but a palm mark emitting light was engraved on him, weakening the effect of the Dark-Star strengthening technique and further wounding him.

Mouthful after mouthful of blood was coughed by Arthur, who held his chest and used Natural Lightning to extinguish the weakening light that invaded his body and acted like a deadly poison.

”To think I would be this injured from a Dark Magic user! Such a disgrace to the Holy Echelon!”

After being injured by the last strike of Makaze, the old man could no longer maintain his calm demeanor, his back was scorched from the flames and his robe was burned. His back was a gory sight of flesh and bubbles of blood that could not be healed even after he cast several Healing spells, even high-cost pills were of no cost, which infuriated the old man.