Damned Healer-Chapter 593: Moths To A Flame

On Earth's surface, the entire common population, along with the low-level Spiritual Guardians, watched as the world beyond the planet twisted and shattered. But… not a single thread of energy, not even a sound, reached them.

The security was so absolute that some of the braver Spiritual Guardians moved out, leaving the planet and getting as close to the barrier as possible. They carried recording artifacts in their hands and started documenting everything.

That battle would one day be seen by everyone in the universe and remembered as the day that marked the beginning of rebirth.

Outside, everything was covered by a terrifying wave of destruction.

The three Spiritual Sovereigns were caught off guard and felt as if they had been smashed in the back by a heavy hammer. They spun like kites with their strings cut, getting hurled an enormous distance away.

When they finally stopped, the three of them widened their eyes and spat blood uncontrollably.

How long had it been since they last felt pain or were injured?

None of them could remember. But in that moment, a completely hidden power struck them without any defense, almost brutally shattering their semi-immortal bodies and organs.

Fortunately for them, after absorbing dozens of other immortals throughout history, the immortal power they possessed was vast and pulsed through every cell of their bodies. So even weakened and caught by surprise, that power instinctively protected them.

Reignar stabilized himself with a furious expression. His eyes changed, a grayish light appeared, and then his entire body pulsed with a unique and terrifying power.

That was what made the Alv Race feared across all universes: they were the only ones who could naturally create and use the power of Chaos.

*SCREEE-IINNG!*

A sharp, metallic screech echoed, violently tearing through space and the void.

A bestial creature appeared, radiating an overwhelming Yin that poisoned the surroundings like an invisible toxin. Its form resembled a black steed rising from the depths of hell. Beneath the glow of sinister scarlet eyes, that Demonic Beast exhaled a dark mist that distorted the very light around it.

Its imposing body bore a mane of black flames and a pair of vast wings, their feathers sharp as obsidian razors. That was a Harrier, a Demonic Beast feared for manipulating Yin energy at a terrifying level. More precisely, it was the Spiritual Sovereign Haekla.

"Son of a bitch!!"

An explosion of flames erupted in space, as if a red sun had been born, radiating all its energy.

Oni Guren stood at the center of that sun. His power was the absolute opposite of Harrier's, with his control over Yang at an overwhelming level. But his physical power was even worse. Not even Painita, who carried the blood of a Primordial Dragon, could compare to him in that regard.

The three Spiritual Sovereigns pushed their powers to the maximum, but almost at the same second…

A golden arrow closed in on Haekla in the blink of an eye.

She suddenly sensed something wrong and snapped her wings shut around her body, forming a massive shield.

**BOOM!**

The arrow exploded, releasing a wave of golden light that shattered the feathers and wings of that Demonic Beast. Haekla was thrown even farther away, coughing up massive amounts of blood.

Reignar and Guren widened their eyes. That arrow… both of them focused on a distant point.

There, they saw a human woman holding a small radiant bow, with an unrelenting killing intent.

Nayara pulled back the string of the Celestial Solar Bow, aiming straight at the two of them.

Her subtle immortal power flowed into the bow and condensed instantly. A golden arrow, as bright as the sun, formed.

They recognized that terrifying bow. Elpen, the half-elf Spiritual Sovereign who had died, had shown it to everyone before.

Those arrows were created by perfectly condensing immortal power. That power, in turn, stood above the laws of the world, and no material that could be born in universes was capable of withstanding that force or replicating anything like it. That was why it was so shocking.

*PENG!*

The arrow pierced through space with overwhelming force.

"FUCK!" Guren roared, moving with all his strength to block it. Now that they were alert, it could be neutralized.

Reignar moved in sync to counterattack. But…

Lucius took the initiative, appearing behind Reignar like a ghost and thrusting forward with a yellowish spear in his hands.

Reignar was forced to defend abruptly. He moved his chaos power into his hand, performing a direct block.

**BOOM!**

In the clash, Lucius was thrown backward, his arms trembling. However…

…the Alv's eyes bulged. His fist had been shattered and pierced, blood flowing freely. His chaos power had simply been ignored.

On the other side, Guren took the arrow head-on and, despite not being injured, the impact sent him flying far away.

Reignar stared in shock at that human holding the spear. He was just a common immortal, someone who should be considered an ant before him. A single full-power strike from Reignar should have been enough to erase him.

But unfortunately, he couldn't use his full power.

Never, even in his wildest dreams, could he have imagined being injured by a mere immortal.

As for that yellowish spear… it was just as unbelievable. Its tip shone with dense immortal light. It was no different from the Bow; both weapons shared the same trait.

"Missionary…" Reignar murmured coldly, finally realizing that both the Bow and the Spear were things that shouldn't exist, creations that came from Darian.

Everything happened incredibly fast, in less than five seconds after Darian's attack. At that moment, Reignar instinctively felt a chill run down his spine. When he raised his gaze…

He saw a Dragoness staring at him, amber eyes emitting a hypnotic light. Behind her, there was a spatial channel hundreds of meters wide.

"Go!" Niara roared.

From within it, an army of over two hundred thousand Heavenly Elemental Spirits emerged. At the front, leading them, were nine thousand small figures who, strangely enough, looked like very young humans.

They appeared in an instant, and then, on their foreheads, the runes of their true forms manifested as they all focused to the extreme.

"!"

Reignar was completely stunned because he felt the laws of the world distort around all of them. That was impossible! Only a Spiritual Guardian with a spiritual root could do something like that!

Despite the shock, his reaction was immediate. All of his chaos power surged, and without hesitation, he activated his blessing.

In less than a second, nine grayish figures appeared at his sides. That was an extremely ancient Blessing, one that no one besides the Alvs could use, called the Nine Divine Mirrors.

