chapter 735 death rain reappears
the ashen fiends and frostclaw demons noticed almost immediately when the abyssal demons moved.
the ashen fiends, after giving the frostclaw demons a look, also rushed toward max. their enmity could wait, but if the howlers killed max, it would be a pity because they wanted to capture him, as the reward for capturing him was greater.
however, to their and max's, who was paying them attention too, surprise, the frostclaw demons didn't move and acted like spectators.
'are they confident we won't be able to handle him?' the peak five star ashen fiends thoughts, which increased their wariness by a few levels.
max also had a similar thought, but when he looked at them, he raised his brows in surprise and confusion because he saw no ill intent in their eyes.
swoosh!
right when the two peak five star howler demons appeared in front of him, activating their special ability to induce fear and helplessness in him while increasing their strength, ready to attack, he noticed the strongest of the frostclaw demons mouth a word, and understanding dawned on him.
swoosh!
his phoenix wings flapped, and he disappeared from the place, appearing in front of one of the howler demons and slashed toward his neck, a trace of death energyâwhich his bloodline had just refined for himâcoating the edge of the blade.
the howler demon's pupils constricted before it howled and slashed its claws at the incoming sword.
'how courageous and utterly foolish!' max couldn't help but have this thought when he saw the demon's unhesitant action. then, shing!
the thunder sword slashed his claws into two before slashing through his neck.
swoosh!
max didn't slow down in the slightest as he flashed over to the other peak five star howler demon and slashed. to his astonishment, even after seeing his companion, who was as strong as him, die, the howler demon acted the same as him as he also clawed toward the thunder sword.
right when the sword was about to slash the claw, a projection of a large, wolfish claw overlapped with it and swiped down.
clang!
"what!" max exclaimed in shock when the thunder sword failed to cut all the way through the claw.
sure, he hadn't used more death energy to replace the energy he lost after killing the first howler demon, and the projection of the claw had made it severalfold stronger; he should have been able to achieve the same effect even though with some difficulty for no reason other than it was the death energy reinforcing the thunder sword. however, it only managed to cut through three of its claws.
the howler demon revealed a victorious, prideful smirk, but in the next instant, he coughed out a mouthful of blood, and his body withered rapidly until he was only a skeleton wearing the skin.
boom! boom! boom!
many explosions rocked the barrier, but none managed to shatter it. so, he continued forward.
the two peak ashen demons' exchanged a glance and started retreating while one of them glanced in the direction of their high-stage five star companions, who immediately rushed to where leo was fighting the early-stage five star howler demon.
max's gaze flickered, and his expression turned colder when he noticed this via his bloodline sense.
"you could have lived a few minutes longer if you didn't force me. so, blame yourselves for your deaths." he said in an indifferent voice before stopping in his tracks and raising his hand in front of him.
the demons' hearts skipped a beat when they heard this, and dread filled their minds. immediately, they stopped throwing the ashen beads, turned around, and fled as fast as they could.
shua! shua! shua!
max's mana core spun, and his mana burst out of him in waves, rapidly turning into the fire elemental mana. after that, the nascent energy covered his mana veins, and some of the death energy flowed out, mixing into the fire elemental mana.
he knew if these demons focused on staying away from him, no matter how hard he tried, he wouldn't be able to close in on them. they were, after all, at the peak of the five star realm while he was still an early-stage four star mage, even though he was way stronger than almost ninety percent of the five star beings.
therefore, if he wanted to kill them, he only had two ways. first, he could use his bloodline abilityâthe annihilation finger, as he named it.
unfortunately, it took too much of his mana and bloodline energy to activate. worse, it was a single-target attack, meaning he would need to use it two times in a row to kill both of them, which would definitely drain more than half of his current mana reserves and bloodline energy.
the second way was something he had been thinking about but hadn't tried yetâusing death energy to enhance his magic spells.
he had done it with his bloodline energy and nascent energy, but not with death energy for obvious reasons. however, he knew if he used it to enhance his magic spells, especially the attack-type ones, the result would be shocking.
shua! shua! shua!
under his conscious efforts, the death energy merged with the fire elemental mana, changing its color to crimson gray. he then activated the magic spell he hadn't used for a long time nowâdeath rain.
the mixture of the energies was divided into several portions and took the shape of foot-long arrows that radiated a fearsome aura. this grade two magic spell had surpassed the limits of grade four magic spells and entered the realm of grade five spells thanks to the death energy.
everyone who sensed the aura radiated by the arrows wore solemn expressions. as for the two peak five star ashen demons, they cursed in their hearts and increased their speeds while taking out their defensive artifacts or talismans.
after a moment, max's gaze sharpened, and he snapped his fingers.
shu! shu! shu! shu!
more than a dozen arrows flew out, four in the direction of the fleeing demons and the rest toward the demons rushing toward leo.