Volume 4, Chapter 54 – Stage of Wrath

The battle in the sky was growing ever more intense.

After Samael first activated the unique ability of the power of Wrath, blood-red light completely enveloped Tianyin’s petite body.

Just like the Paladin’s unique “Stage of Light”, the Blood Knight, whose resemblance to a Paladin was incredibly high, likewise possessed a so-called “Stage of Light,” namely, the Stage of Wrath.

In theory, it was a state that could only be activated after taking a certain amount of attacks, and before this, aside from that one time she face-planted on flat ground… Tianyin had never again suffered this kind of damage that made her lose one third of her HP in one go.

So this time… it was the Black Dragon King who, unlucky as hell, ended up triggering Samael’s Stage of Wrath.

“Original Sin… what an unbelievably powerful Original Sin power…”

Feeling the unparalleled sense of presence coming from the girl before it, the Black Dragon King did not feel fear. On the contrary, its huge draconic eyes were full of excitement.

“Heh, then come and really try my true strength!”

Samael had no intention of talking any more with the Black Dragon King, and after activating the Stage of Wrath, her combat power had risen by who knew how much, but if she had to put it into specific terms…

Boom—!

A massive sonic boom rang out, and in that instant, Samael vanished from where she had been like a ghost. The next moment, her petite figure appeared directly above the Black Dragon King’s head.

“Try seeing if you can take a single sword strike from me, Black Dragon King!”

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Blood-colored light bloomed along the golden knight sword, and the sharp aura alone felt as if it could slice open the very space around the blade.

Facing that knight sword head-on, wrapped in such an aura, even a being as powerful as the Black Dragon King could not help having its pupils contract sharply.

“This is…”

Before it could finish its words of shock, the girl lifted the sword in her hand with an expressionless face.

In the space of a lightning flash, a slash that the naked eye could not catch had already been unleashed. The vast blood-colored radiance in an instant became a blade of light that spanned the heavens, then, along the Black Dragon King’s crown, it cut straight through that gigantic body that blotted out the sky.

If players had been present, they would have seen that with this one strike of Samael’s, half the Black Dragon King’s HP bar was deleted in one go.

And in fact, the Black Dragon King’s condition was clearly far from good after Samael’s sword had pierced straight through its body.

The pitch-black scales at the point of impact had already been mashed together with flesh and blood, and scalding dragon blood was continuously gushing outward along the long wound.

“Huu… how is it, Black Dragon King, didn’t this sword of mine hurt a lot?”

This was Samael’s strongest attack while in the Stage of Wrath, and after this attack ended, the remaining duration of the Stage of Wrath was already almost gone.

Although she felt it was a bit of a pity that the Stage of Wrath lasted so short a time, being able to heavily wound the Black Dragon King in one blow like this was no doubt enough to make Samael somewhat satisfied.

“Hmph… you’re just taking advantage of your speed…”

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The wound was still pouring out scalding dragon blood, yet the Black Dragon King stubbornly forced itself to talk back.

So much for Tianyin and the Black Dragon King’s battlefield. On another front, Xiaobingxue was also fighting those eighteen Demon Lords. Although Xiaobingxue possessed power surpassing Legendary, she still felt strained when dealing with those crafty Demon Lords.

……

While Samael and the Black Dragon King had been clashing for that short time, a few Demon Lords had already slipped away from Xiaobingxue’s battlefield, pouncing straight toward Eden below.

Not only that, those Demon Lords were not heading down alone. As they swooped toward Eden, one powerful demon after another was also summoned out by them.

“Destroy! Destroy everything you can see!”

The demons roared as they charged Eden, and inside Eden, squads of half-beasts and human soldiers gripped their weapons tight as they held the line.

When the demons came crashing down, Eden’s army, under Fisiel’s lead, engaged them in battle.

…The ordinary demons whose strength fell short of Legendary were entangled with the army, but as for those powerful Demon Lords, there was no one who could handle them.

However… this was not something they needed to worry too much about. Mihiel very soon brought the Fallen Angels to join the fight, and outside the city, Fischerna likewise moved up with her Undead army.

So at this moment, it looked like Eden and the demons had fallen into a stalemate, but on the most crucial battlefield, the Black Dragon King had unexpectedly been forced onto the defensive.

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Right now, Samael, who was in control of Tianyin’s body, once again engaged the Black Dragon King, and because of that accidental sword strike earlier, this time the Black Dragon King’s fight with Tianyin had clearly become much more cautious.

And once it grew cautious, the Black Dragon King did not leave Samael even the slightest chance to hurt it. As time passed, the Black Dragon King’s HP was slowly recovering, and the huge wound Samael had carved into it was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Of course… a being who had been able to reattach the hand Heavenly Father cut off by the next day, it was only natural for the Black Dragon King to have this level of self-healing.

「This won’t do, Xiaoyin… this guy’s way of fighting has become abnormally cautious, there are just no openings to be found…」

With the advantage in speed, you could say the Black Dragon King could not hit Samael no matter how it attacked, but after being heavily wounded by Samael’s sword, the Black Dragon King had become abnormally cautious.

Since it could not compete with Samael in speed, it simply switched to all-out defense.

And in terms of defense, the Black Dragon King showed Samael what it meant to have a flawless guard.

Although Samael could use her speed advantage to attack the Black Dragon King from different angles, the Black Dragon King always managed in time to block with its wings or tail at the critical moment.

After hundreds of attacks had all been casually blocked by the Black Dragon King, Samael could not help growing anxious inside.

「There’s not much time left, Xiaoyin… and for some reason, this time the power of Gluttony isn’t working at all. If this keeps up, once half an hour passes, we won’t be able to stop the Black Dragon King…」

『Wh… what… How can it be like this?』

Tianyin’s heart jolted.

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No wonder Samael, who was always so composed, would be this anxious. The failure of the power of Gluttony and the fact that their Seven Original Sins time limit was running out were a huge part of the reason.

But… even knowing where the problem lay, Tianyin was still a bit dumbfounded for the moment.

『Samael… then can we maybe find a chance to lure the Black Dragon King into revealing an opening on its own?』

However, after thinking for a short while, Tianyin really did come up with a method that looked somewhat workable.

「Have the Black Dragon King take the initiative to reveal an opening… but the premise is that we have to give it a chance to exploit an opening first, and if the Black Dragon King seizes that chance…」

Samael felt uneasy. After all, not long ago Tianyin had taken a direct heavy blow because she had been commanding Xiaobingxue for her.

『At this point all we can do is try this, Samael. As Wrath, I believe you can definitely do it!』

「Then… fine… I’ll give it a try…」

Since Tianyin had said so, she could not keep refusing.

After taking a deep breath, Samael began, even as she fought, to plan out how she was going to “lure” the Black Dragon King into revealing an opening next…