Chapter 277: The Final Battle （Part 2）
“Hah!”
Karl roared, his voice muffled, as the energy within him surged out, finally stabilizing the swaying Twelve Zodiac Palaces.
The self-destruction of an Upper Follower was no small matter.
Avoiding it wouldn’t have been too difficult, but choosing to confront it head-on was extremely taxing, even for him.
Fortunately, it wasn’t without its rewards.
Source Essence +23
With a thought, he added it all to his mental power.
His mental power immediately broke through the forty mark, reaching forty-two, making him a true Late Stage Second-Circle Wizard, and his spells’ power surged accordingly.
“Huff…”
He exhaled a long breath, and only then did Karl have the energy to focus on the battle.
The fighting was in full swing.
Mevia, transformed into a six-tailed, blue-eyed fox, clashed head-on with the ten-meter-tall Ferdinand, stirring up gales of wind.
Oriana, wielding the Ice Soul Spear, sought openings, her attacks not frequent but perfectly timed, forcing Ferdinand to retreat and abandon any opportunities he was about to seize.
“You’re courting death!”
Failing to make any progress in their repeated clashes, and seeing that Karl was about to free himself, Ferdinand was completely enraged.
With a wave of his hand, a piece of cloth rapidly expanded, covering the entire battlefield in the blink of an eye.
Darkness enveloped the land.
A barrier?
Karl’s heart pounded.
The moment the cloth expanded, he felt completely isolated from this world, unable to even return to the Divine Domain Fragment.
Fourth Order!
Perhaps even a Fifth-Order Divine Artifact!
Only a Divine Artifact would have the power to prevent him from returning to the Divine Domain Fragment.
Karl wasn’t surprised that Ferdinand possessed a Divine Artifact; after all, even Mevia had two. It was impossible for a demigod Duke not to have one, and he likely had more than just one.
“Huff…”
Ferdinand’s figure suddenly vanished.
“Be careful,” Mevia’s fox form shrieked, “It’s the Shadow God’s Skin. Within the range of the shadows, he can appear anywhere at any time. Oriana, watch out for An…”
“Bang!”
Before she could finish, a massive fist suddenly appeared behind her, landing directly on the fox’s back.
It also cut off her warning.
“Ah!”
Amidst her cry of pain, rifts in the void around Ferdinand suddenly opened, and the blue-eyed fox’s claws and tail emerged from them.
Void Gauntlets!
Mevia, going all-out, tore through the void, abandoning all defense, and attacked from various unexpected angles, even at the cost of her own injuries.
“Shua!”
A phantom flickered.
This time, Ferdinand didn’t continue attacking the frenzied Mevia but appeared next to Oriana.
“Little bitch, I’ll kill you first and let your mother taste the pain of losing a loved one again.”
What greeted him wasn’t Oriana’s panicked expression but a strange smile.
“Bang!”
A mass of frost suddenly appeared, expanding at an alarming rate, freezing everything in its path.
Fourth-Order Marvel ━ The Sigh of the Frost Goddess!
This was a special ability of the Fourth-Order Marvel she possessed, requiring a hundred years’ worth of energy to activate once.
Its power was absolutely terrifying.
Even Ferdinand was frozen on the spot.
“Kill!”
Mevia and Oriana pounced together.
They had been planning today’s operation for who knows how long, with preparations for every second.
They seized this opportunity.
Claws, spears, marvels, curses…
All sorts of terrifying attacks landed on Ferdinand in the blink of an eye, and the air became a chaotic mess.
“Ah!”
His pained roar came a split-second too late.
At the same time, a black wind enveloped Ferdinand, and his entire body seemed to turn ethereal as he lunged towards the two women.
Fourth-Order Marvel ━ Dark Night!
Fourth-Order Marvel ━ Crescent Moon’s Protection!
Mevia’s expression changed slightly. She had suspected that Ferdinand had Fourth-Order Marvels, but she hadn’t expected so many.
Especially Crescent Moon’s Protection. Although it was a one-time-use Marvel, it directly withstood almost half of the two women’s attacks, causing him to be injured but far from fatally.
Dashing aside to avoid the attacks, Mevia looked up and roared:
“Karl!”
“I know.”
Karl had been watching the battlefield, but the changes had been too rapid, and he hadn’t found a suitable opportunity.
He quickly checked his belongings.
The Soul Centipede was severely damaged by the Upper Follower’s self-destruction and was unusable for the time being. One of the two wizard towers was damaged, and the other had run out of energy. The Soul Curse Killing Technique was also torn apart…
“Go!”
With a flick of his finger, the Late Stage Second-Order Flame Giant lunged forward.
The top-tier inheritance from the Secret Society allowed the Flame Giant to possess the power to incinerate all, not inferior to a Late Stage Second-Order expert.
Moreover, because it was merely a manifestation of mental power, it was impervious to physical attacks and didn’t need to defend.
