The Centipede rushed in front of Minerva, preparing to attack her.
Whoosh!
Minerva swapped her position with a rock.
Crack———!
The rock was easily crushed by the Centipede.
"Dammit!"
Minerva's expression was extremely ugly as she looked toward Kagura and Jura.
"Archenemy: Slash Form!"
Kagura had already drawn her blade. A slash streaked across the Hellhound, cutting off one of its heads, but immediately afterward, the three-headed Hellhound suddenly became a four-headed one.
"What on earth is going on?!"
Kagura's expression changed, her brow furrowed tightly. She had never encountered such a troublesome situation. It was as if this monster grew a new head every time she harmed it.
"Rock Iron Column!"
Jura raised a finger, and a thick pillar emerged from beneath the Rhino, hitting it square on the chin.
Boom!!
The Rhino was flipped over by Jura's pillar. Before Jura could even catch his breath, the Rhino flipped back over and charged at him again.
"So persistent!"
Jura instantly felt that this Rhino was incredibly difficult to deal with. His attacks seemed to cause no substantial damage to the thick-skinned beast.
Meanwhile, if he were hit by this monster, he would be heavily injured if not killed.
"I can't keep being tangled up like this; I have to attack the main body."
As Jura thought this, the other two reached the same conclusion simultaneously.
The three of them rushed toward Kael together.
Just as they reached the area around Kael's body, they saw the corners of Kael's mouth curl up slightly.
"Not good!"
The trio immediately sensed danger, and their bad feeling was vindicated instantly.
"Almighty Push!"
Boom——————!!
A terrifying repulsive force erupted once again. With Kael as the center, the three who had rushed in were sent flying backward at an even faster speed.
"Aaaaagh!"
"Waaaaah!"
"Uwooooh!"
[It appeared again! That terrifying strike from just now! The three were blown away once more! Can they still stand up?!]
"What kind of monster is this Kael guy?!"
"He's way past the point where you can just call him 'strong'!"
"This is terrifying!!"
The audience looked at Kael's immense power and couldn't help but feel frightened.
[Mato, is it really okay for the city to suffer this much damage?]
"It's fine, kabo. We have magic for that anyway, kabo!"
The organizer, Mato, said with total indifference.
Clatter, clatter!
Minerva, Kagura, and Jura stood up again. Minerva and Kagura were already somewhat shaky; clearly, two consecutive hits from Almighty Push had left them heavily injured.
Although Jura looked better, he had also sustained some injuries.
[They're up! The three haven't completely fallen yet!]
"Hey! You two! Stop holding back! If we can't hit this monster, we're all finished!"
Minerva shouted at Kagura and Jura with a grim face, then looked toward Kael. At this moment, Kael was sitting cross-legged on the Rhino's head, with the other two giant monsters standing beside him like guards. Kael looked completely relaxed and at ease. Seeing this composure made her pulse with rage.
Snap!
Kael clapped his hands.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
The three summoned beasts vanished.
[What?! What happened?! The three monsters suddenly disappeared. Did Kael send them back?]
"Great! This guy is out of magic!"
Minerva saw the three summons disappear and assumed Kael's magic power was insufficient to sustain the consumption of summoning such monsters.
"Kael, why did you deactivate the summons?"
Jura asked Kael. He didn't think Kael was out of magic; he could feel that although Kael's magic power wasn't quite at his level, it wasn't far off.
Kael said with a smile, "It's nothing. I just felt like using summoned beasts was a bit like bullying. Besides, it's rare to meet such good opponents; it would be a shame not to have a proper fight."
"Kael, stop with those high-sounding words. Until the very end, no one knows who will win."
"Mhm, you're wrong there. The outcome was actually decided from the very beginning."
"Universal Pull!"
Kael raised his hand and aimed at Minerva.
"What?! What kind of magic is this?!"
Minerva suddenly felt her body flying toward Kael, completely out of her control.
"Territory!"
Minerva quickly swapped herself with a rock.
Whoosh!
Kagura rapidly rushed Kael from behind, her blade slashing toward him.
"Asura Path!"
Kael's back suddenly began to change. Two more arms appeared; one arm grabbed Kagura's sword-hand wrist, and the other grabbed the wrist holding her scabbard.
"Territory!"
Minerva activated her Territory magic to transfer Kagura away.
Minerva began chanting a complex incantation:
"Nahei·Wilg·Mion·Delus·Elcantias·Yagudo·Ligola!"
"Eighteen Battle Gods of Yakuma: Space Blast!!"
Boom—————!!
A powerful shockwave erupted!
"Preta Path!"
Suddenly!
The magic Minerva had just activated vanished instantly.
"What?! What's going happened?! My magic?!"
Minerva's eyes widened in disbelief. Her magic had actually disappeared.
"Universal Pull!"
Kael aimed his palm at Minerva. Her body flew toward him uncontrollably, and Kael grabbed her by the neck.
"Magic Devour!"
"Aaaaaghhhh!!"
Minerva felt her magic power being continuously sucked away. For a mage, magic power is life force; as it was drained, her body experienced intense agony.
"Gravity Pressure!"
Kagura activated her gravity magic. While gravity magic isn't exceptionally powerful in terms of raw damage, its suppression effect is very strong.
"Gravity?"
Kael couldn't help but shake his head with a laugh. Gravity is just a branch of attraction and repulsion; this level of gravity meant nothing to him.
"Universal Pull!"
Kael raised his hand and used Universal Pull on Kagura. Her body also flew toward him out of control.
Kagura didn't intend to wait for death. She gripped her long blade with both hands, preparing to attack the moment she reached Kael.
One of the arms on Kael's shoulder changed its form, turning into a laser cannon.
It aimed right at Kagura.
Kagura's face changed drastically at the sight.
Fwoosh————!!
A laser beam shot toward Kagura.
Kagura immediately raised her sword to cleave the laser.
"Uwooooooh!"
Kagura let out a scream as she was blasted away.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom!!
As Kagura was being sent flying, Minerva seized the opening and activated her space magic to transfer herself away.
"Rumblings of the Mount Fuji!!!"
Jura pressed his hands together and activated his attack magic.
This was the super attack magic Jura used during the MPF test on the third day, which reached a value of over 9000. It utilized the earth to create vibrations that caused the ground to explode.
Whoosh————!
Just as Jura's magic activated, in the next instant, the magic vanished.
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