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"Whoa?!"
"Uwah!"
"Guh!"
"----!"
Under the moonlight-like slash, Perseus, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Lancelot, and the Masked Wind God—all four Heretic Gods—cried out in anguish as they were violently blasted away, flying backward in four different directions.
"Whoosh----!"
Yet the three firebolt-like arrows fired by the Hero still shot straight ahead, streaking toward Noah's throat, heart, and abdomen before striking the Qi Scales covering his body.
"Bang----!"
Amid a muffled explosion, the three flaming arrows imbued with the power of the ancient covenant shattered the Qi Scales on Noah's body. The crimson dragon phantom layered over him vanished completely, exposing his figure.
As the crimson dragon phantom disappeared, the power that had surged through Noah like a torrent abruptly weakened before vanishing entirely.
That was the power amplified by the Boosted Gear.
Only with that amplified power had Noah been able to contend against the Hero, whose strength had been enhanced by the ancient covenant to equal that of seven Godslayers.
Now that all of his amplified power had vanished, Noah had returned to his normal state.
However, that was only natural.
The crimson dragon phantom on Noah's body had originally been the product of the Boosted Gear's Balance Breaker merging with the Qi Scales of the Dragon Emperor Avatar.
Ordinarily, the Boosted Gear's Balance Breaker should have been a suit of crimson full-body armor.
However, after merging with Noah's Dragon Emperor Avatar, the Boosted Gear's Balance Breaker