Chapter Ninety-Six: Shadow vs. Elemental
With a deafening roar, Ness quickly finished chanting the Wind Scissors spell, and the mage waved his hands at the stone man, a screech that sounded like a sword slashing through the air, and several twisted streams of thin air swept towards the enemy like blades.
As the wind scissors swept through the stone man's head and body, it paused slightly, and then began to attack the mage as if it had not been affected at all. "It's your ridiculous wind magic, like being bitten by a bug. ”
"Don't be too happy!" Rui and Niss began chanting the spell almost at the same time, and now that the spell was cast, a black, transparent wall of magic stood in front of them.
The stoneman's giant fist slammed into the magic wall, and Stan's eyes widened as he watched the impending collision, which, to his surprise, didn't happen, didn't even make any sound. I saw the stone man's fist, a black rock sink into the black magic wall, as if on the other side of the magic wall was another world.
The stoneman roared and quickly withdrew his hand, but his fist was already half mutilated. "What is this? mortal, what kind of magic are you using?"
The corners of Rui's mouth curled slightly. "Shadow magic, I'm afraid the other half of your fist has already been left in the shadow plane, if you still want to try it, I'll banish your entire body there. ”
"Shadow magic, I've never heard of it, but you're only mortal after all. The stone man raised his mutilated right hand and roared, and suddenly raised his left hand and slammed into the remaining half of the rock on his right hand, smashing it to the ground, and then with another roar, a sleeping rock flew quickly towards the stone man, reforming his full right hand. "Tremble, mortal, I am immortal, I am immortal!" the thunder rang out again, and it shook everyone's ears.
Several smaller rocks flew in from all directions, aiming at the trio in the middle.
"Damn, it knows that Rui can't unleash a magic shield in all directions at once!" Ness anxiously raised her hands in an attempt to form a protective shield in front of her, but it was still useless, and almost all the elements were silent. Seeing that the rocks were already in front of her, Stan suddenly stood in front of her, holding his sword to block the first few small rocks, but there were too many rocks, and the knight in the back could only use his body to block all attacks for Niss. On the other side, Rash unleashed a dark magic shield that sucked the rocks on the other side.
After a wave of attacks, Stan is already scarred, and the knight gasps and insists on standing in front of Niss. "Rui, we have to find a way, or I'm afraid I won't be able to block the second attack. ”
Rui's expression slowly changed from serious to angry, and a black cold wind blew around her, constantly circling around her. Behind the mage's shoulders, a pair of purple-black wings stretched out, and they stretched out with just a flap, and at the same time, Rui's whole body began to exude a black aura.
Stan and Ness watched in amazement as Rui's body changed, and the mage's face looked hideous in the eyes of his companions at the moment, as if he had completely changed himself. Ness even felt frightened, and her wand hand began to tremble.
The stone man seemed to sense the threat, and roared and summoned more rocks to smash at Rui, so many small rocks that they were densely packed in almost all directions. Stan stands behind Ray and pulls Niss between himself and Ray, raising his sword and preparing to meet the rain of rocks.
But then both the knight and Ness felt a strong but short palpitation, and a black shock wave spread out from Rui's body in all directions, like ripples in the water, and all the rocks swept by the shock wave disappeared silently. "Next, it's you. Rui's tone was colder than Sarah's bitter cold.
"Who the hell are you? you're not mortal!" the stoneman looked frightened and stopped attacking.
Rui didn't answer, but raised his right hand and swung it at the enemy, and four walls of shadows appeared around the stone man's body at once, and slowly began to close.
The stoneman roared and rushed out of the Shadow's cage, his body completely gone, but his head still floating above, and a few rocks flew up again, filling in its missing body.
"Hell, that's never going to solve him, we'll have to figure out a way. Stan glanced at Rui, but the mage was just looking intently ahead, not paying any attention to the others.
Ness raised her wand, ready to cast the spell again. "We must hold it hostage so that Rui can completely pull it into the Shadow Plane, and as long as it remains here, it can be restored countless times. ”
At this moment, Rui suddenly shook, and the black aura on his body weakened suddenly. Stan hurriedly helped her up. "Rui, it's okay!"
Ness frowned and glanced at Rui. "We have to do it as soon as possible, staying in this form has consumed too much of her mental power, and if she can't return to her normal form in time, she herself will be devoured by the shadows. ”
Rui helped Stan and stood up straight, his eyes still determined, and the necklace around his neck began to glow with a soft silver glow, and the black aura was strong again. Although Niss couldn't see the black gem hidden in Rui's clothes, she could guess that the gem must be shining black at this time.
