Ruri floated to the whale’s side and held his hand. Closing her eyes, the array vibrated intensely, connecting four distant people through an extreme divine spatial power. Alm and Bruno felt the force of the array being maximized by her, but everything flowed under her central command.
Working together, the two nodded. Space distorted and four channels appeared beside them. In a second, figures emerged: Corin, Almin, Rehvka, and Thea took slow steps through the portal linked by the channel and joined the two.
From a distance, the two enemies watched everything unfold in a matter of seconds. They contemplated the scene with indifference; it seemed to be just a common spatial channel, similar to the ones their family used.
On this planet, where the laws were fragile, distorting space was a relatively simple task. However, in the divine world, this would be completely impossible without an astronomical cost, even for the most powerful sects. They had no idea that this channel was connected to celestial laws through the array. Now, the whale and Ruri could accomplish such a feat, even while in the divine world.
The channel closed quickly. At that moment, Ruri opened her eyes and took a deep breath; the wear and tear on her internal rune and Qi were high. However, her determination to fight remained unwavering.
"Brought some help? Is that all?"
Fuzyu spoke sarcastically, assessing everyone’s cultivation. He noticed that a female figure had no cultivation, but chose to ignore it. Unlike his father, who sensed something sinister, he was completely oblivious to the situation; his confidence only increased, feeling completely safe.
A mystical rune appeared on Ruri’s forehead. Suddenly, two gigantic shadows emerged and rose high.
ROAAAR!
A dual roar from two wyverns echoed with a powerful boom.
The female figure with elf ears waved, her body and face covered in plates of black metal. It was as if she was wearing a complete suit of war armor. The armor looked absolutely perfect, as if it had grown over her. With a pulsation, she emitted a truly terrifying aura. Her arms changed and long barrels emerged. Something opened on her chest and the laws around began to vibrate and accumulate.
The two watched it, confused, suddenly feeling an extreme heat and looking up. The sky was covered in clouds... no! They were flames in a sinister dark red that danced threateningly. In the center, a black figure waved, the flames gathered around him, resembling scarlet dragons.
On the ground, multicolored hues emerged. They saw a man with greenish hair and closed eyes; his hair began to change color slowly as he opened it. The natural laws of the world seemed to mix and converge around him.
CRACK!
A violent wave of Qi spread from his body. His physical power made the earth and space tremble.
In the next second, the middle-aged man felt a shiver pass through his throat, swallowing hard. It was just a premonitory gentle wind. He looked around, sweating cold, but couldn’t see or feel anything. The sense of death hung over him, making his heart race uncontrollably. Hidden danger lurked in his direction.
It all happened in a matter of five seconds until the man exploded into completely irrational fear. His entire divine cultivation created a wave of spatial fissures in all directions. He turned and said, "Fuzyu, activate your sacred power to defend yourself. I don’t know what’s wrong, but I’ll end this soon."
A violet sword appeared in his hand, and his eyes pulsated and radiated mental power. He focused his attention on the whale and attacked with all his might.
Thump-THUMP!
The whale’s eyes radiated primal power to the extreme. He waved, and all his physical cultivation emerged into the world. With a thought, Fides appeared, and he disappeared. At the same time, Corin felt part of it invading his body; he smiled and commanded the laws of the earth. A spear appeared in his hands, and he advanced.
BOOM!!!!
Fuzyu saw space and the laws collapse on the horizon; his eyes widened. His father... he was standing in the air... two figures together blocked him, and he couldn’t advance!
Corin and the whale spat out some blood, feeling their bones almost break. Corin attacked first with his spear, breaking half of his Qi; then, Fides came and stopped him completely. The two alone were weak, but with the power of a primordial beast and Corin’s bloodline at the same time, together they were like a divine wall.
The whale engaged in a duel of strength with his gigantic weapon and the violet sword. The man trembled with his sword and couldn’t move forward. It would last a short time, but as long as the primordial rune of the behemoth had power, they would be like impenetrable shields.
The man roared, and an extreme mental power exploded. But... the eyes of the whale and Corin pulsated with an even more intense mental force. The man trembled even more; that mental power was superior to his!
Using mental power against them was futile; Ruri protected them using the array. Even with lower cultivation, she didn’t possess a mental technique like him. Ruri cultivated a mental cultivation system. Her current mental power was at least three times stronger than his.
As soon as the man-made this useless move, he felt death approaching. It was just an instinctive sensation; when he realized it, he felt blood rising in his throat and his bones breaking.
BOOM!
Two wyverns emerged shrouded in spatial laws and a dark aura. The man’s senses couldn’t perceive in time; the gigantic figures attacked with their claws emerging from the void. He only managed to fire off and exploded violently into the ground.
Ruri was high above, distant and still. She commanded her two pets and maintained the spatial power of the formation. Runula was also part of the array, so, combining that with the beastial technique, Runula learned to use the shadow of space on a smaller scale. Ruri manipulated the laws and Qi to make this possible. The dual connection of the array and the beastial technique brought this strange possibility to life that everyone would deem impossible.
