Chapter 811 Not That Easy To Beat Him Down
Darius raised his fists and tightened his muscles, preparing for one last punch of his full strength to knock Rudra out and then finish him for good.
In the far background, SMG was slowly stirring to his feet after Rudra's solar beam blast as he dusted himself off and looked towards the two men fighting and eagerly waiting for Rudra's demise.
In the air above , Lucifer's eye was watching the place through his heavenly vision , the devil had been waiting for this moment for a long time and currently he was on the verge of euphoria.
" Finish him " the devil said with passion , and although Darius could not hear the devil he coincidentally brought his fist down at that exact moment as the sound of the solid ground splitting could be heard.
Dust rose all around Darius, however the demon commander was not smiling at all , if anything he looked extremely vigilant.
When the dust settled and Lucifer was finally able to take a peak at the body beneath Darius it was shockingly not that of Shakuni, but instead of a small girl with two ponytails ... A human transformation of a nine tailed beast!
" H-HOW DARE YOU HIT MY FURBALL ..... " A primal voice sent shivers down Darius's spine , as he turned to look at a battered and bruised Rudra whose usual grey eyes were bloodshot for some reason.
When Darius had started to clobber Rudra, at the very first punch Rudra had summoned furball to help. He had hoped that she could blast Darius with a flamethrower and buy him time to launch his attack , however for some reason furball chose to use the ' Replace ' skill , taking two of Darius's direct hits on her face instead of Rudra.
Rudra's insides boiled with uncontrollable rage as he saw his furball being so brutally hit that her tooth broke down as his rage pushed the intensity of the Nirvana flame from tier 5 strength to the pseudo realm of the god's.
Between his two hands was energy far beyond what a tier 5 existance should be capable of producing and facing this attack , Darius feared for his very life.
Drawing his sword , Darius charged towards Rudra , however there was nothing he could do to avoid Rudra's blast anymore , the distance between him and Rudra was too large to be bridged through sprinting.
" NOW YOU PAY! " Rudra said , completely disgusted as he launched a devastating Nirvana Flame towards Darius.
A beam of power left Rudra's body and the energy it let out was so strong that it created an earthquake on both sides of the river felt for killometers at once.
The attack beam was 30 meters wide and Dragged Darius through one side of the river for 3 killometers before crossing the river and planting him on the other side for a full 15 killometers!
Initially when the attack had hit him , he was able to put-up his swords in a cross defensive pose however, soon his swords melted and the heat of the Nirvana flame started to gnaw away at his skin and his armour.
By the time he was blasted across the river his HP dropped from a healthy green to a dangerous dark yellow , and by the time he was halfway across the other side the Nirvana flame had started to burn away at his very soul.
The great demon commander still had many cards to play , many attacks that he could have used on Rudra to neutralize him in a fight , but the problem with any and all tier 5 and 6 attacks was that it needed time to be activated and usually the opponent does not give the the leisure of activating an attack.
Rudra had gained an incredible advantage when furball replaced him in the manner that he got a few extra seconds to activate his best attack , and now Darius was being consumed inside it.
The demon commander tried to resist the attack with every fibre of his being , however by the time the attacks power ran out , not even his ashes remained on the other side of the shore.
The path which Rudra's attack had followed could be clearly seen as a smouldering Lava pit as for the full stretch of 19 killometers or so there was only pure lava in a 15 meters deep pit and nothing else.
Rudra huffed and puffed as not one moment after killing Darius his eyes turned to SMG, as the former elder of the elites guild felt a primordial fear when looking at this apex predator.
SMG was familiar with this gaze of Rudra , he had seen it time and time again in the guild , it was only used by Rudra when he was about to absolutely destroy an opponent.
cO,m Usually he was on the other side of the gaze and would appreciate how fierce and cool it looked from a distance, however for the first time ever as he faced that gaze he knew at that very moment that this was not the gaze of a man , but that of the grim reaper himself !
SMG could do nothing but stare from 200 meters away as Rudra downed a max HP potion , a Max stamina potion and a Max mana potion back to back and his physical condition visibly improved as a result.
The black aura erupted around his body as he unsheathed both of his swords and calmly walked towards SMG while staring him down.
With an unbelievably powerful attack Rudra had slain the number one demon commander of the enemy forces ! And now he was walking towards SMG to take the head of the traitor , and there was nowhere to run for the former elder.
The reaper was here for his soul.
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( Lucifer 's POV )
The devil absolutely lost his mind when he saw Darius die , as Rudra's final attack sent a shudder down his own spine.
" WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY?WHY? WHY MUST A MORTAL BUG DEFY ME TIME AND TIME AGAIN!" Lucifer kicked a ministers seat in his throne room and the poor structure dislocated from its base and embedded itself on the wall in the distance.
Lucifer proceeded to pick another one with his bare hands as he pulled it away from its base and smashed it on the floor in anger as it shattered to pieces.
Darius was the spine of his army , the supreme commander of his forces and the man who had helped him claim the throne of hell.
Lucifer had seen that man fight and he knew that other than himself he was undoubtedly the best warrior in all of hell no question about it , and with him slain Lucifer's army single handedly lost its most capable fighter which was a big blow to the devil.
" Why can that mortal , barely 30 years of age kill Darius? , Darius was over a millenium old and had fought uncountable battles , on a good day the mortal would be lucky to land one him , however today he killed him?
Why do the one in a hundered thousand odds keep repeating themselves when this man is involved? Why can he not die like the bug human that he is? WHY MUST I SUFFER THIS INDIGNATION? ". The devil's red eyes were glowing with madness , he was about to break the rules of the bindings of Omega once more trying to directly kill Rudra using divine power however the queen suppressed Lucifer's actions.
" I see , he can use the Nirvana Flame , so that ancient ba****** must be his backer.
But that's impossible, the ancient gods are not to meddle in this world, THEN WHY? ". Lucifer banged his fists on the ground and howled in frustration.
" Fine , since the old basta** protects him then i will March down personally to reap his head ! , I have suffered enough indignation at the hands of that mortal , today he must die! ". Lucifer said looking towards he heavens , as he clapped his hands and asked his servants to bring his armour.
Lucifer had snapped after the death of his first commander and had decided that every breath Rudra took here on out was an insult to his honor , hence even if it was dangerous to do so , he was going to fly down-to the battlefield and reap Rudra's head today , no matter the cost!
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( Meanwhile Omar )
Omar was within the army of death camp when he felt the familiar power of a blazing Nirvana flame erupting from a nearby location.
Closing his eyes he felt the heat of the flames and the power within them only to raise an eyebrow when he felt that the power within the flames had already breached into tier 6 realm.
Standing up he had a wide smile plastered on his face as he whispered under his breath " What an amazing human ... "
Initially he was not supposed to show up in today's battle as the only assistance Hades had requested from him was in the final fight against Lucifer, however seeing how Rudra mastered a move of the phoenix Lineage, Omar felt extremely proud and happy and decided to grace the mortal by lending him a hand in today's battle.
Little did Omar know that his meeting a millenium later with the devil was unexpectedly going to be scheduled today itself.