Life Hunter 144 ''Soul Manifestation''

"I won't act" He said and the archangel sighed in relief "For now" Michael's expression tensed once again "I'm quite curious about that Life Hunter. He's the last of his kind after all. I'll come back when his trial is over" He declared and transformed into a huge flame before returning to his volcano.

When the beast left, Michael groaned and shook his head "Seriously, what is going on? This war is even more chaotic than I expected" He complained and glanced at Gabriel "And you were not helping"

Gabriel looked away and snorted "I couldn't let him order me around, okay? A question of pride"

"Yeah, sure? You've got great pride. I know that already"

"What do you mean by that!?"

"Mm, wait" Michael suddenly remembered about something "Where is Lucifer?" He slightly panicked. Lucifer definitely woke Ifrit up but Michael didn't think that he was betting on that to get his payback.

Just as the archangel was thinking about that, he spotted Lucifer coming back with two more people at his side. One of them was a handsome demon with a really disturbing smile in his face and the other was a big, ugly monster with a large face "Oh, you gotta be kidding me. Asmodeus and Beelzebub… how the h.e.l.l did he find them so quickly!?"

Michael shouted and prepared his spear "Well, good luck" Gabriel said and flew away.

"…thanks" Michael responded with a sunken mood and flapped his wings and engaged in a fight with the three princes. Fortunately for him, Satan had already been taken care of.

In another part of the battlefield, Utain peeked behind him to confirm that Ifrit had left "I suppose it's the best outcome" Chulainn wryly commented and resumed his own combat.

"Surely is" Utain said indifferently and effortlessly blocked Chulainn's giant body with his bare hands. He gritted his teeth and his muscles bulged. He landed on the ground and jumped just after.

He reached Chulainn's middle head and punched him just like that. Chulainn let out a short cry and his two other heads released a fire breath on Utain. But the latter resisted the fire with his body alone and even counter-attacked one of the heads before Chulainn created a violent sandstorm and pushed him back.

When Utain was about to charge again, his body suddenly became heavier and he clicked his tongue as he knew who was the cause. He looked in Lanya's direction and sent a wave aura and killing intent.

He would counter her like that each time since it was enough, but he had to admit that the magic she used kept bothering him but he also couldn't do anything more than that as Chulainn would protect her every time "(A magic cable of messing around with the Owls…good thing it has limitations based on its user)" The beast man thought and was attacked by someone else.

"I admit, I don't have that much fighting strength, but it's quite hard to fight me, you know?" Lilis smiled and said. The magic she owned as the G.o.ddess of Worldly Emotions was truly in her t.i.tle. She could affect emotions in particular ways.

She could, of course, make someone 'self-destruct' if she managed to poison their feelings. But against stronger foes, she could actually forcefully activate certain emotions.

For example, when Utain would try to retaliate, he would unnaturally halt because he was feeling a sudden pity or even guilt.

And that's what happened one more time as he wasn't able to finish his attack. Furthermore, his body would get constantly restrained by Lanya's Lawless Tome and Chulainn's control over h.e.l.l's environment, a bit like Arima would do with Ragnarök.

"You're trying to upset me?" Even Utain couldn't stand this kind of treatment eternally. He was being tossed around by those three from the beginning. But not once did they actually land a critical blow on him and actually just protected themselves. They were stuck in a situation where neither of the two sides could get the victory.

"Don't blame me for being harsh" Utican warned them and made his mana flow through his entire body. The quant.i.ty of mana he used was also quite scary "[Impenetrable Will]" He chanted and his body underwent a peculiar change.

His skin turned slightly paler and his eyes clearer. He then instantly jumped and stepped on thin-air to propel himself in Lilis's direction. She, of course, used her ability like before but no matter how she tried, she failed to enter his mind.

"s.h.i.t. Lilis get out of the way! He actually used Mind magic to enhance his body!" Chulainn shouted and the sigil on his tail glowed. The ground cracked open and a ma.s.sive pillar of fire raised between Lilis and Utain.

But the latter went through the flames like they were nothing "(This guy's resistance against h.e.l.l's fire is too strong. He must have gotten used to the magic wave while he was in the purgatory)" Chulainn guessed.

Actually, if one study a magic enough. It's possible to become completely immune to it. Utain stayed in the purgatory for thousands of years. Although he didn't reach a level of immunity, it was basically impossible to threaten him with the kind of fire that he spent thousands of years with. And unfortunately for Chulainn, the h.e.l.lhound's flames are the flames of h.e.l.l.

Utain condensed his mana into his arm and used another elemental enhancing. His arm slowly covered itself in stone and its size also increased by a huge margin.

Lilis realized she wasn't going to escape in time and decided to resist the blow the best she could. Her surroundings became bathed in a pinkish aura and a magic shield of the same color formed in front of her.

When Utain touched the shield, his fist was actually stopped for a second. But he just frowned and effortlessly broke it. Although his attack was slowed down, it was definitely going to hit "Lilis!" Chulainn shouted and kicked the ground to the point his ma.s.sive body made the earth shake but he knew he wasn't going to reach her in time.

