Chapter 1185 - Intercepted
Chapter 1185 Intercepted
Shadow Demon silently snuck away.
By the time it left, Mary and her vampires already held the absolute advantage in battle.
Even though the vampires were suffering heavy losses as well, taking down the Feathered God would give Mary a chance at reaching Fourth Grade and also allow the several veterans at Second Grade to advance.
Thus, Shadow Demon silently left after accomplishing its objective, departing right at the eve of the major battle that was to come.
Some more attentive vampires might wonder why the Feathered God was badly injured even before their arrival. However, which vampire could keep calm and attempt to find the truth with all the blood being shed around them?
Shadow Demon was quickly weaving through the shadows like a fish in a vast ocean, free and unbound.
It managed to cross a thousand kilometers in half a day.
There was no doubt that Shadow Demon held the absolute advantage in this!
In the blink of an eye, the two of them had traded over a thousand strikes. They both realized how difficult of an opponent they were up against. They each leaped towards a different shadow, standing still as they stared coldly at each other.
Circe and Shadow Demon took full advantage of this breathing room. Shadow energy quickly gathered around them and healed their wounds.
Both of them were rulers of the shadows. They both had tremendous resistance against shadow damage.
Shadow Demon was also a magical machine, making it immune to some physical attacks. Its physical defense was incredibly formidable. It was also protected by the Orb of Shadows, rendering all shadow magic ineffective against it.
The fact that Circe could still be on equal standing against Shadow Demon despite these advantages was more than enough evidence of her own tremendous mastery over shadow magic.
Shadow Demon had been fighting by its instincts all along. Greem might have an abundant wealth of combat experience, but in this environment of shadows, where everything flickered by so fast without any sound, he could not see any of Circe’s movements at all. Naturally, he could not instruct Shadow Demon on how to fight within the shadows!
As they were thinking about their next step, Shadow Demon felt something unusual beneath it. It looked down, only to realize several strands of gray smoke were radiating from the shadow beneath it. They silently circled and wrapped around its legs like a rope.
Rope?
The thought had just entered Greem’s mind when the gray smoke turned solid and firmly bound Shadow Demon’s legs.
At the same time, Circe screeched, and five unusual runes glowing with purple and black light appeared behind her. As Circe raised her daggers, the five runes rushed into her weapons, causing them to glow with blinding light.
“Seal of Darkness: Annihilation!”
The three pieces of magical equipment on Circe’s body glowed at the same time, quickly projecting power onto her.
Circe’s face flushed white as her right hand vanished into thin air along with the dagger she was holding.
Naturally, with how bold Circe’s movements had been, Shadow Demon had noticed what she was doing.
However, by the time it drew upon the Orb of Shadows’ power to absorb the shadow energy of the ropes and turn them back into smoke, it was already too late!
A pair of daggers emerged from empty air and stabbed into Shadow Demon back. They sunk all the way to the hilt.
At the same time, surging shadow energy flooded into Shadow Demon’s body, exploding and producing a bloody hole the size of a fist.
There was no blood.
Shadow substance, as thick as black goo, flowed out from the gash, mixed with several glowing pieces of metal. Through the hole, one could see the fine mechanical gears and axles spinning in Shadow Demon’s body.
This severe damage caused the orderly gears to malfunction. They creaked as several components burst out of the hole.
What a terrifying attack.
This compound strike had at least 5000 points of power!
An attack of this intensity would be very likely to injure even a Fourth Grade dragon severely!
If it weren’t for Shadow Demon’s exceptional physical and shadow resistance, it would not have survived. An ordinary Fourth Grade adept would have died on the spot.
Even Greem felt cold sweat run down his face, despite only his consciousness being attached to Shadow Demon. He hastily ordered for Shadow Demon to retreat. Shadow Demon was very decisive in its escape. It hurled all the high-grade shadow magic it was capable of using at Circe in an instant before flickering away into the distance.
The Fourth Grade shadow assassin and the lightless dagger might not be able to do anything to the Dark Witch leader, but they could still stall her for a few seconds.
While Circe was busy defending herself, Shadow Demon flickered and escaped several kilometers away. It then fled towards the distance without turning back.