Shockwave after shockwaves occurred as the two shackled realm experts collided in the sky. The fluctuations of energy were too high and dangerous that it was impossible for normal people to approach the battle.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Ugh!

Eilish coughed a mouthful of blood as Rowan punched through the barrier around her and landed a blow on her stomach.

She was injured and her opponent was the same. Both of them were wounded but in close-range battle, there's nothing much she could do against Rowan. So he was suppressing her with all of his might.

Souta didn't even help her and simply watched the battle from below. He focused himself on recovering his energy while Rowan was busy fighting Eilish.

With a monster orb in his hand, he slowly guided the energy inside it to his monster orb and Nebula Heart. He could feel it. He's been using this fifth evolution monster orb for a long time and just a little bit more the energy inside will completely drain.

'Just hold on for a while, Eilish. I owe you a big one this time.'

He closed his eyes and focused on the task ahead of him.

"Oh, **!! I'm exhausted and I don't know if I could last long in this battle!

"

Eztein cursed as he swiftly moved his body from left to right to avoid the attack from the witches. He could only dodge them as he had Gragas in his left arm and Yenxa in his right arm.

Gragas was heavily injured and couldn't move due to this. He would only die if Eztein let go of him. Yenxa was fine. She had a parasite like him so she wouldn't die easily but her power level was too low. She wouldn't be able to completely avoid the attack of an S-rank expert just like how he does.

"The reinforcement is only twelve people and it wasn't enough to cover all the witches in this place! Fuck! Some of the strong witches are even following us!

"

He couldn't do anything except for running with these two in his arms. He looked up and wondered what happened to Amanda, the daughter of the previous Clan Leader.

Boom!

Eilish swung her wooden staff and Rowan raised his right hand. The staff landed on the back of his palm and it pierced the energy that was covering his body.

Rowan gritted his teeth and he kneed Eilish's stomach before he punched her in the face.

Bang!

Eilish was blasted away and the golden bell rang once again. The sound waves landed on her body causing a powerful explosion.

Boom!

Rowan didn't want to give her a time to regain her posture and cast a powerful spell so he chased after her inside the field of smoke.

Ohm!

The golden bell emitted a bright golden light and it coated his body. He appeared in front of Eilish and launched a barrage of punches.

Eilish gritted her teeth and took all the blow. She tightly clenched her fingers around the staff before she thrust it forward.

Force Blast!

The attack landed on Rowan's face but Rowan simply ignored the damage it had done to his body. He grabbed her neck and their figures crashed on the river like a meteor.

Boom!

The water shot up in the air. In the next moment, flames surge in the river and it evaporated most of the water. White mist spread out but a shockwave swept out and dispersed it on the next second.

In the bottom of the crater, Rowan was still holding Eilish on the neck.

Ugh!

'This guy... He didn't even care about the damage that I dealt on his body as long as he dealt greater damage on my body. He's a madman.' Eilish said inwardly as she glared at Rowan who was on top of her.

The golden bell hovered above them and it was producing a light that boosted Rowan's physical prowess.

Rowan balled his other hand before it emitted golden light. Then, he threw it on Eilish's body.

Boom!!

Suddenly, the floor beneath Eilish had turned into mud and black tentacles rose beside her before it pulled her deep into the mud.

"Wha-

"

Rowan was surprised as he felt a powerful gravity pulling him into the sky.

Gravity?

He instantly knew that Souta was the cause of it. So that monster still wasn't dead and could somehow fight.

"I should have confirmed that he couldn't fight before I leave him but that means giving this woman a time to cast another powerful spell.

"

He muttered as he turned his head and saw black mist spreading out in the surrounding area. He knew that Souta had the power to damage him but it's nothing compared to the damage caused by an Extinction Realm's tier 3 spell.

That's why he had ignored and forgotten about Souta.

Rowan looked down and found that Eilish was gone. He was only grabbing a piece of black tentacles.

"Damn!

"

A torrent of violent energy flew on his side and engulfed the area around him.

Dark Shooting Ray!! Bestrou!!

Boom!!!

Souta looked at the explosion before he turned his head and looked at his right. Eilish was coughing a mouthful of blood and her figure looked weary.

"I thought that he got you...

" She lifted her head and said.

"Yeah, he got me but he had failed to kill me so I decided to recover for a while.

" Souta nodded at her words. He added,

"My comrades are coming. We will handle this so you should focus on recovering your energy first.

"

He had seen how Rowan suppressed her and she would have died if he was late by a second. From her condition, he could clearly see the advantage brought by having a parasite in one's body.

A shackled realm's recovery ability was fast but not as fast as the parasitic essence eater.

"Are you sure you can handle him?

" Eilish said as she wiped the blood on the corner of her mouth.

"Fifty percent. You've injured him and he used most of his energy to suppress you so he's not at the peak of his strength. I could somehow handle him with my comrades.

" Souta replied to her.

"Aren't you worried about the other witches?

" Eilish asked.

"That's why you are here? The quality of the opponent's forces is higher than us so I want you to help me suppress some of the Annihilation Realm witches.

"

"There's more work for me. I thought you said that I should focus on recovering my energy.

" Eilish smiled faintly.

"It's better than fighting Rowan, right?

" Souta smiled back.

"Fine. But...

" Eilish paused as she placed her hand on her stomach before she continued,

"Few of my ribs are broken and my internal organs are damaged. I couldn't completely heal this as Clan Leader's lingering energy was still in my wounds. So I could only probably fight ten Annihilation Realm with my current condition.

"

That's if she didn't use her full power. But using her full power would cost her as the internal injuries that she suffered were greater than she imagined.

"They are here.

"

Eilish heard his voice and she looked up. She saw a pillar of light appear out of nowhere in the middle of the field. Souta was mentioning his comrades before so she was curious about them.

She only knew Yenxa and Amanda, not the rest of them. These guys must be strong but she heard him say that there's no Extinction Realm master so they were just going to work together to deal with a master at this level. That's absurd. It takes great courage to stand in front of an Extinction Realm.

What she didn't know was that Souta had witnessed a fight between gods and this was nothing compared to it. Even his teacher, Bargan Hevifield, would only need one finger to completely wipe Rowan's existence.

Soon, the pillar of light had disappeared and three floating fortresses were revealed. The three floating fortresses were the Guardian Fortresses of the Great Astley Empire.

The reinforcement that Souta had been waiting for arrived.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Several figures flew out of the Guardian Fortresses and landed beside Souta.

"What's the current situation?

"

A female voice sounded and Souta turned his head towards the person who spoke.

He smiled and said,

"It's worse. I almost died while waiting for you guys.

"

The people that arrived were Alice, Torkez, Franklin, Isabella, Yuko, and Doranjan.

"We've brought everyone here so care to tell us, Boss, who are we going to fight,

" Franklin said with a wide smile. He was excited when he heard that they were going to fight strong people in the central continent.

"The witches, subdue everyone except for those witches.

"

Souta told them about Elder Guan's forces. Those witches were on their side and they were not going to interfere in Elder Guan and Elder Hanmi's fight. They were going to focus on Clan Leader Rowan's subordinates which were composed of dozens of S-rank and a huge number of A-rank experts.

"We're ready. My minions are at your command.

" Franklin said and he bowed slightly. He had brought the elites from the assassin organization that he formed.

"We've brought everyone that we could,

" Alice said as the people from the Guardian Fortresses released their aura.

ROAR!!!

Doranjan and Yuko roared and the monsters that they brought roared too in response to them.

ROAR!!!