Chapter 158: God King Bloodshed! Tyrannical Shattering of the Sky!
As an alternate dimension where spirit transcends flesh, the Underworld can manifest anything fantastical from the real world.
For example—the colossal, muscular, and overwhelmingly powerful giant currently standing before Arthur!
The unkempt God King wore only crude cloth and leather mixed armor to protect his vital points, his tattered cloak flapped, and every wisp of air it stirred carried the weight of divine punishment!
He lowered his gaze, his eyes overflowing with murderous divine radiance, intent on utterly crushing the tiny human before him!
Arthur's lips curved slightly, and a cluster of wind gathered beneath his feet, lifting his body into the air to meet the giant's gaze.
"Thank you for waiting, God King. Let the slaughter begin."
Facing this reckless provocation, Mekal bared his teeth in a cruel, ferocious grin, his voice like thunder, shaking the four fields.
"Very good! Child of the Stars, you have guts!"
"Although this old man remains here due to the entrustment of this world, to enjoy a satisfying death match is not in vain for this monotonous wait!"
"Pursuer! Exile! Become my claws and fangs!"
As his divine words echoed, wind and lightning surged in Mekal's palms, and a pair of massive, crudely textured clubs suddenly appeared, their divine radiance flashing in the air, causing space itself to tremble!
Light flowed around Arthur, and his heavy steel armor quietly materialized, his indigo cloak flaring wildly under the impact of the divine wind and lightning!
He knew the chasm-like difference between himself and the God King, so in this battle, he could only give his all!
The moment Limit Overclock was unleashed, scarlet dragon blood surged through his body, condensing into a flowing, fiery veil!
Ideal Home, unleashed! The brilliant golden halo exploded into countless translucent crystals, forming a honeycomb-like, rhomboid barrier!
He clenched his right hand, and the Holy Sword, still undergoing its transformation, was forcibly drawn, accompanied by overflowing golden flakes, its clear clang resonating!
The sudden, overwhelming sword intent scattered the divine wind and lightning, and Mekal's eyes, directly in its path, blazed with light!
At this moment, he genuinely felt a deadly threat and laughed heartily in excitement!
"Yes! Just like that!"
Before his words finished, Mekal's tough, gigantic body had already transformed into a sweeping storm, countless bolts of lightning tearing through the sky, murderous intent surging!
Arthur's eyes were cold and clear as he charged forward through the air, his figure like a dragon, weaving through the gaps between thousands of lightning bolts, the deafening roar echoing through the Underworld space!
However, just as he raised his sword to cut through the storm, the raging gale, upon touching the Holy Sword, transformed into invisible chains, tightly binding it!
"Child of the Stars, do not mistake this old man for a brute who only swings clubs! This is how the power of wind is used!"
The suddenly intensified wind pressure spun at super speed, grinding against Avalon's barrier like a millstone, creating a continuous, ear-piercing friction sound!
Feeling the drastic consumption of his magic power, Arthur's brows furrowed, the surrounding temperature abruptly climbed, magic flames flapped, and the Red Dragon raised its head!
The scorching breath of the White Dragon shot skyward, temporarily repelling the invisible cage of wind along with the surrounding gray mist!
Before Mekal could comment further, a figure wrapped in brilliant starlight instantly arrived!
The Star's Roar pierced his divine body, spilling blood across the high heavens!
Having landed a hit, Arthur forcibly twisted his body, gripping the Holy Sword and slashing upward in a backhand, attempting to expand his advantage!
The Pursuer, trailing afterimages and dense sonic booms, swung down fiercely; the sheer force of the wind it carried was enough to momentarily halt his charge!
The sky-obscuring giant club and the brilliant golden light collided with a thunderous roar, and in the terrifying impact, space cracked with fine lines, and dark lightning crackled!
The God King's incomparably brutal strength blasted Arthur down to the ground like a meteor, creating a huge, circular crater!
Having landed a hit, Mekal, surrounded by wind and lightning, raised the Exile again, and with a thunderous roar, a downpour of plasma crashed down!
In an instant, the earth was like a boiling ocean, erupting in towering waves of lightning, raging and surging!
"Hmph, is this all?"
"This is the decree of heavenly authority; wind and lightning, respond to the summon of the cloud-rider, and trample all creation!"
Mekal crossed and raised his clubs, and the wind and lightning surging on the Pursuer and the Exile merged with a thunderous crash that sounded like the sky shattering, as a lightning storm directly struck down!
At the same time, starlight surged from the boiling sea of lightning, a brilliant pillar of light shattering the lightning storm and completely engulfing the God King's body!
In an instant, both divine artifacts broke, and Mekal's proud divine body was intensely scorched within the pillar of light, his skin tearing and flesh rending!
The brilliant pillar of light continued its momentum, directly piercing through this layer of the Underworld, its mere aftershocks shattering several surrounding alternate dimensions!
As the starlight receded, a spatial fault, as if splitting the Underworld in two, pulsed with dark lightning, stirring up endless turbulence!
Mekal, having exhausted his divine power to withstand this blow, gasped violently, his body covered in wounds, as he looked at the fault that continuously crushed spatial fragments, his eyes filled with approval.
"To actually be able to pierce through the Underworld space… I acknowledge this starlight!"
Roar—!
The Red Dragon roared furiously, and a fiery meteor shot skyward, instantly shattering the already broken space into a spiderweb of cracks!
Blinding light filled Mekal's vision, and scorching heat permeated, exploding violently from within his chest!
The God King's eyes showed surprise; he finally sensed something, and his roar echoed through the increasingly dense spatial cracks, piercing clouds and shattering stones!
"To use yourself as a weapon! You, aren't you afraid of being utterly smashed to pieces!"
Inside the God King's body, Arthur shed his heavy armor, and the halo symbolizing Avalon burst open into a shower of golden dust!
He crouched low, desperately stirring the last remnants of magic power within him, a fearless and ruthless smile curving his lips.
"Thank you for your acknowledgment, but I still want to defeat you with my own hands! It's over, King of Gods!"
"Blade-Wielding Forbidden Technique · Hegemonic Space Shatter!"
The scarlet magic power surging wildly from Arthur's body connected with the surrounding spatial cracks, creating dazzling yet cold rainbow-colored fissures!
This dimension collapsed in an instant!
The resulting force field was unprecedentedly powerful, crushing the surrounding space and Mekal's divine body into dust!
The collapsed rainbow-colored fissures were slowly repairing themselves, but before that, they would inevitably devour Arthur, who was closest!
Already exhausted, he had no power left to resist, only able to watch himself being dragged towards that fatal dimensional rift, a hint of helplessness on his face.
'I miscalculated. I didn't expect the Underworld's self-repair speed to be so slow.'
Arthur slightly clenched his left hand, preparing to use the Star Imprint to save himself, and in the next instant, Miracle descended!
The ring of usurpation burned its last embers, forcibly halting this layer of the Underworld.
The God King's terrifying divine power, following an ancient covenant, transformed into an unstoppable torrent, forcibly pouring into the Child of the Stars' body!
Divine power washed over every one of his cells, causing heart-wrenching pain, only to transform into new strength in the next moment!
This great power seemed to sense something, concentrating on his back, igniting divine fire!
Flames licked at the grinning clown pattern, and a majestic giant, towering between heaven and earth, took its place!
The Holy Runes inscribed with Arthur's ability values quietly shattered, yet instantly reformed!
From this moment, the divine descended!
Before he completely lost consciousness, Mekal's ancient and domineering voice boomed, carrying the satisfaction of a hard-fought battle.
"Child of the Stars, this old man's authority is yours!"