Chapter 174 – True Despair (1/2)

Chapter 174 – True Despair

It hurts…

Who are they? They are not the darklings, so why did they attack us?

Kail… leave, son….

The Patriarch’s eyes starting to slowly close. He saw his eldest son struggling in order to save him, but the Patriarch knew that they would kill him before Kail could break free.

If not for the Deity tiered artifact used by the enemy, they would not be in this pitiful state, unable to use their soul power. For a Heavenly stage expert, soul power was even more important than essence itself.

“CALRON!”

The Patriarch’s eyes fluttered once he heard that name.

What is that child doing here!?

He did not want Calron to die here, as he was the future of the clan.

The scion of the Raizel clan.

Leave…

The Patriarch thought desperately, wishing he was powerful enough to stop all of their enemies.

He had lost too much blood, and if it continued, he would be forcefully reverted back into his human form, and once that happened with the weapons still pierced into him, he would definitely die.

I’m tired…

The Patriarch’s consciousness began to fade away.

*SCREEEEEEE*

A familiar screech echoed in the hall, startling the Patriarch out of his reverie.

…………………………………..

KILL!

That was the only thought coursing through Calron’s mind, as he flew up in the air and charged straight at the man with his leg pressed against the Patriarch’s neck.

The robed figures were taken aback by the abrupt screech, but they soon recovered once they gauged Calron’s cultivation level. Besides, compared to the Patriarch’s massive size, Calron’s beast form was smaller and skinnier.

Dozens of ice arrows hailed at Calron as one of the enemies launched a swift attack on him.

Thinking that it would scare the Vajra stage beast, the robed figures resumed their work on the larger bird.

You’ll regret it.

Calron summoned the Azure Lightning, and violent bolts of blue lightning wrapped around his scaly body, boosting his speed to the extent of instant teleportation!

*SCREEEEEE*

His claws grasped the head of the robed figure standing on the Patriarch’s neck and crushed the skull to a pulp. Calron’s teleportation caught them unaware, and one of them paid the price for it.

Asra and the others gasped in fright when they saw Calron suddenly shape-shift and soon after that, watch him easily smash the skull of an enemy.

On the other hand, Roran tackled one of the enemies fighting Kail and began savagely pummeling his crimson fists into the robed figure. Just like Calron’s opponent, the robed figure facing Roran was taken by surprise and he could not bring out his soul power in time to stop the teen from attacking him.

“What the hell is going on here!?”

Resir’s eyes widened in shock, seeing the two youths gaining the upper hand against Saint stage experts. One of them was at the peak of Vajra stage, but the other one was only at the second rank of Vajra stage and still managing to drive back his enemy.

“Attack!”

Mirane’s father roared and charged towards the other tower lords to aid them. Erten trailed behind his father, his dual flaming scimitars spinning within his hands.

“Linda, take Rain with you to help uncle Kail. Harol and I will back up Calron.”

Asra commanded in an urgent voice. Calron was fighting four of them by himself and since the surprise attack was already executed, no one would fall for it again.

Linda and Rain quickly nodded and darted towards Roran.

“Don’t be rash and protect yourself, Harol.”

Asra turned to the other boy and warned him, before sprinting in Calron’s direction.

“Hey, I am always careful.”

Harol complained while running behind Asra. Bolts of golden lightning surged around his body, a pure force capable of absolute annihilation.

It was because Harol trained in the path of elemental destruction.

………………………….

“You should not have done that.”

One of the robed figures threatened Calron, as he swiftly moved in front of the teen and swung his sword at his opponent’s wing.

“I’ll stop him, so go for his heart!”

Another robed figure conveyed at the back, and Calron felt a foreign soul power trying to take control over his body.

*SCREEEEEEEE*

Calron let out an earth-shattering cry and activated the Divine Perception to block the soul attack. A current of Azure Lightning coursed outside his scales and wings, as Calron once again teleported towards the robed figure with the sword and tried to grab him with his claws.

Kugh!

Calron suppressed the globule of blood inside his throat. He did not have enough time to recover since he last used the Azure Lightning and the Divine Perception at the same, so his internal organs were beginning to fail.

If he continued like this, then Calron knew that he would be risking death.

“H-how did he block it!?”

The other robed figure shouted in an astonished voice seeing his soul power being forced back by a Vajra stage cultivator.

“I won’t fall for the same trick twice, beast.”

The swordsman chuckled, trapping Calron’s claws between his sword. Without giving Calron the time to retreat, he used his essence and coalesced a thick block of rock encasing the claws.

I don’t go for the same trick twice as well.

Calron’s eyes glowed with a mysterious light, and his steely beak snapped around the swordsman’s neck.