"Mm!" Gauche nodded, then lunged into the opened magic portal. The portal led directly to a large rock behind Valtos. Although he was still seven or eight meters away from Valtos, it was already within Gauche's attack range!
"I knew someone was out to get me!" Valtos dodged to a distant spot like a frightened bird. He had felt from the beginning that Gauche and Finral's eyes were unkind. Sure enough, he quickly sensed Spatial Magic fluctuations behind him. Fortunately, he dodged fast enough; the spot where he had just been standing had already been blasted into a deep pit by Gauche's Mirror Magic!
"Where do you think you're running!" Gauche began to pursue. Although Valtos teleported to a distant place every time, Gauche's long-range magic kept him in a sorry state!
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"Valtos!" Licht noticed this scene and, distracted, released several light swords toward Gauche, which allowed Valtos to find an opportunity to escape the battlefield.
"You still have the heart to care about others!" Yami's gaze turned cold, and the Dark Magic within his body suddenly erupted. Licht immediately felt a strong sense of crisis!
"Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash: Black Hole!" Suddenly, darkness like ink surged within five meters of Yami, and this Dark Magic devoured Licht like a maggot on a bone.
"I can't move!" Licht felt as if he were truly inside a black hole.
"Good chance!" Asta's eyes lit up. He had exited the Eight Gates state to conserve energy, but now he hesitated not for a second to open the Gate of Healing. This time, it would definitely be a one-hit kill!
"Don't steal my credit, kid!" Yami muttered discontentedly, then followed up with his own combo.
"Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash: Black Blade!" Yami's surging mana erupted again. This strike was bound to be immensely powerful!
"Lord Licht!" Valtos hesitated no longer and instantly summoned the Three Devil Eyes.
"What happened? What the hell!" Lira had been yawning, but was suddenly teleported over. Seeing two massive swords that looked like they wanted to hack someone into pulp coming straight at them, he was startled.
"Beast Magic: Rhino Armor!" Vetto reacted quickly and immediately used defensive magic to block in front of Licht.
"Licht!?"
"I will not allow anyone to harm Licht!"
"Fire Spirit Magic: Breath of the Salamander!" Fana looked mentally unstable, but the moment she attacked, it was with the most lethal Fire Magic!
"Good grief!" The massive power, astonishing heat, and incredibly fast impact of the breath forced both Asta and Yami to abandon their attacks and retreat to the sides.
"What powerful Fire Magic. Even Great Fire Annihilation is slightly inferior!" Asta retreated to the side. Even though his retreat speed was very fast, the skin on his arms was still scorched!
"Have they received reinforcements again?" Yami's body had also been scalded by the heatwave, but it wasn't a major problem.
"So strong!" Gauche widened his eyes. The three people who had come to support the enemy were clearly on a different level than him.
"Haha, these are the three strongest fighters of our Eye of the Midnight Sun. Each of them possesses power exceeding that of a magic knight captain!" Valtos laughed triumphantly.
"Exceeding a magic knight captain? Says who?" Yami rolled his eyes at Valtos.
"I say so!" Licht said proudly. "Although I am the leader, Vetto who represents despair, Fana who represents hatred, and Lira who represents falsehood—each of them is at the pinnacle of combat power in this world!"
"Hey, don't brag too much!" Asta returned to his normal state and stood beside Yami.
"To dare insult Licht... I've marked you. I'll be the first to tear you apart later!" Vetto said, looking at Asta. He wouldn't show mercy just because Asta was a 'brat'; after all, everything in the Clover Kingdom needed to be destroyed!
"You two, get over here!" Yami called out to the terrified Finral and the ashamed Gauche. "Honestly, they've already set up their formation, and you two are still dazed!"
"Cap, Captain, let's call for reinforcements!" Finral said timidly. After all, these were enemies exceeding the power of a magic knight captain!
"Quit yapping and push past your limits right here!" Yami spat out his cigarette butt and began to get serious. It seemed the battle between the brightest and the darkest had ended; now it was time to test team strength.
"You don't really think you can challenge our Eye of the Midnight Sun with just one squad, do you?" Valtos looked at Asta and the others as if they were mentally challenged. However, thinking of something, he looked at Licht apologetically. "I apologize for defying your will and summoning the Three Devil Eyes without authorization."
"No, no, I should be the one thanking you. You are always my capable warrior, and the timing of the summoning is just right!" Licht praised.
"Why not?" Asta said calmly. He had been conserving his strength since earlier. Although he joined Yami in besieging Licht, he hadn't found a suitable opportunity, so many of his moves hadn't been unleashed.
"Finral, did you see that? That's the way to do it!" Yami praised.
"Asta and the others don't seem to see me. What should I do now? Running over will definitely interfere with Asta and the others' battle, so I'd better just hide here!" Noelle hid behind the large rock, her whole body trembling.
"So it's Captain Yami. I'd like to taste the flavor of natural enemy magic!" Lira looked at Yami, getting excited. He moved at high speed to Yami's side, touched Yami's grimoire, and immediately flashed back.
"Also Light Magic?" Yami was startled. When he sensed Lira's energy, he only had time to swing his blade once.
"As expected of a magic swordsman!" Lira glanced at the spot where he had been slashed. Although it hurt, it would heal quickly.
"Imitation Magic: Healing Particles of Light!" Lira casually cast a recovery magic on himself.
"This is getting more and more interesting. Only those extremely favored by mana can use multiple attributes of magic. I didn't expect there to be multiple people in the Eye of the Midnight Sun who could do this!" Yami said seriously.
"Geez, the ones who surprise me are you guys. As the bottom-ranked Black Bulls, you actually have two talents worth me looking at properly. But the jokes end here; let me end all of this!" Licht arrogantly spread his arms, then his body slowly rose, with brilliant light behind him, looking just like a god!
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