Returning to the Mysterious Era-Chapter 661 - Totem King, I Want You To Fear Me!

"This aura?!"

The three Totem Powers on the Totem King fluctuated as it felt an unprecedented threat. Directly in front of it, Blood Vulture's Dominator Fist Qi surged to a peak as the third stage of Blood Rainbow Piercing Kill condensed into an ultra-giant blood raptor that shrouded half the sky.

Yet even such an awe-inspiring might couldn't hide the sense of the danger coming from the Totem King's flank. That hair-raising feeling only intensified with every moment. It was as if a peerlessly sharp sword was slowly about to press against his spine!

It was impossible to ignore, and absolutely impossible to dismiss!

"This is... troublesome..." Totem King Kassares's Will grew solemn. It understood the coming assault would be from both his front and rear.

The Totem King raised the golden tree scepter in its hand, aiming it at the charging Golem Cassius. "Ultimate totems... White Bone Wraith, Lord of the Demon Cloud, go..."

In an instant, two of the huge totems that had been slowly slipping free of the gargantuan gargoyle exploded outward toward Cassius. A terror belonging to two ultimate totems raced toward Cassius like a sky-covering flood. The wind lashed about so fast that it blurred like a gray fog.

Dust outlined the exaggerated silhouette of armor. A gigantic figure charged in with vicious glowing gauntlets clenched tight. A black battle cloak whipped wildly at its shoulders.

"Two ultimate totems? Who can you stop with that trick?!" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

The Golem suddenly accelerated, armored feet cracking the ground into shards. Its massive body vanished, reappearing before the ultimate totems like an encroaching black shadow.

"Underestimate your opponent, and the price will be excruciating!"

Bang!

A glowing fist split space in an instant, as the pinnacle of brute force and peerless sharpness slammed into the White Bone Wraith's shoulder. But the Wraith countered even as it was struck. Two mountain-thick, bone greatswords crossed in a lateral cut and hacked hard at the Golem's waist and belly. Gold sparks burst out with a metallic zing.

Crack...

White bone pieces spurted like a waterfall as Golem Cassius brushed past the White Bone Wraith. His black cloak was flung skyward by the wind, and two slashes appeared on the exposed silver armor at his midriff.

However, a pale-golden current of air coursed over them and the armor healed at once. The damaged area was now as smooth as ever, without the slightest trace of damage.

Behind the Golem, the White Bone Wraith totem, with only one giant arm left, propped itself up. Its left shoulder had been sliced clean through, leaving a glass-smooth cross-section. Calamity energy vented like a punctured balloon from the wound.

A limb had been lost in a single exchange!

"Your attack is soft and weak. You can't even cut my outer body armor. If I can restore it in two or three breaths... are you too weak, or am I too strong?"

The massive Golem slowly turned. Bloodthirsty red pupils glowed beneath the metal helmet.

Five thick steel fingers gripped a huge white-bone arm. He squeezed lightly and the mountain-sized bone hand collapsed, turning into powdery white snow that drifted on the wind.

"You two can't stop me at all... hehehe..."

The red light from his pupils drew two blood lines through the air as the Golem Cassius vanished from where he stood with his low, feral chuckle.

He pounced like a primordial beast that hunted all beings lunging for his prey.

"What power is this? Why do I feel like it blends the Southern Dipper Red Falcon Fist's Death's Fang Force, the Waterbird Fist's Thorn Feather Force, and the Southern Dipper Sonic Snake Fist's explosive force?

"All kinds of traits stitched together into a weapon enough to tear an Ultimate Dark Form to shreds...

"Still, though the White Bone Wraith and the Lord of the Demon Cloud won't be his match, stopping him for a short while shouldn't be a problem. As long as I endure Blood Vulture's move..."

At the moment, Totem King Kassares had half its attention on Cassius. However, it quickly steadied its mind and focused forward.

It had not been underestimating Cassius. It simply could not spare more ultimate totems to entangle him.

