178 Chapter 178: Strength of a Bishop! (1/2)

Aldora was covered with injuries that seemed to be infused with death aura, preventing it from healing. He had tried to use numerous light-based techniques to extract the death aura but they all shattered upon contact with the diabolic and malicious aura that Derik possessed.

\”You think you can break my curses? Humph! You think too highly of yourself!\” Derik snorted disdainfully.

\”You…\” Aldora was about to retort but then he felt the life aura of the wingman priest vanish and his facial expression crumbled immediately.

Derik also was stunned by the recent development. He could sense the life force of so many top tier warriors and mages at the silver realm been drawn away from him but another force, a holy one.

\”Cyrus… damn you! Who said you could join the dark side…\” Derik muttered with a weak smile on his face. He understood Cyrus' intentions by diverting the souls of the dead which was meant to fuel his power into himself. Even though this reduced his current increase in power, he didn't bother struggling with Cyrus over the souls.

\”It would be nice if Gyro had two powerful guardians… Life and death…. Haha! That would be really cool\” Derik muttered softly with a smile on his face.

He quickly shifted his gaze back to Aldora who wore a complicated expression on his face. With a glance, he could tell the man's thoughts. Now that the second most powerful member of the holy church is dead, it won't be long before the others join hands and wipe out the remaining elites of the church, after which they can aid the death mage in this battle. Even if he manages to defeat the death mage before the others can meet up, he still won't be able to handle the life mage easily.

\”I guess you realized how bad your situation is\” Derik laughed while glaring at the midget coldly.

\”Bad? You seem to underestimate me… let me show you, the true strength of a bishop!\” Aldora laughed hysterically as he spoke.

His aura instantly skyrocketed, pouring out from his body like a vast sea, creeping towards Derik. Seeing this, even Derik felt threatened by the man's sudden burst of power! He was forced to release his death aura around him, preventing the golden aura from getting closer.

\”Damn it, aren't the hosts of guardian spirits the only ones capable of raising their power levels abruptly?\” Derik said with knitted eyebrows as he stared at the blinding light at the center of the golden aura.

\”Deity path: Two-faced divine Buddha!\” A majestic voice resonated from the blinding light and the golden energy around retreated instantly.

Bam!

Bam!!

Bam!!!

Derik's confident smile vanished and his face turned pale as he watched the golden aura take the form of a seven-meter tall being with two faces and close to a hundred hands. He literarily kept looking up to the Buddha in awe, feeling some sort of urge to bow and worship this powerful being…

\”Snap out of it kid…\” Demos' voice broke his chain of thoughts, making him regain his cool once again.

\”W… what was that…\” Derik asked with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead

\”It's just an illusion to keep you distracted while he deals a fatal blow… so many people have fallen prey to this tactic and they have all lost their lives… Unfortunately for the bishop… you have me, it won't be easy for him to play such tricks on you now\” Demos replied indifferently.

\”The Buddha… it looked so real… it felt so real\” Derik muttered in thought.

\”Snap out of it and focus om the man…. This technique would have been way more powerful if he possessed the life guardian spirit… Unfortunately, he has only the light magic... take a step forward… put an end to this nonsense as soon as possible… the forces of the other kingdoms are station outside the walls of Gyro… you can't delay any further!\” Demos scolded Derik.

\”Alright, alright!\” Derik said and his fiery darkish purple eyes lit up and the death aura around him gathered, forming a black storm around him as he dived towards Bishop Aldora with murderous intentions.

\”Death magic: Exploding flaming skulls\” Derik roared as he spat out numerous darkish purple blazing skulls that flew towards the bishop, with great speed and accuracy.

\”Humph… witness the true strength of the bishop of the holy church!\” Aldora roared arrogantly, not even bothering to look at the exploding fiery skulls heading his way.

Wooosh!

Immediately after the bishop Aldora was done speaking, a massive palm of the giant Buddha swung towards the exploding darkish purple skulls, pulling the clouds along as it moved with terrifying force.