At the same time.
The damaged wizard tower unleashed its last Evil God’s Eye attack before running out of energy and crashing down.
“Looks like I’ll have to bleed a lot!”
Gritting his teeth, Karl reached out and pulled out several runes.
Late Stage Second-Order Rune ━ Blazing Golden Crow!
“Huff…”
A hot wind suddenly swept through the area.
Like the wind and sand that blew through the desert or near a volcano, even just brushing against the body caused the skin to ache.
“Gua!”
A strange cry rang out.
Six Golden Crows emerged from the void, their wings like golden flames, and flew towards Ferdinand.
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Each of these six Golden Crows was equivalent to a Late Stage Second-Order expert, and together with the Flame Giant, they charged towards Ferdinand.
Karl followed closely behind.
“Boom!”
In terms of actual strength, Karl was far inferior to Mevia and Ferdinand.
But he had many tricks up his sleeve. Just like now, the combined assault of ten Late Stage Second-Order experts directly illuminated the entire area.
Even a Third-Order expert could be killed by this.
“Puh!”
Ferdinand coughed up blood as he staggered backward, his eyes filled with horror.
“Good!”
Mevia was overjoyed.
She hadn’t expected Karl to have such methods besides the Twelve Zodiac Palaces, capable of severely injuring Ferdinand with a single blow.
Karl, however, had a slightly grim expression.
He had used almost all of his tricks. Even though he had hit his target with the help of the two women, he had only worsened his injuries, not dealt a fatal blow.
If…
‘As expected of a demigod, the strength of his physical body is even more exaggerated than the seventh level of the Holy Demon Transformation, perhaps comparable to the eighth level!’
‘If it weren’t for the three of us working together today, if even one person was missing, the outcome would have been different.’
“One more time!”
Oriana shouted:
“One more time, and we can definitely take his life!”
“Uh…” Karl’s lips twitched slightly:
“I can only use that method once, but it doesn’t matter. He has no chance of winning now.”
That attack had not only depleted the runes in his hand, but the Flame Giant was also on the verge of collapse from Ferdinand’s counterattack. This thing was connected to his mental sea, and if it collapsed, he would also be severely injured.
“Not good!”
Mevia’s expression changed:
“He’s going to escape!”
“Shua!”
The void tore open, and the blue-eyed fox instantly appeared behind Ferdinand, her tail whipping around to bind him.
But then, a shuttle of woven cloth appeared in the area, emitting a faint glow.
“That is…”
“The Shuttle of Fate!”
Oriana also exclaimed in disbelief:
“How could he have mastered such a Divine Artifact?”
The Goddess of Fate in this world had a loom, and the most important part of it was the several shuttles.
They were the crystallization of the Goddess of Fate’s divine power, and theoretically, only the Goddess of Fate could control them.
Not even a demigod,
and certainly not other deities!
“Shua!”
The halo emitted by the shuttle enveloped Ferdinand, and it transformed into a stream of light that shot upwards.
“Ding…”
“Clang!”
The shuttle collided with the pillars that made up the Twelve Zodiac Palaces, then quickly rebounded, weaving back and forth between the pillars, colliding with them.
“Hmm!”
Karl grunted, staggering backward:
“No, the Twelve Zodiac Palaces can’t hold it.”
Before he could finish, the Twelve Zodiac Palaces that had been covering the entire area rapidly contracted, directly returning to his mental sea.
And the shuttle, now free of its restraints, was about to escape far away.
“Ah!”
Screams and roars rang out.
The shuttle suddenly stopped.
Inside, besides Duke Ferdinand, there was Mevia, with her tail and claws wrapped around him like chains.
It was Mevia who had used some unknown method to stop the shuttle.
“Do it!”
Mevia roared:
“Quick!”
“Mother!” Oriana’s expression changed. If they wanted to keep Ferdinand within such close range, it would be difficult not to hurt Mevia.
Karl didn’t have as many concerns. He lunged forward, and the phantom of the Buddha appeared, with countless palm prints falling from the sky.
Ten Thousand Buddha Hands ━ Twelve Combo Attack!
“Bang!”
“Bang bang!”
Ferdinand and Mevia coughed up blood.
“Bitch!”
Ferdinand roared:
“Let go!”
“No way!” Mevia grinned, opening her mouth wide and biting down directly on Ferdinand’s neck.
“Crack!”
Flesh and throat bones were bitten through.
Her body was also struck by Ferdinand’s elbows and knees, her bones cracking, her organs rupturing, and her whole body covered in blood.
The two of them were like madmen fighting, ignoring their injuries and desperately tearing at each other.
“Mother!”
“…”
“Boom!”
The battle aura within Karl was unleashed without reservation, and his palm technique seemed to break through its limits at that moment.
Immediately after.
A familiar energy flowed into his body.
Source Essence +68!
