BNHA: Spiritual Aura Chapter 158: Drider

With his mind completely clear and focused, Kai analyzed his situation, then raised his hands above his head to unleash two powerful, jet-black flying slashes. With his left hand, he sent a slash aid at the ghostly web, while with his right hand, he launched a diagonal slash to push back the spiders.

Although the diagonal slash connected perfectly with the luminous spiders, sending them a couple of ters backward, to Kai's surprise, just before the straight slash hit the ghostly web, it expanded greatly, taking the shape of the slash without being damaged. It embedded itself deeply into the large slash mark that ford on the root-covered ground.

Not wanting to waste any ti, Kai kicked the air to close the distance to the boy and cut the webs enveloping him, hoping that this would sever his connection to the ghostly web. But just at that mont, he sensed a source of danger approaching from his left at an incredible speed, prompting him to quickly activate his future vision for a brief mont.

In his future vision, Kai saw a 'small' spider, roughly the size of a cat, with a bluish hue and strange glowing patterns on its abdon resembling an electric circuit. It looked incredibly similar to one of the original five, though from the 'strength' he could detect, it was much weaker. Without hesitation, he sent a flying slash with his right hand to split it in half mid-air.

At the sa ti, Kai sent several flying slashes with his left hand toward the boy, controlling them with precision to cut only the webs without harming him. However, at that mont, he saw a new ghostly web erge from nowhere and yank the boy backward at great speed, causing his lightning to crackle furiously in frustration. Fortunately, the boy's voice, though weak, was still audible, aning he was still savable.

"Oliver!"

As Eva's cry echoed from behind, Kai launched himself with all his might in the direction where the boy was being pulled, simultaneously attempting to send a flying slash toward the 'voice' he could sense in that direction—the one that seed to be the culprit. Though moderately strong, a slash should be enough to split it in half.

But at that mont, the two guard spiders leaped into action. One intercepted his path, while the other blocked the trajectory of his flying slash. They now appeared sohow much tougher, with more prominent exoskeletons and asuring almost 4 ters each, emitting an ominous pale yellow light.

Seeing his path blocked, Kai quickly kicked the ground to propel himself into the air, passing over the spider. At the sa ti, he noticed out of the corner of his eye how the pale yellow light emitted by the other spider slowed down his flying slash. To the point where, when it finally struck, it had lost most of its power. Only managing to crack the spider's exoskeleton slightly and sending it flying a re couple of ters.

Feeling more spiders rushing toward his position, Kai's expression soured greatly. He quickly unleashed a rapid barrage of full-power flying slashes toward the spider pulling Oliver, followed by another wave of slashes aid at the spider he had left behind. The latter tried to counter with its yellow light, but it was futile, and it ended up being sliced into pieces, turning into a ss of flesh and viscera in the air.

Without wasting any ti, Kai attempted to release a burst of lightning beneath his foot to propel himself and reach Oliver. But at that mont, he suddenly felt a colossal 'voice' appearing out of nowhere at the edge of his perception, causing his eyes to widen in shock. This presence vanished almost instantly, only to reappear two kiloters closer to him, moving so fast that even with his accelerated thinking, he could barely perceive it.

Almost instinctively, Kai hastily activated his future vision, where he saw himself being struck by a massive, spiked mass. Alard, as it left him no ti to dodge, he quickly crossed his swords at his right side and pushed his Armant Haki to its absolute limit, blending its advanced version with his electric aura to minimize the impact.

Just at that instant, Kai perceived the colossal 'voice' right behind him, followed by a devastating impact slamming into his side. The force was so imnse that it created a shockwave that shook the entire island, sending him flying at an absurd speed. Despite his Armant Haki and Nen Intensification protecting his exterior and interior respectively, he felt a sharp pain.

As if that weren't enough, the attack sohow caused his internal organs to 'vibrate', inflicting such severe damage that Kai was forced to spit out a mouthful of blood mid-flight. He crashed through a large number of trees in his path, which literally exploded upon contact with him, barely slowing his montum.

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anwhile, Eva couldn't help but bring her hands to her wide-open mouth, utterly stunned by the scene unfolding before her. After all, out of nowhere, a gigantic shadow, at least five ters tall, had appeared. Before she could even process it, a purple streak shot to the left at an imperceptible speed, leaving only a dark purple electric line in the air.

Shortly after, the shadow finally took shape in Eva's perception, revealing what appeared to be a kind of 'Drider'—a monster with the lower body of a spider and a humanoid upper half. But unlike the ones she had seen in fantasy stories, this one was not only gigantic but also monstrous and grotesque.

Its hybrid body was covered in a dark, spiny texture, as if it wore so kind of organic exoskeleton, particularly prominent in its humanoid portion, which was robust, muscular, and masculine in appearance. Its head looked almost cadaverous and equally spiny, with multiple red eyes glowing with a predatory light.

In its two long, muscular arms of the humanoid part, the strange monster carried what appeared to be an incredibly long staff, longer than itself, resembling a spear with a bulging tip adorned with prominent spines, much like a mace. From its back extended eight extra legs, very similar to those of its spider half but smaller and more delicate, though they seed no less dangerous.

