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Chapter 225: Protecting Each Other
The Darkness coiled around Jacob like a living thing, tendrils searching for entry points while he struggled to maintain the merged artifact's protective aura. Anna's anchor helped but was not enough—the entity was too strong and Jacob too depleted to hold it back indefinitely.Then he realized the Darkness was not actually trying very hard to possess him.It was distracted. Still reaching toward Anna with the bulk of its attention, using Jacob as an obstacle to navigate around rather than a target worth consuming. The entity wanted her specifically, wanted the guardian bloodline for reasons Jacob could not begin to guess.He channeled power through the merged artifact despite having nothing left to channel. Drew on reserves that did not exist, pulled energy from places that should have been empty. The weapon blazed with light that was more will than actual power, bright enough to hurt looking at but lacking the substance to truly repel the Darkness.It was enough. Barely.The shadow
Chapter 224: Anna Enters Battle
Anna moved to Jacob's left without needing coordination. They had trained together enough that positioning was instinctive—her guardian abilities complemented his warrior techniques, creating gaps in enemy defenses that neither could exploit alone.Verons attacked her first, correctly identifying her as the weaker target. His shadow-blade carved through air fast enough to create sonic disruption.Anna blocked with a barrier that should not have held against that much force. Should not have, but did—because Jacob was channeling power through the merged artifact to reinforce her defense, the two of them connected through combat in ways that went beyond simple teamwork.She countered while Verons was still recovering from the unexpected resistance. Guardian light blazed from both hands in concentrated beams aimed at the joints in his shadow-armor where the protection looked weakest.Jacob attacked simultaneously from the other side. Not trying to hurt Verons directly but creating pressur
Chapter 223: Wearing Down
Jacob broke the blade-lock and stumbled backward, his transformed body finally showing signs of strain it should not have been capable of feeling. The merged artifacts' power was infinite in theory but channeling that infinity through flesh—even modified flesh—had limits that were now approaching faster than he wanted to admit.Verons pressed forward immediately. He had been waiting for this, watching for the moment when Jacob's control started slipping. Shadow-blade carved through Jacob's guard and scored a deep cut across his ribs that did not heal as fast as previous wounds.The artifacts' power was depleting. Not gone but no longer flowing at the rate needed to maintain the transformation at full strength. Jacob's semi-translucent form was becoming more solid again, divine fire in his eyes dimming to something closer to normal human intensity."There it is," Verons said, driving another strike home that Jacob only partially deflected. "The moment when unlimited power reveals its l
Chapter 222: Endless Combat
Jacob changed tactics immediately. If the Darkness fed on mystical energy, he would fight physically. No more reality manipulation, no more ancestral techniques that required channeling power through the artifacts. Just blade work and combat skill earned through his own training.Verons met him in the temple's main courtyard, which was now more crater than structure. They fought across broken stone and shattered columns, each strike delivered with precision but minimal mystical enhancement.It was not enough. The Darkness had already grown too strong from hours of feeding. Verons was faster than before, his shadow-enhanced reflexes outpacing even Jacob's transformed state. Every defensive position Jacob took, Verons found the opening. Every attack Jacob launched, Verons countered with something pulled from the entity's infinite memory of combat.They crashed through the courtyard's western wall and into what had been meditation chambers. The quiet spaces where guardians had trained fo
Chapter 221: Gods Among Men
The explosion cleared and both fighters still stood. Impossible, but there they were—Jacob wreathed in light that pushed back the shadows, Verons coated in darkness that absorbed the illumination around him. The ground between them had been carved into a crater fifty feet deep.Neither spoke. They just attacked again, resuming the battle without pause as if the reality-breaking explosion had been nothing more than catching their breath.Time became meaningless. The fight could have lasted minutes or hours or days—Jacob had no way to measure it anymore. His perception had shifted into something that experienced combat differently, each exchange of blows containing infinite complexity that unfolded across microseconds.The temple's upper levels collapsed. They fought through the falling debris, neither bothering to dodge when massive stones the size of houses crashed down around them. Jacob's light-blade carved through obstacles while Verons's shadow simply dissolved anything that touch
Chapter 220: Titans Clash
Jacob burned the shadow corruption from his ribs with raw guardian energy, but the effort cost him. The Darkness was not just trying to wound him anymore—it was actively attempting invasion, using every opening Verons created to push tendrils of itself into Jacob's transformed body.His mother's warning still echoed in his mind. The price. There was always a price for power this absolute.But he could worry about prices later. Right now Verons was attacking again and Jacob had to respond or die.Their blades met and the impact sent cracks racing through what remained of the temple floor. Stone that had stood for millennia shattered like glass. The air itself rippled from the energy release, creating visible distortions that made it difficult to see clearly.Jacob countered with a technique his ancestor had used to kill a shadow demon in the year 843. The merged artifact blazed with light that forced the shadows back, creating a sphere of clarity around him where reality functioned nor
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