The agonizing pain from his back ribs throbbed as the Transformation Art automatically repaired the impact damage. Green gradually awakened from the hatred that had erupted from the deepest reaches of his soul and will.
This was the undying hatred brand of the ancient Wizard's Will.
After inheriting the World Heart's will following the wizard apprentices' Holy Tower Contention, receiving a second inheritance after obtaining a level-one Honor Medal, and the Source of Magic radiating ceaselessly through his Wizard's Will after he established his wizard tower, Green had been influenced without end. That was why, upon seeing the abyssal aura on this Demonfeather Phoenix, so many states had erupted within him in an instant.
This was the hatred brand of ancient wizards. It would automatically activate the first time a Stigmata Wizard encountered an abyssal Devil Race member, warning later generations of wizards of their humiliating history, their undying Demon-Hunting Expedition will, and the restored glory of ancient wizardry at its height!
Rumble, rumble!
At that moment, through the watery mirror-like protective screen before him, Green happened to see one of the clockwork puppet's wooden arms strike the Demonfeather Phoenix. If not for the Spider-Silk Nether Hall's peculiar suppressive force restraining the eruption of that world-destroying might, the extent of the destruction would have been unimaginable.
With a bang, the Demonfeather Phoenix was likewise blasted away, slammed flat against the wall, while the mechanical arm rapidly retracted.
Yet compared with Green, the Demonfeather Phoenix was clearly far more composed. As though gravity did not exist, it stood upon the walls of the Spider-Silk Nether Hall and looked at the clockwork puppet with slight surprise.
"Heh heh heh heh heh, I know all about your abilities..."
With a hoarse, sinister laugh, the Nether Spider King lunged at the clockwork puppet. A