I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 752

Chapter 208 Eternal Darkness (Part 2)
The End Sword Blade pierced the starry sky. In an instant, light and darkness fell silent, as if everything had solidified into eternity.
Only a flash of radiant light, stirred by the sword edge, cut through the entire silence.
—BOOM!!
Darkness was torn to shreds, as even the starry sky was shattered by the cleaving sword light.
“Ig, you have truly sensed the essence of this starry sky.”
Alcoria emerged amidst the collapsing light, his body being annihilated by the dazzling sword light, dark ripples surging. The collapse of laws released an indescribable form, twisting his body in unimaginable ways.
Even a momentary distortion of light conveyed unimaginable pain, yet the swordsman’s expression showed no trace of it. He even seemed to sense a hint of praise.
The dark sword edge was dragged by the swordsman, endless time of the starry sky lingering upon it, as if solidified. In Ig’s eyes, it formed a giant sword burning with darkness.
“However, merely perceiving the essence… it won’t be of much use. Ig, the sword technique you use, does it originate from this very same dark starry sky!”
The greatsword surged, a terrifying wave like a tsunami sweeping over them. The End Sword Blade was drawn, and a brilliant sword light cut through the river of stars.
The slender sword edge, however, had its radiance completely contained, appearing as nothing more than a pure blade. In the next instant, it clashed with the black greatsword, erupting with terrifying ripples that shattered the river of stars.
The annihilating fluctuations spread through mid-air. Ig merely grunted, and was then separated by the End Sword Blade, the bright sword cleaving through the darkness!
Ig did not refute Alcoria’s words. Beneath the darkness, the legendary swordsman wielded a brilliant and profound sword technique, resonating within the river of stars, clearly reflected in his eyes.
But it wasn’t a mere imitation, rather, an imprint of Alcoria wielding his sword technique within the dark starry sky.
“Truth… Rieloti’s power?”
Ig suddenly let out a laugh, his hand gripping the sword edge.
The End Sword Blade was drawn in his hand, its brilliant sword light tearing apart the dense darkness.
With a sudden thrust of his long sword, the swirling black tide instantly collapsed and disintegrated at his side. Even the pitch-black greatsword blocking his path shattered into countless stardust, devoured by a faint glow.
And the End Sword Blade pointed directly at Alcoria’s gloom-shrouded body!
Moreover, just as Alcoria had said…
This dark starry sky was shrouded in desolation and destruction. The power of the Star God devoured filth and decay. In a dimension beyond time, an existence too magnificent to behold directly had constructed the starry sky, becoming the master of destruction.
However, the true starry sky of Dithax was severed by the light of the Sacred Sword twenty years ago, even sealing Him on the back of the world. The starry sky being faced now was merely the dark memory originating from Dithax.
“Even if it’s just a memory… it comes from a ruler close to eternity, enough to manifest His power.”
Alcoria uttered. His entire body was annihilated by the radiance. The power of destruction swallowed him, resembling a collapsing dark night, yet he seemed utterly unconcerned.
Facing the End Sword Blade descending upon him, the dark swordsman raised his right hand. Suddenly, the swirling gloom disintegrated and dispersed, reforming into the colossal blade of the black sword, blocking Ig’s attack.
The dark colors expanded within the swordsman’s body. His legs and torso exploded into fragments. The entire dim night, like an oceanic river of stars, danced with the swordsman’s raised arm.
Ig’s gaze narrowed. Behind the black greatsword lay an endless darkness!
Alcoria’s laughter spread through the surging darkness.
“This is the power of the Star God of Destruction, Dithax!”
BOOM!!
The dark night collided with the End Sword Blade. Ig was flung to the edge of space, an infinite darkness, like the monstrous maw of a beast, devouring the entire world.
Ig supported himself and got up, his right hand pressing the End Sword Blade tightly. His raised eyes glowed with a sapphire hue.
Brilliant Star Qi erupted in a tempest, followed by a desolate and dim sword strike.
—Sunset, Sword of Ultimate Silence!
The sword light followed Ig’s movements as he slashed downwards, carving a terrifying arc that tore through and severed the oncoming dark starry sky.
“Loth’s former sword technique… even after a hundred years, and even not wielded by her, it is still awe-inspiring.”
Alcoria’s voice echoed through the dark starry sky. The starry sky, torn and severed by the End Sword Blade, was engorged and enveloped by endless darkness.
“However, with just this single sword art, it is not enough for you to sever this starry sky. You must have more—”
Alcoria’s words lingered in his ears, as if the dark swordsman was before him.
Ig raised his head, the endless dim starry sky unfolding before his eyes.
It was like eternal darkness.
Ig’s palm rested on the End Sword Blade. The sword art bestowed by Verafia, after the Sword of Sunset, would be the End Sword Blade.
Brilliant sword light coiled around the blade, as if ready to sever the eternal darkness of the starry sky with his next swing.
He had even prepared the imprint of the Sacred Sword.
But Ig’s movement suddenly stalled.
In the next moment, the endless starry sky swallowed the world, engulfing Ig.
It was like a dim, abyssal ocean, immersed in icy water. Eternal darkness assaulted his soul.
A hint of sapphire, as if flickering in eternal silence.
Suddenly, it was as if a colossal sword had slashed through the entire abyssal ocean, churning up torrents, and the dim seawater was cleaved and parted.
The Origin of Darkness disintegrated around him. Ig stood at the point where the sea had cracked. Before him lay the dark starry sky carrying Dithax’s memory. With the End Sword Blade in hand, and with a sweeping motion, it poured into the infinite eternal darkness!
“Dithax is the master of the starry sky. He originates from the abyss within the starry sky… after destruction and desolation, comes eternal darkness.”
A calm voice, laced with a smile, was heard. The sword edge slashed, the starry sky collapsed. Alcoria’s limbs and body had already been consumed by darkness, and at this moment, he was also struck by the End Sword Blade.
The End Sword Blade that struck Alcoria was not a brilliant and gorgeous sword light, nor was it the radiant Sacred Sword. In Ig’s hands, the End Sword Blade was shrouded in darkness, identical to the collapsing starry sky around them.
“It is neither the Sacred Sword, nor her End Sword. It seems you have imprinted Dithax’s eternal darkness… even if it’s just a memory, it will be of assistance to you.”
Ig raised his head, meeting the gaze of the smiling, mysterious swordsman. His body was on the verge of collapsing and disintegrating. The darkness-shrouded End Sword Blade pierced his heart.
“Alcoria, what exactly do you intend to do?”
This dependent of the Star God, this dark swordsman, had blocked him from ascending to the Frost God’s throne, even using the power of the deity to construct the dark starry sky from Dithax’s memory… yet Alcoria showed no signs of intending to kill him.