Chapter 137 - Is This All What Your Family Can Offer?
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Noah smiled calmly as the four members of the Crystal Family rushed towards him.
Ruby generated even sharper spears made of red-colored jewels, completely filled with flames.
Sapphire generated blue-colored blades of jewels, covered in icy winds.
Agate generated large spheres of multi-colored jewels that generated enormous quantities of light, charging dozens of lasers towards Noah.
And Amber summoned enormous boulders made of gold-colored jewels, directing them at Noah to crush him into minced meat!
But Noah only thought about a few things through his fast-speed thought processing and his parallel mind.
"How dull… Is this all that this family has to offer? Just summon crystals of colors with infused elements… What a lack of variety…" he thought, as an enormous mass of blood emerged out of the wound on his hand, startling the four siblings!
However, they smiled again, as their attacks were just a few meters to reach Noah now!
He was done for!
He would be burned, frozen, penetrated by lasers, and crushed by giant boulders!
No matter what kind of weird Skill he used, there was no way to escape from this fate.
It was now… but a matter of seconds before he was to die.
…Or so they thought.
The blood expanded wildly all around, as the enormous head of a Blazing Wyrm Emperor emerged out of it in mere milliseconds!
It began to charge energy within one millisecond.
And after that, a blast of blazing crimson flames was released from its gigantic maw, destroying all the attacks at the same time!
Ruby, Sapphire, Agate, and Amber were engulfed by the flames, as their attacks were disintegrated in seconds, and they began to feel their skin burning, grilling them alive!
The pain began to seep into their very flesh, entering their muscles, eyes, and burning their hair!
"W-What the…?! Unghhh!" cried Ruby, as she created a wall of red jewels to protect herself.
"Aagghh! GGYAAAHH…!" groaned Sapphire, he had created a barrier with his blue-colored jewels, but they broke due to the intensity of the flames and the fire began to burn his body with even more intensity!
"Nnnngghhhaaahhh…!" Agate was caught by the fire, the agonizing pain dulled her senses and her Skills couldn't activate in time!
"Ngh! My siblings!" cried Amber, the only one who seemed not so damaged by the attack, she quickly generates an enormous boulder by pouring large quantities of her mana, protecting everyone from the attack!
CLASH! BOOM!
An explosion resonated through the entire manor, as the magic smoke slowly dissipated, revealing the wall Amber created being still there, barely…
"Hmph… They survived my breath attack… I apologize, my lord. I am not worthy of serving you," sighed Pride, the Blazing Wyrm Emperor Blood Servant.
"Don't worry about that. We also have to let the rest practice with their abilities a bit…" said Noah, simply glancing at the scene. Through this whole ordeal he has not even moved from his throne, he was simply unfazed, like a true final boss.
Amber and her siblings were gasping for air, as Ruby rushed towards Sapphire and Agate, giving them C-Grade Potions to heal their burns, but the healing effect was not as intense, they were still almost defeated.
However, they somehow got themselves up, activating several enhancement Skills to resist the pain…
But instead of anger, there was now simply fear within their minds.
What have they done by coming here?
No matter how much they searched, they never realized how strong was Noah, nor what were his true abilities.
They had made a bunch of assumptions, and although they made many preparations… by two attacks of Noah, they already realized that he was not someone of D-Rank power…
In fact, he was superior to all of them.
A simple breath attack from Pride burned through the flesh of Sapphire and Agate, putting them on the border of death to be barely saved by potions.
Ruby was clenching her teeth with fear, and Amber was perhaps the only one that could actually fight against Noah as she was B-Rank, but she realized that her siblings had become a burden, needing to protect their lives against a threat she thought would be easy even for them…
A single attack from Pride was enough to determine that this was a one-sided battle.
Ridiculous.
Not even a strong B-Rank Hunter would be able to unleash such a strong, almost instantaneous attack such as the breath that Pride unleashed.
They were simply overwhelmed.
"Hahh… You three, escape now! We have to survive! We misunderstood Noah and his group strength!" said Amber, deciding to retreat and gather more strength before deciding to even attack Noah again!
"What? But sister! We can't… we have to avenge…" muttered Ruby.
"SHUT UP! Ruby, run, right NOW! Stop defying my orders little lady!" said Amber, her eyes glowing with golden light and anger! She was becoming desperate!
"Nngh… Sister… We will fight at your side…!" said Sapphire.
"Please, let us help you… We will die together… if that's what we have to do to avenge our brother!" said Agate.
"No… You cannot… If I lose any more of you… I do not… I…" muttered Amber, beginning to doubt what she could do in this situation, even as a B-Rank, perhaps she could run away, but without her help, her siblings could be as good as dead!
"You should feel honored by being given the pleasure of dying by our hands and that of Noah, especially because you shall serve him even after death! In fact, you should be rejoicing right now, fools!"
Suddenly, the voice of a young woman emerged out of nowhere, with a flash of blue fire, reaching towards Ruby!
"Eh?!"
CLASH!
Ruby quickly managed to block the attack by generating a shield of red jewels covered in flames, which were impacted by the blue and cold flames generated by the individual that attacked her!
CRASH!
The Shield of red jewels quickly shattered into pieces, but Ruby managed to evade and move back, managing to glance at the woman!
Her size was petite, probably of her same height, she had a bobby-styled haircut and bright red hair, with crimson eyes and pale white skin, her nails were as long as blades, and as sharp as them as well, while secreting a purple liquid from within… her entire body was shrouded in a blue-colored phantom, resembling the tails of foxes and two fox ears.
Although she had changed a lot… this girl, they recognized her…
"You are… Iris!" said Ruby.
"That is the name of your future mistress," said Iris rather proudly, covering her long and black-colored blade-like nails with blue flames once more, and rushing towards Ruby!
FLASH!
Her speed was way too fast, Ruby barely generated a few blades of red jewels and threw them at Iris, but she easily sliced them into pieces with her nails and blue flames!
Amber, Sapphire, and Agate were in shock due to Iris's immense speed and prowess, but Amber quickly clenched her teeth as she flew towards Iris, trying to stop her by firing a giant boulder at her!
However, Iris smiled at Amber as she evaded the boulder in time, as Amber suddenly felt an enormous and cold presence emerging behind her!
Amber slowly moved her head backward, finding the man behind the slaughter.
"I decided that it would be a good idea to fight you, you are the strongest here after all. Let's make this battle an insightful one, any challenge I can get will increase my capabilities, so make sure to not hold back!"
"Noah?!"
Amber's eyes opened wide as she did not even realize when Noah appeared behind her! But this was thanks to Noah's Mist Form Skill, as he used it to easily sneak behind her while she was distracted!
"The very one!" laughed Noah, as he covered himself in an Elemental Blood Gem Armor in an instant, resembling a crimson giant with enormous bat-like wings!
His claws grew immensely, covering themselves in flames, winds, and lightning through the Elemental Blood Gem Creation Skill, which Noah infused into his very Claws to generate Elemental Blood Gem Claws!
CLASH!
With a single swipe of his claws, Amber was thrown into the wall behind her, the enormous elemental attack inflicted great damage to her defenseless body, although it was the physique of a B-Rank, she had not activated any buffing skill yet, and received the full extent of Noah's attack!
"Nnnggaaaahhh…!"
Amber suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, as she impacted the wall, shattering it and leaving a large spiderweb-shaped crater… the manor itself resisted this much damage because it had been enhanced by Noah's Crimson Aegis and made into what he called "his domain".
"Already vomiting blood?" asked Noah, emerging right before Amber with Crimson Flash!
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