Chapter 74: The Night of Judgment 3
Under immense pressure, Aldrian finally released his aura. With a stomp of his foot, he broke free from the City Lord’s suppression. Golden energy seeped from his body, filling the entire hall for all to witness. The feeling in the presence of the mighty being, radiating a golden aura that demanded reverence from all, stunned the people inside.
It lasted only for a moment, but that brief instant was enough for Aldrian to make his first move. He conjured a towering wall of fire that shattered the roof of the hall, creating a massive pillar of flames visible from afar.
The pillar continued to grow until it struck the defensive dome, which was designed to protect the manor through a formation. The dome trembled under the pressure of Aldrian’s technique but held firm.
Some of the elders instinctively distanced themselves, as the heat emanating from the fire pricked their skin, and they weren’t confident in their ability to withstand it. Aldrian then spread his arms, causing the pillar of fire to expand. Elders below the duke stage immediately used their movement techniques to escape the hall, sensing that touching the flames would result in fatal injuries.
The expanding fire obliterated everything in its path. The City Lord gazed solemnly at the approaching inferno and summoned his energy, forming a green, sword-shaped flame. The flaming sword hovered momentarily before flying toward the expanding fire. When the two techniques collided, they canceled each other out.
Now, the City Lord and Aldrian stood facing each other once more, but with the surrounding buildings reduced to rubble. Rage boiled in the City Lord’s heart as he stomped the ground and launched himself at Aldrian with tremendous speed.
Aldrian then coated his arms in golden energy, forming gauntlet-like armor around them, and summoned a sword made of pure energy. Meanwhile, the City Lord unleashed his own technique, manifesting a blue, spear-shaped flame—the Demonic Blue Fire Spear—and thrust it toward Aldrian.
Not wanting to face the attack head-on, Aldrian used his movement technique—teleportation—to appear behind the City Lord in an instant and slashed at his body. The City Lord, stunned by Aldrian’s teleportation, narrowly dodged the incoming strike and channeled his demonic energy into his other hand, conjuring a Demonic White Fire Halberd to counterattack.
Aldrian saw the halberd coming and parried it with his flaming sword, creating a deadly zone where the two kinds of fire clashed violently. The heat from their battle could be felt from a great distance. By this time, the elders had already retreated to the edge of the manor, about a kilometer away, though still within the defensive formation.