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The huge abomination roared in pain as the arc of pure light slammed into the side of its face, neck, as well as a part of its chest, cutting it and burning the abomination's flesh.

The impact was powerful enough to make the monster stagger as the thick plating on its cheek, as well as the chest, cracked upon being hit before the light entered through the gaps as Reign willed it to turn formless in order to wound it in such a way.

The parts that were not shielded by the plating were cut and the flesh burned by the light, and the abomination felt pain for the first time in this battle. Reign, on the other side, hovered in the air as his wings of light and darkness spread behind him. He had turned into his Nephilim form, and with the transformation came a surge of power so great that he felt invincible.

Of course, he knew that that was far from the truth as he had already suffered defeat in this form at the hands of Radagan.

Reign's body glowed with a mixture of what looked like celestial light and infernal darkness, the aura around him so great and intense that the very air around him was seemingly humming with energy. His wings flapped, and he suddenly appeared above the abomination, glancing at it from below.

It was recovering fairly quickly. His light, although not like the darkness that would linger longer and make it more difficult for one to heal, but not like Shadow's darkness, which acted as poison, was still more difficult to recover from than usual wounds.

The flesh was seared by it, some remnant energy still remaining, and yet, the immense vitality the abomination possessed was allowing it to slowly start healing.

"Let's see if your healing will be able to keep up," Reign said softly as he dove down toward the creature, his swords clenched in his hands, ready to attack.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

He was like a bolt of lightning, his body not visible as he accelerated and aimed at the abomination's neck. The creature, still not recovered from the previous blow that Reign had delivered, was not fast enough to react in time.

Reign's swords arrived, slamming into the creature's neck. Well, the two long arcs of white and black blade light slammed into the neck, before quickly cutting into it. The immense power that Reign now possessed allowed him to cut through the tough hide like it was nothing, but the flesh and muscles were still not easy to be cut.

The creature let out a guttural roar as thick, black blood sprayed out of the wound, even the white blade light not enough to make it all evaporate.

The monster flailed wildly, trying to shake Reign off, but it was for naught as he used his wings to stay right above the neck and continued cutting deeper inside of it, before finally being forced to retreat as the creature's hand came crashing down on him, almost hitting him, the shockwave it produced forcing him to be pushed back by a couple of meters more.

Reign then quickly swooped back down, aiming at the neck again, but was forced to twist his body in mid-air to dodge several large spikes the giant monster launched at him. Then, he was forced to once again retreat as the giant's huge arm arrived, trying to hit him while he was in the air.

This time, Reign didn't dodge. Instead, he clenched his swords, stared at the approaching hand, and slashed forward, his two swords a blur as they slashed down with immense intensity.

[ Severing, Sword One ]

[ Dual Slash ]

It was a new skill, and yet, not a new skill.

It was the same [ Severing, Sword One ] that Reign had learned to use a long time ago and used frequently, but it was the first time he used it with two swords.

It was a momentary inspiration. A sudden urge, a fleeting glance at something he believed he could perform, and he did perform it.

He didn't think about it, he didn't try hard to get the exact feeling of how he had performed the skill before, he didn't strive for a perfect slash, he just brought his swords down in a familiar fashion, not thinking about anything but cutting, severing the fingers that were present on the giant plated hand.

He slashed down, and nothing happened, the hand continued coming toward him, untouched, not wounded in the slightest.

And then, as it came closer, the fingers of the hand suddenly fell down, cleanly cut from the hand.

But that was not all as right after the fingers, the hand itself split in half, only a bit of the thumb and some flesh and bones remaining, passing near Reign harmlessly except for the powerful gust of wind the swing brought with it.

The giant creature stopped and then stared at its hand, the confusion over what happened evident in its eyes before it let out a scream of pain, the first scream it had ever let out during the battle.

Blood was gushing out of its hand, creating a waterfall that fell down on the ground, the huge volume of blood sweeping some creatures away.

The abominable monster then stared at Reign and roared before charging at him, for the first time truly losing its composure.

The small cuts on the back of its leg it didn't care for. The slash that came from the side, wounding its face, side of its neck, as well as the chest, was a surprise, but nothing the creature would get worked up over.

The dangerous blow it had suffered on its neck made it shocked and a bit apprehensive over Reign's power and lethality, but once again, it was nothing that would cause it to get enraged, for its mind to snap and lash out at Reign, thinking of nothing but his death.

And that was exactly what happened right now.

The monster was enraged, and Reign, who was still levitating in the air, staring at his swords and thinking of what he had just done, seemed like he had just woken up from a stupor as the monster charged at him, its mouth open.

Reign stared at the monster, and its mouth, from which a powerful beam of destructive mana was suddenly launched at him, and did nothing but stand and stare ahead before lifting both of his swords.

And then he slashed down, without thinking too much.

The beam was slashed neatly in half as Reign had placed his swords one right up against the other, holding them together.

"Not the same." Reign muttered as he moved, his body a blur as he went around the giant monster that was now using everything it had to fight him.

'How did I do that, just what was that?'

Reign's earlier strike, the dual [ Severing, Sword One ] was different compared to his regular one. It was much more refined, much easier to do, as well as more powerful.

Reign had never expected to be able to so easily cut the hand of the monster, to cut it off in one slash, he had just hoped to do that to the fingers, nothing else. And yet, he had done just that, he easily cut off the hand, as if it was made out of tofu. Enjoy new adventures from empire

And now, he had no idea how he had done that, nor did he know what to do to regain the feeling of doing that.

'Can't think too much, not now, the transformation won't last forever, and I have to help the others after I take care of this bastard!' Reign thought as he sped up, going all out and flying around the monster whose aura had risen to its peak.

The ground around the abomination was trembling, bits of it levitating as the spikes on its body started being pushed out, launched at Reign with full force.

He was dodging the spikes while in the air and got close and closer before he suddenly fell down, his figure crashing toward the ground, only for his wings to unfurl mere meters from the ground and his body to fly toward the legs, arriving in front of them in an instant.

Reign then clenched his swords and slashed, wounding the front of the legs before quickly positioning himself at the back of the legs, and slashing at one with full force.

[ Severing, Light and Darkness ]

Two arcs of white and black slashed the back of the head, landing right at the gap of the plate and quickly entering deeper and deeper before Reign was finally moved by a spike that came from the side, hitting him as it was too sudden and fast for him to react.

Still, that attack proved to be enough to force the giant abomination to fall down on one knee. It roared in pain as it stared at Reign who was smirking and moving again, ready to continue cutting it apart with his swords.