404 Blood of the Ancestor Beasts (2/2)

The students were not stupid, and as soon as they saw Fyro, they immediately understood that Nilo's plan had the highest chance of success. So without thinking twice about it, they gave up on fighting the charmed ones and joined Nilo and the others in a more comfortable fight which, instead of requiring them to fight three people each, allowed them to fight the beasts two against one.

The charmed ones immediately tried to react to the students' movements in order to strike them from the back, but as they turned away from Fyro, they felt the cold threat of death dash past their necks, as they were barely able to avoid a deadly hit.

This exchange took only a few seconds, which were enough for the legendary beasts to turn into their boosted, and final form.

”Cynna, take the dragon. Zack, go for the quilin, and I will take care of the Minotaur. Finn, support us whenever you are able to.” Said Nilo while keeping his eyes glued on the three fuming beasts. However, before he could receive a nod of understanding, the three beasts disappeared, and when they reappeared, they were already standing in front of them.

Cymma was barely able to place her shield in front of her chest, before the petrified hand of the dragon clashed against it with enough power to shatter it, and send her flying directly into one of the buildings. Zack's attempt to avoid the quilin's attack was also a failure, and one of his antlers opened a gash on his back, and sent him spinning in the air. Nilo was the slowest of the three, and was left with no other choice but to try and defend himself from the descending palm of the massive minotaur, from which he protected himself by crossing his arms above his head. However, the impact was so powerful, that his bones started to crack, and he was pushed a meter into the ground.

As Nilo lay flat on his back under the pressure of the minotaur's power, the minotaur decided to follow the first strike with a second one, but just as his fist was about to do some serious damage, a nearly invisible flash appeared next to his head, and before he could react, the vision in his left eye went out.

This flash then reappears at his feet, and with incredible speed, grabbed Nilo, and pulled him out of the minotaur's range.

After leaving him at a safer distance, the flash of light moved in the air, right where Zack's injured body was spinning, and releasing a spray of blood which was similar to a red ribbon.

Cynna was able to pick herself up, and walk out of the pile of rubble that just seconds earlier was a large building while holding the side of her torso, where nearly all of her ribs had cracked.

”Tianna! How long can they keep this up?” Asked Nilo to the young woman that lead the students. While he knew that he could make his own guess, he had seen how quickly these students were able to analyze the situation, and find details that he could miss while in the middle of a fight.

Luckily, the young woman had already spent the past few seconds making this calculation, so without turning to look back at Nilo, she said, ”They have to use all of the power within three minutes, or they will start to go crazy! Hold on until then! They will be weakened then!”

”Easy to say..” muttered Nilo while feeling his bones crack, and every muscle in his body hurt.

As soon as the dragon's eyes landed on Cynna's body, it dashed in her direction, but his charge was met by a ten meters long sword, which came down upon his head with as much power as Cynna could muster. Unfortunately, her power was nowhere near enough to do any damage, and was instead barely able to push the dragon back due to its lack of footing.

At the same time, Nilo made use of the blind spot created by the loss of the Minotaur's left eye, to avoid his powerful attacks. He knew that another attack from the minotaur would destroy his bones, and if that were to happen, the situation would go south very fast for him and his friends.

Finally, Finn and a slowly recovering Zack were handling the quilin by trying to stay by its sides, and make it impossible for him to charge at them with his powerful antlers.

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For the following three minutes, Nilo and the others were not always they able to avoid any form of damage, but their luck was powerful enough to help them avoid any deadly blow.

”It is time! Release the power!” Shouted one of the flying beasts while trying to avoid the attacks of two of the students.

The suggested time limit for this type of boost of power had already passed, and after every additional second, the three legendary beasts would lose more and more of their sanity.

The three beasts did not appear to be listening to their companions, and were too focused on the slippery methods of Nilo and the others. What they were not realizing, was that the more time passed, the less chance they would have to reawaken. It was only out of sheer luck, that a now semi-crazed dragon had felt the presence of the quilin, and instinctively reacted to it by sending a powerful tail strike in is direction.

The quilins and the dragons had evolved as enemies, and only thanks to their increase in intelligence had the two races started to get along. However, the instincts passed down through the blood of their ancestors recounted of a time where the two races could not live under the same sky, and the lower their control over their minds was, the more important this fact became.

Soon enough, the dragon and the quilin stopped caring about Cynna, Finn, and Zack, and charged all the power they had left into their bodies, to release it against one another.

A massive ball of black flames formed inside the opened mouth of the dragon, while a sphere formed by the mixture of beast and light essence, formed in between the quilin's antlers.

These two powers created two storms which were powerful enough for the Minotaur to be shaken awake, and release all of the excessive power before losing his mind.

When released, these two powers clashed against one another, and formed an explosion that expanded through the entirety of the massive square, cancelling every bit of essence present in their surroundings. Each cultivator present, including the participants who were simply observing, were pushed back, and pressed against the spatial barrier present in the edge of the square, or against the crater that had formed, leaving them within an inch of their lives.