Chapter 2551: Specialty of war

"Are they getting stronger?"

It was only a bit at first, but this was still something that could be seen.

As the fight progressed, it really seemed like the Apostles of Destruction were becoming stronger.

Not only did they move faster and become stronger physically, it was as if they had been injected with corruption energy with how they even started negating divine energy faster.

This was like some kind of buff had been cast on the Apostles of Destruction.

But where did this buff come from?

"Move back, let the swords bear the brunt of the attack."

The relic users didn’t seem happy when they heard this, but there was nothing that they could do about it. If they were to force it, it would be them that would be injured and they would be even more of a bother at that time.

So instead, they started focusing even more on the movements of the Apostles of Destruction. They were looking for even the slightest opening that they could exploit.

Only it didn’t matter what kind of opening they found, they couldn’t actually do anything.

It seemed that as more time passed, the stronger they became.

"Is this the power of War?" I couldn’t help muttering under my breath as I watched them.

This wasn’t the first time that this was happening, it was just that this was completely different from what had been demonstrated previously. The buff that these Apostles of Destruction were using had something that was missing from it.

"They can still be injured?"

It was something that had been a problem when I faced War previously.

War had the ability to heal itself and continue to fight no matter what happened. At the same time, it had created countless soldiers that fought alongside itself.

So the fact that they didn’t seem to have any of this meant that at the very least, they weren’t on the same level as War.

"It’s only that they’re just not on the same level as War right now, there’s no telling what will happen in the future. No, even now, they’re growing stronger because they’re using us to practice their abilities and grow."

It meant that I had fallen for the same thing where I was holding back so they wouldn’t know what else I was hiding. But right now, it was necessary for me to use some of the things that I was hiding to take care of these Apostles of Destruction.

"I’m thinking too much..." I couldn’t help letting out a sigh as this thought passed through my mind before gathering my divine energy once more.

This time, the swords started moving at a completely different speed.

The relic users that saw this all had complicated expressions, but they did what they could to follow behind the swords as they flew at the Apostles of Destruction.

When the Apostles of Destruction clashed with the swords, they suddenly moved away. It seemed like they could tell that there was something that changed with these swords, so they became wary of it.

Even if they could grow stronger, it was a problem if the other side suddenly became stronger than them.

They could only grow in increments and if they were overwhelmed, there would be no space for them to grow stronger.

Which was why the Apostles of Destruction looked at each other once more.

It seemed like there was some kind of secret message that was sent between them with the way that they were acting. However, it didn’t seem like they were planning on cooperating with each other either.

It was as if they were just trying to think of a way to sacrifice everyone so that they could survive.

"Roar!"

There was this strange roar that came from the Apostles of Destruction at the same time.

This wasn’t a signal that they were sending each other, this was a signal that seemed to be for something else.

"Ah! How is it reviving?"

This didn’t come from the cave itself, but rather from the outside.

Of course, it wasn’t that the relic user that said this was just purely caught off guard by the corruption energy monster that it was fighting. This was a message that was also being sent to the people inside of the cave.

After all, the corruption energy monsters that caught them off guard and broke through their defensive lines were coming towards the ones in the cave.

The way that they ran over, it looked like the corruption energy monsters were planning to come and save the Apostles of Destruction.

Seeing this, there were relic users that turned around to face the corruption energy monsters.

They were the ones that had been relying on the swords to cover them the most, so they knew that they wouldn’t be able to help with facing the Apostles of Destruction. Which was why they chose to do the only thing that they thought would help.

However, it didn’t seem like any of them could actually do anything to the corruption energy monsters that charged in.

"How can they still survive all this?"

That was what they thought when they saw the corruption energy monsters gathering themselves after receiving their attacks. It didn’t seem to matter just how strong they made their attacks, the corruption energy monsters received everything that came at them.

Once they reached the cave, they didn’t all move in the same manner.

Rather, the corruption energy monsters split up between them and moved to each of the Apostles of Destruction. The way that they surrounded the Apostles of Destruction was as if they were all moving separately from each other.

It didn’t seem like any of the groups of corruption energy monsters were planning on working together with the way that they were positioned. It seemed like they were all part of different armies with how they surrounded the Apostles of Destruction.

This was most likely part of War’s power, but it really was hard to imagine what they would gain from doing such a thing.