Chapter 396 - 346 : Annihilation (1/2)

The red-haired youth, Artid, and even Clara, were dumbfounded upon witnessing the fight above.

”Is that a White Tiger?”

”It appears to be so.”

The two young men conversed with each other before Clara stated

”It's not a Divine Beast. It doesn't emit any divinity, quite the contrary, it seems evil.”

Her eyes were glued on the large White Tiger.

Even the silver-haired woman that resembled Lucy and her butler left the restaurant, gazing at the tiger. The woman gazed at the tiger while remaining silent. As for the butler, he furrowed his brows while inwardly gasping

'What sorcery is this? It is becoming stronger by the second!'

Out of nowhere, two wings, larger than even the beast itself, sprung from its back. One was as beautiful and soothing as angel's, as for the other, it was black and emitted a withering grey fog.

This, however, was but the beginning of the transformation. Loud thunderclaps came from the dark clouds, striking the white tiger and enveloping it in green thunder, except for its wings.

Then, the lightning could only be seen twirling around the big beast the usually majestic beast turned jet black as it was enveloped by ominous dark flames.

'Let's see if you can match my speed.'

The five pillars of light were like a prison, stopping him from leaving it while they attack him. Unfortunately, he didn't care as his body disappeared from their sight before it rammed into one of the God Monarchs, sending him flying far away, leaving only a fountain of blood behind.

Those witnessing this from above could only see four God Monarch disappear from the sky in less than two seconds. Even the old man leading them was flabbergasted as he stared at this creepy tiger which was glaring at him.

The five pillars of light disappeared as he got rid of four yet the feeling he got from this old man was totally different.

The enemy stopped praying and took out a shield from his back while facing the tiger, which turned illusory then appeared behind him, slashing with its claws.

This wasn't even teleportation, his speed was so fast that the enemy couldn't even follow him. The old man raised the shield and successfully blocked the claws but he was still pushed two hundred meters and before he could stabilize his body, the tiger appeared before him again.

Acid was spat from its mouth, landing on the old man's armor and shield, causing its to start melting, slowly but surely.

The elder's face was paler than ever, even with his cultivation, he could do nothing but receive a beating from the tiger, or whatever it was.

As Arthur was going to hit the old man with his body, the latter took out a white pendant which shot out a beam of light. Unfortunately, before it could even hit him, it was stopped by a golden barrier that absorbed up to 80% of the incoming damage.

The remaining 20% were blocked by the following dark barrier. Although surprised again, the old man didn't give up as he shot out an even larger beam only for it to suffer the same fate as the first.

The pendant showed signs of cracking after firing five times, none of them hitting the tiger. The old man raised his shield again to blocked the tiger only for the beast to suddenly appear behind him, its fangs impaling his precious armor and causing blood to ooze out.

The tiger violent shook the old man, which was stuck in its fangs before large quantities of acid landed on the leader of the holy knights, whose faces became transfigured. Nonetheless, he still managed to use some sort of a Holy skill to heal some of his heavy injuries then he slash with his sword, which emitted a dangerous light that forced Arthur to let go of his enemy.

As the old man cast a healing spell on himself, five thick pillars of light appeared a distance away from their fight, however, these pillars were different from the other ones.

After three seconds, blinding spheres of light flew from the horizon and entered the old man's body. Upon seeing this, he knew that his comrades sacrificed themselves to do a ritual that strengthened him.

There are still three Sovereigns hiding, however, they were only tasked to watch as they aren't strong enough to partake in this life-threatening battle.

Immense power surged inside the old man, who's face returned to normal. His armor was fixed and his injured body fully recovered.

…

”Wanna try fighting it?”

Clara interjected as she smiled while saying those words. The two young men shook their heads while retorting

”I can't even see it .”

”It'll be foolish to make a move.”

The pink-haired girl shook her head as she inwardly mocked their cowardliness. To be honest, she wanted to join the fray and fight but it was apparent that it's out of her league. Even someone like her couldn't follow the tiger's speed, it was just too fast!

…

The fight has been ongoing for a minute at most yet all the nearby powerful sects already arrived. Whether it's the king of the Five Phoenix Kingdom or the Headmaster of the Holy Academy.

They were all at the peak of God Monarchs and showed clear intention of siding with the old man. A man with a long red hair and a long halberd in his hand appeared a few meters away from the old man. He nodded to the old man and faced the tiger.

A similarly kind-looking old man with a golden scepter was behind the leader of the Holy Knights. He waved his hand, causing a light to cover the two in front of him.

Arthur could sense that whatever the old man did, it increased their prowess, nonetheless, it didn't matter.