Chapter 415 (2/2)

Basilisk was in his hands

Cloudhawk did it all in less than a blink, evading Adder's attack then drawing his bow for a shot Adder didn't even have time to turn around, so when the cursed arroas released it struck his shell of protection

Basilisk's cursed arroere like potent acid, eating through the shi+eld But half a second later Adder's shi+eld reconstituted itself without issue An attack like this wouldn't be enough to overcome his defenses, much less fatally wound him

Adder's lips curled into a id “Cloudhawk, you still aren't good enough”

As he finished the sentence, another shadow rose from the mirror surface

His copied crossblade was allowed to fade as Adder grasped the bow that had eed He pulled a bundle of arrows fro special – it was the arrows that drained all the blood from Cloudhawk's face

The Lifedrinker Arrow! Many Lifedrinker Arrows![1] How could Cloudhawk not recognize them?

All those years ago, running through the wastelands It was the first ti down and killed by this relic

Of course he remembered the demonhunters that had been dispatched to kill hie of that terrible arrow co at him was burned into Cloudhawk's et That's how it earned its name

So ainst one Fear and surprise welled up inside him

Other than the lowest grade of relics, most were unique It was rare to find even two relics that were exactly the saular, otherwise every demonhunter would love to have a weapon that could claim a life from a thousand meters away They would be unstoppable by that point

If he had it stored in the mirror, it must have h the power of the ularity of it and make several copies, twenty or thirty even All of a sudden Cloudhawk felt like this fight was several times more deadly

He'd always known Adder was strong He'd prepared hieous display was more than he expected For the first tirip hiuy's abilities see, support –

Adder was able to quickly copy any relic he could attune to within the mirror And what had he shown so far? Cloudhawk had encountered many demonhunters, most of which could resonate with one – maybe two classes of relics Dely rare Someone like Adder, who seemed able to use whatever relic he pleased, was entirely unique with the exception of Cloudhawk himself

Back in Skycloud he was lauded was equally as talented as Selene, Frost, or Dawn Since he was the oldest of the new generation of geniusus, he had often been considered chief a them Now Cloudhawk could see that it was not idle praise

Such a pity If he hadn't defected with his father, Adder – Zephyr – would have been a lauded champion of Skycloud for decades to come His prospects would have out shi+ned even the likes of Frost He had th In every way possible he was superior to his contemporaries

“How long do you think you can survive?”

Adder fired the arrows all at once His hands worked like athem one after another after another – pinch, pull, release Before he could react there was a wall of arrohistling through the air toward Cloudhawk The faint light of the chaht

Cloudhawk's first instinct was to use his cloak He remembered that was how he'd protected hiht their target was gone

But shi+t! The cloak was torn

It'd been da him from Adder's crossblade Unfortunately for him the blow had destroyed the artifact, and Cloudhawk couldn't use it to hide himself

The arroere getting closer

He was forced into a corner with nowhere to go, all Cloudhawk could do was hope to deflect the his swords But if the Lifedrinker Arroas so easily dissuaded, it would not have such an ominous name Even if Cloudhaielded his blade so expertly that nothing could reach hi He couldn't keep it up forever

The arrows stuck to hiots to a corpse He knocked the around and colea hurricane of steel he couldn't escape from

Hundreds of attack ca as any assassin, probing his defenses and exploiting every flaw Before long, Cloudhawk felt a stinging pain catch hied into his skin They burned like red-hot iron, he could even feel his blood boil in the area

A third, then a fourth… His defenses were faltering, and it would only get worse Cloudhaas about to get turned into a pincushi+on

“You have lost”

Adder showed hi the brilliant crossblade, and held it high A beahtning speed, he brought it crashi+ng down on Cloudhawk's beleaguered body

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