The Mighty Mage
Chapter 270: Death

Chapter 270: Chapter 270: Death

"Feng!" Ren Fulin rushed to his side, but Feng Boyu shook his head.

"It’s... no use..." Feng gasped. "His power... it’s too strong."

Si Kai’s breathing grew labored as the invisible force squeezed tighter around him. He tried to move, but his limbs were paralyzed.

His eyes, filled with anguish, darted toward Gu Jin, still unconscious in his arms.

Lamashtu, meanwhile, had finally retracted his tongue, the invisible grip now released. He snarled, his massive body trembling with frustration, but when he saw Erinyes, a dark smile twisted his lips.

"Ah," Lamashtu said, his voice dripping with mockery.

"So, the lord finally reveals himself. I suppose I should have known better than to claim your prey."

Erinyes barely glanced at Lamashtu, his focus still on Si Kai and Gu Jin.

His voice was soft, but it carried the weight of a thousand storms.

"She was never yours to touch. My food."

Si Kai’s blood ran cold. Erinyes wasn’t here to help them. He was here to eat his sister.

Suddenly Erinyes withdrew the force he was placing on Si Kai.

Si Kai’s eyes widened in shock. The reason why he was suspended in the air in the first place was because of Erinyes’s invisible hand around him.

If Erinyes withdrew his hand then...

Si Kai’s body started to fall down.

Feng Boyu gritted his teeth and used his psychic powers to reduce the impact of falls.

Si Kai, who had been bracing himself for a painful landing, felt the pull of Feng’s psychic force slow his descent.

His body hit the ground with a thud, but it wasn’t the bone-shattering impact he had expected. Pain shot through him, but he was still alive.

However, his sister was snatched away from him.

Si Kai was desperate and in desperation tried to attack Erinyes. Erinyes was maybe irritated by the continuous interruption and waved his hand.

Whoosh.

This time Feng Boyu didn’t have the energy and time to cast a psychic barrier to protect him.

Si Kai’s body was thrown through the air like a rag doll, slamming into the ground with a sickening thud.

He felt the bones in his chest crack from the impact, and agony coursed through his veins.

Blood pooled in his mouth as he coughed violently, gasping for breath.

Erinyes glanced briefly at Si Kai, his expression indifferent.

"Pathetic," he muttered. His focus returned to Gu Jin, who now floated midair, suspended by his psychic powers.

Her unconscious form seemed so small and fragile against the looming darkness that surrounded Erinyes.

"You should have accepted your fate," Erinyes said coldly, his eyes gleaming with malicious hunger.

"Now, you’ll watch her become mine."

Si Kai, barely conscious, could only watch helplessly as Erinyes pulled Gu Jin closer, her limp body floating toward his outstretched hand.

Pain shot through every nerve, his muscles refusing to move.

"Stop..." Si Kai whispered his voice barely a breath. Tears welled in his eyes as he watched Gu Jin drift further from his grasp.

Erinyes’s tongue slowly slipped out of the mask around his face and wrapped around Gu Jin.

Whoosh.

"Sister!" Si Kai shouted.

Ren Fulin and Feng Boyu felt the energy drain from their body. Even the soldiers who had helped them to escape fell to the ground one by one.

The battle was over. And the result was decided...they are going to lose.

Whoosh.

The next second a sword sliced Erinyes’s tongue.

A hand wrapped around Gu Jin and snatched her away from Erinyes.

Erinyes’s eyes turned cold as he looked at the stranger in front of him.

Black hair, blue eyes, fair skin, sharp brows, golden ratio body, with a pair of black and white wings.

Devil.

That was what Erinyes thought of the man in front of him.

Si Kai’s eyes widened when he saw Long Yifan.

How could he forget the man in front of him? He was the man who had protected him from the master rank beasts.

Even after so many years, Si Kai still remembered him.

Ren Fulin and Feng Boyu were surprised. How could they not know the newcomer? The infamous cold but weak and less talented, second child of the Long family.

Long Yifan.

The weak and useless Long Yifan.

However today Long Yifan was looking very different.

His aura was cold and his eyes were filled with murderous aura. The pressure emitted by him was so strong that even Lamashtu was starting to sweat.

Erinyes looked at Long Yifan,

"Who are you?"

