Chapter 168: Operation Broken Sword (Part 2)
For Demon King Kima, who was wholeheartedly controlling “Demon King Kima,” it was almost like personally entering the battle.
Filled with hatred, she was facing the Eternal Chosen Marus head-on.
In her eyes, the full-powered strike of the Eternal Chosen Marus was roughly comparable to the sword that George had used to kill her, a sword that also came with a PTSD bonus.
The entire world and space seemed to split in two under this sword.
Although Kima wielded a “branch axe spear,” which was much longer than the one-handed sword in Eternal Chosen Marus’s hand, when Marus rode on horseback, with his crown turning black, and brought down his sword, Kima immediately felt a phantom pain in her flesh as an invisible blade pierced through her body.
As the two passed each other, Kima’s “branch axe spear” directly impaled the galloping steed, piercing through its skull—a poor demon horse, with its head crushed like a stepped-on potato chip.
Eternal Chosen Marus fell from his horse, landing firmly on the ground.
Behind him, Kima continued to manipulate the body of “Demon King Kima,” standing firm and not falling, but also not moving.
The white bone armor on her body showed no signs of damage or cracks, yet blood flowed out from the joints of her armor at her armpits, neck, and backside.
Kima could sense that the body of “Demon King Kima” had indeed been cleaved in two. The sword of Eternal Chosen Marus passed through her axe spear and armor, seeming to cut through a shadow; neither her axe spear nor her armor had sustained any damage.
However, the sword of Eternal Chosen Marus was still able to strike at the flesh wrapped in her armor.
Spatial Slash!
Kima guessed the situation instantly, as she had ample experience. This was an attack capable of bypassing armor, shields, long swords, and such defenses; saying it passed through was an understatement—it should be said that it circumvented.
In the face of a Spatial Slash, all armor, shields, intangible protections, and dragon scales… were useless, all of them could be bypassed. Even if you were an ancient dragon, possessing extraordinary magical prowess with resilient scales and surrounded by a myriad of protective spells, this Spatial Slash could still bypass all protective magic and dragon scales to sever the heart.
It was as simple as someone from a three-dimensional world piercing a heart in a painting.
So powerful. Was Marus stuck using a Spatial Slash because a portal couldn’t be opened? Otherwise, the Savior Squad would have been destroyed long ago.
In her thoughts, a sharp pain surged from her wounds as an explosion occurred within her body and armor, blood spraying from all the joints of her armor due to the shockwave, splattering up to ten meters away.
“You are free now.”
Eternal Chosen Marus, feeling satisfied, considered killing him the highest tribute to an old rival. His opponent’s performance was commendable, completely unlike a puppet subdued by mind control; their movements were not sluggish at all, making it seem like the Demon King Kima had returned.
He must have longed for a glorious death and momentarily seized control of his body.
Truly, what a tenacious warrior he was.
Eternal Chosen Marus straightened up. “Not dead?”
At this moment, the Chaos Blades charged without hesitation toward their former master, the commander who once led them to fame in the demon realm.
Among them, the deputy of the Chaos Blades took the lead, wielding a crescent blade, slicing a deadly arc toward the bald head of the Demon King Kima.
The Demon King Kima moved.
“Boom!”
Sparks flew as the crimson crescent blade was deflected to the side, and the tip of the axe spear jabbed toward the deputy’s chest. His thick red armor surpassed that of an ordinary person, blessed by demons, rendering normal weapons and even regular magical weapons useless against it.
However, with overwhelming force, the “branch axe spear” pierced through his chest as if passing through a piece of paper.
The Demon King Kima exerted his arms, easily lifting the deputy from the galloping horse as if he were a child.
The “Chaos Blade” knights on either side took the opportunity to stab at the Demon King Kima, but the Demon King Kima swung the deputy around in a half-circle, crashing him directly into an armored demon horse, knocking it to the ground.
The deputy, stuck on the axe spear, drew his knight’s sword from his waist and swung it desperately, but unable to reach Kima, he merely struck the spear handle and sparked a shower of flames.
“Can you kill me?”
