Strings Of Domination

Nash wiped the blood away from the corner of his mouth once he was on his feet and with a somewhat pale face gazed into the distance from where he just 'came' from moments ago.

"This is no joke at all... I really could have died there just now!" Nash muttered with a slightly weak tone of voice and glanced down at his emerald weapon that saved his life just now.

"If it weren't for my Soul Breaker consuming some of the force behind that attack, I am pretty sure my bones in my arms would have been turned into dust just now!"

Indeed, the one that Nash can thank this time was no one but the longsword in his hold that sparkled just as brightly as ever before without any indication of it being on the verge of breaking even after taking such a powerful strike head-on!

It seemed Ancient Treasures were indeed different from normal treasures as Nash was pretty sure if it would have been any other weapon, they would have been broken into thousands of fragments without the chance to resist even a single second under Latael's strike!

"But still... How should I deal with that thing?" Nash pondered quietly as he raised his gaze and watched as Latael's humungous figure emerged on the horizon, his figure leaving behind a dense cloud of dust and chunks of debris as he approached him with ridiculous speed.

From the speed alone with which Lataeld ran, Nash was convinced it would take him less than 1 minute to reach him, hence his time to figure out a plan against that terrifying beast was rapidly declining.

"What should I do? In both strength and speed, I am way too inferior to him despite being on the same Level! I bet even his skin is as hard as steel, hence without any powerful techniques it's simply impossible for me to kill him. Only if I could use my Domination Art..."

Suddenly, as Nash was about to think for a way with which he could kill Latael, he realized that despite he was weaker and for some reason, he was pretended from using his Strings of Domination, he possessed quite a few methods to deal with him even if he couldn't actually compete with him with physical prowess!

Soul Eye, Soul Breaker, and even his newly acquired Soul Shattering Grab!

Each of those techniques was powerful enough to help him balance the current disadvantage he had and maybe if he played his cards precisely at the right moment he could even emerge as the victor in the end!

The only downfall, however, was that out of his three Soul Techniques, two required a tremendous amount of his essence to activate and use, hence he could only use them once or twice before getting completely weak, leaving him as vulnerable as a rabbit before Latael's earth-shattering assaults!

"I can only try and hope for the best!" seeing as Latael was already before him and his whip was lashed at him, Nash clenched his teeth and without hesitation activated his Soul Eye while jumping backward.

Swish!

BOOOOM!

In that very instant as Nash jumped backward, the whip bashed into the spot where he just stood a second ago, creating not only a pit with a width of five meters but even caused the earth to crack and split, forming several fissures with a hundred miles length that spread to almost all directions!

'...'

Nash watched with a calm expression the destruction taking place before his eyes from mid-air, and couldn't help but wonder what kind of doom would fall on this land if Latael decided to strike not with his whip or spear, but with that huge hammer in his other grasp; the sight would be devastating, there was no doubt about that.

'However...' as Nash watched just how absurd Latael's power was, his eyes brightened at the same time with excitement as he could clearly see how a half-transparent Latael suddenly melted out of his real body and moved toward him with its spear holding hand already lunged at him with seemingly great force!

'I can see it! I can see what he will do next!' Nash looked excited when he watched as the next second Latael's body moved in the exact same manner as his semi-transparent form, thrusting his spear at his chest with the intent of piercing his heart!

It turns out, his Soul Eye's true strength lay in seeing the movement of the souls of others, giving him the advantage to think a second ahead of his enemies and plan accordingly!

It was an ability akin to witnessing the future a second earlier before it even happens!

Such an advantage could not be underestimated as under a single second many things could happen, especially if one was a powerful existence with a superb movement technique!

However, although it was a power that could assist anyone against existences even a whole Rank above them for a small amount of time, Nash had to realize that his Soul Eye, unfortunately, was only a frailer version of the true Fortune Telling Eye. In the end, it seemed he was still unable to perceive the movements of things such as the weapons in Latael's grasp, as they had no souls, or so that is what Nash was thinking.

As for if he was right or not, Nash had no clue at all as he had no time to think any longer. Instead, he quickly shifted his body to the side, smoothly evading Latael's spear strike before raising his Soul Breaker above his head and swinging it downward with all his strength!

Swish!

CLANG!

"What?" just as Nash thought he succeeded in delivering his attack, a metallic sound resounded in the air while below his weapon a dagger appeared out of nowhere, halting his strike just in prior he could have cut Latael's arm off!

Upon seeing as his onslaught failed, Nash, however, didn't feel shocked at all as he understood it was only natural for him not to notice Latael's dagger, as again, he was unable to perceive it as he could with his soul.

'I need to focus even more.' Nash thought in his heart and watched calmly as Latael's soul moved once again, this time seemingly attempting to use his greatsword to strike him from above!

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A/N: Hope you liked it and also thank you very much for all of your votes! <3

An extra chapter is coming!! :)