173 Evolving Lightning Flash (1/2)

”Ariel... How's the spell going?” Serena asked.

”I'm... doing fine... But it's getting harder to control...” Ariel replied with an exhausted look.

The two were panting and both looked out of breath.

”Yeah... I can agree with you on that, but we have to hold on. Those guys have been going at it and have shown barely any signs of slowing down.”

”That's right, they're... amazing aren't they...?”

”Amazing...? I was thinking the word 'monsters' would... suit them more...”

”Will we really be able... to take that thing down with this spell...?”

”I'm not sure... We never used it before... But we must do something...” Serena muttered.

”Then... Let's make sure to pour everything into this attack...”

”Of course...”

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With John facing the girl head on while Master Sylvia attacked from her blind spots, the two continued their combinations of attacks.

But despite that, John was being pushed so far back, it was hard to consider his attacks valid.

The girl's attention was barely focused on him and focused more on Master Sylvia who would constantly shadow step to attack her blind spots.

Even if Master Sylvia got the hits in, they would quickly just heal up, meanwhile, John was focusing his every sense to avoid all the incoming thrusts from the back end of the spear and the sudden unnaturally fast swings.

They weren't getting anywhere, and were only wasting their stamina, the girl was being pressured and was being forced to move around but that was it. She didn't look tired and hadn't sustained any visible damage.

His only other options would be to attack her with a magic attack, but judging by what happened with Master Sylvia's spell, A magic attack wouldn't do much of anything.

John could feel it. His only option was to hope that Ariel and Serena's attack would be powerful enough to get rid of that thing. His job was to gain them time and work to make them an opening.

John tilted his entire body to the side, to avoid her diagonal swing as she spun her and as it moved past him, he cast it.

[Fulgurationem]

This time it worked, in an instant his black hair rose up, the edges had a yellow spark and currents going out around him.

[I'll be able to last 10... no 15... seconds at this rate.]

While she was still in the motion of a swing, John suddenly closed in on her and sent a kick straight to her chin which she avoided by bending backwards. however in that moment, Master Sylvia shadow-stepped down to her legs kicking it and knocking her out of balance.

As she began to fall over, John suddenly leapt above her with a kick in motion sent straight down at her.

She tried to move her hands in time to block it but failed, John's kick got past her hands and hit her straight in the face, before it slammed her head straight into the floor, cracking parts of the floor in the process.

*Crash*