LEGENDARY GUARDIAN 139 Chapter 139: Nice Try

"Remain focused… can't be distracted at this point… Breaking into a new realm signifies a ma.s.sive change in one's life, where the laws of nature are loosened and this is naturally something nature is against… in some cases, people die during this very moment… it is more dangerous than you think…" Demos warned Derik

"What are you talking about? What's so special about the silver realm… all I know is that the destructive power of my abilities increase" Derik said with knitted eyebrows.

"Ha! And the ability to fly without an external aid is natural right? Don't dabble on this issue too much and just focus on nature's challenge that is about to come… I just hope the death avatar can protect you well this time... if I could aid you, I would have been there already… but we guardian spirits are not allowed to directly interfere with the activities of mortals…" Demos said

"Don't worry I'll be fine… I heard the life mage has already broken into the silver realm a year ago… I will not hold back my progress because a kingdom and the holy church wants my head… Cyrus was able to defeat me and deal a fatal blow even though his cultivation base was a grade lower than mine at that time… knowing his cultivation base is higher than mine at the moment makes me feel restless, it means I can not fight him as an equal anymore… this I cannot allow!" Derik said with a frown on his face

"…" Demos decided to remain quiet.

He understood why Derik's compet.i.tive nature was overshadowing his reasoning. The past five years have been the worse five years of Derik's life which left a mark on his unclean soul! Being rendered useless for such a long period of time was not something he found funny. He was even unable to cultivate during the time and could only wait until this problem has been solved. The most annoying thing was that Derik's harvest from that battle was enough to push him to the silver realm five years ago but due to the fatal injury he sustained from the battle against Cyrus, he couldn't attempt a breakthrough.

"I'll breakthrough soon and send all these b.a.s.t.a.r.ds to the underworld!" Derik hissed with malicious intentions visible in his twisted facial expression.

…Meanwhile…

Outside the building raged a fierce battle between the death avatar and the military. With the priest currently busy healing his life-threatening injury, the burden on the death avatar reduced significantly.

The death avatar's purple fiery eyes suddenly lit up as a ma.s.sive tornado with the blonde-haired commander at the center approached the little building in which Derik was currently residing in, apart from that multiple warriors and mages of different realms and grades dashed forward casting their spells and attacks at the building.

If someone else was tasked with the job of protecting Derik while he broke through into a higher realm, they probably would have failed but in the face of such a terrifying number of foes and numerous attacks, the death avatar did not retreat.

Its bony hands reached to the sky and dark energy poured out of it. It immediately surrounded the building behind the death avatar, taking the form of a giant skull with the little house within.

Death magic: Death coc.o.o.n!

With that taken care of, the death avatar ignored the numerous attacks and flew straight towards the ma.s.sive tornado with malicious intentions. Its darkish purple eyes burnt brighter than ever as its death scythe flew into its hands, releasing a terrifying amount of death aura

Death magic: Purgatory slas.h.!.+

With two attacks, two ma.s.sive arcs of death energy flew out of the black scythe, instantly splitting the ma.s.sive tornado into four parts in less than a second.

"ggggggggghhhhhhhhrrrrrr!"

The death avatar growled as it realized its target was not within the ma.s.sive tornado. Its eyes narrowed and it quickly turned around, striking the empty air with its death scythe.

"Hmmm… you are not as simple as the priest of the holy church said… A normal avatar's combat ability can never be this high… why do I feel like I'm fighting something alive…" The blonde commander said with a frown on his face.

"The one… a path that enables the user to become one with his or her element…Increasing the overall capability of the user by leaps and bounds, but in the end, they share the same weakness as the element they control… That's how you escaped the attack right now… you became one with the wind... am I correct?" The voice of the priest echoed in the ears of the blonde commander.

"Aaaah… you must have gathered some intel on me beforehand… I'm flattered" The blonde commander said as he turned his attention to the priest who was standing beside him. His eyes instinctively moved to check the throat of the priest and bitter smile appeared on his face.

"The light element sure is terrifying… capable of healing a life threatening injury in seconds… I envy you greatly" The blonde commander said

Hearing this a small smile appeared on the face of the wingman and his golden eyes revealed a hint of pride and arrogance as he spoke

"This is the creator's gift to all his servants… when the time comes, should you dedicate your life to serving the creator truthfully, then you too will be given such gifts, even greater ones than this…" The priest said.

............…

…Meanwhile…

Bam!

Bam!!

Bam!!!

"c.r.a.p… how is this possible"

"what is this barrier made of?"

