Chapter 228 - 183 : Hanging By A Thread (1/2)

Hearing the raging winds and the spinning tornadoes, Arthur heaved a sigh of relief as his map showed no signs of the enemy. He was in a very bad state and even with his high recovery, it won't take just a short time to heal.

Especially the toll on his mind, which affected him mentally, it made him unable to think properly to the point of forgetting something.

In every sense of the word, he was broken, physically and mentally and needed a long rest, however, that wasn't possible as he can't move, neither does he have enough Mental Power to summon a strong enough Death Knight to protect him and get him out of here.

The only thing he could do is patiently wait, he had sent a Death Knight earlier and it should be returning to him soon. Its mission was to retrieve the corpse of the woman he killed in that small garden inside the main palace.

Arthur could only hope no enemies arrive as anyone will be able to kill him and dying like this, after successfully defeating a Sovereign is pretty unfortunate.

As he was panting heavily and coughing blood while holding his chest, he started feeling dizzy as the pain overwhelmed him, he could not even keep the Pain Immunity passive on, his mind just couldn't handle it, if he overexerts himself any more than this, he would literally die.

If he were in a safer place, he would have entered the ARK and although time flows slower in there, that doesn't mean it'll stop. Every second matter and a powerful enemy would need a second if not less to finish him off. The downside of the ARK is that he doesn't know what's happening outside, so he could be captured and still be unaware of it, which made him give up on recovering inside that space, despite its high efficiency.

Lost in thoughts and unable to lift a finger, Arthur's instincts suddenly warned him but he was unable to respond. Four golden blades penetrated his three limbs and chest, nailing him on the ground and causing more blood to gush out, dying the black earth with its color.

A figure descended from above, wearing a torn red robe stinking with blood, the lower left side of his abdomen was missing a huge chunk as if a beast had torn it off. His skin was black, making him look like a demon from hell, with only two eyes pulsating with a golden light, the old man looked fiercely at Arthur, his eyes containing unprecedented resentment, hate, and uncontrollable rage.

One of his arms was shattered and the other was bloodied, barely usable, as he couldn't move his legs too, making use of his powers to fly. He had sacrificed a lot of Blood Essence to survive the explosion which made him drop all the way to the God Realm! He dropped to the 2nd Grade which infuriated him as all his efforts over the years were lost, his honor was gone and if he goes back to the Holy Echelon, he would lose a lot of face and he would surely be humiliated.

All the Gods he looked down to are now stronger than him, moreover, he suffered permanent injuries which caused him to barely have the required strength to be called a proper God, the shame he was feeling made him want to suicide yet he held himself back.

He wanted to pay back what was done to him, skin Arthur alive and break all his bones, he wanted to show him what true hell really is, make him wish death yet not grant it to him.

”… You've done well, to make me suffer this much and almost kill me… hahahahhahahaha”

The old man has almost turned insane, he spoke hysterically as he waved his bloodied hand, making the swords of light dive deeper into Arthur's body, causing him to groan painfully.

He was already on the verge of death before being attacked, the only reason he is still breathing was because the old man didn't want to kill him and thanks to his recovery, the short time he passed healing allowed him to more or less recover a decent amount of Health and Nether Energy.

Despite having enough Energy to execute skills, he was immobilized, nailed on the ground with the enemy carefully watching him, any sudden movement of his part will result in his death, he had no way out and was basically at the mercy of the other party.

Actually, the old man's Health was in no way better than Arthur, he just happened to catch the latter by surprise and land sneak attacks that hit the vitals, leaving his enemy hanging on a threat.