bloodnovel Chapter 412 73 - Friends Despite the Ages
Chapter 412 73 - Friends Despite the Ages
"CLANG!!!"
Sharp claws and a blazing greatsword collided violently in the void of space. The figures of the man and the dragon wove between each other, sparks flying with every exchange!
"WHOOSH!!"
Fenfeng's colossal body charged through space at high speed. A pair of enormous wings beat backward as his sharp dragon claws swiped ferociously at Kevin!
Kevin immediately shifted his body, narrowly dodging the attack. Two strands of silver-white hair floated down from his temples!
After evading the blow, Kevin didn't wait passively. He stepped through the void, following the dragon's trajectory, and brought the Might of An-Utu down in a vicious chop toward the beast's back!
In that same instant, the dragon sensed the approaching blade. It immediately changed its posture, shifting from a dive to an upward flight, blocking the cleave with one sharp claw while the other claw lunged for Kevin!
Seeing this, Kevin immediately increased the force of his downward press. The dragon was pushed back by a brute strength that rivaled its own. Under the reciprocal force, Kevin leaned backward, once again narrowly dodging the dragon's swiping claw.
"Heaven's Incineration!"
Seeing his chance, Fenfeng spewed a torrent of high-temperature flames from his savage maw, a searing current that rushed straight for Kevin!
"Hmph."
Kevin snorted coldly. Directly in front of him, a wall of ice materialized from nothing, as if from a boundless ocean.
"Ice? You think that can stop me?"
Fenfeng immediately intensified his flames, melting the intercepting ice wall into nothing in a mere instant. The searing fire surged toward Kevin!
"Is that so?"
Faced with the imminent inferno, Kevin's expression remained as cold as ever, as if the flames before him were as harmless as a simple water gun.
Just as suddenly, Fenfeng snapped his monstrous mouth shut and violently dodged his massive head to the side!
Two one-meter-long ice lances, which had been hidden within the high-temperature flames, shot past, aimed straight for his head!
"When did you...? The moment the ice melted? The ice wall was just a feint, this was your real killing move?"
Wiping the corner of his mouth, Fenfeng looked at the composed Kevin with newfound gravity.
This man... was indeed worthy of fighting him!
"Mere parlor tricks. Is the warm-up over?"
Kevin raised the Might of An-Utu, its blade pointed directly at the Lord Ravager before him, Fenfeng in his Doomsday Dragon form!
"Hahaha... Interesting. You're certainly different from the others. Many can't even withstand my warm-up! In that case, let's get to the main event!"
The dull melee was just the two of them probing each other, gauging their opponent's true strength. Now, that child's play was no longer necessary...
"Come! Let me show you what true [Destruction] is! Please, enjoy! My Aesthetics of Destruction!!!"
The dragon's eyes turned crimson! With a roar, he opened his savage maw! A sky-spanning sea of fire began to spread across the cosmos! This was the meaning of a "natural disaster"!
"..."
Facing the sea of fire, the space around Kevin suddenly filled with razor-sharp ice. Then, a completely unscientific cosmic snowstorm collided with the inferno! The center of the battlefield was split by this spectacle of red and white!
---o---
"Is this the strongest man from the Honkai world's Previous Era? Even after coming to this world and becoming an Emanator, he's likely the most powerful of them all..."
Dan Heng pulled the Cloud-Piercer from the chest of a Doomsday Beast, his face grave as he watched the strange phenomenon in the distant starry sky. Although the child named Wendy had manipulated this star sector to be slightly less of a perfect vacuum, it wasn't enough for those two to create such a scene so easily... which meant this was a spectacle born from a clash of their true, unadulterated power!
"Is this... a battle between Emanators?"
Stelle brushed aside some messy strands of hair, pulling her lance from the core of another Doomsday Beast, staring blankly at the distant scene.
"Is this... truly power that a person can possess?"
Aboard the Express, Welt, who was constantly monitoring the front lines, silently tightened his grip on the Star of Eden, which had taken the form of a cane.
The battle between these two had likely already surpassed the level of the Finality. If a fight like this were to take place on any planet, it would be nothing short of an apocalypse for that world!
What was most terrifying was that Welt understood the man, Kevin. At this very moment, he was likely still not using his full strength!
And his opponent, Fenfeng, hailed as a walking calamity, certainly had more to show as well!
Neither of them was fighting with their true power! They were still holding back! They were still probing each other!
Fenfeng might not be an excellent commander or a general. In terms of strategy, he only knew the simplest, most efficient, and most lethal methods to dismantle his enemies; the cone formation was his favored tool. In terms of personality, he couldn't compare to the resourceful and adaptable Xingxiao or Tiemu, which was why Nanook's most-used general was Xingxiao, not him.
But! When it came to combat, he was a born warrior! His brain during a fight and his brain outside of one were two completely different things!
