Chapter 188: Three on one
Ophelia looked at him, burning hate for Ren showing.
Ren, on the other hand, walked toward her with a bright smile on his face, his sword in hand and ready to go at it at full strength. His wounds were still healing.
Ren began leaping from foot to foot like a boxer while he kept his eyes on Ophelia. He watched her every move because he knew that she was going to attack soon. And she did.
She launched her attack with one leg, a slash of her leg, and a massive purple arc shot through the air. Ren stepped in fast and went low under the attack. He pushed himself back and shot at her.
Ophelia launched a barrage of attacks all at the same time, each one faster than the last. Ren was forced to dodge all mid-flight, each one coming as a close shave, and when he was close enough, he prepared to attack.
"How about you have some of this!" His voice thundered, and he unleashed a stream of lightning. It ripped through the floor and headed towards her, only to hit nothing. It slammed into the ground and caused a massive explosion. Dust rose into the sky, but she was nowhere near there anymore.
Ren looked up. He saw her in the air. She readied a blast. The beam came down fast. Ren moved out of her way as the attack slammed into the ground with massive force, ripping through the earth with ease.
He put a lot of distance between them and then got ready for his own attack. Multiple spheres of energy formed in the air behind Ren, numbering into the thousands easily.
"I have never had to go all out against someone this much," he said before unleashing the attacks all at the same time.
Each one moved through the air, all locked onto Ophelia. She watched them come towards her and immediately reacted. She attacked with blasts of her own, each one met with the energy spheres. The collisions caused massive explosions that blotted the sky. Her eight eyes watched each one carefully, and she blocked them all.
The explosions ripped through the air louder until it was all that could be heard, and the shockwaves were ripping through the air and affecting the ground above.
Ren looked up. "She is managing to block each of them, but this is not over. I have to take her down before she is able to actually become a full demigod. If she is this strong when she is only halfway there, then what will she be like when she enters it truly?
I can feel my mana rushing down. Each attack that I'm landing is taking a lot of mental strength. Searching for gaps where there is almost no gap at all. Tch."
He complained to himself for a bit and then got into a stance. He planted his foot hard into the ground and unleashed a compressed breath. It tore through the sky, parting the smoke cloud and slamming right into her chest when she was not expecting it.
Ophelia was thrown back. She fell out of the sky and slammed into the ground. Ren saw it as his opportunity and took to the air immediately. He flew above her and unleashed his gravity manipulation at full strength.
A massive beam of gravity shot down. It slammed into Ophelia at full force and broke her to her knees. She struggled against it, not being able to move a single inch.
"I guess that's the end," Ren said. He poured all his mana to ensure she did not move an inch. It was hard because he could feel her struggling hard against the gravity.
"You will not stop me!" She thundered and looked up, and from her eyes, a massive blast shot out. It slammed into Ren midair. The blast grazed him deeply, almost taking off his hand entirely.
Ren groaned in pain as he looked at his arm. It was bleeding heavily, and a massive chunk of it had been destroyed.
"Tch, you have to be joking," he muttered, completely exhausted.
Because of her attack, he was unable to control the gravity anymore, and Ophelia could get free. She shot out webs that latched onto Ren in the air and pulled him down. Ren hit the floor hard, a spiderweb-like crack forming under him.
"Arghhh," he groaned in pain and struggled to get to his feet. He looked at Ophelia.
"Have you seen that you cannot stop me or defeat me? There is no goal to your persistence. I'll win at the end, and my ascension must come.
I'll not allow you to destroy what I have worked so hard to build," she expressed in anger, getting ready to attack again.
Ren saw her preparing to blast, and so he immediately transformed. He slammed his feet into the ground and unleashed Dragon's Breath. A compressed blast of red flames rushed at her, and she attacked with a purple beam.
They collided at the center. A massive explosion of light formed. The ground beneath the collision was melting in real time while the both of them held their stance for half a minute. Their attacks stopped at the same time and forced them to recalibrate.
Ren transformed back into his sovereign shell. He staggered a bit and forced himself to stand. He had not rested or recovered for a while now. He had been fighting nonstop, and now he had to keep going. Even for him, it was a lot.
He let out a smile and looked at her. "It doesn't matter how bad it gets. I'm taking you down because you hurt someone that's dear to me, and the only way to solve this issue is through your death, and so you have to die today," he explained to her.
Ophelia simply scoffed and was about to attack again when suddenly, a massive hand ripped out of the ground, a hand made of skeleton. She looked at it and could not believe it in that moment.
Reacting fast, she unleashed a blast that slammed into the giant hand. The blast pushed hard against the arm, slowing it down and starting to push it back.
"Fey," Ren muttered when he realized that it was her that had come to his rescue.
Not wanting to waste the opportunity, he spread his wings and shot at Ophelia.
By the time that Ophelia sensed him coming, it was a bit late. She turned around only to be met with the sword of Ren. It slashed right into her face, cutting deep into the exoskeleton. Her head was knocked back, but she was not heavily harmed. She tried to attack fast, only for a sudden chain to wrap around her neck.
"Stay away from my lord!" Fey yelled, and she formed a massive bone spike above her head.
"Stay away from my master," Ezra said, and she controlled the metal chain that held Ophelia down.
"All of you, all of you are going to die for standing in my way!" Her voice echoed. She tried to yank herself free. Fey released the bone lance. It stabbed into Ophelia's head, knocking her head back further.
Ren took advantage of it. He immediately unleashed Dragon's Breath and slammed into her. The powerful flames pushed her back a few feet. She struggled against it, but in her situation, it became near impossible to do that.
"Arghhhhh, why must you stand in my way?" She bellowed.
"Because you hurt my lord," Fey replied as her giant skeleton hand slammed into Ophelia and sent her flying.
"Because you dared to hurt my master," Ezra said as she hurled her spear at full speed, stabbing into the lower abdomen of Ophelia.
Ren flew after her and then flew above her. He put his sword aside and pointed his hand down.
"Because you dared to hurt those that were dear to me. My subordinates. I would never allow anyone to hurt them. You did that, and now you must face the result," he said and unleashed a blast of lightning. It shot down, the size of a human, slamming into Ophelia and slamming her into the ground.
Ren dropped down close to where she landed. His breathing was heavy and sounded like a grinding stone, but even then, he did not stop. He walked in her direction to finish it.