The Demon King Kima roared in anger, brandishing the axe spear with the deputy as a shield, continually charging forward and thrusting. He relied on his immense power and battlefield experience to parry the most threatening attacks, directly absorbing the rest with his armor.
He actually cleaved through the iron flow of the Chaos Blades, which had just torn apart the four lines of the Kistriv Expeditionary Force.
After slicing through the “Chaos Blades,”
The fallen Chaos Blades immediately drew their knight swords or hefted their giant axes, surrounding him.
The Demon King Kima disregarded them, stepping on the deputy’s head, pulling out the branch axe spear, with a bloodthirsty “Sharp Fang and Long Tongue” embedded in the flesh, refusing to come out. The Demon King Kima violently yanked out the Sharp Fang and Long Tongue, kicking the deputy’s helmet aside.
He wanted to relish the despair on his face before death.
Yet the deputy revealed a different expression, saying, “Kima has returned!”
As soon as the words fell, the Demon King Kima stomped with all his force, crushing his head.
Nearby, the Chaos Blade rushed over with their swords drawn.
A voice roared, “I’m coming!”
Eternal Chosen Marus crashed into and knocked down the Chaos Blade knights, swinging his sword toward the Demon King Kima. His crown darkened, and the sword moved like a phantom.
Yet another Spatial Slash.
The Demon King Kima could neither defend nor entangle the sword, only evade or counterattack. However, the attack range of Eternal Chosen Marus’s sword was not as formidable as it seemed; it was quite manageable.
An axe struck across the arm of Eternal Chosen Marus.
“Nice,” Eternal Chosen Marus had already anticipated the outcome, his voice flat: “I thought one sword would kill you.”
Rage burned red in his eyes.
The Demon King Kima, despite his injuries, hooked Eternal Chosen Marus’s shield with an axe, an opportunity for Marus to thrust forward, with the Demon King Kima abandoning the “branch axe spear” in close combat, crashing into and forcefully slamming Eternal Chosen Marus to the ground.
Yet the crimson sword pierced through his heart, protruding from his back.
The Demon King Kima, unfazed, threw a punch, knocking Eternal Chosen Marus’s iron head off course, shards of bone armor scattering in all directions. Originally intending to smash the third eye on his forehead, the Stone of Mor.
But Eternal Chosen Marus quickly reacted, turning his head to avoid it.
The sword exploded.
The back of the Demon King Kima burst open, blood and flesh engulfing bone fragments, resulting in a gaping wound.
Eternal Chosen Marus pushed the Demon King Kima away and immediately stood up, using his sword to block the Holy Slash that came from behind.
It was George.
He shouted, “You can’t escape!”
The holy banner had been raised, and the Chaos Blades had no chance to escape for the moment, while a large number of Wing Knights were closing in.
“Then I’ll kill you.”
Eternal Chosen Marus attempted to use Spatial Slash, but his magical power was insufficient, compounded by the frequent use of the “Eye of Mor” to predict the future, the aftereffects began to surface, making it difficult to distinguish between the present and the future.
In their fierce battle, George momentarily held his ground, and it appeared they were evenly matched.
In this moment of battle, the Demon King Kima couldn’t see clearly, kneeling back on the ground, blood flowing from the gaping wound in his back along with fragments of internal organs.
The blurred vision along with an abundance of rage expelled blood and flesh from the astounding wound.
His power was overwhelming, ten times stronger than before; why were there so many monsters in this world? With the Spatial Slash manifested, he had already failed too quickly and didn’t want to continue fighting.
The Demon King Kima slowly began to close his eyes.
In the blur, he saw a Chaos Blade knight clad in blood armor, raising his sword to strike at the bald head, offering it to Eternal Chosen Marus.
The crimson sword swung down.
A brief moment of distraction and Kima realized it was himself, acting as the “arcane conductor” in mid-air, with a flying lance coming to strike.
He hurriedly dodged, seeing hundreds of meters away, Blood Dragon Knight Duncan riding a swaying zombie dragon, charging toward him with many lances in hand.
All of them were used by the Wing Knights.
