Supreme Magus novel Chapter 891

Chapter 891 Power Source Part 1

Lith decided to gamble and placed his back against the library. He hoped that Dawn would care about the books and wouldn’t dare risk damaging them. The vampire in the Chiropteran form breathed a white-hot ray of light that cut through stone, books, and shelves alike as if they were butter.

’Okay, she doesn’t give a crap about them. Duly noted.’ Lith thought while dodging.

This time, the creature was wary of Ruin. The Chiropteran kept his distance from the dangerous blade and chose to fight on the ground while using his claws as weapons. The creature retracted his wings under the armpits and assumed a martial arts stance.

Both of his arms were coated with light, enhancing the undead’s battle prowess. Between his longs claws and unnatural arm reach, the Chiropteran could use his right hand as a spear when Lith tried to step away and as a sword in close quarters combat.

The left arm was used as a shield, exploiting the fact that the light construct surrounding it became denser and sturdier by the second. To make matters worse, the vampire was able to read every move Lith had used since meeting Acala thanks to the hive mind connecting the undead with the Bright Day.

When one of her spawns died, Dawn would lose their abilities, but she would also retrieve the power she had bestowed upon them and the memories about their last moments.

Against an opponent stronger and more skilled than himself, Lith needed the surprise element to win. He was quickly pushed on the defense, without the time to think about what technique was better to save for later.

’Fine! Playing dirty is a game two can play.’ He thought while defending against a volley of heat-rays.

Lith had tried to turn the enemy’s long arms into an advantage by getting so close that the Chiropteran couldn’t attack him without impaling himself, but the vampire had simply engulfed his body in darkness magic to push Lith away while releasing light spells from his fingertips.

Dawn’s energy could hurt even the vampire, but the holes they opened were too small to affect his movements, whereas Lith had to defend all of his internal organs from the onslaught.

Unlike the Chiropteran, he needed them to live. Lith dodged half of the heat rays and blocked the rest with Ruin before lunging at the prism with the blade.

The vampire sidestepped the telegraphed attack, blocking Lith’s arm with his light shield while accumulating a mass of darkness magic in his right palm, ready to unleash it on contact.

"Gotcha." They both said the moment the vampire performed his counter attack.

A black upside-down membranous wing that resembled a slender clawed hand had emerged from Lith’s back and was now wrapped around the Chiropteran’s right arm, keeping it at distance.

The vampire could easily pluck the wing off by bending his arm while taking a step back, but the latter was impossible due to Lith having stomped the creature’s foot with his own.

The talons of Lith’s Wyrmling form pierced both the Chiropteran’s flesh and the rock thanks to the layer of Orichalcum boosting their sharpness. The vampire attempted to bite Lith’s head off, only to find a scaly face at his eye level that responded to the attack with a headbutt.

The creature’s rich battle experience allowed him to react to the unexpected turn of events with but a second of delay.