Chapter 695: Fighting Against the Wind

"Then you’d better not underestimate it." Lian did not smile and only took one step forward.

The Apostate raised his sword.

But before the attack began, One slammed his hand into the ground again.

[ Cascade Rupture Hand ]

The previous cracks beneath the knight’s feet began moving again, and the Apostate immediately noticed and opened one of his wings.

The air pressure moved his body backward from the damaged part of the ground, but this was exactly what Lian had expected.

’Two.’

The Eight-Disaster Wolf raised his head.

[ Skyless Howl ]

A deep howl came from the wolf’s throat, and a wave of mana moved toward the knight.

The gray wing that had opened to change his position lost its smooth movement for a fraction of a second.

It was a very short time, but Lian was already prepared and used the maximum speed of his wings to close the distance in one movement.

Mana was compressed around his right fist.

[ Gravebreaker Spiral ]

A fused skill that focused several successive destructive waves on the point of impact.

But the knight was also fast enough, and his twelve gray wings moved and closed around his body like dense layers.

[ Ashen Aegis ]

A multilayered defense made from the knight’s huge wings that distributed the pressure of strikes between the feathers and different layers.

Lian’s fist struck the shield.

The first wave shook the outer feathers violently.

The second wave tore several long feathers away.

The third wave reached the inner layer, but before it could strike the armor, the final defensive layer spread out the remaining pressure.

The sound of the impact echoed across the entire plateau.

The Apostate moved back less than one step.

Lian looked at the shield in front of him for a moment.

’Even this strike couldn’t reach his armor.’ He frowned, but his gaze immediately stopped on the feathers that had fallen away.

’No, it wasn’t useless.’

Several outer feathers had been damaged.

And more importantly, the knight had been forced to close all his wings around his body to perform this defense.

As a result, he had lost the ability to move them freely for a moment.

’So his defense isn’t absolute.’

Lian immediately moved backward.

Just as the wings opened, the huge sword came out from between them and struck his previous position.

The stone ground split apart.

But young Vorhelm had landed several meters away, and he slowly opened and closed his right hand.

"You have good defense."

"You also possess powers that do not belong to this world." The Forsaken Apostate turned his head toward him.

"You haven’t seen many of my powers yet." Lian answered with a smile.

The Apostate raised his sword.

"Then reveal them."

Young Vorhelm took one step forward.

"Don’t rush."

And at that exact moment, the airflow around the plateau changed.

First, the ashes on the ground began moving.

Then small stones rose from the cracks in the plateau and began spinning in the air.

A cold wind blew from the surrounding cliffs, and for a moment, even the sound of the knight’s wings moving was lost in the airflow.

Lian kept his eyes on the twelve gray wings.

’What are you preparing this time?’

The Forsaken Apostate held his sword in front of his body.

His wings gradually spread apart, and mana flows gathered around their long feathers.

[ Typhon’s Twelve-Winged Tempest ]

A moment later, the wind covered the entire plateau.

Small stones began moving at high speed, and the ashes on the ground spun in the air, forming tall tornadoes.

One of the damaged pillars in the western part of the battlefield broke under the wind’s pressure, and its stone pieces scattered across the ground.

Lian looked at the pillar for a moment.

’So he’s using his wings to control the entire battlefield.’

"Do you think you’re the only one who can do that?" He fully opened the Wings of God.

A powerful flow of air formed in front of him and moved directly toward the knight.

The two air currents collided in the middle of the battlefield.

The pressure from the collision scattered the surrounding ashes, and for a few moments, the space between the two fighters became clear of dust.

But the Apostate immediately changed the direction of four wings on his right side.

A new air current approached Lian from the side, he moved his left wing and redirected most of the pressure upward.

The first current had not completely passed him when two more of the knight’s wings moved.

This time, the wind came toward him from a lower angle.

Young Vorhelm left the ground with a short movement and landed several meters away.

Hmm.

The knight changed the direction of his wings again, and three separate air currents moved from different directions.

Lian quickly passed between two currents and changed the angle of the Wings of God, allowing the third current to pass beside his body.

But now he understood the situation.

He has the advantage when it comes to controlling wind.

The twelve wings allowed the Apostate to create and control several independent air currents at the same time.

In comparison, if Lian focused all his attention on directly fighting against the storm, he would only trap himself in a useless competition.

But he wasn’t planning to defeat him in a wind competition.

He kept his eyes on the knight.

’I just need to force him to move his wings.’

Then he sent a new command through Hive Dominion.

’One, from the left. Two, wait for my signal.’

The huge ant, who was positioned behind one of the broken pillars, placed two of his hands on the ground.

[ Ruinfall Hand ]

One struck the base of the cracked pillar in front of him.

The upper part of the pillar broke away, and a huge mass of broken stones collapsed into the path of the wind.

The storm collided with the stone pieces.

The smaller stones were crushed in the air, but the larger pieces changed the direction of part of the air current for a moment.

The Apostate moved two wings on his left side to push the stones away.

And at that exact moment, Two took action.

[ Bone Mountain ]

Several large bone pillars rose from the damaged ground.

They stood in the path of the wind and took part of the storm’s pressure for several seconds.

The sound of bones cracking could be heard.

The knight moved two more wings to break the obstacle.

Now.

Lian jumped from one of the broken pillars, and the Wings of God changed his direction toward the center of the battlefield with a short movement.

The Apostate noticed him approaching and raised his huge sword, but before the blade could reach the path of his attack, Lian landed on the ground.

[ Thunder Ashen Step ]

A short flow of lightning formed around his feet, and he moved toward the monster with a powerful jump, turning into ash at the last moment.

With a quick change of direction, he passed beside the blade and appeared on the knight’s right side.

However, even in this situation, the Forsaken Apostate did not completely abandon his defense, and one of his upper wings moved toward Lian.

Young Vorhelm had already been waiting for this reaction, he lowered his body and passed beneath the wing’s path.

Now the knight’s right shoulder was in front of him.

Lian closed his right fist.

[ Disaster Suppression Fist ]