Strongest Superhuman System - Chapter 624

Chapter 624: The Weight of Responsibility
A loud sonic boom echoed through the air as the spear flew true, and James realized that he couldn’t move out of the way quickly enough, so he was forced to bring up a light shield to protect himself!

Slam!

Crack!

The spear slammed into the shield and left a large crack on its side, and James took it down and opened his palm to summon his magic! A wide magic circle opened over their heads, and James pointed it at Mark and fired hundreds of light arrows!

Ratatatatatatat!

James expected Mark to either dodge out of the way or maybe deploy magic of his own, but James was stunned when Mark suddenly started to run toward the arrows! What the hell was he doing!?

Mark slammed his feet into the ground and shot off towards James, and when the arrows finally got to him, Mark swiped his hand across the air and dispelled them like they were nothing!

James cursed in his mind and immediately brought up another light shield while drawing his sword in a rasp of steel!

BZZT!

Lightning danced across Mark’s hand as he neared, and he unleashed a blow beyond anything James had ever seen in his life!

[Divergent Fist]!!

[Sonic Impact: Lightning]!!

Boom!

The mighty shield that James had created didn’t even last a second against the massive blow, and James immediately brought up his sword as extra protection!

The fist slammed into the sword, and James grit his teeth as lightning was sent screeching through every nerve in his body before he was shot to the ground like a comet!

Boom!

James was immediately back on his feet after that, and Mark couldn’t help feeling impressed. Even Gunter didn’t get back up from a blow like that! This just showed how powerful James was!

But this fight was over!

James rose his sword and called on his magic! The sword began to glow an iridescent gold as James’ magic was poured into it, and Mark shot off the ground towards James!

SLAM!

SLASH!

James slammed his foot on the ground before bringing the sword down in a perfect vertical slash!

A golden light split the world asunder!

Boom!

Gold erupted from James’ sword and shot through the air, tearing the ground apart and splitting the clouds above him in two for as far as the eye could see! The entire earth rumbled, and even the soldiers that were a far distance away from the battle could feel the ground under their feet shaking from the release of power! The light had completely engulfed everything in front of James and the angels watching the fight felt smiles appearing on their faces as they thought this was the end of Mark!

The spell that James used was one of the forbidden light spells that no one had managed to learn for more than twenty years now! It had enough firepower to decimate a small army and James was able to win many impossible fights in the past because of it! They were sure that this was the end!

Woosh!

James’ eyes widened in shock as two hands appeared through the blast of golden light and split it in half before revealing Mark flying through the air towards him!

‘What the hell is this monster!?’

James couldn’t help but think like this as he saw Mark pull back his fist as lightning danced across his entire body!

James might have been able to tank it once, thanks to him using his sword as a shield, but this time, with him being off-balance and stunned after seeing Mark run through such a massive spell, there was nothing he could do as Mark’s fist flew straight towards him!

[Divergent Fist]!!

[Sonic Impact: Lightning]!!

BOOM!

It was like a mountain slammed into his face.

That was the only way James could describe what he felt at that moment. Like a mountain charged with lightning slammed straight into him!

James was thrown back from the punch and his body skipped across the field like a stone on the river! He bounced and flipped back before finally crashing to the ground one last time and leaving a deep trench in the soil as he screeched to a halt. Mark watched from the distance for any movement and Mark tried his best not to show the surprise he felt as he saw James standing up.

‘He’s really tough. No one has gotten up from two Divergent Fists before.’

James’ legs were shaking and his upper armor had been blown clean off, leaving him in only the lower armor and a white tunic, but he was still on his feet as he raised his shaky arm towards Mark and pointed his sword at him. Mark flashed over to James in a sonic boom and stood right before James, and when he looked into James’ glaring eyes, Mark saw that there was no light in there anymore.

James was unconsious.

‘He stood up even after passing out. Not bad for an angel. Not bad at all.’

Mark tapped James on the head once and James’ eyes rolled to the back of his head before he fell to his knees and collapsed.

The fight was over.

“YARGGHHHH!!!”

Cheers rang out from the Myriad castle as all the demons who had been watching the fight raised their swords and stomped their feet in victory! The opposite side of the field – where the angels were gathered – was deathly silent as they tried to comprehend what had just happened.

To them, James was one of their strongest warriors, and seeing him being decimated so easily was too shocking to them!

Mark grabbed James’ sword from the ground and many of the angels yelled out in outrage as they saw Mark put the sword right beside James’ neck! Duke Grant took a step forward toward Mark and shouted!

“Don’t you dare touch my son!!”

His aura burst to life around him as he tried to seem more threatening, but Mark only narrowed his eyes as he pressed the sword tighter against James’ neck.

“I won the battle, therefore the war is over. Tell your forces to retreat.”

Mark eyed the duke threateningly and waited for what he was going to do. Mark knew that there was a chance the Duke would simply ignore the agreement and tell his army to charge forward regardless, but with his son and daughter in the hands of the demons, the Duke was less likely to do anything rash.

And just like Mark predicted, the duke hesitated for a moment as he looked from Mark to his unconscious son. The duke grit his teeth as he felt very conflicted at that moment, but eventually, his desire to protect his children won over his hatred for the demons and he shouted to the angel generals behind him!

“Tell the forces to retreat back to the castle! NOW!”

The generals didn’t move for a second after the Duke spoke, but then he shouted at them with even more intensity and they finally realized that he was not delusional! He was actually telling them to retreat from the war!?

The angel generals looked from one person to another, trying to see if any of them would move first, and it wasn’t until one of the older angels turned and shouted to the troops to retreat that the rest of them started to do the same. Duke Grant was left standing in the middle of the field alone with the demons and two of his generals while the rest of the angels left back to his castle in confusion.