Returning to the Mysterious Era-Chapter 684 - Because I Practice Three Fists Simultaneously
"Annihilation Disaster?" In the pitch-black cave, Cassius's gaze sharpened.
"Yes, it is a new Ultimate Dark Form!" Blood Vulture Dominator Fist's figure flickered, brightening and dimming. He relayed all the information he knew at the fastest speed.
Calamity's invasion of the surface world could be traced all the way back to ancient times. Thanks to many ancient Holy Fists who fought the Ultimate Dark Forms in the World of Calamity, a precarious balance had been maintained. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
However, roughly two hundred years ago, just before the fall of the Hongli Empire, the balance had been broken. The origins of calamity had increased the calamity concentration across the World of Calamity to a critical point, triggering the first massive calamity tide. Xiadu's true body had broken free of a Gate of Heaven's seal, and the standoff between Holy Fists and Ultimate Dark Forms tipped toward the dark creatures. As such, the calamity concentration continued to soar wildly over the years.
When the calamity concentration reached a certain level again, the concept of annihilation manifested and was born in the Silent Rain Zone. It became the third ultimate existence on the calamity side after the Totem King Kasseres and the True Progenitor of Blood, Yumila!
That had happened around seventy to eighty years ago, precisely when Blood Vulture Dominator Fist and the Totem King Kasseres had fought a life-and-death battle, resulting in grievous wounds on both sides.
Indeed, Blood Vulture Dominator Fist had not been completely suppressed and defeated by the Totem King. Though their strengths had waxed and waned, every battle had unexpected variables. Blood Vulture Dominator Fist could absolutely be called the most battle-hardened madman in the entire World of Calamity. In that final moment of his life and death gamble with the Totem King, he had forcibly carved a path to survival, achieving the theoretical best outcome. The Totem King Kasseres had been heavily injured, while he himself had been reduced to a near-death remnant Will. This was already a miracle!
At that time, both sides were badly hurt, so Blood Vulture Dominator Fist had fled to the vicinity of the Silent Rain Zone. There, he had been attacked by the newly born Ultimate Dark Form, Annihilation Disaster. Annihilation Disaster had only recently been born then so its strength was not yet at its peak. Moreover, Blood Vulture Dominator Fist had remained extremely vigilant after the great battle and sensed it instantly, thus escaping successfully.
However, a violent clash in a remnant state had still worsened his condition. He used a formidable Secret Technique to feign a distant escape, but in truth his extreme weakness could no longer sustain such flight. The receding rainbow was merely to draw off Annihilation Disaster.
His remnant Will had silently slipped into a valley and hid in a cave deep underground. He had then retracted his aura to the utmost, entering a fake-death state. The duped Annihilation Disaster would surely return to check and realize Blood Vulture Dominator Fist's frailty. Thus, at this very moment, the border between the Pitch Black Mountains and the Silent Rain Zone would inevitably be patrolled by Annihilation Disaster.
The commotion of Cassius rushing across the Pitch Black Mountains had likely already alarmed it. Now, after seventy or eighty years, Annihilation Disaster had most likely fully adapted to its strength and stepped into the ranks of the top ten Ultimate Dark Forms.
Such a terrifying opponent rivaled the Totem King. Even humanity's ordinary Holy Fists could not contend with it. It had only the three Southern Dipper Holy Fists as equals. But Blood Vulture Dominator Fist had only a remnant Will left and could barely protect himself. White Bird Holy Fist had burned out and fallen, while Sonic Snake Ultimate Fist and Yumila were entangled in a bizarre stalemate.
How could Annihilation Disaster be stopped? Who could stop it?
Therefore, Blood Vulture Dominator Fist urged this Southern Dipper heir, who had somehow found him, to run before he was also implicated! He had only a remnant Will left. His life was like a dying candle and not worth rescuing.
However, this newly arisen Southern Dipper heir was of great significance. A Southern Dipper cultivator who had reached the realm of Holy Fist had a boundless future. He could become a future pillar of humanity. Such a talent should not be wasted trying to rescue a dying old man!
In the black cave, Blood Vulture Dominator Fist's Will surged.
"Run, now!!!"
On his blurred face, dissolving to the point that his expression was unreadable, a strong ripple of anxiety showed. "Boy, you absolutely must not die at the hands of Annihilation Disaster!"
Opposite him, Cassius's burly silhouette stood in the shadows, like a cold, unyielding, terrifying statue. He chuckled faintly, a cruel dominance gleaming beneath his flat eyes.
"Old man, don't underestimate me... Why can't it be Annihilation Disaster that dies by my hand?"
At the same time, outside the valley, gray rain whipped the surface of the World of Calamity, occasionally forming hazy whirlwinds. The whirlwinds continually formed and vanished, lasting no more than a few seconds.
Suddenly, two huge whirlwinds appeared in midair and remained quietly, devouring the surrounding rain. The whirlwinds grew larger and deeper, nearly covering half the sky.
Rumble...
On the border, a terrifying mass of black tentacle-like arms hung quietly in midair. The pale, scaled skeleton of a gigantic beast was propped up above the arms, draped in a ghostly broad cloak. Cottony black miasma billowed and drifted along the cloak's edges.
Two vast, deep vortices sank inward beneath the cloak’s hood like abyssal mouths devouring all life. If one were close enough and observed carefully, one might notice a hazy something existing within these eye-like vortices.
A pitch-black book floated in the left vortex, its surface densely pocked with ant-like white specks. In the right vortex hung a wooden staff, gnarled like old tree roots. The staff was a decayed white, riddled with holes as if eaten through by insects. It trembled, as if it would shatter at a touch.
