Chapter 337: An Expected Outcome (1/2)
By the time Argentum was finished narrating what had happened between him and Melzarin while Felix and Rosalia were fighting, the four of them had already arrived a few meters away from where Eleanor was. Unfortunately, just as they were about to plan their next move on a strengthened Eleanor, the flames surrounding her had changed form once again. This time, a large wave of killing intent radiated throughout the area, prompting all four to let out a sigh of slight disappointment.
Soon after, Felix scratched his head with an aura of slight worry around him as he muttered, ”Oh, boy. Eleanor has finally gone berserk.”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
In less than an instant, the white and black portions of the flames that appeared around Eleanor fused as one, transforming into gray flames that emanated a strong aura of death. Not long after, another type of aura appeared from the gray flames, becoming a great contrast to the deathly aura of the flames. Of course, this aura was none other than the aura of life, acting as the fuel of the flames to burn more intensely.
Once the flames surrounding her had turned into gray flames, the dress covering her body soon turned into gray flames as well while the mark of a gray flame appeared on her forehead. At this moment, the four knew that they were now fighting against Eleanor's strongest form for real, the Samsara form.
Now devoid of rationality, Eleanor went ahead and covered her fists in gray flames as she dashed at the four with the greatest speed she could ever muster. Seeing this, the four hastily looked at one another and nodded, tacitly agreeing that the first attack Eleanor was going to send towards them would be the strongest. With that in mind, Melzarin, Rosalia, and Felix decided to use all of their strongest defensive skills in tandem while Argentum acted as their support.
”[Mountain Reformation Scripture: Earth's Divine Will]!” Since he was the strongest being among them, Melzarin activated his own skill first, forming a wall of earth that was 10 meters high and 5 meters thick. Soon after, this wall of earth had turned a dark shade of gray, giving off the feeling that it had turned to metal.
”[World Protection Art: Dominion of the Terran Sovereign]!” Next up was Rosalia, whose element was the same as Melzarin's. Unlike Melzarin's skill though, this defensive skill covered the four of them in a thick barrier that radiated a bright brown color. Surprisingly, this barrier connected with the wall Melzarin had made, reinforcing its defensive properties.
”[Tsunami Redirection Scripture: Divine Wave Splitter Formation]!” Being the only strong being left that hadn't activated their skill, Felix went ahead and cast the strongest defensive skill he had in his arsenal, covering the barrier Rosalia made in a barrier of water that rotated every second at high speeds. At this point, only a second or so has passed since Eleanor made her move. Nevertheless, her fists were already ready to attack the barrier at full power.
Of course, Argentum would try his best to not let it happen, covering all of them in a layer of blue energy as he shouted, ”[Supreme Aqua Benefica: Selfless Variant]!”
Swoosh!
In less than a second, the energy that the three defensive skills had been enhanced by a great degree, prompting the three to look at Argentum with shock as if he was a monster. Ignoring their reactions from what he had done, Argentum continued to cast buffs that would increase the durability of the defensive skills, covering all of them once more in a layer of energy. This time, though, the energy was light brown.
”[Gaia's World Aegis]!”
Fwoosh!
And just like that, the energy circulating within each of the three defensive skills had intensified to yet another degree, giving off the feeling that the three would be able to defend against Eleanor's attack without a problem. Fortunately, the buff had applied just a split second before Eleanor's attack landed against the defensive skills.
Bang!
Accompanied by a loud explosion, a large part of the surroundings had been flung into the air, with the only part still remaining on the ground being the land that the four were standing on. Seeing how destructive Eleanor's attack was, Argentum could not help but look at the three and ask, ”Did you three ever have to fight against her at her full power?”
In response, the three hastily shook their heads, knowing very well that they would lose to her on a one-on-one if she was in her Samsara form. But in reality, the three had asked Eleanor to fight them at her strongest a few times, and well…
The best way to put it would be that the three took a couple of months to return her to normal after each fight.
Noticing that her attack hadn't obtained the effect that she wanted, Eleanor automatically summoned a large swath of flames around her fists, making it seem like a group of people were punching against the wall at once. Naturally, with that kind of attack, the speed at which the durability of the three defensive skills went down had increased in pace.
Examining what Eleanor was doing, Felix then closed his sense of vision for a bit before sending a strand of energy to the remaining three and saying through that connection, ”At most, we only have around five seconds before she breaks through our defensive skills. Should we prepare an offensive to catch her off guard?”
”I'm down to be on the offensive,” Melzarin hastily replied.
”I'll boost your offensive properties,” Rosalia added not long after.
”I'll do the same thing as Rosalia,” Argentum said his piece after Rosalia was done.
”Guess I'll also be on the offensive, then,” Felix uttered soon after that.
After coming to a consensus, Melzarin and Felix went ahead and prepared the strongest offensive skills they had in their arsenal. For Melzarin, the armor of earth surrounding his body was manipulated to coalesce around his hands before transforming into a giant double-handed sword. Not long after, a great mass of Earth energy particles surrounded his body, making him give off the feeling that he and the double-handed sword were the same entity.
As for Felix, he conjured a spear out of water just like before. But rather than forming a magic circle at the tip of the spear to increase its speed, he instead redirected most of the energy inside his body towards the surface, creating a layer of dark blue armor made out of solidified water. Soon after, a large mass of Water energy particles appeared out of nowhere, covering both Felix and his spear as he gave off the same feeling as Melzarin, being as one.
At this moment, the large wall Melzarin had conjured was broken through by Eleanor, with her now madly hammering her fists on the two barriers Rosalia and Felix made. Seeing that they did not have that much time left, given how Eleanor summoned another wave of flames to speed up the process, Argentum and Rosalia hastily summoned all of the energy inside their bodies outward as they cast all of the enhancement skills and spells they had in their arsenal.
”[World Rejuvenation Art: Boundless Proliferation]!”
”[World Sublimation Art: The World as the Blade]!”
”[World Ultimatum Art: Union of Life and World]!”
”[Higher Zephyr Magic: Zephyr Burst]!”
”[Higher Ignis Magic: Ignis Burst]!”
”…”
”[Zephyr Ignis Ouroboros Magic: Symbiotic Resonance]!”