Blood Vulture had forsaken his mutual-destruction move, and the third stage of Blood Rainbow Piercing Kill he was using posed far too great a threat! As his longtime foe, the Totem King had to guard against it. Though he was being attacked on two sides, the rear was posing a more significant threat. This forced the Totem King to block Blood Vulture's Blood Rainbow and avoid heavy injury. Otherwise, under the joint pressure of Golem Cassius and Blood Vulture, dying was not impossible!

"It's been so long since I felt such urgency. Come, then!" Kassares's Will was as hard as iron.

Before its massive body, the three implements symbolizing the three Totem Powers—shield, armor, and scepter—burst forth with their pure, dazzling radiance together.

Gold, silver, and bronze hues swept like a tricolored divine light between heaven and earth.

All the ultimate totems surging from the Totem King's body were tinged, each randomly taking on one of the bronze, silver, or golden powers. The stronger among them took on two hues at once.

The ultimate totems manifested one by one. Their visages were demonlike and ghostly, with auras as deep as the sea and silhouettes like descending gods. They were like mighty guardians protecting the Totem King.

Roar...

Each colossal bellow felt like it could shatter clouds and rend the earth. The entirety of their aura and Qi slammed down on the foe ahead of them!

"Come, Blood Vulture! Let me see how much strength you have left after all these years!" The Totem King's grand, metallic voice swept the land.

"As you wish... Blood Rainbow Piercing Kill, Third Stage!!!"

Whooosh!!!

The large raptor upon Blood Vulture savagely beat both wings. Even the burning scarlet flames went out, and the entire blood-colored sky seemed to fold and flap!

Boom!!!!!!

A blood-red meteor erupted, forcibly carving a spiral transparent cavity into the air. Before the Totem King, a semi-transparent curved mass of compressed air formed a bowl and hovered in midair.

Though dozens of kilometers from where Blood Vulture gathered his energy, the target air compressed and warped at the instant the meteor burst!

Kreeee!!!!!!

A crimson clawprint reached out from the blood meteor. Totem King Kassares only saw a tiny red dot instantly become a savage iron-claw phantom that filled his world!

This was a Blood Rainbow Piercing Kill on both the Will and physical levels; once it pierced through, it would strike one's very origin, where even undying traits avail little.

This was why Totem King Kassares's battle preparations had been so thorough.

"Come!!!"

The golden World Tree scepter bloomed fully; strands of golden power drifted like willow fluff, gilding the sky and earth. The guardian ultimate totems unleashed their peak arts!

Bang, bang, bang, bang...

Universe-scouring attacks descended, each a proud trump card of an Ultimate Dark Form!

All those techniques howled forth to meet the blood meteor trailing a long tail-flame. Blood Vulture neither dodged nor deflected; the third stage of his Blood Rainbow was created to force its way through the strongest defenses!

It is a Will of adamant belief and a terrifying killing intent. Only with such conviction can the Blood Rainbow possess the power to penetrate all!

If you fear and dare not choose the enemy's strongest point, the might of this killing move would plummet rapidly!

"Kill!!!!!!"

A near-tangible peak killing intent radiated from the fiery meteor, forming illusory blood-red flames in the air. Blood Vulture's swinging fist overlapped perfectly with the physical and spiritual claw phantom!

Boom!

The Totem King's guardian totems smashed themselves one after another into the fiery meteor.

The terrible commotion made the black mountains quiver!

But what of it? What use were these totem guards against Blood Vulture who bore a bloodthirsty conviction to kill and dominate?

The ancient Blood Vulture had slain Ultimate Dark Forms, and been besieged by many in the past! What had he to fear? Though he had many foes, one strike felled all. He would kill until the world itself feared him!

The scarlet meteor shot through them like a red arrow! All the blocking totem phantoms were blasted aside and swept to either flank.

