Chapter 270 - 223 : Dark Rain (1/2)
As the sky, which was covered by the flames of the red rose, transformed into a darkness that enveloped what remained of the Human Continent, Arthur took out the half-broken shield from earlier and poured large amounts of Dark Mana into his Dark Barrier, making it thicker and stronger.
He unleashed a Dark Rizaki since Dark Magic was quite effective against those beasts, moreover, the Azure Dragon was already a thread away from death with half of his body pulverized thanks to flames, so there's no way he'd survive this Rizaki, especially when its center is this close to him.
He slowly backed away as focused on the Black Turtle, which started acting the moment the darkness covered their vision. An intense green energy emanated from its scales and surrounded it and the Vermillion Bird, which, fortunately, was close to it.
As for the dragon, the turtle couldn't pinpoint its location and could do nothing but try to resist what's about to happen without acting recklessly.
For an attack to be able to block their view and entrap them like this, it was by no means a simple and weak one. They had special eyes and incredible senses yet they felt helpless when this world of darkness descended.
Seeing the lonely figure of the Azure Dragon as it spat a large ball of blue energy which transformed into a barrier around it, giving it a bit of relief.
The center of Rizaki couldn't be seen by the entrapped dragon, which had no idea that the center of the explosion was merely a few meters under its body, no matter how strong his barrier was, it can't resist a Rizaki from Arthur, especially after his intelligence stats increased to this degree.
Dark energy slowly and sneakily invaded the Divine Beasts body, no matter what they did, they couldn't resist it or push it away. Even the black turtle seemed disturbed by this fact, it only reacted to this by strengthening the green barrier around itself and its comrade.
The Dark Magic that entered them was different from the material one, this acted as a poison, eating away the victim's vitality and slowly consuming them. It has no effect on the Divine Beasts but it's still a good way to divert their attention and scare them a bit.
The cold silence that accompanied this world didn't remain for long, in a split second, the darkness was compressed into a single dot under the Azure Dragon and before it could act, an ear-deafening explosion occurred.
Arthur, who retreated a couple of kilometers away was still pushed away by the turbulent winds but apart from that, he wasn't injured as he fully prepared himself and successfully resisted the impact.
Just like the red flaming rose, Rizaki did a fair job in obliterating the upper part of the Human Continent. As they were battling above the crack that went from the East to the West of the continent, it is no longer a continent but two pieces of land separated by a bottomless abyss filled with eternal fire.
Volcanos have started appearing all over the lower piece of the land, as for the upper piece, it started sinking as the sea covered the mountains and forests, swallowing everything in its way. Rizaki made matters worse as the explosion was so fierce that it pushed the two piece of lands away from each other, widening the abyss below and forcefully pushing the upper piece of land into the sea, letting it sink deep into the sea, never to be seen again.
The small flames tornados that were the remains of the red rose were scattered due to the violent winds and the raging sound waves which traveled long distances before they finally dispersed.
The three Divine Beasts, which were very close to the center of Rizaki, suffered the most. The space around them shattered and recovered again and again and the Azure Dragon, which was heavily injured from the get-go, was turned into nothingness before it could defend itself.
Its barrier was instantly shattered and it was erased from existence the moment the explosion happened. As for the turtle, it was extremely tenacious as its scales vibrated and release an energy which had a mix of green and yellow energy.
The reinforced green barrier around the two Divine Beasts started becoming smaller in size until it barely covered the Vermillion Bird and the black turtle.
The Barrier turned yellow in color and a strange mantra was engraved on each of its sides, one was a green mantra and the other was a yellow one. This wasn't the end as the Vermillion Bird screeched loudly and spat a small fireball which crashed into the top of the barrier, transforming into a red mantra that was a bit smaller than the other two.
The barrier had a mix of three colors, which were harmonious and compatible with each other, every one of them strengthened the other, rendering this barrier almost unbreakable.
When the explosion occurred, the barrier was just finished yet despite that, the black turtle didn't expect such a violent impact. The small barrier around them started showing multiple cracks as it was pushed away from their initial position. They couldn't even stay still due to the pushing force from Rizaki, the cracks started deepening and appearing all over the barrier and the red mantra showed signs of vanishing as it started turning illusory.
This continued for a dozen seconds and before long, the barrier lacked its previous luster as it was filled with countless cracks as if a simple push from the wind would break it.