Nulambart and Aggi had planned to escape by using joint techniques, using all their power, however, the power disparity between them and their enemy had increased even further due to the use of the boots coming from their soul energy.
"Damn, we should have assumed that being from the Spirit Soul realm, that ugly fish man would have access to special abilities," Aggi said, looking seriously at the enemy who was a few meters away from them.
"We will have to look for an opening, now we know what its advantage is, let's see what its disadvantage is," Nulambart agreed, responding in a hopeful manner.
The reality was that both of them were with their knees in the wet moss that covered the ground, and both of them gasped while their entire body trembled as a sign that the previous blow had indeed hit them.
Nulambart, who was with his blade in his mouth, looked at the guard in front of him, trying to look for any opening.
However, the demihuman who was a few meters away from them activated his boots again, the runes impregnated said boot with colors, and the guard jumped towards them, leaving a crater in the ground.
"Nulambart, stay behind me, we will resist the impact," Aggi said quickly as he noticed the movement of the enemy, who threw Nulambart towards his back.
Then he began to cast a spell produced by the power of his soul.
"You who have your soul attached to reason, find meaning in the absurd, and do not fear deviation," Aggi quickly conjured out loud, while the veins on his forehead became more noticeable.
Suddenly, the aura that Aggi was exuding changed, going from being green along with his whip, to red, being clearly visible to the naked eye.
The whip began to twist, as it transformed into a pair of deep red gauntlets.
"Forbidden Technique: Weapon Release," as he recited and said the name of his technique, Aggi vomited another mouthful of blood, while placing both arms with his gauntlets to block the enemy attack.
Then the guard gave a new kick towards both of them, but with the difference that this time Aggi was able to block said kick.
However, the enemy was still a cultivator of the spiritual avatar realm, so the girl's effort simply allowed her to block part of the impact, but in the same way, Aggi, upon receiving the impact, was sent flying backwards 10 meters, taking Nulambart who was on her back with her.
"Nulambart, listen to me, I am using this forbidden technique at the cost of exhausting all the soul power I have left and seriously damaging my soul, so I probably won't last conscious much longer. In the same way, the whip of my ancestors will disintegrate when it runs out of energy.", said Aggi, on the ground to Nulambart after falling.
"How long… How long do we have Aggi?" Nulambart asked, lying on the ground, gasping for air in his lungs.
"No more than 5 minutes," said Aggi, with his complexion losing the dark color it had, and with his lips turning slightly purple, gasping for breath.
Will we die here? He couldn't help but wonder Nulambart, who with both arms useless and being protected by Aggi at an extremely high cost, were in an extremely precarious situation.
Nulambart looked at Aggi and saw that she had even lost all kinds of expression that always characterized her, with which she showed her emotions in an extremely honest way through her body.
Clearly, he could currently only focus on maintaining his weapon power and soul energy, so he could only maintain a frown the entire time.
"We have to hold on, after all I am the daughter of the leader of the Elvareth tribe," Aggi said as she struggled to stay standing.
Nulambart was doing the same, when he noticed Aggi's proud expression on his face, which even with a strenuous effort, he was able to show to the enemy in front of him.
"I will move on to the Nulambart attack, stay back and analyze if our enemy has any openings that we can exploit," said Aggi, who finished standing up.
Then, the girl extended her aura towards her gauntlet, forgetting to protect her body with her soul energy.
Then he jumped towards the enemy who was a few meters away, continuously sending fist blows, which the guard simply dodged with the help of his boots.
Nulambart set out to discover some kind of weakness in the enemy, however, he could barely keep up with the speed of the fight he was witnessing.
"Damn, what is that power you have," the guard could not help but think, who was very careful with Aggi's blows.
"Well, I don't think I'll last long with that borrowed power," thought the guard, who simply decided to dodge Aggi's blows for the next 4 minutes.
