novelEssence Skill
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Yale appeared outside Nacesai City after exiting the portal. However, even from there, he was able to see that a huge battle had happened in the city.
"The system said forty-eight hours, but the current state is already terrible. I hope everyone is alright."
Yale took out his wings and flew up above the clouds; he didn't dare to be reckless as he wasn't sure of the exact power of the ones who attacked Nacesai City.
He flew directly in the direction of Nacesai Academy because that was the only place where there were people he wanted to protect; he didn't even think about the Roanmad Clan that he already knew that had chosen to cooperate with the True Empire. Of course, he was only aware of the plans; he didn't know if Ange had been already captured or not at that moment.
When Yale saw that the barrier of the Nacesai Academy was still active, he sighed in relief, but he also saw that there was an army surrounding them, and at the pace that they were attacking the barrier it was just a matter of time that they broke it.
"There are many people at the Master Rank and the Expert Rank; beating them won't be easy. Moreover, those two at the Elder Rank will be problematic to deal with."
While Yale was thinking about how to deal with those members of the True Empire, he heard their leader's words including the part about Ange.
At that moment, he lost his control thinking of what could have happened to Ange. Yale was someone who didn't even blink when killing others, but touching any of his sisters was a red line that couldn't be crossed, or he would turn crazy and lose the control.
The Condensed Sword Essence and the Condensed Death Essence activated simultaneously while Yale was thinking of starting to create the Thunder Ice Sword Rain.
However, although the result was similar, it was essentially a different type of skill when it was finished. The swords were thin and small as needles, and they weren't covered by thunder but by the power of the Death Law and the Sword Law; the essences were superior to the laws, so for a skill created through the enlightenment of two essences, having law power in the attack wasn't difficult. Moreover, the swords weren't made from ice, but from a concentrated poison.
"The user obtained the Essence Skill [Death Swords Rain] by enlightenment."
At that moment the definition of the skill appeared in Yale's mind, but he wasn't conscious about that.
"Death Sword Rain: Creates needle-like swords made from poison and covered by the Sword Law and the Death Law. Requires an understanding of Sword Essence and Death Essence. The strength of the attack is related to the user's understanding. It is impossible to use any other energy to create this skill."
That skill surpassed the level of a Law Skill like Time Slash; the Death Sword Rain was an Essence Skill, a type of skill difficult to execute even by Law Masters. The only reason for Yale being able to use it was the enlightenment provoked by the two condensed essences because they were something that surpassed the Law Master level.
The skill was slow to create, but Yale was unconscious of the time while in his enlightenment state. However, when the leader of the attackers to Nacesai City repeated his words after Swordmad reached the barrier, Yale unconsciously launched the attack.
That attack seemed like a normal rain and the swords melted in contact with anything, so no one was alerted until a few seconds later when the poison started to take effect on their bodies.
Those seconds of delay made that everyone in the True Empire's party had been in contact with the Death Sword Rain.
In fact, that was a very powerful attack but also extremely easy to block due to Yale's lack of power to execute it even if the enlightenment state was helping him. Any random energy cover to the body would be enough to avoid being hit, but no one bothered to do that for a bit of rain.
On the other hand, once the poison had penetrated to their bodies thanks to the penetrative power of the Sword Law, the Death Law started to erode their bodies from the inside, making them unable to move freely.
Even the leader who was at the Elder Rank was unable to break free of the poison and needed to use almost all his strength trying to suppress it; the same applied to the other member at the Elder Rank.
The poison wasn't too deadly as long one focus in suppressing it, but it was impossible to get rid of it in a short time, and while trying to suppress it, the power of the people infected would be far lower than usual. Of course, if the poison was left on the body without trying to suppress it, death was the only possible outcome. Moreover, the damage dealt by that kind of poison was extremely difficult to heal due to being related to the Death Essence.
"The ones who shall surrender are all of you!"
Yale shouted those words while he was still in his enlightenment state; those words carried the power of the Death Law and managed to weaken the resolve of those who heard it. That weakening of resolve made that the poison on their bodies acted even quicker.
Just after saying those words, Yale started to create the Thunder Ice Sword Rain, but that time it was also being supported by the two laws related to the Condensed Essences, so the power was higher than the previous time Yale used it.
No one in the Nacesai Academy had time to react after those who had been surrounding them fell all to the ground because soon afterward, the rain changed into a true storm of Thunder Ice Swords that killed those who were incapable of moving in the ground; that was a breathtaking scene.
Those at the Practitioner Rank or lower died immediately, and those at the Expert rank managed to endure a bit, but the poison on their bodies made them unable to defend enough and ended dying.
Only those at the Elder Rank and the Master Rank were able to survive to that rain of swords, but the Master Rank ones ended in a miserable state after the storm ended; they were alive, but without a proper healing they would end dying.
They needed to use their strength to suppress the poison on their bodies making that they couldn't focus on their wounds. They were nearing death from the inside and the outside, and they weren't strong enough to solve that issue by themselves.
Swordmad was shocked by the sudden development of the situation, but he could see that the Elder Rank members of the other party were incredibly weakened, so it was a good chance to kill them.
He hadn't recognized Yale's voice because Yale's current voice wasn't the same voice he had when he was a kid.
Swordmad exited the barrier creating an opening that would have been used to destroy the barrier moments before, but none of those who were still alive had that kind of strength after receiving Yale's attacks.
There wasn't any time for those at the Elder Rank to speak, Swordmad beheaded them immediately. However, dying wasn't the end to their suffering, the Death Law covering Yale's attacks was also eroding their souls after dying in the hands of Swordmad. That was the reason why the Death Law was so fearful.
Swordmad smiled after those two died; they alone were able to tie Swordmad and Sainac, but at that moment they were killed by Swordmad without any effort thanks to their weakened state.
All the others who managed to survive were also mercilessly killed by Swordmad; he had never been someone who liked to leave potential threats behind.
"If I can ask. Who is the friend that has helped us? I want to express our thanks for your assistance."
Swordmad wasn't someone who usually thanked others, but that time he knew that the help had been crucial for the survival of the Nacesai Academy.
Moreover, anyone who could make such a great area attack wasn't a simple person; those two attacks hadn't killed those at the Master Rank or the Elder Rank, but the attacks had covered a great area. Although those who were at least at the Master Rank hadn't died, they were still deeply affected by the attacks making that Swordmad killed all of them without effort. Thus, the one who cast such an attack was worthy of being befriended by an expert like Swordmad.
"There is no need to thank me. Master, I hope that you haven't forgotten me after those six years."
When Swordmad heard those words, a winged man descended from the sky. Yale ended his enlightenment state when he heard the words of Swordmad and went to meet him.
"Yale?"
Swordmad hadn't been more shocked in his entire life, but he was sure that the winged man was Yale. Although Yale had grown a lot since the last time Swordmad met him, it was still possible for Swordmad to recognize him.
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