Chapter 174 ~ Divine Smite

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Chapter 174 ~ Divine Smite “Because she won’t be satisfied with this little exercise if it ends so soon.” The raging flames that formed a tall, nigh impenetrable wall of pure hellish fire disappeared, catching the attention of Momonga, Lelouch, the twins, and Albedo. And from behind it, they could see Aika standing with her left hand raised in front of her as the last bit of light particles from the [Dispel] magic she used to erase Ulbert’s [Hell Fire Wall] dissipated from her palms. It was as Lelouch had said... Aika wouldn’t go through the wall of flames, not because she couldn’t, but because she would end the fight too early. Instead, she simply dispelled the spell with a simple wave of a hand. “Rose of Agony.” As the words left her luscious lips, black thorny vines with blooming black roses appeared around Ulbert’s legs, wrapping itself around it as it climbed higher and higher, before disappearing. “That is...”Reêad latest novels at novelhall.com Despite only for a very brief moment, Momonga and the other floor guardians present did not miss the appearance of the black roses and vines that suddenly wrapped around Ulbert’s feet. And they also did not notice the visible panic that Ulbert displayed before he immediately took off from the ground using [Fly] that he had cast earlier. But... No matter how quickly he tried to fly away, he was still slower than lightning. “Maximized Magic. Dragon Lightning.” Voracious lightning crackled from her hands. And in the next moment, a massive dragon of lightning charged with a thunderous roar. “Kuh!” Despite everything, the phantom of the gray goat supreme being and owner of the [World Disaster] job class which boasted the greatest fire power out of all other classes barely managed to dodge the massive thunderous lightning attack from another holder of the [World Disaster] job class. The flowing jet-black sleeve and part of the velvet cape that adorned Ulbert’s right half had vanished, revealing his cindered clawed right hand and arms. Immediately after, the black thorny vines and roses appeared once more, and this time, it had already wrapped itself around his waist. The flying phantom of Ulbert crashed back down to the ground with a heavy thud, tumbling for a few meters, before landing face down on the cracked ground. Bits of lightning crackled all around his body as smoke slowly drifted upwards from his scorched arm. “Khh! Kuhaa!!” Jet-black blood escaped his lips as Ulbert coughed heavily on the ground. The effects of the Rose of Agony he so feared had already reached the second stage and affected him greatly... Seeing the result of her spells, a satisfied smile bloomed on Aika’s beautiful visage. The 7th Tier Spell, [Rose of Agony], was an exclusive spell she got accessed to upon maxing her Empress of Evil Job Class. At first, the 7th tier spell did not seem to do much. It was a single target spell that did not deal instantaneous damage, damage over time, or disabled its target. It simply cursed its target and decreased their movement speed and evasion for 20 seconds. A powerful blast of divine energy shook the air and ground, reverberating throughout the entire arena. While this wasn’t Touch Me’s most powerful skill, the [Divine Smite] was a favored skill used by Paladins for a good reason. it was a reliable, high-damage skill, especially against those with negative karma values, that could be invoked instantly. An extremely powerful skill, considering the cost of casting it. Moreover, considering the energy Touch Me’s sword was emanating, Yuuji could guess that he was using it at quite the high tier level. And yet before the mighty smite of the strongest divine warrior, Yuuji calmly raised his sword and decided to see the effects of one of his strongest skills that he could only use 3 times a day. The “World Guardian” job class was an extremely powerful defensive class. In fact, if it had existed within Yggdrasil, it would’ve been labeled as a brokenly overpowered class which all players would complain about and riot for until the devs deleted it from the game. In addition to the massive increase in physical defense, magic defense, and resistance, it had several features which Momonga would’ve, and had, called “broken”. And one of its most powerful features was the [Aegis] skill, which had an active and passive effect. The passive effect granted him immunity to curse, charm, psychic damage, and mental attacks. This effect alone was enough for it to be considered as overpowered. However, Yuuji was already protected from the listed harmful effects thanks to his [Divine Physique] SSR. Thus, the first passive effect did not benefit him greatly. The second passive effect, however, was truly and utterly broken. It gave him resistance to the harmful effects of the ultimate weapon in both Yggdrasil and the New World; World Items. Although not completely, simply giving him the chance to resist the effect of an otherwise absolute item, without needing to own a World Item himself, was an immense boon. And finally, the active ability of the [Aegis] skill called [Invincible Light]allowed him to completely resist and ignore any attack, spell, skills, and spell effects up to three times a day, even super-tier spells. His half-angel and half-demon form glowed briefly as he raised Est in his hand, which was now emanating a brilliant white light that shines with all colors of the rainbow. Yuuji met the powerful divine smite of the holy warrior head on, and the previously shining sword brimming with divine energy suddenly lost its light as it was deflected. Like hitting an adamantine wall, the divine blade bounced off Yuuji’s sword, causing shock to run through the jet-black phantom knight before him. Then, the next thing he knew, a tremendous, heavy force hit his shield like a battering ram, sending the phantom of the world champion skidding through the dirt grounds of the arena. Touch Me looked up, recovering from the shock of his failed skill and sudden hit, and saw Yuuji having just put his right leg back down to the ground and readied his sword. “Est.” ‘Yes, master...’ The beautiful, silver white elemental waffe form of Est shined brightly. And as Yuuji swung his sword, a crescent-shape blast of pure magical energy shot towards Touch Me. The [Spirit Blast] hit squarely on the shielded knight, having no chance nor the ability to dodge such a powerful and quick blast of magic, and the impact created a massive explosion of energy, flinging dust and dirt from the ground up into the air as a massive cloud. And as Yuuji returned to his initial stance with Est to his side, focusing on the figure of Touch Me within the cloud of smoke, Momonga, Albedo, Aura, and Mare stood in frozen awe and amazement, absolutely speechless. Only Lelouch, who had “seen” and “remembered” multiple instances of Touch Me being destroyed in ways worse than he was right now, stood calmly and watched with amazement for seeing true magic he had only seen in fantasy be done in reality.

Chapter 174 ~ Divine Smite

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