The Awakening Of The Five Great Disasters (IX)

"Papa, what do I do with them?" Bianca asked as she started emitting a huge amount of killing intent towards the three of them.

Hearing her words, Lucius raised an eyebrow.

"Isn't it obvious?" he tilted her head to the side.

"Now... it's time for that," he smiled faintly.

At those words, both Jane and Bianca looked at Lucius with shock splattered all over their faces.

"Are you crazy?!" Jane suddenly shook his shoulders.

"You're almost dying, how can you say that it's for that plan?!" she shouted loudly, as her face contorted in worry.

"Don't worry about it..." Lucius shook his head, "Just keep those three away from me for a single while..."

"But....!"

"I trust you, Papa..." Bianca suddenly interrupted Jane and then turned to Alaine and her small group.

"I just need to keep those three away for a while... right?"

"Exactly... I need a few minutes to recover, and then it's fine..." Lucius nodded his head as his [Instant Recovery] skill suddenly activated.

After all, Jane had already healed most of his wounds, and now, the skill could be activated.

"Alright..."

Swoop!

A small layer of white mana enveloped Bianca's body. In her hands, a matching pair of two large and sharp nails appeared.

Her eyes slowly turned into a redder shape, and she got on her fours, just like a cat...

"Shit...!" Alaine suddenly exclaimed upon realizing what was going to happen.

"5th-tier Mana Barrier!" she immediately activated one of her skills, and then, multiple shields appeared right around the three of them.

"Huff...! Swis—!"

Bianca took a deep breath, and then, her thin figure disappeared into air.

BAM!

She appeared right before the barrier and directly pierced her nails into the barrier, which easily left a double claw mark on it.

"Damn it..."

"Maria, can you still fight?" Alaine asked with her eyes never leaving Bianca, who was now circling the barrier like a predator.

Maria nodded weakly at her words, holding her staff tightly:

"I can... just give me a moment." 

Unfortunately, Bianca wouldn't let them wait a single second...

BAM!

BAM!

BAM!

Bianca launched another attack, her nails slashing at the barrier rapidly. Each strike echoed like thunder, and cracks began to form in the mana barrier.

"Maria, I can't hold this much longer!" Alaine shouted, her voice strained as she channeled more mana into the barrier.

"Jane!" Bianca called out, still attacking the barrier, "I could use some help!"

Hearing her words, Jane got up after seeing that Lucius's wounds were getting better.

Then, she stepped forward as a pink aura flared up around her, she enveloped her hand with it and then sent a wave of mana towards the barrier.

CRACK!

The barrier finally shattered, shards of light scattering like broken glass.

"Agh!" Alaine gasped, staggering back from the force of the explosion.

Daniel gritted his teeth, raising his sword to defend them, while Maria struggled to stay on her feet.

"Now,... let's finish this fast!" Bianca spoke coldly.

She darted forward again, faster than before. Daniel barely had time to react, swinging his holy sword just in time to meet her claws.

CLANG!

The sound of metal clashing against Bianca's sharp nails echoed through the battlefield.

Due to his weak strength, Daniel was pushed back, so Bianca took the chance and kicked him right on his stomach.

WHAM!

"KUUGGH!" he was sent flying, letting his sword slip from his grasp.

"Daniel!" Alaine shouted, rushing to his side.

But before she could reach him, Jane appeared in front of her with her pink aura swirling like a hurricane.

"You're not going anywhere," Jane enveloped her hands with mana.

Seeing her, Alaine gritted her teeth before a golden aura surrounded her body. This made Jane quite surprised because she thought Alaine was going to use her flames.

"Just die already," Jane said coldly, raising her hand. Pink energy crackled around her fingers before she sent it surging toward Alaine.

SWOOSH!

Alaine dodged to the side just in time, the pink energy narrowly missing her. She retaliated with a blast of her own light magic, but Jane easily deflected it with a wave of her hand.

"This isn't looking good," Maria muttered under her breath, her eyes darting between Jane and Bianca.

