Chapter 481
I can win, I must win!
Without needing to make any detailed plans, he bent his knees, and as Yuki disappeared into the Eternal Night, a massive surge of energy erupted.
Immortal Lineage. Crystallized divine body.
The Thunderclap Lineage. Meteor Like Fire.
Thump--
With a dull, loud sound, Marcus, unlike his first flashy maneuver, charged straight into the Eternal Night, holding his greatsword to his chest and extending his right hand.
Clang!
The sword and spear swept past, leaving deep marks on the crystal armor. Before the greatsword could strike, Yuki had already disappeared, reappearing behind them.
He could move freely within the Eternal Night Domain, but as soon as he appeared, a large hammer came crashing down on him.
Demolition Hammer.
Having seen this thing Yuki, Yuuki naturally dared not take it head-on. He took a half step back and disappeared into the Eternal Night again. Seeing that the God of War completely ignored him and charged straight into the depths of the Eternal Night, he realized that Yuuki was not paying any attention to him.
"Watch out, it's coming for you."
There were no fancy tricks; it was simply about overwhelming the enemy with brute force and defeating them one by one. The Epic Tier III monsters were like unstoppable behemoths, rushing out of the Eternal Night from the other side in just a fraction of a second at ten times the speed of sound.
The reason why epic player battles are so difficult to interfere with is because they are too fast and too powerful; they can kill your teammates without you even having to stop them.
Hayasaka Ai remained unmoved, having already witnessed the speed and power of her opponent. She donned the silver-white 'Doomsday Cataclysm Armor,' and even in the first stage, its built-in tracking system could still scan a blurry afterimage.
Swish--
The greatsword swept past him like a storm, splitting the hall in two. Hayasaka activated 'Assisted Evasion Mode,' allowing the living armor to dodge on its own.
Vertical slash, horizontal sweep.
The two attacks were seamlessly connected, Hayasaka Ai was immediately knocked to the ground. If she hadn't possessed a level seven physique, this rapid evasion would have been enough to tear her muscles apart.
That guy is fighting one of these monsters?
Facing an enemy on par with Yuki, the girl forgot her fear. A piercing pain shot through her knees, and her Doomsday Armor leaped into the air. In that slight delay, a layer of metal was shaving off the soles of her feet.
The most basic hand-to-hand combat, or rather, when a monster attacks at speeds more than ten times the speed of sound, each strike is enough to destroy mountains and cleave seas, doesn't require any special techniques.
The simple three-hit combo was enough to overwhelm the level 7 physique, but fortunately, Hayasaka entrusted the evasion to the armor and focused all his energy on aiming.
Thump--
The three sword strikes were immediately followed by an elbow strike, the force of which was enough to turn a warship into a pancake. However, a Steel Wall suddenly appeared and was torn in two with a tooth-grinding sound.
The Void Alchemy and Reinforcement Magecraft stacked upon each other, Steel Wall could only withstand it for a fraction of a second. The God of War scanned the area and spotted the lurking clone nearby, then raised his greatsword horizontally to his chest.
The War God Lineage: Superinstinct.
Bang!!!
The death Death Knell tolled right in the middle of the torn wall. The Absolute Lethality Mode combined with the Bullet Pierce power made its single-shot power even surpass that of Hunter's Blunderbuss. The blast caused cracks to appear on the greatsword, forcing Marcus to retreat in large strides. He saw that the crystallized body under the greatsword's cover had actually been blasted into a shallow crater.
What?
He was surprised. After one round, he naturally realized that Hayasaka Ai wasn't that strong. He had just been wondering why Yuki would bring a burden along and create trouble for himself, but now he understood.
This woman's skills all lie in lethality. In a one-on-one fight, she is definitely not as good as the previous players, but no one dares to take a direct hit from her.
The threat is considerable.
He looked at Hayasaka, who was flying backward with a jet of flame, ignoring Yuki rushing from behind. Yes, even with the Eternal Night Teleportation, it was enough for the God of War to unleash three sword strikes and an elbow strike. This was precisely why he rarely let his senior team participate in battles.
Reaching the Epic Tier III level is too fast. The weak are like walking a tightrope in front of them, and they will fall into the Abyss Grade if they are not careful. If Hayasaka Ai had not obtained the 'Doomsday Cataclysm Armor', he would not have dared to let the Glass Cannon participate.
Moreover, this God of War is not only fast, but also very resolute.
Yuki pulled the trigger and threw the Dragon Spear, but Marcus didn't even look at it and slammed it to the ground with his hammer.
