Although Billy was suffering again even while playing on defense, he could see some blood spraying around from Zenis' arms. His previous attack damaged him, and he hadn't recovered yet… That was weird, though. He was supposed to have Life Manipulation, so he was supposed to be able to enter an over health state. It wasn't like a single attack like that could have caused dozens of thousands of damage.
"Ah, I get it now…" Billy thought.
Billy's realization made him lose focus for a second, and then Zenis almost split him in half with his two swords. One of them was blocked by the glaive, and the other cut the left side of his stomach until he used Reflect. Zenis was pushed back for a couple of meters.
"I was wondering how you could create such a material that apparently can expand endlessly and react automatically to all kinds of attacks," Billy said. "I was calling that mercury armor, but I guess calling it blood armor would be more accurate."
Zenis' expression darkened even more after hearing that. Billy learned the secret of that armor… It was made of his blood and vast amounts of mana. So, the armor could expand and compress tons of it. Billy didn't know how yet, but his guess was correct. Just like the hammer that the king could communicate with, the armor had a will on its own to protect its user.
"The armor can expand endlessly because of your over-health effect, and it probably can contain so much blood because you used tons of mana alongside space magic, am I correct?" Billy asked. "It is rather annoying to have your skills analyzed, right?"
Instead of answering, Zenis raised both of his swords, and at that moment, Billy felt one hell of a shiver. He immediately used his spells to increase his defense. Still, even though the enemy swung his swords without approaching, a massive wound in the shape of an X appeared on Billy's chest and began to gush blood.
It was hard to believe, but Zenis could even bend space like that to cause instant damage from a distance. Or perhaps he used the improved damage control version with his swords, and it was hard to tell…
When he tried to use that technique again, Billy used Mana Shield, but it didn't work… more large wounds appeared on his body, and he began to lose blood, and his head became hazy. That wasn't a good sign… Without any other choice, he charged toward the enemy. Suffering all those effects from his personal domain was better than letting him attack like that.
Zenis blocked the charge with his swords, and Billy succeeded in stopping him from using that technique again. When the enemy tried to increase the power of his aura to overpower Billy's personal domain, he used his mouth. He then used Mana Cannon at point blank range. The attack surprised Zenis and sent him away for a couple of meters, but the surprises didn't end there…
Billy threw his spear, enhanced by the power of his domain, on the face of the enemy, and Zenis was forced to block it with all his might. The effects of the attack prevented him from increasing his speed to the limits when the weapon touched his swords, and in that short window of time, Billy approached and then hit his face with the palms of his hands before using Fierce Blast. The attack exploded on Zenis' face and sent him flying away to the distance.
Despite the fact that the armor got in the way, Zenis' face got covered in blood due to the sheer amount of power of the attack. Billy's hands absorbed some of his mana and sent it right back, after all. Zenis stopped spinning in the air and clenched his teeth, but then his vision got blurred. He almost passed out since that attack really got him good…
While that was stupid, Zenis let the anger get to his head, and then he charged with all his might while using both of his swords. Even though he was moving at light speed, his killing intent and his actions made the attack too obvious, so Billy blocked it with his glaive… but more cracks appeared on it.
While Billy was being pushed backward and wondering what he should do, suddenly, a powerful arrow flew and instantly hit Zenis back. That caused some damage, but he mostly ignored it. It seemed that the others were approaching, but only a handful of them was fast enough to move that fast.
"My glaive will only last for two or three more hits. I have to make them worth the while…" Billy thought.
Billy suddenly made his body spin, and then he kicked Zenis' stomach. The armor got in the way again, but he pushed the enemy backward for a short window of time. Zenis didn't notice that Billy hadn't used his innate skills in a while, so he got pissed when he realized that and then attacked with all his might after doubling the length of the swords. In the end, Billy didn't have the chance to block those even with his personal domain… Or at least that's what Zenis thought at first.
While the swords were piecing Billy's stomach, he used Gungnir with all the mana he just got on the face of the enemy. Zenis has pushed away while he was spinning violently in the air. Billy wanted to finish that before the enemy could land on the ground since more cracks appeared in his glaive, but a sharp pain in his stomach stopped him for a short while. Some of his organs got pierced…
"Shit, I tried to let him cut my flesh to break his bones in exchange, but that didn't go well…" Billy thought.
Regardless, Billy used all the remaining mana on his armor to boost his Destructive Aura while he flew toward Zenis. In the end, that made the remaining parts of his armor to fall apart since only the mana was keeping them together… Before the enemy could land on the ground, Billy landed a dropkick on his face, and then they landed on the ground. The impact made the entire continent tremble for a short while and it also created a twenty kilometers long crater…
