Chapter 407: The High Deity

Chapter 407: The High Deity

"Kill!"

Tak held his spear, enveloped in thunder, and in an instant, a million bolts of lightning surged forth, rushing towards the front with a mighty boom.

The violent Energy Fluctuation caused ripples in the serene Celestial Plane.

Each bolt of lightning was powerful enough to effortlessly shatter a mountain, and as they came in an endless torrent, their might grew more and more formidable.

The Celestial Plane,

The ripples transformed into towering waves.

Karl, caught in the midst of this, was like a struggling ship in the raging waves, constantly adjusting his direction.

"When..."

The spear clashed with the Mind Buddha Palm, emitting a piercing, grating screech that caused the surrounding void to tremble.

Damn! Karl's body stiffened slightly, and a sense of foreboding instantly arose in his heart.

As expected.

The very next moment.

An unprecedented expanse of thunder appeared before his eyes, and countless bolts of lightning relentlessly struck him.

With extreme speed, Tak seemed to create countless afterimages in an instant, each one launching an attack.

Stabbing, slashing, chopping, sweeping, spiraling, and whirling...

Where the two clashed, a faint glow initially, but in the blink of an eye, that glow became as dazzling as the sun.

It was as if a dead silent Celestial Plane suddenly lit up with a blinding radiance.

Not just the Celestial Plane.

Almost the entire Eastern Kingdom Continent was illuminated, and all the powerful beings felt the immense pressure.

The Temple of the Gods.

Several 'Pseudo-Gods' who were in discussion suddenly looked up, their faces turning solemn.

"It's him!"

Remiller's eyes widened in fear:

"The Thunder Spear!"

"Indeed."

Hel, the 'God of Death', slowly nodded, and despite the distance, he instinctively tightened his grip on the scythe in his hand:

"To unleash the Thunder Spear with such power, in this realm... very few can achieve this."

"Who could it be?"

The Thunder Spear, Tak's strength, might not be the strongest in the realm, as knights' methods were often too singular, easily countered by various peculiar means. But his power was unmatched.

Tak's strength was pure.

So pure that even with a spear devoid of any special qualities, he possessed a strength that made even the gods tremble in fear."

If he were to obtain a spear artifact during the fall of the gods, there would be no doubt about the Eastern Kingdom Continent's strongest warrior.

Remiller narrowed her eyes, guessing who was fighting against the Thunder Spear.

'Karl, is that you?'

...

The Night Watch Order.

Several figures in different bases simultaneously sensed the commotion and took out their communicators to inquire.

"Who is fighting against the Thunder Spear?"

"Those from the Temple of the Gods?"

"Is it some kind of special Divine Punishment?"

"..."

"So powerful!"

Unlike the Temple of the Gods and the Blood Alliance, the Night Watch Order, though deeply rooted, had gained its strength primarily from uncovering ancient ruins. There were few among them who had survived the War of the Gods.

Regarding the Thunder Spear, which hadn't been used for hundreds of years, they felt both unfamiliarity and fear.

Such formidable power...

It was almost unimaginable! A single person could potentially annihilate an entire world.

And yet, this world-ending existence was engaged in a deadly battle with another unknown powerful being.

Were the powerful ones so terrifying?

Facing the approaching bolts of lightning, under the unprecedented pressure, Karl's thoughts seemed to surpass some kind of limit, and everything before him suddenly froze.

The chaotic thoughts dissipated.

Countless magical circuits, exquisite martial skills, and divine power applications seemed to be forgotten, yet also felt like they were already within his grasp.

The next moment.

He slowly raised his hand.

Five rays of light burst forth from his fingers, each with a different hue, and they converged to meet the incoming lightning.

Five Color Lightning Palm! In an instant, he comprehended the fusion of magic, martial skills, and the power of the Thunder God.

The five-colored lightning was magic, the force was martial skill, and the thunderous power was the authority of the Thunder God.

"Boom!"

The Five Color Lightning Palm was instantly pierced by the spear.

Karl retreated another step, and with a gentle press of his hands, the five-colored radiance transformed into a curtain of light, shielding him.

"Bang!"

The radiance shattered again.

In a short span of time, Karl alternated and displayed dozens of techniques, each one profoundly intricate and powerful.

He believed that even if a star from the heavens fell upon him, he could effortlessly block it. But now...

No matter what method he used, the lightning shattered it without fail, rendering it almost useless.

"Kill!"

Tak roared, his battle intent rising once more.

Wielding his spear, he pressed Karl, forcing him to retreat, as a streak of lightning tens of thousands of miles long pierced through the void of the Celestial Plane.

Block!

