"I have to take action myself, but then again, if I don't, this magic academy might not be able to hold on..." Constantine didn't care about Robert's appearance. After hearing Robert's words, a mysterious magical mark flashed in his hand, pulling the Guardians and the Shadow Hunters back into the magic academy.
"Don't just stand there, hurry up and help!" The Guardian reacted quickly. He looked at the Shadow Hunters around him who were still in a daze, especially Clare, who shouted, "Proceed with the plan, or we really won't be able to save the academy!"
The Guardian knew from the pressure erupting from Valentine that if they didn't act quickly, the magic academy might be destroyed in this battle!
"You were prepared?" Surprise flashed in Constantine's eyes. He had planned to take action himself, but now, seeing that the magic academy was prepared, he could hold back some of his trump cards, which he had not easily accumulated and was reluctant to use casually.
With a "bang," just as Constantine finished speaking, a terrifying sound resonated at the entrance of the magic academy, causing the entire academy to tremble before this soundwave.
"Boom!" The next moment, the main gate and the front hall of the magic academy were completely destroyed. The color drained from the faces of the Guardian and the others as they hastened their actions, knowing that their base, the lineage of Shadow Hunters, was about to be completely demolished!
Above the ruins of the front hall, Robert and Valentine hovered in mid-air after their clash. This punch ended in a stalemate. In less than half a month, Valentine had improved his strength by more than tenfold, reaching a level of combat power that required Robert to unleash the power of the Giant Ape's Rage.
With the angel wings and demon horns on Valentine's body, Robert was even more certain that the guy behind Valentine was no simple character. Now, Robert's goal was to defeat Valentine and force out the person backing him!
"How is this possible?!" Valentine was shocked after clashing with Robert, finding that he had not gained the upper hand. He knew how powerful he was, with the bloodline power of a demon telling him that he could be considered a Demon King among the hellish demons!
This was a realm and strength Valentine had longed for. However, the fact that this strength did not suppress Robert was unacceptable to him.
After recalling his previous memories with Robert, killing Robert to wash away his humiliation became even more important to Valentine than his conquest to become a Demon King. So, after a brief shock, Valentine quickly regained his composure, determined to take revenge on Robert and kill him!
With a "bang," Valentine got distracted in the fight, but Robert, especially in his Giant Ape's Rage state, did not. With that muffled sound, Valentine's body was sent flying, but not too far from the magic academy.
The magic academy wasn't situated in the real world but was similar to a subspace like the barbaric islands, formed by the unique magic of the Shadow Hunter lineage, separated from the real world by a layer of magical light.
However, this subspace was clearly not as robust as the true barbaric islands. With Robert's punch, the surroundings trembled again, looking like they were on the verge of breaking...
But fortunately, to prevent their home from being demolished, the Guardian and the Shadow Hunters were prepared. The academy wasn't just protected by anti-magic formations; as a surge of formation power emerged, the space around became much more stable.
"Damn it!" Valentine, having been punched away by Robert, didn't care about these changes. He shouted angrily at Robert, who was approaching him, with his wings releasing a holy white light, enveloping every inch of space around him.
Suddenly, Robert felt as if he had entered a quagmire, with huge resistance pressing against him from all directions, as if intending to trap him in place.
But what Robert feared the least were binding abilities, for his Berserker Fist could ignore all control effects!
With a "hum," an astonishing fighting intent surged from Robert, affecting the surrounding space and allowing him to continue charging towards Valentine with an unstoppable momentum.
With another "bang," Valentine hadn't expected Robert to completely bypass his holy white light's obstruction. In a brief exchange, Robert had already adapted to his grown body and assessed Valentine's current strength.
Valentine's strength was close to that of the hellish Demon King, even more formidable than the Shadow Demon King Robert had faced before. Previously, Robert had needed to transform into a Giant Ape to defeat that Demon King, but now, he only needed the power of the Giant Ape's Rage to fight Valentine. This was not only because Robert's strength had improved but also because Valentine seemed unfamiliar yet confident with his current powers, a confidence that seemed deeply ingrained in his consciousness...
"Damn it! I'll kill you!" Valentine, once again sent flying by Robert, was nearing his breaking point. The memory of being completely suppressed by Robert and gradually nearing death resurfaced in his mind. Although Valentine didn't understand why Robert had changed his appearance, his determination to kill Robert only solidified.
With Valentine's words, a multitude of nearly imperceptible substances appeared within the holy white light—some moving fast, others drifting as if harmless. But Robert, sensing the danger, identified its source.
