LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 273: Attack
After successive attacks, the Ancient Demon was officially invulnerable. It was as if its strength was growing with each attack. It was natural for the group to be intimidated; they did not even know what to do, and this was a terrible situation.
They were facing perhaps one of the most powerful creatures they had ever fought.
"Pity. When it attacked me just a moment ago, I thought it was at least a powerful foe, but... alas, it was only a one-time thing, sad." the ancient demon said suddenly, and with that, the place went silent.
James, Ariel, Chao, and Bai Fang could practically hear their own heartbeats. Each of their hearts was pounding, and it was very strange.
It was as if time had stopped and they were lost in the stopped time.
A sudden darkness enveloped them, the sky darkened and the group members were trapped. They couldn't see each other, it was as if they were in other universes and it was a truly blood-curdling experience.
"I wanted to deal with you first, the other three are trapped somewhere. The truth is that holy Gryphon, when I took my orders they said he would give us trouble, and he is much stronger than I thought, he will destroy me in a one-on-one fight. Which means you are my first target." Your next chapter is on empire
The ancient demon suddenly uttered these words and then its body glowed with a red light. Only a few seconds after that, a sword appeared in his right hand. This sword was none other than the Godly Sword Lumen that James possessed.
James looked at the ancient demon with great awkwardness and confusion, and at that very moment, a message notification appeared in front of him:
[What the fuck?]
It was obvious that even the gods and goddesses watching him were puzzled. The Godly Sword Lumen was the only one of its kind, there was no other sword like it, indeed there was no other sword like it in all of creation and the 24 existences that existed.
This meant that the ancient demon in front of him had some kind of copying ability.
James was about to ask just that when suddenly the angry yet gentle voice of the ancient demon in front of him rang in his ears:
"I have to tell you the truth, I don't know what the sword in your hand is, but it may indeed be the most perfect sword I have ever held in my hand. It is so mighty, so perfect and balanced that I could not even replicate it exactly."
As soon as the ancient demon had said these words, it leapt at James and managed to strike him with an incredibly heavy blow.
James was able to meet the attack and then successfully parry it. The ancient demon didn't seem to expect James, who was standing in front of him, to be able to do it so easily, as he was quite surprised.
"I have to admit though, this sword is quite young, it's as if the spirit in it has been reborn, it's fascinating. It's a pity I couldn't copy it exactly, after all, it will disappear after I kill you, otherwise, I could have kept the sword with an exact copy." the ancient demon added and attacked again.
It seemed to be trying to confuse James with each step and attack, but James had no intention of getting on his knees, he continued to attack steadily, just like the ancient demon.
The light of the flames that James was constantly spreading around in the pitch-black zone flickered on and off with each sword clash, and each time it was as if a masterpiece of art was being created.
With each clash, the deep sound of metal echoed through the vast darkness and each time a deeper pattern of colourful flames rose into the sky.
After a short time, the gap between the two, who were constantly clashing swords, began to widen. Naturally, James began to tire. He had been fighting for a long time and hadn't had a minute's sleep. The fact that he hadn't mastered Star Magic could only help him relieve his fatigue for a few minutes.
It was incredibly obvious that he was reaching his limits.
The Ancient Demon must have realised this too, after all the speed of its attacks was increasing with each passing second and becoming more and more powerful.
James, on the other hand, despite his exhaustion, was in no way going to fall to his knees, he was not going to be defeated, no matter how tired he was, it was not possible.
He knew he had to get out of this dark place, so he was constantly thinking and trying to figure out what to do. Or rather, he was just trying to reach a path with light at the end.
Almost five more minutes passed after the continuation of the battle and James miraculously reached a path.
The Destruction ability.
James had seen that this ability could even lock a portal and then tear it to pieces, which meant that if he could send enough mana through one of his legs while fighting the ancient demon, he could make it out of there.
He would be pretty tired afterwards, though. This meant that James would once again have to rely on Ariel, Chao and Bai Fang.
The ancient demon suddenly realised that something was wrong, and James' face, which only seconds before had shown signs of exhaustion, was filled with the brightness of hope.
"You're planning something...but you can't kill me, there's no way." the ancient demon said and with that the smile on James' face became obvious.
James' smile was incredibly creepy, at least it was to the ancient demon.
James' strike speed and attack pattern had suddenly changed. He was now attacking faster and more decisively. While doing this, he was gathering all of the mana around his heart into his left leg as usual.
After almost three minutes of determined attacks, it was time to release everything.
With a kick, he launched an attack at the ancient demon, which bounced backwards off the sword in his hand. Immediately after that, he said 'destruction.' out loud and then planted his left leg hard on the dark floor.
The dark area suddenly shattered, the light in the sky becoming visible again. James's ability shook the entire continent, everyone realised a huge earthquake, even small tsunamis formed outside the continental border.
The Destruction ability was indeed one of the most powerful abilities James had, especially considering that James' mana capacity increased drastically almost every few weeks, making his Destruction ability a massively deadly ability.
Ariel, Chao, and Bai Fang, like James, had managed to escape the dark space. Ariel was injured, Bai Fang was tired, and Chao's face was full of anger.
The ancient demon was in a state of shock that the young man in front of him could do such a thing. The number of people who could do such things under the 75th floor was no more than five, and the ancient demon was faced with one of those people because of his bad luck.
Still, all James could do now was to use his aura to protect himself and those around him for a while. He had indeed shifted into a powerless state, after all, with no mana, he only had half of his power.
The ancient demon didn't seem to want to fight against James alone. Instantly it whistled, and then a completely different darkness spread around, affecting only the earth.
Thousands of skeletons, zombies, and hundreds of demon monsters emerged from the darkness.
Of the group, only Chao was able to fight, James was still able to fight, but he was exhausted and had used up all the mana in his body.
Ariel was injured and had to be protected until she recovered, and it would be none other than the exhausted Bai Fang.
In short, Chao was on his own.
Of course...that was what they thought.
The smile of the ancient demon, who had just been wearing a disgusting smile, had suddenly fallen, looking somewhere behind the group.
James turned round to see what was going on, no matter how dangerous it was, and his eyes widened as if he couldn't believe his eyes.
"I told you they would worship you, James," he heard himself say. What Vladimir had said was indeed true.
James could see perhaps four hundred or even five hundred vampires coming towards him, an exciting sight indeed, but even more than that, a frightening sight.
He smiled and then turned to the ancient demon and gestured to those around him. He simply said the words:
"Attack."
Hundreds of vampires had passed by the moment he had said the word calmly. Each of them attacked with their clawed hands, and the blood elemental frenzy could be seen in the air.
In a word, it was like a painting.