Myriad Devils-Chapter 112: Differing aspects of strength, united

But before Seth’s attack had begun its approach, the beast general had realized its danger, covering its body with the two wings on its back.

Thereafter, the power of darkness shrouded its body, just as Seth’s magical attack landed. The massive creature assumed a state of absolute darkness, seemingly transforming into a non-physical entity.

Simply put, Seth’s attack affected the physical realm.

But the beast’s ability was more similar to Anon’s magical attacks which were more elusive and indescribable.

As Seth’s blood river, taking on the form of a dragon, contacted with the beast’s body, plunging into the creature now seemingly forged out of darkness, the river exited the other side of its body, rushing towards the depths of the crater with the same intensity it had before making contact with the beast.

Indeed, the beast had completely phased through Seth’s attack.

Its defensive capabilities were something to sigh about in helplessness, causing Seth to curse aloud.

It was one of the few times that he couldn’t help but express his frustration.

But in the next moment, he a smile stretched across his face as his companion entered the fray.

Rushing towards the garden beneath, the blood river also approached the battle that was occurring between the dark feathers, and Seth who had just exterminated the group of beast commanders.

Sensing the approaching blood river, Anon smiled and rushed towards it, almost immediately being swallowed by it.

At the same time, Seth commanded his blood river so that it refused to greet Anon’s body, nor the aura surrounding him.

Surrounded by this golden aura, Anon shifted his focus towards the beast general made up of darkness.

Behind him, the dark feathers were obliterated by Seth’s blood river without any difficulty.

It didn’t even lose its momentum in its descent, but it swiftly crystalized and crumbled before it could destroy the garden below.

At the same time, Anon’s spirit drew power from his principle.

His voice reverberated throughout the gorge as a golden staff appeared in his grasp.

Twisting his body towards the beast general, he flung the illusory golden staff towards the beast general.

"Victory Manifested!"

"Inevitable Strike!!!"

’The matchup between Seth and this beast is inherently disadvantageous to Seth due to his principles’ lack of metaphysical attacks. On the other hand, such attacks are well within my realm of ability.’ Anon grunted lightly as he threw his principle’s manifested form towards the beast general.

Racing through the air, the dark gold staff rapidly drew in more and more stellar cosmic energy, growing larger and larger in size as it approached the Dreadwing creature.

Sensing the incoming staff, the beast general’s eyes scornfully looked down on the stellar genius still in the middle of the second world.

The quantity of stellar cosmic energy being used by Anon was slightly higher than the usual second layer individuals of the second world but it was clearly still limited to being comparable to third layer individuals.

At the core of an ability, the amount of stellar cosmic energy fueling it was one of the most vital aspects of what made it powerful.

When a beast general attacked, like for example, the Red Ape’s apparition, it utilized such an overwhelming amount of stellar cosmic energy that it affected the physical world.

Anon’s usage of stellar cosmic energy wasn’t anywhere near this level, causing the beastly creature, with a body made from darkness, to arrogantly look down on Anon!

This haughtiness lasted until the two magical forces contacted each other.

As darkness confronted the light of inevitability, even if Anon’s attack wasn’t fueled by immense stellar cosmic energies, it was an attack that, at its core, fueled a principle that was above the concept of darkness.

The two auras collided, and immediately, the elusive darkness lost that sense of elusiveness.

Even though Anon’s attack didn’t directly harm its per se, the mysterious nature that its body of darkness held was almost immediately eradicated.

Seth laughed heartily, his laughter reverberating throughout the gorge as his canine bit onto his lip, causing blood to ooze out.

A single drop of blood fell into the air, descending with impressive speed towards the creature of darkness currently confronting Anon’s staff which had grown in size to over fifteen meters lengthwise.

The droplet of blood falling from the sky above was glimmering with stellar cosmic energy within it.

Upon perceiving that single droplet of blood, the beast general immediately reacted.

It blasted forth with its fastest speed, distancing itself from Anon’s magical attack, and immediately grasping a more elusive state once again.

Seeing this, Seth growled with anger, "Anon!"

"Escaping is impossible." Anon chuckled as his words fell. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Though he appeared relaxed, there was some weakness visible in his eyes whilst beads of sweat formed on his forehead.

Naturally, straining the spirit was like injuring the body, but it did not take on the glaring physical attributes that injuring the body did.

