Chapter 694
Historically, the left side loses in a beam struggle.
A gigantic spear of light, as brilliant as the midday sun, descended from the sky like divine punishment. It accelerated downwards like a rocket, its radiance intensifying, its volume expanding, and the intricate runes upon it growing more brilliant with each passing moment. By the time it reached its destination, it had already undergone two evolutions. Its tail flame was a jagged, forked light, making it resemble a tree composed purely of radiance—its immense volume was like a colossal tree falling from the heavens!
However, the Eternal Pope merely looked up at The Perfect Man·Bram with a solemn expression, showing no significant reaction. She raised her hand, and the rainbow-colored light disc beneath her decomposed again into nine concentric rings, floating like springs and enveloping everyone outside. Then, these nine arrays of light suddenly flew out and reassembled in the air. A gigantic, golden-yellow array, tilted upwards, had four smaller arrays—red, white, green, and yellow—floating to its left, right, top, and bottom. Four beams of light shot into the massive array. After a brief period of focus, a pillar of bright golden radiance was instantly unleashed! Its diameter alone exceeded twenty meters—less a spear, more a pillar propping up the sky! This bright golden radiance erupted from the ground with the might to crush all!
Aside from the enhancement buffs the Eternal Pope had just applied, all other powers in the air were equally smoothed and disintegrated by the power of equilibrium. The runes on the shrine’s walls extinguished one by one, and the ice-cold flames quietly plastered on the corners extinguished in large swathes. Like a massive blackout in a modern city, all extraordinary powers centered around their battle, and everything around them was annihilated by the destructive power of equilibrium!
After a momentary delay, the light spear and the light pillar collided fiercely! This was undoubtedly—a clash of powers from the Sixth Tier. Any power below the Sixth Tier couldn’t even approach the blinding light of equilibrium that dispersed all extraordinary powers; it was suppressed from a great distance. But even among the Sixth Tier, there were vast differences! The tempestuous wind that seemed capable of tearing everything apart surged unilaterally towards the sky. The light pillar merely ascended slower, while the glorious and majestic light spear shattered and disintegrated piece by piece. Even though it continued to regenerate… at this rate of continuous bombardment, the light pillar would completely engulf the light spear in less than ten seconds!
Just then. The Perfect Man·Bram, high in the sky, spread his arms to the sides, and golden, cross-shaped radiance appeared behind him. As he closed his arms, two curved, gigantic blades of light sliced downwards from the left and right! The blades encountered no resistance, easily slicing through the walls of the Crown Lord’s shrine that had previously bound him—but as they approached the light pillar from the left and right, they visibly shrank at an astonishing speed. The blades, which could have easily sliced through kilometers if they had landed on the ground, had shrunk to just over ten meters by the time they truly reached the light pillar. They struck the pillar, but instead of cutting it, they completely disintegrated themselves.
However, this strike resonated like a bell—with a ringing sound that shook heaven and earth, the oscillating light pillar unleashed invisible ripples that spread in all directions! The Eternal Pope frowned slightly, and with a thought, four concentric rings detached and flew outwards. They landed on the ground in the four cardinal directions, and four pillars of light shot up, instantly establishing a sturdy barrier. The invisible ripples, capable of destroying everything, were easily blocked by the barrier. Meanwhile, the light cannon fired by the Eternal Pope had shrunk to a quarter of its original size—the light pillar, originally twenty meters in diameter, now only had a diameter of four to five meters. Although still immense, its boundaries could be clearly seen by looking up. As it suddenly shrank, the disintegration speed of the relentless, regenerating, and downward-pressing light spear noticeably slowed.
Eivass’s eyes widened slightly. He had seen this scene before—this was indeed The Perfect Man who was locked in a beam struggle with the Eternal Pope in that CG from the dungeon! However, the Eternal Pope at that time did not have such a frail and petite body… She was much taller then, and her entire body was withered and stiff. Her brownish-red skin made her look almost completely transformed into a treant, making her extremely ugly. And the light of equilibrium she summoned was nowhere near as thick as it was now. At that time, the Eternal Pope’s first beam struggle was on par with the ultimate skill “Heavenly Light Spear.” When those two “Moon Ring Blades” flew past, the light of equilibrium was cut in half, forcing her to urgently switch from offense to defense. At the time, seeing the Eternal Pope sweating profusely, Eivass had thought The Perfect Man was too powerful. But looking at it now… it was likely because the Eternal Pope’s condition was much worse back then. Now, the Eternal Pope, merely deploying an avatar, was enough to gain the upper hand in the battle against The Perfect Man—she even had the spare capacity to protect the surrounding sinners and buildings from collateral damage!
