"Holy Sanctuary!" Levin Cloud immediately casted as a golden pillar of light suddenly descended unto Kabrakan, Lycan and Solstice.
Levin Cloud, Peridot, Vayu, Soleil and Creepysoo reached the area where there was battle ongoing. Luckily, they were able to come when Lycan, Solstice and Kabrakan were about to die from an attack. Eldritch' skill called Star Screech is an attack that has the power to destroys stars themselves.
It is a powerful ability that even penetrates the defenses of the enemies hit. It was a powerful skill that could even one-shot tanks. The fact that Kabrakan, Lycan and Solstice were able to hold on despite getting hit by the skill means that they used lots of defensive skills to last long enough for the Holy Sanctuary to be cast.
Levin Cloud immediately appeared next to them as he healed their wounds. Vayu and Soleil immediately went to battle Eldritch head on while Peridot and Creepysoo supported them. Solstice was the first one to recover amongst the three of them as she was able to restore her health using blood.
Most of the blood spheres that she was able to collect was used to create the blood barrier. The last blood sphere was used to restore her health back to full. She still suffers from the negative effects that the Star Screech skill gives those that are hit by it though.
[You are in a state of Disarray.]
[Your vision will be blurry for two minutes.]
[Your long-range attacks and skill might not activate or hit the target properly.]
All three of them were in this state after surviving the Star Screech skill. In fact, the first thing that was damaged was their hearing as one could see blood dripping on their ear holes. Lycan and Kabrakan has it the worse because they have enhanced hearing compared to a normal person.
"The Followers of the Dark Gods and the Followers of Apophis have escaped. We must chase after them or else all our efforts would be in vain." Solstice stated as she was the first one to notice that only Eldritch was left at the scene.
"If we want to pursuit the other team, we will have to kill him first." Levin Cloud stated as he pointed at Eldritch.
Eldritch was actually locked on all of them as he made use of his great vision with each of his eyes. One eye would mark one opponent which meant that all of them cannot leave without defeating him. Eldritch made use of his big body and appendages that can transform and elongate into tentacles to keep them at this area.
"Heal Lycan immediately so that he can give chase with Vayu. They are two people fast enough to catch up with the opponents that have already left. I will hold off the beast for as long as I can when they are fine." Solstice stated.
"I am already fine. I can fight." Kabrakan stated as he stood up albeit a bit dizzy from the effects of Star Screech.
Kabrakan was able to heal faster because he absorbed his Astral Wilde Soul back into his body which restores 50% of his health and stamina. He was able to tank most of the damage from Star Screech because of this as well. The only problem is that he cannot use his Mountain King Armor as it is now on cooldown.
"Are you sure?" Solstice asked.
"I am positive. I can topple that guy if I have enough stamina." Kabrakan stated as he walked towards the ongoing fight.
"Stall him while I perform my most powerful skill then." Solstice stated as she started chanting and a red magic circle suddenly lit up from below her feet.
"No problem. Earth Rush!" Kabrakan stated as he slammed his two shields on the ground and charged forward.
Kabrakan plunged his shields on the ground which in turn scraped the soil on top of it. This created a layer of soil that became increasingly bigger with the distance he traveled. It did not take long for the layer of soil to turn into a large boulder that is now hurling towards Eldritch along with Kabrakan.
Eldritch noticed this and tried to stop Kabrakan from his tracks but that is no longer possible because he is now immune to any movement status ailment. Kabrakan managed to ram the large boulder unto Eldritch's right side, but it did not look like he was damaged greatly. Eldritch focused most of his eyes on the right side towards Kabrakan as he grew a tentacle from his right abdomen.
The tentacle was aimed towards Kabrakan, but it was blocked by his two shields. Peridot did not miss her chance as she crushed a Lighting Magic Stone and summoned three strikes of lightning to hit Eldritch. Eldritch felt the lightning coursing through his body and groaned from the pain it gave him.
Creepysoo saw this as a chance and immediately used the Lesser Necronomicon to summon Spectral Chains that held down Eldritch's left hand. Vayu made use of the energy that was still present when the lightning struck to empower his attack as he used Storm Slash. He was able to cut Eldritch' right arm with that power.
Eldritch' right arm fell with a loud thud but the person losing it did not look a bit concerned. Eldritch just released another roar as another arm actually grew immediately. The team did notice that Eldritch lost 5% of his maximum health when he forcefully regrew the arm. The arm that was cut off suddenly wriggled as it actually broke into small sinews and tentacles.
"Shwah!"
The sound of numerous worms like beasts could be heard at the location where Eldritch' arm fell. The arm that was cut off from Eldritch' body separated into numerous worm alien monsters. Soleil noticed this and immediately casted Flame Storm on them to incinerate the nasty worm alien monsters.
Eldritch was about to do another Star Screech when he suddenly heard something that he could not believe. The Dark Gods that were in an alliance and working with him are suddenly making a fuss. They said that Grandmaster Lason and the Witch of Flesh and Carnage Edora has fallen in battle.
He knew that the dark gods would not make this fuss unless those two demigods were able to reconstitute their body. He thought it was not possible for those two to lose as they were the most cunning of the demigods working with them. They might not have the most powerful combat abilities, but they were cunning enough to kill demigods more powerful than them.
"Did the other side have demigods as well? If this is the case, then I must hurry and kill these people. The ones that killed Grandmaster Lason and the Witch of Flesh and Carnage Edora might be in pursuit of the Vessel of Apophis." Eldritch thought.
"Mind Break!" Eldritch stated as his voice echoed ten times once again.
Eldritch' large tentacled mouth suddenly opened wide to reveal a large eyeball that was hiding inside his body. The eyeball looked like a large human eye that is bloodshot and strained. All that gazed upon it will be affected by the status ailment Mind Break.
[You have been afflicted with Mind Break.]
[Your Intelligence stat ill decrease by 50% momentarily for five minutes.]
[You have been afflicted with Confusion.]
[Your vision has become hazy, and your mind is now jumbled due to the effects of Confusion.]
Almost all of them were afflicted by the status ailment while only four were unaffected. Creepysoo was unaffected because he was an undead and they do not have living brains that react to stimuli. Peridot was unaffected as well because she was now a pool of blood on the ground. Levin Cloud was unaffected because he was not looking at them while Lycan was still unconscious.
"Greater Madness!" Eldritch stated as he released a powerful dark and sinister aura around the battlefield. This took the form of mist which made all that inhale it be afflicted with the status ailment of Greater Madness.
[You have been afflicted with Greater Madness.]
[You will not be able to differentiate between friend or foe.]
[You will attack indiscriminately for the next minute.]
"Star Screech!" Eldritch stated as he once again started gathering energy into his throat.
One could see that Eldritch is now gathering more time in his attack as he intends it to be deadly. He is actually using the minute that he was able to buy himself by using the skills that made his opponents go mad. Creepysoo was unaffected by the status ailments, but the others were not and is attacking him indiscriminately like zombies.
"Big Bro! Can you cleanse them?!" Creepysoo shouted so that Levin Cloud could hear them.
"I can try!" Levin Cloud stated as he stopped healing Lycan and casted Greater Area Cleanse on his friends.
[You were unable to cleanse the status ailments of the target. Greater Cleanse is insufficient to clear their status ailments.]
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