"R-Reign!" Carlos shouted out in disbelief as he stared at Reign. The light that once shrouded his figure was gone, replaced by lightning that coiled around him and flickered through the surrounding area.
"How is this possible, weren't you supposed to only have a lightning ability?!" Carlos once again shouted out before pointing at Reign and sending forth numerous attacks. Spikes appeared from below Reign, giant boulders were sent flying, and multiple rocky vines with spikes on the flew at him…
Carlos also used the skills present inside the wands and staves he had, sending forth tens of different attacks at Reign, only for all of them to miss as Reign disappeared with a smirk on his face.
"You weren't able to defeat me when I was only using the light, what makes you think you can even touch me now when I'm done holding back?" Reign asked Carlos as he appeared behind him.
Before the latter was able to respond, one of his arms got cut off before he was sent flying backward.
"Not to mention the fact that you have already used up so much of your mana, you even have trouble standing properly right now." Said Reign as he once again appeared behind Carlos and cut off another of his arms before kicking him to the side.
This was of course only possible thanks to Reign using not only his [ Lightning Charge ] but all the boosts that he had, including using light to boost his speed as well. Carlos being shocked after seeing him for the first time and launching so many attacks took a toll on the man as the mana he had spent in a mere instant was astronomical.
His new form allowed him to use many weapons and boosted his power, but it also came with a price, which was that his mana consumption was higher than usual. Had he not used so many different skills and attacks previously, then perhaps he would have been able to fight Reign somewhat evenly at this moment, but he had made the foolish mistake of panicking and using everything he had right away.
"Hmmm, already trying to run away?" Reign asked as he looked in the distance, fully aware that the new Tier IV signature that had appeared was getting further away.
"Sorry Carlos, play times over, I have to catch a rat." Reign said with a smile as Carlos suddenly showed a look of despair as Reign initiated his transformation.
It wasn't only Carlos, but the entire battlefield that suddenly came to a halt. The aura coming from Reign who was currently floating in the air and was enveloped by a bright light was more powerful than anything they had sensed before.
As the light started dimming, Reign's figure was revealed. White and black hair that fell down to the middle of his back flowed in the wind while a pair of white and black wings sprouted out from his back and flapped in order to keep him in the air.
His clothes stretched out in order to fit him perfectly as his over 2 meters tall figure seemed like a deity that was looking down on ants.
In an instant, two rays of light were shot out from Reign's hand, both hitting the two monsters that Greenie and Aelrinder were fighting against. Surprised by the sudden attack, the monsters were unable to even dodge the attack as the light was simply too fast.
It passed through their heads and killed them instantly, only leaving the centaur and the old demon to face the two.
"Try not to kill them, they might have some valuable intel for us," Reign told the two before disappearing and appearing in front of the mortified Carlos.
"As for you, I won't be killing you either, not yet." Reign said before his wings suddenly moved.
They suddenly turned from looking nice and soft to almost metallic and swiped in front of Reign, cutting off four of Carlos's remaining six arms.
Before he was able to even scream out in pain, Reign moved his arms and used his two swords which were coated in light and darkness to cut off the remaining two arms as well. The one that was cut by the sword covered in light was sutured immediately thanks to the heat while the one cut by the sword coated in darkness turned pitch black immediately and a part of it started turning into dust, only stopping once Reign willed it to.
"Elijah, put these chains around him and bring him inside the shield, he won't be able to trouble anyone now." Reign said as he threw two long chains at Elijah who was nearby. The young man nodded at Reign before picking up the chains and walking toward Carlos.
Reign nodded at him before flying at the two monsters that were still alive after the traps were set off. The two were injured, but they could still deal significant damage to the players, hence Reign needed to get rid of them before making his way over to the leader who was on the run.
The two elders that had been controlling the two Tier IV monsters that Reign had previously killed coughed out blood as Reign had not only killed the monsters but had used his soul manipulation to destroy their souls and damage the two elders whose souls were connected to the monsters.
Even though they would live, the two would be unable to do anything for a while thanks to the heavy injury his attack had made. They were after all merely peak Tier III combatants, and Reign's current strength was above even a mid-grade Tier IV being. The boost to his overall power was even greater than he expected, allowing him to easily kill two Tier IV monsters and cut off Carlos's arms as if he was nothing but an ant.
Reign attacked the remaining two monsters, and after using his light, darkness, and lightning, he was able to make short work of the two before making his way over to their leader. The leader was fast, but not nearly as fast as Reign who was now flying through the air.
Suddenly, Reign's right arm started shaking slightly as he looked down at it. An annoyed expression appeared on his face as he forced it to stop shaking before increasing his speed even further.
'Damn it, it hasn't been even a minute and the transformation is already taxing my body so much, I need to make this quick, otherwise, it might end and leave me in a weakened state before I'm able to deal with the enemy leader.' Reign thought as he flew toward the leader who was now only about 400 meters away from him.
Upon sensing Reign, and knowing that there was no way he would be able to get away from him, the leader stopped running away and turned around before starting to chant a spell.
A gray cloud that was filled with purple lightning suddenly appeared before him. He suddenly started making weird symbols with his hands before joining them together and aiming at Reign.
In an instant, multiple bolts of purple lightning shot at Reign. Even though Reign had lightning manipulation and was incredibly resistant to lightning, his eyes constricted and he quickly evaded the bolts as he could sense an incredibly dangerous power residing inside of them.
'Demonic energy?!'
'No, that's not it, it's different, it's, it's more primal, more dangerous.' Reign thought as he tried to remember where he had sensed this kind of power before.
'Chaos!' Reign suddenly remembered as he dodged another bolt, but never stopped moving closer to the enemy.
He quickly shot a couple of light rays at the enemy, only for them to be blocked by the cloud that was seemingly able to destroy even light.
'Tch, chaos energy really is hard to deal with.' Reign thought before changing his strategy and using his darkness. He coated both of his arms and swords before charging at the cloud with incredible speed.
The bolts never stopped shooting, but he was able to dodge some while actually deflecting some thanks to his darkness.
Chaos energy is one that was focused fully on destruction, but darkness was not that different. It would destroy, corrode, and devour anything it touched, and it was enough to block the chaos bolts, even though they still had some effect on Reign as he felt some pain from deflecting the bolts.
"What, but that's chaos!" The leader said in a panicked voice as Reign suddenly arrived in front of the cloud. He suddenly used everything he had, all four of his abilities and all the strength he had to cut the cloud in half.
The cloud was cut, but it slowly started reconnecting, only for Reign to cut it again and again. It wasn't an easy thing to do for Reign as he was using his full strength, which meant that the transformation was even more taxing, but the leader had it worse since he started bleeding out of all of his orifices.
In order to sustain the cloud, he not only had to use mana but his own life force as well. Chaos energy was incredibly dangerous, and one would always need to pay a steep price when using it without mastering it beforehand.
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