Rex has had enough, the treatment he got is starting to become outrageous.
The Lunirich God of the Dark Moon and Kaiser of the Scarlet Garland has deliberately tried to screw him over, the two of them were actively seeking to kill him. It was only because of that, he decided to retort and fight back.
If he didn't fight back then those two would've kept on pestering him.
On the side of that, the Lunirich Edict stated that the Countess wanted him to exact revenge on the Lunirich Gods. But it was what the Countess wants, and there's nothing in the Lunirich Edict that states the Countess wouldn't change her mind.
Maybe in the future, the Countess and the other Lunirich Gods can make a settlement.
Somehow, if both sides can come to an agreement, then there wouldn't need to have any bloodshed whatsoever. The Countess can change her mind, and write off the requirement of him exacting her revenge from the Lunirich Edict.
It was never Rex's intention to commit genocide on the Lunirich Gods.
But not anymore.
Rex is currently walking at the edge of a steep cliff, one wrong move and he might find himself falling into the deep abyss, dragging everyone that he holds dear with him. Something he was desperately trying to avoid.
However, the Lunirich Gods stand in his way, being too narrow-sighted for possibilities.
Even at this point, Rex is still confused about one thing.
Despite his feats that could shake the entire world, surpassing most of the entities inside the whole wide world if not all, those who he didn't consider enemies always use the aggressive and uncaring method to approach him.
If even one Lunirich God came to talk to him, then he would really appreciate it.
Just like what he said to the Witch of Chaos when she kidnapped Kyran, his attention is never expensive, and power displays are not necessary for him. The System could help him discern which of the opposing sides he needs to be serious with, he could gauge the opposing sides' power.
Additionally, even without the System, his senses and intuition can already do that.
Out of the important things at this current moment, taking care of the Executor is the first on his priority list to secure the city and make the others safer. But the Lunirich Gods have to show hostility to him in this kind of way.
None of the opposing sides understands that doing this will only make it worse for them.
But it was too late now.
Rex was already pushed to the absolute limit and declared war with the Lunirich Gods. If it was only the Countess earlier that wanted them dead, now he also wanted them dead if they are too prideful to reason with him.
Despite his fatigued body, he roared to the sky, baring his vicious claws.
ROAR!!
His wrathful and overbearing voice reverberated to the surroundings, causing a tremor in the air. Rex lets out the anger and frustration inside of him and directed it at the Lunirich Gods that wanted him dead.
If anyone could see what he was seeing right now, then they would've been mesmerized.
One will witness the sight of Rex's sturdy and robust back as he faces eight glowing moons in the night sky that emit a powerful aura beyond comprehension, it was almost like a painting of him protecting the whole world from the Gods.
Swoosh!
In a moment, the eight glowing moons started shooting an energy beam to the center point.
Each of their beams was infused with their respective energy, containing the nature of the different full moons. It was then, the beams collided with one another, splitting the sky open and creating a big ball of combined energies that even shadowed the white sphere of the First Breath.
Gazing at this dominating sight, the Countess prepares for the incoming attack.
"I will conjure a layer to reduce their combined attacks, the rest of it, I'll leave it all to you. Don't die now, my dear Royal Black Prince..." the Countess said with her astral voice as the tip of all of her fingers started to glow brightly with her dark energy.
Upon hearing this, Rex nodded his head before the Countess made her move.
Levitating higher into the sky, the Countess shoots the dark energy gathered in her fingertips around her. It was akin to ten dark sprites, floating to the side, leaving trails of its energy and creating a pentagram-like shape.
After the dark sprites get into their position, they shoot a stream of energy at one another.
The Countess then started chanting an unknown language that made her energy climbs higher and higher, and a thin layer of dark energy started to take form above her, copying the shape that the dark sprites made. It was so bad that the white sphere of the First Breath shoots a beam at her but it didn't even manage to reach her.
Surely, this is the power in the realm of Gods, beyond mortal comprehension.
In addition, Rex could see that the ball of concentrated beams from the eight Lunirich Gods becomes bigger and spreads what seems like clouds to the surroundings that twisted and swirls to the rhythm of the ball of energy.
Judging from the energy the ball contains, it was nearing its peak.
If not for the fact this attack came from a dimension separated from the material dimension of the mortal world, then this kind of phenomenon would definitely garner attention. But only a few could see this sight, others could only feel cold.
Rex then puts his arms to his sides and laughed diabolically.
Not a hint of fear can be seen in his eyes, in fact, he seems to be excited. Due to the situation, his mind is a bit foggy, but he thought that receiving this attack would probably jolt his mind awake for the nearing big fight.
"Come! Attack me with all you got! I'll salvage all of you from your Godly ignorance!!"
Almost as if the Lunirich Gods take offense in this, the ball of energy that was about to be fired increases in size even more as the beams shooting at it grew thicker. Eventually, the ball of energy reaches its limit and fires its might.
Instead of shooting a catastrophic beam, a huge arm came out of the ball of energy.
Just from a glance, Rex could tell that it takes the shape of a Werewolf's arm. The fearsome claws descend down from the sky, bringing down with them a cataclysmic energy that is able to shake the entire world in its quake.
