Chapter 86: Men of Ice
The regular people (those with low rank like F rank and E rank and such) felt that Anthony was god in human skin.
The way he stood with the sun bathing him with a radiant glow, the spell basically wipping out almost every single demon in the Mortal rank, the spell that spanned the entire Academy Domain. (Even if they are low ranked they can still see further ahead than a person without mana, but not the entire Academy Domain).
His classmates had different reactions to a display of such power, the top twenty were more flabbergasted, Anthony's subodinate all wore smiles of admiration and defeat.
They were Anthony's subordinate didn't mean they didn't at least want to surpass him once in rank, but it seems they are still as delusional as ever, as even they didn't possess such an attack method.
Even some low level professors who were fighting some Grandmaster and Paragon level demons were shocked as they witnessed the impossibility of their lives.
Of course those above the Paragon rank didn't witness this as they were too busy fighting for their lives, they couldn't direct their attention to another place as this was a battlefield, one mistake and it's over for you.
Anthony had basically elevated the pressure on almost everyone with one attack spell.
The students who no longer had enemies to fight immediately started evacuating those who couldn't fight, those with healing abilities healed those they could.
Anthony floated down as his feet touched the ground majestically, the knee length long coat that rested on his shoulder without his arms in the sleeves flapped to the winds waves.
Anthony drew the katana hanging on his waist as aura instantly enveloped the katana.
Every demon wanted to get a piece of Anthony for his earlier attack, but they couldn't, they still had the people attacking them waiting, even fighting them with renewed vigor and those their demon opponents died joined to help.
A Master ranked demon immediately rushed at Anthony with anger flashing it's eyes as it just wasted the only life saving talisman it had on something it didn't like, and it would take him a long time to find another one of that level or even save up to purchase it.
The demon arrived a few meters away from Anthony with chaotic aura surrounding it's sword and the ice element also being interwoven with it.
The demon slashed out with a deadly technique from the get go without testing the waters as there was no water to test.
[Ice Demon Technique: Dark Frost Slash]
Anthony felt the chill coming from the attack and smiled and readied his own attack.
[Endless Technique: Katana Series: Frozen Slash]
Ice seeped into his katana as he met the demon's ice technique with his own ice technique.
**BOOOOMMM****BRRRR***CHILLL***
As the two swords met, a disastrous explosion occurred sending chills and ice at everything without mercy.
Everything within a ten kilometres radius was either destroyed from impact or frozen out of life.
The ten kilometres radius temperature suddenly dropped as the two attackers refused to bulge from the attack point.
Anthony and the demon stood there looking into each others eyes with different emotions.
Anthony of amusement, the demon of wrath.
The impact of the earlier attack didn't even bother either of the two, their feet planted firmly into the ground as they remained unmoving.
The demon shifted the balance in it's ankles and retrieved it's sword then spun around as it attacked again with chaotic aura still covering it's sword.
Anthony shifted his center of gravity and went for a block with ease.
Then Anthony slashed at the demon's neck, which the demon also blocked without any problems.
They both suddenly disappear from their place as they both increased their speed and they kept exchanging sword attacks without a pause in attack or defence.
Only flickers of light could be seen wherever and whenever they collided.
Of course demons and people in the Master rank could follow their movements with their eyes, that's if they even have time for that as they had their own opponents to face.
[Ice Demon Technique: Slash Of Sacrilege]
The demon slashed out a thousand times at Anthony with speed that seemed to break the sound barrier.
[Endless Technique: Katana series: Freezing Cuts]
Anthony sped up and also met the demon's attack with ice of his own.
****Clangggg***Clangggg**Brrrrr****
Anthony also slashed out a thousand times as he parried all the attacks the demon sent his way.
As Anthony was about to reply with his own technique, his Sense Dome rippled.
Anthony instantly ducked and he dodged a slash at his neck from a sneaky demon in the peak mortal rank that seemed good at hiding.
As Anthony dodged, his Katana instantly morphed and changed into a dagger which he plunged into the demon's head.
The dagger changed into a spear as Anthony released a technique at the Master ranked demon with utmost fluidity like he wasn't switching weapons in the span of a second.
[Endless Technique: Spear Series: Thousand Ice thrust]
Anthony thrust his spear a thousand times with ice and aura coated on the spear at the demon without any delay in his movements.
The demon was shocked by the sudden change in weapon, but was still able to follow up with it's own attack.
[Ice Demon Technique: Rime Parries]
****Clinkkkk****Clanggg***Booomm***
Everywhere was once again covered in thin ice as they were both proficient in their ice techniques and control.
The corpse of the mortal rank demon that ambushed Anthony earlier froze over and shattered as a result of destruction unleashed by these two.
Dust and smokes didn't dare to rise up in the environment created by these two for fear of being frozen over.
"Human boy you seem good with the Ice technique" the demon said with a smile.
"Well I'm learning quite a lot from you if I might say" Anthony replied casually with a smile.
"You would have made a great addition to our forces, too bad none of you are going to survive after today" the demon said again.
Anthony laughed at the demon and replied.
"Looking at the amount of minions you people just lost, I don't think so, besides I would send you to join your fallen comrade soon, this fight has become boring, you are running out of chaos due to fighting other people earlier and fighting me, you talking to me is just a way to delay your inevitable end, as you can feel death looming over you"
The demon frowned, after Anthony's spell earlier, out of anger it didn't consume a potion to recover it's chaos and directly went to attack Anthony, now it's running low on chaos, it knows there is no way it's opponent would allow it to drink a potion and replenish during a fight.
"Stupid pretentious brat, you would die with me then, I won't fall to a mortal like you" the demon shouted.
Then the demon raised it's sword and burned it's life force in other to increase the attack power more than before.
Chaos burned with more potency as the demon channelled it to it's sword together with it's ice and released it's technique.
[Ice Demon Technique: Final Step: Glacier Embodiment]
A more devastating ice erupted from the demon as if the entire domain was going to freeze over if it released that attack.
Space trembled as the demon channelled every last drop of everything it had in that one attack as it was determined to bring Anthony with him to the death realm.
Anthony smirked and raised his spear and released his own technique with increased aura and mana to match the demon's.
[Endless Technique: Spear Series: Swing Of Glaciality]
They both looked at each other, ready to release their attack to see who would win, both having utmost confidence in their final attacks.
They both simultaneously moved and unleashed their attack unto one another.
The Sword and the Spear met each other with a devastating swing.
****BBBOOOOOMMMMM***
Space juddered with roaring vehemence as it tried to withstand the attack from these two force of nature.
Everything within a twenty kilometres radius was brought to the ground through sheer frost.
Ravines were created, sinkholes followed up, crater and gulfs formed everywhere as the ground was destroyed due to the aftermath.
Those within the radius of their attacks were frozen over if they couldn't dodge or block.
Temperature continued dropping without any sign of stopping anytime soon.
After what seemed to be a minute long stalemate, the spear broke through the sword with a greater force than before.
The demon having no strength to block or counter as it had poured everything into that last attack only accepted it's fate with anger flashing it's eyes in it's final moment.
Anthony's spear instantly cleaved the demon's head from it's neck as blood flowed out like a fountain onto the frozen land.
Anthony looked at the blood of the demon that was stopped in place by infinity as they were about to splash on him.
He removed his eyes and the blood fell to the frozen land like the rest.
Anthony looked around and saw the demolition he and the demon caused, but it didn't matter to him as it wasn't his fault.
He waved his hand and the ice that froze those that couldn't dodge the impact of their last attack were freed from their nightmare.