Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/Chapter 49: Forbidden Spell Clears the Field

"Of course Galadra asked me for help too. How could she not?" Nicola glanced back at me, frowning a bit. She looked annoyed but still answered, "Anyone can see my skills are more reliable than your amateur tricks!"

Damn! This cheat player had the nerve to be so cocky? I almost got mad hearing that. I'm not bad either, and I just leveled up! Can't this idiot see?

And Galadra, that trickster! Turns out she didn't just ask me for help. I felt touched by her "sincerity" and came all this way to face Michelle head-on. If I knew earlier—

Well, I'd probably still agree. I had to come to find Reed anyway. Wonder if Nicola will try to chop Adrian again when she sees him. Maybe she's calmed down by now?

"We meet again, Michelle!" With a big enemy in front, Nicola couldn't say much else. She turned back, staring at the fire angel who'd moved away. Her words seemed a bit angry. "So you're still alive. Too bad that nuke didn't blow you up!"

"Hah! That little bomb was nowhere near enough to kill me! Liana, I knew you were hiding nearby. I had to push you to show yourself!"

Enemies meeting made things tense. Michelle wasn't scared at all. She quickly brought out her weapon. She looked around carefully before asking:

"What now? Getting your future self to back you up again? Let me warn you, I've trained hard this past year. That won't work anymore!"

"I don't need my future self. I'm enough to deal with you now!"

That sounded like big talk, but I still doubted Nicola's words. I stepped forward with my Water Abyss Sword and said:

"Let's attack together, just to be safe!"

No matter what, Michelle was a full-power Fire Angel. Nicola clearly wasn't quite there yet.

"Get lost! You'll just slow me down!"

I almost coughed up blood hearing that. She just wouldn't accept my help. She pushed me away, grabbed her Condensation Sword, and charged at the target.

Even though Nicola was much stronger now, barely keeping up with Michelle's pace, anyone could see the gap in power and skill between them.

The time-stop skill kept popping up in the fight, making it look all choppy. One moment they'd be on my left, next second they'd appear behind me. No way to tell how they moved.

But for sure, even Nicola's new time powers weren't much use against an enemy at this level.

"I'll admit you've improved a lot! But you're still no match for me. Since your future self showed up before, are you planning to have her clean up for you again?"

After a while, the two finally separated. Michelle looked unhurt and asked with a frown. She cared more about the future Nicola than the current one.

"Are you deaf? I said I don't need her help! I can kill you myself now!"

Nicola wiped blood from her face. She'd taken quite a beating but stubbornly refused to give up, angrily declaring.

"Bring it on! You asked for it!"

Michelle grinned nastily and charged with her sword.

Really? They're going to keep fighting? I didn't expect Nicola to be so overconfident. I got worried but had no chance to stop them. Just as they clashed again, a blinding white light suddenly covered everything from above.

The night sky had been cloudy with low visibility. But somehow, a huge amount of light gathered overhead!

Thick, bright light beams pierced the clouds and rained down. Each one hit a monster fighting the angel army. Hundreds of beams fired at once! It was an amazing sight, like a miracle. It was so bright everyone could barely keep their eyes open.