Boom!
The full-powered Demolition Hammer made even the Divine Realm tremble, the rising mushroom cloud even disrupted the Eternal Night, and the Roar shockwave pushed him away.
"Kill this woman first; don't let her fire her shots at her leisure."
Without needing any spatial movement, or rather, with a sprint speed far exceeding any movement skill below the legendary level, Hayasaka Ai, before she could even pull the trigger, a massive shadow enveloped her.
Swish--
With a simple sword strike, Marcus pierced the Doomsday Cataclysm Armor through the heart. Marcus paused for a moment, then quickly turned around.
The girl emerged from the shadows as a ghost, but the doomsday armor in front of her was not dead; instead, it embraced it.
Oh, so you know how to use tricks? You really think I'm a brute?
Void Lineage. Coordinate Teleportation.
Bang!
The Death Knell tolled, Piercer the afterimage, and instead blasted the armor away. The red dot tracking of the Death Aimer suddenly appeared ten meters in front of her. Without thinking, she activated her second Shadow Jump.
Swish--
The next moment, a storm of sword energy sliced through dozens of cylinders, and Marcus returned to normal space, frowning slightly.
She's incredibly difficult to deal with; how many times has she faced life-or-death situations?
Before He could update the coordinates, space rippled like a lake being washed by a torrential rain, and with the contraction of His pupils, the entire Divine Realm trembled once more.
Boom!!!
The previously buried void bombs exploded, and all the energy converged to the center, forming a dazzling cross beam. Then, a golden thunder dragon the Roar in and blasted away the God of War who was 'nailed' to the center of the cross.
"The third player, he's not the assassin?"
Mai Sakurajima's presence began to emerge, and finding her was no longer difficult, but Marcus was simply too busy.
Splash...
The Storm Dragon pressed Him to the ground, grinding a deep valley into the palace. The Immortal Crystal crumbled, and Him turned as red as a lobster. A moment later, Marcus used all his strength to crush the dragon. Golden lightning raged, Yuki fell like a meteor.
Clang!
He resembled a fierce tiger, his crystallized arms deflecting the greatsword without employing any further moves, his feet slamming into the ground.
Woo--thump!
The air was compressed and exploded along with the ground, turning the floor, made of some unknown material, into powder. Then, turning around, the Immortal Crystal formed two crystalline longswords.
Marcus, who had just been pinned to the ground, suddenly burst out from the mist behind him, wielding two slender short swords. Neither of them used any fancy skills; the long swords and short swords instantly clashed together.
Ding ding ding...
The simplest of slashes, yet the resulting air currents shredded everything within a kilometer. A second later, Marcus suddenly sheathed his sword and nimbly leaped backward.
As the moonlight appeared, the Stand suddenly appeared beside him, and this time, without using any alchemy, simply pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The Stand could use all of Yuki's tools. The solid soul, already fully loaded, burst out and slammed into the God of War's head from the side and behind. Marcus Lightness dodged it, a smile appearing on his face covered by crystals.
Time-spectral system. Delayed Slash.
Without any movement, several sword marks inexplicably appeared, slicing through the Stand that was about to pull the trigger a second time.
"Another trump card, but what are you waiting for?"
Yuki was surprised, yet not entirely surprised, because the severed Stand hadn't been annihilated; instead, it had pulled the trigger.
The Vitality Shift; I have already allocated it to it.
Bang!
The second shot caught the God of War off guard. Sparks and crystal fragments exploded on his head, revealing half of his face with a frozen smile. He blinked, realizing that the Stand User was more complex than he had imagined.
Like a third-person game, the view overlooks the battlefield, seeing Yuuki charging towards Yuki, and also the ghostly girl quietly emerging not far away. Super-instinctively, it makes a choice.
The Void Lineage. The Eternal Prison.
Thump.
Yuki crashed headfirst into the 'invisible wall'. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately activated the Furnace, using Spatial Severance to cut out a large hole, clearly to prevent him from expanding his domain.
This is troublesome. He clearly didn't know about the Night Furnace Domain, yet he still triggered his intuition.
Yuki gritted his teeth slightly. What was more troublesome was that he had no choice but to use it, because in that short instant, the God of War appeared in front of Hayasaka with a flick of his toes, just like a ghost. The red dot of the Death Aimer suddenly jumped from hundreds of meters away to in front of him.
The girl remained calm, focusing only on pulling the trigger and simultaneously launching her third Shadow Jump. Marcus did not dodge; he had already tested the power of Death Knell and knew that one shot would definitely not kill him.