On top of that, a vacuum of space can be felt, pinning Rex on his spot.
Even though the claws were still far up in the sky, the unimaginable energy it contains was enough to force Rex to cough out blood. It was horrifying, every single sense in his body was screaming at him to run away.
But he couldn't, he was already fixed in this spot and unable to move.
<Warning! An absurd amount of malicious energy is heading toward the user!>
<Warning!...>
<It's advised to leave the place immediately!>
<Warning! Receiving the attack will obliterate the user's entire being completely!>
Rex didn't find it surprising for the System to warn him about the incoming attack. It was quite obvious that the attack that is targeted directly at him is the strongest attack he has ever seen and felt, the realm of a higher power is truly impeccable.
It's been such a long time since he feel tiny like an ant in front of something.
Halfway through its trajectory, the humongous claws picked up its pace which the Countess reacted by expanding the layer she created and pushing it into the claws' way. Seeing this, Rex expected a powerful shockwave from the collision.
Despite expecting that, he was wrong when the claws passes through the layer easily.
Albeit that was the case, the dark energy condensed inside the layer created by the Countess was akin to a magnet to the energies inside the claws. Upon passing through it, more than half of its energy got stuck in the layer, reducing the attack power of the claws greatly.
The Countess has done a miraculous feat, showing that she's extremely powerful.
It needed to be borne in mind that the claws were the attack combination from eight Lunirich Gods, the power inside of it should be paramount compared to a single banished Lunirich God such as the Countess.
So being capable of doing something like this speaks of her powers.
Knowing the ridiculous amount of energy that seems to be crushing Rex's body as well as the world beneath his feet, the sharp decrease in the claws' energy from simply passing through the layer caught him off guard.
But in the next instant, he smiled in excitement as this is far better than his expectation.
Ignoring the blood leaking from his mouth, nose, and ears, Rex's eyes flash with excitement as he embraces the incoming claws with extreme exhilaration, 'I wonder... how much potential I have with the world awakening, multiple elemental affinities, and also the active two King Marks. Surely, my potential would easily reach the eleventh-rank realm or possibly even higher!'
Rex couldn't help but smile while thinking about this.
Now that it came to this state, he was curious to know how much his potential has grew.
Last time he checked, his potential maxed at the tenth-rank realm.
'System, activate the Invincible Item...'
<Affirmative, activating the Invincible Item...>
A sudden pause happened when Rex instruct the System to use his Invincible Item, the iconic item that the System has always been his last trump card in the face of something that he couldn't deal with.
The first time he used it was against a Shapeshifter, but now he's using it against Gods.
Clearly, the Countess was talking about the Invincible Item which is the item that helps Rex breaks her free from the shackles that bound her to the Lunirich Edict. If it weren't for the Invincible Item, he couldn't have had a relationship with the Countess properly.
In the next second, Rex's aura exploded and shattered the ground for miles away.
Such a feat was even more impressive as he was merely exposing his aura alone, and thanks to the World Awakening and First Breath, the world has also gotten stronger. Destroying the ground is way harder compared to before the First Breath.
But that didn't stop Rex's energy from utterly destroying everything around him.
ROAR!!
<Calculating potential...>
<Calculation is completed!>
<The user's maximum potential: Eleventh-rank (Peak)>
Kaboom!
Rex could feel he was turning into something else, the level of power inside of him was nothing like he has ever felt before. Starting from all of the elements inside of him becoming united and turning into an entirely different element before the kingly energy from the two King Marks started to complement each other perfectly.
Despite not expecting anything, he gained insight from feeling this power alone.
Not lingering in the sensation of invincibility inside of him, Rex reaches out his hands upwards and blocked the humongous claws descending on him. His size is hundreds of times smaller than the claws.
But even then, the moment his hands touched the claws, it stopped mid-track.
Boom!
Under the power of the Invincible Item that makes him feel that he could take on the entire world and beyond himself, he bears the huge burden of the attack with both of his arms and gritted teeth.
It's true that he could stop the claws' advancement, but this process also crushes him.
Rex could feel the untold energy inside of the claws pulsating into his body, this forces more blood to gush out from his arms, piercing the skin and spurting out like a fountain. It was so bad that he could also feel his bone turning into ash bit by bit.
Surely, if it weren't for the Countess, he would've died here for certain.
"GRAARGGHH!!!"
Keeping his stand and withstand the powerful force coming from the claws, Rex roared desperately as his eyes bulged, trying to stop the claws from crushing his body. But the excruciating pain is enough to tear every muscle in his body.
Blood keep on coming out, and even his eyes and nose started to bleed profusely.
Although he was having difficulty sustaining the claws, something switched inside of him and Rex started laughing amidst the extreme moment. It was horrifying to find that someone could laugh in the face of death.
But the fact that if he survived, he would destroy them makes him laugh like a maniac.
"Killing me needs way more attempt than this half-assed attack. If you attempt to kill me, then you better succeed in killing me because if not... I'LL MURDER ALL OF YOU- RAARGHHH!!!"
BOOM!
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