497 The Archangel Tyrael
Gavin arrived with bluster but left in disarray.
William and his companions continued their meal.
In the present era, the affairs of Soulmancers were no longer a secret, and ordinary people held a certain reverence for them.
The law's constraints couldn't limit the power of Soulmancers,in a way, a Soulmancer wishing to kill an ordinary person could do so without detection.
Finding evidence was not so straightforward.
By the next day, the news of Alice's life-and-death duel with Gavin had spread throughout the entire academy.
"Gavin must be crazy to sign a duel contract with Alice for a fight to the death. Has he become overconfident?"
"It's more than overconfidence; he's completely lost his mind. A little bit of success and he's courting death, ruining his future!"
"I've seen the video of their argument. It's clearly that shameless William who stirred up trouble."
...
The students of the Soulmancer Academy were abuzz with discussion, and the previously defeated deities had become mere spectators.
Alice, standing in the arena early, held the Sword of Soulbreaker, her garments fluttering, appearing like a deity descended to earth.
Gavin also arrived on time, but today his aura was intense, his pupils showing a golden hue, a stark contrast from the day before.
William, sitting together with Delmar and Moros, chuckled upon seeing Gavin's state.
Angel's descent?
"Could it be the Archangel Tyrael?" Delmar's pupils contracted as he stared at Gavin, muttering incredulously, "Has that thing also descended?"
Moros, expressionless, said, "Those bird people with wings? He's just borrowing their power."
"He sacrificed his soul to gain this power," Delmar frowned deeply, speaking to William, "Though the power is borrowed, it's at least at the level of a Nature Deity. Alice is in danger."
Despite Alice's significant progress recently, Delmar felt that the gap in their strength was vast and that William should intervene.
William simply nodded, "Seems like their strengths are about the same to me."
Poseidon, the Sea God, in his search for William, once sent out three thousand avatars across various parallel dimensions. 10:49
In one of these dimensions, he encountered billions of angels, and one of his avatars was killed by an angel with fourteen wings. He was well aware of their formidable power.
In the early days of the Divine Realm, there were many angels, but they weren't particularly strong and all perished within the Divine Realm.
William had personally visited a world filled with angels and Destruction Gods, and he knew that the strength of angels was divided into three tiers.
Archangels belonged to the highest tier, with eighteen wings, and their power was comparable to that of a Creator Deity. Gavin's power was obviously borrowed through a "system," a loan far more excessive than usury. One borrowing meant a lifetime of repayment,his physical body would be taken over by the archangel, leading to the annihilation of his soul.
Even so, William had no intention of intervening. Alice, protected by a divine halo, was not so easily defeated.
Boom!
A blood-red, fiery, sacred sword appeared in Gavin's hands.
The air was filled with explosive sounds, and a huge crater formed under Gavin's feet.
Moros casually waved his hand, isolating the arena's space, ensuring that no matter the intensity of the fight inside, people outside would not be affected.
Alice finally felt a strong sense of oppression. She first sent out an arcane pulse with her sword and then covered herself with an alchemy furnace to ensure her safety.
Gavin effortlessly blocked Alice's arcane pulse and laughed, "Aren't you strong? Why hide?"
In the next moment, he appeared in front of the alchemy furnace, slashing his fiery sword a thousand times in a second, causing sparks to fly off the furnace.
Alice was stunned inside the furnace. Wasn't this guy just at the peak of advanced Soulmancer level?
Why didn't it feel like that?
However, her alchemy furnace was sturdy; not even a mark was left by the fiery sword.
"Let's wait and see," Alice decided not to act rashly for the time being.
William watched quietly from outside. Gavin's power was borrowed indeed, but the contract he signed involved selling his soul.
When the time came, his body would no longer be his own. After Gavin's death, his powers would be divided among other pseudo "Chosen Ones." This archangel was likely a spirit that had already died once in that world and would soon completely take over Gavin's body.
In other words, if Alice didn't counterattack promptly, Gavin would only grow stronger.
Exhausting Gavin's physical strength was not an option!
The battle continued, with Gavin relentlessly swinging his sword, while Alice hid inside the alchemy furnace, not daring to come out as she could feel Gavin growing stronger.
She had thought she could easily beat Gavin, but now she didn't even dare to show her face.
The arena turned into ruins again, and the alchemy furnace was tossed into the air by Gavin's sword. Gavin began to continuously attack the opening of the furnace.
Alice could only use the Sword of Soulbreaker to block each strike from within the furnace.
"This won't do! I can't keep going like this!" Alice finally realized that the situation was unfavorable for her.
The spectators outside were surprised,the teachers of the Soulmancer Academy never expected Gavin to be so strong.
Even the deities previously defeated by Alice were astonished.
This human possessed a divine aura, and it was growing stronger and stronger.
Wasn't Alice supposed to be powerful?
Why wasn't she fighting back?
As time passed, Alice grew more anxious. She couldn't remember how many sword strikes she had blocked, her hands were already bleeding, yet Gavin's onslaught was only intensifying.
Alice clenched her teeth. She had always relied on William,he had given her the divine Sword of Soulbreaker, made her an alchemy furnace, and taught her so much.
Yet she was performing like a failure...
Alice felt terrible inside, trying to think of how to turn the tide.
During her last battle with Delmar, she seemed to have unlocked some power...
If she could release the seal on the Sword of Soulbreaker, maybe she could turn defeat into victory!
Alice's mind was filled with images of her battle with Delmar and the moment William had used her body to wield the sword...
Outside the furnace, Gavin's aura became increasingly terrifying, culminating in a heart-wrenching scream. Eighteen golden wings materialized behind him, his pupils shining brightly, and the flames on the fiery sword grew more intense.
With the scream ending, the Archangel Tyrael truly took over his body.
Delmar whispered to William, "If you don't intervene, Alice might die."
William watched the situation in the arena expressionlessly and said, "Wait a bit longer!"
He could feel the seal on the Sword of Soulbreaker starting to loosen.
The seal he had placed on the Sword of Soulbreaker could be broken not only by him but also by Alice, its master.
Ten layers of seals, and it was up to Alice to break how many she could.
William assessed the Archangel Tyrael, reborn in someone else's body, estimating his power to be at the level of a Destroyer Deity. As long as Alice could break the first layer of the Sword of Soulbreaker's seal, that should be enough.
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