"It's indeed quite powerful." Max nodded in agreent.
Every ti the leaves shot forward and attacked the demons, they would be as strong as the all-out attack of a high-stage Five Star mage. Coupled with their speed, which was almost too fast for even the peak Five Star demons to react properly, they were deadly weapons and would pierce through the skulls of the demons she targeted.
When one leaf wasn't enough to kill a demon in one strike, she would use two or three. She rarely had to use four leaves to attack a single demon.
However…
"Let's go." He urged Leo to increase his speed. Although Martha was showing the strength nearing the absolute peak of the Five Star realm, it was clearly taking a lot out of her because her face was becoming increasingly pale, the veins in her neck and forehead had swelled and were throbbing as though they would burst at any mont, and her body was trembling. Her fists were clenched so tightly that her nails had pierced her palms, and blood was dripping down her hands.
He suspected if she continued at this rate, she wouldn't last even a minute more.
Swoosh!
Leo stopped caring about maintaining his bloodline ability entirely and flew forward at his fastest speed.
Rumble!
The mont he had spoken, he had started circulating his mana and bloodline energy and slowly pulled out so of the Death Energy. Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! By the ti they were just two hundred ters away from the large group fighting, he had cast the [Death Rain] and conjured over a hundred one-foot-long fire arrows that burned the air.
Then, with a thought, all of them flew forward and rained down on the over eight hundred-strong demon group.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Pak! Pak! Pak! "Ahhh!"
"Argh! He is back."
Because he had conjured almost double the amount he could comfortably manage, they weren't too strong, even with the Death Energy in the mix. Still, as they rained down on the Three and Four Star demons, everyone struck t their end. Those who didn't instantly die from having their heads pierced died from being engulfed in the fire that erupted when the arrows touched their bodies. No matter how hard they tried, they weren't able to extinguish it.
The demons instantly noticed Max and panicked. However, because they were already engaged in the battle, none tried to flee.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
"Kill as many humans as you can. We'll buy you ti." Several high-stage and peak Five Star demons shouted at their fellow demons and flew up to block Max.
Max, who had already conjured another batch of fire arrows, sighed, knowing he had wasted his energies. Still, since he had conjured them, he shot them toward the strong lineup of Five Star demons.
Swoosh!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As he had expected, the demons easily countered them mid-flight, causing them to explode without causing any damage.
Max sighed again and then suddenly activated the Phoenix Wings and shot forward, the Thunder Sword appearing in his hand.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The demons were ready and imdiately attacked him with their demonic spells, trying to keep him away from them.
Shing! Shing! Shing!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Thunder Sword, coated with Death Energy, flashed around, destroying spell after spell.
Unfortunately, though, they were able to slow him down.
Sigh!
He sighed in disappointnt. Then, his wings flapped, and he shot down toward the center of the ongoing battles.
"Stop him!"
The demons imdiately reacted. They knew even though he was stronger than them, he still was a Four Star mage and therefore lacked sothing they had—the ability to fly. With his fiery wings, he could only stay afloat for so much ti without sacrificing a significant portion of his battle power. So, they wanted to keep him in the air. That way, not only would he not be able to kill their companions, but they might also get the chance to kill, or at least severely injure, him.
However… they didn't have much hope because many had tried this tactic before them, but everyone had failed.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
They all unleashed their most powerful demonic spells at an angle that ensured, if he dodged, the attacks would rain down on the human mages below.
Max noticed all this with his bloodline sense, and his expression darkened, anger bubbling in his heart.
If these were unknown people, he would have dodged without a second thought, sothing he had done before and didn't feel any guilt for because they were fighting in a war. If they weren't careful or were weak enough to be killed in crossfire, it was their fault.
Though it sounded harsh and cold even, it was the truth. He could not and would not sacrifice himself to make sure no one got injured because of him. He had realized this fact.
However…
These people weren't unknown. He had fought alongside them, helped them expel the dreamwave, and they had also co to help him when he was cultivating earlier. This ant he couldn't let them die.
Gritting his teeth, he turned around, covered the sword blade with Death Energy, and t their attacks head-on.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Swoosh!
Thanks to the Death Energy, though it wasn't difficult for him to destroy them, the resulting shockwaves made him curse in anger.
If he had been on the ground, they wouldn't have been enough to push him even a step back, but because he was in the sky, they threw him completely off balance and caused him to freefall. He tried his best to flap his wings and stabilize but wasn't able to.
The demons' eyes lit up. Though they had felt he would likely choose to face their attacks instead of dodging and rushing down since the humans below seed to be his people, or at least had so connection with him as they had co to protect him, they weren't too sure because if they were in his place, and if the people below weren't extrely close to them, they would have dodged, no questions asked.
So, seeing him choosing to face them, they beca excited and flashed beside him.
Shua! Shua! Shua!
By the ti he managed to destroy the last of the attacks, several more attacks, equally as powerful as the ones he had just barely managed to defend against, were raining down upon him from all sides.
'Fuck!'
BOOOM!
…
After Max killed more than a hundred Three and Four Star demons with the first volley of [Death Rain] and more than a dozen high-stage and peak Five Star demons left the battles to stop him, the pressure the human side was under lessened significantly even with the demons now fighting more ferociously than before.
Martha also relaxed a little, but she had already pushed herself to her limits and was completely drained. But seeing Max facing so many strong demons alone, she forced herself to hold her ground and continue fighting.
However, just a few monts later, she noticed Armand, Elder Bajj, and others were looking up with pale faces even as they fought and looked up, only to see Max shooting down toward them with over a dozen of fearso demonic spells chasing after him.
She was just about to order everyone to retreat when she saw Max forcibly turn around and destroy each spell.
While she heard many around her sigh in relief, her, Armand's, and others' expressions fell because they could see Max wouldn't be able to defend himself now.
In the next mont, their fears ca true as all the demons appeared around him and attacked before he was even able to catch his breath.
BOOOM!
Ahhhhh!
Several people, both humans and demons, right below the explosion were turned into minced at before they could even react, and several more were seriously injured.
Martha's and other Five Star mages and demons' gazes, however, were focused on the dense cloud of ss of energy, the result of several powerful demonic spells exploding simultaneously.
Slowly, the energy started thinning out, and everyone held their breaths. Both sides were equally nervous, though for completely opposite reasons.
Human mages were worried because they feared Max might not be able to survive such a powerful explosion, while the demons were worried that he might.
Not only them; even the emperors high in the sky had diverted their attention from Azaroth's battle to the ss of demonic energy, wanting to see what beca of Max.
Monts passed, and the demonic energy beca thinner.
Right before the last bits of energy from the center vanished…
Swoosh!
A figure shot out from it toward a peak Five Star demon, and before it could react…
BANG!!
Its head exploded into a ss of gore and blood.
The demons' eyes widened while humans sighed in relief.
Max was alive.
However…
When they got a clear view of him, their expression fell while the demons' eyes lit up with excitent.
Max was alive, true, but he was completely unrecognizable. His skin, or rather flesh because there was no skin left on his body, was blackened from the demonic energy. In so places, such as his head, face, arms, and shins, his white bones with a bit of pink shade could be seen clearly. He looked like a corpse that was about to fall apart.
'How is he still alive?' This thought appeared in everyone's minds, but before they could think anything else or react, they saw the bits of charred flesh around his mouth move up as though in a grin before his mouth opened and he said while raising his bony right hand.
"It's my turn, right? Let's see if you all can survive."
At the sa ti, his voice sounded in Martha, Jonas, and other Five Star mages' heads, [Protect yourselves.]
Swoosh!
As soon as he spoke, his figure, that was previously freefalling, vanished from everyone's sight.
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