"Burst!" Ahika roared once again, spitting out a sea of fierce and intense flames which raced towards the former guardian spirit of life.

Lightning magic: Typhoon!

"Swallow!" Zaylee spat out two hurricane terrifying hurricanes of lightning, flying towards Samael."It's over!" Cyrus roared and pulled down the void down and the ma.s.sive divine sword hacked down on Derik.

"ENOUGH!" Samael suddenly screamed and his twinkling star-like eyes glowed fiercely

"Life magic; Starburst!" He roared like a wounded beast.

His body was soon shrouded with a golden divine aura and it exploded. Sending out a shockwave that blew away all the various attacks launched at him.

Puti!

Derik's body s.h.i.+vered and he spat out a mouth full of black blood while retreating by a few meters. He wore an astonished expression as he looked at the direction where Samael was pinned down initially.

Puti!

Cyrus' soul s.h.i.+vered as his ma.s.sive divine blade was shot back by the sudden outburst of power from Samael. This was not something he expected, he wasn't paying attention so he let his guard down. When his weapon was. .h.i.t by the explosive energy, his soul was shaken and he needed time to recover from it.

Ahika and Zaylee were not doing any better. In a short time, in just a few exchanges they have already expended more than seventy percent of their mana. They weren't like Cyrus who had the limiter path which breaks his limiters, giving him close to infinite mana or Derik who had the limiter path as well and also the werewolves side which helped him regain lost mana at a terrifying speed. In the end, they were all hurt and they have lost the momentum they started with.

They all looked at Derik who seemed to be in the best condition so far hoping he would come up with a plan.

"We need some time to recover our mana before we can continue" Ahika said and Zaylee nodded

"I need time to stabilize my condition… you have to buy us some time" Cyrus said with hopeful eyes. Derik frowned slightly and contemplated on this issue for a while. He didn't want to reveal his trump card yet but it seemed as if the situation was forcing his hands

"20 minutes… that's all I can promise you guys" Derik suddenly said

"That should be enough…" Zaylee said with a slight nod.

"What do you plan to do?" Cyrus suddenly asked. Derik laughed and turned his back on them flying towards where Samael should be without answering.

"Twenty minutes is all I can give… after that pour in all your strength and mana in that attack… that will be our final attack..

" Ahika said with a stern look on his face while he watched Derik fly away.

"EVEN G.o.d CANNOT SAVE ME? A MERE HOST DARES TO UTTER SUCH BLASPHEMY YET THE CREATOR DOES NOTHING, THIS IS WHY I REVOLTED AGAINST HIM, HE CARES ABOUT NOTHING AND ALLOWS SINNERS LIKE YOU TO ROAM THE SURFACE OF THIS WORLD FREE AND SAFE!" Samael's voice shooked the world like lightning.

"HAHAHAHAHA! You are not qualified to take the place of the creator… you're just another broken creation who is lost in despair" Derik hissed. Hearing this Samael's golden eyebrows knitted together and he looked at Derik with a confused expression on his face.

"Silence… mortal!" He roared and grabbed the void. Instantly a ma.s.sive spear appeared above his head and he held on to it with both hands

"Life magic: Judgement spear!" He roared and threw the spear at Derik

"Ooo power of death, grant thy servant thy power and lend thee thy strength... Give me the power to vanquish all those who stand against thy power of death and by the end of this day, thy heads shall hang on the tip of thy spear… Death magic: Bone spear!!!" He roared, pouring a lot of mana into the magic array. A glittering bone spear soon appeared and the evil aura which it diffused from it was truly terrifying. He grabbed onto the bones spear and flew towards the golden spear and struck forward

Booooom! Derik roared as he felt the bones in his right-hand shatter and he spat out a mouth full of black blood. His body shot down to the ground like a meteor and as soon as he hit the flaw he shot back into the air. 

"An archangel unable to beat a common host with a single attack… pitiful!" Derik laughed and urged his werewolf powers to manifest. He knew that Samael was running out of energy as well that is why he is yet to act against him with his semi-G.o.d tier magic weapon. He knew that unlike human's Samael could gather mana at a faster rate even if he kept fighting so the situation of his friends was not favorable as well.

Derik planned to tire out the fallen archangel and make him expend as much mana as possible until he is unable to defend himself properly when they gather to deal the final blow.

"Silver level secret technique: Brilliant claw" Derik roared and a ma.s.sive amount of corrosive death aura burst out of his claws and slashed at Samael.

