Chapter 213: Jeremy vs Asaro

Jeremy possessed the Supreme Mark, which could not be identified even at the Divine Realm. Therefore, for this midterm exam, he chose to use a skill to copy the Mark skill of Lucius—Holy Covenant 02.

Although he could not use the exclusive skill within the series, he could perfectly copy the other skills of Lucius’s Holy Covenant 02 to a certain extent. After all, even for the Sacred Weapon, he could use the Star Edge Card to morph an exact replica.

Asaro’s primary attacks leaned towards heavy strikes and swift thrusts, making her damage output extremely formidable, and the same applied to Lucius.

As the crystal snowflakes fell, Jeremy formed hand seals with both hands. The wordless darkness card “Death Curse” appeared, instantly transforming, according to its master’s will, into a Yin-Yang ghost-face barrier that covered the sky, swallowing all the snowflakes within.

The seemingly harmless crystal snowflakes, the moment they collided with the ghost-face barrier, suddenly exploded like blades. In a flash, the ice flowers turned into magical flames scattering everywhere, morphing into phantoms of ghost beasts hovering in mid-air.

The ear-piercing screeches seemed to pierce the soul, leaving Jeremy dizzy.

Not only that, but the snowflakes crashing into the barrier, after turning into magical flames, did not dissipate either. Instead, from the radiating magic power, they transformed into trace threads resembling moonlight.

The threads, carrying the moonlight’s glow, broke toward the barrier’s core under Asaro’s control.

After a few breaths, they brazenly split open several cracks.

The snowflakes seeped through the cracks into the domain where Jeremy was standing.

The Death Curse Card could swallow the opponent’s skills, but Jeremy did not expect Asaro’s Nether Strangulation Moon Scar skill to possess a secondary effect that disrupted the soul, in addition to its explosive nature.

Disturbed by the strange fragrance emitting from the snowflakes, his head throbbed with waves of pain, and blood-red illusions appeared before his eyes.

At this moment, the negative fears in Jeremy’s heart were constantly magnified by this skill. His hands began to tremble slightly, and a cowardly urge to retreat and flee could not help but arise within him.

Veins bulged on his forehead, a bad premonition striking him. Jeremy forcefully suppressed his discomfort and raised his fingertips slightly. The Star Edge Card appeared, transforming into the Sacred Weapon form of Lucius—a dual-form Sacred Weapon that was both a flute and an umbrella.

The flute was as blue as ice, its deep blue starlight intertwining with the Nether flowers of the Lunaris clan, exquisitely crafted.

When it transformed into the Two-Realm Umbrella, one side was light, and the other side was darkness. The nameless flowers were formed from the interweaving of ice-blue and golden threads dotted within, and the umbrella panels could also turn into blades when spun.

During this period, Jeremy and Lucius had sparred many times, so he was quite familiar with how to use Lucius’s Sacred Weapon.

As for the skills… after copying the opponent’s Mark, they would automatically be transmitted into the soul, taking only a second to fully comprehend.

The flute turned into an umbrella. Jeremy opened it, forming hand seals with one hand and chanting a spell rapidly.

Very quickly, the umbrella’s body magnified several times, hovering in mid-air and protecting Jeremy.

The snowflakes and the fragrance were completely isolated, giving Jeremy some time to catch his breath.

Glancing at the surroundings, after ascertaining the situation, Jeremy used his magic power to slice his fingertips. The moment the blood seeped out, as if called by something, it flew swiftly toward the cracks in the ghost-face barrier.

The moment the blood merged with the cracks, the previously grayish ghost-face barrier was instantly dyed red, resembling a true Death Ghost Realm.

“Blood Soul – Devour.”

Accompanying the cold shout, the previously cracked barrier instantly healed completely. Tens of thousands of nether phantoms appeared inside the barrier, swallowing all the intruders who had trespassed its boundaries.

And outside the barrier…

Jeremy leaped up to grab the umbrella handle. With a twist of his wrist, the Two-Realm Umbrella spun and flew out, charging straight at Asaro.

“Soul Intent – Spirit Devour.”

Soul Intent, the third skill of Lucius’s Holy Covenant 02, could break through illusions and automatically track and kill the target enemy. Unless the master called it off, it would not stop until death.

Magic power surged over. Asaro had thought Jeremy’s growth speed would be very fast, but she had never expected it to be this heaven-defying.

The scythe spun and slashed straight down.

“Clang…”

The umbrella and the scythe collided, magic power poured down, and a fierce wind swept in. Her palm stung with pain, and from the corner of her eye, Asaro glanced at the hand gripping the scythe.

Excessive magic power frenzy… Continuing like this would be very disadvantageous.

They were clearly in the same realm, but Jeremy’s magic power reserves were obviously above hers.

Should it be said that it truly lived up to being a high-tier Holy Covenant…

An unusual glint of excitement flashed across Asaro’s purple eyes.

Right now, she really wanted to see to what extent this long-unseen opponent could be pushed.

“Ghost Concealment – Heavenly Kill!”

Asaro’s voice revealed obvious madness. The moment the skill was unleashed, both her main body and her clones vanished from everyone’s sight, replaced by countless puppets formed from black shadows.

The Two-Realm Umbrella, which had been tracking Asaro, seemed to hit a pause button, completely losing its target.

To think that this skill of Asaro’s could actually block the tracking of Soul Intent…

Jeremy recalled the Two-Realm Umbrella. The tassels on the umbrella handle fluttered lightly, creating a gentle breeze that dispelled the black mist.

But an ash-gray moon had somehow obscured the sky’s light. Even though the black mist dispersed, Jeremy’s vision was still an endless expanse of gray.

However… this thing called sight only existed to make him stronger.

Even without it, it wouldn’t affect him in any way.

Magic power transformed into a white silk ribbon that covered his eyes. Sensing the fluctuations in the wind, Jeremy spun the umbrella handle and infused magic power into it. The umbrella panels separated into blades, spinning around to protect him like sharp feathers.

Sensing foreign objects approaching, Jeremy held the umbrella in one hand and formed seals in mid-air with the other, unleashing the Spirit Seeking spell.

The approaching puppets were all mercilessly slaughtered, crushed into ashes by the magic power.

Screams echoed incessantly, but the numbers… conversely kept increasing.

And the Spirit Seeking magic completely failed to find any trace of Asaro…

Jeremy narrowed his eyes slightly.

It seemed… this person intended to use this method to exhaust his magic power.

It was a pity… his current magic power reserves were three times that of those in the same realm.

This move was useless against him.

“If you can’t find me, you’ll be swallowed by the phantom shadows. Do you yield?” Asaro’s voice echoed from the body of every phantom, making it completely impossible to distinguish real from fake.

“I think it should be me saying this line. The one topping our academy’s genius list… must hide well.” Jeremy curled his lips slightly, using his mind to control the Two-Realm Umbrella. Immediately after, he simultaneously summoned the Order Card and the Illusionary Dream Card.

Order silenced. Illusionary Dream bewitched.

The skills were unleashed simultaneously, but Jeremy still hadn’t stopped.

This time, he didn’t use the skill of the high-tier Mark, but used the sixth skill of Spirit Covenant 305 – Spirit Control.

With the Spirit Control Seal, myriad spirits submit.