As the arrowheads closed in on him, waves of darkness erupted out of Roy, flying downwards, straight towards the arrowheads while swirling around one another, intertwining and fusing into one massive body part, which solidified, becoming harder than steel and sharper than blades.
Instantly, a 100 meters tall black claw, with countless tiny blades protruding out of it like scales on a dragon's treasured body, appeared between Roy and the attacks of the countless enemies.
"Get destroyed!"
Roy roared out and pushed his hand downwards, and the massive black claw went down twice as fast and met with the arrowheads in mid-air.
What happened next shocked the evil hexes so much that their bodies trembled, their eyes widened into complete circles, and their jaws literally fell to touch the ground.
"This can't be... happening!"
"He is in a far lower stage than us. But then... how the hell did he utterly overcome something that can severely injure a 100 years old aura beast?! He is not human!"
"Unbelievable!"
Thousands of evil hexes were petrified on the spot as if struck by a bolt out of the blue when they saw their incomparably powerful and mighty curses getting destroyed in midair, and what shattered thousands of arrowheads to pieces was Roy's black claw.
"With just a single move, he crushed the combined effort of an entire troop! He isn't something we can go against."
"You realized that too late," Roy smirked and shot out a fist in their direction. "Now die!"
"Holy fuck!"
Their black eyeballs almost popped out from their sockets, seeing the gigantic black claw curling into a fist and falling on their heads like God's wrath.
It was ridiculously big, and it shadowed them, prophesying their doom before it even reached them.
"What are you standing still for?! Do you want to die?!! Get out of its way!!!"
Voss shared a mental connection with all his sons. His shout rang in their mind, telling them to evade it. It wasn't as fast as them, so if they started moving now, they could evade it. He had no doubt about it.
But, he, who was borrowing the eyes of one of his sons, saw that not a single one moved out of their place.
Then, he noticed something extremely strange.
Their wings had long stopped moving, but they weren't falling to the ground. It's as if some kind of invincible power has stopped their time.
"Father, w-we… can't."
An Evil Hex muttered those three words after mustering up all of its strength, and then it felt exhausted to death.
An invincible pressure was acting on all of them. It wasn't Roy's mana or aura but the world's energy itself. This was the special effect of his Lord-rank physique. His Evil Suppressing Draconian Physique granted him control over all the energy in his surroundings. Typically, it's harmless, but if it's focused on one person, their movement will be restricted.
The energy of the world was acting on them, fixing them on their spots.
Those who were on the ground remained there, unable to move an inch.
Those who were in mid-air couldn't budge a single inch either.
The gigantic black fist reflected in their black eyes, and their lives flashed before their eyes. It closed in on them ridiculously fast. It hadn't even reached them when their bodies burst apart into pieces, and when it met them, they were shredded into thousands of pieces like cheese.
Just getting touched by it shredded them to pieces.
This didn't come as a surprise to Roy.
'It is made out of my black aura and arrow force and contains both of their special properties. Destroying others without coming in contact with them and shredding them immediately after coming into physical contact with them. It can do all that.' Roy thought, his eyes glistening.
Their physiques were completely destroyed, and their souls were left vulnerable to outside influence.
The strongest system came into play at this moment.
It devoured all their invisible souls before Voss could recall them!
The system's notification rang in Roy's ears.
『Ding! Congratulation. You have killed 7777 of Voss's sons. You gained 77 thousand experience points and 55 soul-spell strengthening shards.』
Roy beamed.
"Great!" He exclaimed and flew upwards.
"This bastard... fucking destroyed my air force." Voss was dealt a heavy blow, and his head hurt. "I can't let him get away!"
He raised his sons, the evil hexes, using many resources and wasted hundreds of years teaching them how to fight effectively and in harmony with one another.
They were capable of destroying an entire troop of aura masters and suppressing Grandmasters, but just one man, who hasn't even become an adult yet, annihilated them and put his years of hard work to waste. This was like a slap to his face. His pride was hurt. He was an extremely prideful being, and he has always destroyed whatever hurt his pride at all costs.
Moreover, these sons of his contained ten to a hundred pieces of his eternal soul. Roy absorbing their souls was the same as not only taking away from Voss what he really needed but also biting and devouring Voss's soul. This frustrated the latter to no end.
"Their deaths would have meant nothing to me if I could have their souls, but he somehow stole them. Only his death will soothe my soul."
Voss's eyes burned with cruelty and an intense desire to kill Roy. The pain he was feeling because of losing them was hundreds of times worst than what it would have been if Roy hadn't taken their souls and let them go back to Voss.
"I didn't want to do this..." Voss sacrificed 1-10th of its eternal soul to get to Roy. "You forced my hand!"
Its roar echoed throughout the Ashen Land, and Roy felt that something ominous was going to happen.
He immediately sped up, shooting upwards and towards the portal at an incredible shockwaves-creating speed.
Reaching Ashen Mountain was his first priority.
He wouldn't need to concern himself about whatever Voss was up to if he got out of here in time.
