Sure, she knew that even if Deus didn’t fight back, Icarus would kill them all. There was no other option, and Deus wasn’t to back down either.
Deus cracked his fingers with his thumb and said, “You would be surprised, darling.”
Icarus finally launched the plasma ball he had been charging for a while, at Deus.
”Deus!” Erza yelled.
Xie Lua and Lyda also rushed to aid Deus since there was no way Deus could survive such a powerful attack in his state.
However, he left them all surprised.
Deus already knew he wouldn’t be able to stop the plasma ball, so Instead of dodging or blocking the attack, he embraced it.
But before it could deal any damage to him, he diverted the plasma ball into the sky that exploded in the air, causing meteorite rain.
[…]
Icarus was left speechless like everyone else present there, including Zach who was trying to figure out what Deus just did. But after pondering for a while, Zach realized.
’He used the ripple technique he has been trying to learn. It’s a martial art technique that ripples all the attacks, including magic or non-magic. But there is a condition to use it, and the success rate of it working is 5%. It’s very risky.’
’I can’t believe father did something like that at a time like this. This might even be his first time trying it, and maybe he was able to ripple it because he was confident enough to pull it off.’
”I may not have my powers left, but nothing can stop me in martial arts, bitch!” Deus cracked his neck and beckoned Icarus.
”I will show you the wrath of the husband.”
Icarus tried to launch another plasma ball, but it needed time to get charged.
Deus used that chance to hammer him with his first attacks, causing Icarus to stop charging the plasma ball and focus on his defense.
However, Deus didn’t give him a chance.
One after another, Deus used martial arts attacks and slammed Icarus to the ground.
Deus landed on top of Icarus and said, “How does the ground taste, huh?”
Deus charged up his aura and raised his leg after saying, “Let me show you how it feels!”
Deus crushed Icarus’ head with his feet and his body faded away.
However, it started making another body that was bigger than the last one.
[As long as I am under the sun, no one can harm me,] Icarus said as he manifested another body.
”Then I just won’t let you have a body!” Deus launched himself on Icarus and began attacking him with special martial arts moves.
His motions were so swift and smooth that Zach’s eyes couldn’t keep up with them.
Deus was punching and kicking Icarus all over his body, and even Icarus couldn’t block all of Deus’ attacks.
”Don’t you dare underestimate the power of a mortal!”
Deus took advantage of his surroundings and started slamming and smashing Icarus all over the debris. He wasn’t giving Icarus any chance to attack or regenerate his body.
’Nice. Father has it under control!’ Zach rejoined, but it didn’t last long.
Since Deus wasn’t giving Icarus any chance to manifest his body properly, he created another body and stabbed Deus from behind.
[Heh! What a foolish mortal!]
Deus turned around and kicked Icarus, breaking his body into two parts from where it got kicked.
Deus dropped to the ground and placed his hand on his wound to stop it from bleeding, but he was stabbed on the vital spot, causing him to lose more blood.
”Lyda! Do it…” Deus managed to utter.
”I just used that on you. If I use it again, your body will—”
”Do it… I don’t have time…”
Lyda reversed the time of Deus’ body, and it turned back to normal.
Upon seeing that, Icarus was infuriated knowing that even if he injured Deus badly, Lyda would reverse the time of his body.
[I don’t know who you are and why you possess such precious power. But today is the day you all die!]
Icarus leaped into the sky and created 100 of his clones that were on the same level of strength with little to no difference between them.
He then launched them on Deus, Erza, Lyda, and Xie Lua, while he remained in the air.
[I can end you all without even using 1% of my strength.] Icarus folded his arms and leaned back in the air as though he was sitting on an invisible throne.
[I will just watch you all die. If you can save yourself, then do it. How many times will you use the same trick again and again? Eventually, it has to end. And even if you have some other tricks, I can simply end you all by manifesting my true form.]
Icarus’ clones landed on the ground, but they were more powerful than before. The spot they landed and walked turned into lava and the combustible objects around them caught fire even when they were far away from them.
They surrounded Erza, Xie Lua, Lyda, and Deus in a circle and dashed at them at the same time.
No one had time to save the other one. Not only that, but they were outnumbered.
Erza didn’t possess any power, and she had Zach and Zoe in her arms to protect them. While Xie Lua and Lyda were trying to fight the clones of Icarus, Deus was looking for a way to fight the real Icarus.
However, he was in the air, and he couldn’t risk going there. Of course, he could fly, but that would mean leaving the area and risking the lives of others in danger.
”This will injure me badly but I guess I have no other choice…” Deus muttered.
He spread his arms and clapped loudly to get everyone’s attention. Then, he cracked his neck and jaw while looking at them with a fierce glare in his eyes, and aimed his finger at the clones.
”Die!”
The next moment, all the 100 clones turned into ashes.
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