Chapter 169: Chaos Vs Thunder (1/2)
Izabel— also feeling agitated by the constant parring of her attacks by the sluggish and slow opponent she was supposed to have the absolute advantage over— continued launching a ferocious barrage of attacks at the Dark elf before her, trying to overwhelm her completely so even her Foresight would become useless in the presence of absolute power.
Her simple strategy seemed to be working as her heavy blows kept pushing her back constantly, which occasionally made the Dark elf stumble but she was still somehow able to retain her balance and suddenly partied another one of her strikes which interrupted Izabel's barrage of attacks for only a brief moment.
However, that moment seemed to have been all Rain required as Izabel suddenly heard the resounding clap of Thunder. Next, the girl in front of her had disappeared from her view at some point in time and something flashed by her left ear.
Unable to react in time for the first time, a sudden impact rang through her body as her feet were swept off the ground and she was sent flying. Something Izabel could not predict had happened as it seemed like the dark elf had suddenly regained her full speed and in only the brief moment she had managed to interrupt her attack, the girl had moved behind her and kicked her by the side of her head.
The force from that single kick was enough to take her head off if it wasn't for the chaos aura from the amulet that enveloped her body in several layers of protection and enhancement. Still, the power from the kick had been too great that it stunned her for a moment.
She had accounted for surprises in her plan as when facing opponents of this level, they always had a trick up their sleeves. However, this was insane.
Looking at the dark elf who stood before her, Izabel could feel her energy skyrocketing as cracks of lightning danced across her skin. Her normally silky short black hair crackled with electricity as the base of her hair seemed to have turned white.
[Secret Technique - Thunder God's Descent]
Indeed it did feel like a lightning god had descended but not entirely as it felt like her technique was incomplete. 'Geez, this would be a lot easier if that damnable sister of mine had shown up as we agreed.'
Grumbling internally Izabel quickly stood up as Rain was the one to charge at her this time. The barrier should've surely weakened them by several tiers and without the use of their spells or skills, she should've had the ultimate advantage but it didn't turn out that way as Rain swiftly began assaulting her with her twin daggers.
Trying to stay one step ahead of her enemy, Izabel used one of the skills the artifact around her neck possessed before the girl could figure out that the barrier did not affect the skills contained within magic items.
•Corrosive Blast•
The reddish-black chaos aura around her gathered around her clenched fist and turned into a purplish-grey ball that shot at Rain with the wave of her hand. Seeing this, Rain immediately recognized what the attack meant and the blade in one of her hands caught fire in a sickly green blaze as she swung the weapon and a giant ball of poisonous green flames shot at the corrosive blast.
Both parties immediately jumped back upon impact to avoid getting caught in the area of effect.
Standing only a few meters apart, the chaos aura around Izabel suddenly shifted and formed into a comically large mallet in her hand as she dashed at Rain while swinging the seemingly weightless weapon.
Rain raised her weapon to block the mallet that came down on her when she suddenly heard Liz's voice in her mind yell at her. ”Dodge that! Don't let that weapon touch you.” With the improved agility the technique Thunder God's Descent provided her, Rain quickly changed her mind halfway and jumped to the side as the Mallet slammed into the ground.
BOOM!
The impact was massive but Rain had managed to get away from the blast unscathed. However, looking at the weapon's point of impact on the ground, Rain frowned.
”Oh wow, you noticed. And I thought I swung that light enough for you to feel like you could simply just block it.”
The ground the mallet had impacted with slowly lost its color as the soil began to dry out and turn to dust. The snow melted and all the vegetation around had disintegrated.
•Disintegration Pulse•
A passive effect of the Chaos Hammer that slowly and fundamentally destroys anything it touches, be it physical or spiritual. The pulse could also be gathered until it was immersed enough to be called a wave, which was what Izabel had done.
Rain's expression sunk further. A secret technique could generally not be used for long especially a powerful one like hers and thus, she was rapidly running out of time as the moment her technique runs out, they would find it hard-pressed to survive. The fact that she had been unable to end this fight with her first kick was truly a disappointment.
Seeing the breathing of the so-called Thunder goddess get slightly heavier made Izabel smirk and lunged at her again only to stop short of reaching Rain this time as she used another skill from the Amulet of Despora.
•Soul Eater.•
The aura around her suddenly expanded outwards as it took shapes of soul-based monsters that extended towards Rain and tried to consume her soul. Naturally, Rain tried to move out of the way but this skill was a little bit special as one could not dodge it, only try to resist it.
And while Rain was confident she could easily resist an attack on her soul, even something as simple as being momentarily stunned could cancel her technique and thus, this was a very dangerous situation for her.
However, just as the soul eaters were about to reach her, a thick layer of back clouds had formed in the sky and several massive tornadoes immediately began to sprout out all around them. The heavy winds pushed her away from the soul eaters.
•Lightning Storm•