The entire sky began to darken, with gray storm clouds rolling in, and flashes of green lightning intermittently streaking across it. The whole world seemed to be entering a countdown to destruction!
The King of Fear had made his move!
On the mountaintop, Xiao Xun's eyes flashed with a sharp glint. "Now is the time!"
A powerful magical fluctuation surged towards the King of Fear. This was Xiao Xun's doing. Unable to unleash any magic himself, he could only leverage others to amplify the magical energy.
This strike from Xiao Xun caused the King of Fear's colossal body to sway precariously.
The vast evil energy gathered in the sky instantly dispersed, creating a terrifying gale within the valley. The air force above was buffeted by this strong wind, becoming disoriented and unable to continue their engagement!
"King of Fear!"
Xiao Xun pointed his sword at him, a dazzling radiance erupting from his form. "Today, you shall perish here, never to rise again!"
However, the King of Fear ignored him, instead turning his gaze behind him.
That was where Aries stood.
"Laddar, why do you betray the Eucasia lineage?" his voice was devoid of emotion, yet seemed to contain infinite disappointment, anger, and even sorrow.
"We were meant to share power, immortality, dominion, and glory together. Yet you have abandoned it all, forsaken us, and not even met with us for tens of thousands of years..."
"Laddar, you traitor!"
"Silence, demon!"
Aries raised his head, meeting the King of Fear's gaze without fear. "I led the last pure Eucasians away from Mannon's clutches. It was you who personally delivered your own people into the embrace of demons! From then on, the noble Eucasians became the pawns of evil, destroying countless innocent lives, and you! You felt no shame, even taking pride in it. King of Fear, I am ashamed that I once stood among you!"
"Stubborn fool! Laddar, you disappoint me greatly!"
"Since that is the case, I can only show you true power, and let you know what a grave mistake you have made!"
Xiao Xun felt somewhat awkward, left aside like this.
The King of Fear raised balls of evil energy in each hand, then swung his arms, sending the flames towards Aries's position!
Merely an attack of this magnitude naturally posed no threat to Aries. He simply emitted a beam of orange light from each hand, instantly causing the two balls of evil energy to vanish in the air, only to reappear behind the King of Fear.
The King of Fear was naturally not afraid of his own attacks, but facing Aries, his contingency plans could not be so limited. He raised a hand, and a nearly invisible air cannon shot towards Aries with extreme speed!
It was then shattered by the King of the Swords in Xiao Xun's hand.
"King of Fear, don't forget we are still around."
He stood at the forefront, gazing at the King of Fear's colossal body, a relaxed smile on his face. "If you don't want the same wound to appear on your throat, then snap out of it and pay close attention to my movements!"
"Arrogant!"
The next moment, the King of Fear raised his finger, and a beam of black light shot directly at Xiao Xun!
Having anticipated this, Xiao Xun leaped, easily dodging the fatal strike!
Ahead, the King of Fear brought his hands together, a green wall of fire forming between him and Xiao Xun. Then, five projectiles shot from between his fingers, each flying towards the positions of the five individuals!
"Careful!"
Xiao Xun shouted a warning, then charged towards the King of Fear with his sword. If he were to retreat and reinforce, it would be too late. It was better to let each member rely on their own abilities.
He chose to charge forward. As for the fireball aimed at him, he dodged it with ease.
Those behind naturally had their own ways of dealing with the projectiles. Aries dodged the fireball with a flash, Virgo blocked the attack with a raise of holy light, Scorpio shattered the fireball mid-air with arcane shock, and as for Ducal, he threw his own sword.
The sword collided with the fireball in the air, resulting in a fierce explosion.
Xiao Xun had already reached the King of Fear. Facing this giant, tens, or even hundreds of meters tall, he was as insignificant as an ant!
The King of Fear lowered his head and pointed a finger at him.
"How much longer can you live, Swain?" he said, and a beam of pitch-black light shot towards Xiao Xun!
Xiao Xun paid him no mind, maintaining his charge, and with his high-frequency vibrating particle blade, successfully stabbed into the King of Fear's calf!
At the King of Fear's level, his entire body was permeated with the power of evil energy. Therefore, Xiao Xun's stab was like pouring cold water into a hot oil pan, immediately causing an explosion.
The King of Fear roared in anger. This sword had undoubtedly severely wounded his body. However, compared to the injury in his leg, he felt more pain from the blow to his pride. He instantly stooped, his right hand covered in a greenish-black evil energy flame, and grabbed towards Xiao Xun!
Holy light from Virgo shone upon him, forcing him to use his evil energy to resist.
At this moment, Xiao Xun had already retreated.
"Annoying fellow."
Feeling Virgo's obstruction, the King of Fear snorted coldly, then flicked his finger. Xiao Xun felt the surrounding air suddenly pulsate irregularly, and then, as if struck by a hammer, his entire body was sent flying backward uncontrollably!
"No, Your Highness is in danger!"
Scorpio's eyes sharpened, and then five arcane missiles shot out, aimed at the King of Fear's eyes. To this, the King of Fear simply waved a wall of fire, blocking all these arcane missiles!
Ducal's eyes also widened in fury. Everyone knew the consequences if Xiao Xun were captured, which meant death and the collapse of the battlefield!
Damn it, why was he fighting so aggressively? Wasn't the plan to delay him?! "Ducal, don't worry about me!"
Ducal froze. The next moment, a giant hand enveloped in green flames covered Xiao Xun, and then the King of Fear stood up, Xiao Xun held in his grasp!
"What other tricks do you have?"
The next instant, before everyone's eyes, Xiao Xun swung his high-frequency vibrating particle blade!
"Pfft~"
A giant finger shot into the sky, spewing green blood, still burning with dark green evil energy flames!
The King of Fear, lost a finger!
"No!"
The King of Fear cried out in pain. Seeing that Xiao Xun's radiance did not diminish and that he seemed poised to cut off another finger, he quickly threw him away.
Xiao Xun was thus freed, and Aries flew to catch him, then retreated back into the formation.
Everyone was dumbfounded. After Xiao Xun returned to them, Ducal couldn't contain his curiosity and eagerly asked, "What is this divine artifact?"
"Technology from the future."
Xiao Xun smiled faintly. "Now is not the time to ask. I'll explain it to you in detail after the battle!"
"Alright, Swain!" He was extremely excited, as if the one who accomplished this feat was not Xiao Xun, but himself. "With this, if you can bring forth more of this technology, won't the King of Fear be easily defeated by us?"