Azure blade light, icy-blue pillars of light, a pitch-black sea of fire, and ink-black frost.
When they collided high in the sky, the heavens and earth of the Land of Swamps instantly lost their color.
Countless currents of air, caught between extreme cold, extreme heat, and unimaginable bursts of power,
were transformed on the spot into raging winds and shockwaves with devastating destructive force that swept across the battlefield.
Though the spectacle was magnificent, the result was far from ideal.
Without any surprise, the black sea of fire and black frost devoured Esdeath's blade light and the energy blasts fired by Red Lotus at a visible speed.
Every one of those pillars of light possessed power comparable to Shukaku's Tailed Beast Bomb.
Yet under the suppression of higher-level power, they appeared so fragile and powerless.
This forced Red Lotus to quickly leap away with Esdeath on her head, dodging the aftermath of the black fire and black ice at the first opportunity.
Fortunately, Lilith and Nahama were not focused on them at the moment.
Because Crocodile had turned into a mass of yellow sand and, at some point, closed in before them.
"Desert Greatsword!!!"
The savage expression on his face and the streaks of purple lightning coiling around his Sand Blade arm made it clear that he was truly going all out, intending to pierce straight through Lilith's ample chest.
When slaughtering those lower and mid-level demons earlier,
Crocodile had keenly noticed that these demons had hearts inside their bodies.
If they had hearts, then those had to be vital points. Otherwise, what were they there for?
Such simple logic convinced him that he was right.
And indeed, he was.
But when facing stronger opponents, merely knowing their weak points was obviously not enough.
[RUMBLE!]
Surging black fire and black