Supreme Magus novel Chapter 565

"I spy with my little eye someone who’s going to die." The assassin laughed merrily as he exploited Lith’s shock to push away the Gatekeeper and struck at his neck to finish him off.

The first dagger had pierced Lith’s chest, but thanks to his reflexes, which had allowed him to stop at the last second, and to the Skinwalker Armor, it didn’t go deep. Lith knew that a normal weapon couldn’t cut his skin, let alone his armor.

Which meant that they were anything but normal.

’No one can move that fast. How did he predict my exit point?’ Lith thought.

His mind spun at top gear as he used the dagger in his left hand to defend himself while he stepped back. The blade in his chest only needed one more push to pierce his heart and Lith had no desire to test if he still needed it to survive.

The assassin wasn’t willing to let him go, but keeping his arm so close to the opponent left it exposed. He was forced to retreat to avoid losing his wrist to the Gatekeeper, but he left behind a gruesome present.

He dodged Lith’s slash while twisting and pulling the dagger away. The movement ripped the flesh apart and turned the already deep wound into a gaping hole. Life fusion started to heal the damage the moment it was inflicted, yet it only made things worse for Lith.

As Solus had predicted, the assassin’s blades were coated with some kind of venom that the light element boosting Lith’s body was now quickly spreading through his blood system.

’Fuck! I can’t use darkness fusion to cut my pain receptors this time. Otherwise I won’t be able to notice the venom’s effects until it’s too late and it cripples me. I need to focus light fusion on flushing it out of my body.’ Lith thought.

"I was wrong. You’re such a disappointment, mate. So much for Treius’ killer and the destroyer of the Black Star." The assassin sneered as he relentlessly attacked Lith with inhuman speed and surgical precision, not giving him any time to think.

The wound on his chest burned as if someone had stabbed him with a burning spear and was twisting it inside his flesh. The venom coursing through Lith’s veins made his heartbeats hurt like his blood had turned into sand and now it was scraping at every fiber it met on its wake.

With every heartbeat, the venom spread further. With every breath Lith took, his brain went on fire, blurring his vision.

’This is no normal venom. I’m analyzing it with Invigoration and it’s magical in nature. What the actual fuck is going on?’ Solus was desperate. Her words fell on deaf ears and she knew it.

Lith was too focused on survival to listen to her advice and she was too shocked from mana sense failing her in such an obnoxious manner to think properly. Lith’s knees suddenly went weak while he was trying to keep his footwork on par with his enemy’s and two small cuts opened on his legs.

The assassin was not only inhumanly fast and precise, but he was also well trained. Since he had failed to overpower Lith he had changed his tactic. The cuts by themselves were enough to slow Lith down and the new doses of venom they carried with them made his situation even worse.

Then, all the pieces of the puzzle fell into place and Solus regained her cool. She took a lightning wand out of her pocket dimension and shoot at the assassin. He managed to dodge it, but his assault was interrupted.

"Not cool man. How did you do that?" His eyes were flaring with mana. He had clearly managed to follow the wand’s movements with Life Vision.