Chapter 718: The Strongest Heir?
The moment Don gave the signal with a dramatic flourish, none of the heirs moved.
A deep silence stretched between them high above the Source of Expansion, the red sky and four suns casting long, dramatic shadows across their forms.
Then, almost as one, they flashed smiles — some sharp, some playful, some quietly confident — before smoothly storing their weapons away.
Several of them shot Riona a wry, knowing glance.
The very embodiment of all weapons just shrugged, a small, elegant smile playing on her lips. She knew exactly why they acted that way.
"Pfft, that won’t save you..." she muttered, fully aware they feared having their own weapons turned against them.
But that fear was pointless, because she was the weapons, and the weapons were her.
Which meant there was nowhere to hide.
Hearing her words, they stayed silent, knowing nothing they could do would truly stop her.
Still, in battles where power hung so close, every tiny second counted. If she had to take even a moment longer to reach their weapons, that was enough.
And then, in the very next heartbeat, they were gone.
Aurora remained floating alone for a fraction of a second, her white-and-blue hair drifting gently in the wind, golden eyes with nine black rings calm and expectant.
"Oh... you all are so predictable." She muttered as she readied herself.
HUMMMMMMMM!!!!!!
In that moment... they reappeared — all at once.
The assault was immediate, overwhelming, and perfectly coordinated.
Xeros struck first, his long black hair whipping as he channeled Obsession.
A crushing, all-consuming fixation wrapped around Aurora like invisible chains, trying to lock her mind and body in place.
Ellyn followed with Blossoms, summoning razor-sharp petals of pink and black energy that bloomed into a deadly storm, slicing toward her from every angle.
Quell unleashed the power of his entire harem in a wave of overwhelming charm and possessive force meant to bind and distract.
Drake’s power pressed down like an iron fist, seeking to dominate and crush her will entirely.
Riona’s Weapons manifested as countless phantom blades forming in the air around Aurora.
At this point there was no need for innate powers or anything like decrees.
No, they simply had to think and channel their imagination into action, and then they could unleash the purest essence of their beings.
And in this moment, it was nothing more than a symphony of overwhelming power — each heir shaping the very notion they represented with nothing but will.
Seeing all of this Aurora’s lips curved into a calm, almost tender smile.
Then her aura burst forth.
HUMMMMMMMM!!!!!
A radiant, terrifying wave of power erupted from her small frame, the nine black rings in her golden eyes spinning wildly.
She channeled Nia’s Essence of Devouring and simply devoured... then reversed everything.
Every attack turned against its caster in an instant.
"Nice try," she said softly, voice carrying effortlessly through the chaos.
Xeros staggered as his own obsession coiled around him like a noose.
"What the—?!"
SHKKKK!!!!!
Ellyn’s deadly blossoms tore into her own skin with sickening, wet slices. Quell was trapped, ensnared by the grip of his own possessive power, shouting curses into the air. Drake’s oppressive rule bore down on him like an unshakable weight.
Meanwhile, Riona’s phantom blades turned against her in savage arcs, and Emily’s legions surged forward, striking mercilessly at their own general.
One by one, each heir felt their own essence strike back with merciless precision.
"Since you all wanted to take me out first..." Aurora said softly, floating completely unharmed in the center of the storm, her white-and-blue hair drifting serenely, "I guess I’ll send the first batch on their way."
HUMMMMMMMMM!!!!
A deep, resonant hum filled the sky as Aurora revealed just why the Convergent Unus was so utterly broken.
Xeros’ face paled, his long black hair whipping in the sudden surge of power.
"She’s... converging everyone’s power together into one," he muttered, voice tight with disbelief.
Ellyn cast a wry smile even as the pressure mounted.
"Whose idea was this again?" she asked, half-laughing, half-groaning.
Before anyone else could speak, a pure, blinding white light erupted from Aurora.
WHIIIIIIIIIING—
She moved through the light like a comet of absolute convergence.
And... Quell was the first to fall.
Among all the siblings, he could be considered the weakest, solely because his powers relied on the members of his harem. Unfortunately, none of his wives or concubines came anywhere close to the strength of his siblings.
In that moment, he tried to summon the full power of all his harem members to bind her, but Aurora appeared in front of him in a flash.
BOOOOOOOM!!!!
A single palm strike, infused with the accumulated essence of over twenty powers, slammed into his chest.
