THE VILLAIN'S POV Chapter 807 Where Empires Turn to Ash (2)

At that moment, Frey swiftly withdrew the aura he had released moments earlier back into his body.

"Lethal blows… and the skill to conserve his aura without wasting any…"

A thrilled grin slowly spread across Thanatos' face.

"Incredible!"

"You'll be a splendid recruit for my undead legion!"

Thanatos lifted his hand.

The blue flames converged…

Shaping into a gigantic aura scythe, with its blade stretching far past three meters.

Clutching the weapon tightly, he charged ahead and slashed downward at Frey.

Frey responded with a quick sword swing—

Yet Thanatos' aura overpowered him in an instant.

Within a mere instant—

Frey's upper torso was sliced neatly away from his lower body.

"…What?"

Frey gazed in shock at the scene before him.

Thanatos erupted in maniacal laughter.

"Yield!"

He swung the scythe once more.

However, strands of aura burst from Frey's mutilated torso, yanking his body together again and healing the injury by force.

This time around, Frey chose not to parry the blow.

He evaded it.

'Fortunately… that previous attack wasn't entirely new to me… or I couldn't have healed from it…'

Frey pondered, still rattled by the scythe's horrifying might.

"I notice you have an impressive regeneration power," Thanatos observed.

He advanced without mercy, unleashing a barrage of scythe attacks that pinned Frey down.

Beneath their feet, the earth stayed a turbulent ocean of blue flames, waves surging skyward as though eager to engulf them.

Warding off the scythe drained almost every bit of Frey's energy.

He depended on the Eyes of the Void, Black Hole Aura, and Power of Souls merely to stay alive.

SLASH!!

The scythe slipped past Frey's sword time after time, slicing into him over and over.

"How much longer will you just defend?"

SLASH!!

Each moment brought more gruesome injuries piling onto Frey's form.

His regeneration raced to mend them, letting the fight drag on…

Yet the fight was obviously tilting against him.

Thanatos perceived this plainly.

With a fresh gesture from his hand—

Blue flames erupted from below again, poised to consume Frey entirely.

Frey rocketed upward into the heavens with blinding velocity, fleeing the ascending fire column.

The further he climbed…

The clearer the full dread of Thanatos' unleashed force became.

The blue inferno didn't just blanket Belgrade.

It looked like a vast fiery sea that had swallowed the entire Empire.

"Is this the extent of peak warriors' power…?"

Frey whispered softly.

His gaze stayed composed amid the apocalyptic chaos.

Underneath, Thanatos rose too… atop a colossal blue fire pillar that seemed ready to swallow the firmament.

But Frey refused to let him act freely.

He lifted his unoccupied right hand…

And a startling event played out right before Thanatos' eyes.

Out of empty void—

A ferocious lightning tempest exploded through the skies.

Black bolts thundered fiercely, quaking the celestial realm.

And within Frey's grasp—

An odd spear materialized.

A spear of deepest black.

"Shadowbolt Spear."

Frey pointed the spear heavenward.

Bolts crashed from all sides, funneling into the spear.

The skies turned into a thunderous sea…

Countering Thanatos' flames.

Frey summoned all his remaining power, blending it with his skills… then launched the spear like an unyielding projectile.

The Shadowbolt Spear hit Thanatos, exploding right in his face.

Ferocious black lightning smashed against furious blue flames, unveiling a stunning clash—the raw fury of elemental forces.

Moments afterward…

Thanatos got overpowered.

Unable to stop the spear's force, he plummeted down, crashing into the twisting blue blaze encircling him.

The Shadowbolt Spear flew back to Frey's grip.

Solitary under the furious tempest, Frey floated mid-air, panting hard while fighting to catch his breath.

The hand that launched the spear was utterly scorched.

It shook uncontrollably.

Gazing upon it, Frey's keen eyes spotted a crucial fact.

"I can't heal the wounds from the Shadowbolt's lightning…"

The black lightning cut both ways.

It damaged its user too.

The Shadowbolt's might was unprecedented for Frey.

Thus, the burns would require ages to recover.

Yet Frey brushed it aside.

"It's okay… I can withstand this level of pain."

He compelled himself to disregard the agony.

For Thanatos was gearing up for another assault.

The beast's form shifted right before Frey's vision, bursting into even fiercer volcanic blue flames.

As he slowly rose into the sky, Thanatos declared, "You possess a remarkable number of world-breaking abilities."

"Along with bizarre weapons brimming with immense destructive force."

"I've never encountered anyone quite like you before."

Curiosity gleamed in his gaze as he fixed it on Frey.

"Who are you?"

With icy resolve, Frey replied.

"The one who will kill you today."

"Ha… HAHAHA!"

His aura exploded with even greater ferocity as Thanatos erupted in wild laughter.

"Let's see how long you can last, then!"

Once more, he hurtled toward Frey.

Frey countered instantly by firing the Shadowbolt Spear again.

Yet Thanatos wasn't the type to fall for the same ploy twice.

Intense blue magma erupted ahead, creating thick barriers of defense in front of him.

Against those layers, the spear slammed.

In the sky, lightning and fire collided with savage fury.

Thanatos just barely blocked the assault... seizing the chance he required.

A quick slash of his scythe hit Frey, hurling him down.

Straight into the endless blue fire sea below, Frey plummeted.

Relentlessly, Thanatos gave chase.

"The sky is no longer your ally."

However, Thanatos' face grew grim upon witnessing a fierce burst of violet aura burst from the fiery ocean's depths.

"Nameless Judgement!!"

Upward exploded a massive violet aura column, engulfing Thanatos from underneath.

Above it, Frey appeared...

Flames had scorched his body entirely black.

Once again, he pointed the Shadowbolt Spear skyward.

From all sides, lightning converged on the spear.

Then...

Using all his remaining power—

At Thanatos, he launched it.

Different from before, this blow was.

His mightiest technique Frey channeled through the spear, fusing it directly with the black lightning.

"Shadowbolt Spear + Nameless Judgement!"

Toward Thanatos, the spear raced.

No mere spear anymore flew at him.

A howling storm it became...

A swirling maelstrom with winds of black lightning and shadowy aura.

Utterly consumed him, the tempest did.

Thanatos was flung back, along with huge swaths of Belgrade utterly ravaged.

Scattered everywhere, the blue fires went.

To the ground Frey fell, stabbing his sword into the soil for support.

Heavy breaths came as his burned skin began to heal gradually.

Violet aura enveloped him, bolstering his vitality.

Beneath the mask, a subtle smile appeared.

"This is going to be difficult."

His head he raised.

There stood Thanatos right in front of him.

Half his form lay in ruins.

But Frey's regeneration matched its rapid recovery speed.

Not a moment wasted—

Anew, they collided.

Inside a gigantic crater ringed by blue flames and black lightning, their brutal melee exploded at horrifying speed.

A true force of nature rivaled their clash...

Capable of remaking a whole continent.