In the void, Lilith looked solemnly at the fully recovered Orosius.
Her previous strike had been charging since before the battle began, yet it had only resulted in a momentary injury.
Although she had successfully dealt a heavy blow to Orosius, his terrifying regenerative ability made her realize that conventional attacks would struggle to truly kill this monster.
Orosius flexed his newly regrown left arm, his dark gold vertical pupils fixed on Lilith, the crimson light in his eyes growing more intense.
In the next instant, his figure blurred as he charged directly in front of Lilith.
His massive frame bore down on her like a mountain, his fist carrying destructive power as it aimed straight for her face.
Lilith was startled. She had expected Orosius to lash out, but she hadn't anticipated he would be this fast.
Without time to think, her body instinctively retreated while her hands began to channel energy in front of her.
“Buzz...”
Purple mana gathered in her palms, transforming into a thick beam of light that shot out instantly.
The beam was over ten meters in diameter, deep purple in color, with black arcs of electricity coiling around its edges, radiating a heart-palpitating aura of destruction.
The light beam hit Orosius head-on.
“Boom!!!”
The shockwave from the energy collision rippled through the air, vibrating distant celestial fragments into powder.
Orosius raised his right arm to block his front.
The beam slammed into his arm, erupting in a blinding glare.
The purple energy scorched his skin like fire.
Orosius was pushed back repeatedly by the force of the beam.
However, he soon began to press against the light, taking step after step forward.
“What?...” Lilith was inwardly shocked.
“My mana output isn't high enough...” Lilith gritted her teeth. “And I know too few spells...”
Her methods of attack were too limited.
Against an ordinary enemy, Slashing Magic was more than enough.
But against a monster of Orosius's caliber, these attacks felt... somewhat weak.
“With my current mana, it's likely difficult to deal a fatal blow...” Lilith quickly analyzed the situation. “I must change my tactics.”
In the few seconds she spent thinking, Orosius had already pushed through the beam and reached within ten meters of her.
“Die!!”
His fist fell.
Wherever the fist passed, space shattered inch by inch, revealing the pitch-black void behind it.
Destructive energy coiled around his fist, multiplying the power of the strike several times over.
Lilith frowned slightly and reacted immediately. Her body flashed to the left while her right hand pressed down toward Orosius's abdomen.
Invisible slashes erupted across Orosius’s belly, instantly slicing through his skin and leaving wounds deep enough to see the bone.
Blood gushed out, but Orosius seemed unable to feel the pain.
He didn't even look at the wounds on his abdomen; instead, his left hand shot out and grabbed Lilith's wrist where it was pressed against him.
“Caught you,” he said, his voice carrying a cruel smile.
Then, his right fist boomed forward.
Lilith couldn't dodge this punch; the distance between them was too short.
“I’ve got her!” Orosius thought triumphantly.
But in the next second, something felt wrong.
The punch didn't have the tactile sensation of hitting a solid body.
His fist stopped three inches in front of Lilith's face.
It was as if it had been blocked by an invisible barrier.
“What?” Orosius was stunned.
He looked down.
An invisible shield had appeared around Lilith’s entire body.
It was unseen, yet seemingly indestructible. His fist had slammed into the shield without even causing a single ripple.
“High-level magic: Mana Shield.”
Lilith explained with a smile. “As long as my mana isn't exhausted, it's basically impossible to break through from the outside.”
She looked up, her red pupils reflecting Orosius’s bewildered face.
“How is it?”
She grinned, her smile carrying a hint of mischief.
“Moreover, with my nearly infinite mana, I’m quite confident I can wear you down.”
She tightened her grip on the wrist Orosius was holding and yanked it free with force.
“Also, just so you know, compared to long-range magic bombardment, my melee capability is actually stronger~”
The moment the words left her mouth, her left fist swung out, slamming hard into Orosius’s cheek.
“Bang!!!”
A dull thud echoed.
Orosius was sent flying backward, carving a straight trajectory through the air and shattering every celestial fragment in his path before finally smashing into a massive meteorite over a hundred kilometers in diameter.
“Boom!!!”
The meteorite exploded, turning into countless fragments that scattered in all directions.
Orosius was embedded in the core of the meteorite, his head tilted to one side, blood leaking from the corner of his mouth. His dark gold vertical pupils were filled with confusion.
“I... I was blown away?”
“The power behind that punch... was actually that great?”
Orosius shook his head and broke free from the meteorite, hovering in the void.
He touched his cheek, where a clear fist imprint remained and the bone throbbed with pain.
Although the injury wasn't serious and would recover in seconds, to him, this was...
A humiliation.
“Heh...” Orosius laughed.
“Hahaha!!!”
The laughter echoed through the vacuum, causing the surrounding space to tremble violently.
He looked up at Lilith in the distance. He licked the blood from the corner of his mouth. “Then I’d like to see whose melee is stronger.”
He rolled his neck, making a cracking sound.
“Today, I’ll see just how long your shield can last.”
As the words fell, his figure vanished instantly.
Lilith immediately looked around.
Suddenly, a terrifying force slammed into the Mana Shield.
“Boom!!!”
Orosius appeared before her, his fists falling like raindrops.
Every punch carried destructive power, and every punch made the shield vibrate violently.
But the shield never shattered.
Lilith snorted coldly. “It’s useless.”
“Is it?” Orosius grinned.
He stopped his assault, retreated a few steps, and pressed his palms together in front of his chest.
Dark red destructive energy gathered in his palms, compressing, then compressing further.
The energy ball grew from the size of a fist to ten meters in diameter, then a hundred, then a thousand...
Finally, it transformed into a dark red energy ball over five thousand meters in diameter, hovering above his head and radiating a heart-palpitating aura of destruction.
“This strike,” Orosius said softly, “let’s see how you block it.”
He pressed his hands downward.
The energy ball plummeted.
Lilith looked up at the massive sphere of energy, the dark red light reflecting in her crimson pupils.
The coverage of the energy ball was too vast, almost completely sealing off all her paths of retreat.
Lilith closed her eyes as the energy ball slammed into the shield.
“Boom!!!”
The explosion roared as the shockwave expanded outward.
But when the explosion cleared, Lilith was completely unharmed.
“How is that possible...” Orosius’s pupils constricted slightly.
He had used seventy percent of his power for that strike.
“Heh, my mana isn't exhausted yet. I’d like to see how exactly you plan to break my shield.”
She looked up at Orosius, a playful glint flashing in her red pupils.
She raised her right hand toward him.
“My turn.”
“Buzz.”
Countless beams of light appeared, each containing terrifying mana. They instantly pierced through the void, shooting toward Orosius.
Orosius’s expression changed. He retreated rapidly while layering defense after defense in front of him.
But there were too many beams.
Thousands upon thousands, dense and packed together, they poured down like a torrential rain.
“Puff puff puff puff!!!”
The light beams pierced through his defenses and struck Orosius’s body, leaving behind countless small bloody holes.
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