Chapter 609 Counter Spell
Both their energies surged outwards, cratering the ground around them as they kicked off the ground and charged towards Faldo.
The buffs on Evan suddenly wore off, but faster than his body could recognize their absence, Eliza reapplied them, not bothering to hide how many rings of light this time.
David also got his own share of buffs, courtesy of a 'Support Mode' Eliza.
[Breath of Annihilation!]
A sudden blinding surge of white flames, infused with the ominous energy of the law of annihilation, erupted from the dragon's maw as an intense beam that tore through the air on its way towards the two heroes.
However, the two quickly activated their blink skills, teleporting out of the beam's trajectory and reappearing beside Faldo's arms.
[?!]
"Aura Slash."
"Convergent Fist."
The Dragon tried to leap backwards to avoid their attacks but David activated his unique skill, shaping the earth underneath into serpentine tendrils that restrained him long enough for their attacks to hit.
And since both of them were in a Resonant State, one that was even more powerful than normal Series Skill Resonances, even their simplest attacks became devastating.
**BOOMM!!
[GRAK! Luminous Blizzard! Frozen Inferno! Metallic Quake!]
A torrent of frigid white flames burst out from Faldo's being, spreading out uncontrollably into the surroundings, at the same time that the ambient temperature dropped and a giant blizzard infused with radiant disorienting light was summoned.
The dragon flicked his tail onto the ground and the earth beneath their feet began trembling, releasing seismic waves infused with metallic shards in all directions.
The combination of attack skills that deprived one of solace either on land or air was one that made Evan click his tongue while blocking the icy light blizzard with an elemental shield.
"Would it kill you to just activate one thing at a time?!"
The boy flared his aura and activated HoI, pushing back at the blizzard with his own energy while David used his blessing of Earth to quell the seismic waves and force the metallic shards back into the ground.
Faldo leapt into the air with his wings, releasing rapid-fire breath beams that had Evan and David teleporting away rapidly to avoid.
'Vindiction's Strike!'
Evan activated the skill right under Faldo's jaw, but the dragon titled his head at the last moment to dodge the beam of prismatic flames that emerged from the portal.
Nevertheless, Evan's goal of stopping the rapid-fire breaths had been achieved.
David stomped his foot on the ground, causing the ground the crack open and a wave of sand to surge upwards, carrying him into the air while Evan jumped on multiple void steps to gain altitude.
[Aegis of Frostfire! Fire Nova! White Nova!]
The dragon cast three spells in one go, however, the moment David's glowing eyes locked onto the spell circles, they cracked and shattered into pieces of light that fizzled away into oblivion.
"Hey, I wanted to mimic those!"
"Well, do it faster next time!"
Even as he replied to Evan, David's hands were moving, solidifying portions of the sand wave he was riding on and sending them towards Faldo as spears of earth that the dragon flew away to dodge.
Evan manoeuvred in the air with multiple void steps, releasing aura slashes and blade cannons that Faldo blocked with his claws, before returning the favour with annihilation energy-infused strikes.
[Ethereal Cyclone, Metallic Tempest!]
Ether spell and skill were activated simultaneously, releasing a massive towering cyclone of energy that combined wind and light to create a devastating vortex to sweep away the two heroes.
As the spell was activated on the ground, it wasn't within David's field of vision so he wasn't able to deal with it in its initial stages.
Taking advantage of the wind already present from the cyclone, Faldo's Metallic Tempest skill had its razor-sharp metallic blades increase in speed, slashing straight through the air as they made their way towards the duo.
"Shockwave!"
However, all of this was blown away with a single punch from David.
The rippling shockwaves he sent through the air knocked the metal blades out of their trajectory, clearing a path for him which he used to charge towards the dragon.
"Convergent Fist!"
His aura surged through his arm and he focused it into a single concentrated point within his clenched fist.
With this, he threw out a full-powered punch which Faldo met with his own fist, creating a brief distortion in the surrounding space upon impact.
**BOOMM!!!
The resultant shockwaves knocked the two of them back a bit, but they didn't remain unbalanced for long.
David willed his sand wave to catch him, quickly getting back up to his feet while Faldo flapped his wings and manoeuvred his body back to normal.
But when the dragon looked back in front of him, he only saw one of two heroes.
