224 Purge VII (1/2)

The left side of his body had grown hundreds of years older in an instant. His right arm was mummified and appeared it would turn to dust in the next second.

The Law of Fear and the Law of Withering were wreaking havoc inside his body, and they were trying to crawl their way into his consciousness.

Luckily for the Angelic Paragon, his bloodline gave him a great resistance for the Law of Fear, but against the Law of Withering, the only path he had was redirecting some of his energy to contain it.

Totto's attack surprised Nero and the Fallen. It was not the power in the beam that amazed them, but the fact that the Lich was able to absorb part of the Law Avatar of his opponent and transform it into his power.

That feat was due to the artifacts that were fused into the Lich body and his ingenious approach over the Law of Fear. Instead of letting fear run wild, he transformed his body into a beacon which siphoned all of it, taking it away from others and transforming it into his power.

This path was certainly not a conventional one and many could doubt its might, but the Lich had demonstrated the power it could reach.

Totto did not wait for his opponent to regain his focus. Along with the Reaper, they went back to the fray.

When Verius saw the glooming figure of the Reaper coming back at him, all the fear in his heart transformed into wrath.

”YOU, GODDAMN BEAST!” Without concern for the consequences, Verius started to burn his life force which made his power burst.

Verius was not simply burning part of his life force, he was burning all of it at an accelerated speed. It will be a miracle if he was able to remain alive for more than fifteen minutes at this rate.

But it was exactly that which made his strength grow immensely. His Law Avatar increased three times his size and the skulls became giant skeletons.

A colossal hand made by shadows and skeletons was formed. It mimicked Verius' movements and threw a punch at the Reaper with devastating strength.

When Totto saw the power of Verius' Law Avatar, he was astonished. Despite his cowardness and hypocrisy, the Angelic Paragon was indeed worthy of being the second strongest Fallen and owner of an Emperor bloodline.

But unlike his power in the Lich's eyes, there was no fear at all. Without hesitation, he made the Reaper respond to the attack.

The shadowy skeletal hand was almost as big as the entire body of the Reaper. The latter focused all of his power into the Hand of Sorrow.

The difference in power between the Law Avatars was great but the moment the Reaper touched the shadowy skeletal hand, the Eye of Despair was able to steal some of its power and transferred it to the Hand of Sorrow.

Despite the impressive application of the Law of Fear, the Reaper was not able to equal Verius' Law Avatar that was strengthened by his life force.

The Lich and the Reaper were fired like a cannonball. This time it was Totto's turn to fight the energies his opponent's attack left in his body.

Luckily the energy that corresponded to the Law of Fear was not very harmful to the Lich and he could even absorb it, to heal himself. But the Law of Shadows was a different subject, and he was forced to use some of his negative energy to contain it.

”Hahahaha, that is true power you disgusting beast, now die!” Madness filled Verius' eyes as he felt the immense power inside him. He thrust himself at Totto like an enraged monster.

The Lich was able to gain control of his body in an instant. When he saw the crazy Angelic Paragon coming at him with that colossal Law Avatar, he launched himself back to the battle and made the Reaper clash with that shadowy skeletal hand.

Totto was the loser once again, but his mastery over the absorption of the Law of Fear grew stronger, reducing the difference in power between the two Law Avatars.