These were feathers from the angel wings, which Robert had dismantled during their last battle. At that time, the angel wings posed no threat to Robert, even without him using his full strength.
However, things were different now. Each feather from the current angel wings contained terrifying lethal power, as if the very space around was rippling because of the feathers' presence.
A feather slashed across Robert's face at that moment, bypassing both his aura and the protective aura barrier he had conjured, showing the cutting power of the feather.
"Sharp feathers, huh?" Seeing an endless stream of feathers continuing to sweep towards him, Robert's gaze flickered. He raised his hands, and two energy disks appeared in his palms. The energy disks then split into countless fragments, sweeping forward in a dense barrage.
The energy disk, as an original skill of Krillin, often proved effective in battle. During a fight in the Dragon Ball Super era, Krillin once split an energy disk into three to attack an enemy, later managing to release multiple energy disks simultaneously.
Now, Robert had taken the use of energy disks to a new height, with his stronger mental power and deeper understanding of energy, turning them into a storm of needles that could compete against Valentine's flurry of feathers.
"Clang!" The sound of metallic collisions rang out as the energy disks and the flurry of feathers continuously clashed and destroyed each other. Robert hovered surrounded by a dense circle of energy disks, carving a path for him to charge towards Valentine again.
As Robert broke through the feathers, Valentine, gritting his teeth with rage in his eyes, switched to demonic power, unleashing a dark beam towards Robert.
This time, Robert had no intention of directly confronting Valentine's dark power, as he saw through Valentine's intent to trap him among the feathers. Naturally, Robert wouldn't let him succeed easily.
With a "whoosh," Robert's aura exploded out, significantly increasing his speed as he flew past Valentine's dark beam, his face alight with excitement. Valentine trembled at Robert's gaze, which resembled that of an excited predator locking onto its prey.
"I'm the prey? No! Impossible!" Valentine's pupils shrank slightly, his palms instantly morphing into demonic claws as he aggressively charged towards Robert, determined to take control of the fight and defeat Robert.
With a "bang," in the next moment, Valentine and Robert clashed again. The terrifying sound of their collision spread around, even though the area had been fortified by spells from the Guardian and Constantine. Everything still inevitably trembled.
In this exchange, an enraged Valentine did not gain the upper hand. Instead, Robert's energy disks slashed across Valentine's body, leaving numerous wounds. Strangely, the blood flowing from these wounds was distinctly different.
Some wounds emitted a holy light, others were as dull as ordinary human blood, and yet others dripped with demonic blood, corroding everything around.
"So, he looks perfectly fused on the outside, but inside, he's filled with three completely different types of blood. However, it seems each type of blood occupies a different part of his body, yet all come from the same source?" Robert keenly noticed Valentine's anomaly during the fight, then launched a fierce attack towards Valentine's heart.
This was where Robert sensed the origin of the three different types of blood, possibly because Valentine had been transformed by both angel and demon blood, making his blood-producing organs not in the bone marrow but in his heart instead.
Moreover, Robert discovered that the three different types of blood maintained Valentine's bizarre state, with human blood acting as a binder, merging both angel and demon blood together.
While the human blood seemed inconsequential, it was actually the foundation of everything, even crucial for Valentine to maintain his current state and life!
"Whoosh!"
"Clang!"
When Valentine realized Robert was targeting his heart, he was shocked. He might have started to recognize the abnormalities in his body, but the battle left no room for further thought. His angel wings shot out endless feathers at Robert, but they were all blocked by the energy disks floating around Robert.
With Robert's current mental power, multitasking to control these energy disks was no issue, rendering Valentine's attack ineffective.
However, watching Valentine shoot out feather after feather, one couldn't help but wonder if Valentine's wings would end up plucked bare. Remember, during their last battle, Robert had completely dismantled one of Valentine's wings, plucking it bare. But this time, Valentine's new pair of wings seemed to have an endless supply of feathers.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The battle above the magic academy had escalated, with Robert and Valentine initially matching each other in strength. However, as the fight progressed, Valentine was horrified to find that despite his wounds healing and his strength not diminishing, Robert's suppressive force was growing stronger.
"Are their powers really so terrifying?" Below, in the magic academy, Clare appeared somewhat bewildered. She instinctively looked up towards the site of Robert and Valentine's battle, but without the ability to see through roofs, she couldn't observe their fight.
Even if Clare could somehow see the battle, her vision wouldn't be sharp enough to discern who had the upper hand or even clearly make out their moves. To Clare, all she could do was listen to the continuous sounds of their collision...
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