As the blood flowed down from her body, Ray pulled the sword out. It was still dripping with crimson and seeing the blood, it triggered his blood lust even more. Ray's eyes turned redder as he sniffed the blood. As he did, his face was filled with a look of ecstasy and excitement. As if he gained some sort of sick pleasure from doing so.
"Whoooshhh," the air was cut as Ray suddenly side stepped.
"Arghh," he growled in pain. Looking over his shoulder, Ray saw a deep slash as blood flowed own from it. Looking closely, Ray saw the blood turning dark as there seemed to be some sort of substance mixed in it.
"It's poison," Aurora reminded him as she knew that his mind was not working as it usually did. Ray ignored Aurora as if she was some sort of nuisance and looked in the direction where the attack came from.
Looking over, he saw a man in a dark cloak going from one corner to another as he seemed to be integrating in the surroundings. In the man's hand was a long bow and his eyes were dark as there seemed to be an evil glint in them.
Seeing the man, Ray smiled and turned to face the man. Cracking his fingers in anticipation of another fight, Ray lifted his sword and kicked the ground.
"Crackkk," the floor cracked as he flew forward. While he did, a pair of wings popped out of his back as he unfurled his wings and flapped them. The wind surrounded him as he turned into a Giuseppe of wind and vanished into thin air. He appeared meters ahead as he flapped once again and vanished once more. He continued to appear and disappear as he continuously flapped his wings like a bird.
As he moved ahead, the Void Sword changed. It dismantled itself and the Void Shards flew in the air as Ray morphed them into a new shape. The shape was of a dual sided spear with a small hilt in between. Both of the bladed sides were different as one side had a long blade while the other side was a blade having crooked edges that were rounded at a strange curve. Ray kept the long side in front of him and appeared in front o0f the man in black cloak.
All this while, the man in black cloak wasn't idle either. He was observing and his movements while also firing arrows at him every couple of seconds. As he did, the man noticed that Ray was acting in the most ordinary way possible. His movements were normal and had nothing fancy in them while his actions resembled that of a normal predator that'd dint have much thinking ability.
Seeing all this, the man guessed that either Ray was like this or was in some sort of state that affected his thinking ability. He smiled under his hood and then raised his hand high in the air. A resplendent light covered his hand as he put his bow forward and then shouted at the top of his lungs,
[Elemental Bow: Activated],
[Accessing Elemental Arrows],
As the man shouted, he noticed how Ray's expression didn't change once and there was only the unbridled rage present there.
"So he has really exchanged his intelligence for strength. Hmphhh!! What a fool," he spoke arrogantly and thought of Ray as nothing more than a fool who had wasted the talent and strength bestowed upon him.
He raised his hand and opened his palm wide. The light glowed again as an arrow was formed in his hand. The man looked at the arrow with a grin and loaded it in his bow. He raised his bow and aimed it at Ray.
Ray was just a few seconds away from him and the man had to make his move fast. Loading the arrow in his bow, he waited for Ray to appear again.
"Swoosh," just as Ray appeared, the man jumped high in the air and shot the arrow where he previously stood. The arrow streaked through the air and right when it was to make contact with the ground, the air whizzed as Ray appeared over there. The arrow didn't stop and hit Ray right on his back with all its strength and momentum.
As the arrow came in contact with Ray, the man snapped his fingers as the arrow suddenly exploded into a reddish fire.
"Banggg!!!" The fire blazed everywhere as the impact knocked Ray on the ground. Ray went stumbling backwards while the man took the opportunity and loaded another arrow. The arrow was dark green in color as it flew over and hit Ray on his shoulder. As the arrow hit him, it glowed slightly and then disappeared into particles of light. The particles entered his body as a strange sensation flowed through him. Feeling strange, Ray paused for a second and then continued again. He tried to balance his body and stop himself from stumbling backwards, completely unaware that a very potent poison had entered his system.
On the other hand,
Aurora didn't miss it. She recognized the poison right away and even tried to inform Ray about it but Ray didn't listen to a single word she spoke. He ignored her as if she was a fly buzzing around his ears and disturbing him. Aurora was pissed off but knew that Ray had nothing to do with it. It was the effect of his title and Aurora just concentrated herself on helping Ray out.
"That is some effective poison but don't worry. The phoenix blood will neutralize it soon enough," FengFeng noticed the poison and Aurora's distress as she spoke.
"Ohh! Okay," Aurora nodded and observed Ray's body and true enough, right after the poison entered his body, the golden bloodline energy that flowed through his man core started to move. It moved so with some agitation and enthusiasm, "That's the pride of a phoenix being showed there. The bloodline is uncomfortable with the poison invading his body and it wants to finish it as soon as it can," Added FengFeng as she saw everything with a smile.
As for Ray, he was grinning ear to ear as he never felt better. His bloodline was running in his body nonstop and this allowed him extract more strength from it while his other elements were also fully charged and ready to use.
He looked at the man in the hooded cloak and flashed the man an eerie smile. His eyes turned into bolts of electricity as he smiled while a fiery heat was radiated off from his body. He took a step forward and the electrical arcs surging around him expanded. They started to expand outwards as Ray lifted his hand in the air and muttered in a low voice,
"Domain!" This was to be said and his body started to shine with a blueish brilliance. Lightning particles all around him converted over his body and formed a lightning armor while his bloodline elements, Void And Time also congregated together added to the armor. The Void Gauntlets and Bracers covered his arms and fore arms while the Temporal Breastplate covered his chest.
As for the rest of his body, it's was covered with arcs of lightning that had solidified into an armor. The two headed Void Spear flew in the air and came to Ray's hands. Ray held the spear high in the air and pointed it at the man in hooded cloak. He looked at the man and swung the spear with full force.
Seeing Ray swing the spear from such distance, the man laughed as he thought, "Such a fool. Does he think he can even graze my hair from that distance?" Just as the man thought, the space around him twisted as spatial crack as appeared everywhere. From within the spatial cracks, a jagged curved blade came out as it cut through the man's stomach and left behind a gash that bled like a river.
"Huh?" The man was still in shock when another spatial portals opened up. This one opened right behind his back as Ray jumped out of the portal. He kicked the man and flew high in the air and stabbed the spear down with full strength. The spear pierced through the man's skull as his head blew up like a watermelon.
"Spurttt!!!" Blood splattered all over the place as Ray fell back to the ground. His eyes were heavy while blood flowed out of his nose. The last attack had took not only all of his strength but also his concentration as Ray had forced himself to suppress the negative effects of his 'Berserker' and regain some sort of sentient intelligence to planning out his last attack.
This put a lot of load on his brain and caused Ray to not 0only tire himself out but forcefully deactivate his title which also led to a lot of drawbacks and side effects.
As the effect of the title ended, his consciousness turned muddy and his vision got blurry. Ray used the spear to balance himself and with spear's support, he crouched on his knee.
All covered in blood, he looked like a lone warrior who had fought an army of hundreds and led himself victorious.
"Aurora, where are Sirius and Nia?" He asked.
"They are almost here. Also, i scanned the whole area, there is no one around. So you can have some rest," Aurora told him with a calm soothing voice.
"Ohh… Okay," Ray nodded and was finally at rest. He closed his eyes and let his muscles rest. The Void Spear was pulled into his dimensional storage as Ray finally fell to the ground and lost his consciousness.
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