NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1184: Inspiration
Alex Tear swung down his mace as Johnson blocked it with his shield. Their energies clashed, but Johnson couldn't help but notice something was wrong.
The ground underneath him suddenly cracked before crumbling.
'What's this? So strong?' Johnson was facing a normal weapon, yet even though he exerted the same amount of energy, the clash resulted in him losing.
What Johnson actually faced was not just the same Crystal Armor. It also contained the power of the lifebound contract.
As a result, its strength was much higher than what Johnson was capable of utilizing. Still, Johnson had his pride as one of the strongest people in the dynasty.
He gritted his teeth and endured the extra force purely with his body. Instead of blocking that extra force, he actually chose to pour his strength into the hammer.
The moment the force disappeared, Johnson waved his hammer from the right.
"!!!" Alex grabbed the hammer, trying to stop it using his bare hand, but it was futile. The hammer launched him away. The bones in his right arm cracked due to the sheer force.
However, Johnson also suffered some damage. Blood suddenly spurted from his helmet. Enduring the force with his body definitely caused some internal damage.
But the enemy didn't stop there. An arrow suddenly flew toward him like a cannonball.
"Tsk." Johnson clicked his tongue and blocked it with his shield, but the arrow's energy let out a second eruption, producing an even stronger power.
Even though the one who shot this was someone at the Crystal Armor Stage, he attacked right after Johnson used everything he had to blow away Alex. As a result, he couldn't muster much power to block this energy.
"Haaaa!" Johnson shouted. A crack suddenly appeared on the right side of his helmet as the sheer pressure broke a part of it, showing his eye. The shield also cracked as he failed to release enough power to contain the attack.
'This guy…' Johnson was worried about another thing. Earlier, Nathan was the one stopping him. However, it looked like Nathan had a hard time fighting the two of them. They were stronger than he was, so it couldn't really be helped.
Although he had some subordinates, there was no one strong enough to actually stop these guys, so it looked like he had to endure it for as long as possible.
…
On the other side, Evelyn's battle had become even fiercer.
Evelyn waved her hand as the gravity came crashing down on Devourer, but the latter released his own power to devour the gravity. Their powers ultimately negated each other.
'This woman… is strong. For some reason, I have a hard time gaining the advantage. With her level, I should be the one oppressing her…' Devourer expected to win. After all, with the pressure emanating from Evelyn, he could sense how much ena she had in her body.
She was supposed to be weaker than him, especially since he had the element thanks to the lifebound familiar, yet Evelyn managed to hold on.
He didn't know about her coming from another continent, so he couldn't help but think Evelyn was just abnormal.
On the other hand, Evelyn was considering a few things.
'What should I do? My gravity is being devoured by his power. Should I use my space element to gain the upper hand?
'But if I use it right now, the enemy will know I have a space element. The space element is the most important because we can teleport everywhere.
'If I use my space element, I need to make sure all of them are dead, but I don't know if I can do it or not. Even if I can kill the one in front of me, I won't be in a condition to fight the other one.
'Besides, they might have a secret method to escape from the battlefield. The moment they know about my space and gravity elements, they will realize I'm the woman that thwarted their plan when they were on Gratzel.
'It might complicate Nathan's plans, so it looks like we shouldn't show any superiority yet…'
This was the method Nathan utilized to take down the Divine Hands. He made the enemy think the enemy was weak, that they could crush them any time they wanted it.
But it would be different if they knew about her traveling across the ocean. This was also the reason Nathan hadn't summoned other familiars yet.
'Looks like we have to deliberately lose to them for now. At least Anubis is here. He can heal us just fine.
'Still, if we're too weak, it will be too suspicious. Besides, I'm curious about their full strength as well, including the black cell utilization the grand duke mentioned.'
Evelyn knew what she wanted in this battle.
Devourer waved both hands, creating a gush of wind that actually devoured things instead of blowing them away. He gathered all that energy toward Evelyn, trying to suck the ena she planned to release.
"Huu…" Evelyn smiled, thinking, 'I guess I should thank Nathan again. He has been inspiring me in many things recently…'
Evelyn released her energy, and Devourer absorbed it as planned. The energy from Evelyn's body should disappear, and she failed to utilize any technique to counter his. If the wind hit her, she would definitely sustain massive damage.
However, Evelyn recalled Nathan's former plan to make a new weapon. At that time, he used his ena like telekinesis, moving them around.
Evelyn suddenly lifted up her arms while twitching her forefinger and middle finger.
Instead of items like Nathan, she actually controlled her own energy, especially with her specialty, micro control.
Yes, the ena particles that were about to be absorbed suddenly curved and struck the devouring wind in their foundations.
As a result, the two energies neutralized each other. With the foundation of the wind gone, the ena failed to flow, ultimately dispersing the wind.
"What?!" Devourer dropped his jaw. How did Evelyn actually neutralize his power?
That shock gave Evelyn the time to close the gap between them. Her eyes turned bloodshot as the gravity element coated her fist.
"Distortion Fist."
"Gah!" Devourer felt like his body was bursting. If he looked down, he would see his stomach getting distorted to the point where it looked like a folded paper. "This is… bad…"
Evelyn pushed deeper and blasted him away. The gravity energy crushed everything in its path as Devourer stopped after crashing into a boulder 300 meters (984 feet) away.