Eternal Saṃsāra: The Wanderer of Worlds, Book 2

[219] Rise of a Demon God

Chapter 219: Rise of a Demon God

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Ai was startled by the sight in the distant sky, and she wasn't the only one. Galaxara and her group were even more shaken. The falling body of the dying phoenix found no stop as it crashed down atop a mountain, going still with the flames around its flesh flickering out.

It was too late to help.

"...Fuck."

Ai wasn't expecting the Phoenix woman to lose, not when she had tapped into a power stronger than usual.

At the very least, she should have held on until Ai could come and help her. Instead, she lay breathless now. She was dead.

"Kek-" the bloody god beside her cracked out a laugh.

Ai turned to look at him with a disapproving scowl. Zarthak, the once proud Lightning God, barely managed to stand in the air with blood dripping from his nose and lips. "Weakling, laughter is rich coming from you."

He was quite injured, his arrogance shattered by the lethality of Eternal Sorcery. Hearing her words, he growled, "You're done for now, witch."

Not a breath after he said that fell, the Demonic Phoenix God appeared right before her. It was as if reality had skipped a scene, he was that fast, his fist flying toward Ai's face. Ai raised her arms to block the incoming attack, forming a defensive spell, and halfway through his punch landed.

The magic shield shattered and the dark feathery fist landed on her face. Ai was shot into the mountain in the far, crashing it into dust.

"Ghr," Ignaroth grumbled. He turned to Zarthak and said, "Go help Vortigern, I'll take care of this woman." Zarthak wiped his lip and flew away.

Ignaroth kicked the air and exploded toward the place where Ai crashed. The Eternal Sorceress was already weaving spells, birthing 144 magic circles in the sky, one above the other, like a funnel.

"Eternal Magic," the Sorceress said. "Rotating Wheel for the Immortal Snail."

The spell crashed down upon Ignaroth, who tried to brush it off with his Icon and failed, as his speed vanished.

His body grew sluggish, his explosive speed gone, as he barely moved through the air as if swimming through sludge.

He seemed to be covering kilometers in his mind, but space and time folded above one another to form a hamster run wheel, where no matter how many times his wings flapped, he remained in his spot.

Even without the Time Icon shining like a bell, as Ai didn't nearly know enough about the Eternal Sorcerer to bring out his full power, let alone an Icon, she could pull off spells like this.

"Speed O' Light," she said, kicking the ground and blitzing toward her target. Instead of relying on an attack spell next, she curled her fist, tapping into her supergirl powerset, and slamming her fist against his face.

The demonic phoenix left a trail of darkness in his wake, as he was sent flying into the Red Sea on the other side of the tower.

"Looks like he's not that dangerous, tsk," Ai clicked her tongue as she flew towards the sea. A pang of guilt was spasming her heart, she should have picked on him earlier instead of letting Ranefer handle him. While he certainly had immense firepower, it was hard to counter something like time magic. So-

"YOU HAIRLESS MONKEY!" A loud, domineering voice shattered through the skies. The authority of a deity filled the air to the brim.

Besides the already radiant [Phoenix Icon], a second hexagon shape began to shine. It didn't belong to someone else, no, it came from the same source. The Demonic Phoenix God of Destructive Flames rushed at her like a comet with two Icons above his head.