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"Whoosh----!"
Amid a faint tearing sound, Noah, wielding the Demon Slayer, charged forward. He seemed to remain where he stood, leaving behind an afterimage, while his true body abruptly transformed into a streak of lightning and shot straight toward Hades.
"Absolute Sword Technique! First Form----Zidian!"
The holy sword, blooming with dazzling light, carried the momentum of lightning descending from the heavens. It flashed through space and reached Hades in the blink of an eye.
"So fast!" Hades felt as though Noah had suddenly transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot toward him. Shock appeared on his face. By the time he reacted, the gleaming silver tip of the holy sword had already expanded infinitely in his vision, making his heart tighten as he hurriedly raised an arm.
"Clang----!"
In the next moment, Noah, transformed into a streak of lightning, slammed fiercely into Hades amid the clash of metal.
"Bang----!"
Hades was sent flying by Noah's Zidian. He dropped to one knee and scraped across the ground, his knee and toes forcibly plowing a massive trench through the earth.
"You damned brat!"
With an angry low shout, Hades, still plowing across the ground, suddenly slapped a palm against the earth. With a bang, he soared into the air. Then, with a flick of his hand, a pitch-black magic circle tinged with purple spun into existence before him, ejecting chain after chain of magical power.
There were at least several of those magical chains, if one counted carefully.
Moreover, every one of those magical chains seemed to be controlled by a person. Like venomous snakes, they each traced arcs through the air from entirely