Oliver’s anger soared when he saw Max disregard him, but instead of attacking, which he wanted to do, he sneered and watched him walk over to Lily and Emily instead.
He was well aware of their condition. How could he not when he was the one responsible for them, especially Emily’s condition.
‘I’ll kill you, but first let’s see you cry and beg.’ He thought, a sadistic glint flashing in his eyes. Given Emily’s condition, he knew she wouldn’t last for long, and the only strong king rank mages like Azaroth or he could save her.
But the problem was, could Max ask someone like Azaroth to help him? From what he could see, the answer was no.
Then, the only one who could save Emily was him, and him alone, meaning Max had no choice but to ask for his help.
Now, the question was… would he help him?
Yes, he would, but not unless Max begged for it on his knees. As for why he would save her, the answer was obvious. He… wanted Emily too.
What…!
Suddenly, his eyes widened and his sneer froze.
“This… how is this possible…?” He muttered, not able to believe what he just witnessed.
Max… the four-star ant… did he just really expel the rampaging mana from Emily’s body?
After a moment, he took a deep breath while his gaze sharpened and the killing intent in his eyes deepened.
‘I should stop treating him like an ordinary four-star mage.’ He thought. How could he almost kill him with that sneak attack, and now expel his icy mana from Emily’s body which should’ve taken a peak King rank mage to do it if he was just an ordinary four-star mage?
Whoosh!
His mana flared and he disappeared from the place, only to appear beside Max a split second later, his palm coated with Ice elemental mana, smashing toward Max’s head.
However, to his shock and horror, not only did Max manage to react to his sudden attack, he also neutralized it with a seemingly simple punch.
While he was in his shocked state, Max kicked at his chest.
Oliver’s pupils constricted, ‘It’s that energy.’
He didn’t see how Max expelled his frost mana from Emily’s body, but he had seen the flickers of the same pinkish red energy on his fist when he neutralized his palm attack that was now shrouding his leg.
Seeing this, he immediately connected the dots, and realized this energy was the reason why Max was stronger than he should be in his current realm.
This realization made him frown because he had never heard of an energy that could allow an Early-stage Four-Star mage to fight a peak Five-Star mage like him. Didn’t this mean this energy was as good as, if not better, than his Ice Sovereign’s technique?
A peculiar glint flashed in his eyes. However, before he could think anything anymore, the kick was upon him. He tried to retreat as fast as he could to dodge the kick, but…
Bang!
Crack!
…It was already too late. The kick landed on his chest, shattering several of his ribs before sending him flying.
“Can’t wait to die, huh?” Max uttered in a freezing tone, before he suddenly disappeared from Emily’s side, and appeared behind Oliver, who was yet to land, and punched at his back, his bloodline energy covering his fist.
Swoosh!
Oliver’s expression was twisted. Right when the punch was about to shatter his spinal cord, his mana flared, and his body twisted mid-air, causing the punch to hit nothing but air. Before Max could retract his hand, a sharp Ice shard materialized and stabbed into his fist.
Max didn’t try to dodge or even flinch, instead, he punched forward.
Bang!
The fist and the Ice shard clashed and the Ice shard shattered into icy mist which then dispersed in the air.
Tap!
Oliver landed a few meters in front of him, looking at Max with a sneer on his face.
“You are overestimating–”
Max was expressionless, and acted as though he didn’t see him speaking, and waved his hand. Multiple fire arrows materialized above him, pointing toward Oliver.
Then, strands of his bloodline energy floated out of him and merged into the arrows.
Sizzle~!
The color of arrows changed, turning crimson pink. As the fire burned and sizzled, becoming violent, the pressure the arrows radiated became frightening. One could see the air around the twist and wrap. If the arrows were like tiger cubs before, now they seem like mature, bloodthirsty tigers, ready to lunge and tear their target into pieces and burn them to the ground.
