Chapter 183: Denied (2/2)

The Dark Garuda stumbled backward a bit due to the knockback effect of the explosion but the sudden attack was too weak to actually damage it even a little. It would seem the last light attack had not been to damage them but to fool their senses while Mammon instantly created a lifeless exploring doppelgänger as he simultaneously activated his skill; •Null Existence•

Effectively avoiding Tyler's senses as he teleported behind him and flew up while activating one of his final trump cards, a God Tier skill.

”Fwahahahaha... Pay for your sins with your life. You should've accepted my offer earlier but your foolish confidence in your pitiful strength will be your downfall.”

He then brought out two bottles of potions and crushed them in his arms as he simultaneously activated a second skill.

”You should know, this skill cannot be blocked, not even by your absolute barrier. I'll be sure to eradicate you completely so that even the highest tier resurrection magic will not work on your corpse. Regret your poor choice in the infinite void of the afterlife.”

•True Soul Annihilation•

He hadn't just been ranting on because he was just being cliche but this skill required some time to activate which was why he had also used a skill Prior to this to restrict Tyler's movements. His plan was perfect. With his unique skill; Martial Authority, he could set up various restrictions within a certain range that could not be broken even by a far superior opponent.

Thus by using Martial Law: Restrict Movements. He could bind his opponents in place for a least 10 seconds no matter how strong they were. Obviously, ten seconds was more than enough time for his soul annihilation skill to activate.

This was how he had been able to kill the original Behemoth of Greed, Mammon, and inherited his name even before he had become a true demigod. As such, he could not lose to another behemoth.

Although since then he had recorded countless numbers of skills from his foes and thus, he had hundreds of skills in his arsenal. Realistically, he could not use all of them in a single fight as he had limited mana and thus had to make adequate strategies on which skills to use on particular opponents so he tends to always go back to skills that had been proven to succeed in the past.

Still, the fight up till now had cost him a bit of mana and these skills cost way more mana than the norm. That was also why he had used two high-grade mana poisons before he could use the soul annihilation skill.

At his command, a dark aura gathered around his hand and as though looking down on Tyler, he shot the soul shredding aura at him with a mocking and satisfied smile on his face.

”Die!”

A barrier was constructed to meet the aura but it quickly passed through it as though it wasn't there and continued on its trajectory until it consumed its target. Relishing in his victory, he slowly descended and prepared to either face the Dark Garuda head-on or convince it to leave by offering him the souls and body of everyone here including the corpse of his own generals.

However—

”Magic Arrows”

Before Mammon's mind could even comprehend what had happened. Countless magic arrows pierced through his defenses like a hot knife through butter as he hastily jumped back to avoid a fatal blow albeit, having already received several wounds by that attack.

Turning around in a rage, he saw the young behemoth standing silently behind him as though he hadn't even moved a single step but Mammon was sure he had aimed correctly and his Martial Law should still be in effect as the ten seconds weren't up yet.

”You! What did you do?! How the hell were you able to avoid that?!”

There was no response. It was impossible to completely nullify his laws so how could he have escaped. Even if he had somehow still resisted it, the soul annihilation spell should've still damaged him a little but Mammon couldn't feel such a thing had happened.

”Fine then, No more holding back! Let's see how you'll resist this!”

With all of his remaining magical energy, he used the skill of his Martial Authority once again, aiming to settle this in a final brawl.

•Martial Law - All Skills are Prohibited in this Space•

While all skills were forcibly prohibited, he wouldn't be able to use any of his active skills. And while his resistances and physique were below the average demigod due to the nature of his abilities, he had gathered a number of passive skills to make up for his weaknesses and thus, would have the advantage in close combat.

This was his chosen course of action after realizing that the behemoth before him somehow surpassed him in magic and with the aid of the Dark Garuda. There was no way he could with a contest of spells anymore.

However, his superiority in magic meant he would have an advantage in a melee fight. Or so it was supposed to be.

{Denied}

{Notice: Martial Authorities has been overruled by the Monarch Authority. Thus, the spatial restriction placed around the Monarch will be voided.}

{Notice: Condition to evolve Spatial Manipulation had been acquired.

Kill and absorb part of the owner of Martial Authority to evolve Spatial Manipulation to Spatial Domination.}