Second World

Mihos detected Leavemealone's sneak attack. His greatsword again thrust from below his armpit. But Leavemealone was unlike David who had no mana sense, he sensed the back thrust. His right fist which was about to strike the back of Mihos' head, changed direction and clanged with the greatsword instead.

The fist hit the broad side of the blade, but Leavemealone didn't try to contest with Mihos' strength. He used Cycle of Shade and Shadow to redirect Mihos' thrust. The twisting force borrowed Mihos' own strength and swept the native champion backward. Mihos was rather confounded to find himself getting pulled like that despite his obviously higher strength.

Leavemealone himself used the twisting force and spun his body. His left fist backhand-slammed the side of Mihos' head. While Mihos was unsteady, Leavemealone grabbed the native champion's two arms.

"Let's see you defend against this!" Leavemealone uttered as twenty flaming balls appeared around him.

"What the…! Move back! Move back!" Jack immediately shouted after seeing the scene. He was just about to arrive and provided backup.

Giant Steve hurriedly picked up his shield then grabbed Princess Purple and ran. He was still too close when the flaming balls detonated. He placed Princess Purple at his back and activated Final Shield when the fire energy swept by. Luckily they were at the edge of the explosion, he was only hit by the explosion from two of the twenty balls. His stamina was completely drained, however, after using Final Shield skill. He fell powerlessly to the ground.

"Crazy lunatic, using such a suicide tactic," Jack said. He was actually rather surprised that Leavemealone, who used to be a non-gamer and not used to the concept of reviving after death, was able to come up with such an insane plan.

However, after the mana turmoil caused by the Fire God Barrage ended, he was astonished to sense that the two were still there, enshrouded by some kind of energy. The smoke subsided and they saw Leavemealone impaled by the greatsword. Around them was a golden shell. This golden shell had protected the two from the Fire God Barrage.

Leavemealone also agreed that Mihos had a trump card to defend against their divine skill after hearing Jack's suspicion, that's why he had restricted the native champion's movement before using the skill. He didn't expect the trump card was an ultimate defense that covered all sides.

Jack then felt the mana composing the golden shell was dispersing. He immediately took his chance. His Storm Breaker broke apart into the Overlimit state. He then summoned twenty lightning balls.

Mihos was surprised to find another divine skill came again so soon, his golden shell had vanished by now. When he was about to move away, Leavemealone who was still impaled by his greatsword grabbed his arms and held him down. He used another martial art Domon had taught him, One Thousand Pounds Mountain, to multiply his weight and hold the native champion down.

<br/>The short pause due to Leavemealone's interruption allowed Jack's Lightning God Barrage to arrive before Mihos could pull away. Explosion chocked-full of electrical discharge filled the air.

When the lightning energy dissipated, Leavemealone was already lying on the ground with zero HP. Jack was expecting Mihos to be paralyzed from the Lightning God Barrage, but the same as when Therras used its Autocratic Roar, none of the negative status effects afflicted Mihos. Mihos was rushing out with his greatsword, heading towards Princess Purple again. Jack guessed Mihos either had very high resistance or had equipment that granted him immunity.

Giant Steve was still panting on the ground, he was in no condition to protect Princess Purple. But instead, it was Therras that came over. It used its Oppressive Wave, slashing energy blasted out from its horns.

Mihos easily destroyed that blast with his greatsword. But the impact still stopped his advance. Jack used Shooting Dash that had been off cooldown to arrive before Mihos and then used Hundred Shadow Strikes. Mihos should have used up his trump card, it was time to go all out!

Jack's body split up into ten shadows before each of them slashed at Mihos. The shadows were too fast. Mihos could only block one slash while the other nine hit his body.

The previous Lightning God Barrage fueled by Overlimit had taken around 80,000 of Mihos' HP, while Hundred Shadow Strikes scored almost 30,000 HP. Both produced damage much less than they should be. Jack attributed this to Mihos' excellent defense.

Combined with all the damages that accumulated till now, Mihos was down to 500,000 HP. They needed to take out a little bit over 100,000 HP more.

Jack used beast form. He was not going to let his weapon's Overlimit state go to waste. He kept Mihos at close range and fought aggressively. Peniel cast Healing Field where he stood to support his reckless assaults.

Domon, Arthur, and Therras came and cut off Mihos' retreat path. All four fought Mihos with a fiery spirit.

