Death… and me

Chapter 1245: Three Fronts

Three Claws of the Dragon quickly hit the three closest Needle Spears, deflecting them against another three, much to Rimari’s surprise. Such a movement needed a huge amount of control and experience. However, Roan made it look simple.

Roan continued forward as his Death World covered Rimari’s body. Because of the first six spears that he took care of, a gap appeared between them for Roan to pass through. 

However, Rimari wasn’t afraid of that.

‘Needle Field!’

Many of her needles began to spin around her body, creating a field of needles that acted as detectors. 

*Plin, plin, plin, plin…*

They were so sensitive that Roan didn’t even need to touch them. As long he got a little close, the needle would tremble, showing the position he was coming from.

‘Myriad Blood Needle, Needle Spikes!’

Roan, who was just about to use Crescent Moon, felt Dark Element accumulating on the ground before many needles shot out of it. He immediately jumped and brandished his scythe several times, trying to deflect them all. However, a few of the needles passed through his defense, hitting his body.

Rimari smiled as she saw that, only for the smile to disappear completely. That’s because Roan’s body started to disappear soon after.

‘Death Style, Mirage Assault!’

*Plin, plin, plin, plin…*

Right after, her Needle Field received reactions from three different sides at the same time. Well, her needles were a type of weapon that was especially good against several opponents, so she controlled them to attack the positions Roan was coming from.

‘Myriad Blood Needles, Spreading Shot!’

Half of her Needle Field suddenly turned in the directions she felt the reactions from before bursting out like a balloon. While that happened, the needles that she first used to attack Roan took their place, forming Needle Field once more. Just like Roan, Rimari also had a very good defense.

However, Rimari wasn’t feeling the least bit happy. Her mind was somewhere else while she fought Roan. ‘Where the hell are Jax and Trifas? They should have captured the others by now, those idiots.’

Of course, they wanted to. Unfortunately, the plans didn’t go according to plan. After Roan and Rimari’s fight started, the two of them shot at Rean, Tiffany, and Liana. However, just at they were about to reach them, Tiffany’s eyes opened behind Rean before she retaliated against Jax while Rean did the same with Trifas.

‘Life Style, Enhancement!’

‘Life Style, Light Aura Burst!’

Rean increased both his own and Tiffany’s physical power as they started the battle. 

Tiffany took out two swords from her spatial ring as her body gathered Lightning and Wind Element.

‘Energized Body!’

‘Wind Path!’

Energized Body increased her overall body’s reaction time while Wind Path increased her movement speed. With Light Aura Burst, she became even faster!

‘What?!’

Jax, the enemy Elemental Transformation Realm cultivator, was surprised to see Tiffany’s current speed. It was far above his own.

In fact, Tiffany herself was left aghast by her current speed. ‘This Light Aura Burst is way too good!’ Of course, she was still angry that she was awakened in such a situation. ‘Those twins better give a very good explanation as to what happened back there. At least, it doesn’t seem like they touched my or Liana’s body.’

She then put those thoughts behind as she attacked Jax.

‘Lightning Blades!’

She was surprisingly a close-range fighter, so she arrived in front of Jax in an instant!

Of course, Jax was still an Elemental Transformation Realm cultivator from the Blood Path Sect. ‘Hmph! Do you think speed is enough to deal with me?’

He wasn’t going to use a weapon at first as he just wanted to capture Rean’s group. But seeing that an opponent as strong as himself appeared, he immediately changed his plans. Not long after, a big red and dark chain appeared around his body before it spread around him, creating a defensive area in the shape of a cocoon.

*Clang, clang!*

*Bzzzzzzzzzzz!*

The two blades of lightning hit the chains but had little effect on them. Tiffany narrowed her eyes when she saw that and immediately changed her stance.

‘Dual Lightning Tornado!’

Her body began to rotate at high speeds, even higher than she usually did, creating a lightning tornado around herself as she pushed forward.

Jax was confident in his chains at first. Usually, these kinds of weapons had little effect on them. However, Tiffany’s Dual Lightning Tornado began to seriously dismantle his chains, forcing him to retreat. He immediately gave up on that approach, thinking that he could still capture Rean and Tiffany. His chains soon took on another form as he began to attack Tiffany as well.

‘Blood Path Chains! Enclosure!’

His chains made an arc around Tiffany’s Dual Lightning Tornado, trying to contain the tornados with it. It’s just that his chains didn’t have much of an advantage against Tiffany.

Meanwhile, Trifas tried to help Jax by trying to capture Rean and Liana. After all, the only one remaining was at the Initial Stage of the Saint Realm. Unfortunately for him, the moment he tried to capture Rean, Rean also retaliated just as fast.

‘Death Style, Stellar Piercer!’

Rean’s body burst forward, showing a speed that Trifas had never seen from an Initial Stage Saint before. Without much choice, he could only bring his own weapon, a huge hammer, out to fight Rean as well. 

‘Bone Crashing Charge!’

Blood Power and Dark Element covered his body, trying to reduce the power behind Rean’s Stellar Piercer by corroding it. Once they clashed, Rean’s Stellar Piercer would be practically gone…or so he thought. Little did he know that Dark Element was useless against Rean as well. Only Dark Element as good as Roan could match Rean’s assault. Nevertheless, the blood power of the Blood Path Sect was still there.

*Clang!*

The hammer quickly hit Rean’s Stellar Piercer, destroying it with brute force. Then again, Stellar Piercer was a ranged attack, so it made sense that the hammer won against that piercing energy alone. 

‘How can it have so much power?!’ In any case, Trifas was shocked by how much his hammer trembled when he collided against Rean’s attack.

*Clack!*

It was then that Trifas saw a small chip fall off his hammer.

‘Impossible!’