Chapter 305 - Calamitous Decision Part One (1/2)
The air roared with the Illusory Giant's movement. In the sky, north of New Casablanca, a thin line appeared in the sky before collapsing into a tremendous gash that sliced the sea of clouds in two.
A powerful sword intent bursted out of the Illusory Giant's attack. One intent-based attack that made the air screech and scream as though the air was being ripped apart.
Thol'Yr didn't expect such an attack to arrive from outside of the crimson prison he had summoned. Not only did the attack comes from outside of his range of control, but the speed of the sharp attack made him unable to react to it in time.
He only saw a flash of light in the ceiling of the prison, and the next moment, a deep gashing injury had appeared on his torso.
”Khuh-!”, a mouthful of blood flew out of Thol'Yr's lips as he tried controlling the light particle gathered in his body. His body began blinking rapidly, giving the impression that he would disappear at any moment notice, but the injury in his chest caused him to have difficulty morphing into pure light.
The injury dealt by Fell's Illusory Giant caused Thol'Yr unable to quickly shift into light. Noticing that, the experienced entity began gathering the amass of blood essence and slaughter aura into a shield to gather himself some time. His senses detected that the two cultivators nearby wouldn't leave such an opportunity go to waste.
His eyes caught on Fell's moving figure, and his senses told him that Akainmhar was nowhere to be seen.
”He is coming!?”, he growled through his gritted teeth. Thol'Yr's mind was assaulted with waves of pain coming from the injury on his chest; his body continued blinking, as his surroundings were filled with torrents of the mixed energy from the Bestial Formation.
A shadowy figure sped through a small crack- that was in the midst of filling- in the bloodied shield, Thol'Yr was rising.
That speeding shadowy figure was Akainmhar. He had used the opportunity in front of him to make his presence disappear completely, and had immediately begun moving the moment he saw the attack slap Thol'Yr's chest. But Akainmhar wasn't the only one who moved, as Fell had already begun executing his next course of action.
The Illusory Giant once again lifted his right arm toward the sky, and suddenly dropped it toward Thol'Yr's direction. Another flash of light appeared from a distance, and the dense blood shield Thol'Yr had raised cracked open under the exceedingly sharp sword intent in the attack.
”This kid…”, mumbled Akainmhar as he used the opportunity to slide even deeper inside of the blood shield. His surroundings had been turned into a sea of red, and every instant that passed meant that his position was getting closer to the injured Thol'Yr. But the maze-like bubble shield he had entered was dense and compact to the point where he could only slide between the few cracks that formed here and there due to Thol'Yr's urgent execution.
Fell controlled the Illusory Giant, and once again, unleashed a third sword strike with the invisible sword formed by the amass of pure sword intent. A half-crescent moon left the phantasmal sword in the Illusory Giant, and coursed through the air in the direction of the third realm entity.
”You are not going anyway!”, Fell exclaimed loudly as the attack he sent from the Illusory Giant screeched through the air before slapping the amass of blood essence and slaughter aura gathered by Thol'Yr to shield himself.
”Sharp!”, hissed Akainmhar as his body was currently swimming inside of the layer of blood essence, shielding the third realm cultivator. But his movement didn't stop, as his instinct told him that none of the attack coming from the Illusory Giant would touch his body.
A minute crack opened in front of him, and the red haired man's body turned soft before passing through the small crack with ease. His eyes could only see layers of red, but his senses aided by his blood treasure told him that the distance separating him from Thol'Yr was constantly reducing.
Inside of the sea of dense and solid blood essence, Akainmhar turned into a fish that skillfully swam against the current of slaughter aura.
The scene might sound as though it was slowly unfurling, but the action made by the group of three cultivators was executed in less than split seconds. An explosive eruption that began the moment Fell execute the first attack from the Illusory Giant. The pair of Earthling knew that such opportunity wouldn't come twice in a row, and if they wanted to come out victors against a superior ranked cultivation, they could only brace themselves and swarm him in one wave.