The impact sent him rocketing downward, body convulsing as the overwhelming convergence shattered his defenses.
He hit the distant plains with a thunderous crash, unconscious before he even touched the ground.
The impact sent him rocketing downward like a fallen star, body convulsing violently as the overwhelming convergence shattered his defenses.
"Damn it. Big Sister Aurora... is not fair!" he roared, trying to summon another wave of harem power, but it was already too late.
He hit the distant plains with a thunderous crash, unconscious before he even touched the ground.
And Aurora didn’t stop; she was already dodging the next incoming attack.
HUMMMMMMMM!!!!!
In that moment, Xeros snarled, long black hair whipping wildly.
Then with just a thought, chains of pure obsession erupted from the air, trying to crush Aurora’s will into nothingness.
"Brother.... that’s just too slow," Aurora replied softly, appearing in front of him in a blur.
CRACKKKK!!
Her palm met his chest, and the combined essences tore through him.
"Shi—" Xeros gasped, eyes widening in shock before he was blasted away, tumbling through the sky.
Ellyn laughed even as she attacked.
"Truly.... how are we supposed to combat her?" She asked as she attacked anyways.
HUMMMMMM!!!!
Another storm of razor-sharp petals, each one carrying deadly conceptual poison, swirled toward Aurora in a beautiful yet lethal vortex.
Aurora spun gracefully through the raging storm.
BOOOOOOM!!!!!
"Fufufu, you can’t hope to defeat me, Big Sis," she taunted, and in the same instant, she launched a sweeping kick charged with convergence.
Ellyn was hurled through the air, petals scattering in her wake as she let out a sharp curse mid-flight.
"Okay, that one actually hurt!"
At this moment, there was no real way to defend against Aurora, and she was making the most of it.
Each attack looked simple enough, just a single blow, but that was only because every strike carried the combined power and essence of everyone in the Pantheon except Ash.
Even with just Nia’s essence alone, each hit consumed any defense or counterattack before sending it back, now amplified by the strength of all the other essences.
HUMMMMMM!!!!
As Aurora kept moving with utter calm through the chaos, her golden eyes with nine spinning black rings spotted Emily.
Right before the general could even process the thought to summon her legions, Aurora smiled — soft, almost affectionate — and casually blinked.
The moment her eyes opened again, Emily found herself suddenly weightless.
"Wha—?!"
Her power was completely locked, sealed away as if it had never existed.
A shimmering rift tore open beneath her feet, pulling her downward with irresistible force. Emily had only a split second to curse before she was swallowed whole, sent hurtling back into Pantheos in a flash of light.
The remaining heirs barely had time to react.
Other versions of Aurora flickered into existence behind Aliya, Drake, Kade, and Riona — perfect mirror images born from the Convergent Unus, each radiating the same overwhelming presence.
BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!
Then.... they struck simultaneously.
Behind Aliya, one Aurora appeared in a swirl of white light. She placed a single finger against the back of Aliya’s head.
The girl’s eyes widened in terror as her own power was turned against her, fracturing her consciousness completely.
She dropped like a stone, unconscious before she could scream.
Drake felt a presence at his back as her palm pressed against his spine, flooding him with the accumulated weight of over twenty essences.
Drake’s body locked rigid, his cold blue eyes flashing with rare fury.
"You—!" he started, but the strike cut him off. THUD. He plummeted, body rigid and powerless.
Kade roared and tried to spin, primal energy exploding around him.
But the Aurora behind him was faster.
She caught him in a simple bear hug, channeling her essence of convergence.
CRUNCH!!!!
Then with a simple squeeze... Kade’s roar turned into a choked gasp as he was slammed downward, hitting the plains with a thunderous boom before being sent off into Pantheos.
Riona, the embodiment of weapons, tried to manifest a desperate arsenal.
Blades began forming around her — but the Aurora at her back simply touched her shoulder.
Instantly, her power surged, locking every weapon and concept she embodied. Riona’s eyes widened in surprise.
"Tskk... so unfair," she managed before dropping like the others.
The sky grew quieter once more, the remaining heirs staring in stunned silence at the overwhelming display.
When the dust of the first wave settled, Aurora floated alone in the sky, dusting her hands lightly as if she had simply finished a light workout.
She looked at the remaining heirs with a calm, playful smile.
"It’s time for the real competition to start, isn’t it?"
Comments