"It might be dangerous to fight them all together at the same time, especially when they're lead by the incarnation of the World Tree…" Phantasmos was cautious. "I'll give you authority over my troops, quickly take her allies one by one first, and then once everything is over, attack her. However, because I know she might possess more power than I expected, I'll prepare a special Spell, until then, buy as much time as possible!"
The leader of the Undead Legion spoke, as the dozens of Giant Phantoms obeyed his words, immediately going to fight both parties attacking his army from both the front and behind. He wasn't stupid for being a Death General, and knew clearly not to underestimate his foes, at least a bit.
Elayne had showcased impressive battle prowess and amazing magical abilities. She was even able to make that barrier and now was controlling an army of almost three hundred Plant Familiars with her friends, if her abilities weren't impressive enough, then what else?
Phantasmos simply couldn't afford to fight her head-on, especially when the elements she wielded were very strong, and his phantasmal body would risk getting purified easily if he approached her. He simply had to take a different measure.
Crack… crack… crack!
His Phantasmal powers started distorting space around his body, as the small cracks leading to Arcadia which were located in here suddenly began widening and widening… all while he took out thousands of "sacrificial souls" he had stored within his own Soul Core, and started to use them for a powerful Ritual.
"Lord of Death, please give me your Authority!" He called for the aid of his master.
"I see what you're trying to do, Phantasmos… Very well." Thanatos responded quite quickly, as Phantasmos suddenly began overflowing with the highly refined and powerful Netherworld Essence that his master wielded!
"With this… Hehehe… HAHAHAHA! I can even kill someone as strong as her." He smiled, as space continued shattering and opening more and more. "I need a few more minutes… And your soul shall be for my master to feast on!"
…
Meanwhile, the five powerful Giant Phantoms that Phantasmos sent to kill Elayne's allies had already begun to attack Rita all at once. Thankfully she was wearing strong armor and a powerful weapon, and even more, she had her coat that protected her from phantasmal magic damage.
BAAAM! BAAAM! BAAAM!
However, even for her, this was a bit too much! The Giant Phantoms were all over ten meters of height. And they were able to shapeshift and conjure gigantic fists, arms, and tentacles to fight and devastate everything.
Hundreds of gigantic phantasmal fists were constantly falling over Rita, while she was barely being able to shield herself using her armor and shield while destroying some of these fists with her magic bullets.
"Dammit, someone come support me!" Rita quickly dodged a barrage of attacks as she gritted her teeth desperately, summoning a veil of night covering her body to temporarily travel across shadows, trying to run away from her overwhelming foes.
FLAAAASH!
"You sneaky human!"
"Catch her!"
"Eat the witch's soul!"
The five Giant Phantoms began following her relentlessly, as Rita felt her heart beating faster and faster. She had ran off a bit too far away from Elayne and Mark because she wanted to cover more area while fighting the monsters, which made her an easy target for these stronger monsters.
"Shit, shit, shit…!" Rita gritted her teeth. Unlike in Arcadia and her Avatar, she was unable to channel Malice Energy, and therefore couldn't unleash the utterly devastating spells she could in there. However, it wasn't as if she didn't had many strong spells already.
She just had to find the perfect opportunity.
BAAAAM!
The ground was shaken once more as the floor split open, the attacks of the Giant Phantoms caught Rita off-guard once more as she was thrown off the shadows she was hiding and escaping through.
"Found her!"
"Kill her, quickly!"
Several Phantasmal Fists and Death Rays were fired against Rita, as she suddenly gathered all the Mana she could, and countless tiny dark spirits emerged around her through her new bracelet's power. What Rita lacked the most was the ability to call and utilize these Dark Spirits around her, something she lacked here… until the bracelet that Elayne made for her showed up.
FLAAASH!
"[Shadow Spirit Call]! [Abyssal Underworld Gates]!"
TRUUUUUMMMMM…!
Dozens of Darkness and Shadow Spirits fused together as Rita's surroundings and all her Mana gathered together in place, the Giant Phantoms felt a truly frightening power coming from her, as a gigantic gate made of darkness opened behind Rita.
And thousands of shadow arms, tentacles, and even jaws showed up, wrapping around one of them and attacking the rest! A Giant Phantom was being dragged away, as it was being devoured by the gate's eternal darkness.
"W-WHAT IS THIS SPELL?! Darkness magic that can even affect a ghost?!" Wondered the Phantom, as his entire body started to be torn apart and devoured, assimilated by the magic Rita conjured.
"[Bullet Time]!"
Rita didn't stopped there, channeling the powers of her gun, and utilizing the gun's powerful [Bullet Time] Potential Ability, allowing Rita to see her surroundings in slow motion. At the same time as her speed was enhanced tremendously and so her accuracy. Whitey enchanted her bullets with Holy Light, and then she started blasting.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
"UNNGGH?!"
"AAAGGH…!"
"T-THOSE BULLETS…!"
"MY BODY…!"
The four other Giant Phantoms were covered in dozens of holes all around their bodies as Rita held her own ground, damaging them severely, but not managing to kill them in time.
"Ugh…!" Rita suddenly fell to her knees, having spent all her Mana, she couldn't properly move.
"YOUUUUU!"
The fifth Giant Phantom that was dragged into the Gates of the Underworld somehow freed himself, barely "alive" as he rushed towards Rita to finish her off.
"[Phantasmal Beam]!"
A massive beam of phantasmal energy that could completely make a person's soul dissipate into nothingness was about to hit Rita.
BOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!
Rita closed her eyes, thinking this was it… only for her to realize a bright, spiritual barrier protected her from the attack, Elayne and Mark had arrived barely in time.
"You guys…! Ugh…" Rita muttered.
"You dummy, why did you ran off so far from us?!" Elayne reprimanded her.
"They're here…!"
"The World Tree's Incarnation…!"
"Well, whatever!"
"Even if we can't completely kill them, just buy time!"
The Giant Phantoms immediately started attacking the trio, while bringing more and more of the Undead and Monsters from the Legion led by Phantasmos.