Simply put, it would not cause ugly wounds to appear on the body, but from the moment the strain on the spirit was visible to the naked eye, like now, it was not a good sign at all.

Still, as Anon replied to Seth’s frustration, part of the beast general’s body shone with a dark gold light as the golden staff stretching beyond fifteen meters then trembled with power and appeared before the beast general once again!

’Just like Cursed Ground, and Victory Manifested, Inevitable Strike has also improved. Don’t think you can get away, even if you’re a grand and mighty beast general.’ Anon smirked.

He had grown confident after the magic ritual, and although it was partly because of the initial splurge of confidence one would acquire from a sudden boost in power, in essence, he was a calm individual and had assessed his own strength from an objective standpoint.

He had witnessed the battle with Seth and the fleshy bear king, so he also understood a beast general’s strength.

Although he was in the second layer of the second world, he was confident that, alongside Seth, they could fight on equal footing even if it was against a mighty beast general.

Now, this did not mean that they could battle against third world stellar fighters.

As humans, just like Anon and Seth could strategically fight against beast generals, third world stellar fighters who also had high intelligence, would most likely easily decimate the duo.

Maybe they might be able to survive for an extended period, but that would not be too long a time either.

There were also beast generals much more powerful than the Dreadwing Harbinger that would send Anon and Seth into the other world, but evidently, these beast generals were rather rare.

As the gold staff contacted the beast general once more, the creature released a scream of frustration that sent ripples of darkness into the world around it.

Interestingly, most of these dark ripples were focused on Anon, racing through the air towards him.

But toward these antics, Seth’s eyes shone with a brilliant silvery hue.

His right hand controlled the droplet of blood that diminished the distance separating it and the beast general, and his left hand stretched out, facing Anon.

Unravelling around Anon’s body were runic characters that he was rather familiar with.

At the same time, the droplet of blood transformed into a towering wave that grew to a size more than twice the beast general’s body.

As it came crashing down, the sound of a flowing river echoed out as the blood transformed once again, from a wave to a blood river that rushed towards the body of darkness, or more precisely, where Anon’s magical attack and the beast’s magical nature were interacting.

Anon coughed up a mouthful of blood as Seth’s blood river came crashing down.

The runic characters gently wrapped around his body, protecting him from the dark ripples as he focused on controlling the staff that flickered in and out of the real world.

Naturally, it wasn’t just the beast’s body made up of darkness that was forced to lose its elusiveness.

Both the beast and Anon’s magical attack, had crossed the threshold of the metaphysical world, and were now affected by Seth’s attack.

The struggle on Anon’s spirit intensified as the blood river gurgled with power and ferocity.

Still, he only faced the remnants of power that Seth could not stop from contacting his magical attack.

Much more intensely than whatever Anon experienced, the beast faced off against the blood river that had been powered by runic characters containing a demonic nature.

The aura emanating from the blood river was of an even darker shade of red than ever.

If its usual power could be considered ten units on a scale, then currently, it must have been amplified by ten times or more.

Utilizing all three of his principles was a struggle that Seth did not show on his face.

And so, as the beast general collided into the crater’s walls, causing it to explode upon impact, and then stared towards Seth, only seeing his expressionless face, for the first time, it begun showing signs of fear.

Thereafter, it took a glance at Anon who was bleeding from his nose and eyes, and yet, it did not dare underestimate him.

After all, although he faced the brunt of its sound attack, those runic characters that were created by the other human were etched onto Anon’s skin, moving across his body in a snake-like manner, akin to a sentient creature, easily protecting him from the dark ripples.

By themselves, they weren’t the beast’s match.

But when they worked together, at the expense of injuring Anon, Seth’s full-powered attacks began to shake the Dreadwing Harbinger’s beastly will.

However, just when its end seemed nigh, in the next instance...

The golden staff that refused to disappear, like a parasite, began shaking and trembling before crumbling.

The golden aura that had stained the beast’s body crystalized and crumbled away.

The beast’s figure was swallowed by an ocean of darkness that completely devoured Seth’s blood river!

The atmosphere buzzed and trembled as an immense amount of stellar cosmic energy was attracted.

The air grew heavy, and the weight of a mountain pressed down on the shoulders of the two stellar geniuses!