Supreme Magus novel Chapter 659

The Odi had taken into account that one or more of the creatures composing the pseudo-Balor could be killed in battle and had given them plenty of options.

The six heads were the first to finish assembling. The final result was a monstrous face with four mouths and twelve eyes arranged in a circle.

Ten of them were brimming with power and emitted a stream of multi-colored mana that closely resembled a Balor’s elemental pillar. Except it was much weaker due to both the incomplete powering up and merging of the creatures’ mana core.

Ellkas used one of his artifacts, the Void Shield, to take the full power of the mana pillar without interrupting his attack. Phloria’s kill had thrown the creature off balance and by using one of its more powerful moves despite its debilitated state, had forced its movements to a halt.

Lith exploited that opening to slip under the still ongoing pillar and struck at the red heart. Unlike fake mages, all of his spells were infused with his will, so that the moment the second heart exploded, Lith managed to recover all the excess energy, leaving the creature nothing to feed upon, preventing it from healing its wounds.

Another set of eyes became dull, the flesh monster screamed in agony and envy. The survivors had to endure an inhuman pain whereas their fallen comrades were finally free from the Odi’s mind control.

The creatures’ movements slowed down even further, allowing Yondra to use her tier four spell, Great Glacier, on both the yellow and black hearts. It turned them into ice crystals that shattered at their next attempt to beat as if they were made of glass.

Professor Ellkas unleashed three tier four spells at once, one for each remaining heart and the third for the main body. He had no idea if once all the hearts were lost the creature would simply die or it might self-destruct.

He had seen enough of the Odi’s cruelty that his scientific curiosity was overshadowed by the revulsion he felt. Lith’s paranoia and Life Vision agreed with Ellkas judgment, so he used the remaining spells he had at the ready to destroy the flesh titan before it could overload its accumulated mana into an explosion.

The giant’s body turned into ashes, while everyone was panting due to the repeated use of powerful spells or artifacts.

"I’d gladly take a break before moving forward." Yondra said. "I still have quite some mana left, but no spell at the ready anymore."

"Agreed." Phloria said while sheathing her blade. "Let’s go back to base and prepare new spells before..." The sound of what seemed to be an avalanche was quickly followed by the noise of a heavy door crashing on the ground.

The four of them started to chant new spells while running outside to make sure that such a ruckus wasn’t the harbinger of a new enemy. When they saw the second group Blinking in front of them, quickly followed by a massive wave of sand, they had their answer.

Their intuition was correct, it wasn’t one enemy but four of them, making Phloria’s group uncertain whether to laugh or cry.

"Gods, no!" She said when she identified the constructs as an unknown kind of hybrid Golems made of stone and metal.

"Gods, yes!" Morok said when he saw that the members of the first group were in perfect condition. "We already threw at them everything we had, but nothing worked. Buy us a little time so that we can prepare new spells."

"We are on the same boat!" Lith said pretending to have finished one chant before starting another. As a true mage, he could speak and weave spells, yet he dispelled the Final Sunset he was casting anyway.