Chapter 748 BOOOM
"It's indeed quite powerful." Max nodded in agreement.
Every time 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 moment, 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 moment he had spoken, he had started circulating his mana and bloodline energy and slowly pulled out some of the Death Energy. Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! By the time they were just two hundred meters 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!" @@novelbin@@
"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 met 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 time." 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 immediately attacked him with their demonic spells, trying to keep him away from them.
Shing! Shing! Shing!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
However, just a few moments 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 fearsome 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 moment, their fears came 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 meat 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 mess 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 mess of demonic energy, wanting to see what became of Max.
Moments passed, and the demonic energy became 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 mess 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 excitement.
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 some 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 same time, 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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