"I'm on!" Stan shouted, raising his sword and charging at the Stone Man. The knight quickly dodged a punch that could have completely broken his ribs, and rolled on the ground, reaching the left foot of the stone man, a foot made of rocks almost as tall as the others. Taking advantage of the time when the other party threw a punch back, Stan raised the obsidian sword high with both hands, and with a hoarse roar, he stabbed the sword into the stone man's calf with all his strength, all the way through it completely, and the front half of the sword was inserted into the dirt.
The stoneman growls angrily and swings his left hand at Stan. The knight let go of the obsidian sword and crossed his hands in front of him, sending him flying ten yards away. The stone man's hand could not draw the sword without fingers, so he had to raise his leg and kick the sword that pinned himself to the ground, when a tumbling air flow flew out of Ness's hand and wrapped around the stone man's left leg, making it impossible for him to lift his leg. At the same time, another air flow wrapped around its other leg, but unlike the left leg, the right leg was not nailed by the sword, and the air flow could not completely drag his movements, and the stone man could already gradually move his right leg, slowly dragging his entire body to the right, and it would not be long before he could pull out the obsidian sword nailed to his left foot.
Niss tried her best to channel the current, but she still couldn't completely restrain the stoneman's movements, his strength was too strong. Above his head, Rui's dark wall spread out once more, covering almost five yards around the stone man, approaching him from top to bottom. But as long as he was still moving so slowly, he would be able to escape at least a portion of his body out of the Dark Wall before it could be completely swallowed by the Dark Wall.
Stan struggles to his feet, clutching his chest in pain, barely able to move, and immediately falls to his knees again. Seeing that the obsidian sword had been half pulled out of the dirt, Ness was anxious, and at this moment, a familiar figure suddenly appeared on the right side of the stone man. The stone man was fighting with all his might against the air currents that bound his legs, not even noticing that the mercenaries who had been hit hard by him had slowly and silently approached him. Fern raised the sword in the stone with both hands, the blade pointing downward, gritted his teeth, and stabbed the stone man's right foot, completely shattering his last hope of escape.
The stone man could no longer move, waving his hands in despair, he had no time to care about Fern, who was still standing at his feet, and the dark wall had touched the top of his head. A whining sound like a cry came from his mouthless head, like a muffled thunder in the sky, continuously.
The Dark Wall continued to devour the Stone Man's body downward, and when the head was completely submerged in the Dark Wall, the whole world suddenly fell silent, and the two black rock arms were still waving wildly. Then the shoulders and arms, then the body, and finally only the legs with the two swords remained.
"Fern, get out of there, you'll be swallowed by the wall too!My wind magic can keep his legs out of the wall for a short time, get out of there!"
Fern had stood still until he drew the two swords stuck in the Stoneman's legs, then turned and hobbled towards Ness. However, the heavy blow he had received before made him unable to move quickly, and the dark wall had slowly pressed down, and Fern lowered his head, then bent down again, and finally crawled on all fours on the ground, but still did not get out of the range of the dark wall.
"Fern, hurry!" cried Ness.
Rui on the side had no expression on his face, and continued to guide the dark wall until he completely devoured every part of the stone man, as if he no longer knew his companion at this time.
It's almost a little bit, it's fast! Fern was anxious, but he couldn't exert his strength. "Hell, I don't want to go to the dark shadow plane, I can't see anything, I might as well die. ”
"Quick! Ferne, quick!" Stan shouted as he fell to his knees.
Ness's tears rolled down her cheeks. "Fern, ...... quickly"
As Fern struggled to climb to the edge of the wall, the black shadow almost touched the back of his head, and the mercenary threw out the two swords in his hand, and then rolled out of the wall on one side. Behind him, the dark wall immediately pressed to the ground, completely engulfing the stone man.
Rui suddenly lowered her hands, and the whole person fell down as if unconscious, and Niss hurriedly supported her, but she was also exhausted, and the two of them fell to their knees together.
Fern simply lay on his back facing the sky, and before he could recover from the thrilling scene just now, the pain in his chest and back hit again. Stan struggles to climb to the side, clutching his chest against the rock wall, blood oozing from the corners of his mouth.
Snowflakes began to fall from the sky, falling on the four men who had just escaped, but were exhausted and tormented by injuries.