Dodging the huge spike that he was sure would've cause considerable damage to him and would've have probably killed Anita, he looked at where the stone spike came from and his eyes met with the man that was sitting on top the beast, he had this amused and bored expression on his face like he had been doing this for a while and he was bored of it already.
Dropping Anita a safe distance away, his armour automatically appeared on his body with his sword behind his back which was now in a golden sheath with dark runes on it, he was too focused on the imminent danger to notice the new changes on his armour.
Hey Kid I don't know who that man is but I feel a strong killing aura and power coming from him and I don't know how it's possible but it seems he is able to make use of soul runes although at a more weaker level than I can but it still enough to cause us serious danger at this point, Mazael said to make him aware of the situation, he never thought humans had evolved to this level of power, he always considered them weak even if he had to fight one at his weak level now but here he was looking at a human radiating power that rivals him at his current state and he was sure that there would be others far stronger than this guy which surprised him.
Staring at the boy from his Soul Beast Grexis , Xid was surprised at the sudden appearance of the armour and at the faint golden and black aura he felt from the boy which made him curious but he knew he was not a threat to him so he sent out his strongest warrior out of his personal guard to test him first, Tank go test the boy out! He said to the large man standing behind him.
Yes General he replied in a static and deep voice,
Tank is a befitting name for this guy Mazael laughed as he saw him, standing at 8 feet with bulging muscles the size of a man and with a silver helmet covering his whole face, he had no armour on his body, his chest was open and bare which surprised Eros a little but he just thought it would make killing him easier but he felt pressured although he wasn't scared.
Looking back at Anita one last time, he unsheathed his sword which now had a new rune on it that he didn't recognize but Mazael told him he would during his fight, and his armour had new runes on each part of it, releasing his golden and black aura like a wave to intimidate his opponent which didn't exactly work he screamed at him.
Come on! I'll slay whoever tries to harm someone I care about! while staring at Xid.
Well you heard him Tank go play with him! Xid said while smiling devilishly and now more interested in the fight. Activating his ability a silver aura came out of Tank turning his whole body except his head into silver, he charged forward like a bullet that had the force of a freight train, activating his Soul Perception it glowed golden for a split second and he saw a vision of a blow to his head which he avoided by ducking and jumping to the side after dying from trying other means to avoid the blow.
He had levelled up his Soul Perception to the second level after repeatedly using it the other night while he couldn't sleep and now it allowed him to predict 5 moves of his opponent and he just used the first one so he could only predict 4 more moves which he decided to only use when necessary, immediately after the vision cleared he saw a blow that had the power of a mountain behind it coming straight for his head, ducking thanks to his own speed and mostly to the prediction.
That was close I have to defeat him without using too much Soul energy so I can defeat this General guy Eros thought while waiting for his opponents next blow, clapping his hands together Tank created a shockwave that uprooted trees and some earth as it headed towards him, activate the Barrier rune in your armour now!! Mazael told him which he did by picturing the rune he didn't recognize before immediately sending out a golden circle barrier around him that glowed with the rune for Barrier all around it while shining bright, the force of the shockwave cracked the barrier but it held and he was totally fine but it took 20 soul energy to resist that attack.
I have to finish him quick before I run out, M a little help would be nice here!! Eros screamed at his supposed partner that was just leisurely watching the fight like his survival wasn't on the line too.
He's nothing compared to that General guy you don't need my help Mazael replied angrily because he didn't like being called M, but you do need to end it quickly so I'll grant you some Soul Hunter Technique I was planning on teaching it to you later but now will do.
Feeling his body get stronger and his power getting stronger, Eros smiled as he activated one of the new techniques Sonic Step, sending a little bit of Soul Energy to his feet his speed tripled causing small cracks wherever he stepped, now going on the offensive he activated the other technique Soul Cutter, it was an offensive technique that sent out a golden and Black slash that had the sharpness and durability of gold and the destruction of darkness, it was a combination of his innate Soul Aura as Mazael explained.
Slashing in a X shape he sent two sword slashes out from his sword towards Tank's head at incredible speed while running behind the attack, raising his hands up to protect his vulnerable spot his silver arms took the hit but they had actually cut through and left two deep slashes that bled but it wasn't enough to protect him from the blow that followed, jumping up as soon as tank raised his hands up to protect his head while blocking his own sight he activated his attack rune for the extra attack power and Soul Cutter at the same time slashing downward with all his strength while his sword was covered in a Golden and dark aura he attacked cutting Tanks hands from the wrist and leaving a deep cut in the middle of his helmet and skull along with it causing blood to spray on his jet black and white hair and face giving his glowing eyes a more ominous glow.
He knew he had to go for the head from the beginning of the fight, it was the only covered spot so he knew he had to cause damage to his body and ignore the rest of his metal body but he didn't expect the power of that slash to be that strong but he guessed it was because he used the attack rune at the right time with it.