When faced with a truly equal opponent, holding something back would often place you in an invincible position! It was the key to a surprise victory!
But his enemy was Kevin, the strongest warrior of the Honkai world! Fifty thousand years of solitude had forged in him only absolute calm and tenacity, and a heart as blazing as a star!
"Hahahaha! Fantastic! Come! Fight me!!!"
After witnessing Kevin's true power, Fenfeng felt the blood in his entire body begin to boil! How long! How long had it been since he'd felt this sensation!
Ever since becoming an Emanator, he had moved through the universe unopposed! No one could halt his path of destruction! He was a calamity! Even the other Lord Ravagers in the Legion were unwilling to spar with him, and in the process of [Destruction], he had never met a satisfying opponent!
But this time! General against general! Only an opponent of equal strength could make his [Aesthetics of Destruction] truly worthwhile!
Fenfeng's massive figure immediately grew even larger, forged in the flames! His thick scales were encased in a layer of armor like flowing, molten lava! Even his sun-blotting wings were covered in a thick layer of magma! The temperature of his body's surface was now comparable to a planet's core!
"Come! Let me destroy you!"
Fenfeng beat his wings and took flight! Great sparks and chunks of lava scattered from his body! His form shot toward Kevin like a small planet!
"Condense!"
Kevin clenched his fist. The thick snowstorm before him instantly solidified! An ice-forged "planet" over ten kilometers in diameter appeared out of nowhere in the universe!
"BOOM!!!"
Fenfeng's body slammed violently into the ice planet, like a fiery meteor crashing into a world! His immensely durable body pierced straight through the ten-kilometer sphere of ice! The asteroid-like planet of ice disintegrated almost instantly! Chunks of ice of all sizes shattered across the void like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, forming an "asteroid belt" of ice between the two battle lines!
When Fenfeng burst out of the ice planet, the figure he expected to see was not there. He had hit empty space.
And then! The sky full of ice shards instantly transformed into a barrage of incomparably sharp ice swords, shooting toward Fenfeng's colossal body!
Kevin's figure appeared behind the dense, curtain-like volley of ice swords!
"Clink! Clank!"
Countless ice swords shot towards Fenfeng but only left white streaks on his body. By now, the lava on him had solidified into armor like black obsidian. The fragile ice swords couldn't possibly break through his defenses. No matter how many came, they were like raindrops falling on the ground; apart from adding a few scratches to his armor, they were useless!
"Still holding back? I've already reversed your defense-to-offense strategy! Attacks like this can't harm me at all! If you don't bring out some real skill, your battle line will be mine for the taking!"
Fenfeng looked proudly at Kevin behind the rain of swords. If this was all he had, it would be a bit of a waste of his enthusiasm!
"As you wish."
A cold glint flashed in Kevin's eyes...
Then! The Might of An-Utu erupted with boiling flames!!
"Hmph... Now that's more like an Emanator."
Fenfeng split his savage maw into a grin, then beat his molten wings and charged at Kevin once more!
At this moment, Kevin also realized that he couldn't deal with this "one-man army" of a Lord Ravager with simple methods. It seemed that to end this fight, he would have to use the method he was best at!
Besides, he had already probed his opponent's capabilities. There was no need to feint any longer!
Kevin chose to attack. The greatsword, burning with a flame that warped the space around it, met Fenfeng's massive dragon claw, which was as hard and sharp as obsidian!
"CLANG!!!"
The Might of An-Utu and the dragon claw clashed!
And then!
"Crack..."
"!"
Their figures flashed past each other. Fenfeng's scarlet dragon eyes stared gravely at his own arm.
The unbreakable obsidian coating on it had been shattered by the cleave of the Might of An-Utu! And... those flames actually made him feel a sense of threat...
One must know, he was someone who could physically bathe in the fusion reaction of a star! To be threatened by such a seemingly weak temperature...
"Haha! Now this is interesting!"
Fenfeng abruptly turned and lunged at Kevin again! At the same time, he spewed a purgatorial flame straight for Kevin's face!
Kevin quickly dodged the flames and swung the Might of An-Utu in a reverse grip to block the attack, simultaneously freezing Fenfeng's lower body to prevent him from attacking while Kevin's movements were stiff!
But it was clear that Fenfeng's physical strength far exceeded normal imagination. His thick, long tail whipped around like an Astral Express on its rails, slamming violently into Kevin. Fortunately, Kevin managed to pull the Might of An-Utu back to block in front of him and put up an ice shield to mitigate the damage.
But even after tanking the hit, Kevin's figure was sent flying backward!
Fenfeng chose to press his advantage, and Kevin launched a corresponding counterattack!
The battle between the two gradually reached a fever pitch. Meanwhile, shifting our gaze to the battle line nearby...
---o---
The massive Heavenly Father reached out and grabbed a Doomsday Beast by the neck. The captured beast gathered energy in its core, intending to hit the Heavenly Father with a point-blank beam, but the mech simply raised a hand and sent it flying with a thunderous punch!
