After maintenance and repairs by the Ivory Tower, the Nautilus's main gun—the Cross-Depth Strike Mass Weapon: Harpoon—had been restored to pristine condition.
Though funding and materials prevented them from crafting the specialized shells that could once heavily wound and restrain even some Lesser Rulers with a single shot, Grandmaster Mikhail had still set aside the Heavenly Prison Fortress, which was nearing completion, amid his busy schedule to custom-make forty-eight heavy-mass Annihilation Curse Rounds for it.
Of course, there was no way a weapon of war capable of vaporizing half the Ivory Tower with one shot could be used against the Sword Saint.
Otherwise, if he slipped up, the old senior might be gone—and Huai Shi himself would probably be finished too.
He had not even used the Hell Annihilation Missiles normally employed for conventional scorched-earth bombardment. He had merely drawn upon Source Matter and carried out a concentrated strike at point-blank range in that brief instant.
Driven by the Nemo Engine, dozens of Origin Essence Weaponry constructs split from the furnace. Vast quantities of calamity and miracles collided, fully triggering the qualitative transformation of light and shadow Source Matter, converging into turbulent Brilliant Light and firing!
A great amount of Metal Steam condensed into sparkling iron sand like stardust. Mixed within it, it became a torrential downpour capable of piercing through every defense.
At that moment, the surging Brilliant Light arrived, illuminating the gaunt figure.
Kamiizumi raised his hand and casually slashed downward. The sound of the tide came to an abrupt halt, as though it too had been killed by the solemn will flowing along the blade. The torrent of light split beneath the sword and flew to either side, melting vast swathes of thermal armor. Viscous molten iron wound downward with a hiss.
"Like a breeze brushing my