Nulambart, seeing that nothing was working, with only one minute remaining, could clearly see that Aggi was no longer as fast as before, and the color of her gauntlets, which were previously a deep red, now seemed more of a yellow color, losing much of the power.
"Hahaha, you won't last much longer brat," said the guard when he saw the state Aggi was in.
Then, the guard began to counterattack with strong kicks, which the exhausted Aggi simply could not avoid, flying away after receiving a few, ending up near Nulambart.
There were 30 seconds left and there were still no openings that could be exploited, without a doubt the difference between the crops was simply absurd to overcome.
"Aggi, are you okay?" Nulambart asked Aggi, seeing her fall nearby, once again vomiting a mouthful of blood, and leaving a crater in the ground.
Shit, I haven't discovered anything and Aggi doesn't look good at all. Nulambart knew he wouldn't have much time to think about anything.
"We don't have time Nulambart, I think I will faint soon and my weapon probably won't last much longer," said Aggi, who put both hands on the earth at his feet, to stand up.
Aggi's muscles spasmed slightly and Aggi's previously dark complexion seemed to have lost all its color, but he was still able to stand up.
Nulambart then decided to focus his attention on the enemy in front of him, when he realized one thing, now that his enemy was simply staring at them like simple ants.
"He's panting... I think wearing the boots tired him too much, that's why I didn't wear them at the beginning of our fight," said Nulambart, who had calm eyes, explaining to Aggi.
"It's true, and even he is not protecting his body right now, all his soul energy is focused on maintaining his boots," replied Aggi, who realized the next moment that they would have a great chance.
"Insects, I will kill you right now, I don't care about anything anymore," said the guard with his chest heaving, constantly inhaling and exhaling air. He was clearly tired from wearing the boots, but his face was extremely irritated to the point of showing his full set of teeth.
The runes on his boots shone brightly, but his breathing became chaotic. Maintaining that power consumed his soul energy at an alarming rate.
"Damn insects, because they can't die quickly, it's a shame to me that they're still alive," the guard thought to himself, who clearly had his hands clenched to the extreme, even to the point that blood could be seen between his fingers.
Seeing this, Nulambart knew that something was wrong with the guard.
"This guy is crazy, but he is underestimating us, that will be our salvation," Aggi ended up saying to Nulambart, looking at the guard with wide eyes.
We must take advantage of this opportunity. They both seemed to think the same thing at that moment.
Then they decided to follow the plan they had put together, so the next moment Aggi crouched down, and put Nulambart on his right shoulder.
Likewise, Aggi transformed the gauntlets again, now with much weaker power, back to their original form.
The next moment, Aggi stretched out the whip with his right hand, which Nulambart also took by the tip. Then the whip changed shape, as Aggi pursed his lips and clenched his teeth, and a yellow aura expanded through the whip to transform into a kind of giant firearm, like a cannon with Nulambart standing in the center.
Indeed, the young people's plan was to use Nulambart as a bullet directly towards the enemy, that is why Nulambart was needed to have a knife to directly attack the enemy with this plan.
"Nulambart, my soul energy and my weapon will only resist this attack, we only have one option," said the girl tiredly, who clenched her teeth tightly while a stream of blood came out of her mouth and nose.
Nulambart nodded his head, then the next thing he felt was that Aggi moved his arm to aim at the guard, and then he felt a burning energy coming from his back.
BOOOM
Nulambart was thrown from Aggi's weapon, who in the next moment fell to his knees at his post, his weapon returning to its original form and his arms falling sharply.
Aggi simply tried to focus his gaze on Nulambart, but he could no longer feel his own body or hear any kind of noise, since he had reached the extreme with his body, but he did not give up on seeing the outcome of this fight, his last chance.
"You can Nulambart, use our trump card," the girl said lightly as she saw Nulambart flying at a speed comparable to that of the guard.
"That attack will be his last, I just have to dodge it and I will win," the demihuman thought when he saw the trajectory of the attack, with a wide smile on his face since with the concentrated power he had left in his boots, he could dodge the attack just in time.
