(Chapter length bonus update [1/5])
The Argus Lord had assumed that at the moment of this "clearing-the-level stunt," Diakum—who always claimed to value being easygoing but was actually obsessed with "ceremony"—would exchange a few words with Sargeras before fighting.
The truth proved that the Lord still did not understand his most outstanding child well enough.
The instant Sargeras appeared, Diakum charged in with Ashbringer in hand—no!
It was not Cinderbringer!
The Argus Lord, a beat slow off the mark, only suddenly realized when he raised his war scythe to unleash Starshatter Slash that what Diakum held was not the Pathblade he usually used.
That peculiar sword was merely wrapped in the flowing radiance of Dawn's Light, making it look exactly like Ashbringer.
Sargeras noticed the problem as well, but the Vigilant had flashed over far too quickly. The annihilating sword strike he had built up could not be used for defense.
He raised his hand. Annihilating Starshatter Slash!
The crimson Cosmic Giant and the Giant of Light brimming with dawn radiance used nearly identical sword techniques, viciously slashing at each other without defending at all.
Sargeras had clearly swung that sword with the determination to kill, while Diakum had also sworn upon every principle he had upheld for so long that he would never allow the Dark Titan to take even one more step forward.
Before their blades even met, the power they had each fully unleashed had already begun a destructive collision.
This was clearly the ultimate confrontation between the primal forces of Holy Light and fel energy!
The two primal forces were released without reservation by wielders who had reached the end of their respective paths, causing the entire cosmic river of stars, founded upon the system of the Six Forces, to resonate.
In the skies of the