"I have used close to half of my mana yet we have only made a small crack on it"

"My bronze level magic sword actually got damaged after it struck the barrier… this is not something we can handle easily, we need the commander!" A guardian knight at the peak grade of the bronze realm complained.

Even after launching numerous attacks at the death skull barrier, they still couldn't deal any significant damage to it. This vexed these soldiers greatly, it made them feel insignificant and worthless to a certain level.

.........…..

"A mere puppet shouldn't even exist in such a critical condition… if a mage dares to make such an error while breaking through, he will most likely suffer greatly!" The blonde commander said

"This is no mere puppet… it possesses numerous souls! It has its own life, that's why it can act independently!... this explains why its combat capability is no lower than ours… This death mage is truly terrifying to have created such an abormination at such a young age… we can't let him survive this encounter" The priest said with a from on his face.

"That explains why its intelligence is beyond that of normal people… all this while we have been speaking, it has not made a move on us… it obviously seeks to buy more time for its master" The blonde haired commander stated with a slight frown on his face.

"Then we must join hands to subdue it" The priest roared and shot forwards.

"Under the divine light of the creator, no evil shall exist, as a sworn servant of the holy being above I rob this demonic creature of its freedom and to the underworld shall it return… Light magic: Capture" the priest said in a dull voice.

The golden chains appeared once again around the death avatar but before he could act the chains shattered. It was clear the death avatar was not planning on holding back.

Boom!

Death aura burst out of the death avatars body and the chains exploded quickly. Its body trembled greatly as it shot forward towards the holy priest.

Screech!

Death magic: Death meteor

Instantly the death avatars body was surrounded by a ma.s.sive flaming darkish purple globe. With its size doubled and its body set ablaze, the death aura stormed forward confidently.

"You are yet to see my path and you think you can act so recklessly in my presence? You seek death!" The priest roared

Instantly a golden halo appeared around his head releasing a divine glow, ma.s.sive crucifix appeared over his head and from the center a golden ray of divine light shot out, completely engulfing the death avatar in an instant.

"The guardian path!" The blonde commander was stunned.

His eyes were filled with awe and fear as he stared at the priest who just took out the death avatar which had a cultivation base of the peak grade of the silver realm.

He was very aware of the difficulty needed to master this path and the power boost which grants those who masters it. According to the stories from half a decade ago, the man who defeated the tyrannical death mage was the host of the life element who also possessed that path.

His fame also increased to a point where it even rivaled that of the king of Gyro when the life mage broke through into the low grade of the silver realm, a year ago just in a few minutes. They claimed this was one of the fastest breakthroughs every to happen in history and this was only possible due to his in-depth understanding of his element!

Rumor has it that the only person who rivals him in the understanding of their elements and most possibly surpa.s.ses him is the death mage whom he struck down.

Wait… the death mage?

Remembering these minor information's, the face of the blonde commander turned pale as he realized that they have made a grave mistake. His gaze s.h.i.+fted to the crater created from the priest's attack and he realized the death avatar survived the attack but had no other intentions of hindering them anymore.

Seeing this, his heart skipped a beat and his fear doubled.

"Destroy the barrier… kill him now!" The blonde commander roared like a maniac and gathered all his power.

"Wind magic: Hurricane!" He roared and two ma.s.sive tornados appeared beside him.

With bloodshot eyes, the commander stormed forward and attacked. Not caring about the lives of his subordinates below, he realized that either way if Derik should survive this, these people he was currently murdering with his magic will still die and become nutrition for the death mages power.

"Help me… he has almost broken through!" The commander didn't act politely to the priest this time.

Hearing this, the priest also felt that something was off and didn't care about the commander's rudeness.

"Guardian spirt Crucifix: Ray of light!" he roared

Instantly the ma.s.sive crucifix roared to life and trembled greatly. A ma.s.sive magic array appeared in front of it and from there a beam of light shot forward and flew straight towards the building.

Boom!

Boom!!

Crack!!!

With the combined efforts of the two elite warriors from the military force of Cato and the holy church branch in Cato, the death energy skull barrier, set up was obliterated and the building was destroyed as well.

The debris rose and a thick cloud of dust covered the area, making it close to impossible for them to see through it.

"Hahahahaha!... Nice try" A cold and sinister voice resonated from the cloud of dust a wave of terrifying death aura washed through everyone present, making even the priest present s.h.i.+ver in fear.

Woooos.h.!.+

The death avatar suddenly appeared close to the ma.s.sive cloud of dust and fell on one knee

"Congratulations… young master" The death avatar spoke for the very first time!