Is this really a Game?!

Chapter 1021: A Battle of Soul Power

'Yeah, it seems the previous rage and loss of control was just a way for him to hide what he was truly doing.' Reign told Aethion as he stared at the leader whose eyes were still bloodshot, but contrary to how they looked before, there was a fierce and sneaky glint inside of them.

The leader did indeed lose himself for a moment, but the voice inside his head made use of that and told him to continue acting as if he was going crazy and to manipulate the corruption into forming the sharp vines that could be used to attack Reign when he wasn't expecting it.

Right after the first vine came more, they were launched from all sides, blocking off all directions and making it impossible for Reign to dodge them.

"Fine by me!" Reign shouted with a wide smile as he launched himself forward, seemingly eager to clash against them.

His light intensified as it was now focused more on the swords that he used to slash his way through the vines. He was going straight at the leader with a burning desire to cut him apart while destroying the vines with great ferocity and intensity.

The leader's expression changed slightly upon seeing the sight. He knew how powerful Reign was, as well as how fast he was, but he didn't expect him to cut through the vines as if they were made out of paper.

Each swing of Reign's swords cut multiple vines apart, and the leader created more that he sent forward, trying to at least stop Reign from coming close. Experience tales at m v|l e'-NovelBin.net

That would not work, however, as Reign was able to cut through the vines and shorten the distance between them faster than the leader could create and launch the vines, making the situation more and more dangerous to him.

Reign was about 2 meters in front of him, his swords up and slashing downwards as the leader suddenly smirked.

The swords cut through him easily, neatly cutting his body in 3 parts, but unlike before, the pieces didn't immediately turn into corruption and then reform somewhere else, no, this time, the three pieces of his body turned pitch-black before launching at Reign.

Each piece suddenly turned into a blade made out of corruption, striking at Reign when he least expected it.

Reign gritted his teeth and did his best to block the blades, actually managing to knock off and even destroy two of them, but one managed to hit him.

The blade was sharp and managed to cut through his powerful skin, drawing blood and cutting through his flesh, but it stopped there, not able to do any more damage before Reign's light destroyed it.

It was a nasty-looking wound that would make a person wince just by looking at it, but it wasn't serious for Reign whose light immediately started healing him. The corruption was unable to do what it did best, corrupt.

He was a Nephilim, a being that had the blood of the most powerful being of the universe inside of him, even Greenie in his Vajra form was unable to be corrupted, much less Reign and any other Nephilim.

He shrugged it off and stared at the leader whose body once again reformed about 15 meters away from him. It reformed from the corruption, but this time, the process took longer, and his body was not as healthy as before as he looked a bit haggard.

'I see, if he sacrifices the body, he can create it into a weapon to use against you, but there is a cost for doing so, it takes him longer to reform and his body gets weaker, not to mention the bond he has with the corruption empowering his body also gets weaker.' Aethion said as he stared at the leader before smirking.

'His soul is also a bit damaged from it, what he did just now is not a tactic that he can just use whenever he wants to, it seems to have quite the price, and I have no doubt that it is also a bit dangerous, perhaps he can lose even more if he doesn't do it well.'

Reign said nothing and charged at the leader again while the latter did the same as before, summoning waves of corruption that rose around them like waves before crashing down on Reign.

Multiple such waves appeared between the two of them, making it impossible for Reign to see the leader, but he could sense him, he didn't need to have him in his sight in order to locate him.

Reign went straight through the first wave, cutting it in half with his swords, as well as the vines of corruption that were placed inside by the leader in order to try and surprise Reign once more and wound him.

"Did you really think I wouldn't notice it?!" Reign shouted with a smile as he passed through the first wave before suddenly slowing down a bit and pouring all of his light into one sword.

It shone as bright as the sun for a moment as Reign suddenly slashed forward, and the light moved from the sword, creating what looked like a giant laser sword that cut multiple waves apart and nearly cut the leader who had moved back by instinct and was only grazed by it.

Even then, being grazed by the sword was enough to wound him quite a bit he winced in pain before widening his eyes.

'That's right, we don't need to play your game, you damn bastard.' Reign thought as an arrow made out of soul power was launched at the leader, reaching him almost instantly. It crossed the distance between the two, which was now about 23 meters, in a second and the leader was barely able to form a barrier of soul power to try and stop the arrow.

But it was not enough as the arrow penetrated through the small but thick barrier with ease before continuing forward and hitting the leader. The leader's body shook again, and the corruption around him slowed down, some of the waves and vines falling down as his soul was damaged once again.

'Hmm, whatever is inside him is doing a good job protecting his soul.' Aethion said as he placed a hand on his chin and stared at the leader before launching a total of 5 more soul attacks at the leader while the latter had not recovered.

The attacks all arrived and struck the leader, causing his eyes to bulge out in pain as he felt his soul being stabbed by the attacks.

'Not enough, hmmm … what about this then?' Aethion asked as a ton of soul power was suddenly controlled, tens of powerful souls inside Reign's consciousness being sacrificed as a ray of soul power was launched at the leader.

The leader's body suddenly collapsed, however, turning into corruption and evading the attack before reforming elsewhere, only for another ray to be launched at him.

The same thing repeated itself for 4 times before Aethion stopped, not wishing to sacrifice more souls, but smiling widely.

He knew now that whatever was inside the leader's head was not capable of using most of the leader's soul power as he could do with Reign. He was Reign's slave, they were bound to each other and Reign had absolute trust in Aethion simply because the latter could not betray him, otherwise, he would also die.

Because of that, Aethion could do whatever he wished with the souls present in Reign's consciousness, and utilize as much soul power as he wished, but the entity that was inside the leader's head could not do the same.

In fact, it seemed to be much weaker than Aethion and could only do so much to protect the leader's soul, but a powerful attack such as the ray was above what it could take.

The leader was forced to evade the attack 5 times in total, and out of those 5, he had to abandon his body, just like he had done to attack Reign, twice, leading to him becoming even weaker than before.

Because of that, Aethion knew that they would soon be able to defeat him, he just needed Reign to get close, and he would deal the final blow. The leader would either die, or the entity would show itself, those were the only two possibilities.

And Reign knew that very well, thus he used his light to its maximum and charged at the leader, appearing in front of his weakened body in an instant before stabbing through him with a sword. Aethion then quickly attacked, striking the leader with a lance made out of soul power, freezing his body with the pain of the attack.

But something was wrong as Aethion stared at the body before staring at one place that was now changing.

'Kid, the soul is gone, this is now nothing more but an empty shell, quickly throw it away!'

Reign listened to Aethion and threw the body away with full power, which turned to be the right move as it exploded soon after.

'Get ready, the real enemy is finally showing itself.'

'The origin of corruption, it's finally here.'