Chapter 527: 467 The sun in the storm
"Clang—!"
This was the second time the sound of clashing metal, like the ringing of a bell, echoed.
The slash Reiger, transformed into flickering sun flames, made from behind himself landed on what seemed like Woodworth’s fragile neck. Yet, just like before, it only managed to slice through a gust of wind, shaking Woodworth back.
"Tch..."
Feeling the recoil from the sword, Reiger couldn’t help but click his tongue in awe.
"Useless!"
At that moment, Woodworth had already recovered, turning around and grinning ferociously at Reiger.
"The trifling weapons of humans could never harm this body made of Sub-Etherial substance!"
As he spoke, Woodworth unleashed the Magic Power he had been gathering in his hand.
The Magic Power, gleaming with a deadly light, had somehow turned into a beam of dark radiance in Woodworth’s hand. And the moment Woodworth released it, it struck like Thunder Strike, roaring towards Reiger.
Through his perception of the translucent world, Reiger sensed the solidified power within the beam of light.
Feeling that power, Reiger made a judgment almost without thinking.
"I cannot let that light hit me."
Otherwise, even he would find himself in deep trouble.
And so—
"Self-Time Acceleration."
Reiger activated the time magic that could only affect himself.
The reason he did not employ time magic on Woodworth was because Reiger instinctively felt that it might not be effective.
Woodworth’s defense was not solely effective against physical attacks, it surely was effective against magic attacks.
As a natural bearer of the mysterious Sub-Etherial substance, unless Reiger could break through the layer of protection on Woodworth’s body, no matter whether it was space magic like "Dimensional Cut," or time magic like "Time Stop" and "Time Stasis," they were probably ineffective against Woodworth.
Thus, instead of wasting Magic Power attempting to affect Woodworth, it was better to use that part of the Magic Power to enhance his own strength.
With this thought, Reiger entered the accelerated world of self, his figure vanishing soundlessly, dodging the light strike that was coming at him.
"Boom!"
The ray of light that Woodworth unleashed then struck the ground, truly like a bolt of lightning, shattering the ground.
At the same time, Reiger reappeared behind Woodworth, launching a fierce assault at him.
"Sun Breathing·Seventh Form·Yang Hua Strike!"
The black sword, wrapped in a ring of violent flames, smashed into Woodworth with the force of breaking the sound barrier.
"Bang!"
An explosion sounded, and flames burst from the center of Woodworth’s back, creating a terrible shockwave.
The shockwave caused the ground beneath both Reiger and Woodworth to fracture inch by inch, and even pulverized the stone that was thrown up.
"Didn’t I say it was useless!?"
Woodworth remained completely unscathed, spinning around as if the explosion behind him never existed and launched a barrage of claw strikes.
However, Reiger seemed to have anticipated this move and had predicted that his attack would be futile against Woodworth, thus swiftly dodging the storm of claw strikes with a flash of his body.
"Sun Breathing·First Form·Round Dance!"
A circular slash appeared, carrying intense flames, striking Woodworth and forcing him to stagger back in the exploding fire.
"Sun Breathing·Second Form·Biluo Sky!"
Without waiting for Woodworth to counter, Reiger leaped high, like a plummeting sun, and with his black sword traced a circle, vertically slashing at Woodworth’s neck, causing him to stagger back once more.
"Sun Breathing·Third Form·Fierce Sun Red Mirror!"
The black sword, burning with flames, suddenly traced the ’∞’ symbol, turning into a pair of symmetric, sharp slashes, one in front and one behind, impacting Woodworth, causing his just-stabilized figure to fall into disarray again.
"Damn it!"
Enraged, Woodworth, ignoring his uncontrollable posture, swung a massive area of claw light at Reiger, intending to shred the Swordsman in front of him.
"Phantom Sun Halo!"
Reiger, flickering with sun flames, reappeared behind Woodworth once more, delivering a fiery strike.
Thus, Reiger sequentially executed the sword forms of Sun Breathing with Woodworth as the target.
"Sun Train!"
"Bone-Burning Sun!"
"Yang Hua Strike!"
"Flying Wheel Yang Flame!"
"Slanting Sun Turnaround!"
"Brilliant Grace!"
"Sun Halo Dragon·Leading Dance!"
"Flame Dance!"
As each sword form was executed by Reiger, the Sun’s Fire turned into intense flames that continuously exploded on Woodworth’s body, making him retreat step by step.
When the twelfth form of Sun Breathing, "Flame Dance," concluded, Reiger’s blade movement had just returned to the state where he could execute the first form, "Round Dance," without any pause. He directly moved on to sequentially execute the sword forms of Sun Breathing once again, each move pounding against Woodworth.
By cycling through the twelve sword forms of Sun Breathing, forming a cycle, Reiger launched an unending attack on his enemy, which was reminiscent of the sun rising in the east, setting in the west after a day’s journey, and then rising again. One cycle followed another, relentlessly, leaving Woodworth with no time to even catch his breath.