Chapter 1525: Chapter 1523: Traditional Expertise
"Boom!"
The palace crumbled, a series of palaces collapsed...
The magnificent and spectacular complex on the plateau—the residence of the True God, was rapidly demolished in a rapidly expanding golden explosion of flames.
Two figures whooshed out from the flames, stopping midair.
One of them was Richard, looking slightly pale.
The other figure was naturally Gao Ge, with a rosy complexion, looking as if he had grown a few years younger.
Gao Ge looked at Richard and spoke, "I told you my performance wouldn’t disappoint you, and it absolutely won’t. Now you’ve felt it, haven’t you? Surprised, stronger than you imagined? Heh, I’m a remnant of the Ancient Wizard Civilization, with an entire civilization as my foundation. And you? What’s behind you?"
"I say, I also have an entire civilization behind me. Mr. Gao Ge, do you... believe it?" Richard raised his eyebrows, looking at Gao Ge.
"So, this could mean, in some sense, a battle between two different civilizations?" Gao Ge listened, pursed his lips, "Interesting, then let’s see which civilization is stronger. I hope the civilization behind you isn’t as thin as air, or isn’t just air at all."
"Bang!"
A white airwave erupted around Gao Ge, the air compressed layer by layer, spreading outward.
At the center, Gao Ge’s body suddenly brightened, turning entirely golden, and then followed by a rapid expansion in size.
Originally roughly 1.7 meters tall, Gao Ge swelled dozens of times in the blink of an eye, reaching several hundred meters in height. He stretched out a hand, the surface enveloped in dense energy, and struck fiercely towards Richard.
Richard’s eyebrows shot up, undaunted, as he extended his arms and numerous shadows flew out to either side, quickly turning into identical replicas of his form.
Ten, dozens, hundreds...
The densely packed replicas formed an army, floating in the air, each casting a spell, attacking the descending giant hand of Gao Ge.
Purple-red flames, dazzling white energy streams, blue ice cones, dull yellow acid liquid...
Spells of different colors converged, swirling to form a massive spell tornado, striking the surface of the giant hand.
Visibly, no matter the spell, the moment it touched the giant hand, it was extinguished and vanished. The giant hand accelerated its descent, smashing through all the spells, successfully hitting dozens of Richard’s replicas.
"Puff!"
The power of the giant hand’s attack was incredibly great, even though dozens of Richard’s replicas produced defensive shields as a countermeasure, they were instantly blown into blood mist and dissolved into the air.
After obliterating dozens of replicas, the giant hand did not intend to stop, continuing its attack towards the remaining replicas of Richard.
No matter how Richard’s replicas attacked, they could not halt the approach of the giant hand, which then smashed them all apart.
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
"Puff!"
In the sky, blood mists exploded one after another like celebratory fireworks, possessing a unique aesthetic, yet also a unique terror.
In this battle, Gao Ge’s power was undoubtedly crushing. Within moments, he annihilated all of Richard’s replicas, leaving only the original intact.
The gigantic Gao Ge looked down at Richard, his voice thundering, "Do you know, you’re not the first to stand before me, nor will you be the last, but no matter what, The Truth Society’s plans will not be affected. After all, countless powerful wizards confined to the Test Plane sacrificed to reach this point today, compared to their sacrifice, what do you count for?"
"You’re nothing! Just a foolish ant trying to reverse the course of fate with your little cleverness. You once could choose to cooperate with me, walking an easy and correct path, but you ultimately chose the most difficult, unreasonable, and entirely wrong path. So, like any ant, you shall be crushed in my hand!"
As Gao Ge roared the last words, his gigantic palm struck down with full force.
The fingertips sliced through the air, carving a one-meter-wide spatial rift, with dazzling golden energy condensed in the palm, locking onto Richard’s body, intending to crush him into dust.
At this time, Richard hovered in the air, watching the giant palm descend without moving, merely saying softly to Gao Ge, "Look behind you." As the words fell, his body dissolved like a bubble and vanished in the air.
"Hmm?" Gao Ge was startled, then shocked, turning his head quickly to look behind him.
He saw a Richard with an expressionless face hovering there, eyes amber-colored, slowly raising his hands, with two enormous energy balls, one black and one white, stationed beside him.
Each energy ball, approximately ten meters in diameter, was surrounded by ambiguous energy flames extending nearly a hundredfold in range, almost obscuring the sky, making the energy spheres appear larger than Gao Ge, like two small planets.
Upon seeing them, Gao Ge’s eyes narrowed, sensing danger, and he immediately attempted to stop them.
But it was a bit too late.
Richard remained expressionless as he looked at Gao Ge, tugging the corner of his mouth slightly, and with a "snap," brought his hands forcefully together.
The two planet-sized energy balls at his side immediately collided with each other.
"Boom!"
The entire space shook, the energy balls fused, turning a light gray color.
Next, the light gray spread outward rapidly, dyeing the entire world in a uniform color.
The sky turned gray, the earth turned gray, everything turned gray, and Gao Ge, positioned between the sky and earth, was not spared, turning gray as well.
The golden body lost its luster, becoming dull, covered by a thick layer of dust—the dust of millennia of history.
Time seemed to freeze, Gao Ge’s body stiffened, frozen in place.
At this moment, Richard tread on the air, stepping towards Gao Ge’s enormous head, pointing at the middle of Gao Ge’s forehead.
"Swish!"
The light gray color in the world dispersed, everything returning to its original appearance.
But Gao Ge’s eyes were wide open and his mouth gaping, gasping with "huh huh" sounds from deep in his throat.
Following this, cracks spread rapidly from Gao Ge’s legs upward, turning him into dust that vanished into the air.
In just a few breaths, he went from existence to nonexistence, completely disappearing.
This was the power of eternity, the effect of "Artush Tamkrosk," a force that no existence could resist.
Using this power, successfully eliminating Gao Ge, Richard exhaled lightly, relaxing slightly before suddenly narrowing his eyes.
The next moment, he saw from the depths of the earth surrounding him, from above the sky, from the edge of the horizon, from the deep mountains, from beneath the rocks, from amidst the ruins... countless golden rays suddenly shot out from all corners of the world.
These golden lights flew towards the space in front of him, quickly coalescing into the towering figure of Gao Ge, at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Traditional skill?
Richard, upon seeing this, slightly raised an eyebrow.