"Protect!" Samael said indifferently and a semi-transculent dome of pure divine aura surrounded him like a dome.

"So you have chosen death little host? … give me a few minutes and I will grant your wis.h.!.+" Samael's cold gaze pierced through his golden barrier and fell on Derik. He considered Derik's previous comment about him not being worthy to take the creator's place an insult especially when it's coming from a mortal. He hated the fact that he could not obliterate Derik at this moment.

"Derik… before he recovers his powers, I recommend you take his life!" Demos voice suddenly echoed in his head.

Hearing this Derik nodded and clasp his hands together.

"Death magic: Shriek of the dead!" Screeeeech!!!!! Black mist escaped Derik's body and shot towards Samael who was hidden within the protection of his light dome with a loud screech that shocked everyone, Samael included.

The black mist soon took the shape of a hooded angel with a pair of ma.s.sive black wings, adorned with a black and purple robe and a fiery purple blazing eyes. Its bony hands reached for the void and pulled. Instantly a ma.s.sive black scythe was pulled out of the void and with it, the avatar of death slashed at the golden divine barrier that protected Samael!

Puff!

"Demos! How is this possible?" Samael screamed in fear and pain as the sharp black blades of the scythe pierced through the golden divine barrier like b.u.t.ter and left a deep slash wound on Samael who was fast enough to get out of the way, if not he would have been split into by that single attack. Zaylee, Cyrus and Ahika were stunned by what they saw and they were even more stunned by the name Samael called.

Demos is most likely the most famous guardian spirit of all after the fall of Samael mostly because of his contribution during the rebellion led by Samael, his position as the Angel of death and his unusual strength amongst other guardian spirits, capable of battling Samael who was at the peak grade of the demi-G.o.d realm with a cultivation base of mid-grade of the demi-G.o.d realm. They all knew who Demos was so when Samael screamed his name, they couldn't help but look at the hooded figure with enormous black wings and a black scythe. For a moment there they believed this was the actual angel of death until they noticed his cultivation base is something they can sense and he was only at the peak grade of the silver realm.

Roar!!!!

Derik roared like a best and shot forward towards the fallen archangel with malicious intentions. His hands vibrated and metal clapping sounds could be heard as thick darkish purple aura burst out of his claws, this time more intense than the previous.

"Kill!!!!" He roared at his avatar and it only nodded and flew towards Samael and brandished its scythe at him!

"You! You are not Demos... You're just an avatar... This mortals puppet!..." Samael roared like an injured beast...

"You dare play with my intelligence... I will definitely obliterate you... Here and now!" Samael roared and grabbed the hilt of his semi-G.o.d tier weapon. His quickly parried the avatars scythe attack, pus.h.i.+ng it away in the process and shot towards Derik with malicious intentions. It was quite simple, kill the summoner and the avatar vanishes, so why bother himself with the poor imitation of the guardian spirit, Demos?

Death magic: Black las.h.!.+

Suddenly the death avatar stretched its hands forth and five black beams of dark energy shot out of the fingernails of the avatar, racing towards Samael at a terrifying speed. Bam! Bam!! Bam!!! Samael's ma.s.sive body suddenly halted in midair as the numerous black lashes grabbed onto his hands, legs, and waist preventing from moving any further. The strength of this avatar far surpa.s.sed what he expected and at the point, he realized he had made a mistake.

"How? How does it possess Demos' abilities... This no normal puppet!" he said with a panicked expression on his face. At this time, Derik who was already on his way arrived and the dark energy in his claws burst out dangerously.

"Silver level secret technique: Brilliant claw!" He roared and struck forward. Seeing this Samael paled, he knew that if he gets struck and the death aura invades his body, he will surely die at the hands of these kids.

This death aura is the major reason he was forced to retreat during his battle with Derik and Gerald. His face changed and his eyes showed hints of fear for the first time, with the presence of this puppet which possessed Demos' abilities, even if it is just at the peak grade of the silver realm it is still powerful enough to hurt him. There are many techniques in Demos' a.r.s.enal that terrify Samael and he wasn't willing to find out if this puppet can use it.

" Life magic: Starburst!" Samael screamed and a second explosion occurred. Derik's body was shot back meters away and he struggled to regain control over his body. He was covered in black blood and looked more miserable than the others. Samael wasn't doing any better, his body trembled greatly and he looked paler than ever. He has lost all his strength and all he could think of now is how to escape these hosts!