The Guardian gods Chapter 141

Ikem frowned as he felt the tingling sensation from the lightning, while ray was having a hard ti holding onto the lightning spear; Ikem’s physical strength was much more than his.

The two continued to exchange quick blows, causing damage to each other, but they were also healing up just as quickly. All of a sudden, red roots grew from the ground, holding ray tightly to his position.

Taking that opportunity, Ikem waved his sword, aiming toward ray’s neck when suddenly he felt a huge wave of heat heading for him from the sky.

Jumping back to dodge the fla, Ikem looked up to see Barlo with his wings spread apart flying in the sky above them.

The Balor saw Ikem staring at him, so he smiled provocatively at Ikem when suddenly a red figure from the ground tackled him from the sky as they both fell down.

ray used this small opportunity to escape from the binding roots as he quickly created distance between himself and Ikem.

The lightning spear in his hand grew bigger and stronger, but this ti he threw it to the sky. Ikem, not understanding the action, paid it no mind as he moved in to close the distance.

Just as he took his first step, lightning fell on him, catching him off guard. A scream of pain left Ikem’s mouth as he was stunned.

The lightning wasn’t over as more headed for Ikem, who had to react imdiately, and roots grew out from his armor, throwing him to the side.

This gave him enough ti to recover as he began dodging the rain of lightning. ray saw how Ikem was easily dodging the lightning, so he called the book over as his hand grew earthly yellow.

Stone spikes began jetting out from the ground combined with the lightning falling from the sky. Ikem had to focus his whole senses on dodging.

Knowing he couldn’t continue with this for much longer, as he dodged the spike that grew from his feet, he stomped the ground and took off into the sky, opening his mouth where traces of red flas were brewing.

Focusing on where the lightning was falling from, Ikem turned with his back facing the ground as a wave of red-hot flas left his mouth and impacted the lightning center.

A wave of explosion was sent throughout the sky, propelling Ikem further back to the ground. ray saw this as an opportunity as the stone spikes on the ground shot up to the sky in an attempt to pierce through Ikem.

Turning mid-air, Ikem caught two of the stone spikes, but that wasn’t enough as more headed his way. Ikem’s armor reacted by generating two more arms, catching two other spikes.

Ikem sensed he was still in the center of his realm and sent out a thought to the tree. A huge wave of root system ca from the ground, catching Ikem mid-air and giving him a foothold.

ray, surprised by that, watched as Ikem stopped on the huge root system. The stone spike in his hand lit afla with red flas as he threw the spike at ray who halted the spear mid-air. But it was Ikem’s turn to smile this ti as the stone spear exploded.

ray, caught off guard, was thrown back, but more was heading his way as Ikem threw out the spear he had in his hand. With each explosion, the spears got closer to ray.

A coughing sound could be heard as ray looked bad from all the damage caused by the explosions. He was bleeding heavily and missing a lot of body parts, and the book was also damaged from the explosion.

Ikem was about to move in and finish him off when he frowned and looked back to see the Balor holding Bara, who was now ablaze and screaming. Ikem quickly commanded the roots to retract back to the ground as he jumped off of it, but he left enough to entangle the already damaged ray and his book.

Ikem was surprised at Bara losing; he knew that Bara wasn’t at his full strength. The treant figure of his was just a divided part of him; the main Bara was the red tree at the center of Ikem’s domain.

"Thank you, Bara. I got it from here," Ikem was very thankful as Bara had already done enough by holding Balor back so that he could handle ray. But now it was ti to take care of the Flaming demon.

The Balor saw Ikem looking at him as he dropped the burning Bara and sneered at Ikem’s approach. "You think you can defeat , demigod? I am the harbinger of destruction!"

Ikem’s muscles tensed as he anticipated Balor’s next move. With the scent of burning sulfur heavy in the air, he readied himself for the clash. The Balor, its eyes ablaze with malice, descended upon him with terrifying speed, its flaming whip crackling with infernal energy.

As the Balor struck, Ikem sidestepped, narrowly avoiding the searing lash. With a swift motion, he countered, his sword singing through the air as it sliced towards the demon’s midsection. The Balor, however, was quick to catch the sword. Ikem reacted quickly, placing the sword where the Balor caught it, and sharp spikes grew, draining the demon’s fiery blood. This caused the Balor to release the sword.

Angered, the Balor unleashed a barrage of scorching flas, enveloping the battlefield in a blistering inferno. Despite his best efforts to dodge and deflect, the searing heat seeped through his defenses, searing his flesh and leaving him reeling in agony.

Ikem noticed sothing about the Balor’s flas; they were almost the sa as the flas of Red. Unlike normal flas, which he had no problem with, these were exceptionally hot. Ikem couldn’t even rember the last ti a fla affected him this way.

In an attempt to protect himself from the flas, Ikem surrounded himself with his own blood-red flas. With a roar, Ikem lunged forward, his sword slicing through the air with deadly precision. But the Balor was quick to react, its whip snapping out with blinding speed to intercept the blow.

Ikem gritted his teeth as he pushed against the force of the Balor’s whip, his muscles straining with effort. The Balor sohow matched him in physical strength. Sparks flew as their weapons clashed. With each blow, Ikem sought to gain ground, his sword and shield a blur of motion as he pressed the attack.

But the Balor wasn’t done. It conjured another fla whip on its other hand, its movents fluid and unpredictable. With a flick of its wrist, it deflected Ikem’s blows with uncanny precision, each strike t with a swift counterattack. The whip danced through the air like a living thing. Ikem had to sacrifice his shield for another sword to keep up.

With a desperate cry, Ikem summoned forth the power of his domain, the roots of the earth rising up to grab hold of the Balor’s hands, stopping its onslaught. Ikem let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding as the Balor struggled to tear off the roots holding it, but the roots held steady.

Ikem took the small ti to take a look at their surroundings. The quick exchange of their fight had left the whole place destroyed, especially the flas from the demon that caused a lot of earth around to turn into liquid lava.

Ikem walked towards the struggling Balor, the two swords he was holding brought together as they turned into a huge sword which Ikem lifted to cut off the Balor’s head. But the Balor wasn’t done; a wave of flas exploded from its body in an attempt to blow away the roots holding it. Bara was angry about his clone being beaten up, so as the explosion occurred, he held on tightly as the roots dug into the Balor’s skin, draining it of blood which the roots used to generate their own fla to counter the flas burning around it.

Protected by the red flas around him, Ikem saw the Balor getting weaker. He made no hesitation as the huge sword he was holding headed for the Balor’s neck, and with one swift motion, the head was taken off, thick heavy yellow blood spraying out from the wound.

"Thank you for that, your highness," was what Ikem heard as he was sent flying. Looking back, he saw ray now fully healed, standing over the Balor’s body, when the book he was holding turned into a big mouth that swallowed up the Balor’s whole body.

Red roots from the ground caught Ikem before he could leave the realm limit, standing up and looking at ray who had a smirk on his face.

Ikem shook his head and said "You shouldn’t have let your book do that"

ray looked confused at Ikem’s word before he looked over at his book that was suddenly shaking uncontrollably as red flas grew around the book. ray quickly distanced himself from the book but was caught by the red roots that grew from the ground.