Swish swish——
Fresh, sharp claws emerged from their mouths, tearing Erica's skin.
These claws, like thorns, prevented Erica from getting close to Thanatos's illusory face.
The scratches on Erica's skin went deep, revealing a bright red color.
Blood slid from the skin's surface and fell onto the stone ground.
However, Erica seemed completely unafraid of pain.
Her only goal was the scythe at Thanatos's waist.
The more Thanatos tried to stop her, the more righteous her purpose seemed.
With too many injuries on her body, Erica activated her magic, and a shimmering green light enveloped her entire body.
Countless vines wrapped around Erica's body, like a suit of armor, covering her wounds.
Erica, standing alone in the air, quickly formed a magic circle with her hands, and magic power gradually gathered at her fingertips.
[Tier 3 Magic: Dark Flash Lightning Arrow]
Click—
A dark purple bolt of lightning shot out like an arrow, piercing Thanatos's illusory eye.
The flash of light made Thanatos involuntarily close his eyes.
The distorted face swayed precariously high in the air, as if it were engulfed in unbearable pain.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Erica leaned forward and stretched out her arms.
She saw it; a jet-black scythe was plunged upside down into Thanatos's mouth.
At the same time, the cold touch on her hand made Erica feel a surge of joy.
She did it!
But the situation changed drastically the next second.
Because the eye at the tip of the scythe suddenly opened, its gaze fixed on Erica.
Her limbs also froze in mid-air.
"They recklessly began trying something based on just a deliberately exposed flaw."
"How foolish."
A clear, ethereal voice slowly rose, its sound like an ice blade piercing the ear.
As the sound rang out, Thanatos's distorted face turned back again, staring intently at Erica.
What happened?
Erica was startled, her eyes widening in surprise.
But she discovered that apart from her facial expressions, the rest of her body was completely immobile.
Just as she was still in shock, a clear and mocking voice rang out again:
"Have you already forgotten the strategies you used against me before?"
Erica's mind went blank.
She recalled her last battle with him, when she deliberately exposed an opening, allowing Thanatos's scythe to pierce her body.
That was the only way she could defeat the fast-moving Thanatos.
That dangerous battle certainly shocked Thanatos.
But now, the situation is completely reversed.
Thanatos, on the contrary, became the one who actively exposed his weakness.
After all, it is Erica who craves victory, and Thanatos only needs to stop her.
As long as Thanatos deliberately exposes a weakness, he won't need to take action himself; Erica will become anxious on her own.
Thanatos pulled his only illusory arm from the swirling soul and gripped it tightly against the scythe that was stuck upside down inside his body.
Swish—
A flash of cold light, and the scythe whipped up a gust of wind, violently blowing towards Erica.
But this time, it's two halves of a body—
Erica was cut in half at the waist.
Erica, whose upper and lower body had been severed, had a blank expression and empty, lifeless eyes.
Snap!
Her body rolled several times on the ground, her arms and legs twisted to their limits, as if they might break off from her body at any moment.
Logically speaking, such injuries should be fatal.
But Thanatos did not let his guard down and kept a close eye on Erica, whose miserable state was now exposed.
As expected, the two bodies burst into crimson flames and rose from the earth.
The two flames twisted and merged in the air, eventually piecing together Erica's body outline at the center of the disc-shaped earth.
However, before the flames on Erica's body had completely subsided...
Thanatos once again swung his dark scythe from high above, sending her flying.
It then slammed violently against the surrounding walls.
The intense pain caused Erica to cough up a mouthful of dark blood.
She could only lean against the wall, helplessly looking at the disc-shaped ground in front of her, her hands completely powerless.
Seeing Erica's miserable state, Thanatos hovered precariously above her head.
Seeing that the human girl before him was covered in wounds, Thanatos narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in a faint, ethereal yet chaotic voice:
Why have you persisted for so long?
Thanatos, the god of death, had long been accustomed to the death of living beings and the reincarnation of souls, and he never thought that death was such a terrible thing.
Rather, it is a relief for those deeply mired in suffering.
Why is this human being so persistent when all the suffering can be avoided simply by accepting death peacefully and giving up?
It cannot understand.
However, it doesn't need to understand too much; it's enough to just bring death to her.
Even though Erica can resurrect repeatedly, Thanatos can still directly control her soul, just like before.
Erica is now extremely weak.
It is no longer possible to resist its control as before.
So Thanatos raised his last remaining arm from the void once more.
At the same time, Erica, who had lost all her strength, involuntarily floated slowly up from the ground.
She felt as if her throat had been choked again, making it difficult to breathe.
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