Chapter 305 - Force of a Hundred Thousand Abysses (2/2)

The trial had finally begun.

Bzzt…crash!

Swish! Swish!

Bang!

Accompanied by a cacophony of loud sounds that leaned more towards the explosion type, a hundred thousand Abyss-level lightning bolts simultaneously came down from the dark clouds in order to hinder Herellia from proceeding with her Existence Tribulation. At first, these lightning bolts came down from the skies in a manner that leaned more towards chaotic rather than ordered. But not long after, these bolts stopped in their tracks and, as if they had a mind of their own, decided to bunch up and transform into large lightning pillars. How many?

A thousand of them.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

And so, rather than 100,000 individual Abyss-level lightning bolts, Herellia and Horell were instead up against a thousand lightning pillars, made up of 100 Abyss-level lightning bolts each. At that moment, Horell felt like he could not move his body from the immense fear he was feeling. It was as if that the only choice he had right now was to submit to the overbearing power of the lightning bolt pillars and be swallowed up by them.

Of course, that thought did not truly happen as a voice boomed inside his mind, prompting him to remove the fear that he was feeling as he knew that his and Herellia's lives were at stake here.

”Horell! Use your strongest offensive skill to blast away the lightning pillars nearest to the two of you!” Argentum shouted in Horell's mind through an energy strand, to which Horell responded with, ”Here goes nothing!”

Whoosh!

Without delay, Horell went ahead and extended both of his arms towards the lightning pillars that were getting closer and closer to where they were. Although he was seriously fearing for his life right now, he knew that he could not shirk away at this very moment, steeling himself as an aura of determination soon suffused from the aura of fear he was radiating all this time.

Swoosh!

In less than an instant, a magic circle multiple times larger than the one he cast on Herellia a while ago soon appeared in front of his extended arms as a gate made out of energy was soon created from the magic circle. Soon after, Horell went ahead and infused a great portion of his energy as he shouted, ”[Gate of Myriad Armaments]…”

”[Part Two]!”

Swish! Whoosh! Fwoosh!

And just like that, a near incessant amount of weapons made out of Horell's energy soon flung out of the gate as its doors opened, targeting all of the lightning pillars that were near them. Unsurprisingly, thanks to the large number of buffs that was cast on him by Argentum, the firepower of a single weapon was enough to slightly weaken one of the lightning bolt pillars. With that in mind, it went without saying that once a large swath of weapons went ahead and collided with the lightning bolt pillars, then these lightning bolt pillars disappeared without a trace. These then transformed into dark blue strands that headed to where Herellia was, making Horell slightly disappointed that these strands did not head to where he was.

Nevertheless, he continued to fight against the lightning bolt pillars with the skill.

3…7…11…15…

As time passed, more and more lightning bolt pillars were dispelled thanks to Horell's ultimate skill, which allowed him to form a large array of weapons that he could control like an extension of his limb. Unfortunately, with every pillar he dispelled, a decently sized portion of the weapons he created would be destroyed in the process. At first, he would be able to replenish it thanks to the energy he had left over in his body, but as time passed, it became more and more impossible.

By the time the 37th or so lightning bolt pillar was near where they were, all of the weapons that were formed from the spell Horell used had now been destroyed, dispelling the large gate that acted as a controller of the weapons in the process.

Although he knew that it was inevitable for him to be beaten back by the lightning pillars, he could not help but let out a sigh as he muttered to himself, ”Well, what do you know. All of the fear I had a while ago disappeared. That's great.”

”Just so you know, Herellia, I tried my best to dispel a lot of lightning pillars before you had to make a move, but it seems that I've already reached my limit,” Horell continued to mutter as he looked at the lightning pillars coming closer and closer at them. Just as he was about to sit on the ground and closed his eyes as he waited for the inevitable to come, a familiar voice resounded behind him, prompting him to turn around and radiate an aura of immense shock.

”You've done well, Horell. Thank you for helping me out.”

”Herellia…”

”Save your questions for later. For now…”

”Don't you think it's time for me to do my part?”

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