What Raphael failed to notice was that, the instant he formed the Magma Greatsword, the "
High Demon projection" he had just summoned suddenly fixed its gaze on him.
The High Demon providing the projection had noticed that Raphael's Magma Greatsword did not seem to have been formed using a Sealed Artifact.
Yet Raphael was a Wraith, which made this rather strange.
Still, there was only so much attention it could project here, so it merely glanced at him and committed Raphael to memory.
Raphael first slashed at a Reaper who was about to recover from the Mind Storm. Almost instinctively, his opponent formed a Blazing White Spear and blocked the Magma Greatsword.
Raphael immediately opened his mouth and unleashed a shriek that struck straight at the soul.
The Reaper clutched his head in agony. Raphael swung his sword again, this time using Harvest.
And so the Reaper died to Harvest.
Meanwhile, Xio had taken advantage of the Mind Storm to kill another Reaper with the power of "Death."
But she was already on her last legs. Just as she was about to attack another Conspirer, her legs suddenly gave out, and she fell to her knees.
Xio had only recently advanced to Sequence 5. Achieving such results was already impressive.
Or rather, her performance had already surpassed that of most Sequence 5 Beyonders.
Not every Sequence 5 was like Raphael, with the combined toughness and recovery abilities of a Wraith and a Devil, along with their combined spirituality reserves and replenishment rates.
After that desperate struggle, Xio had continued fighting despite a fatal injury. Now her strength and spirituality were exhausted.
At that moment, the Conspirer before her recovered from the Mind Storm. He was somewhat surprised to see that the Reaper had already been killed.
But when he