Defiance of the Fall

nt Zac would deal with the second one as well.

’

Now they could only do what they could to support Zac from a distance since there was no point in them throwing away their lives.

The initial attempt at finishing off the Dominator had failed, but Zac refused to give up.
At least they had managed to wound him, and Zac didn’t believe that the spatial energies seeping out from the Dimensional Seed could help him heal as well.
They should be able to whittle him down in this manner.

But Zac soon found himself under a relentless storm of strikes as Void’s Disciple visage had turned into a mask of fury.
Strikes with enough force to shatter mountains were launched in a relentless flurry, and they still incorporated the esoteric and unpredictable methods of space.

Zac kept [Conformation of Supremacy] constantly active as he tried to give as good as he got, but his body was already a bloody mess after pushing through two spatial storms.
Ogras tried to help as best as he could, but another galaxy had appeared, trapping Zac in a death cage where he gradually lost the initiative.

A fist suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and Zac saw white for an instant as it landed straight on the side of his head.
The punch was powerful enough to almost made it look like Zac was teleported as he slammed into the ground, and even the sturdy golden alloy gained a small dent from the impact.
Anyone else at Zac ’s level would probably be killed then and there.

Zac’s vision swam but he still swung his axe in a ruthless upward trajectory aimed to cripple the Dominators legs, all while trying to figure out his next step.
He simply wasn’t a match in close quarters against Void’s Disciple any longer.
His attributes had clearly increased as much as Zac’s own, and he had found a method to incorporate his Dao into his combat technique.

Furthermore, it seemed he was drawing combat strength from the Dimensional Seed itself.

Zac couldn’t take the [Rageroot Oak Seed] either since he had already activated [Hatchetman’s Rage], and changing to his undead side was impossible since Adcarkas was solely focusing on him.
Destroying a few of those pillars had well and truly pissed off the Dominator, though Zac couldn’t figure out why.

There was no choice; he had to take a gamble and use the crystal he got from the Gemlings.
He had kept it for now since Void’s Disciple hadn’t taken out any items during the fight, but he would be wounded to the point that he would be unable to keep going if he didn’t turn things around.
He only had less than twenty seconds remaining on [Hatchetman ’s Rage] as well, so this was his last chance to turn things around before he entered a weakened state.

But just as Zac was about to take out the crystal from his Spatial Ring a massive drop of pure white light emerged from one of the cracks in the domed ceiling.
The drop turned into a beam of light that shot straight toward them.

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Anywhere the beam passed was drenched in lunar light.
Its movement was shockingly quick, and it was upon them before Adcarkas had a chance to attempt finishing Zac off.
A large claw appeared the next moment, and Zac’s eyes widened when he sensed the shocking might they contained.
This was completely different compared to any of the werewolves he had fought until now.
This single attack was definitely powerful enough to threaten Zac’s life.

There was no question about it; Cervantes had arrived.

Thankfully it looked like the werewolf leader wasn’t intending to pile onto Zac’s sufferings as the massive claw passed him right by, aiming for Adcarkas’ throat.
The Dominator growled in annoyance as he sideswiped as his hand formed a small vortex.
Palm and claw collided, and the force threw Zac away, giving him a breather.

Cervantes’ surprise attack was unfortunately not enough to take out the overwhelmingly powerful Dominator, but he didn’t seem reconciled with that fact as his body turned into a blur.
Ten, fifty, hundreds of attacks were launched with a speed that would put both Ogras and Thea to shame.
Not only that, the attacks actually contained enough force to almost match Zac ’s own.

Zac quickly seized the opportunity to eat a healing pill before activating his Specialty Core.
A wave of Miasma spread throughout his body as he pretended to struggle to get back on his feet while Cervantes and Adcarkas duked it out a few hundred meters away.
It was an extremely odd scene, as their attacks kept swiping through each other ’s bodies.

One shifted in and out of space while the other turned parts of his body into lunar light with pinpoint precision.
It almost looked like two holograms were fighting.
Still, the two actually clashed every now and then, causing massive shockwaves to spread out.
Zac tried to remember the timing, as he guessed that was a clue to the limits of their defensive measures.

The two were locked in a stalemate for a few seconds, but they suddenly flashed away to create some distance.

“You barely managed to escape thanks to your kin sacrificing everything, yet you come back like a moth to the flames? Laughable,” Void’s Disciple snorted, causing Cervantes to emit a terrifying killing intent.

“Human, our tribes have our differences, but we cannot let this one leave this place alive.
If we do, no one will survive for long on the outside,” the werewolf growled without taking his eyes off of Void’s Disciple.

Zac’s frowned as he looked at the wounds covering Cervantes’ body, and he immediately understood what had transpired without his notice.
It looked like his own battle against the cultists wasn’t the only war that had taken place in this hidden realm.
It turned out that the werewolves and Void’s Disciple had already clashed once, and Void’s Disciple had emerged victorious from the sounds of it.

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That by itself was pretty troubling, considering that Zac didn’t feel confident at all in dealing with Cervantes without using his [Rageroot Oak Seed].
And that was just going by what he had seen so far.
An old monster like Cervantes no doubt had a bunch of aces to use when his and his tribe members’ lives were on the line.

Yet they had died, while Adcarkas lived.
It was even more proof of the terrifying power Void’s Disciple had gained in this hidden realm.

“Let ’s work together,” Zac agreed with a voice full of death, as a storm of miasma started to swirl around him.

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Zac didn ’t delude himself that he could suddenly patch things up with the Lunar Tribe, but they shared a common enemy for now.
As what happened after they dealt with Adcarkas, that was a problem for the future.

“You are hiding some peculiar methods, ” Cervantes muttered, shifting his gaze from Adcarkas to Zac for the first time.

“Interesting, interesting,” Void’s Disciple laughed in turn.

Zac hated how he was forced to expose his undead like this, but there was nothing else to do.
He had already exhausted his human side except for [Deforestation], and that skill was meant for large-scale battle.
His odds of defeating Adcarkas were far greater in his undead form, especially if he could make use of Cervantes ’ offensive power while he restrained the Zhix.

Besides, if both of them died before Zac left this place, then there would be no one to spread his secret.