Endless Debt-Chapter 964 - 58: Destruction Cycle
Bologue guessed that at this moment, the Third Seat must be extremely surprised.
Relying on Secret Energy·Commanding Decree, Bologue’s Ether invaded the armor of the Silver Knight. As an alchemy puppet, its essence was merely an alchemy armament. It might have a Defender Tier level of Ethereal Mutual Exclusion, but it lacked the protection of the Rectangular Soul Critical, and this gave Bologue the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.
As long as he broke through the Ethereal Mutual Exclusion of the Third Seat, Bologue could then affect this alchemy puppet. Though the brief skirmish didn’t allow Bologue to erode much, just creating a vacuum area for slashing on the solid armor wasn’t a challenge for Bologue, who was already a Negative Power User.
The Vengeful Bite drew a deadly trajectory, leaving a scar capable of penetrating the armor on the immovable chest armor. Through the cracked seams, one could faintly see the interlocking gears and transmission machinery, as well as the surging, almost tangible Ether.
Bologue shattered the nearly perfect self-Ether cycle of the Silver Knight. A large amount of Ether spilled out from the damaged wound like radiant bloodstains.
A familiar scene played out again. When the Time Axis was in disorder, it was by relying on the gnawing of the Immortal Heart that Bologue made the Silver Knight’s cycle collapse.
The Silver Knight hesitated for a moment in its actions, but quickly broke free from its shock. The Third Seat realized that the Bologue he was facing now was no longer the one from when the Axis was in disorder.
The open hand clenched into a fist, and amidst the swirling dust, a cold chain suddenly lifted. Under the pull of the chain, the lance embedded in the rock swiftly dragged back to the side of the Silver Knight. It was then Bologue noticed that the lance had a chain connected to the end, allowing it to be thrown and swung like a meteor hammer.
As the weapon was pulled back, the Silver Knight didn’t forget to slash at Bologue with its sword. However, this time, Bologue didn’t dodge but instead moved actively towards the blade.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Bologue extended his hand, letting the long sword split his palm. Bologue then tightly grasped the sharp blade.
This sword blade was also an alchemy armament, but its ability was quite ordinary, merely solidified and sharpened, far from being as powerful as a so-called Secret Sword.
The King’s Shield Guard had overall strong strength, but they lacked logistical support. Recently, all their assistance came from the Gray Trade Association’s support. The King’s Shield Guards didn’t possess many powerful alchemy armaments like the Iron-Cutting Steel-Slicing Sword.
With the Blessing·Time Reversing Axis, Bologue was fully capable of trading injury for injury this way. While using his flesh and blood to wedge the blade, Bologue’s Secret Energy took effect, and the aggressively invasive Ether began to break through the Ethereal Mutual Exclusion of the Silver Knight to seize control of the blade.
The Silver Knight also noticed the anomaly with the blade. It could sense its power being driven away, soon followed by another extremely unfamiliar and highly threatening force expanding.
The lance was rapidly retrieved, falling into the Silver Knight’s hand at the same time Bologue had seized control of the blade. Cracks covered the surface of the metal, accompanied by creaking sounds. In an instant, it seemed to have aged for thousands of years. The blade rapidly aged, rusted, and the cracks collapsed, shattering.
Bologue couldn’t directly command the alchemy armament, but he could destroy its internal Alchemy Matrix after gaining command, thereby destroying the alchemy armament.
In the blink of an eye, the blade collapsed until only a bare hilt remained. The Silver Knight was somewhat dazed by such a drastic change, having never encountered an enemy like Bologue before.
No... the Silver Knight, the Third Seat had witnessed such power before, but had never dared to be at odds with it.
Upon seeing this scene, a spontaneous anger filled the Third Seat’s chest, and the tyrannical power transmitted into the Silver Knight’s shell, compelling the Silver Knight to raise the lance and launch an even more fierce offensive against Bologue.
Bologue’s command took time. If struck by the lance, he might not seize control of it before his flesh and blood were turned into a bloody mush by the deadly lance.
Swinging his body aside, Bologue dodged the lethal thrust. The Ether rampaged and expanded, causing the ground under their feet to writhe violently. The solid rock crumbled into fine sand, quickly engulfing the heavy body of the Silver Knight like quicksand, soon swallowing most of it beneath the surface.
The Deceitful Snake Scale Liquid expanded and extended as snakes crawled onto the Silver Knight’s body. They couldn’t bite through the Silver Knight’s defenses but could restrict its movements.
The highly fluid liquid metal infiltrated the Silver Knight’s armor as much as possible, burrowing into the joints’ gaps and then solidifying, like iron filings clogged into gears, further hindering the Silver Knight’s movements.
