Chapter 573: Final Battle!
Chapter 573: Final Battle!
"Quick, stop them!"
Red Queen Menia cried out in alarm, trying to command Red Dragon King Strasz to intercept the enemy.
But Rayne immediately blocked her.
"No! This Vile Demon's combat strength is on the demigod level. You won't be able to stop it."
As he spoke, Rayne slashed a High-Frequency Blade at the Vile Demon above Cologne Cathedral.
It was his last attempt!
He hoped this strike might cleave the Vile Demon in Cologne Cathedral, forcing it into a recovery period.
In fact, he was about to sever the demon's eighth sharp limb, which would have given him a solid chance to severely wound the Vile Demon. But the unexpected turn of events made him feel as if his efforts were in vain.
"Clang!"
Rayne's strike was deflected by the Vile Demon, which sacrificed two of its sharp limbs to block it.
Meanwhile, Goddess Matilda's blue light beam only managed to push back the second Vile Demon slightly.
"Roar!"
In the next moment, the Vile Demon above Cologne Cathedral roared, its solid black form transforming into a dense black mist that merged with the second black mist from Sky City.
A terrifying aura spread across the battlefield, almost suffocating everyone present!
Even the imperial guardian looked panicked, unsure of what to do.
Rayne's expression was particularly grave.
Suddenly, he turned his head, his face a mix of surprise and relief.
"So fast?"
He had received a signal from the fallen hammer mountains. Before leaving the lava spider lair, he had placed a Goblin Tech energy sensor that would send an arcane communication signal if it detected any energy fluctuation exceeding the demigod level.
"Rayne, take everyone and evacuate. I'll hold them off!" Goddess Matilda said, her tone somber.
Even an ordinary person could hear the determination in her voice.
"Alright! Goddess Matilda, please buy us some time. Two minutes, no, three minutes, and I'll be back!" Rayne didn't have time to explain as he vanished into the air.
Huh?
Goddess Matilda was puzzled.
From Rayne's tone, it seemed he had some trump card to deal with the Vile Demon that was about to reach the divine level.
But that was impossible!
Deep within the fallen hammer tunnel.
At the lava spider lair altar.
"Great Emperor Nayubrekkan, hear the prayers of your devoted follower." A deep chanting voice echoed from the altar, surrounded by various corpses.
"Crack! Crack!"
As the chanting intensified, the bodies of the fierce creatures at the outer edge of the altar began to burst, their essence flowing like water toward the giant lava spider at the center.
"Hisss!"
The giant lava spider's body rapidly changed, growing from the size of an adult bull to more than double, and it continued to grow.
It swelled like a blood-engorged leech, its size increasing several times over.
The black patterns on its surface began to glow with a frenzied, blood-like color!
The ritual to summon the Spider Spirit was different from the one Graham had secretly arranged at the Isodrial Academy. It didn't require epic-level sacrifices to nurture an avatar of the eldritch deity Nayubrekkan.
Instead, it only needed to channel the essence of all the sacrifices through the altar into the giant lava spider, causing it to undergo continuous mutations and become a vessel for a part of Nayubrekkan's true form to descend.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
As the hearts of two epic-level lava hounds and one lava giant burst, the large masses of crimson essence within them were quickly absorbed by the lava spider, and a terrifying pressure descended!
"Ha ha ha! Excellent! This pressure is at least late-stage demigod level!" Graham raised his hands in excitement and shouted.
"Rayne, you're finished!"
"Then, Tuttesh Academy will not only be rebuilt but will reach new heights because of me!"
The lava spider, after undergoing continuous changes, no longer bore any resemblance to its original form. It had grown to seventy to eighty meters in length, its chitinous shell melting like wax and continuing to change rapidly.
Its appearance was being drastically reshaped!
Its originally short, thick limbs with red fur had transformed into smooth, sharp claws, several times longer. These lance-like limbs could easily pierce through a legendary knight's shield and impale them like a shish kebab.
Another noticeable change was the patterns on its body, which had shifted from red-and-black stripes to black diamond-shaped patterns, forming some kind of special design.
"Well done, my servant. Soon, this world will tremble and grovel at my feet." A grand and distant voice echoed within the lair.
Graham's face was filled with ecstasy at the sight.
"Success!! Great Emperor Nayubrekkan—"
Suddenly, Graham's voice cut off as he stared wide-eyed at the figure that appeared above the altar.
