Shadow Slave

Chapter 1890 Dark Tide Now that Sunny could see through Saint's eyes, the ravaged hall of the ancient Citadel was revealed to him once again. It had changed drastically in a short span of time…

The outer wall was partially missing, torn open by Fiend's charge. Splinters and debris littered the cracked floor. The scarlet vines and the roots of the trees that had protruded from the ceiling were decimated, filling the air with a sweet fragrance while they bled viscous — and undoubtedly toxic — sap.

Everything was drowning in darkness.

Before, Sunny had always seen darkness like a billowing cloud of nothingness — an impenetrable black barrier that was uniform and featureless, obscuring the world from his senses. However, now, he saw it in a new light… or rather, the opposite of light.

To Saint's eyes, darkness was rich and full of nuance. It flowed all around them, its fluid torrents creating beautiful patterns in the air. Moving, ebbing, changing… almost like a living creature. The dark splendor of that scene was subtle and breathtaking.

Sadly, Sunny had no time to enjoy the beauty of darkness, because Lightslayer was not wasting even a moment.

To his surprise, Revel herself was like a part of the elemental darkness she had unleashed. When she moved, her body seemed to become one with the flow of it, dissolving into ethereal dark liquid before coalescing back into a tangible form — because of that, she could travel to any point in the hall with such tremendous speed that it almost seemed instantaneous.

The Reflection, which mirrored her appearance perfectly, was the same.

'A movement Aspect Ability? Or a partial Transformation?'

Sunny did not know.

A split second later, Saint was attacked from both sides.

Revel was far too strong and powerful for a Transcendent Beast, which meant that at least one of the Abilities granted her a physical augmentation — quite similar to Saint's own [Mantle of Darkness]. Although it was hard to judge, Sunny suspected that the extent of that augmentation was greater than even Effie's own potent physical enhancement.

while Revel's seemed to only work within the bounds of true darkness. So, there was some kind of balance to her unreasonably powerful

summon a flood of elemental

from the left, while the Reflection attacked from the right.Both strikes were insidious, devastating,

one blow with her shield and deflecting another with her sword, she easily avoided the sharp blades and took a small step while shifting her

enemies alone, her own augmented power was no less fearsome than theirs. On top of that, she was much taller than

skill… she wasn't called a Battle Master without

on the battlefield, the Onyx Saint is proficient in all forms of

the Reflection while simultaneously drawing closer to Revel. With their swords still entangled in a bind, she

a torrent of fluid darkness, she instantly moved several meters back. At the same time, the Reflection used the opportunity to deliver a blow

already bringing her shield back, pushing the enemy's blade down with its rim.

took

countless clashes like that happened in an unceasing succession, turning the dark hall of the ancient castle into

sounds of clashing steel fused into a deafening litany. Powerful shockwaves spread in all directions, decimating what little tendrils of the scarlet infestation there

mystical materials, considering that it withstood the passage of time and countless disasters that must have befallen it in the Hollows — and yet, it could not withstand the

Sunny was in awe.

and so intimately. And it wasn't just anyone's skill, at that — it was the sublime technique of Saint herself, who was one of the most fearsome warriors he

insidiously lethal.Solid,

exposed to such excellence without any barriers. To not only observe how Saint fought, but also feel and experience it as if

the actual situation was quite

surface of the level below, which cracked slightly under her prodigious weight. Splinters