At that moment, the Doomsday Beast's beam was fully charged! A pillar of light symbolizing [Destruction] surged toward the mech!
"Vmm! Activating Quantum Entanglement."
A red-glowing Quantum Entanglement Shield instantly appeared in front of the Heavenly Father. The light of destruction was gradually annihilated amidst the quantum fluctuations! Tesla, piloting the mech, aimed its beam weapon at the Doomsday Beast.
"Charging. Three, two, one!"
"VWOOM!"
A beam no less powerful than the Doomsday Beast's own attack erupted from the Heavenly Father's chest! The Doomsday Beast at the center of the beam had no such defensive measures. It only lasted a few seconds in the beam before its dragon-like form disintegrated into cosmic dust.
On the other side, the new Aurumaton piloted by Master Gongshu moved freely amidst the assault of two Doomsday Beasts. Its incredible agility made the beasts' attacks look as laughable as an uncontrolled water hose.
"ROAR!!"
One Doomsday Beast seized a gap in the new Aurumaton's movements and lunged. The other beast saw its chance and immediately began to gather energy in its antimatter engine, the light of destruction about to erupt!
"You beast! You think you can get the drop on this old man! In your dreams!"
The Aurumaton piloted by Master Gongshu suddenly twisted in the vacuum at an "alarming" angle, instantly grabbing the lunging Doomsday Beast and, with a kick of its long leg, punted it directly in front of the other charging beast!
"BOOM!!!"
The Doomsday Beast, unable to stop itself, could only unleash its pillar of destruction, turning its own comrade into space dust. After the energy was spent, a thin line of light flashed from top to bottom on its body!
A few seconds later, the Doomsday Beast's massive body split in two, then dissipated into motes of light.
"Mm! A fine tool indeed. It seems with a change in thinking, this treasure is quite useful as a melee weapon!"
Master Gongshu patted the "light sword" on the Aurumaton's arm with great satisfaction. It was originally just the "Flowing Flame in the Box" he had given those unlucky kids to play with, usually just used as a lighter. But after his discussion with Mr. Welt, it was as if the clouds had parted, and he had found the true purpose of this item!
"Master Gongshu! Watch out!"
Stelle, who had just worked with several Cloud Knights to take down a Doomsday Beast, turned to see another one, which had been lurking behind everyone, pounce toward Master Gongshu's mech. She quickly shouted a warning into the communication channel.
However, it was too late. The Doomsday Beast seemed to have recognized the great threat of the new Aurumaton and had directly overloaded its own antimatter engine. As it threw itself onto the new Aurumaton, it erupted in a brilliant flash of light! It was no less than a small nuclear bomb detonating in space!
After the light faded, only a pile of debris was left drifting in space. They were some of the more important components of the Aurumaton, which had remained intact at the core of the explosion.
"Master Gongshu!"
March 7th and Tingyun, who were defending the line, watched this scene unfold. Tears instantly filled their eyes. Stelle stared, stunned, her mind going blank for a moment...
Master Gongshu... was gone?
"Aiya! Little friend, I see you have remarkable potential! How about coming to the Artisanship Commission to be one of my capable assistants! With your spirit, you'll surely go further on this path than any of my useless apprentices!"
In her memory, after she had helped him clear the roots of the Ambrosial Arbor, Master Gongshu would always smile and try to entice her. Although she refused every time, he never got angry, instead giving her some rewards as payment.
"Little friend! Come visit the Artisanship Commission often when you have time!"
Master Gongshu waved goodbye to them.
"Master Gongshu..."
"FUCK YOU, ANTIMATTER LEGION! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!"
For some reason, Tesla suddenly snapped! Piloting the Heavenly Father, she began a rampage amidst the siege of the Antimatter Legion and Doomsday Beasts, spewing extremely colorful language.
"Auntie Yang... She and Master Gongshu were friends despite the age gap, weren't they..."
March looked down at the longbow in her hands, a feeling of helplessness welling up inside her. Her Six-Phased Ice... if it had been just a little stronger, could she have protected Master Gongshu?
"March, pull yourself together. Everyone has seen what you can do. Don't be discouraged! Let's avenge Master Gongshu together!"
Seeing March's flagging spirits, Tingyun quickly placed a hand on her shoulder and cheered her on!
"Yeah! Together! We'll avenge Master Gongshu!"
A flame of fighting spirit ignited in March's pink and blue eyes. She stood up, drew her bow, and began casting shield after shield of Phased Ice on the warriors fighting at the front, freezing the invading Voidrangers into ice sculptures one by one!
"Yes! That's my dear sister!"
Tingyun smiled, watching March's spirit grow stronger. The folding fan in her hand surged with peerless Yang Fire, turning the attacking Voidrangers to dust and imbuing the frontline warriors with a pure Yang energy, making them even more invincible!