As the five demonized Transcendents closed in to my position, I observed all of their strength. There's a clear difference to it despite all of them being a Rank 1 Transcendent. I guess it's really easier to gauge someone when their Power Level is below yours.
Of course, despite being subtle, they all noticed that what's in front of them is not a clone anymore. There's no way they will show up if they're only going against a clone.
However, they're not sure whether I'm the guy in their reports or someone else entirely. Boris' Illusion Eye was almost on par with Jayna's disguise after all.
That's also the reason why five of them decided to come out. They're wary of a new face.
If they found another freakish native, they would have to think again about how to conquer this world.
"This is more like it. Five against one."
I smirked and before pulling out the Willful Sword. This sword was giddy since earlier as if he wanted to dip his blade and absorb the enemy's blood.
Now with 5 gigantic demonized Transcendents in front of me, it became even more excited.
Fleur needed the time to cast her Transcendent Spell so for now, I'll act tough in front of these guys.
"Capture him if you can but go in with the intent to kill. These natives needed to learn their lesson."
The first demonized Transcendent declared.
"No matter how much they struggle, their world will be assimilated to us."
When he finished speaking, the four who still had their various expressions on their faces nodded. At almost the same time, four Domains expanded and overlapped as it crept towards my position.
Four notifications also rang out as the effects of their Domains were analyzed by the system.
Though the visual effects were a bit different from each other, their effects were more or less the same. Two of those reduced the Movement Speed by 5% while the other two reduced my Energy Control by 5% resulting in a 10% reduction on both.
Apart from that, their Domains gave rise to various kinds of demonic creatures which all glared and took me in as their prey.
"I must say, you all have great Domains. But can you catch me? This great Ember!"
Even I am cringing with my act, nevertheless, it's to confuse them.
Extracting the Fire Elemental Energy from the surroundings, I covered myself with it which resulted in something like an unpolished Flame Aura. It's not even recognized as a skill by the system but just an application of my Energy Control.
Even so, it's enough to fool them. Just by their serious look on their faces, they thought it was some kind of skill.
The demonic creatures inside their domains lunged at me at the same time.
One.
Two.
Three.
As the third demonic creature burnt to crisps, the other demonic creatures stopped in their tracks as they all opened their mouths.
Drawing in the Dark Energy permeating inside the opened Domains, they gathered a sizable amount of it to be used as an Energy Blast.
With the Quintuple Shields also masked by covering it with the Fire Elemental Energy, it went in front to block all those and some were reflected back to them, reducing the numbers of the creatures from the Domain.
Upon seeing that the creatures they conjured couldn't do anything, they all clenched the weapons in their hands as they kicked in the air and charged towards me.
Before they reached my position, a 3-nodes Elemental Spell was evoked underneath my feet.
A Fire Element variation of the Flash Steps, Flash Blaze.
Filled with only Fire Elemental Energy, the spell ignited my feet and like a thruster, propelled myself backward.
With that, I escaped their joint attacks.
Since they're all together in one place, my Energy Control once again exercised its usefulness. Apart from the Fire Element, I started including the Earth Element as well as the Wind Element.
Combining the two, a storm of scorching rocks shot towards their direction.
Of course, it doesn't have that much power. But I made sure to make it look terrifying by igniting the Fire Elemental Energy better.
From their point of view, they're most likely seeing miniature meteors assaulting them.
Earth and Fire Element to make the scorched rocks plus the Wind Element to speed up the projectiles, wary about its strength, they ultimately decided to separate again in a bid to dodge the uncountable scorched rocks flying towards them.
"Is this all you can do?"
I said in a mocking tone upon seeing them separate.
Right that instant, I used Flash Blaze to send me next to one of them.
Caught unaware, before the demonized Transcendent could turn his head to react at my sudden appearance, I opened the Nullification Zone briefly to stop his attempt to activate a skill.
His difficult expression upon feeling the effect of the Zone was captured completely.
