Chapter: Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
This roar was not even clearly heard by the three Old Ones’ Incarnations.
Because the sword light was faster than the sound!
The pitch-black sword slash, carrying endless death will, exploded through the void. It broke through the superheated air, turning everything in its path into nothingness, leaving only pure destruction.
This sword strike was like a hurricane destroying a fortress, carrying an unstoppable momentum. It was also like a meteor falling from the sky. A mere glance made it difficult to resist, filling the heart with spreading despair.
The air turned to frost, and the oxygen froze into a solid state.
Facing this destructive sword strike, the three Old Ones did not dodge or evade, but scoffed.
Bar-Gathoth let out a cold snort. All the mouths on its fleshy wall opened to their maximum. Before the pitch-black sword slash could reach it, they took a deep breath, causing the fleshy wall to swell instantly. Then, they let out a piercing shriek. The semi-transparent sound waves, like ripples on water, spread through the air and the surroundings. The Old Ones’ Retainers caught by the sound waves were instantly crushed into a pool of minced meat. When the sound wave touched the black sword slash, the extremely fast sword strike seemed to be put on slow motion. The sound wave was also dissolved by the sword slash, but the sound waves were continuous, and the sword slash was gradually disintegrated by the wave-like, successive sound waves.
Bar-Gathoth had no compassion for its subordinates. Under the indiscriminate attack of the sound waves, the other two Old Ones’ Incarnations moved slightly further away. The area around Bar-Gathoth had already turned into a bloody, vacuum zone, with all the small monsters completely cleared out by Him.
But Bar-Gathoth did not expect this.
This sword strike was not the end.
As the sword slash dissolved, a wisp of golden stream of flame erupted from behind the pitch-black Death Divinity and gradually expanded. Within the stream of flame, the King of Winter, riding the Lion God, charged over. This time, the distance was less than 50 meters.
For Xi Wei, who was at the peak of Legendary-grade, 50 meters was almost the same as face-to-face.
“Tu, Gathoth!”
He roared.
The Lion God, in perfect sync with him, flicked its waist. The Black Knight charged like a meteor, approaching with even greater speed. This time, it was less than 20 meters. The pollution from the Old Ones’ Incarnation had already caused some deformities in the Black Knight’s armor, but he still ignored it.
Under the astonished gaze of thousands of eyes on Bar-Gathoth’s fleshy wall, accompanied by the hissing of the air, the King of Conquest Long Sword danced like a meat grinder, creating streaks of afterimages. Hundreds of swords, thousands of swords, tens of thousands of swords, endless pitch-black sword light fell like a torrential rain, completely enveloping Bar-Gathoth’s body.
Every sword strike shattered the void.
Every sword strike could rival the previous pitch-black sword slash.
It was just closer, harder to dodge, and even more deadly.
“Boom, boom, boom—”
The sword strikes landed, and the earth moaned.
For Bar-Gathoth, it was no less than being pierced by ten thousand swords. Each sword strike was comparable to a meteorite impact, creating white shockwaves that churned up shattered flesh and blood. Anything they touched immediately exploded with a roar, and the violent Death Divinity also roared and raged in the aftermath of the explosions.
All of this happened in an instant.
“Hiss, hiss, hiss—”
Amidst the fierce and dense sword cries.
Bar-Gathoth’s body was cut into minced meat.
He didn’t even have time to let out a scream before his bloated, corrupted body grew smaller and smaller.
At a certain moment.
Space seemed to be sealed.
Time seemed to be frozen.
Xi Wei stepped forward on the falling sword strikes.
“Stomp, stomp, stomp!”
Each step produced a thunderous beat.
His figure turned into a streak of light, passing through Bar-Gathoth’s remaining body.
The final sword strike was a massive cross-shaped slash. The pitch-black death line divided Bar-Gathoth into four parts, the eyes on each part trembling. There was less composure and more panic.
After shattering Bar-Gathoth, the sword strike continued its momentum, not stopping until it had split a mountain behind it into four pieces.
Xi Wei sheathed his sword.
The sound vanished at this moment.
Bar-Gathoth also disintegrated into irregular fragments.
“This is your weakness?”
Xi Wei muttered to himself.
In his hand, covered by black armor and already deformed, he held a sphere of pitch-black substance. This sphere seemed to be entangled by liquid and viscous threads. Drops of black mucus fell, but they did not land on the ground. Instead, they were swallowed by the void.
[Chaos Origin]
The appraisal technique provided the information about the black sphere.
[The universe was born from chaos, and this is a fragment of chaos. However, it does not originate from chaos but is a crystal extracted by the Old Ones after devouring the will of countless worlds. It contains immense chaotic power, but it is not recommended for the host…]
“In other words, to be fearless of the Old Ones’ pollution and truly possess the power to kill the Old Ones, I must fuse with this Chaos Origin?”
Xi Wei’s voice was cold as he interrupted the system.
[Uh… that can be understood, but there is no basis for reference, as no one has ever done this. Devouring the Chaos Origin may carry unknown risks…]
“But this might be an opportunity!”
Xi Wei was exhausted. He had no strength left to fight the other two Old Ones’ Incarnations. He immediately intended to stuff the Chaos Origin into his mouth.
[… ]
“No! No, no, no—!”
On the ground behind Xi Wei, countless pieces of minced meat trembled violently. Some of the relatively intact mouths let out ear-piercing wails.
“Damn it… Gatanothoa, Soggoth, are you just going to watch this person devour my Chaos Origin?”
The fiery worm and the silver-grey giant remained indifferent. They even let out piercing, high-pitched laughter, endless gibberish rippling around them. Even the air twisted into mocking faces.
The Old Ones were not united internally.
They only gathered together because they had a common goal.
Normally, there were always constant frictions and wars between them, and they plundered each other’s Chaos Origin. For the Old Ones, this was another way to become stronger.
Now that Bar-Gathoth’s Incarnation’s Chaos Origin was stolen, his main body would inevitably be weakened. They had long disliked Bar-Gathoth’s dominance. Moreover, whether Bar-Gathoth’s Incarnation lived or died would not affect the core of the plan.
Under Bar-Gathoth’s despairing gaze.
Xi Wei had ingested the Chaos Origin. Then, an untamable, terrifying power exploded within his body, even causing his body to transform into all sorts of strange shapes, like an inflated balloon being constantly kneaded.
“Do you think anyone can freely devour the Chaos Origin? Keke!”
Bar-Gathoth’s Incarnation, having lost its Chaos Origin, began to disintegrate. His voice grew weaker, but he still uttered a venomous curse.
“Eat it! Devour it!
You will regret it, and sooner or later, you will become one of us!
Keke…”
The sinister laughter abruptly stopped.
Bar-Gathoth vanished completely.
Along with his pollution and retainers.
The fiery worm indifferently watched the Black Knight rolling on the ground in agony, twisting its body and letting out joyful hisses. Devour the Chaos Origin? A human who didn’t even have a Godhead would only be devoured by chaos!
This was for the best. As the King of Winter gradually became chaotic, he would inevitably fuel the entire plan.
He glanced at the silver-grey giant in the sky and his body gradually faded and disappeared in the flames.
The silver-grey giant did not linger for long. When he saw that the King of Winter had been completely covered by the Chaos Origin and transformed into a black, unidentifiable humanoid object, he too silently and slowly disappeared.
On the devastated ground.
Only the Black Knight was left groaning in pain.
