Child of Destiny

Chapter 1203: Haowin, the God of Carnage (Part 2)

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Boom!

A huge explosion erupted when the three attacks landed on their target almost at the same time. Blazing smoke, flying rock fragments, and a long tear in space could be seen in the air where the three attacks met.

But despite successfully landing their respective skills, the three Elemental Spirits still felt that there was something wrong. Even though they felt that they hit something, the feeling was a little too strange. It was as if they hit something extremely hard and could not be penetrated.

Not long after, the thick cloud of smoke started to settle. When everything receded, the trio saw a familiar sight in front of their eyes.

They saw a dark cocoon floating at the center of the receding smoke and falling rock fragments. It seemed to be a solid object that could not be crushed nor penetrated by any attack.

It had a rhombus shape with a three-dimensional figure. It looked like a floating prism with sharp edges and pointed corners.

Thump!

The floating cocoon seemed to shake a little, making it look like a beating heart. It then started moving and revealed its true form.

A huge pair of demonic wings slowly unfolded, revealing Haowin, who was currently curled within it.

From the look of it, he used this pair of wings to protect himself from the Ultimate Skills that the three Elemental Spirits had thrown at him. Using one of the special defensive skills under his arsenal, he managed to save himself at the very last moment.

However, he still had sacrificed quite a lot just to use that special skill. Not only he had consumed a large portion of his VIT stat just to use that defensive skill, but he had also sacrificed it permanently.

He might have escaped the lethal strike that he was supposed to suffer, but he exchanged it for a permanent loss of his stats, which affected his foundation.

He knew that he would not die from those attacks since he could tell that the three Elementals were somewhat holding back and seemingly trying to incapacitate him. They controlled their strengths very well, making it possible for him to use this defensive skill at that final moment.

He might be able to somehow survive their attacks, but he would surely be in a state where he could no longer fight if they successfully landed.

To avoid the worst-case scenario, he made a sacrifice that could give him a path to survive. It actually paid off.

It was very close, but he still managed to survive in the end.

In the meantime, the three Elemental Spirits were currently wearing solemn looks on their faces as they knew that they failed to secure the only chance to capture Haowin alive by themselves.

After failing to incapacitate him with those three ultimate moves, they knew that Haowin would no longer lower his guard. Now that he was aware of their current strengths, it would be impossible for them to catch him off guard once again.

He would be in extreme vigilance when facing their combined attacks while keeping a close eye on his surroundings.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Understanding their current position, the three quickly resumed the battle as they knew that this was the only way for them to win. They had to continue putting pressure on him before he could fully adjust to their strengths and find a way to deal with them.

At the same time, they were also pinning him on this place while waiting for Shin to arrive. They fully believe that if they could hold him here, the rest of the battle would be in their favor.

Naturally, Haowin was able to read their thoughts. He could tell that the Spatial Imprisonment and Earth Sealing Domains that Hanzo and Astaroth had released were meant to prevent him from using his ʼSpirit Aweʼ skill that could forcefully unsummon them.

It was his first time to learn about these skills. He did not know that Elemental Spirits could also use this kind of skill, so it caught him completely off guard.

The ʼSpirit Aweʼ skill was meant to counter players with Elemental Spirits and special creatures. It could forcefully unsummon any kind of summoned creatures on the battlefield, which were pretty much too broken most of the time.

The only counter for this skill was the ʼCall of the Natureʼ or ʼSpiritual Summoningʼ skill that Tamers, Summoners, and Beastmasters had.

But those skills were exclusive to the said classes, or the ones related to them.

It was pretty natural for Haowin to be surprised that these Elemental Spirits were capable of possessing such abilities as well.