Antony gaped at his opponent in shock.
He could sense that the shield Chad had created was not utilizing the energy from his sword for its own benefit. Instead, the power was just vanishing into thin air after being absorbed.
Chad's dark power was absorbing only a little bit of Antony's sword power, but that little amount was enough to turn the tides in the former's favor.
It was the sort of moment which usually determined the outcome of a fight, especially when two warriors of the same level were engaged in combat.
Ricky and Mike's battle had been decided by a similar moment.
They were evenly matched. But Mike had lost some of his power in his efforts to deal with Ricky's Heavenly Illusionary Palaces. As a result, he was defeated.
'Damn it! What kind of dark power is that? It feels even more terrible than the extreme devouring power!' Antony cried inwardly.
However, he was a decisive man. Wasting no time, he withdrew all his powers. The swords moved around him to keep him from any harm.
"Sword defense!"
he shouted and was immediately surrounded by the sword intent and his swords.
His attack had failed, and he needed to defend himself.
Boom! Chad's shield exploded, and the soil block behind it shot towards Antony. Before reaching its target, it morphed into a black spear.
"Dark spear, attack now!" Chad ordered with a murderous look in his eyes.
The spear moved towards its target fast.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
After the collision, only the sound of breaking glass was audible. The swords revolving around Antony were shattered away, and the sword intent was crushed like helpless prey by the dark power.
Antony spat out a mouthful of blood and his face turned pale. He himself was thrown several steps backwards.
He had integrated his mind and will with the swords. Therefore, when they were shattered, it hurt him directly.
Antony was defeated now. The battle was over.
Perhaps Chad had won since he was stronger, or perhaps it was simply because his opponent's powers had been devoured.
In any case, the audience was shocked by this result.
Some of them had seen this coming, but they still found it hard to believe. It was the same feeling they had once had at Mike's defeat.
"Kill him!" Chad shouted.
He had won, but it looked like he had no intention of stopping his spear. There was a bloodthirsty look in his eyes and it was evident only death could satiate him.
The dark land behind Chad expanded and instantly reached Antony. The dark power inside it reached out and entered Antony's body. Caught off guard, the man had no idea what was going on.
"Now!"
As Chad looked at the dark spear, it stabbed Antony through the chest. The dark power then penetrated his body through the wound and destroyed his soul.
Antony died on the spot.
A stunned silence fell on the audience as they stared blankly at the still warm body of Antony lying motionless on the ground.
It took them several moments to come to their senses and realize that Antony was dead, and Chad was floating in mid-air, calmly retreating all his powers.
"What...what the hell?" Most of them were at a loss for words.
They couldn't believe that Chad would deliberately take Antony's life.
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