Chapter 262 - 215 : Forth Wave (1/2)
'Now!'
The golden opportunity Arthur was waiting for finally came, as the Vermillion Bird continued shaking its body, especially its head to injure Arthur, it fiercely waved its head high-up, leaving a small portion of its chest exposed.
Usually, it uses its wings to defend against any attack that was aimed at its body, which is why Arthur had to wait and suffer from a beak penetrating his back and chest, causing the [Bleeding] debuff to stack multiple times.
Like a shooting black star, the dark arrow flew straight at the bird's chest, causing black flames to land on the flaming body of the bird and result in a painful screech from the Divine Beast.
Arthur grasped this chance to forcefully move his body and push the beak to the back with all his force, he strangely wasn't able to use [Faster Than Death] in such situation which left him helpless, however, he managed to get rid of the bird's beak and he was finally free.
The large wound on his chest started recovering at a fast rate, nonetheless, the damage he had received won't be fully healed in just a few seconds.
Facing the Vermillion Bird, which waved its flaming wings and tried to deflect the dark arrow that has just struck it, Arthur raised his right hand to a direction.
The dark blade came flying from below with lightning speed, it heard the call of its master so it rushed at him and in just a split second, it was already held by him.
Fortunately, it wasn't damaged when it hit the Divine Beast's eyes, this ensured that'll be able to unleash its full potential, especially since [Thousand Waves] isn't done yet.
Even with his recent power-up, Arthur was skeptical to be able to unleash the full ten waves. Previously, against the old Sovereign, he was barely able to unleash less than half of the ten waves, much less half. With his current stats, he knew that he's capable of executing five waves with ease.
If he forces himself, six waves are possible too, however, if he were to execute the seventh, not only will it stress his mind and injure his muscles, it'll surely damage Makaze heavily.
The effect of [Eternium] lessened, the place where he was injured reverted back to its usual appearance, however, when Arthur held Makaze and was ready to execute the fourth wave, the intensity of the black and red flames increased and the aura was multiplied by at least threefold.
'Fourth Wave, The Reaper's Call, Evocation of Death!'
A grey fog cloaked Arthur's figure, rendering the other party unable to locate his position. This was but the beginning, coupled with the core of this attack, several hundreds of short grey blades appeared all around Arthur, they were all aimed at the Vermillion Bird, only waiting for their caster's will to stab the screeching Vermillion Bird.