Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 753  Merit Defensive Barrier

”What makes you say that?” Leo asked, curious.

”I donʼt know. I just feel that he is deliberately stretching the fight, and perhaps he has already finished dealing with them but just isnʼt coming down, and itʼs probably not because he doesnʼt care about more humans dying nor is it because he wants to give us the opportunity to fight.” Max told him.

Leo scratched his chin thoughtfully, ”Now that I hear this, I also feel the reason is something different. Maybe itʼs something his personal?”

”Itʼs possible.” Max nodded before saying, ”Take me up for a moment.”

”Okay.” Leoʼs eyes shone, and he extended his hand. After Max grabbed him, he flew up. When they were over 500 meters above the ground, Max stopped him, ”This is enough.”

”Oh?” Leo let out a disappointed sigh as he glanced at Azarothʼs domain covering the sky. Max rolled his eyes at this and said, ”Not to mention we most likely wouldnʼt be able to see whatʼs happening inside; can you even fly that high?”

Five Star beings had just gotten the ability to fly, but they were restricted in how fast or high they could fly without feeling uncomfortable due to gravity and other factors he didnʼt know. It was said that the same was true for even the King and higher realm beings; their limits were increasingly higher, of course. ”I can try.” Leo grinned sheepishly.

Max ignored him and swept his gaze across the battlefield, taking in the current situation. And as he did, his expression turned heavy.

There were still more than fifteen hours left from the original thirty that Alton told them, but the number of the human army had already been reduced to less than half already.

If not for him, Martha, a few strong independent mages, and the reinforcement that came with Azaroth dealing with most of the Five Star demons, the situation wouldʼve been worse.

”Hmm?” Suddenly, he noticed a lone, vague figure fighting at the edge of the battlefield, and his eyes narrowed.

”Oliver…” He muttered before ordering Leo, ”Fly in that direction; be quick.”

”Oh, alright.” Leo didnʼt hesitate and started flying at his fastest speed.

As the distance between them shortened, Max got started getting a clearer view of him, and his eyes started blazing with killing intent.

Normally, he wouldnʼt have been able to notice him from such a long distance, but Oliver was using his [Ice God Halo], and it was like a beacon for those who had been it before. Since he didnʼt know about anyone else from the Ice Sovereign Mountain being present in the Green Leaf apart from Lily and Oliver, he assumed the figure had to be Oliver since Lily was in the war temple.

When they were still more than two miles away, Oliver noticed them and his expression fell.

He instinctively wanted to flee, which made his expression ugly.

ʼIʼm afraid of this bastard?ʼ He questioned himself, and the answer he got made him grit his teeth while murderous rage bubbled in his heart.

ʼHe needs to die!ʼ

BOOM!

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Bang!

Katcha!

He went all out and in just a few short moments killed all the demons around him before stopping in place.

In the distance, Max couldnʼt help but feel a little surprised when he saw him stand there and watch as they flew closer instead of trying to flee like he expected him to.

He wasnʼt being arrogant, but even if he hadnʼt seen him battle all this while—which he doubted was the case, or he wouldnʼt have been fighting so far away from him, at the edge of the battlefield—he should still fear him because the last time they fought, he had almost killed him, and that time he had to stabilize his cultivation after the breakthrough, which he again was sure Oliver, being a peak Five Star mage, must have noticed.

ʼWhatʼs giving him the confidence to face me?ʼ He became more alert, and when they were over five hundred meters away from him, he told Leo to stop.

”You move back and stay alert.” Saying this, he let go of his hand, activated Phoenix Wings, and glided across the air before landing a few meters away from Oliver.

Thud!

Small pieces of earth and dust flew from his heavy landing, which he could control if he wanted, but since his bones were undergoing tempering, it was for the best he exerted himself as much as he could, so he didnʼt.

Oliverʼs eyes flickered when he noticed this.

”You are—” He began to say something when…

Swoosh!

Max shot toward him, and his hand covered in Death Energy, which he then clenched into a fist, ready to kill him with a punch.

Unlike Oliver, he had no interest in talking to him and just wanted to kill him as soon as he could and take his revenge.

Oliver seemed to have expected this and immediately slapped the merit plate hanging on his waist.

Max was confused, not understanding what he was trying to do. But his confusion lasted only for an instant because…

Weng~

Bang!

A ripple of energy erupted from it and created a barrier around Oliver, which repelled him when he closed in on him.

Maxʼs eyes widened in surprise, not only because he didnʼt know the merit plate could do this, but also because his punch wasnʼt able to destroy it.

Since Lady Verana and others hadnʼt informed them, he and everyone else didnʼt know this, but the merit plate could create this defensive barrier, but there were conditions to its activation. Only those at and above high-stage Five Star could activate this ability, and it could only be activated when you were being attacked by someone who also had a merit plate and was stronger than you. Also, it was a one-time-use ability and would only activate if you had at least 100,000 war merits. When activated, it would wipe away all of them, and if you had more, it would take half of them too and in return, would make the defensive barrier stronger.

Gulp!

Oliver planned to mock him after he was repelled, but then he noticed the barrier had grown a lot dimmer. The emerging smug look on his face froze, and he gulped in fear.