Chapter 279 - How!?
In an instant, Udaeus raised its sword, its energy fully charged.
Power surged and crackled, whipping up gusts of air.
The howling wind in the empty canyon sounded like ghostly wails.
Then Udaeus struck, sweeping its weapon toward Mahiro.
The swing shattered the air itself.
Where the sword passed, sparks flickered as if the atmosphere had ignited.
Mahiro stood nearly twenty meters from Udaeus—too far for the sword's physical reach.
But this was Udaeus's hidden trump card: a strike infused with its full might.
It wasn't merely a melee attack.
A torrent of mana erupted from the swing, transforming into a massive force.
The blast tore through the area, ripping up the already scarred ground like a carpet peeled layer by layer.
In a heartbeat, Udaeus's attack crossed the distance to Mahiro.
The few dozen skeletal warriors still standing—whittled down by Mahiro's relentless strikes—crumbled under the onslaught.
These skeletal warriors, caught between Mahiro and Udaeus, couldn't shield him.
They were obliterated by their master's strike.
With all obstacles cleared, the attack slammed into Mahiro.
Boom!
But Udaeus's blow didn't swallow Mahiro as it had the skeletal warriors.
The attack seemed to hit an invisible barrier, dissipating in an instant.
"It's more than just a attack," Mahiro said, his
eyes flaring into scarlet crosses.
As the attack bore down, he raised hyōrinmaru across his chest.
A massive, thick ice wall materialized before him.
Beyond the slash, the sword's swing unleashed a crushing wave of wind pressure.
While the slash struck once, the wind roared like ocean waves, relentless and layered.
The ice wall was as much to blunt the wind as to stop the slash.
Crack!
The barrier groaned under the strain, shattering quickly.
The wind pressure surged forward, crashing into Mahiro.
As the wall broke, Mahiro switched weapons and used the Raikiri.
The sharp blow split the wind pressure, cleaving it apart.
"I underestimated Udaeus," Mahiro muttered, his gaze locking onto the Monster Rex.
"The level of this blow is not only Ultimate-Class but has completely entered the field of cadres."
Had he not absorbed it's mana with Mystic Eyes of Distortion, blocking that attack would've been far harder.
"Is this the end?" he asked.
The effort of its ultimate move had drained Udaeus, slowing its movements.
After the failed strike, it withdrew its sword, resuming a defensive stance.
Bone spikes and skeletal warriors rose from the ground once more.
"No surprises left, then," Mahiro said with a faint smile.
Like a predictable boss in a game, Udaeus was cycling through its attacks again.
Strengthened by the Mystic Eyes, Mahiro's power had surged in mere moments.
He charged Udaeus like a fierce beast, cutting a straight path.
Skeletal warriors and bone spikes in his way shattered under his relentless advance.
ROAR!
Udaeus, sensing Mahiro's approach, let out a furious bellow tinged with fear.
A Monster Rex, far wiser than ordinary monsters, Udaeus felt dread as Mahiro unraveled its ultimate attacks.
Yet its monstrous nature drove it to fight, refusing retreat.
All or nothing.
The ground quaked, as if lifted by an unseen force.
Thousands of bone spikes erupted, converging into a jagged hill before Udaeus, aimed to impale Mahiro and slow his charge.
But Mahiro used the spikes' momentum, leaping atop them and vaulting straight toward Udaeus.
In an instant, the scarlet cross in his eyes faded, replaced by clear, blue eyes—cold as death itself.
Udaeus raised its bone sword to block, but at the moment of contact with death itself, the weapon shattered.
Unimpeded, Mahiro closed in and slashed across Udaeus's frame.
The sword struck, and for a fleeting moment, Udaeus's massive form held its attacking pose.
Then, in an instant, it crumbled to ash.
"What? One hit?" Tiona gasped, stunned.
"How did that attack bring down Udaeus?" Gareth asked, his voice thick with disbelief.
"An injury like that shouldn't faze Udaeus," Finn said calmly, his eyes narrowing.
"What in the world did that bastard do?" Bete growled, frustration etching his face.
Ais stared ahead, her expression blank but her mind racing.
Udaeus's vitality was legendary.
Even with its bones shattered, it could still fight.
The Loki Familia's past victories relied heavily on Riveria's long-range magic, blasting Udaeus apart with overwhelming firepower.
Yet Mahiro's single, seemingly light slash—an attack that barely scratched Udaeus's frame—had felled the Monster Rex instantly.
How?
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