Chapter 73. Fighting a rank 4

Tirus looked at the island as Yule attacked with all his might, screams of hundreds of beings resounded from the island as the members of Shadow Union started a slaughter.

'It should be any second now.' Just as he thought this, he saw the whole island shake as a ball of red light flew in the air and stopped, revealing an old man covered in flames.

"Who dared to attack me, the great star rank official, Connor?" The old man asked in a heavy voice that shook the hearts of all the lower ranked magi, this man's voice was filled with killing intent, but soon, he turned silent.

"…" The star rank official, Connor, didn't say anything and simply looked at Tirus, then his gaze turned towards Yule, "Hehe, kid, it appears that you have made some friends, huh, I shouldn't have let you run." Connor said with a smile, revealing his yellowish teeth.

[Beep! The target has been completely scanned. Defensive seal on the target's true soul detected. Destroying will take time]

'Hm… I see. I can wait a little.' Tirus thought.

Connor didn't even know that his true soul had been scanned by Tirus's A.I. chip, and now, he was getting closer to his death every second.

"..." Dread was written all over Yule's face as he remembered the scene when his fellow rank 4 magi from shadow union were slaughtered casually by this man, he couldn't help but grit his teeth, trying to hold back his desire to scream.

"I am the one who attacked you." Tirus said in a casual tone as thousands of vengeful spirits came out of his locket.

'I can't discern his soul cultivation…' Connor thought as he teleported behind Tirus and a bright red sword shot towards Tirus. But what happened next widened his eyes.

*Ting*

The sword, although broke the initial layer of defense, didn't pierce through Tirus's skin at all. However, the sword passed right through a hole in his chest that appeared out of nowhere.

'What the…' Hundreds of vengeful spirits held his body from all angles, making him vulnerable to any attacks.

"This is just one of my physical, natural capabilities." Tirus said as he turned around, his right fist turned jet black and bigger as he punched Connor with his strength.

*Boom*

The sound akin to that of an explosion resounded as Connor was sent flying away. This single punch turned Connor's chest area into a mess, destroying his skin and ribs.

'What a monster!' Connor screamed in his mind while gritting his teeth. He had never met a magus with such a strong body.

Tirus's body had become much stronger after the reconstruction, now his body itself had become deadlier than most spells below rank 3.

Before Connor could even react to the first punch, Tirus teleported right above him and punched him a second time.

"Gaah…" Connor spat a mouthful of blood as his defensive spell completely broke down, exposing Tirus's deadly fists to his feeble body.

"Want me to do all the work?" Tirus looked at Yule before rushing down to finish Connor.

Yule followed Tirus's lead, the reason he was staying behind was because of the psychological trauma he had received during his last fight with Connor, but seeing Tirus having an absolute upper hand in battle, he finally got some courage.

"This won't end so quickly." Connor said in a heavy voice as the lava sea started erupting, turning into a vortex as it charged towards Tirus, Yule, and the shadow union magi on the island. His injuries started to heal at a visible rate as his eyes starting burning in a red glow.

"Run, Run, Run!" The lower ranked magi screamed in fright before turning into rays of light and dispersing in the air.

"Not giving you any chances." Tirus snapped his fingers and a dark shadow enveloped his surroundings, with thousands of undead soldiers wearing knight armors emerging from it.

"Star rank expert, Connor, this spell of mine will bring your death."

"As if." Connor mocked as he released his star rank domain, he transformed into a 100-meter tall lava giant as the surrounding temperature rose, and the fire elemental particles became chaotic to the point which could be considered deadly even for some fire element beasts. But it wasn't as strong as Tirus's.

[Beep! The target's true soul defense seal has been destroyed]

"Hmph." Tirus snorted coldly as he attacked with all of his soul force, destroying Connor's domain.

"Die."

A dark blade flew out of Tirus's storage ring at the speed of sound.

*Chiing*

Blood flowed like a fountain out of Connor's headless corpse as the black sword flew back towards Tirus with Connor's soul trapped inside it.

'His soul is fragmented? No…maybe it was destroyed the moment I undid the seal on his soul' Tirus thought. 'This just the beginning, there are a lot more.'

He turned around to see that Connor's domain hadn't dispersed at all and had started to engulf the entire island.

He snapped his fingers as his darkness domain retreated into his shadow, then, waves of darkness energy particles rushed out of his body.

"In my domain, only I have authority."

The darkness particles spread across the Island within a second and formed a barrier, slowly taking the spiritual force out of the environment. No matter what kind of magical fire, it needed spiritual energy to burn. Once the spiritual force in the surroundings or of its producer ran out, it would disperse.

There was only one exception, and that was the legendary Sun's child bloodline. The most terrifying rank 6 bloodline a warlock could have as the flames its user could produce would even burn in vacuum.

But this fire from Connor's domain was ordinary when compared to that, as so, it naturally dispersed within an hour.

To be continued…