With an almost deliberately slow movent, the giant monster raised its enormous weapon intending to strike, causing a strong tremor in Eva, who visibly paled. Her gaze alternated between the monster that was about to end her life and her son, who disappeared among the trees.

"Sword Field! Conqueror's Shackles!"

Just then, Eva heard a lodious, firm, and resolute female voice above her, announcing loudly. At the sa ti, what seed to be a hundred swords of various sizes and shapes materialized around her, causing her to look up. There, she saw the small armored fairy pointing one of her swords at a normal-sized sword floating in the air in front of her.

But the sword didn't seem ordinary. Not only did it have a strange relief with a pattern resembling an electric circuit with tribal runes, but from the hilt hung several golden chains that completely enveloped the blade. These chains also bore the sa strange relief, as did the other swords floating around.

With tears in her eyes, Eva watched as, almost magically, the chains wrapping the sword's blade unwound themselves and disappeared. At that mont, the beautiful fairy lowered her hand to point at the ground, causing the sword to descend rapidly and embed itself into the root-covered ground.

As the sword touched the ground, Eva sohow heard the sound of chains tightening from the front. She quickly turned her gaze, only to find the horrifying giant monster completely bound by beautiful golden chains, left in an incredibly vulnerable position with its arms above its head.

At that mont, Eva saw the floating swords around her beco covered in dark purple electricity. Imdiately afterward, so shot out at high speed to stab the monster, while others began spinning rapidly, creating the illusion of large circles in the air. They then released a dozen black lines of pure energy that cut through everything in their path.

The brutal onslaught of power caused a furious tremor across the island, while a thick layer of what seed to be smoke rose into the air, accompanied by purple lightning shooting in all directions, destroying everything in its path. This completely enveloped the monster, yet the fairy did not stop her attack.

This oddity led Eva to look up at the fairy, noticing that while pointing her sword at the monster, the fairy was biting her lip hard. Her beautiful face filled with equal parts worry and awe as she gripped the hilts of her small swords even tighter.

The fairy's expression directly told Eva that things were not going well. Even with such colossal power—sothing she had never before witnessed with her own eyes, a force almost calamitous, turning the fairy into a walking weapon of mass destruction—it was still incapable of finishing off the monster.

But as if that weren't enough, her mother's heart bled with pain and worry for her son, who had disappeared among the trees, being pulled so forcefully and rcilessly. At the sa ti, she felt imnsely guilty for the young boy who had saved her, who seed to have taken a direct hit from that thing, making her doubt he was still alive.

As the relentless attack continued, Eva saw the fairy suddenly move her left hand, causing the spherical barrier surrounding her to disappear. This brought a bitter smile to her face, which soon turned into a kind of calm acceptance as she closed her eyes, resigning herself to her fate.

(This is for the best... Life without my Oliver has no aning... If he's gone, I might as well die here... The fairy doesn't have to sacrifice herself... Since her companion has probably died, it's best for her to escape and seek help to deal with these monsters... This is for the best...)

As Eva reflected calmly, images of her entire life began to flash in her mind. But they all seed devoid of light, of brilliance, of aning. The only thing that shone brightly were her monts with her son—the mont the wrinkled little mouse erged from her, the first ti she held him, the first ti he called her 'mama', his first steps, his first day at school, how he cried because he wanted to stay with her.

(Oliver... Forgive your mama... I couldn't protect you...)

A torrent of bitter tears, filled with pain, bitterness, and regret, stread down Eva's face. She felt a pain so imnse that not even all the torture and humiliation she had endured in her ti on this cursed island combined could compare—the pain of losing her baby, her only child, the driving force of her life and her most precious being.

"[Absolute Fortress] On! [2 ters] [3 minutes]!"

As Eva lost herself in her mories, she suddenly heard the small fairy's voice announcing loudly. This made her open her tear-filled eyes, allowing her to see a light forming a circle around her, which then transford into sturdy tallic walls over a ter high, with a relief sowhat similar to that of the swords. These walls were crowned by a do of pale blue light.

Just as the strange wall ford around her, Eva felt the world fall silent, as if all noise had suddenly been muted. This made her look around in confusion, and at that mont, she heard the fairy's voice speaking from above, within the do of light.

"Stay calm. Master will bring your son back safely."

“Master…?”

With a hoarse voice, Eva asked in confusion as she raised her head to look at the beautiful fairy. Only to see a massive spiked mace descending at great speed toward the do, completely obscuring the beautiful silver light of the full moon. Instinctively, she ducked her head, bringing her hands up to cover herself and tightly closing her eyes, bracing for the imminent impact.

But after several seconds of not feeling the expected pain, Eva slowly lifted her head, allowing her to see the gigantic mace slamming repeatedly against the do of light at an absurd speed. However, though the blows seed truly terrifying, they didn’t cause even the slightest fluctuation in the light barrier, much less the tallic walls.

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