Nine clones emerged, all exuding immortal power and terrifying strength.

But…

"Whirlwind Flare Calamity!!"

All the wind and fire Heavenly Elemental Spirits activated their powers together, merging as one. An elemental blade thousands of meters long suddenly formed in the middle of space.

It fell with devastating speed and power.

**RUMBLE!**

Reignar's nine clones joined together to block the attack, but...

...they were pierced through as if they were made of tofu. The elemental blade surged forward, slicing them in half and brutally destroying them.

"What?!" Reignar's expression changed.

Those clones held eighty percent of his current power. Even though he wasn't at his peak state and they didn't have high defensive power, that simply should not have happened.

Suddenly, a blade slashed toward the back of his head. He spun around in shock. A figure covered in scales, with a youthful aura, appeared. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Alear was holding Awel and attacked, activating all the power of her blessing in a different way, concentrating Yin into a weapon along with all the energy in her body.

Only Darian's daggers could withstand Alear's maximum power; that was why she learned to borrow this method from her adoptive father.

Under the pressure of that attack, the Alv felt a cold sweat and was forced to use all of his power.

**BOOM!**

Both Alear and Reignar were thrown back thousands of kilometers in opposite directions. Alear toward Earth, and the enemy as far away as possible.

When he stabilized himself, blood was now running down both of his arms. That strike pierced through his hand and continued on, tearing a bloody hole into his shoulder.

The shock on his face only grew. That dagger was clearly the same one Darian had used before, but now, in the hands of that Dragoness with only seven rings...

He felt that the strike was a fusion of an offensive Yin blessing with pure primordial power.

Primordial power was something used only by Primordial Beasts. It wasn't on the same level as immortal power, but it wasn't far behind either, and it definitely couldn't be ignored.

When he looked around, he realized he was thousands of kilometers away from Earth, far from the epicenter of everything.

"A Mannaz... who's also a Spiritual Guardian..." Reignar couldn't help but notice that absurd peculiarity.

"BASTARDS!!!"

Guren roared and attacked with everything he had. Haekla had also stabilized herself and advanced together with him.

But the army of Heavenly Elemental Spirits was ready.

The five natural elements surged in perfect sync, attacking like a multicolored wave in all directions against the two of them.

They sensed that it was just natural elements and didn't believe they wouldn't be able to push through. But it was like crashing into a wall of pure steel. Both were hurled even farther away, brutally.

Everything happened very, very fast.

Darian attacked, then Nayara, Lucius, and Alear followed up, with support from the army of Heavenly Elemental Spirits. In less than thirty seconds, the three powerful Spiritual Sovereigns were forced to retreat hundreds of kilometers away from Earth.

Darian synchronized everyone's movements at the perfect moment. Alear appeared beside him, breathing heavily and completely drained. She had used everything she had in a single move, but now she couldn't repeat it and would be useless in combat.

Meanwhile, the Heavenly Elemental Spirits had incorporated the technique of connecting with the laws of the world, passed down from those who lived in the Sacred Tree of Enfield. Now, all of them could distort reality to amplify the power of their elements.

They could only use it a few times, but it surpassed immortal power, reaching the level of Calamity. That offensive technique they used at the start was a copy of Darian's technique that the nine thousand had learned to use.

"Kill them all!" Near Earth, Lucy roared as she commanded the army.

The three Spiritual Sovereigns were completely pinned down, while the army of immortals surged forward like wolves against a flock of sheep.

"NO!"

"RETREAT!"

Cries of pure despair echoed among those millions of people with nine rings. No one was an idiot, and everyone realized that those three couldn't help them.

The leaders quickly activated their Supreme Artifacts to escape, but...

"Sky-Burying Woods!"

Camille roared, standing beside several hundred immortals who also possessed the heart of wood. Their combined power summoned countless whips and thorn-filled shrubs into the air, covering a colossal region of the battlefield.

They shot toward the people trying to flee like pythons.

It was a strange sight. That wood was completely black, like infernal vines, soaked in an aura of death.

Those with nine rings had never seen a wood-based Magic Technique like that, nor had they even heard of something like it. Wasn't wood supposed to sprout from the ground?

That was one of the Magic Techniques acquired from inside a spatial ring, at the Convention.

Those who tried to flee were forced to stop and block with everything they had. They were given no chance to retreat or use artifacts.

With all their strength, they used their weapons to cut through the whips and shrubs, only to discover they were so tough that they could only destroy a few with each strike.

What was most shocking was that even after being cut, the shrubs grew back and continued chasing them.

Inside that dense forest, the immortal army's attacks became even more vicious.

One minute after Darian's attack...

That battle already looked like a one-sided massacre.

"DAMN IT!"

Far away, the three Spiritual Sovereigns moved and tried to advance to stop it. But Lucius, Nayara, and the army of Heavenly Elemental Spirits were terrifying.

The Celestial Solar Bow and Lucius's spear could use immortal power in a concentrated and frightening way. Of course, they could only pour everything they had into half a dozen moves.

The army of Heavenly Elemental Spirits was no different. That clash wouldn't last more than a few minutes.

The hatred coming from those three was terrifying. There was no way they would normally be held back like this. The reason they couldn't help was that the three couldn't use their true maximum forms.

They could only move about thirty percent of their immortal power and use their blessings together. All of this was because Darian had previously used Heavenly Annihilation to destroy a third of their souls.

They were badly injured and should have focused on healing for some time to recover. But Darian forced them to act hastily, relying on their arrogance and luring them in to devour him.

In short, had they been at the peak of their power, they would have swept through the battlefield with ease, ending everything in a few mere strikes. But now... the realization finally dawned on them. The three understood they had been played—like moths drawn to a flame, marching willfully toward their own disaster.