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Deryu simply used his power to the maximum; he was the brute force. Runula was the one who performed technical tasks and commanded. The two were the fast attackers with extreme explosive power. There was an impenetrable shield and a sharp spear to pierce the smallest opening.
As the man lay fallen, the skies collapsed. Pillars of demonic flames fell.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
At the same instant, a barrage of projectiles tore through space and rained down upon the fallen man. A robotic figure with feminine features hovered in the sky, her arms sculpted into rifles, unleashing a torrent of ammunition. Meanwhile, in her chest, sparks of energy exploded as if it were a cannon, each shot laden with terrifying power.
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
Outside, the people of Montide felt the earth tremble as if it were the end of the world. The entire region within the walls was covered by a dome-shaped mist. It prevented any laws from being seen or felt inside. Nevertheless, phenomena were happening; they watched in astonishment as the space around began to crack and rupture.
With each passing second, it spread even further. A battle of unimaginable levels was taking place. They ran farther away, quickly retreating, but they knew that if it weren’t for that protection, the entire forest would be swallowed by chaos.
Inside the place, the world spun and distorted. The middle-aged man roared, covered in blood, attacking repeatedly, completely out of control.
Two figures swiftly moved towards him, and an explosion of blood ensued. The man attempted to reach the others, but the two were like ticks, blocking his way. All three were injured, and a mist of blood spread from them. But the two figures only smiled as the man’s face contorted.
He immediately jumped to the side. Two waves of black flames crossed and exploded where he had been. Below, two wyverns saw their strike being avoided and vanished swiftly.
"YOU BASTARDS!!!" The man roared and took numerous pills, swallowing them.
BANG! BANG!
Whoosh!
He didn’t have a moment of respite. A rain of timed blows fell upon him incessantly. He couldn’t attack, nor could he stand still enduring wounds. Although the shots or the fire didn’t cause real damage, the demonic flames made his mind ache, and every bullet wound seemed to affect his soul painfully. They were blows aimed to entrap and destabilize him.
Why were they doing this? This man didn’t know, but he felt death lurking... a cold blade seemed to wait for an opening. His divine cultivation had granted him fragments of a divine soul, providing him with a heightened and premonitory instinct. If he didn’t have that, he would have already...
"HAAAAA!"
As he pondered, he heard a scream of terror. He turned for a split second and widened his eyes.
His son... a blade coming from his back pierced through his chest, and he screamed in despair. In the next moment...
BOOM
He turned into a mist of blood...
The man wasn’t concerned about his son. He had been blessed by his family as the most remarkable youth of the generation. He could wield sacred power; thus, even if he were to attack his son with all his might, Fuzyu could block him twice until his power ran out.
That was a sacred and transcendental ability... sacred power was the glory of the four Empyrean families... How was this possible? His mind was in complete chaos.
Amidst these rapid thoughts, he caught a glimpse of a black figure in the midst of the blood mist. Only his white, corpse-like face was seen briefly... then it disappeared completely as if it had never existed...
KBOOOM!
Two gigantic claws collapsed like mountains onto the man’s body. His bones shattered completely upon impact, and he was flung like a red meteor. Then he violently crashed against the spatial barrier.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The sound of artillery echoed relentlessly as the man’s body was pierced by a barrage of bullets. Each shot seemed to tear into his soul, enveloping his mind in an endless fog of pain.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The shots continued in an unrelenting succession. Although his body and cultivation were divine, he discovered in the worst way that he was nothing more than a mortal insect. A state of madness from the pain engulfed him.
Under the gruesome assault, his survival instinct took over, driving his Qi to the maximum to protect him. It couldn’t be killed easily... it wasn’t the end... until it abruptly ceased... and then, he began to feel the burning of his skin incinerating.
"Nine Moons of World Annihilation!"
KBOOOM!
Outside, the people of Montide were thrown to the ground, their worlds turned upside down. The entire spatial barrier exploded into pieces, a blast that drowned out the sounds of the entire forest.
The entire continent felt the tremors, and many could hear the explosion. The weaker ones fell paralyzed, while the stronger ones felt their Qi’s vibrating. Then, a wave of heat swept across the region, making the night feel hotter than the hottest summer day.
Several seconds later, things calmed down...
The place that the people of Montide used to call home was now a scorched and charred land.
Amidst the devastation, a figure resembling a twisted piece of blackened flesh trembled subtly. He was kneeling and unrecognizable... he was the man with divine cultivation... a god among mortals... one who could use and do as he pleased among the insects of this planet...
He had survived, but he was on the brink of death. His entire body, Qi, and power were used to defend himself. Now, everything was gone.
CRACK!
A hidden black dagger pierced his heart from behind. He felt his life slowly draining away, but he managed to hear slow footsteps approaching in front of him. His eyes moved... he saw a small figure approaching... she wielded her katana with a cold expression.
His head rolled, along with his entire life. A divine cultivator from an Empyrean family was brutally murdered by a group of youths...
At the same instant, dozens of spatial portals covered the horizon around the area. From within them, dozens of elders emerged with tense expressions.