Long Yifan’s eyes were devoid of any emotions,

"Death. Your death."

Erinyes snorted,

"You are looking for death.

With a wave of his hand, he tried to use psychic energy to bind Long Yifan.

Long Yifan waved his hand the psychic attack as nullified instantly.

"You are a psychic type user too?" Erinyes frowned.

Long Yifan didn’t answer Erinyes and turned to look at Gu Jin.

Looking at her pale face and closed eyes, his heart ached.

How did she end up like this?

Who? Who forced her into this situation?

"She is tasty. Let’s share." Erinyes said. He didn’t want to fight considering he could negotiate.

He could feel that Long Yifan was on par with him.

Lamashtu narrowed his eyes when he heard Erinyes’s words. The great lord of parasites was negotiating?

Now this was something new and different.

Long Yifan shifted his gaze from Gu Jin and looked at Erinyes with a calm expression,

"Even if she was mine, I would have never shared her."

He lifted his hand and a psychic wave hit Erinyes, making Erinyes retreat several steps.

"You are courting death." Erinyes’s eyes turned cold.

Long Yifan chuckled,

"I can say the same, you pathetic two-legged mutated ghoul."

Erinyes frowned.

"I am parasite lord, not some mutated ghoul."

Long Yifan lifted his hand and cast a thunder spell.

"Nine Hell Thunderbolts."

Ren Fulin and Feng Boyu’s eyes widened in surprise.

"F*ck! Who was that bast*rd who said Long Yifan had still not reached the Super Rank? And has pathetic elements?"

Thunder?

Psychic?

Each of them was more powerful than the others.

Nine bolts of thunder as thick as the size of the human, crackled in the air, each one imbued with a raw, ferocious power that made the very ground beneath them tremble.

The sky above darkened as if nature itself was reacting to the energy being unleashed.

"So this the power of Emperor Rank spell..." Ren Fulin muttered.

The nine massive bolts of lightning arced toward Erinyes with blinding speed, each one threatening to obliterate everything in its path.

Erinyes, taken aback by the sheer intensity of the attack, raised both his hands in an attempt to block the incoming onslaught.

His psychic energy flared up, creating an invisible barrier around him, a shield of force meant to deflect the powerful lightning strikes.

However, the moment the first bolt collided with his shield, the ground shook, and a loud crack echoed through the battlefield.

Erinyes staggered, barely holding his ground as the shield buckled under the force.

Feng Boyu looked at Long Yifan and muttered,

"He is one of the most powerful Emperor Rank mages I have ever seen."

"How can you be sure that he is an Emperor Rank mage and not Heaven Rank?" Ren Fulin asked.

"Because he is just 20." Feng Boyu muttered.

He didn’t dare to assume that a young man who was only 20, could have reached Heaven Rank.

"Do you remember the dead False Emperor Rank parasite?" Ren Fulin asked.

He was talking about the parasite Gu Jin had killed with the help of Si Kai.

The reality was, that Gu Jin thought it was a False Heaven Rank parasite, but it was just a False Emperor Rank parasite.

"Yes." Feng Boyu said with a serious face.

"I was surprised that Gu Jin was capable of killing that parasite. But I also understood one thing.

If the lord has parasites that are at False Emperor Rank, how can it not be at Heaven rank itself?" Ren Fulin proposed his theory.

Feng Boyu fell into deep thought.

If what Ren Fulin was saying was true, then Erinyes should be at Heaven Rank. If Long Yifan could harm Erinyes, it could only mean one thing, he was at Heaven Rank or even more...

"No!" Feng Boyu couldn’t bring himself to even assume it.

The second and third bolts struck almost simultaneously, and Erinyes let out a snarl of frustration.

Erinyes’s barrier, though strong, was beginning to crack, sparks of lightning seeping through, singeing his flesh.

By the fourth bolt, Erinyes was forced to his knees, sweat pouring down his face as he fought to keep the shield intact.

"Impossible...!" he growled, his voice trembling with disbelief.

Long Yifan stood still, his expression cold and unyielding as he directed the remaining five bolts.

He made no move to show mercy or hesitation. His eyes, once filled with playfulness, were now icy.

He could tolerate everything but...not the thought of Gu Jin getting killed.