However, she couldn't do anything because she was still recovering from her mana and injuries.

Daniel, still struggling to stand, grabbed his sword and forced himself to his feet as blood dripped from the wound on his side.

"Fuck... damn it," he cursed.

However, before he could utter another word, Bianca appeared right before him.

Clang!

Daniel unconsciously lifted his sword, making it connect with Bianca's claws. However, the shock made him glide a few meters back.

SLASH!

Bianca dashed forward, swinging her claws once again, and this time...

"ARGGHH!" One of her claws broke through his defense, leaving a deep cut across his arm.

Daniel winced in deep pain, but he gritted his teeth and endured the pain. His holy sword flared up once more as he swung it in a desperate attempt to push her back.

"Phew...!" Bianca easily dodged his strikes.

Shoook!

The sword Daniel was holding suddenly flared up and became much stronger than before. Taking the chance, he directly swung it at Bianca's head.

For a brief moment, Bianca's eyes widened as the holy sword came dangerously close.

But at the last second, she twisted her body, narrowly avoiding the blade. She retaliated with a strong punch to Daniel's gut, knocking the wind out of him.

"Agh... hah...! Fuu..." He collapsed to his knees, gasping for breath.

Seeing the opportunity, Bianca raised her claws before swinging them down, ready to finish Daniel.

BOOOM!

Suddenly, a beam of light shot toward her, forcing her to leap back.

She looked to the side and saw Maria conjuring another spell to attack her, and immediately took the opportunity to create a mana barrier in the air and then used it to leap towards Maria.

WHAM!

Bianca enveloped her claws with mana, before sending a double crescent blade of mana towards Maria.

Maria quickly erupted a barrier, but it was easily broken by the crescent blades.

Booom!

The impact was so strong that Maria was thrown back as her barrier shattered completely. She hit the ground hard, groaning in pain as she tried to get up.

Meanwhile,

Jane was completely winning against Alaine. The two of them exchanged blows, however, Jane always had the upper hand.

"Hah... you still didn't give up?" she said in a boring tone, as she stood on top of a pink-colored scythe, looking at Alaine with dull eyes.

"Maybe... if you were at your full power, you would probably beat me... but Lucius already wasted the energy of the three of you."

"Shut it... keep his name out of your fucking mouth," Alaine said coldly as she held her right arm which seemed to have a broken bone.

"Ahh... Make me," Jane laughed at her words.

"Anyways... it's time to finish this." She grabbed her scythe.

The ground beneath her started shaking, and suddenly, the scythe started glowing brightly, and the mana in the air, started being absorbed by it.

Jane raised her scythe and then prepared to swing it...

Seeing this, Alaine quickly erected a dozen of mana barriers, using the last remnants of her mana to survive this attack.

However...

Before Jane could swing her scythe...

The air suddenly started trembling, and everyone froze.

Lucius, who had been lying on the ground, motionless and bleeding out, was slowly rising to his feet.

His face was still pale as his body was still wasted from the fight against them three, but there was a small smile on his lips.

"Jane... Bianca, leave this area right now..." he uttered as a layer of ice suddenly started covering his face.

Seeing this exact and familiar thing, both Jane and Bianca disappeared from that place.

After all, Lucius was going to use the same spell that he had used to directly decimate the 95th wave of Zombies.

He only used a spell... and directly ended the entire wave.

Sensing the impending danger, Alaine quickly got next to Daniel and helped him get up before also helping Maria.

And soon, they heard faint murmurs coming from Lucius...

"I call upon the frozen abyss," Lucius raised his right hand slowly, his fingers tracing intricate symbols in the air.

"The depths of despair, the abyss where no warmth may dwell... the prison of eternal ice."

Frost crackled in the air as the spell began to take shape, the ground beneath Lucius turning to ice, spreading outward like a plague.

"Let the world know the power of the frozen hell.." His hand moved in a fluid, almost graceful motion, creating a sigil that glowed a bright icy blue.

"[✦✦✦ Cocytus ✦✦✦]"