Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2037

Chapter 2037 Hidden Blade (Part 1)

Yet the Sekhmet didn't slow down, conjuring several hard-light constructs at the last second and stacking them to form a dozen meters-thick spearhead. It enhanced both her offensive power and her defense, protecting Iata from the threat of the Void Flames.

As she got closer, the construct suddenly expanded forward, further increasing the attack speed. Lith was taken by surprise and barely managed to dodge. The spearhead barely grazed him but the impact was strong enough to send him flying and leave a wide dent in his armor.

Iata turned around in mid-air and resumed the chase while Lith was still trying to stop tumbling.

When the Tiamat dodged the second time, she altered the shape of the construct into that of a sea urchin. The spear turned into countless spikes, each elongating too quickly and covering an area too big for Lith to dodge them all.

He had feared that something like that might happen so he covered his body with a hard-light construct of his own. Much to his dismay, however, Iata's was much more powerful.

The thin spikes pierced through the wall of light and even his armor, leaving many shallow bleeding wounds in their wake.

'What the heck happened, Solus? I'm certain that our level of Light Mastery isn't that different and even if it was, how could she damage Adamant so easily?' His questions met only silence. 'Fuck me sideways! I forgot that Solus is not here. I'm on my own.'

When the Sekhmet returned for the third time, Lith activated the Spirit Barrier of his armor as well to focus solely on the attack and understand the secret of its strength.

It was then that he noticed how Iata spread the Life Maelstrom from her body to the hard-light construct solely at the moment of impact and retrieved it immediately after.

'If Solus was here, I wouldn't have fallen for this trick in the first place and I would already have a counter.' Lith hated smart enemies as well. 'Even if Scarlett or whoever her parent is taught her Light Mastery, there's no way they knew about Domination.

'The Sekhmet can't be afraid of me stealing the Maelstrom so the only possible explanation is that she can't afford to go all-out. According to what Faluel taught me, Griffon can only store so much world energy at a time.

'A Sekhmet must be no different so Iata has to save her bloodline ability for when they reach Belius.' At first, the awareness of having an advantage made him smirk.

Then, Lith pictured ten creatures like him strengthened by Life Maelstrom running toward the City Gate, and his optimism faded. If that happened, the combined attack of the blizzard from the outside and the Divine Beasts from the inside would spell Belius' doom.

On top of that, he realized why Iata seemed content with brief exchanges instead of looking for an opening. She was waiting for Ufyl to recover from the effects of the Frozen Flames in order to kill Lith together with ease.

'I still have Ruin at the ready inside the Mouth of Menadion, but I'll save it in case I can't finish the Sekhmet off before the Seven Headed Dragon arrives. My Blade spell has a huge area of effect and it would be wasted on a single enemy.'

When Iata attacked again, following the same pattern because sure that Lith had no way to stop her, he stood still.​