240 Paying the price (1/2)
A dangerous glare could be seen in Don's eyes while he circulated as much as battle energy he could and this struggle against the dark energy had already damaged his various organs. Using the battle energy, the black Sword instantly became a black strip of light and shot toward the fourth middle one's head with a sonic boom like sound.
It was as if the sword had broken the sound barrier. Flying through the air and leaving behind after images of itself, nearly no one could see it clearly due to its speed and the dark and gloominess of the storm.
Caught off guard, the middle one had his head pierced straight through by the black sword, leaving behind a large hole right between his eyes. Straight after the sword left from its head, it flew straight toward the one standing behind the middle one and severed its head cleanly. The battle energy was superior in terms of combat compared to the life energy they were using and because of that, they had no time forming a shield against the sword.
Looking at two of its companions dies in a flash, the one who had no skin but yellow fat all over its body released a large amount of life energy flooded out from its body, completely protecting it. When the black sword made contact with a large amount of life energy, the sword's momentum began to slow down immediately before stopping completely.
At the same time, a dagger appeared within its hand. With an explosive bang, the air around the dagger began to distort from the energy being gathered within it. Then, dashing towards the black sword, it brought the dagger smashing down upon the black sword.
”Cling!”
With a crisp metallic sound, the black Sword dropped down to the ground powerlessly. And before Don could take the sword back, another creature sent an arrow through his shoulder.
”Pft!” he sprayed out a mouthful of blood as he pulled out the arrow with his left arm. The creature took another arrow to fire but he sent the arrow right through its heart and dropped it from the tree.
After having a large hole blown through its chest, the creature did not die but instead, it looked at him with a newfound fear. The creature who fired the arrow had only been a few meters away from Don and didn't have much time to prepare itself, but that second had led to him being unable to defend himself as the black sword landed in his hand and the last thing the creature saw was the black sword before his eyes.
The other creatures felt terrified looking at their friend's head flying in the air.
”Quick, hurry up, and end him!” The creature who formed a shield around its body barked at the rest of them.
Suddenly, a fire-red glow appeared above his head, brightening the area completely. Looking up, he saw a creature floating in the air was casting a spell that created a sword-shaped fire stream before shooting it towards him. The amount of pure life energy swelling up from the spell scared even Don.
Without any delay, he threw himself to the ground and rolled away right as the giant sword of fire slammed into the ground where he was standing a moment ago. The entire ground began to shake before splitting apart to reveal a long crack in the ground. Due to the jump he just made, his right leg bone was completely broken as he gritted his teeth and stood up with the support of his sword.
Just as he stood back up, a strong gust of wind could be felt coming from behind him. One of the creatures had suddenly appeared behind him to stab him with its spear.
Turning around abruptly, he raised his sword as it struck against the creature's spear. Considering he was not in the best shape, the backlash of the sword and spear clashing threw him back to the ground with an explosive boom. And with his strength and power nearly running dry, he was in no position to take a single blow from any of them.
”Cough!” he continued to spit out blood as his face turned paler and paler. A large amount of blood had already escaped his body through his many wounds, and with so many severe blows, he couldn't even keep his eyes open.