Block!

Keep blocking!

Karl's mind went blank, and his body instinctively countered the incoming attacks, but a sudden tightness gripped his heart.

Not good!

"Karl!"

Tak's eyes flashed with lightning, and he roared:

"Your foundation is tenfold, a hundredfold deeper than mine, and your methods are a thousandfold, ten thousandfold more than mine, but..."

"What can you do?"

"You..."

"Impure!"

Time and space suddenly froze.

The countless rays of lightning vanished abruptly, leaving Karl with a chilling sensation as if he were in the depths of an eternal night.

His consciousness wavered, his mind sinking into a void, his body trembling, and his blood surging with an inexplicable sense of foreboding.

The next moment—

The vanished rays of lightning reappeared, transforming into an infinite number of ordinary spears.

They thrust forward!

With a simple thrust, Karl's consciousness, heartbeat, and soul seemed to freeze and solidify.

"Ugh!"

He let out a muffled groan.

Karl's eyes flickered with a hint of madness, and countless tentacles extended from his back.

Each tentacle ended in a palm, and each palm formed a different seal.

The various methods he had previously used were now unleashed simultaneously.

"Bloodline Magic?"

"Secret Forbidden Spell?"

Tak roared,

"Wizards who perceive reality and grasp the rules of the world, but these things are not yours."

"Break it!"

"Boom!"

The countless tentacles shattered.

Immediately after, clusters of divine flames appeared before Karl.

Thunder God Flame, Water God Flame, Earth Mother God Flame, Fortune God Flame...

The myriad divine fires wove together in the air, causing the void to collapse and the Celestial Plane to distort, blocking the spear's path.

"Divine Flames?"

"Power of the Gods?"

Tak laughed heartily,

"What good is it to collect and refine the flames of the gods? You are not the Thunder God, nor the Water God, much less the Lord of Dawn."

"With countless divine flames, you can't even unleash a tenth of their power."

"Shatter it!"

"Bang!"

The flames shattered.

This time, Karl didn't retreat. Instead, he seized the opportunity during the two interceptions and condensed his energy, clenching his fist to meet the attack.

Mind Buddha Palm!

Willingness Wheel Fist!

Holy Cross Slash!

Titan Breath Technique!

...

Palm techniques, fist techniques, and body movements... All the profound martial arts he had mastered were unleashed.

"Martial Arts?"

"Body Movement Techniques?"

Tak shouted,

"Karl, you have so much that I envy you, but... Everything you have is learned from others."

"At most, you've added some ingenious variations, but nothing is truly your own!"

"This is the difference between us!"

The spear, condensed into a single point, transformed back into countless rays of lightning, piercing through the Celestial Plane and creating a straight line that stretched for millions of miles.

The power unleashed after extreme compression even startled the watching gods.

Tak, holding the spear with a calm expression, stood in mid-air, looking down at the figure before him, who was almost completely broken.

"Karl."

"You've lost."

"...Karl's body seemed to shatter like broken porcelain, piece by piece detaching from his body.

He opened his mouth, and the cracks on his cheeks multiplied, as if his entire body would crumble at any moment.

"Lost?"

"Not necessarily!"

Essence!

With a mental shout, hundreds of thousands of essence points disappeared at a visible rate.

His injuries healed as his essence was consumed.

With ten thousand essence points, even a fatal wound became negligible.

Karl flexed his limbs, his face darkening as he stared at Tak. His fingers trembled, and a faint aura flickered.

"Again!"

He threw a punch!

His feet tapped, and the Celestial Wolf Phantom Step was naturally activated, teleporting his body to the side of his opponent.

His fingers curled, drawing the energy from thousands of miles around in the Celestial Plane directly into his fist.

A flame that could destroy everything burst forth.

Magic, battle techniques, and divine flames merged perfectly at this moment.

"Bang!"

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The spear blocked the path of the fist.

Karl's body transformed again, and a vast and mighty power roared out. With a single lift of his hand, the power reached its peak.

This was something that had never been possible before.

He was strong.

Everyone knew it.

But precisely because Karl was so strong, he had never fought with his full strength, let alone challenged his limits.

It wasn't just unfamiliarity.

It was also because he was too strong and had accumulated too much, preventing him from unlocking all his potential.

Until now!

Under the unprecedented pressure brought by Tak's Thunder Lance, Karl's power finally came to life.

Divine Punishment!

With a single downward palm strike, it was as if five mountains were crushing everything beneath them.

The vast energy circulated in a complex manner, and under Karl's control, time and space shattered.

A thousand-mile-wide hole appeared in the Celestial Plane, giving the impression that the sky had fallen.

