The Ghosthound hissed and spun his leg arcing up to crack against HankÆs shoulder and send the man sprawling But that was all the time Paolo needed to catch up to the GhosthoundÆs back and bring both of his hands wreathed in glorious golden light crashing down toward their quarryÆs back
The Ghosthound twisted and thrust forward with his right arm while taking a step forward Blood sprayed out of a gaping hole as he opened in PaoloÆs shoulder even while the wounded man in question planted his foot and roared fully in the GhosthoundÆs face With that thunderous shout came a searing image of challenge that blasted the Ghosthound directly
The Ghosthound winced and took a half step back
Which put him perfectly in line for Tykes’ massive metal orb to smash toward him The huge projectile howled with an image of momentum seeming to possess all the force of a collapsing mountain Tykes pumped his legs and shoved it forward with all his strength
The Ghosthound twisted and lashed out with his right arm But even he seemed surprised when his bone spear of a right arm skewered through the iron ball and he was still impacted as the ball slid along the length of bone Then Tykes planted his feet and physically shoved the ball forward knocking the Ghosthound off balance
A split second later the GhosthoundÆs back foot smashed down and he stopped Tykes dead But again that brief moment was enough of an opening for the powerful warriors they had gathered to intervene
Huang Shou and Glendel glanced at each other Then Huang Shou pointed at the Ghosthound Be Still
Even as he handled the aggression of the arrayed figured of Tykes Lucifer Paolo and Kayle the GhosthoundÆs gaze whipped around to focus on Huang Shou as he spoke The Ghosthound then barred his teeth his shoulders rolled and began to pop once more as some new change came over the Grim Chimera
Glendel slapped his hands together and created a noise that echoed through the underground training arena SovereignÆs Guillotine
That massive phantom and its dark crown that stood behind Glendel began to tremble with exertion The towering figure raised a shadowy finger and from it sprung a keening wailing blade that shot toward the Ghosthound There was something overwhelming that Huang Li could sense from that blade It pressured the surrounding space to surrender to it to give completely into the fate that it brought In terms of image this was the most condensed strike against the Ghosthound yet Paolo punched Kayle and Lucifer slashed and Tykes continued to strain against the massive iron ball to keep the Ghosthound locked in place to receive that attack
A tremor ran through the GhosthoundÆs body right before the attack landed transforming into a massive shaking that sundered TykesÆ massive iron ball right down the middle From that broken orb of metal emerged a slender hand that seized TykesÆ face By the time the dust cleared from GlendelÆs SovereignÆs Guillotine landing Tykes had been tossed to the side
He had been rendered instantly unconscious just like Giuliana
But they had scored another deep hit against him The GhosthoundÆs left hip and much of his thigh had been ripped open flesh and bone appearing strangely more like a thin film with an underlying metal scaffolding than flesh Seeing the wound Huang Li was reminded of seeing the peeled back exterior of a zeppelin than any examination of a living being With all the dangerous explosiveness of a hydrogen balloon considering the radiating heatwaves and the horrifying image that was also escaping through that new wound
The worst part was that the Grim Chimera stirred again once more given outlet into the world The heatwaves were starting to fade around the Ghosthound revealing the sharp edged details of his form Just that sliver of the Grim ChimeraÆs image seemed to reach out and squeeze Huang LiÆs heart
But the GhosthoundÆs face was twisted into a grimace the attack had definitively dealt damage
Huang Li also didnÆt miss the change in the GhosthoundÆs right arm The bone spear appeared to have swollen within TykesÆ iron ball with enough force to rupture it and taken on different proportions The new limb was still thin and when all the slender fingers were pressed together still formed a sharp point but now five spindly fingers stretched from a skeletally thin forearm Compared to the dominant left arm the balance struck Li as comically horrifying Rather than any muscles the entire thing seemed to be held together by pitch black tendons creating a stark contrast to the dried blood and yellow of the bones
Kayle yelped abruptly drawing everyoneÆs attention And suddenly the Ghosthound was gone pouncing forward at his most recent prey At some point a long tail as thick as two fists pressed together had snaked outward from the GhosthoundÆs waist With a flick it swept KayleÆs feet out from under him By the time Huang Li had registered these facts the Ghosthound was springing forward to knock the runner up out of this ambush
The Fifth Revelation Want
Alana blazed with holy fire smashing into the Ghosthound before he could reach the surprised Kayle At the last moment the Ghosthound twisted midair like a feral cat and met this new threat His massive left arm whipped around smashing into AlanaÆs almost blinding spear thrusts Once more the Grim Chimera manifested its fury completely apparent For a brief instant the impact of images was so powerful that Huang Li coughed and was forced to take a step back
In the air above them Grim Chimera and prophet Valkyrie fought It was a frozen instant of a full impact between the two images
Then Alana grunted and was sent tumbling backward Her image flickered and then died around her like the flames had been buried in ice Kayle was able to regain his feet but the twisting movement that the Ghosthound used to face Alana allowed him to also bring his tail around in a whip blow that smashed Kayle into the ground sent him bouncing away like a ragdoll
Lucifer Slash Lucifer quickly stepped in but the wounded Ghosthound was even more monstrously fast than he had been while at peak health The Ghosthound avoided it with a single step toward Dinesh but Donny was instantly blocking his way As though he had expected that the Ghosthound stepped again and rushed toward the previously motionless Stan Lyra opened her palms and released a powerful ray of violet light but the Ghosthound ducked under it without slowing at all
On cue Stan erupted into a perfect mirror of the Ghosthound leaping forward and lashing out with the sharp and slender claws on his left hand It was the Grim Chimera hitting all the same notes but on a much smaller scale Yet like a handler cradling a newborn giraffe the Ghosthound slipped under the blow and touched Stan on his head and waist at the same time The man instantly crumpled the imitation Grim Chimera gone
The Ghosthound turned to regard the rest of them Heh The Grim Chimera grows based on danger How could a freshly born version be anything compared to me Which begs the question that IÆve been wondering since this started
The Ghosthound tilted his head to the side Why bother with this Do you really want a beating that badly
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LuciferÆs eyes blazed as he considered the challenging tilt of the GhosthoundÆs head LuciferÆs own shoulders rose and fell with each heavy desperate breath struggling to wring just an ounce more potency about his own image His gaze was locked onto the Ghosthound If it wasnÆt for you
Everyone had their own reasons for accepting AlanaÆs invitation to this fight But for Lucifer it was because the Ghosthound was strong Overwhelmingly so Because there was a strong foe why was it confusing that he challenged him
The proof of the GhosthoundÆs strength could be seen in their current situation Of their starting group three had already been eliminated Giuliana made Lucifer the most furious but the biggest loss was probably Stan Eliminating him early meant that his ability to copy anotherÆs image didnÆt have much of a chance to get established Stan had been a fallback plan should the fight well go as it was currently going
The most infuriating thing was that Lucifer could clearly sense the GhosthoundÆs theoretical limits The man was mentally exhausted to the point that he basically only released his image when seriously threatened by an attack And each of those image pulses though powerful further decreased his available energy Even if the Ghosthound had an immense reservoir of Willpower originally that had been reduced to a dry wasteland with a few intermittent puddles This was the version of the Ghosthound that was the most mortal