It was Rayne, the one he had been thinking about for so long!
"You... you..."
Graham was about to ask, "How did you find this place?"
But then he remembered something.
"Did you place the bodies of those two lava hounds?"
"You guess."
Graham's face twisted with madness. "Ha ha, Rayne, even if you placed them, you're too late!"
"The summoning is complete, and the incarnation of Emperor Nayubrekkan has descended, at least a late-stage demigod incarnation!"
"Your pride and arrogance have brought this upon you!"
"You'll be beaten like a dog."
Suddenly, Graham's eyes bulged out like a frog's, repeating the words "like a dog" in disbelief as he watched the scene before him.
The newly descended incarnation of Nayubrekkan was split in two by a Dark Silver arc that struck directly through its center!
Graham wasn't hallucinating; it really happened in a single strike!
He had spent a great deal of effort and time summoning the Spider God Nayubrekkan, but it was instantly destroyed upon arrival.
The stark contrast was too much even for Graham, a Dawn Wizard with a strong heart.
"Sorry, I'm in a hurry!"
"Goodbye!"
"Thud!"
A silver light pierced through Graham's lips, which were still moving.
Rayne picked up the medium-sized Divine Shard floating in the air, a remnant of Nayubrekkan, glanced at Graham's lifeless body, and then vanished into the air.
When Rayne reappeared, he was high above the fallen hammer mountains. He crushed the Divine Shard, which still contained the shadow of a raging spider.
Chime! A notification appeared: "Detected a Divine Shard capable of increasing psi energy fission. Do you want to accelerate absorption? (Note: System absorption can remove impurities and complete absorption in one go.)"
Rayne, without hesitation, chose "Yes!"
Instantly, the voice of the enraged and cursing eldritch deity Nayubrekkan echoed in his ears.
But Rayne was used to it and paid no attention. His focus was on the fission value in his attribute panel, which was rapidly increasing.
94%
95%
99%
100%
Suddenly, Rayne felt the psi energy core in his body, pulsating like a nuclear fission reaction, expand to its limit and then collapse inward!
Suddenly, a dazzling Dark Silver light flashed in Rayne's mental sea, like the rising sun!
The System Prompt flooded his mind.
Rayne could feel the once-swollen fission core now transformed into a much smaller, refined core, but the intensity of its light and energy far surpassed its previous state.
It was as if the nuclear power plant, which once operated on fission, had now improved to fusion!
At this moment, a man-made sun seemed to rise within Rayne's mental sea.
At the same time, Rayne himself began to emit a unique glow.
This change was hard to describe in words. If a comparison had to be made, Rayne was like a person in full color suddenly appearing in a black-and-white photograph.
"Is this what it means to be a Solar Sovereign?"
"Light the fusion flame, and become a Solar Sovereign!"
Rayne looked at his hand, which emitted a faint halo, and could not help but feel elated.
However, Rayne didn't have time to savor the changes in his body. In a flash, he found himself in the mysterious space where the true Chrono Key was located.
Unlike before, when he needed two Chrono Key Replicas to determine the location, Rayne, now elevated, directly appeared where the Chrono Key was.
Similarly, when Rayne reached out to the divine Chrono Key, a shadow of the Chrono Key emerged from the artifact, slowly floating toward his hand.
"I still can't control it, but this must mean it's lending me some of its power."
As the shadow touched his hand, Rayne suddenly felt more information fragments transmitted to his mind than before.
After several seconds, the shadow gradually dissipated, not disappearing but merging into the Chrono Key Replica Rayne possessed.
"So, the divine Chrono Key is the core stabilizer of this world."
"The highest level in this world is a Solar Sovereign, or a Level 6 wizard. To advance further, one must go to the Great Wizard World, as designed by the Eternal Sovereign."
"Except for the Vile Demons, the ultimate fate of other eldritch deities in this world is to be assimilated by the Chrono Key, gradually transforming into the world's ascension resources."
Rayne finally understood why, even in the ancient goblin Memory Crystals, there were no records of higher levels, such as a Level 7 wizard.
However, now was not the time to ponder these details. The human coalition in the Imperial Capital Temeril was still engaged in a fierce battle.
Rayne used Shadow Traverse again, instantly appearing above the Imperial Capital Temeril.