Suddenly the guard, who could see the full trajectory of Nulambart's attack ahead, widened his eyes in shock, feeling an extreme coldness arising from the center of his chest. Simply what could best describe what he felt was –Fear–.
This is because Nulambart's body, which contained all the energy of the attack produced by Aggi's weapon who proposed it, disappeared for 1 second.
Nulambart used temporal divergence to accelerate the perception he had in all his senses, and using all the energy that he had not used due to being disabled in the previous battle, he concentrated his soul energy on occupying the technique that had served him so well previously, the only technique that he knew and had personally developed.
"Temporal Divergence," declared Nulambart, who the next moment appeared near the guard's legs, and there, in his own knees that were not covered with the boots that emanated from the power of the guard's spiritual avatar, Nulambart, holding the knife in his mouth, stabbed the blade, before continuing his journey and landing heavily in the waters of the stream.
"Ahgggggggg!" the guard shouted in pain, who saw how he had a 15-centimeter knife piercing his knee.
Then he fell to the ground holding his knee, ceasing to emit his spiritual avatar aura, and his green boots disappeared.
Nulambart left the stream quickly, looking at the guard as he ran towards Aggi who still retained his consciousness.
"Aggi, I stuck the knife in his knee, we have to take advantage and leave quickly," said Nulambart towards a tired but surprised Aggi.
Aggi with her eyes open, still tired and with clear signs of muscle fatigue, couldn't help but look at the boy next to her.
That technique he used is truly magical, I have never seen anything like it. Aggi couldn't help but think, who saw in a different light the card up Nulambart's sleeve.
"Aggi, come, I'll help you move… Hold your body on my shoulder and let's go towards the forest," said Nulambart, who approached a surprised Aggi.
"Ahh.. Yes.. Yes.. now we have to run," said Aggi, who was barely able to move his heavy body towards Nulambart's shoulder and stand up.
The next moment the two ran towards the entrance of the forest, which was approximately 30 meters away from them.
"Ahggggg, wait damn you, you won't be able to escape from me," the guard, who was approximately 50 meters from the forest, shouted from behind.
Then, he pulled out the knife embedded in his knee, revealing a horrible wound exposed on it, and tried to stand up.
However, the next moment he arched his body, because he felt the horrible pain he felt when supporting his right leg with his bad knee.
"Shit, it's a deep injury, I need to heal this quickly or it will be irreversible," said the guard, still looking at his knee that was not in good condition to walk, much less chase the young people.
Then he could only watch as both young men crossed the entrance to the Elvareth forest without being able to do anything but lament.
At the entrance to Elvareth Forest.
Nulambart was able to pass through the leafy entrance of the forest, which opened onto a path of blue stones that looked extremely ancient, helping Aggi with his shoulder.
"Aggi, I need your help to…" Nulambart, just before he could finish his sentence, felt his conscience tremble and crumble. Then he suddenly fell to his knees.
He then directed his consciousness towards his inner space, simply revealing that the room he could see inside his body was emitting high-pitched sounds as pieces fell off the walls.
"My soul is falling apart, that's what's happening," said Nulambart, with one hand on his chest and falling to his knees also within his inner space.
Right at the next moment, a mysterious voice sounded from a direction that Nulambart clearly knew very well in his inner space.
"Boy, don't be such an idiot to use the power you called Temporal Divergence again, with your current cultivation you are only damaging your soul almost irreversibly," said the mysterious voice in a solemn and somewhat irritated manner.
This voice came from the golden lotus that was in its inner space.
"Master, I understand perfectly, thank you for explaining to me," Nulambart ended up saying with a smile. Although he was worried about the damage he would possibly have to his soul, he had been able to hear his master's voice again.
"After a few days trying to recover, I barely gain any power to be able to speak, and it turns out that I see my favorite disciple almost irreparably damaging his future… How foolish humans can be," said the voice coming from the golden lotus in a somewhat sarcastic manner, scolding Nulambart.