Reborn as an Extra Chapter 648: I will not retreat Again... Part-7.
Previously on Reborn as an Extra...
Right as the gigantic hammer descended toward Lia’s head, a tremendously oppressive aura erupted throughout the region.
Jagged streaks of thunder zigzagged outward in every direction, like lightning strikes poised to crash down upon the location.
However, these thunderbolts differed vastly from ordinary ones, each as thick as a grown man's torso, brimming with such domineering, crushing power that every S-ranker ready to assault Lia froze rigidly in place!
Kai and Rahn, locked in aerial combat high above and far off, gasped for breath merely from sensing that formidable might.
Kai's enormous pure shield barrier began groaning and splintering under the spatial ripples stirred by those bolts alone.
Lia’s eyes bulged in astonishment as that familiar energy enveloped her surroundings.
"This is..."
Before anyone could grasp or respond, a ferocious blast detonated!
The blast proved so ferocious that distant Kai and Rahn scrambled to summon vast shields to endure it.
Even with those defenses, a stray bolt hurled Rahn slamming into the earth, while Kai’s front limbs crumbled to nothingness right then!
"Ugh!! He targeted me on purpose!"
Though Kai exerted himself fully, the savage fury of those 'bolts' demanded every shred of his strength just to halt their spread across his form.
Finally, he had no recourse but to instantly dispel his manifestation!
"This is why I hate coming in contact with this horrible power... d*mn it! I hate ’Sword Intent’!"
Grimacing bitterly, Kai withdrew into Lia’s sea of consciousness.
Lia meanwhile noticed the spear's pinning force had vanished, allowing her to rise gradually while clearing blood from her face.
"I see... so the locket contained his ’Sword Intent,’ which triggered when I ended up in a dangerous situation..."
Agony throbbed through her wounded body, yet a smile bloomed on Lia’s lips as she caressed the necklace dangling from her neck.
The necklace still pulsed with thick strands of ’Sword Intent’ and strove to halt Lia’s bleeding, though depleted from the prior strike, it could no longer mend her wounds.
"Haha, you don’t need to worry anymore... haa... I will be... fine... huff... this much is nothing..."
Uttering those words, Lia inhaled deeply and yanked free the spear buried deep in her chest.
"Ugh... severe internal bleeding, damaged liver and various other organs... this is the worst condition I have ever been until now..."
Lia’s eyes burned bloodshot, blood streamed from her ears, a huge gash tore through her stomach from the spear, leaving her a total wreck from within and without.
This marked Lia's nearest brush with ’Death’ yet.
Her foresight and premonition had nearly beheld her own ’death.’
"Hehe... you have saved me once again with this... sigh, I owe you so much now that I don’t know if I ever will be able to pay you back for doing so much for me..."
Giggling sent pain lancing through her gut wound, but Lia beamed nonetheless at the vista encircling her.
Almost ten kilometers around her stood utterly razed, the very soil reduced to powdery grains!
Rio’s Sword Intent's onslaught wasn't merely a thunderous burst.
It hurled a storm of condensed thunder elementals plus myriads of ’Sword Cuts’ in all directions!
Thus Kai’s forelimbs sheared off before he could evade, and faraway Rahn cratered into the ground—both felled by errant sword intent bolts wielding the potency of Rio’s lone sword stroke!
Beyond Lia's sheltered circular patch, the full ten-kilometer expanse morphed into a dusty barren expanse, those sword slashes carving through both atmosphere and terrain!
The hammer demon, spear demon, bow demon, and even Nine.
All four vanished in less than a millisecond!
By fortune, the temple of nature stood firm, its divine shield enduring the fury despite teetering on ruin.
[Tch! That stone-faced fellow!! I already knew that he had put a lot of sword intent in that necklace but this much!?]
[And this thing is actually imbued with his thought! It can decide on its own what to do according to the situation!]
Kai spoke true; Rio had labored days to infuse his sword intent into that tiny necklace.
He saturated every atom within it with his ’Sword Intent’ and ensured it masked nearly all its potency.
Only peak SS-ranker Kai detected the colossal force sealed in that unassuming trinket!
S-rankers shrug off nukes without flinching, yet four evaporated from one assault!
This revealed the immense power Rio crammed into that petite necklace!
[Well, thankfully he gave you this, or I would have had to pull out some dangerous trick to save you back there...]
Naturally, Kai tracked Lia's plight; Rahn merely occupied him, and he held back his full might.
Kai knew Lia bore Rio’s ’Sword Intent’ as ultimate safeguard, so her peril concerned him little.
Without it, he'd have unleashed a taboo technique to extract her, risking dire repercussions.
Though loath to lean on Rio’s aid, Kai conceded this result preferable.