Chapter 679 (1/2)
Book 6, Chapter 71 – Testing the Waters
Cloudhawk narrowed his eyes He ignored the immediately situation and peered down into the fort below Inside he saw a crystalline colue stone frame with several dozen Seraphs busily at work
No doubt about it, that crystal was the focal point that the realy ca fro from this world Like the Miracle Towers of his own make, this was a special sort of relic By comparison his water toere child's play, of course – like trying to cohter jet
The sky was suddenly full of warshi+ps, stretching toward the horizon
Selene'shim of his sneak attack She had prepared for his arrival with a cadre of dearrisoned around the focal point Their combined resonance was able to interfere with his spatial powers and lock the would be difficult
In addition, Selene had erected several layers of defensive enchanth to repel a formidable invasion Then of course she was here personally, with a number of powerful allies Cloudhawk quickly discovered that destroying these focuses and stopping the Avatar froy field would bes, powerful legs kicked off the ground with such force that bits of stone were flung every which way as she tore into the air She spread her ars of heat and light
“Co in the air, beating her fiery wings She looked half woed Cloudhawk in defiant tones
“We don't have to fight!” He could tell that this new foe was strong, on a level with Judas judging by the looks of things What'swith her would be trouble, even for Cloudhawk “Sooner or later you're going to realize the Gods are using you They cultivate humanity for their own selfish reasons!”
Phoenix answered with a scornful chuckle “You think I'll believe a word of your clumsy lies?”
Cloudhawk shot back “I've found the ancient humans we are descended fro like what the Gods have told us, they've tricked you into serving theht back It's the only way to free ourselves!”
The Avatar frowned, a silver light flashi+ng in her eyes Her beautiful features were ice cold “Mistress Phoenix What are you waiting for?”
The Dragens spread even further until they were dozens of meters across With a heave she sent a wave of fire at her foe Like a rolling tide the fires consu air and rock
Watching froe wo With one attack she'd consu within range of her ire survived, living or not If it didn't melt then it turned to ed landscape “Is he finished already?”
Selene's tepid voice replied “Above”
Phoenix's eyes shot up An instant before her attack he'd ed a single hair
“So you enuinely surprised, butto this man's reputation “After all these years, finally an interesting opponent!”
She punctuated the words with another blast of flale with this wo several more times, he let her fire off severaljust above the fortress with a pitch black rod in hand – the Arbiter's Staff
At present, Cloudhawk had two major combat weapons The first was Ruin, and the other this staff Both were relics of incredible power but had very different effects Ruin was an energy weapon when you got to the root of things, ets The Arbiter's Staff was better suited against fortified structures and positions Its poere particularly useful against sturdy defenses
In short, one was for fighting and the other was for pure destruction Ruin was a tool for s down One blow froround
Yet moments before Cloudhawk could deliver the blow, Selene ordered Bruno to activate their defenses With his daggers held in a reverse grip, the spatial master suddenly appeared before Cloudhawk and deflected the staff
He was strong! The surge of power that ripped through Bruno threatened to blow hier off to the side
All at once Cloudhawk felt a fauard, he felt hiround The Arbiter's Staff struck earth, tearing open a crevice All around the wastelander the earth had caved it as though struck by one of his e he'd made frole strike Cloudhawk had altered the realm's landscape
His attack had failed? Cloudhawk looked down at his staff and saw a dagger embedded in the haft Not the one Bruno had used to deflect it, but the one he'd thrown
Using his spatial powers to redirect an attack… [1]
As he stared in shock, the dagger dissolved into light and vanished
It blinked back into existence within Bruno's hand His weapons were special, capable of folding space and er served as a coordinate marker and communicated with one another
When Bruno had appeared in front of him, he'd blocked the attack with one and threw the other Cloudhaas forcibly teleported a short distance with the second dagger That's how he'd appeared on the ground
Dih worlds it was the first time he'd been bested with his own skills This spatialto be a difficult enemy
A trickle of blood dripped from the corner of Bruno's ue, he called out to his Cloudhawk “The Riftshards teleported you away in tied landed a decent blow No wonder Skycloud is in such a state – you're quite the foe”
Phoenix glowered in anger “Coot the balls!”
Selene's calht to his allies”
At her cos She shot forward like a bullet, stopping before Cloudhawk's allies with a huge tidal wave of fire on her heels
Cloudhawk's face was dark and angry “bitch!”