No matter how much Defender power the Silver Knight had, its essence remained a Domination Object and did not possess the so-called Etherealization.
Bologue injected high-pitched Ether into the Vengeful Bite. Amid precise control of the Ether, Bologue imagined the form of the blade and began constructing it.
A pure white, bright Ether Radiance enveloped the Vengeful Bite, like another pure white blade superimposed with the Vengeful Bite, intermingling light and shadow.
Ethereal Blade.
Since advancing to a Negative Power User, Bologue had long wanted to try this Ethereal Skill, but he hadn’t trained for long. No matter how deeply he understood Ether affinity or how precise his operation was, it was only barely an imitation.
The Ethereal Blade Bologue used now was not complete or substantive. Instead, it needed to extend through the Vengeful Bite as a medium. It sounds superfluous but the superimposed Ethereal Blade undoubtedly further increased the lethality of the Vengeful Bite.
"Just a Negative Power User!"
A deep, hoarse voice echoed from beneath the Silver Knight’s armor. It swung its lance with all its might, striking towards Bologue, but Bologue was faster.
Under the control of the Overlord, the dominated object inevitably suffers from transmission decay and delay. Meanwhile, with the extreme Ethereal Amplification, Bologue’s speed was as fast as lightning, not to mention the countless serpents biting at the Silver Knight’s body, restricting its movement.
One spike after another rose from the ground, once again hindering the Silver Knight’s strike. All of this was merely to gain a few seconds, so that Bologue’s attack would land first.
Bologue succeeded.
"Revenge from the Time Chaos!"
Bologue shouted, a mix of dark and blazing white grievances forming a bizarre gray. The slender lines overlapped with the Silver Knight’s armor, and then a dazzling Ethereal Radiance burst forth.
Two forces of Ether clashed, reaching a peak of Ethereal Mutual Exclusion. Then Bologue’s power showed an overwhelming advantage, with each thread of Ether being highly aggressive, like a mad plunderer, resisting the exclusion and penetrating the defenses.
Collapse, defeat.
The grievances irresistibly cleaved through the Ether flow and the Ethereal Exclusion, cutting through the heavy armor as well.
The power of Infinite Sharpness manifested at this moment. Bologue precisely pierced through the Alchemy Puppet’s Ethereal Exclusion, tearing large sections of metal from the Silver Knight’s chest with brutal, fierce grievances.
The Silver Knight’s entire chest cavity seemed to have been pierced through by Bologue, its intricate mechanical structure exposed, with solidified Ether leaking like oil or blood into the air, evaporating before it hit the ground.
Bologue was not smug about severely damaging the Silver Knight. After all, he was only fighting a dominated object, and the advantage lay in the combination of Secret Energy, grievances, and Infinite Sharpness.
Similarly, Bologue did not think himself vastly inferior to the Third Seat, who grew in an era long before him. Though a Defender, with the Alchemy Matrix he bore, compared to present times, he was undoubtedly an old relic.
"Come again!"
Bologue challenged the Silver Knight. In the brief confrontation, he pondered many things, like the possibility that Church had not been captured and was still executing his mission.
For some unknown reason, the King’s Shield Guard discovered Bologue’s intrusion. Thus, adapting to circumstances, Bologue would draw everyone’s attention until Church completed his mission and then find a way to fight his way out. Bologue excelled at such tasks.
"Alright, let’s do it this way."
Bologue muttered to himself internally, then Ether surged violently. Secret Energy quickly expanded to its limit, vaguely showing numerous Light Forged trajectories, spreading over every inch of surrounding land.
"I order you..."
Bologue took a few steps back, widening the distance between himself and the Silver Knight, as Ethereal Radiance gathered into pure blazing white in his eyes.
"Collapse!"
The Monarch issued a decree. After a slight delay, the surrounding area began to quake violently with countless cracks emerging throughout the structures. Under Bologue’s invasion, the Void Realm enveloping the Fog Abyss Fortress wailed in agony, struggling to maintain its integrity against the Tyrant’s ravages.
The rocky ceiling shattered completely, with massive stones falling from above, crushing sculptures one after another as if an earthquake was sweeping through, attempting to drag everything into destruction.
Amid the apocalyptic collapse, Bologue raised his hand high, Ethereal Radiance converging upon him. It was so dazzling, like the sole beacon in a stormy night.
In the prelude to destruction, Bologue sighed.
Like a fatal knot of destiny.
Sixty-nine years ago, Bologue had walked upon the ruins of this fortress. Sixty-nine years later, he would again push it to the brink of destruction.
This should have been done long ago.
