Strings Of Domination

Everyone watched with tense faces as the Diamond Beast swung one of its massive hands at Bane, creating powerful ripples around its fist that traveled with a speed that didn't lack in comparison to those attacks at the Warmaster Rank!

Though, if one thought about how this Diamond Beast was a Mutated Beast, despite being only at the peak of the Warrior Rank it easily qualified to rival those above its Rank with ease!

One had to note that Mutated Beasts not only possessed the strength to fight those above them in Rank with seemingly no struggle and even emerge as the victor if things favored them, but their Legacy was the stronger version of their kind!

For instance, while a Normal and Evolved Diamond Beast's Legacy had the ability to reflect attacks falling on them with at least thrice as much force, then Mutated Diamond Beast were capable of reflecting assaults with at least four or even five times stronger!

What did it mean? It meant that a simple powerful punch or kick that could break bones upon impact would be not only defended against with ease but would also be reflected as an assault that had the ability to kill anyone instantly on the same Rank as the Diamond Beast or worse bring them to the edge of death where they no longer could continue fighting!

That is why every living creature feared Mutated Beasts, especially if Mutated Beasts appeared among Dimensional Creatures, ones that could destroy planets and conquer solar systems!

"Lord Bane!"

"Watch out!"

"Dodge!"

Every Slayer roared with worry when they saw how the Diamond Beast's fist was now only inches away from Bane's face, ready to burst his head into pieces of skull and brain matter!

"Dodge?" a mocking grin appeared on Bane's face when he heard the words of his men and without hesitation threw out a punch too, one that carried the strength of his Warmaster Rank!

"A real Slayer never evades only fend and surpass!" Bane roared loudly and with his Ancient Treasure glove on his fist punched the Diamond Beast's fist.

BOOOOOOOOOM!!!

In that very instant as the two fists met each other, the whole surroundings halted for a split second before a terrifying explosion broke out with the beast and Bane as its epicenter, while a shockwave that shattered the ground and created sharp wind blades appeared, traveling into the far distance like a crazy torrent!

Whoosh!

BAM!

As everyone was pushed back to further distances while forcing them to use means to defend against the strong shockwave a figure was seen flying through the sky with speed akin to a bullet and crashing into the ground with a force that created a huge crater below and around it!

"Brother!" Flake's face immediately changed and using one of his powerful Domination Arts, Zephyr Shift, he appeared next to Bane as if he just teleported.

"Bleargh!" coughing up blood that contained two pieces of teeth, Bane opened his eyes weakly while glancing down at his arm that now was completely wasted; it was deformed to such angles that even an idiot would understand it was broken!

Yet, even though his arm was broken and he lost two teeth while bleeding rivers of blood from both his mouth and wounds, Bane still showed a delighted and amused smile, one that made him look like someone whole lost his sanity.

"To think... Not even with my Legacy was I able to kill it... Cough... Cough... It seems Mutated Beasts are truly on another level even if they are below you."

"Don't talk, eat this." Flake quickly took put a golden pill from his pocket and helped Bane to consume it.

Once it was consumed, Bane's complexion began to slowly recover but even then the crazed smile on his face never vanished and his eyes were still fixed on the Diamond Beast.

"But at least I was able to damage it to a degree too... Haha!"

Flake frowned when he heard his brother's words and turned around. And when he did, he found it with shock as half of the Diamond Beast's arm was blown off, only a small portion of its hand remaining below its shoulder!

"But it still alive and still has three hands!" Flake said and began to think what he should do.

Although Flake knew they had pretty much zero chance to kill it, he also knew they could not run away as Diamond Beasts were not that slow. Maybe he, Bane, and a few of their soldiers could reach the spaceship and escape, the rest would without a doubt die, something he didn't wish to happen.

He came to Planet Rover to kill and not because to be killed and leave behind comrades!

"Should I just use 'that'?" Flake mumbled, but deep inside he didn't wish to use the item he was currently thinking of. He would feel too ashamed after all this if he decided to use it that he was pretty sure many would make a joke out of him and call him pathetic.

Flake clenched his teeth in frustration and after a few seconds of pondering he cursed quietly and said, "And then what? I would rather get used to being called pathetic than dying here!"

Flake stood up and was ready to summon the item he wished to use when suddenly saw with shock as the figure of Emerald with his friends appeared on the Diamond Beast's side, seemingly ready to attack it!

"Did they go completely insane? They will die! They are not even a Warmaster, their bodies won't be able to sustain the rebounding force if they attempt to attack it!" Flake blurted out loudly, but the next second his eyes widened extra large while his jaws loosened from the shock.

"How sure are you that your power will work?" Nash asked Amy calmly as he stared at the humungous frame of the beast in front of him.

Amy who stood next to Nash pondered for a brief moment before replying, "I am one hundred percent sure my Domination Art will work. The question here is how much will it weaken that beast."

"And how much do you think can you weaken it?" Nash asked, giving another glance at the beast's indicator which contained no levels of emotions!

The indicator above the creature was empty!

"If I need to take a rough guess, I would say my ability should weaken it at least 15% or at the very best 20%!"

"If you count me in, I can raise that number to 30%!" Miles suddenly said from the side, his fingers tightly clenching the book in his hand.

"Almost one-third?" Nash touched his chin and nodded, "Okay, let's do it. That will be more than enough for me to kill it."

The two on Nash's side nodded and without saying anything activated their Domination Arts at the same time.

Miles began to draw several golden symbols before him into the empty air, forming several complex lines of texts that no one was able to understand no matter how long they looked at it.

On the other hand, Amy raised both of her hands while a small bracelet on her right wrist which until now was hidden under her robe lit up with white light, covering her entire body like a goddess.

Whoosh!

With a gentle breeze, a huge white circle appeared under Amy's feet while a same, but several times bigger circle materialized under the Diamond Beast's feet, covering its body with the same white light too.

Swish!

"Ugh..."

The very second circle was created below each of them, which only took less than 10 seconds, white line with a width of feet grew from each circle and connected in midway, causing Amy's complexion to pale slightly and a painful groan escape from her mouth.

Luckily, she had her mask on hence the only ones that noticed her pain were Nash and Miles, the two that stood on her side.

"Are you okay?" Nash quickly supported Amy in her back, fearing she would suddenly fall back.

"Y-Yeah... I am fine... I just got dizzy all of a sudden but I am fine now." Amy blushed slightly as she regained her balance and said, "Now it is your turn."

Nash didn't say anything but glanced at Miles who drew his last symbol and waved his hand.

"Mystic Restriction of Body... Chains!"

Whoosh!

With speed similar to the attack he used on his first Diamond Beast, all the symbols appeared around the Diamond Beast and got stuck on its skin before they connected with each other and changed shapes, forming imagines akin to chains!

"My... power will weaken its physical defense... but only for a minute at best!" Miles said among heavy breathing, obviously because he was exhausted from using that single skill.

"My Legacy Restriction can work until either I am inside my control formation or my power gets depleted. But from the looks of it, I can only sustain for 2 minutes at most too!"

"That will be more than enough." Nash nodded and without wasting any more time began to walk toward the beast, with steps that were neither fast nor slow and even casual!