Chapter 266: Chapter 266 Help.
A translucent window appeared in front of their eyes; suddenly, their body turned sluggish in a moment, and a faint white aura leaked out from their body before they got sucked into the contract that was still hovering in between them.
However, the effect was not too fatal, unlike the first one; this must be because his constitution was stronger compared back then. The magic circle just disappears and leaves an eerie feeling for those who see it.
The woman who was also in the same situation gradually regained her strength. She stood up from her place and demanded the item while extending her hand.
"Give me the items!".
The girl behind Soma began to reluctantly take out their item and hold it in their hands. Serafina also looked toward the two of them, who proceeded the talk without her consent, gritting her teeth, taking out the necklace from her neck, then extending her hand, followed by the other two.
However, there is something she forgot in the clause. At the same time, Serafina and the girls behind were trying to give the items.
Soma, on the other hand, smirked as he saw the white line on Beatrice's neck turn faint, almost gone. Immediately, he lunged and kicked Anna in her stomach.
A crashing sound echoed in the place, making all the spectators turn their attention toward the hole where Anna was thrown to the field outside.
Thanks to his intimidation since earlier, it probably dulls her thinking process. At first, Soma is hesitant, but after looking at the Sloopy plan Anna had committed and still many flaws she had, she resorts to this challenge, where he gives her much pressure to see if she can still think far ahead or not.
The results are far more worth the task. As a matter of fact, it seemed Anna herself was still lacking in many aspects, especially in battle.
Everyone in the room was stunned by his action and then turned their gaze toward Beatrice whose neck seemed still intact and looked fine.
"Senior Lucy hurry and check mother!".
Unconsciously, Soma called Beatrice a mother, as he didn't have time to prolong this. Once he stepped forward, his heart thumped, and an excruciating pain assaulted his nerves.
"Kuh!".
His whole body screams and trembles in agony, but he grits his teeth and activates his extra skills to the max.
[Extra Skill Puppeteer activated]
[Extra Skill Adapt activated]
[Nullifying the pain 100%]
Blood began to spurt from his seven orifices, and he rushed outside to face the demon.
"You bastard!?".
Anna saw Soma's face leaking much blood from his seven orifices, probably because it violated the soul pact; however, what made her stunned was his sheer willpower to withstand the pain that gnawed his body and soul.
"Give me the items!".
"Kuh! Blurk!".
Soma held his mouth and almost spewed much blood from his destroyed internal. He cast his bloodshot eyes on Anna, which made her shrink in fear. "She is still not mature enough. I must finish her here to prevent the demon plan!". Soma muttered in his heart before he summoned his lightning.
[Martial Saint First Technique Lightning Step Beyond Heaven's Might]
The ground beneath them starts to tremble, and the black clouds begin to gather above them, creating a massive maw and warning the land beneath about the catastrophe. A crimson lightning burst forth from all around his body, its color bringing forth the destruction that even makes the surrounding atmosphere tremble in fright.
This is the evolved version of the techniques. At first, the technique itself was nothing but an imitation of the Martial saint himself. Then, by the time he receives an epiphany in his training, the skill has seeped into his well-being and become exclusive to Soma.
The previous technique was focused on attacking and speed, but the current technique was a variation of footwork, speed and attack that combined into a whole package. In terms of attacking power was indeed a bit lacking compared to the earlier, but Soka decided to strengthen his Foundation before going beyond.
One step was all he needed to do to reach Anna and deliver a dreadful kick to her abdomen; an unnerving sound echoed as her organs were destroyed. She coughed a mouthful of blood, and her consciousness started to blur.
However, in her last line of defence, she turned herself into a demon, and before finishing transforming, her body slammed to the ground.
"Gahak!".
A loud thundering roar resonated across the field, and a crater was made from a single stomp from Soma's feet. But despite having that monstrous power, his body also reached its limit because of the contract that gradually chipped his life force.
The moment Soma tried to finish Anna, a massive torrent of water mass blasted him away from her place.
"Blarkh!".
From that impact alone, Soma threw up a massive amount of blood from his mouth, and his veins started to burst apart, his body getting destroyed slowly.
Blood didn't stop oozing from all over his body, but Soma refused to yield and stubbornly stood up, looking at the figure of a full-transformation demon, different from the other.
It had black skin, and it had four horns sprouted from its forehead and side skull. The black bat wings on his back figure were four glittering with black miasma that brought corrosive energy to anything that it touched.
"You!".
Soma recognised the man; he was Invidia, An ancient demon, one of the seven direct subordinates of the demon lord who is still alive to this day.
"Soma?!".
"?!".
"Who are you!".
"Young ladies, stay behind me!".
Hina, Xiao Lian, Serafina and Violet came out from the mansion only to witness Soma in a sorry state, and a strong-looking demon helped the nearly dying woman.
Invidia who saw the incoming Girls witnessed the Items he had been looking for. With a single wave from his hand, three water blades from compressed water flew unnoticed until the girls saw a line of blood that caught their attention and suddenly they felt a tremendous pain over their right hand.
"Aaaah!".
"Eeukh!".
"Kuuh!".
"Young ladies?!".
Again, with a flick of his hand, three items flew into Invidia's hand before he created a magic circle behind his back while looking at Anna's sorry state.
"Well, then I will be taking her".
"Wait Invidia!".
[Oni Wrath activated]
[All stats enhanced 100%]
Soma, who got released from the contract bind, raised his battle aura and lunged forward to Invidia within that slowed time. The space around Invidia began to distort, and a huge black maw appeared and swallowed them whole.
At the last moment, Soma saw Invidia glare at him, probably because Soma had yelled his name earlier. In this time and age, it's pretty rare for humans knowledgeable enough to remember one of the Ancient Demon Invidia's names.
All they know was Demon Lord and all of their subordinates were murdered leaving only a handful of demons that hide their trace until today.
So Invidia was a bit shocked that there is a human who knew that name where humanities recorded him dead eons ago. He cast his curious gaze toward the boy who was desperately trying to reach him with killing intent.
"I will remember you, boy!".
The maw disappeared leaving an empty space where Soma just bypassed it, and fixed his position into stand up.
"Shit!".
He clenched both his fist and submerged in his sense of regret for not killing his opponent sooner.
"Aaakh!".
The cry from someone he held dear reverberated in his ears and brought him back to the surface. He turned his attention and saw the three girls' right hands were missing. His face turned white, and he hurriedly approached them.
"Mr. Soma?!".
"Quickly take them inside. Lucy will do something about it!".
Violet carried Serafina and rushed toward the house, whereas Soma took Hina and Xiao Lian, who were biting their lips and white faces.
"Kuuh! Soma!".
"...Soma, Hurts!".
"You're going to be, okay!".
Once inside, Lucy, who already depleted her mana, gasped in shock, but after Soma provided her with a High-grade Mana potion, she began to use her advanced Light magic.
"Perfect Heal!".
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