When it seemed that things were going their way. Mihos uttered a roar, not the lion roar that caused Disoriented and Dizzy statuses, but a normal roar. Yet, what happened next was anything but normal. Some kind of an apparition appeared above Mihos. A muscled humanoid creature with a lion's head. This apparition uttered a roar as well.

Jack, Domon, and Arthur could feel Mihos' aura spiked after the appearance of this apparition.

"That's… Ancestral Possession!" Peniel shouted.

Before Jack could ask what the hell that was, Mihos' greatsword slashed at him. Mihos was faster than before. The speed increase took Jack by surprise but Jack still manage to block using his attack. His claws were smacked aside, the strength difference had become wider. Mihos made another slash and cut Jack's belly, causing damage. It's a good thing Mihos' greatsword was no longer covered by the golden flame, its duration had ended. Otherwise, Jack would have suffered burn damage as well.

The apparition above Mihos' head wasn't just a decoration. It swiped back at Domon and Arthur with its two claws. The two's weapons were smacked aside as well. If even Jack who had crazy strength stats easily lost the strength contest, Domon and Arthur had no chance no matter how well they utilize their martial arts. In front of absolute power, any art would be useless.

Mihos made a slash at each of his opponents, including Therras. Peniel hurriedly cast Group Fast Heal to take everyone's life back to safety. Princess Purple also helped by casting Heal from the side.

Jack activated Golden Scale Armor and forced himself forward. He crashed his werewolf body onto Mihos and forcefully hugged him, he interlocked his arm behind Mihos. His strength lost to Mihos but he still restrained Mihos' movement in this way. "Get him!" He shouted.

Domon, Arthur, and Therras weren't going to let this chance go. They attacked frantically. Giant Steve forced himself up and joined. Even Princess Purple cast Mana Bullet, Energy Bolts, and standard range attacks to help as much as possible.

Mihos might be restrained, but the apparition above him didn't. It continued to claw at Jack who was still stubbornly clinging to Mihos. If it was not for the Gold Scale Armor, Jack wouldn't have lasted this long. The damage dealt by the apparition was also tremendous.

Peniel cast Fast Heal on Jack. Even Princess Purple who said that she won't heal Jack was influenced by the heat of the moment, she used her healing spells to help Jack survive.

They were so close already. Jack had chosen this risky move because he noticed Mihos' HP recovery had increased to 1,000 HP per second after the apparition appeared. With that kind of regeneration, he would need to hit Mihos with two standard attacks every second to offset the recovery. Three or four standard attacks for the others. He couldn't let this battle be prolonged.

Mihos suddenly uttered the lion's roar. This was the skill version that emitted shockwave. Everyone was afflicted with either Disoriented or Dizzy, causing their offensive to pause.

Jack, who had high resistances, was luckily not afflicted this time. Yet, the roar's shockwave rattled him enough that his grip loosened. Mihos used his great strength and pushed Jack's arm away. He then stabbed forward.

Jack's HP was very low already by then. That stab should have killed him, but Peniel cast invulnerability in the nick of time.

Jack didn't let go of the chance, he used Devouring Cross, damaging Mihos as well as refilling his HP. Mihos saw that the situation was not too good. He made a circular swing. Jack sensed the swing this time was fueled with mana manipulation. It seemed Mihos had also gone serious.

The circular swing hit everyone except for Princess Purple who stood away. Jack was still protected by the invulnerability status. Domon and Arthur sensed the danger from the swing. They also used their strongest technique with mana manipulation to resist the swing, they suffered damage but survived. Giant Steve and Therras were killed outright by the swing.

Jack saw Mihos' complexion turn pale after the move. Mihos retreated.

Jack wasn't going to let him go. He took a low posture with his one claw in a position as if readying to make a slash. Arthur sensed the mana swimming around Jack's claw. He also adopted a similar posture by Jack's side.

Jack's claw then slashed forward, executing One-word Slash. At the same time, Arthur also slashed out with the same martial art. Considering the old draconian was a master swordsman, it was not strange for him to know this sword technique as well. The light flash produced by their slashes crisscrossed one another, becoming a cross slash.

Mihos put his greatsword to his front for a parry, his apparition also came forward to block the two slashes. When it touched the slash, a loud clang was heard. The apparition was slashed into four parts. It then dissipated.

Mihos was greatly shocked when he saw his apparition destroyed by the combination slash. The energy residue of the slashes also hit his parrying greatsword and caused it to lower.

At this time, Domon used Charge and came before Mihos. His glaive burst with violent bluish-purple energy. His Ki Strike fueled by mana manipulation then engulfed the native champion.