"Excellent!"

Tak's eyes lit up,

"Now it's getting interesting!"

"Clang!"

He quickly fired the spear, and the tip of the spear devoured and refined the surrounding energy.

The spear flashed and changed, resembling a zigzagging lightning bolt. With a flash, it broke through the defenses and struck Karl.

"Boom!"

In an instant, thunderous lightning and battle aura howled as two figures collided beyond the confines of space and time within the void.

Carl's body was riddled with cracks and wounds, but his unique constitution and Essence allowed him to rapidly regenerate, healing any injury short of a fatal one.

As time passed, his wounds gradually diminished, and his movements became more concise.

The various martial arts techniques he had practiced, studied, and observed were slowly integrated and mastered.

Divine power and wizardry merged with martial skills in a slow but steady process.

"Bang!"

The two clashed once more.

At this moment, Carl's body transformed into a giant towering over ten million zhang, each movement emanating world-destroying power.

Fifth Rank?

Never before had there been a Fifth Rank as powerful as him.

"So strong!"

Tak looked up at Carl, his eyes filled with complexity, a hint of envy, and various emotions. He sighed softly, "No wonder you're the legendary wizard. Your strength makes me feel as if I'm facing a High Deity."

"In the past, when I faced a High Deity, my desire to fight was almost completely suppressed. But now..."

"Let's see just how strong you truly are!"

"Thunder Tribulation!"

"Pipa!"

"Boom..."

Brilliant thunder erupted in the Celestial Plane once more, and the surging energy rippled wildly within a million li.

In the real world, such a strike would have annihilated countless lives.

"Bang!"

Carl, in his colossal form, shattered from the ankles up, followed by his legs, waist, and even his head.

The fragmented energy coalesced again in the chaotic void, this time forming a thousand zhang giant.

And then, in their collision, it shattered once more.

Hundred zhang!

Shatter!

Ten zhang!

...

Finally, Carl returned to his original form.

Each time he shrank, although it resulted in severe injuries that required Essence to repair, it was akin to a refining process, purging impurities and extracting the essence.

Slash! Carl's figure flickered, and he slashed with a single hand.

His arm became a blade, and a sword beam erupted, transcending the boundaries of time and space, appearing before Tak from the previous second, heading into the next...

Time,

In Carl's eyes, was like a plaything.

"Ding!"

A divine spear appeared miraculously, blocking the sword beam and then retracing its path, striking back.

Carl raised his hand.

"Dang..."

Hand and spear collided, freezing time and space momentarily.

The next instant—

"Boom!"

An energy capable of annihilating a material world erupted from their clash, and both figures vanished.

"You're right," Carl said calmly.

"I don't have my own path."

"Thank you!"

His gratitude was sincere and heartfelt.

Long ago, Carl had reached the peak of the Fifth Rank. All he needed was to break through the boundary to become a Sixth Rank existence.

But he had never taken that step.

Because he hadn't found his own path.

Now,

He had 'seen' it.

In his vision, Tak's entire being resembled a unique entity constantly absorbing and releasing energy.

An energy core?

Golden Core?

...

In any case, it was a similar entity.

Tak's will, battle aura, and physical body were all so pure that they had materialized into a tangible form.

If Tak's power was a ten, then Carl's was a thousand.

But Tak's energy core could absorb and release energy hundreds or thousands of times in an instant, unleashing power in the thousands or even tens of thousands.

'What a pity!'

Regret flashed in Carl's eyes.

Tak's energy core was tainted by some kind of pollution, likely a curse from the gods, preventing it from reaching perfection. This meant his strength couldn't advance further, and he would never have the chance to become a Sixth Rank.

But Carl could.

"What is it?"

Tak raised the spear in his hand, a hint of fatigue in his eyes, but his fighting spirit remained undiminished.

"What is your path?"

"... " Carl didn't answer, merely shaking his head lightly.

"Ha..." Without a response, Tak became even more excited, raising his spear high, "Then let me witness it myself!"

"Kill!"

The gap between the two was immense. Even though he could match Carl, each move required his full effort.

Carl could afford to fail countless times, but Tak couldn't afford a single mistake.

"Crack!"

In Carl's 'vision,' a subtle crack appeared in Tak's energy core.

Then, the energy core exploded.

Hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times the energy erupted from Tak's body.

"This move was originally meant for a High Deity."

"Kill!"

The Celestial Plane suddenly lit up.

Then it dimmed.

In the void, Carl stood with his head bowed, his aura already changing before Tak's attack.

Sixth Rank!

High Deity!

"Thunder Lance..."

(End of Chapter)

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