Bang--Swish--
The gunshot still echoed, the sword had already slashed across the battlefield. Marcus was blasted backward by the shot, golden blood spurting from his neck. Yet, as if his soul had left his body, he still looked down on the battlefield from a third-person perspective.
The War God Lineage: The Second Self.
This ability is activated at the start of the battle. The third-person perspective is completely different from the first-person perspective, eliminating any vulnerability and allowing for absolute composure in combat.
Time seemed to freeze in his gaze as he watched Hayasaka, who Hayasaka leaped a hundred meters away, freeze, the scar from the Delayed Slash appearing on his chest, and Yuki use Spatial Severance to counter the Eternal Prison, charging towards him.
The advantage lies with me.
The situation was turning around after he killed the woman with the gun and Yuki's spatial ability, which was of unknown origin. But soon, his pupils contracted again as he stared.
Wrong!
Hayasaka Ai's body Hollowfication, turning into a pitch-black, fragmented puppet. Countless ripples reappeared in the surrounding space, and finally, he remembered who the third player was.
Which player is associated with the Angels?
As the energy of the 'Void Explosion' converged, Mai Sakurajima's delicate face surfaced in my memory. A disheveled girl had actually been by my side all along—yes, right next to Hayasaka Ai.
Boom--
A beam of light rose, and Marcus's body was buried by energy under the gaze of his 'Second Self'. Marcus finally came to his senses.
This seemingly insignificant third player is actually the killer move.
She hindered my progress; she used props to save the blonde girl; she planted explosives beforehand and used the blonde girl to lure me into the trap.
Having been blown up twice, the God of War understood. Fortunately, the power of this master-level Transcendental Grade skill was insufficient. Carrying a molten wax-like crystal, the God of War stepped out of the pillar of light, focusing solely on setting up another Eternal Prison, locking onto Mai Sakurajima from every angle.
You... are doomed.
This was Oracle, and also the Truth. But when the trembling girl raised her finger, light flashed on Yuki's body, and the second Spatial Severance.
The Light-Covering Prayer Rite.
The Night Furnace Domain.
Skill and item cooldown time is 100%, the Eternal Prison is breached like paper, and the crystal longsword is within reach.
Not an assassin, but a support?
Marcus, no longer able to react with surprise, crossed his short swords to block the long blade aimed at his neck. His immortal body had been breached, and he dared not take the blow head-on. As for Yuki's long blades, which were forged from Immortal Crystal, they had no special functions; they were simply incredibly hard.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The weapons clashed in the most brutal way. A gunshot rang out behind him. Marcus felt no pain, but something far more dangerous than pain.
The 'Second Self' that had been observing from the air was destroyed, and He suddenly lost His third-person perspective. This wasn't a matter of getting used to it, but rather that He was now fighting a formidable trio, while the other two vulnerable and extremely dangerous women had to be closely monitored.
Before him was a relentless barrage of slashes, each aimed at the gaps in the immortal body. Ten swords, a hundred swords, a thousand swords—even though Yuki's melee combat ability was at a disadvantage, his level 9 physique, the Orc King, and the Demon Possession combined made him a pure, epic-level physical damage dealer.
With fast attack speed, high defense, and high health, he dared to withstand any Delayed Slash attack with his bare hands. Marcus, relying on his experience, pushed his speed to the Limit.
With afterimages flashing by, there was no time to use any spatial teleportation. In the blink of an eye, the two sides could go from slashing each other to a thousand meters away, and the next second, they could come back from a thousand meters away.
The palace pillars were completely gone, and the ground was covered with countless sword marks. Only Kaguya could have aimed at such a speed.
It was a pure war of attrition; the two focused on inflicting wounds on each other, even though those wounds would heal in an instant.
In terms of pure strength, Yuki to Marcus; in terms of time, Marcus is inferior to Yuki.
Through the cracks in the wall, He could already see the tattered fleet close at hand, with Skywing, who had only one wing left and whose face was full of greed, leading several eight-ringed angels to the front.
Everyone wants the Divine Torch, but the final battle is taking place here, making the outcome too uncertain. Who knows who will survive to the end?
Earth's spectral system. Shockwave.
As his left foot slammed down, the shockwave spread outwards. This thing had no lethal force, but it shook Yuki and the night sky apart.
Time, I need time!
Marcus did not hesitate at all; even as Yuki hurled his Dragon Spear from behind, his target remained clear.