Chapter 726: 726
Rizo knew that such a wound couldn't heal so fast and that Lith's left side was currently exposed . He lunged his blade at Lith's weak point, only for a silvery clash to stop him in his tracks .
Lith's wings were coated in Orichalcum as well, and since he couldn't move his left arm properly, he had shielded himself with his wing . Being upside-down, they almost resembled a hand with the thumb pointing down, allowing Lith to flex the upper part of his wings so to grab the enemy weapon .
Before Rizo managed to free the blade by twisting it and ripping part of the wings to shreds, Lith's right fist struck at the Odi's kidney just in time to dodge a horizontal slash that would otherwise chop his head off .
Phloria and Quylla didn't miss the opening, unleashing a burst of lightning that almost brought Rizo to his knees . He had yet to activate the green array again because once set, he couldn't move it .
Without a solid strategy, Lith's Origin Flames would have damaged it before he could exploit the advantage that God's Will granted to him . Also, the array was very mana expensive and with the Reactor down, Rizo couldn't afford to waste what energy he had left .
The moment his opponent faltered, Lith took a Gatekeeper prototype out of his pocket dimension and lunged for the kill . Alas, Rizo's title of blade master wasn't just for show .
The Odi managed to ignore the shock thanks to sheer willpower and deflected the prototype striking at the point where the metal was thinner . The difference in quality between the blades coupled with Rizo's skill allowed him to break Lith's weapon and use the recoil from the clash to launch a counter-attack at the same time .
The attack was too fast and too close for Lith to dodge it, so he had to once again resort to using his metal coated wings as shields . Much to everyone's surprise, the inner part of the wings was covered in faces twisted in anger and pain that could be seen moving right below its black membrane .
Countless black arms made of darkness and spirit magic erupted from the wings, attempting to grab both the sword and its wielder . Rizo managed to cut them all before they could touch him, but at that point, the strength of his attack had been neutralized .
\u003c "What's happening?"\u003e Rizo asked more to the Odi who shared the body with him rather than to the humans . \u003c "Where are these things coming from?"\u003e
More and more black arms came out from the surrounding darkness as the lost souls found a way to exploit their link with Lith to use Demons of Darkness in his stead . Soon there were more than just arms, but also heads and full bodies as well .
"Die!" Lith replied joining the onslaught . Thanks to the cover that the shadows offered to him, Lith managed to get close enough to lunge with his claw at Rizo's right lung, where the sphere that allowed him to conjure the God's Will array was hidden .
Even among the red sea of rage possessing him, Lith was aware that without the artifact, the enemy would be at his complete mercy . With just tier three spells at his disposal, not even a blade master would last more than a few seconds .
"Is that really Lith?" Quylla asked, finally recognizing the familiar voice . Until that moment, snarls and roars had prevented her to understand who she should root for . She had previously aimed her bolt of lightning against Rizo only because it was what Phloria had done .
"Yes . " Phloria nodded . She instinctively tried to reach for her sword before remembering that the Odi had taken it away from her . "We have to help him, he can't win without a weapon . "
Quylla was about to reply that she begged to differ since his claws had pierced through the damaged armor and the Odi's flesh, spraying blue blood everywhere, when Rizo reactivated God's Will in the nick of time before Lith's fingers could close around the sphere .
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