'?!'
"Hollow Magic: Hollow Cannon"
In the blink of an eye, non-attributed magic power condensed in a swirling sphere right in front of Evan's palm, launching and slamming into the dragon's left wing with zero delay.
**BOOMM!!!!
[GAAAAHHHH!!!]
Faldo screamed out as he lost control of his flight, but Evan wasn't done yet. The boy fired another Hollow Cannon at the dragon's back, and though Faldo layered up defensive spells, David's gaze weakened them to less than half their usual potency, allowing for the destruction energy-infused hollow cannon to have a field day.
Scales were blasted apart, flesh was rent and the dragon felt a few bones crack from the attack.
Hollow Magic was a strange but powerful magic type, and when cast with Evan's superior energy with his stat boosts, it was even more so.
Then when you add their current Hero/Series Skill Resonant State, the end result is simply devastating.
The Previous Seven Heroes mostly fought together for this reason, after all.
Faldo tumbled to the ground while spattering blood in the air, but Evan wasn't done yet with his attack, and this time, David pitched in.
"Strength Enhancement. Greater Physical Boost."
"Body Strengthening"
The two heroes kicked off their airborne platforms and charged down towards the falling dragon, front flipping in the air as they both dropkicked the dragon's back with all their strength.
"Terra Strike!"
"Collapse!"
**BAAAAMMMMMM!!!!!
The dual force of the two strikes knocked Faldo's body down to the earth, with enough force that the dragon's crash landing created a half-kilometre wide crater, with a bit over half its length in depth.
Dust and smoke billowed to the sky, earthen shards were sent flying in all directions, some of them knocking into the heads of the monsters on the ground and consigning them to oblivion, while others did the same to adventurers.
Statistically, the collateral damage was not much, but David frowned lightly as he'd rather have no collateral damage at all.
Unfortunately, the sheer number of monsters on the battlefield did not allow for that, and besides, it appeared to him that there were more monsters around than he remembered.
"It doesn't just 'appear' so, there are indeed more monsters!"
Evan remarked as he pointed at a section of the sky filled with Wyverns, creatures who were still obeying Faldo's order to keep Kayla and Amy busy.
He certainly remembered that there weren't that many wyverns when he and David took to the skies, and they certainly weren't as high levelled as they currently were.
Milena and Kuro had to pitch in to help the spirit duo, while Pride and Greed were besieged by hundreds of lizardmen, having to use their avatars to sweep away the monsters en masse.
With each passing second, either man or monster died, adventurers and knights levelled up past 400 and were sent out of the barrier, while weaker combatants let out battle cries as they killed as many monsters as possible to gain the power to survive.
Evan could see some who weren't killing monsters so they could protect Lacertilia anymore, but so they could level up fast and get sent out of this place.
**DUUUNNNN!!!!
Once again, the sound of something impacting the World Isolation Barrier rang out once more, but when Evan looked up, what he saw was a meteor made of metallic elements crashing down on him and David.
"Mesarthim!"
Without hesitation, he filled his sword with flames and swung it upward, releasing an arcing slash that burned through flying lizards on its way to the meteor in the sky.
***BOOOMMMMM!!
Once again, the battlefield was subjected to a rain of molten metal, however, this time, the metal droplets solidified mid-air and turned into blades that rained down on Evan and David, making them jump away to dodge.
[Luminous Beam!]
"Counter Spell!"
David's timed skill activation created a barrier around him, reminiscent of Evan's Elemental Shield. But this one didn't just block the attack, it also sent the brilliant beam of piercing light back to its sender.
Something Faldo certainly wasn't expecting.
[Ice Nova! Thunderous Avalanche!]
"Counter Spell!"
[Spiral Flame! Wild Bursting Flame!]
"Counter Spell!"
[Flamebourne's Revenge! Purifying Javelin]
"Counter Spell!"
Six Spells were Activated, and Six Spells were countered.
Even the calmest person with the highest patience levels would get tired of running around trying to avoid their own spells, and frankly just flip out in rage.
[For Fuck's Sake!
Breath of Annihilation!]
"Mind countering that?
"Hell No!!"
David replied to Evan's quip before he teleported away, reappearing a few dozen metres in the air, however, Faldo quickly sensed him and changed the target of the breath to him.
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