Vile Evil Hides Under The Veil-Chapter 1929: Difference Between Two Lightning Maestros

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Eren managed to channel his lightning-element Skill using the sea water as a medium even though he was still a bit away from Naya's position.

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It also helped that he had a water-element God Spark.

His Skill execution successfully made Azurea stop in her tracks. However, instead of getting worked up over the supposed arrival of new enemies, Azurea fell into contemplation.

'Hmm? Who dared to…. Wait… this is clearly an A-Ranked Skill but why is it so powerful?'

Azurea couldn't help but open her eyes wide in shock when she observed a lightning-element robe forming over an unconscious-looking Naya.

The mana used to create this protective layer around Naya certainly wasn't S-Rank. However, it contained not one or two but three distinct Aspects of lightning.

As a lightning user herself, Azurea knew how difficult it was to master even a single lightning Aspect. The lightning element was considered especially difficult because of how volatile it was.

Although the use of Skills through Menaka's Mesh had simplified magic and spellcasting for a broad range of mana practitioners, the study of Elemental Attainments still played a vital role in making one's Skill executions stand out. The better one's Elemental Attainments, the more efficient and powerful their Skills became.

Eren's Skill execution fell into this category. He was originally from Anfang, a world without Menaka's Mesh to facilitate a simpler form of spell execution by converting them into Skills.

As a native of a world that focused on pure spellcasting, Eren was naturally skilled at controlling all three Aspects related to lightning that he had mastered for himself.

How could a normal human being unlock three Aspects of lightning at such a young age? His mana signatures and aura told her that he wasn't even 100 years old. What was even more frightening was the fact that all of his Aspects were exceptionally refined.

It became obvious to Azurea that Eren was a highly capable lightning user. So much so that she didn't mind calling him a pervert. But how could that be?

Azurea knew that he possessed a water-element God Spark and was adept at battling with her elder sister Marina using water-element Skills. After all, she had vaguely kept tabs on her elder sister while the latter was busy dealing with him.

His compatibility with water wasn't fake or something he had recently gained after his acquisition of God Spark. But if that was the case, how did he find time to explore Elemental Attainments related to lightning as well?

A lightning-element maestro was given a water-element God Spark by his fate? How threatening he would have become at this point if he had somehow acquired the lightning-element God Spark?

Eren was definitely an anomaly, even among the most bizarre mana practitioners found in Labh Salem.

His A-Rank Skill was strong enough to defend against her S-Rank Skill for a few moments simply because he had employed multiple Aspects of a single element in a single Skill execution. The Skill could definitely buy Naya some time before he intervened, foiling Azurea's plans to kill Naya in one swift motion.

Whatever Eren lacked in terms of mana quality and quantity, he compensated for through his multifaceted elemental mastery. He truly was truly becoming the Lord of the Elements—a Young Demon Emperor in the making.

In fact, the upper echelons of Labh Salem's mana practitioners were also highly proficient in mastering multiple elements and their respective Aspects.

Since Menaka's Mesh made it easier to control various elements, the elites of Labh Salem focused on mastering multiple elements and Aspects, saving time on manual learning—a process that was still the norm in Anfang.

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As such, Azurea wasn't surprised by the fact that Eren had mastery over multiple Aspects of lightning. Not really. However, she was still shocked by the depth of his comprehension. It was as if he had lived three different lifetimes to attain such mastery.

Azurea could be also considered an anomaly like Eren because of how she cultivated her draconic powers. Even with so many diverse paths present in Labh Salem, she had chosen to walk steadfastly on a road that allowed for no diversions.

As a dragoness born to rule over the elemental magic domain, Azurea had brilliant control over her lightning Aspect. Instead of combining different Aspects of lightning, she had chosen to dig deeper into the first Aspect she had unlocked, creating a highly refined and powerful Skill Tree.

Azurea's azure lightning was unlike any conventional lightning Aspect. It wasn't just a simple fusion of elemental power—it was the very embodiment of dominance and control over the lightning element itself.

Unlike Eren, who had diversified his mastery into different Aspects of lightning, Azurea had chosen a singular, focused path. She had dug deeper into the Authority Aspect of lightning, refining it to a level where her control over the element was absolute.

Where Eren's red lightning was a force of destruction, breaking down everything it touched, Azurea's azure lightning was commanding—it didn't just destroy, it dictated the very behavior of the surrounding mana.

It could suppress other forms of lightning or any other element for that matter, neutralize opposing currents, and bend the laws of nature in her favor. This was why her attacks always hit their mark, why her Skills never went out of control, and why even the natural lightning of a storm would submit before her presence.

Similarly, while Eren's purple lightning was focused on speed, making him untouchable and allowing him to move at near-instantaneous velocities, Azurea's lightning did not need speed to win battles.

Her azure lightning allowed her to lock down an opponent's movements, sealing off their ability to evade. She could create barriers of pure lightning energy that resisted even teleportation-based escape techniques. To fight Azurea was to fight against the very air, the very mana itself—it was like trying to escape the storm when the storm itself was your prison.

Eren's blue lightning, which specialized in incineration, turning everything to ash in an instant, was fundamentally different from Azurea's approach. Her lightning didn't seek to burn—it sought to disrupt and dominate.

If Eren's blue lightning was a raging inferno, then Azurea's azure lightning was a celestial decree, one that silenced and severed an enemy's connection to mana itself. Her lightning could paralyze even the strongest of opponents, forcefully overriding their mana flow and causing their Skills to collapse mid-cast.

If Marina was skilled in dealing with her enemies up close and personal, Azurea was considered a genius at handling multiple opponents while maintaining her distance.

Like her sister, Azurea possessed a strong physique and a dragonoid form. However, thanks to her unparalleled draconic talents, she almost never had to rely on it in actual combat.

In fact, compared to Azurea, her elder sister Marina could only be considered mediocre at best.