"Girl, the monster is coming towards me. You will be free to attack." The Reaper said to Leah before leaving another instruction. "Its heart is located, 55 inches away from the left front leg and 31 inches from its inner side. Choose an opportunity and strike it swiftly."
His words were heard by Leah as well as the beast itself. The latter increased its speed to take out Azzy while keeping an eye on Leah. In the meantime, it used its soul energy to protect its organs.
Leah knew that the Sphinx would put the measures and she also knew that the Reaper might have already taken that into consideration when he shouted out loud.
Trusting him, she followed the plan. Powering up her legs using the soul energy, she increased her speed. However, to her surprise, it disappeared from her vision while she was on her way.
"Lord Chronos, it was using Camouflage to blend in the surroundings," Leah warned the Reaper. She faced this skill before. So, she was familiar with its attack pattern.
As she was further about to mention the details, based on experience, with fighting the Sphinx, the Reaper interrupted her, "it doesn't matter. This hybrid cannot hide from my eyes."
The Reaper threw a bunch of Protos Spears at the incoming Sphinx, taking it by surprise.
It opened its mouth, shooting a concentrated beam of sand at the spear. Only four of the six were destroyed, the remaining struck its forehead and chin respectively.
*Graaaa*
It roared in pain with its camouflage still in working. But, the sound gave away its location to Leah.
The Protos energy invaded its body. The Reaper unleashed capture seal. More than six death energy chains shot from his palms, capturing its four legs, neck, and body.
The Sphinx roared once again and tried to pull away. The Reaper held his ground, tightly grabbing the chains.
Normally, the Sphinx would have unleashed a soul skill to escape but its energy is currently in turmoil, fighting off the Protos energy that invaded its body. In the meantime, its camouflage disappeared.
By the time it expelled all the foreign energy, Leah was already at its foot. She slid down below it and pierced the location where the Reaper told her to strike it.
As she poured more soul energy to increase the size of the purple energy sword, it managed to reach the vulnerable heart after piercing from below. As one of the lungs was in the way, it was also damaged.
After she was done with it, she continued to slide away and then, increased the distance between her and the beast.
The Sphinx was desperate to heal its heart. It put its entire concentration to recover its organ without bothering to get free from the chains. Its survival is more important than getting free from the restraining chains. Due to its extraordinary healing powers, almost rivaling that of Claire's, the Sphinx needed only ten seconds to return to its normal state.
But, will the Reaper and Leah just stand aside and let the opportunity slip away? Naturally, they won't.
"Girl, cut one of its legs to make it lose balance and concentration." The Reaper gave the next instruction to Leah while using almost 70% of soul power to conjure a scimitar. This weapon is as big as the Sphinx itself.
The Sphinx was doing its best to recover its heart and one of the lungs; it was restrained by the chains; Leah slid down once again and is about to cut off its leg; and finally, a giant scimitar was swinging down from above to cut off its head at the same time.
What should it do?
Before it came to the decision, a huge cut appeared on one of its legs, making it lose its balance and scream. In the next second, the scimitar sliced its human head. It was a clean cut.
A huge human head, bigger than Azzy, was rolled on the ground for a couple of seconds before transforming into specks of light.
From the time the Sphinx appeared to the time its head was cut off, not even 30 seconds have been passed. It was indeed a shocking scene for any spectator. Even Leah couldn't believe her eyes for a second that they defeated the Sphinx with such ease.
If it was her, she would have made use of several techniques and focused on teamwork, wasting dozens of minutes to finish the guardian of the tomb. She was now completely convinced that she did the right thing to concede the cosmic gem to Azzy.
As the both of them returned to the special dimension that exists between Amerys' illusion realm and the real world, the demigod was seen standing there with all smiles. He had an exquisite glossy black shield in his arms.
"Here, this is your reward." Demigod Amerys handed the shield to Azzy.
The Reaper took it into his hands and observed the brown-colored crystal that is embedded right in the middle of the shield. "Hmm, the shield is quite heavy. It must be over 800 kgs. It will be tough for Azrael to use it, during the battle. I think I should let him modify it a little bit."
As he placed the shield inside the storage card, Demigod Amerys placed his palm on Leah's forehead, transferring the knowledge of three unique skills. Two of them were the rewards for defeating the Sphinx together with Azzy. The other one is the reward for unsealing the tomb and freeing the spirit.
The Reaper doesn't know what skills she was receiving and neither does he care about it. He already got what he wanted. Now, there's only one thing left for the Reaper to do, to send off the spirit from the mortal world.
It is why he patiently waited until Leah received the knowledge of three new skills, followed by the knowledge of the Soul Fusion sealing technique.
The Reaper already knew of it before. As a result, he didn't show any reaction when the mark of Leah's soul signature has appeared on Azzy's soul orb and vice versa, forming a hidden link was formed between the souls of Azzy and Leah.
After finishing with the process, he clapped his hands, "now, the two of you just needed to place your palms together and form the hollow tunnel. It only takes a moment to activate the dormant link between you two. The rest depends on your training.
Okay, now that I'm done here, it's time for me to leave this place. Perhaps, I may find a talented yet with an unfortunate fate and guide that person."
"I'm afraid that can't be possible, Demigod Amerys." The Reaper made his move. The death scythe appeared in his hand. His pitch-black eyes gave off a glow.
"What are you doing?" Amerys furrowed his brows upon seeing the change in the situation. Leah was also taken aback by the Reaper's action.
<strong>"Soul skill: Claws of Death"</strong>
He used the remaining soul power to unleash the sixth soul skill of the Death scythe.
A black-colored portal appeared behind Amerys. A large pair of human arms but with claws exited the portal.
Amerys tried to evade it but the attack was faster. Both of the claws pierced the spirit's chest, paralyzing his body. His body was also hanging in the air.
"You… ba****d" Amerys cursed out loud as the Reaper slowly walked towards him.
The Reaper's voice then echoed all over the surroundings as he raised the death scythe, touching the blade to Amerys' heart, "Mortal Amerys Hildegard, you have been dead for sixty millennia but you cheated the death and allowed yourself to live for so long.
Usually, you will be subjected to harsh punishment in hell but you had done a favor on my host even if he had to go through a trial. That's why I'll make a favor on you, sending you to the spirit realm, so that you can reincarnate once again."
In the very next instant, Amerys' eyes widened in realization. "I guess I misunderstood your intentions. But then again, anyone in my situation will be alarmed too."
As the spirit of Demigod Amerys slowly became transparent, the latter warned, "be careful, on the outside, there's…"
He disappeared completely before finishing the sentence. But, it doesn't matter because the dimension around them started to collapse quickly.
Before it collapsed completely, the Reaper and Leah stepped into the exit portal, returning to the tomb chamber.
However, what was before their eyes is an intense battle between Izora, Cynthia, and six strangers of the Upper Elite realm.
"What is going on here?"
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