"[Third Destruction Art, Full Release, Pars Impios]" Lanya chanted hastily and the Lawless Tome finally activated completely and fulfilled its caster's simple and yet strong demand; save Lilis.

Just after the book vanished from Lanya's hands, it actually reappeared in the way of Utain's fist. Before the latter could react, his punch landed on an invisible barrier. His expression turned ugly at that instant and instantly pulled back his arm.

He gritted his teeth and looked at his arm after the stone enhancement faded away. He was slightly bleeding. That invisible wall wasn't only hard, he felt like if he hadn't given up, his arm would have been crushed by its own power.

Utain glared at the book which was still there and scowled when the pages started flipping in front of him "(It's not over?)" He wondered but that thought was soon replaced with rage. What he saw on the pages of the book was a drawing of a big grin. The image also moved and it looked like the drawing was laughing.

After that, the book closed and the Lawless Tome finally dissipated. Utain's expression was twitching quite violently, even more, when he realized that Lilis was out of sight.

He also wasn't able to calm down before Chulainn arrived and basically ate him. Of course, he didn't swallow him but instead, immediately used his strongest magic and bathed his throat with magma.

He then howled with his two other heads before spatting out Utain. The beast man had suffered some burns but his anger was most likely the worst thing he had been inflicted with. Chulainn didn't stop there and controlled the earth to lock Utain in a prison of stone.

"You may be to resist my flames, then what about this" Chulainn uttered and his sigil glowed "[Sub finibus tuis positi] (Under your territory)"

"[Quod interitus cadunt] (Destruction will fall)"

"[Crescere pulchra flores sanguinis] (Grow beautiful flowers of blood)"

"[Fifth Destruction Art, Spatium Horti]" Chulainn chanted and huge dark blue sphere encapsulated the stone prison. Red flower patterns were then slowly drawn on its surface and glowed all together. But that wasn't the end "Arima told me the hidden effect of this one" Chulainn grinned.

"[Spatio solute] (s.p.a.ce burst)" He added to his chant and the flowers suddenly started losing their petals. And a red color flowed down the sphere like drops of blood. Just after, the sphere started spinning and then started to act strangely. Its shape was suffering extremely confusing alterations. It would shrink or become bigger, turn into odd polygons, it would swell or contract and then, it exploded.

An explosion without flames or detonation. Just a dark blue light and some sparking particles that filled the air. At the same moment, a small tornado formed because of the vacuum before disappearing shortly after.

When Utain resurfaced from that, he had actually lost his left arm and his whole body was covered in injuries. His face was also incredibly dark and he also was gritting his teeth to not scream in pain "…The f.u.c.k was that!?" He shouted instead "Since when did you learn s.p.a.ce magic?!"

Chulainn smirked "I had the chance to learn from a very unique teacher" He jested and Utain's wrath reached another level.

He grunted and forced his body to relocate the bones and flesh and recreate his arm and heel the countless cuts on his body. Chulainn was shocked at the sight. Utain then reinforced his body even more than earlier. He once more time rushed toward Chulainn by stepping on thin air and also made sure to avoid any attack from Chulainn that could make him unable to move.

Chulainn was surprisingly calm as Utain was getting near him and smiled with his three heads "You finished?" He suddenly asked.

"Yes" Lanya's and Lilis's voices responded and both carried a strong aura with it. Even Utain who was ready to attack because of his rage stopped on his tracks. His eyes narrowed and he apprehensively looked behind the huge body of Chulainn.

The sight offered to him made him speechless. Lanya and Lilis had now both silver scales on their bodies along with a pair of silver wings on their back. Their eyes were also identic and looked like the two's eyes colors had been mixed up together. But the most shocking thing was both of their auras had reached the second divine.

"I wasn't sure it would work because of our difference in life force. But it worked in the end" Lanya said and Lilis nodded.

"I'm still shocked that Arima created such a thing, to be honest" She added with the same expression.

"(What is going on?)" Utain's mind was in turmoil for a moment now and it didn't seem to improve with time "(Do I really need to use it now?)" He thought and then shook his head "(I have to use it)" He made up his mind and took some distance from them.

"[Resurrection]" He chanted and he started releasing a suffocating aura which spread around the entire battlefield. Everyone reacted to it and snorted.

"Someone's finally using it, huh?" Baphomet commented and both Zeus and Azes wryly smiled.

"It's The Destroyer" Gabriel muttered "So, he's the first one to use the Soul Manifestation?"

Utain's body became recovered by a white fur as his body expanded. After a while, his entire figure was now one of an animal. To be exact, he exactly looked like a werewolf now "Let's continue" He said and his aura alone was scaring his opponents.

Chulainn bitterly laughed and prepared himself. It was the same for Lilis and Lanya, they both moved at the same time and flapped their wings before landing on top of Chulainn's heads.

While all of this was happening, no one noticed the small fluctuation that appeared on the gathering of life force in the sky.