Gazing at the rampaging Vile Demon, Rayne's eyes remained calm. He extended his hand, which now contained part of the Chrono Key's power, and aimed it at the Vile Demon.
"Swish!"
A rainbow-colored beam shot directly at the Vile Demon, enveloping it in a cocoon-like, oval-shaped rainbow object. Rayne slightly trembled as the rainbow cocoon, containing the struggling Vile Demon, began to shrink.
Inside, the Vile Demon sounded like a piece of pork in strong sulfuric acid, sizzling and screaming!
The nearly kilometer-tall Vile Demon rapidly shrank.
Five hundred meters.
Three hundred meters.
The infected organisms around it emitted black-gray smoke, rushing toward the rainbow cocoon, trying to support the Vile Demon, but their weaker Malevolent Qi was futile, like moths drawn to a flame.
Unlike the ancient goddess Matilda, who relied solely on life energy to defeat the Vile Demon with the Chrono Key Replica, Rayne was now using the power of the divine Chrono Key, which came from the Eternal Sovereign.
According to the information fragments Rayne had just learned, this was the power of the laws, a grand force only Level 7 wizards and above could wield.
Only the power of the laws could completely dissolve a Vile Demon created by a Void Overlord.
The scene stunned everyone!
At first, many speculated that King Rayne had strategically retreated, but now it was clear that was not the case.
"Did we win?" On the ground, a nearly exhausted Great Knight, leaning on a large sword, panted heavily.
"Yes, we won!" Sword Saint Lambert sheathed his sword, his face beaming with joy.
Then, a thunderous cheer erupted across the Imperial Capital Temeril!
After resolving the Vile Demon, Rayne nodded to Menya and gestured to Matilda. In the next instant, he appeared in the secret chamber where the goddess Matilda's true form resided.
Matilda seemed to sense something and her divine body stirred.
Rayne aimed the Chrono Key Replica at the dense Malevolent Qi entwining the goddess Matilda's legs.
In the next second, a rainbow-colored light illuminated the chamber.
A rainbow beam enveloped the black-gray Malevolent Qi, gradually dissolving it.
Several seconds later.
Goddess Matilda slowly rose, removing her crest helmet to reveal a stunningly beautiful face with lustrous brown hair.
"Throne of Rayne, thank you for your help", Goddess Matilda placed her helmet on her waist and bowed slightly in gratitude.
"You're welcome. If I must thank someone, it should be you for your sacrifice in the battle against the Vile Demons and eldritch deities ten thousand years ago", Rayne smiled and bowed in return.
Eldritch deity!
Rayne's brow furrowed, and he immediately raised the Chrono Key Replica. In the next second, multiple rainbow beams shot out in all directions like meteors!
In a primitive forest on the empire's border.
"No! How can my divine body fall into slumber again! This is impossible!"
A massive divine body was enveloped in rainbow light, and a translucent shadow struggled to rise, screaming.
From the shadow's appearance, it was clearly Lune the Hunter.
In the Summer Sea, a rainbow beam struck a giant clam.
"No! This is... this is the power of the Chrono Key!" Instantly, the Sea Goddess Hela's shadow appeared beside the clam, her mouth agape and eyes wide with shock!
"How can this be? I know! It's that blasphemer, Rayne!"
The clam trembled a few times and fell silent, and Hela's shadow gradually dissipated.
Similar scenes played out across various parts of the world.
A month later.
Red Queen Menia was officially crowned Empress of the Dragon Empire, and Jenniffer was appointed as the Chief Financial Minister. The reconstruction of the Imperial Capital Temeril was in full swing.
At the same time.
In the lush Ferdinand Forest, in the Elven Palace courtyard.
Mint and the Lynx War Dog Quiche were playing joyfully on the grassy lawn, while Anna held her mother Emma's hand, chatting intimately.
Lagrelle and Claire, on the other hand, were sparring in the training ground nearby.
Suddenly, Anna thought of something, turned, and blinked her large eyes, looking at Rayne, who was lounging in a rocking chair.
"Rayne, are you really not going to the Great Wizard World?"
"Hm, my heart's peace is my home."
Rayne lazily squinted his eyes, watching the white clouds drift across the blue sky through the golden leaves, listening to the laughter of his sister Mint and mother Emma.
In the end, everything seemed to ripple gently, touching the softest part of Rayne's heart.
(End of Book)(End of Chapter)
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