‘There are 3 of us and 1 on the other side. There is no way we could lose.’

Haah…~

They were definitely not prepared for the Wraith to appear right behind Babunda and cut half way into his neck, nearly sending his head flying. On top of that, a spine-chilling corrosion began to spread from that wound and it never stopped. If Babunda didn’t have the [Shackles of the Juggernaut]'s enhanced vitality to suppress it and the recent Evolution to completely remove it, he would probably be dead.

The big guy really had a close look at death that day.

Asura speculated that that was probably the reason that Babunda gained another head and that disgusting amount of defence. His defence was already terrifying before as a result of his enhanced vitality from his Armament, but now it was just sad.

So sad.

With the doubled defence from a tough body and extreme vitality, he was basically unkillable within the same realm. Even if you managed to break through his tough skin, tough muscles and even tougher bones, he would just heal it back very quickly. It was just…

So sad.

Asura took a quick look at Babunda as he wreaked havoc on the Wraiths. Mhm, this was his brother.

But he couldn’t for the life of him understand what made the previous phantoms change so much. Those lanterns were seriously annoying and the speed that the Wraiths had when they moved was even more annoying. What was four times more annoying was the fact the other Ogres couldn’t use their weapons against the Wraiths.

The 3 Ogre leaders were smart and quickly discovered the merits of using Worldly objects as weapons when given inspiration from their own Armaments. But unfortunately, it looked like only Killing Essence worked on the Phantoms and even stronger Wraiths so since it was impossible for them to imbue Killing Essence into anything other than their own bodies or special items like weapons made from Killing Metal, they had to work with their fists.

Even then, the Ogres were still winning. This was a result of their special Earth Killing Essence that made their attacks and defence quite daunting.

But Asura knew that they weren’t the only ones with a Mutated Killing Essence. He could sense something multiple times more dangerous from the Wraith Kings Killing Essence.

Every time the Wraith King exposed his Killing Intent it was always a terrifying experience. Asura felt like was looking at death itself each time and it never got old. Looking at how each strike containing his Killing Essene would leave a terrifying corrosion that rapidly sucked all life from the victim, Asura knew that there was something seriously wrong about it.

Luckily, the Wraith King spent most of his time hiding and sneak attacking so at the very least his Killing Intent wasn’t there to disturb everyone.

Nevertheless, as Asura continued to cut down more Wraiths, he made sure to keep track of the Wraith’s location at all times. He wasn’t like Babunda, if he got struck by the Wraith King’s he would most likely die regardless if the attack was fatal or not. Such an ability was quite unfair.

BVVVT!

The Wraith King had disappeared again. Asura had half a mind to wonder where he would appear next, scanning the battlefield for his next location. But when he didn’t see him again all the hairs on his body rose in alarm.

Without hesitation he thrusted his body forwards whilst simultaneously turning around to look at what was behind him.

Right in his previous location stood…

Nothing.

Could his instincts be wrong? Then where was-

BVVVT!

A brief and deep static-like sound that Asura knew all too well was heard right behind. He leapt forward with all his might as if a gate to the Abyss had opened behind him, for if he didn’t, only death awaited him.

‘Why is this guy so-’

THUD

‘Huh?’

CSHHHHHHH!

Blood was abruptly splattered into the air.

‘What just…?’

“Aah… aaAH...AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!”

Asura screamed like a banshee as he desperately tried to reach his back with all 4 arms, dropping his weapons in the process. Fear gripped his heart as his eyes looked in every direction in a terrified manner. He knew he had been hit and he could already feel the terrifying corrosion that Babunda previously faced making an attempt for his life.

‘But how? I escap- something bloc- what blo- who bl... WHO BLOCKED ME?!’ Is what could be interpreted from his erratic thoughts.

But he didn’t have much time to think, even in his half crazed mind, he could feel the threat of fatality rising above his head. With all the effort he could muster, he leapt to the left. Something was clearly in front of him so-

THUD

‘Oh shi-’

CSHHHH!

Blood splattered once more.

“NNNGH?!”

This time, the scythe that was way too determined to kill him dug in deep into his shoulder before ripping itself out, almost taking one of his arms with it. At this point, the corrosion was already causing black veins to bulge against his skin, even making the blood that freely leaked from his body turn black in colour.

It was a very bad situation.

But still, Asura bit down hard on his lip not intending to waste energy screaming. He needed to focus on finding out what was sabotaging him. He knew that someone must have been clocking his escape somehow because he was very sure his surroundings weren’t treacherous like this before.

Mustering all his mental power, Asura ignored the sharp pain from his wounds and the ice cold corrosion that was slowly seeping into his body, focusing solely on the space around him. He needed to identify the cause of this clusterfuck!

“ARRRGH!”

Asura ferociously dragged 2 of his hands to the object in front of him whilst opening his droopy eyes to the max to make sure he got a good look. But when he eventually managed to focus his eyesight onto the heinous object that was dead set on making sure he didn’t leave with his life.

His heart dropped.

‘Impossible... K-Krysos?!’