Chapter 307 – Hero’s Battle
“Huh?”
Outside the light membrane, in the midst of the battlefield, Masashi Sakuraba, who was summoning scale armor to block Yuz’s attacks, let out a confused sound and couldn’t help but turn his gaze towards the magic array behind him.
“…”
Looking at the Underworld creatures in the originally quiet magic array, carrying rubble and dregs from the ground like ants towards the coffin, Masashi Sakuraba couldn’t help but have a few black lines appear on his face.
What is this?
So, because he didn’t allow her to absorb the energy in the magic array, this young girl decided to go after these stones on the ground?
Although, due to the magic array, these remnants within the core magic array would more or less carry a trace of life energy. But that amount was too little! Even if she moved all the rubble in this area, it probably wouldn’t match the life energy of ten ordinary people. Instead, Kazumi’s actions made him appear to be a stingy boss.
[After this is over, I’ll give her some materials she needs…]
A helpless thought popped into his mind. At this moment, Masashi Sakuraba was truly speechless.
Although he might have been exaggerating a bit when he invited Kazumi to help him this time, the rewards he gave were indeed abundant, and substantial.
Masashi Sakuraba knew the basic techniques of managing subordinates. Whether it was his former subordinates or the followers of the Poisonous Snake Cult he founded, he had never treated them poorly in terms of treatment.
And in a certain sense, Kazumi’s position was even higher than his subordinates. Whether as a subordinate valued by Kurokawa Iori or as his future partner, just based on his relationship with Kurokawa Iori, Masashi Sakuraba would definitely not mistreat the young girl.
Therefore, seeing his borrowed junior picking up trash from the ground for such a small amount of life energy under him, even with Masashi Sakuraba’s rich experience, he felt his composure was starting to slip.
“Where are you looking!”
But obviously, Yuz, who was still fighting, would not give his enemy time to think like this.
The powerful saber energy, faster than sound, unreasoningly shattered Masashi Sakuraba’s protective scale armor and fiercely struck the back of the giant snake summoned by Masashi Sakuraba.
At this moment, Yuz had completely changed his appearance. Different ‘words of power’ containing energy flowed through various parts of his body, and a green “疾” was imprinted in the center of the wings flapping behind him.
“Noisy.”
Even Masashi Sakuraba, whose thoughts were so casually interrupted, showed a bit of displeasure on his face.
His hands, which had been resting by his side, were finally raised, and a few strange sorcery patterns were conjured in his hands.
At the same time, the air around Yuz distorted, and countless purple ghoul hands emerged from beneath his feet, directly grabbing his ankles.
And behind him, a blood-red mouth formed of energy fiercely bit down.
“Hmph!”
The character “力” on Yuz’s wrist erupted with a dazzling red light at this moment. With a wave of his right hand, a terrifying shockwave directly crushed the ghoul hands that were restraining him, and he took a step back, dodging the giant mouth behind him.
“Shun.”
A low murmur, only audible to himself, came from Yuz’s mouth. The next second, Masashi Sakuraba, who was preparing to unleash the sorcery in his hands, completely lost his target.
“So fast!”
The target in his eyes disappeared in an instant, but Masashi Sakuraba did not panic or become confused. His long-honed combat experience allowed him to directly shield his entire body with serpentine energy.
“Clang-”
The subsequent slash collided with the purple energy shell, producing a piercing metallic sound.
“If your spiritual energy reserves are only that much, you won’t be able to defeat me~”
Looking at Yuz’s blade being blocked by the evil energy, Masashi Sakuraba wore a playful smile and couldn’t help but taunt.
When Yuz first started fighting him, the spiritual energy he used had indeed caused him considerable trouble. But after realizing the opponent’s energy conversion rate was extremely low, Masashi Sakuraba directly used large-scale sorcery to bombard him.
And judging by the current situation, Yuz, who lacked spiritual energy, seemed unable to even break through his defenses.
“Stop the nonsense!”
Having missed his attack, Yuz threw a “爆” character at the opponent and quickly retreated to increase the distance between them.
“Boom!”
A fierce explosion erupted at Masashi Sakuraba’s location, but before the smoke from the explosion could dissipate, a giant snake head rose up, with Masashi Sakuraba completely unharmed.
“Damn it.”
Suspended in mid-air, Yuz gasped for breath as he looked at the enemy before him who was giving him immense pressure.
Just as the other party said, after his simulated spiritual power was depleted, it became incredibly difficult for him to break through Masashi Sakuraba’s defenses.
Directly converting spiritual energy consumed too much, especially during the current high-intensity combat, and he couldn’t spare any other energy for conversion.
But the current situation was no longer just about the Demon Snake seal. If he didn’t defeat the enemy in front of him and destroy the magic array behind him, even if the Demon Snake wasn’t unsealed, everyone in the entire city would be in danger.
[Shun can still be used twice, and I only have enough spiritual energy left for a catalyst. What if I add ‘Li’ to it?]
[No, I must destroy the magic array within this time frame, otherwise all the civilians inside the magic array will be in danger!]
While sensing the energy within his body, Yuz considered the possibility of defeating his opponent. The only chance he could seize now was the man’s faint underestimation of him.
“Hu—”
Taking a long breath and adjusting his state to the last, Yuz’s slightly relaxed gaze became firm again.
Throughout his long career, he had encountered dangerous situations like this before, but even so, he was still fearless.
Because if he didn’t defeat the guy in front of him, everyone he protected would be in danger.
“Shun!”
The low-lying fighting spirit surged within Yuz again. After a surge of berserk energy, he once again disappeared from Masashi Sakuraba’s field of vision.
“It’s useless.”
Sensing Yuz’s movement, a hint of contempt flashed in Masashi Sakuraba’s eyes. If it were the Yuz from the beginning, he might have been able to force out some of his abilities.
But now, due to the overall weakening of the formation and the depletion of his counter-spiritual energy, Yuz’s current strength was truly lacking.
Purple scale armor rose, but Masashi Sakuraba’s gaze was fixed straight ahead.
And just as Masashi Sakuraba predicted, this time the “Shun” that appeared behind him was not Yuz himself, but a “爆” character flowing with brown-red energy.
The blast wave was completely blocked by the scale armor, but Masashi Sakuraba gathered his energy and looked forward.
Purple energy converged in his hands, but there was no figure appearing in front of him.
[What!]
Turning his head in disbelief, Masashi Sakuraba saw Yuz, covered in flames and covered in the remnants of the explosion.
The long sword in his hand was completely covered by red energy, breaking through all of his hastily erected defenses.
And by the time he got completely close, the red on the blade was replaced by a familiar faint blue. The unstoppable long sword directly severed the protective scale armor and the target’s head.
“Die!!”
