Chapter 1496 Crucifixion

The scene that happened next made everyone who saw it stunned.

If Illidan's slash failed and Yrel's fatal blow with all his strength was avoided by Yrel himself, perhaps he would admit that Yrel had grown into a formidable enemy that he could not have imagined in the short but fierce battle.

but--

The person who changed this fatal blow was actually Duke Marcus.

This makes Illidan unable to let go.

What made his pride even more unacceptable was that Duke actually clamped his [War Blade of Azzinoth] between his fingers.

That's right!

Duke used his mortal body to catch Illidan's lightning strike.

Even if it wasn't as gentle as twisting a butterfly wing, even the Duke in front of him had to pay a huge price - in order to grasp this magical blade filled with evil energy, his entire left hand exploded, his skin flew off, and his muscles collapsed. Shattered into pieces, only the finger bones and tendons filled with arcane energy remained.

But Illidan still felt that the time and space around him seemed to have been frozen, and he kept breathing the hot air greedily.

"How... is this possible!?" Illidan gasped in an almost inaudible voice.

He tried hard to suppress his trembling body and recalled the incredible scene in front of him:

He had already hacked as fast as he could.

He's fast, Duke is faster.

Because he was so focused on killing Yrel, he overlooked a very important detail. Duke, who was dozens of steps away, did not move. In fact, Duke moved.

Duke left a real illusion on the spot, and then activated the invisibility state of his entire body, followed by the fire-based [Fire Speed] and [Acceleration]!

When the demigod mage used this move, his speed was too fast.

No acceleration potion in the world can achieve this effect.

Even with Illidan's dynamic vision, he could still see Duke leaving a series of afterimages behind him because he was too fast.

His strike could be said to be a last strike. Who knows, Duke's last strike was more terrifying than his. Duke only caught up with him from dozens of steps away after he made this strike. He took out the staff in his hand and grabbed his artifact war blade with his left hand.

Originally, he thought that he could cut off Yrel's neck and Duke's hand with one knife.

It turns out that he thought too much.

On the blade he stretched out, there were indeed three fingers that were very characteristic of the Scourge - the thumb, index finger and middle finger.

Moreover, instead of clamping the blade from the front, he bent his wrist and clamped the back of the blade from behind. It did not enter the trajectory of the sword, but caught up with the speed of the Blade of Azzinoth.

Although Duke seemed to be trying his best to catch him, Duke told him through his actions that Duke was both saving people and attacking...

The main hand of Azzinoth's double blade was caught by Duke, and at this moment, the blade of the second hand collided with Yrel's shield.

At this unforgettable moment, Duke's right hand suddenly lit up with the brightest golden light, which was the holy light of the [Demon Slayer Sword] in Duke's hand.

Looking at the golden light that was rapidly magnifying in his field of vision, at this moment, it was too late to do anything.

Illidan tried his best, no matter whether he continued to cut forward, pulled back, or dodged left and right, he could not escape this blow.

The [Slowdown] that Duke threw out at this time made Illidan feel like he was pulling a bunch of chains tied to a mountain.

His extremely slow and heavy body made it impossible for him to escape.

If Illidan's knife just now was truly as fast as lightning, then Duke forcibly reduced Illidan's speed to the level of a snail, and then used the speed of a turtle to deduce what is meant by "relatively fast as lightning".

Under normal circumstances, Illidan would never have been hit by this sword.

But Duke's sword made him even more miserable and desperate.

There was neither sadness nor joy on Duke's face. He showed no deep hatred for him, the traitor of the elves, no sympathy for him, no gloating about his impending collapse, and no desire to get rid of his love rival. Hesitantly, Duke showed a strange look that said, "I understand you, but don't blame me."

Illidan suddenly froze.

He thought of all the magic about Duke, and the legend that Duke claimed to have peeked into the future in the long river of time...

Could it be that Duke really understands me? ?

There was no time left for Illidan to think about life.

The gorgeous golden sword finally pierced Illidan's chest. Everyone could see that that was where Illidan's heart should be.

"Ahhhhhhh-" The sharp edge of the sword penetrated, but the pain of the sharp weapon was secondary. The blazing holy power injected into the heart is the source of the greatest pain for Illidan, who has become a semi-demon.

Unable to bear it, Illidan let out the most ferocious howl.

Almost instinctively, Illidan launched a dying counterattack against Duke. Duke barely used [Ice Barrier] to block the main hand attack of [Double Blades of Azzinoth]. However, the off-hand of the Glaive flashed past. This looked like Duke, but was actually the entire right arm of a humanoid puppet rising to the sky. And rise.

Duke stumbled away.

Illidan refused to admit defeat. He threw away the war blade in his left hand, held the hilt of the sword with his hand, and tried to pull out the [Demon Slayer Sword].

At this time, Yrel, who had just recovered from his daze, heard Duke's command: "Hoof, up! Smash the hilt of the sword!"

Heroes are heroes because they have courage that mortals can only look up to. It was clear that he had just come back from the crisis of almost being beheaded by an owl again. Yrel's S-shaped legs under his bow immediately straightened up, and he rushed out like a cannonball.

"Go to hell - the so-called King of Outland!" He slammed his shield with his hoof to force away Illidan's main hand blade. The war hammer raised high drew a brilliant golden arc in mid-air, using all his strength. With the last bit of strength, he hit the bottom of the sword hilt hard.

Like hitting a nail with a hammer, the [Demon Slayer Sword], which originally only penetrated half of Illidan's chest, finally broke through Illidan's extremely strengthened demon body, entering from the front and exiting from the back.

That's not all.

The powerful impact pinned Illidan to the ground.

A moment ago, Illidan couldn't figure out why Duke was so stupid. He threw down his staff and took a blow from him in flesh and blood.

Now he understands - [Atiesh] itself is much more valuable than Duke, a human puppet. Moreover, the thrown [Atiesh] didn’t go anywhere, and was standing behind him at the moment.

This artifact staff with rare spatial characteristics has sealed off the entire surrounding space at this time.

Illidan * Stormrage - No way to escape!

"Ah ah ah - impossible! How could you even count this!?" Illidan's eyes turned red.

He roared and struggled, but found that he was like a crucified frog, unable to move at all on the ground solidified by space magic, and all the evil energy drained out of his body like a river.