Chapter 87: Chapter 86: The Blood Prince Part II (2/2)

Not a single Myth Guild soldier rejected Ebonene's orders. They all knew what was at stake.

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My spear clashed against the Blood Prince's blood sword, and the force of the attacks pushed us a meter away from each other.

The Blood Prince began to laugh. His attacks were no doubt stronger and faster now.

”Go on, make fun of me again. I dare you.”

”Well, that's just too easy. I don't think you got that much stronger.”

The Blood Prince ground his teeth anger. ”I'll make you eat those words. Blood Explosion!”

The blood bombs had doubled in size. It was probably because of the effects of the Blood Rush. If that was the case, then all of his blood skills were going to be twice as effective.

”Warrior's Brave Spirit!”

[Warrior's Brave Spirit Level 1 has been activated.

- Level 1: 8 hour cooldown. For one hour, raise your ATT by 20%, CRIT chance by 1%, CRIT damage by 50%, movement speed by 5%, and ATT speed by 2.5%. For one hour, Slightly Awkward Indomitable Spirit effect is placed (Slight Awkward Indomitable Spirit decreases chance to avoid damage by 10%). Fatigue does not rise while skill is in effect.]

Getting hit by all those blood bombs was painful, but I ignored them and activated my skill. I quickly took out a Shining Health Potion the Myth Guild gave me and quaffed it. I couldn't use another one for five minutes and took one while I had the chance.

I had used all of my skills now. Now, I had to stay on him and attack. I looked around at the fight around me to get a grasp of our current situation and noticed that the Myth Guild was still doing well. The fifty officers were managing against the other deities and the exhausted soldiers were still fighting with everything they had. There was still a chance.

”You're not actually thinking you can keep me away from everyone else, are you?”

”I am.”

The Blood Prince cackled. ”How amusing. Very well! Let's see how well you fare. Blood Wave!” This time, the tidal wave was more than three meters tall. It came crashing right on top of me.

I jumped high into the air to avoid it. I needed to start taking care of my HP now. As soon as I was clear of the wave, I pointed my spear at the Blood Prince and dropped right on top of him.

”Tsk!” He really was much stronger now. My spear couldn't break through his blood swords now. The force of my attack didn't push him back like it did before. All he did was take a single step back.

But at that size, it was still enough. It meant that my ATT was still high enough.

I didn't let myself lose heart and began to attack him in a flurry of swings and slashes. The Blood Prince met every single of my attacks with his blood swords, swatting my spear away.

Every time I managed to cut him, he returned with a slash of his own. We kept trading blows like that for a little longer.

”I really don't get what you are.” The Blood Prince seemed surprised that I could still keep up. ”I know for a fact that you're a deva. How is it that you got this strong?”

”Maybe all of the devas you've met so far were just weak.” I just needed to buy time. I answered with the first thing that came to my head.

The Blood Prince laughed out loud. ”You're right. That has to be the answer! I guess that means I actually get to kill a strong deva for the first time. Blood Rain!”

The rain this time was a torrent. It reminded me of the typhoon we had a few years back. The Area of Effect was larger as well.

I quickly jumped back to get out of the rain.

”Blood Rain! Blood Rain!” He must have not liked me retreating and activated the skill a couple times in a row. Thankfully, my high movement speed was faster now, thanks to Warrior's Spirit, and I managed to get out.

”If you keep running like that, I'll give up on you and attack the Myth Guild. I know you're trying to keep me away from them.”

”...” I got about ten meters away from him and the rain. If I screwed up and the Blood Prince turned his attention to the Myth Guild now, I would be failing my mission.

It wasn't like I could use my Blink right now, either. I felt it wasn't going to work until the time came to kill him off.

”You're sharp, I'll give you that.”

The Blood Prince laughed. ”I'm just giving you options. You should be thankful, don't you think?”

Soon, the rain caught up and large drops of blood poured all around me. In less than a minute, the ground became slick with blood.

I took a quick inventory of what I had. My Unrivaled skill decreased all incoming damage from deities by 50%, Warrior's Brave Spirit decreased general damage by 10% and my Link Totem decreased another 5%. In total, my damage resistance was increased by 65%.

-How much longer can I last? Thirty minutes? Forty?-

I still had to face him inside this goddamned rain.

-Ah!-

I took out the Link Totem.

==[Damage Link Totem (Rank 7)

One of the Link Totems. As long as the Totem is the user's possession, a portion of damage the user receives is transferred to the Totem. The Totem can absorb a maximum of 15% of damage received. Golden rings can be paid to raise the Totem's damage absorption threshold. Only one type of Totem can be in possession.

Current damage absorption threshold: 5%

Golden rings required to increase threshold by 1%: 100,000 golden rings (this amount rises with each level the threshold increases.)

Should the Totem be sold to other devas or sold at a Store's auction house, the threshold is reset back to 5%.]==

I wasn't able to spend any golden rings on it, as I had to buy skills first. I also didn't really feel the need to back then. But now, I needed the extra damage resistance.

Right now, I had a total of 10,060,000 golden rings.

-I was going to spend them on three more skills, but this battle definitely takes priority.-

I quickly upgraded the Link Totem. It cost 100,000 golden rings to increase the threshold from 5% to 6%. The cost increased by threefold after that. I spent a total of 4,000,000 golden rings to get it up to 9%.

-That was a lot of golden rings, but what choice do I have?-

I put my Link Totem back into my inventory.

”Are you just going to keep standing there?”

I sighed. ”I was just gathering my thoughts.” I really wanted to Blink behind him and shut him up. I wanted to stick my spear in his back, but… it wasn't going to end the battle.

-I didn't use it a month ago, and I'm not using it now. If this keeps up, I might end up not using it at all.-

I brushed the thought off and charged back in at the still smiling Blood Prince.