A colossal Will surged as wind and rain howled upon the earth.
"Blood... Vulture... Dominator Fist..."
The terrifying figure wrenched itself free of the Silent Rain Zone and hung above the black mountains. A magnificent, grand aura descended instantly, enveloping the whole region like an invisible giant hand. Any who dared resist would be mercilessly erased by that hand!
This was Annihilation Disaster, top ten amongst the Ultimate Dark Forms! It was the embodied concept of annihilation, calamity made flesh after the first massive calamity tide!
Unlike the Totem King, Annihilation Disaster had not undergone millennia of attrition against Blood Vulture Dominator Fist. Its origin remained vigorous, exuding a fresh explosive force. Its perfected power truly stood at the top of the World of Calamity!
"Decades ago, you used a crude trick to escape. This time, I have fully mastered ultimate power. As long as you appear before me, no matter what means you use, there is only one end... That is, to return to annihilation!"
Woooooo~
In the sky, a sound like a steamship's whistle suddenly echoed. Annihilation Disaster's immense body swept across the sky like a slow-moving aircraft. Its black cloak skimmed the sky, and the coiled tentacles beneath grazed a mountain. The mountain turned deathly white as though all life within had been erased. A breeze blew and the whole mountain crumbled into white sand.
Rumble.
The sky quaked as Annihilation Disaster's huge body hovered directly above the valley where Blood Vulture Dominator Fist hid. A terrifying, exaggerated heavy shadow completely shrouded it.
Dong... Dong... Dong...
The enormous cloaked figure slowly bent down. The two huge eerie vortices under the hood pressed down over the valley. Their contracting spiral patterns were terrifying. It felt like hiding in a house only for a giant hand to lift the sturdy roof and then lean down grinning.
"Blood Vulture... heheh... hahahahaha! I've finally found you! You were right under my nose! I really must thank that Holy Fist who traveled so far and tirelessly to search for you! Without him, I truly wouldn't know where you had hidden... Hahaha! Hahahaha!"
Boom!!!
An unimaginably huge steel fist suddenly burst out of the valley and smashed straight into Annihilation Disaster's face!
Whoosh!
Annihilation Disaster shot into the air and blasted straight into the distance. It crashed through nearly a hundred black mountains. At last, it barely came to a stop at the edge of the zone's border. Cracks grew across its giant left vortex, threatening to spread inward.
This was an ultimate dark existence that could rival the Totem King! To inflict such damage with a single blow implied only one possibility. The owner of that steel hand also possessed perfected power!
Roar!!
Its wrathful Will rampaged, stirring the air and sending out ring upon ring of shockwaves that swept across the land. Nearby mountains were shattered by the shockwaves.
A steel existence as massive as Annihilation Disaster rose out of the valley. Its heaviness, strength, and power was even greater than Annihilation Disaster. The Golem’s savage shoulders stabbed through the clouds, and its head cast two red beams.
A deep voice rolled out from within the cold metal mask, "Thank me? If you're that grateful, then stand there and don't move. Wait quietly and pray while I crunch your bones and drink your blood!"
Fwoom!
Black flames of Qi ignited upon the Golem's body. An extreme aura of danger spread outward. In the distance, Annihilation Disaster felt inexplicably uneasy for a moment as it sensed the strange aura of the Golem.
It was unlike the clash between an Ultimate Dark Form and a Holy Fist. Rather, it felt like a herbivore encountering its carnivorous nemesis. A natural sense of suppression and predation sent chills down its spine. An ordinary Ultimate Dark Form would be greatly affected, but Annihilation Disaster felt only faint discomfort. It quickly recovered, and was pricked by anger.
Annihilation Disaster's Will burst forth like a flash flood.
"You!"
However, that raging surge was blocked before it could get very far. Cassius's Will was like an unending iron mountain range, unmoving upon impact.
"A brand new Ultimate Dark Form... A flavor I've never tasted... heheheh!" The Golem laughed perversely, its emotions growing more intense as battle neared.
Cassius had personally sampled the Totem King and the True Progenitor of Blood. But he had never savored this newly emerged one. Still, it would surely be delicious. There wasn't a single Ultimate Dark Form that tasted bad!
In the shadow behind the Golem, Blood Vulture Dominator Fist's protected phantom was somewhat dazed, unable to make sense of the situation.
Just now, he had shouted passionately for Cassius to flee quickly and not throw his life away. When Annihilation Disaster's rampant voice had shrouded the valley, Blood Vulture Dominator Fist's heart had lurched.
Before he could even erect a desperate defense to buy this new heir time to escape, the cold and silent figure before him suddenly erupted like a nuclear blast amid Annihilation Disaster's mad laughter. Terrifying light and heat had swept over everything as an ever-swelling steel giant crushed the entire valley.
Cassius, heir of the Southern Dipper, had actually thrown a punch that blasted the arrogant Annihilation Disaster away! The aura unveiled in that instant was clearly perfected power!
Blood Vulture Dominator Fist even faintly felt like the Golem's aura before him was more terrifying than Annihilation Disaster's.
"Perfected power!? You clearly haven't cultivated the Southern Dipper Red Falcon Fist to perfection! How can you..." Blood Vulture Dominator Fist looked up at the towering figure.
The Golem standing between heaven and earth slowly spread its arms as if to embrace the whole world and crush it.
"Old man! That's because... I practice three fists simultaneously!"
Rumble.
Phantoms of the Blood Vulture, the Waterbird, and the Sonic Snake descended to the ground!
Scarlet, pure white, royal purple... Three divine rays swept across heaven and earth!
