Chapter 1166 - The Victor (1/2)
Chapter 1166: The Victor
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BOOM!
Tendrils of lightning pierced through the whirlwind, and they slowly began to gather at the center as heavy rain poured on the ground, obscuring the forest. The evolved Magic Slayer and the new Transcendent stood transfixed like two austere statues. Their faces were within an inch from each other.
The wild magic power had completely covered Ashes, whose body was now emanating a dazzling golden glow.
She was the concentration point of all the divine power.
She transformed herself into a weapon of destruction.
“Is this your last resort?” Ursrook bellowed. “You want to kill me by sacrificing yourself. That’s beyond stupidity!”
“I won’t… let you walk away,” Ashes said, panting. Every breath was painful. Blood flooded into her windpipe, and she could taste the nasty tang of blood in her mouth.
Five minutes… Ashes kept telling herself… She only needed another five minutes.
They were basically equal in power right now. As long as she did not let him go, it was impossible for the Magic Slayer to break away from her.
“Do you think I’ll fight only with brute force?” Usrook snarled, his water-streaked face contorted in a rage. “It seems that I’m now rooted, but you are forging a cage for yourself!”
Several flashes of black light wriggled out of the Magic Slayer’s chest and dived into Ashes’ body like some sinister tentacles.
Ashes could not help but groan in agony.
She had thought nothing could be worse than a power rebound, but the black light tortured her in an even more callous and cruel way. She felt as though numerous tiny needles were attacking her veins in the brain, and she had to force herself to not pass out.
To her horror, in addition to the excruciating pain, those black tentacles started to creep up her body and spread out. The place that the black light had passed bulged as though some squirmy bugs were moving underneath her skin.
Blood spurted out from Ashes mouth. Ashes asked, “What… what did you do?”
“A little present for you that will make you understand the difference between our understanding and control of magic power,” Ursrook whispered into Ashes’ ear. “To tell you the truth, I should thank you. Thanks to this battle, I’ve finally evolved. Now, you are even offering yourself to me. I’m looking forward to how far I could grow after I destroy you.”
Ashes suddenly realized that this was another form of corruption. The part covered in black light felt oddly disconnected as if it had been detached from her body. Ashes bit her lip, exercising all her efforts to summon her power to fend off the corruption.
“Don’t. You. Dare. Possess me!”
As the two powers clashed, Ursrook’s face twisted, and his new body suddenly expanded into a distorted and grotesque blob that grew larger than his original size. He was misshapen, with half of the Senior Demon’s body and half of his own.
The corruption, however, continued to expand after a momentary pause, and black lines continued to creep up to Ashes’ neck.
“Great perseverance,” Ursrook commented with a callous and indecent pleasure in his voice. “But that won’t work.” His appearance had now completely changed after the horrific transformation, and he looked like a genuine monster of lore.
“I… won’t…”
“Won’t give up? Diligence, faith, perseverance, and relentlessness are merely excuses of the weak. Nobody wants to die. However, those slogans won’t change anything, nor will they help your race to live on!”
Searing pain exploded in Ashes’s head. Her mouth opened wide like a dumb person, but there was no voice coming out.
Golden flecks shined through the swirl above, but Ashes found her power slowly abandon her.
“We have a much greater power capacity and a longer lifespan than you human beings. You’re fighting against overwhelming odds. That’s the difference that determines our fates! Both the past two Battles of Divine Will have shown that you’ll never beat us!” Ursrook lifted Ashes slowly off the ground and claimed his final judgment, “So, rest in peace. Blame your fate for being human — ”
“Don’t you — look down upon — humankind!”
Suddenly, a familiar silvery voice came through the pouring rain, which jerked Ashes out of the unconsciousness for a moment.
She turned around with great difficulty and saw a shadow dart out from the woods.
“Is that… Lightning?”
Lightning cleaved the milky curtain of rain, passed the blackened trees and dashed towards Ursrook.
It appeared that she was also carrying something.
Ashes blinked.
“Are those… grenades?”