Some stumbled; some fell to their knees; others had a third of their upper bodies blown away; and a few disintegrated on the spot. Without the blessing of the three Totem Powers, these ultimate totems might not have had much left at all!

The scarlet rainbow broke into the golden domain, and the strands of golden energy in the air held it back like a dense web of ropes. They were spread through the air like dense tree roots.

Crack, crack, crack...

The scarlet meteor stubbornly drove on, snapping the golden filaments twining around it, and smashed into the bronze shield.

Clang!!!

Ring after ring of shockwaves swept vertically across the earth and sky. The clouds were sliced apart, revealing the dim black sky. The ground tore open, forming ravines from the impact.

Crackle...

Web-like cracks spread across and within the shield simultaneously!

At the very center of the shield, a claw-shaped hole appeared. The blood-red meteor had pierced through the shield and was now smashing into Totem King Kassares's body! The giant bronze gargoyle was clad in silver armor, protected by the Power of Silver.

Roar!!!

A cry of agony rose as the Totem King howled up at the sky. Its spirit and body, even its origin, were being shattered by Blood Vulture's third-stage Blood Rainbow!

Whoosh! The raptor phantom passed through his body and slammed into the earth.

Blood Vulture's arms looked like ceramic, covered with dense cracks. The crimson glow around him dimmed, and he seemed to age decades in an instant.

"Blood Vulture! What a domineering strike! A full quarter of my origin was destroyed, and until your Death's Fang Force is worn away, it can never recover! A little more, just a little, and the damage from your third stage Blood Rainbow would have exceeded the limit I set in my heart...

"If it were any higher, what comes next would indeed be perilous!"

The Totem King's pained Will fluctuated violently, but he did not panic. The advantage was still his. After unleashing all three stages, Blood Vulture's expenditure must be immense!

In the battle to come, so long as...

"Heh, cough, cough... You think you're safe already?"

Lying in the crater blasted in the ground, Blood Vulture coughed and laughed as if some hidden, perilous trap card had been activated.

"What do you mean? You... huh!? The White Bone Wraith and..."

The Totem King clenched the golden scepter, energy amassing again, as he tried to turn in the direction he had neglected.

"Kassares, I told you. I'll make you feel pain to the marrow! You'll remember me vividly! Hahahah..."

A wild laugh rang out behind the Totem King!

A colossus phantom appeared right behind Kassares. He was sheathed head to toe in heavy yet exquisite silver armor. Demonic flame burned with a baleful chill along its edges.

A broad black cloak fluttered behind him as he clenched a fist sheathed in the Thorn Sonic Death Armament! In the distance, dozens of peaks had collapsed. The ultimate totems, the White Bone Wraith and the Lord of the Demon Cloud, were kneeling, head lowered and utterly silent. One even had its limbs hewn off, like a post nailed into the earth.

"When demonic thoughts run rampant, only killing can cure!"

The Golem did not hesitate for a moment as it closed in to grapple with the Totem King! It was the most terrifying war machine. It was once the king of flesh and now, the strongest fist grasped the sharpest weapon!

From here, there can be only one outcome!

"Totem King, take my punch! Aaaaah!!!!!!"

Blood spattered from his shoulder, and the heavy armor along Cassius's entire right arm splintered as he threw a punch with all the strength he had.

For a moment, everything in the world lost color and turned gray-white. Only a thick bloody arm coiled with terrifying muscle remained. It was a symbol of power at its peak! The fist blazed with phosphorescence, carrying a wave that destroyed all!

Boom!!!

The glowing fist smashed square into Totem King Kassares's chest.

Straight into its core!

"Aaaahhhhh!!!" A colossal howl exploded.

Cassius's fist drove through the Totem King's body. When the phosphorescent iron fist emerged from its back, it sent a vast fan of force spraying behind it.

"Feel the pain! The world is real because of pain!"

"Only what's etched into the bones can breed despair and fear!"

"Totem King Kassares, I want you... to fear me!!!"