Oliver’s heart skipped a beat, and his expression became grave, but the greedy look in his eyes that appeared when he realized how strong Max’s bloodline energy was making him deepened even more.
Max noticed this, but his expression didn’t change even a bit. When he found out his bloodline energy had such a strong amplification nature, he already knew when people found out about it, they would do their best to get their hands on it.
This situation was the same as when he found out he could help the women become stronger by having sex with him. At that time, he made the decision to hide this ability as best as he could because he wasn’t strong enough to protect himself if someone tried to kidnap/enslave him to use him for their benefit.
The extent of danger was the same now, if not more, since he or his bloodline energy to be precise, was beneficial for both males and females.
When he realized this while breaking through to the Four-star realm, his first thought was to hide it because even though he had become a lot stronger than when he got the system, he still wasn’t strong enough to protect himself from everyone.
However, he had immediately quashed this thought. After breaking through to the Four-star realm, although he had a significant, extraordinary even, boost to his strength, he hadn’t become strong enough to kill Oliver, a top tier genius from one of the strongest forces.
If he wanted to have a fighting chance against him, he would have no choice but to go all out. Even then, he might not be his match.
And indeed, just as he had feared, even though he was able to suppress and even injure him with seemingly ease, it seemed he still wasn’t strong enough to kill him.
This, however, didn’t discourage him because even if he wasn’t able to kill him, he was sure Oliver wouldn’t be able to harm him as long as he had enough bloodline energy, which, thankfully, he had quite a bit.
However, he didn’t get complacent, and became ever more serious instead. Although he had quite a bit of his bloodline energy, it wouldn’t be enough if the fight dragged. That was why he ignored what Oliver was saying, and attacked.
Shu! Shu! Shu!
More than a dozen fire arrows split the air and rained down upon Oliver.
“This energy is quite strong, but not strong enough.” Oliver scoffed as his strengthened aura field spread outwards causing the arrows to slow down, giving him enough time to counterattack.
Weng~!
A vast amount of Ice elemental mana burst out of him, condensing into over a dozen Ice Fists, which then flew out smashed into the incoming arrows.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
…
After the rampaging mana from her body was expelled, Emily recovered a little and regained consciousness.
She immediately panicked, thinking Oliver had taken Lily away, but sighed in relief when she saw her standing near her.
However, in the next moment, her heart skipped a beat and her eyes widened in horror because even though Lily was standing and her eyes were open, she had clearly lost consciousness. That wasn’t all. Her previously smooth and supple skin was now shriveled, her shiny black hair had turned gray, and a thin layer of frost covered her. Right now, she looked like a dried up corpse encased in ice.
“Lily!” She jumped to her feet and gently tapped her shoulder and called out to her. Lily, however, didn’t respond.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Just when she was about to check what was wrong with her, she heard the explosions, and felt shock waves wash over to them. Reacting quickly, she created a Wind dome around them which protected them from the shockwaves before shattering.
She heaved a sigh of relief and turned her gaze over to see the people responsible for these shockwaves. Instinctively, she knew one party should be Oliver, but was curious about the other person.
When the rampaging fire and ice dispersed and dust settled, she was surprised to see Max standing in confrontation with Oliver. For a moment, she got worried thinking that he might have gotten injured, but upon a closer look, her surprise grew.
From the intensity of the shockwaves, which her Wind Dome barely managed to protect them from, she could tell the attacks responsible should have strength at peak Five-star if not at the King rank. However, even after facing such a powerful attack head on, Max was still fine. Not just fine, even his robes were undamaged.
Feeling her gaze, Max glanced over and sighed in relief when he saw Emily had regained consciousness, and seemed alright, but when he saw the state Lily was in, the emotionless expression he had crumbled, and a shocking amount of Fire elemental mana and his bloodline energy burst out of him.
“Fuck!” Oliver cursed under his breath, and also released a vast amount of Ice elemental mana to defend. However, his eyes widened in horror when…
BOOM!
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