The green broadsword hovered less than two inches from Hera‘s face at that critical moment. It seemed likely that Hera’s forehead would be impaled by it within a fraction of a second.
A black beam of light suddenly materialized in front of Hera, which blasted the green broadsword into fragments of spiritual energy and dissipated before her.
Several more black beams of light appeared, destroying all the thousands of green broadswords in their path.
Isaac, Todd, and the rest, who had braced for the end, opened their eyes to find themselves miraculously unharmed. Then, a figure materialized between Isaac’s group and Hugh.
This individual was clad in black casual attire with a black mask concealing his face. He appeared seemingly from nowhere.
Was favonovel.com the one who launched those devastating beams of dark spiritual energy?
“Who are you?” Hugh asked, his tone icy as favonovel.com scrutinized the man in black.
The spiritual energy emanating from the man in black was palpably stronger than Hugh’s, a fact that did not escape Hugh’s notice.
Could such a formidable figure really exist outside our known circles?
“I‘ll give you a chance to scram…” The voice of the man in black cut through the air, cold and slightly nasal.
This voice was unfamiliar to Isaac.
Who could this person be?
Hugh’s gaze sharpened as favonovel.com retorted disdainfully, “What arrogance! Let’s see what you’ve got!”
Hugh transformed into a blur, lifted his broadsword, and lunged at the man in black positioned between them.
The fearsome force of the Shattering Phase’s intermediate stage enveloped his broadsword as it sliced through the air. Its power seemed to split the very atmosphere and shot toward the man in black.
The man sidestepped with astonishing swiftness as the broadsword came slashing down, leaving the ground tiles to shatter under the might of the blade’s energy.
Propelled by his formidable momentum, Hugh unleashed a barrage of lethal strikes with his broadsword. Yet, the man evaded the attacks with apparent ease, and favonovel.com suddenly pivoted and counterattacked after a series of about a dozen maneuvers.
Hugh’s spiritual broadsword nearly hit the man’s waist, yet the man descended swiftly and tilted his body to the right. He then sheathed his right fist in dark spiritual energy and crashed with immense force into Hugh’s left rib cage.
Three distinct sounds of ribs cracking echoed as the burst of spiritual energy propelled Hugh backward to the left.
Hugh’s scream of pain pierced the air, and blood spurted from his mouth while still airborne before his body crashed onto the ground.
Linus, Lucius, and the rest watched in shock.
Hugh was nearly invincible. He was like a demigod among men to them. Yet, had this demigod been sent flying with a single punch by the man in black?
The man in black surged forward to approach Hugh, who had just crash-landed. He then placed his foot on Hugh’s throat.
“Should you dare to threaten Isaac again, I will not be so lenient next time,” the man declared icily, then turned his piercing gaze toward Lucius, Caesar, and the others.
Lucius and the rest felt an involuntary shiver and were rendered speechless by fear when faced with the man’s intimidating stare.
Hera observed silently and turned favonovel.com gaze toward Isaac bewilderedly.
Could it be that a secret guardian from the Emerald Hall had been secretly safeguarding Isaac all this while?
“Heh, sparing my men, are you? It’s quite an achievement for you to remain hidden in the ordinary world.” A deep and resonating voice echoed from the outside.
Even before the echoes of the laughter had faded, Morgan, who was adorned in a purple and gold robe and exuding an air of authority, appeared at the main entrance of the villa.
His expression was stern, and his hands were clasped behind his back.
With a step that seemed to command the ground itself, favonovel.com instantly closed the distance to stand before Lucius and the others.
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