The attack of Makaze was not a simple form of resistance, the damage it had just dealt the dragon could be seen from the divine beast's reaction. It violently shook its body and roared, trying to shake off the swords stabbing its body but to no avail, they were glued to it, causing large amounts of blood to gush out, furthermore, it was hurt by Arthur's fire attack which did considerable internal damage, adding to its pain. Amongst the four Divine Beasts, it is by far the one which is the most injured, currently, that is.

Arthur saw this scene but had no time to enjoy the thrilling view of the suffering Azure Dragon, he directed his attention to the Vermillion Bird, which recovered quite a bit in such a short amount of time.

Apart from the black turtle, the Vermillion Bird had the highest recovery, although it wasn't a phoenix as it couldn't reach Nirvana, Arthur was sure it has a technique similar to it, allowing to rise from its ashes and be reborn.

Obviously, such a process is hard to do and it brings many benefits accompanied by harsh costs so the Divine Beast wouldn't resort to such means unless it was in a dire situation with no other choices but to activate its trump card.

This was only Arthur's speculation, the bird may not have such a technique as it is only a copy but it isn't Arthur's way to underestimate his enemies, not after almost getting killed by that venomous woman back at the Ma Clan.

The crazy shadow he just summoned will probably hold the white tiger for a few seconds, so he focused on the Vermillion Bird, which was staring at him with vicious glare, it was totally angry and no more held back.

Waving its long flaming wings, it dived straight at Arthur while spitting twenty meters long fireballs accompanied by humongous waves of fire that covered the whole sky.

Arthur didn't back or teleport away, a cold and resolute glint flashed through his eyes, he waved his remaining hand conjuring a wave of Dark Magic the same size as the incoming wave of flames which looked exactly like a falling tsunami.

This, however, was but the beginning as thousands upon thousands of three-meter-long Dark Spears, they were positioned all around Arthur, prepared to face the fireballs of the Vermillion Bird.

Arthur wasn't done yet, he charged at the enemy followed by his spears and the tsunami of Dark Magic. One side was blazing with an orange fire that emanated intense heat while the other was filled with countless spears and an ominous aura that affected the surrounding, especially the already scorched earth that started withering at a rapid pace.

Clenching his hand into a fist, Arthur prepared himself to punch the incoming bird, which like it wanted to tear him into a million piece even at the expense of its own life.

'[Blood for Blood]! [Griffin's Bloody Switch]!'

Arthur sacrificed a large amount of Wisdom into Strength, holding nothing back in his next attack. A small green luster emanated from his clenched fist, it was barely noticeable at first but when the clash was only a split second away, the green light intensified as his fist became brilliant with green light, stretching one meter around his fist.

The Divine Beast wasn't going to use its beak this time but its lower feet, which were razor-sharp claws that are deadlier than even its beak.

The Dark Spears ped through the air, disturbing the space around them and causing a loud whistling sound, they penetrated the twenty meter long fireballs but couldn't totally disperse them. Fortunately, the number of spears far surpassed the fireballs so when ten Dark Spears was unable to resist the fireballs, fifty could barely do the job, as far a hundred, they would obliterate the fireball immediately.

The clash was intense as winds howled, enormous tidal waves of energy from the outburst stretched to all sides, destroying the ravaged land even more to the point of causing a huge split on the earth, stretching for thousands of miles.

As the first was going to hit the two incoming claws, which were flashing with a blood-red light, Arthur mustered all his strength and punched out when the green light intensity reached its climax.

'[Heavenly Mountain Fist]!'

This fist-technique was a 1st Grade Heavenly Rank, although it isn't the strongest in his arsenal, after numerous trials and research, he managed to find the most suitable one for him. From all the people he possessed, the number of fist-technique he has was in the thousands yet only this one had a high compatibility with him.

Its origin isn't very clear but Arthur read that its creator managed to destroy an incredibly large mount with only the pure might of his fist and nothing else. If it's trained into perfection, it won't be impossible to shatter skies and split oceans.

'BOOM!'

The weak space around the claws and his fist shattered when the two clashed, resulting into a small tear in space that was different than usual, it didn't have the usual low-scale devouring ability, instead, it emitted countless needle-like energies that stabbed everywhere around it.

Fortunately, the space tear was merely two inches long and disappeared after a split second but even Arthur, who has a high mastery in Space Magic felt dread from that small tear, it was largely similar to the energy he felt when the world of Bucama was about to be destroyed.

This caused him to become apprehensive as there was a chance Astria could be destroyed. This special space tear was extremely tiny so it can't destroy this world but what if a larger clash occurred then there's no telling what the consequences would be.

The ground started shaking as the crack on it started opening like a devil opening its mouth and revealing a bottomless abyss with no ending to it, it was at this moment that the Human Continent, from East to West, split into two big lands and separated by humongous crack in the earth which started swallowing falling tree, rivers, seas and mountains, some miserable beasts were unlucky to fall too.

A strange sight could be seen as the sky was divided by an orange color and a wave of darkness that seemed as if it came out from the abyss down below. The orange flames of the bird were burning the Dark Magic while the other was consuming its foe resulting in a short stalemate.

The two waves seemed to be pushed away by the turbulent energy around the Vermillion Bird and Arthur, a small fist was currently resisting the heated claws of the bird which flapped its wings and tried to envelop Arthur, however, to its surprise, it felt a pressuring force from his fist and couldn't handle it causing its body to be sent flying away from Arthur.

Three of its claws were totally broken as it flew like a kite until it managed to stop itself, however, it was apparent that having its claws broken was not something small.

No blood came out from where its claws have been, instead, a liquid similar to a magma started flowing out, panicked and angry, the Vermillion Bird screeched and protected itself with its wings covering its chest and head as it spat strange flames at its claws, trying to heal the injury.