To take advantage of the situation, the overly excited Willful Sword conjured the Lightning Dragon properties on its own before drawing in the Swordforce as well as the Fire Elemental energy I was trying to coat it with.
Not only that. Its newly absorbed properties of the Dark Aura from the Dark Elven Transcendent also appeared from the Willful Sword spread out and merged with the Lightning Dragon.
Due to that, the appearance of the sword appeared more imposing contrary to its original appearance of an unassuming sharp sword.
"Argh!"
Along with his groan of pain, a faint howl of the Lightning Dragon was heard before the part where the sword stabbed issued a series of explosions.
Unfortunately, he managed to turn his body resulting in my sword stabbing to his side, away from any of his vital organs.
Running to his rescue, the three demonized Transcendents flew back and covered him from me.
Two of them then worked together and unleashed a skill using their Dark Energy to push me back from where I was.
And lastly, the first demonized Transcendent who was watching from the side finally moved from where he was.
He's the biggest out of them all and surely the strongest. His warhammer that was also enlarged along with his body came smashing at the position where I was pushed back.
I looked up and threw the Willful Sword at him. It still has the appearance of the Lightning Dragon with three different colors circulating around it, the Fire Element, the Swordforce, and the Dark Aura.
Clang!
A thunderous sound of metal hitting each other filled the place before another series of explosions ensued as the Willful Sword flew back to my hand.
The first Transcendent, to leave the range of the explosions, flew back to the location of the four demonized Transcendents.
Upon seeing that, I fired a simple Energy Blast upwards.
"Finally. You're all at the same place."
That Energy Blast was the signal.
Once the light from that blast faded, from behind them, Boris who also applied Illusion Eye on himself appeared. Wielding his whip which served as both his weapon and Output Enhancing Equipment like the staves, a 10-nodes Water Elemental Spell was unleashed.
Oceanic Prison!
From the tip of his whip, an enormous wave of Water Elemental Energy was gathered and ejected. Like a surging tide from the ocean, his Elemental Spell circled around the five demonized Transcendents.
Upon seeing it trying to enclose them in a cage, the five tried to fly out there. However, from above, another set of scorched rocks rained down on them limiting their movements. In the end, they ended up with their backs on each other.
A few seconds later, Boris' Spell was completed, ultimately trapping the five Transcendents inside a huge globe of water.
To support that, I used Energy Control once again to extract more Water Elemental Energy to strengthen the globe.
"What is this?!"
"Focus your attack on one point! This is just one of their skills. Once the Energy is exhausted, it will crumble!"
"Understood!"
The first Transcendent commanded them and the four, including the one whose side was damaged by me, wielded their weapons and hit on one side of the globe.
A few hits later, cracks started to spread from the globe which enlivened the five as they energetically used more attacks to break it open.
"What are you doing there? The other side is open, you know?"
When they heard my voice, they all turned their heads around and shocked expressions simultaneously appeared on their faces. They were probably expecting it as something I said desperately to stop them from breaking the globe but the truth was presented in their eyes.
That side was really opened compared to the side they were trying to break.
"Get out! Hurry up!"
"No. I mean. You're too late to notice it. Good luck withstanding that."
As soon as my words ended, a blinding azure light shone from below. Just from that, even I who already experienced it once felt the terrifying intensity coming from it.
Just seeing it again, it reminded me of that time inside the Virtual Simulation. Though she told me to only use Aether back then, I still used my other skills and abilities when her spell effortlessly broke the Totem-enhanced Manifold Aether Burst to defend myself from her Spell.
And the result? If it was not inside the Virtual Simulation, I would most likely suffer a serious injury.
This time, her Transcendent Spell finally made its debut on a real battlefield.
Before it arrived, Boris and I retreated and left the range of her spell.
However, the five Transcendents who had just started to scramble on their feet to leave the opened side of the Oceanic Prison froze in place.
Moments later, the deep-blue hue of her Transcendent Spell rose from where she was standing and thoroughly engulfed the area where the five Transcendents were locked in place.
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