Earth's Greatest Magus Chapter 606 - Madman

"You lower realm scum!" Lodos spat and clenched his fist as he said those words. "You shall finally taste defeat under my hand!"

Ery had a contemplating look as he stared at his opponent for the upcoming fight. He recalled how Lodos was the first, if not strongest, and most morable opponent he had ever faced. After all, the only reason he was able to defeat the forr at that ti was thanks to Silva and Gerri's help in obstructing and restricting him.

The second match between the two of them however, Ery managed to defeat him fair and square. It was actually in the sa setting as of today.

This marked the third ti they fought with each other, and Ery could tell that the current Lodos, who they called and held the moniker of the Maniac, was really thrilled by the thought of fighting him again.

"I have been waiting for this!! Three years!! I have trained so hard for three years!! All in order to make you taste defeat!!" said Lodos emotionally.

To be honest, Ery actually beca a bit worried as he watched the other party. It wasn't because of the incoming fight, but because of the possibility that the skinny man standing in front of him had really turned into a madman.

On the other hand, Magus Rommy the combat instructor had stood guard closely to where they were, making sure to prevent anything bad from happening. After all, he had seen the outco of the last fight between them.

As soon as he gave out the sign, Lodos swiftly brought his right arm to the air and cast [Black Needle], a tier 3 shadow spell. Two dozen large, pitch-black needles seemingly made of shadow were rapidly materializing.

The empty air around his figure was quickly covered by their existences, announcing their advent from top to bottom. With a swipe of his hand, the needles imdiately shot forward and headed toward Ery at great speed.

Whoosssshhh

Faint sounds of the air being pierced by nurous sharp objects could be heard in the air, telling that this attack was unordinary as it could get.

Ery raised his hand in response to the attack, making a small swing movent with it.

[Whiplash - Tier 1 Water Spell]

In an instant, a body of water materialized in the air and shaped into whip-like constructs. Pointing his hand forward, they imdiately lashed toward the incoming needles.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

The sounds of the needles being broken continuously reverberated loudly through the air, creating a harmony that seed frenzied yet lodious. The simple, supposedly ordinary tier 1 spell [Whiplash] managed to destroy the tier 3 shadow spell [Black Needle] Lodos sent.

The madman was evidently startled by the sight. But he quickly regained his bearing and cast his spell again, sending more of those needles at Ery. Unfortunately, his efforts were dood to be in vain.

CRACK! CRACK!..

Ery stood still in place confidently as his hands continued to make small movents, casting [Whiplash] in rapid succession to counteract the seemingly relentless attacks Lodos threw at him.

No matter what the latter tried to do, whether sending out the needles in batches like crashing waves, all at once like a volcanic eruption, or scattering and attacking from all directions like torrential rain, the forr would neutralize the advance with a few gestures of his hand.

Realizing that his trademark thod of attack with [Black Needle] wasn't working, the next thing Lodos did was use his other hand to cast his favorite move, [Pull Down]. This combination attack was his signature move that had won him the place as the top elite class.

Ery, who had encountered this move, already knew the gist behind it. [Pull Down] was a targeted area type of attack, and therefore as soon as he moved around he would be fine. However, he did not choose to cast [Shadow Mist] nor dodge with [Blink].

This was because ever since he had increased his spirit force exponentially throughout the last nine months, Ery found out that he was able to perceive the prowess a spell had even more accurately. Even though it wasn't easy at first, he had honed this unexpected ability of his throughout the months.

Using this intuition-like ability, Ery could determine how strong the spell his opponent used and decide how he should nullify it. Just like the [Black Needle]; he knew that the simple tier 1 [Whiplash] would be enough. And now, similar things would be happening.

When the gravity spell was about to take effect in his feet, Ery did nothing but stand there and watch Lodos launch his aggression.

Whisssss..

The ground beneath Ery caved in due to the pressure. His body instantly felt as if the weight of the entire world was weighing on him. He could tell through the power it showed that Lodos' [Pull Down] was at least twice stronger than the last ti they fought, which was an impressive enough improvent.

Lodos was smiling wickedly when he saw Ery was trapped by his spell and quickly threw a dozen of the razor sharp needles.

However, when it got close, Ery simply dodged them by taking a few side steps. He did the motion so seamlessly, looking as if he wasn't affected by the pressure imposed upon him.

This imdiately surprised Lodos as he himself understood how strong his spell had beco after all the training he went through.

There were only two possible reasons why his opponent could do what he just did. One was he had so kind of spell that gave him resistance. The other was because he had such a strong battle power value that the pressure forced on him didn't affect him at all.

Even though Ery had such a spell with his shaman form, his [Spirit Reading] told him that he didn't need it. It was because he could tell that his 100 battle power was more than enough to withstand the pressure.

"URGGGHH!! What kind of trick are you playing right now?!" said Lodos loudly.

Ery, however, still kept his calm. He just stared at the raging madman and said, "Let's not waste both of our ti and end this fast. Fight with your real strength!"

Hearing that, the madman turned into a maniacal laugh. "Hahaha! That's right! You certainly not disappoint! This is more like it! Unfortunately a rank 8 like you will never win against a rank 9 like ! I will show you why!"

Ery just faintly smiled when he heard Lodos' mocking words. He watched as the latter put both of his hands together, a dark aura was seen emanating from his body and the surrounding area seed to change.

This ti, it wasn't clusters of needles he created, it was a single type of construct. A powerful-looking long pitch-black spear, half a dozen of them, floated around Lodos' figure. All of them emitted such a strong aura.

[Obsidian Lance]

Similar but definitely a few tis stronger than Lodos previous needles.

After the several lances he created hovering over him, Lodos cast another powerful high tier spell as Ery can feel the ground around them has started to tremble.

Ery can feel it, it was the sa gravity spell used by Hades on the battle of Calot.? [Gravitational Pressure]

Both spells were tier 5 darkness elent spells, the higher form of the [Black Needle] and [Pull Down] spell.

This was what Lodos was trying to tell Ery. The difference between rank 8 and rank 9, the reason why the forr would generally never beat the latter was the capability of using Tier 5 spells.

"Die!! You Die!" The Maniac fell into madness even more

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