-----

Anna looked at the scene with excitement. Her warrior instincts were kicking in, her body's muscles were tightening and fueling her with thunderous power. Her aura released like a lightning storm, and her axe began to release crackles of electricity as the phantasmal entity within it seemed just as eager to fight like her.

"Hmm, this one seems pretty strong…!" said Axe-chan. Anna's axe was a possessed cursed axe that could speak. It had the personality of a slaughter-obsessed girl…

"I guess you're just as eager…" sighed Anna.

A sparkle of lightning emerged near Anna, her Lightning Attribute Spirit Fulgora, also part of her own Skill repertoire, this little guy in the shape of black clouds helped her in gaining more thunder power in exchange for Mana.

"Hahaha! What's wrong? Weren't you going to defeat me? Can you even pierce my defenses?" asked the Infernal General of Resilience, with a clear smirk on his eyes and an annoying tone of voice.

His attack had been quite strong, the powerful shockwaves he created were serious business and not something to laugh at.. If possible, Anna wanted to finish him off as quickly as possible before things were to go even more awry.

He was not like the Celestials she fought and killed back in the previous war, he was clearly stronger and more monstrous, his power could even be equal to the Celestial King!

But Anna and her party hadn't kept weak this whole time, they had been training diligently, and in the latest daily dungeons run, Gustav wasn't the only one that leveled up plentifully, she had also gained a lot of stats and was overflowing with new divinity power, she had already reached the stage of divine summons… but barely scratching the surface yet.

Thankfully, her master and now lover had given her ten powerful spirits to fuse with through his summoning skills, with these, her power was multiplied exponentially to new and higher lengths. She now simply needed to keep fighting with those around her, who were also given powerful spirits to fuse with. She felt not only thunder rushing through her body and soul, but also other elements granted by the power of these spirits melding together into a mass of power… Her thunder was being temporarily merged with them, gaining new and deadly properties!

"Vudia, Ervas, Erubas, cover me, I will charge upfront," said Anna.

"But Anna…!" said Ervas.

"It's fine, I can do it. I am confident in these muscles, boy." Said Anna.magic"Very well, we'll cover you. I can also join you in a bit of physical fighting, it is my specialty. But I won't bother you." Said Erubas. As a physical version of Ervas, his specialization was shapeshifting and using his physical strength to fight. But he still had a pretty decent ability over Telekinesis, and could even wield magic too, so he was a flexible unit within the battlefield.

"Okay, Anna! I will call it when we need it the most to surprise him." Said Vudia.

"Oh? Your trump card, little Vudia? Now that makes me more confident… Very well then!"

Anna looked at the Infernal General of Resilience as he looked at the back.

"Finally decided to fight? If you don't come soon, I will go after you!" he laughed. Unlike the other two Infernals, he was a man with a greater charisma and seemed to be a battle junkie at heart.

"Why yes. Please, allow me to demonstrate to you what TRUE might looks like!"

Anna flew towards the man at an incredible speed, reaching him in an instant like a thunderbolt!}

SPAAAARK!

FLAAAASH!

Her axe was raised upwards as Axe-chan laughed maliciously!

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

Four blows were released in a mere instant as the Infernal General of Resilience was surprised!

"Such speed! I am outmatched in that regard, but… Super Iron Defense!"

FLASH!

His defenses were suddenly enhanced as his armor grew harder, it was actually not an armor made outside, but the armor the Infernal General of Resilience race possessed was natural from their bodies, developing as little ore pieces that grew over the children's bodies, which then formed into exoskeleton-like plates that enhanced their defense to great heights.

His exoskeleton armor grew harder as Anna's blows only scratched the very surface, it felt as if she were attacking something so hard it made her entire body tremble through the vibration of hitting them!

The Infernal General of Resilience smiled beneath his helmet as his eyes flashed with crimson-red light!"You're not bad, squirrel woman!" he laughed, as his weapons reached up to her in kick succession, a speed he hadn't shown before!

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

Anna gritted her teeth, defending against the blows by enhancing her body with her aura and the spirits within her even further, generating a natural Aura Armor around her body to take some of these deadly blows!

She used her axe to defend, as she pushed forward by generating a strong energy force of thunder and other elements mixed into it!

FLASH!

A powerful thunderous beam reached the Infernal General of Resilience at an incredible speed, clashing over him as the elemental damage began to pierce through his armor and even reach his soul!

CLAAAAASH!

"Hahahaha! Do you really think my defenses cannot withstand elemental and magical damage?! Magic Ward! Elemental Barrier!"

FLASH!

The Infernal General of Resilience roared loudly, as he gained a new defensive power! By merely activating another Infernal Art using Infernal Energy, he reinforced himself and gained greater magical and elemental defenses!

CLASH!

The elemental attack dissipated as if it had hit something that couldn't conduct its power anymore, Anna was left surprised!

"Heh, I'll have to go even more further than that then!" she said, as she flew towards the Infernal General of Resilience, while Ervas and the rest suddenly surprised the Infernal General of Resilience while he was busy with Anna, firing two large Telekinetic Beams and a powerful Zapping Cannon!

"What?!"

BOOOOMMMM!

The powerful blows reached his back, but he had already reinforced his magical and elemental defenses!

Even then… his armor seemed stretched, and cracks appeared!

"Impossible… What kind of power is that?!"

"Telekinesis doesn't count as magic, nor it has an element." Said Ervas.

-----