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Lucas Cheat Ability wasn't the most potent offensively, but it possessed an amazing amount of utility in many fields.

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As he had the power to summon as many Artificial Spirits as he wanted as long as he had the Mana, he was essentially able to partially wield all elements except Death.

However, there were certain rules to this power, as he could only summon one spirit of each element at a time, something that Ervas had already realized.

Each Spirit had the power of a certain attribute, and they were able to wield a certain amount of spells and even have different types of strengths.

Lucas, depending on what he wanted, could summon them on all kinds of shapes, as long as he had the imagination for it.

He could create a four-meter-tall Fire Attribute Giant-like Artificial Spirit that exceeds on defense and defensive spells, a delicate flower that exceed on healing spells or enhancement spells, and more.

As he mastered his power, he kept learning how to properly summon Artificial Spirit, maximizing their capabilities and what they could or not do.

But he quickly found out that he wasn't able to go further from this point.

His abilities could only do as much, and against greater monsters or the other heroes who betrayed them, he was not seen as someone particularly strong… his Artificial Spirits were also not really tough, and would die down after a few hits from someone strong.

They could be constantly created to shield him, but he would use way too much Mana…

He had hit his limit.

Or so he thought.

In his last moments, where there was nothing else he could do to save his dear friend… he awakened his Cheat Ability, and it truly became a power of his own.

From Spiritualist… to God Spirit Summoner.

God Spirit…

The Spirits he could summon now… just how strong were they?

Lucas didn't want to kill Ervas and Veronica, he wanted to escape with Mason and Natalia.

He had already given up on talking with them, he wanted to defend himself and then go away.

He had to survive. He had to live.

Lucas gnashed his teeth as a sudden shift in his personality happened.

From the shy man, he was filled with a fervent resolve.

Ervas felt the change of his soul nature as if the aura he could see that encompassed the man was constantly changing and growing bigger.

Although this was perhaps due to his Skill awakening and the power it brought him.

Lucas grabbed Mason who was still unconscious with his arms, as he quickly summoned all the spirits he could!

His Mana quickly began to deplete, but the power of these Spirits… was clearly superior to the ones before.

Ervas flew towards him as he found Goliath, Draconia, Jason, and Nick fighting against the strong Life Attribute God Spirit, which had the power to control all the trees around her and mold them to her liking, using them to fight by controlling large quantities of wood and shooting it all around!

However, it only bought about a few seconds, like Jason, ran towards it, covering his large mace with flames!

"Blazing Mace!"

BOOM!

The Spirit couldn't evade in time as Draconia was right behind her and unleashed a powerful breath of flames!

With fire coming from both directions, the Spirit, which was made of wood, was burned into ashes!

CLASH!

Lucas, however, was used to seeing the Artificial Spirits die, they were fragile and only useful for a little while, he was able to create them continuously, but they never lasted long.

However, by using his newly awakened Skill, Lucas summoned all the spirits again.

His Mana quickly began to deplete as he did, but many lights of various colors appeared around him as if they descended from the skies.

Ervas quickly unleashed his Phantasmal Aura, alongside Void Form, Void Embodiment, and his Psychokinesis, covering his own body with it and then using Warp alongside the strength of his draconic wings!

FLASH!

However, before Ervas could reach Lucas through Warp, a sudden disturbance in space occurred!

He was not able to use Warp properly as if space didn't obey him as before…

Ervas squinted his eyes as he glanced at the being that was doing this. It was a floating, blue-colored jewel the size of a car, it was emanating strong gravitational forces and floating on mid-air… this strange thing was in fact a Space-Attribute Artificial God Spirit!

He saw Lucas who began to run away while putting these strong spirits to build time for him!

He couldn't possibly let them go, not at all.

"Legion!" said Ervas, as a mass of phantasmal eyes and tentacles emerged at his side!

"Yes, my lord!"

Ervas quickly called to Legion once more, as he combined Legion's proficiency on all Magic types alongside his Dead Spirit Magic and his Void Attribute Magic to unleash a powerful spell!

"Grand Void Wave!"

Ervas suddenly clapped his hands, as he unleashed a wave of the pure void that began to make the spatial layers tremble!

The Space Attribute Spirit, however, unleashed a wave of spatial-distorting magic, and confronted Ervas!

BOOM!

Both waves hit each other, creating an explosion of spatial-distorting forces, however, Ervas quickly reached the Spirit with his great speed, by going around the explosion!

Flash!

Like a small meteor, he covered himself not on Void, but his Life Spirit Form Transformation, converting part of his flesh into yellow and emerald, green-colored ethereal light, which he extended like large vines, wrapping the large jewel-like spatial-attribute spirit!

Afterward, Ervas used [Divine Soul Transformation: Light] to fuse his Life Spirit Transformation with the Light of his soul, a Skill he acquired after eating Graham Gold's Soul as a Familiar Spirit!

The Spatial Attribute Spirit resisted as much as it could as it unlashed spatial blades against Ervas, which he blocked with the help of Legion's multi-elemental Barriers!

Clash! Clash!

The Spirit struggled, but Ervas mercilessly used his large, tentacle-like limbs that shined brightly with light and life attributes, crushing the jewel into pieces with a loud explosion of light!

BOOM!

However, what took him a few seconds was enough for Lucas to run away even more!

Ervas quickly realized that he wasn't able to eat Spirits such as these, as they were pure mana.

But before he could chase against Lucas any longer, two more Spirits blocked his path, as he saw everyone else fighting another Spirit!

Ervas noticed that, unlike the previous Spirits, these Spirits had way more power, resilience, and intelligence.

The two that blocked his path were a large lion with three heads, covered in both darkness and light, roaring furiously, with the size of five meters, and a tall, crimson-colored knight covered on flames holding a long and sharp sword!

These two spirits were clearly way stronger than the previous ones Lucas could summon!

However, Ervas quickly braced himself!

"GRROOAR!"

The lion of light and darkness jumped towards him with great strength, roaring furiously as it summoned rays of light and darkness!

"I don't have any time for you, Psychokinesis Void Cannon," said Ervas, aiming at the giant lion as he unleashed a tremendous blast of gray and black-colored energies, the same that could blast an entire giant down!

BOOOM!

"GRAAAAAARR…!"

The lion dissipated into nothingness within seconds, disappearing into pure mana as the blast hit the ground and made the earth tremble!

By spending hundreds of millions of Mana, Ervas got rid of the lion immediately, glancing at the knight, which flew towards him and aimed at his head with its long blazing blade!

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