Chapter 251 - Large-Scale Sacred Art. (2/2)

John propelled himself straight at the trees, as fast as he could, he didn't have any time to waste.

[Work... Come on...]

As he flew through the air like a cannon, he made sure to keep track of the monster's location with 'Deprehendre' And just as he had expected, it was following him.

It was big, so it was amazing how he hadn't noticed it before, if Master Sylvia had found out, she would have forced him to do more training.

[More training, huh... I used to hate it but now... It's not so ba-]

*Bang!*

Whatever it was that hit him, ended up hitting him straight in his c.h.e.s.t, cause his body to rotate anti-clockwise which resulted in his head being slammed onto the ground.

As that happened, with the same momentum from his flight, John's body dragged itself through the floor, rotating itself straight towards the nearest tree.

John tried to stop the momentum, but the pain made it harder for find his balance or even think.

[Shadow step-]

*Crash* *Thud*

John's back slammed straight on to the tree before breaking right through it due to the momentum.

*Crash*

The tree fell over to the ground and John found himself upside down with his back stuck onto the base of the tree behind the one he had just broken.

”GAH- *Cough*”

Blood was spilt out of John's mouth as his head body slowly slid down the tree. As he dropped to the ground, he clenched the dirt beneath him as his arms his body trembled in pain.

”AH...! Argh... S-Sana...”

John grit his teeth as he slammed his hand onto the ground, The impact on to the tree ended up dislocating his left shoulder, ruptured a blood vessel on his leg and nearly broke his spine from the impact.

He was lucky it was just a tree, otherwise it could have been a lot worse. He hadn't activated any wind spells to block it as he had forgotten he was no longer in the 'possessed' state, meaning 'shadow step' would no longer work.

”God... Damn It... THAT HURT!!” John shouted out as he looked up to see just what it was that hit him

Now that he was no longer in the possessed state, he could freely let his anger out.

As he looked up, he was surprised to see that there was nothing there. When he saw that, he looked down to check just what was it that hit his c.h.e.s.t, and ended up finding a small white orb slightly submerged into his right pec.

John moved his hand towards the orb to try and pull it out, but right as he did, he was shocked by a white zap which caused him to reflectively move his hand away.

Confused, John moved his hand once more to grab onto it, he was zapped again, but ignored it, he moved his arm closer and closer and as he did so, the amount of electricity increased. However, John conducted it through and out of his arm, so that it wouldn't be vital.

As his hands touched the orb, his eyes widened before he quickly leaned his body forwards and downwards simultaneously.

*BZZZT!*

There was contact, John turned his head backwards to see just what was it that he hit, but right as he did, he felt it.

The feeling he hadn't felt in a while, a feeling which left a chill in every ounce of his body, the feeling of death.

In that instant, time itself had slowed down and His body reflexively tried to step back, but it still wouldn't be fast enough.

[Fulguration!]

A white light electric flash passed through the area where John was standing as he vanished leaving behind a yellow flash.

John could be seen a few meters away from the area where he had nearly lost his life, panting heavily with a nervous look in his face.

”Hm... You were able to avoid that? Well, I guess that's the least that should be expected from someone that beat the boss.”

John's eyes widened as his blood slowly dripped down from his forehead, he couldn't believe that he was out sped, even with the help of his sacred treasure.

”You're-”