Eivass’s heart stirred: “If I remember correctly…” The Perfect Man’s weakness should be fire! Just as flames illuminate the night and drive away beasts—the power of the River of Creation could not create beings that did not fear scorching flames. Whether it was children of the moon, werewolves, yokai, or monsters, or even humans and trolls, all feared fire. Even the trolls’ terrifying regenerative abilities were suppressed by flames… while giants, the prototypes of trolls, did not have this weakness. Dragons with resistance to fire came from the Adaptation Path, demons from the Transcendence Path… Sea monsters belonged to the Twilight Path, or rather, the Taboo Path. Just as players jokingly say, “fluffiness makes one weak to fire”… generally speaking, the more ferocious the monster, the more it fears fire. And as a pure “Seed of Creation,” The Perfect Man also could not overcome this weakness. Eivass’s earlier reluctance to let the Butterfly of Sinful Flames fight was mainly because the giant tree was also weak to fire. Fire damage could easily spread to nearby areas… But now, doesn’t the Eternal Pope stand on the battlefield? In that case…
“Butterfly of Sinful Flames—” Eivass loudly called the name of the Beast of Sin: “Leah, guide the flame stream!” As Eivass’s thought moved, the flame butterfly that flew up from his shoulder merged into the vortex of flames. In the next moment, the vortex of flames suddenly expanded, transforming into four gradient-colored red and black butterfly wings. The edges of the wings were like black ash, and there were golden-red cracking patterns on the wings. Leah, the Butterfly of Sinful Flames, whose height was close to Eivass, had ankle-length hair with black and red highlights. Her eyes, with black as the base and dark red irises, slowly opened, conjuring images of insects, while her hands were simultaneously raised high. Golden-red flames instantly gathered into a beam and shot towards the sky! The air was pierced by the concentrated flame, emitting ring-like airwaves. Eivass’s hair fluttered in these airwaves.
The Honey Badger beside him watched in utter shock. Such immense power… This was incomparably pure, a devoted power from the Fifth Tier, even possessing divine qualities! …Could Eivass truly not be a scholar of moonlight? But he seemed to know something about the children of the moon—he knew The Perfect Man feared fire, otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to launch such an attack. Even the Eternal Pope didn’t seem to know! The Perfect Man clearly showed hesitation at this attack. He subconsciously wanted to flap his wings and dodge, but he felt as if something inside his body was controlling him, causing him to freeze—by the time he regained control of his body, it was too late to dodge. The Perfect Man·Bram only had time to protect his body with the pure white wings behind him. This was a defensive method very close to that of a Night Demon! But under the scorching of the flames, his white wings gradually began to burn! The Perfect Man quickly realized that his weakness was actually fire—but after the flame stream had finished charging, it also suddenly doubled in thickness, transforming from golden red to white gold.
“Ugh—!” The intense pain made him grunt. A hint of disbelief flickered in Bram’s eyes—why could that Eivass harm me? I am a Sixth Tier, a demigod who walks freely in the Material Realm! Wasn’t it said that the extraordinary powers of the Material Realm were ineffective against me? He subconsciously followed the fear that surfaced in his heart and began to call out that name inwardly: “My Holy Lord, what should I do now!”
[Blast through] A mechanical and glorious voice sounded: [Do not confront the Eternal Pope head-on, try to see what other abilities you still have first]
“Try… huh?” The Perfect Man·Bram hesitated.
[Use them all once—or should Loki come?]
“No, I can do it, my divine Master—” Bram refused “Eivass’s” suggestion without hesitation. He would never forgive Loki! That scoundrel who deceived him and occupied his body! Now that he had the chance to reclaim his body, he would prove that he was stronger than him!
(End of this chapter)
