Chapter 376: Star, Open War (1)
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Chapter 376: Star, Open War (1)
“...? How?” Taotie murmured in disbelief.
He stayed inside [Naglfar] with Gwak Bok, his student, as he observed what was going on outside. Although Taotie himself had quite a high Divine Class, he specialized in blacksmithing, not combat, so he had to stay out of the battle. Unfortunately, he ended up meeting people he never expected to see here, making him grunt.
The Zodiacs were the kings of , which was known to rule over . Staying under ’s radar, these monsters traveled from Worldline to Worldline and devoured everything in their path to grow bigger. Just one or two of them could drive a into , yet all twelve had just appeared before them to kill Chang-Sun.
‘Tiamat said that although it was suspicious, wasn’t showing any significant movements. The said the same thing,’ Taotie recalled.
He doubted that Tiamat’s surveillance system had a security breach. The Tiamat that he knew could never be taken lightly because she was more detailed and persistent than anyone else. As a matter of fact, her obsession with details could be called madness, but it was that drive that let her reign as an absolute being of this Worldline for eternity. There had to be some other reason.
“Did they cross the Imaginary Plane?” Taotie wondered. “I’ve only ever heard about it.”
The Imaginary Plane was the hidden opposite side of the infinite Worldlines. Like a reflection in a mirror or a shadow, this antimatter realm flowed in the opposite direction from Worldlines.
of and usually lay low inside it to avoid getting detected by , the mediator in the law of causality, and would only occasionally sneak out to Worldlines to operate. It was no different from how sharks usually stayed hidden under the surface of the water until their prey landed on the surface and they could snatch them whole.
Crossing Worldlines cost a lot of Causality even for , so they rarely made the trip, but the fact that they managed to stay under Tiamat’s radar meant that they used the Imaginary Plane, their hideout, to travel. Since it existed outside Worldlines, even Tiamat couldn’t keep an eye on it.
‘If the other of held their positions while the Zodiacs made their move... then everything would make sense. Still, did they really just use up an astronomical amount of Causality just to kill Twilight? Why in the world would they do that?’
That was the part that Taotie had the most trouble wrapping his head around. ‘Divine Twilight’ was certainly under the brightest spotlight in right now. After all, after going through a Divine Trial, the man managed to come back and drive to the verge of . Hence, even a recluse like Taotie couldn’t help paying attention to him.
Even so, if Taotie was asked whether or not ‘Divine Twilight’ was important enough for all the Zodiacs to hunt him down... he couldn’t be sure. The Zodiacs were so influential that every single one of them was comparable to the Nine Heavens or an entire .
‘On another note... he acted as if he knew this would happen.’
While [Naglfar] was being constructed, Chang-Sun made a request to Taotie.
“Can I make my wish now?” Chang-Sun asked.
“Hmph! That took you long enough. Yeah, sure. Let’s hear it. How spectacular is it that you had to make me wait until now?”N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.
“I want you to join the Military Weaponry Division of ..”
“... What?” Taotie said blankly.
“ and I will be facing many other wars after this. We can increase the size of our army for that, but our weapons will remain crude.”
“Are you asking me to call you boss?”
“Not exactly.” Chang-Sun shook his head.
“What do you mean, then? I”m sorry, but do you know how many want me to join them? I have never—!”
“Don’t you want to meet Ou Yezi’s descendant?”
“... Still!”
Taotie loathed being affiliated with a group. That was why he immediately turned down Chang-Sun’s offer, which he found ludicrous. He took pride in being able to freely pound metals instead of for an organization. Taotie was curious about this descendant of Ou Yezi, who was said to be almost as skilled as their ancestor, but his curiosity wasn’t deep enough to give up his only pride. Surprisingly, instead of trying to persuade him any further, Chang-Sun just pulled out a long spear from his Inventory and handed it to him.
“What is this?” Taotie frowned.
“I named it [Twilight Spear]. Ou Yezi’s descendant made it.”
With Chang-Sun in the center, the contrasting and supreme sacred light showed up and undulated.
[The second chapter ‘Forámen Septéni’ has been applied, speeding up the Anomalization!]
The seven streams of amassed and took the form of a Giant. At the same time, supreme sacred light gathered into a sphere above Chang-Sun’s right hand.
“Explode,” Chang-Sun commanded.
The merge—no, the reaction between and supreme sacred light activated. It was almost his trademark technique now. Together with , the sphere above Chang-Sun’s hand disappeared and reappeared.
『Hahahaha! I knew you would use that. Isn’t it cheating to use that from the start?』
Bel-Marduk sprang forth and punched the sphere.
“I think you shouldn’t call it cheating yet,” Chang-Sun sneered.
『What?』
“Explode over and over again.”
The moment Chang-Sun activated [Wordwielding], more spheres appeared around Bel-Marduk, making him flinch. His eyes widened, surprised that Chang-Sun could create multiple spheres this quickly.
The combination of and supreme sacred light was so destructive that even Bel-Marduk couldn’t underestimate it, and that wasn’t the only problem. The same kind of spheres showed up around the other , fiercely and menacingly spinning.
“True cheating is attacking in the middle of transformation or fusion.” Chang-Sun smiled crookedly. Bel-Marduk couldn’t understand what he meant at all.
Booom, boom, boom―!
The spheres instantly grew hundreds of times bigger and simultaneously exploded. The explosions overlapped, creating even more explosions and amplifying their damage severalfold.
Far stronger than the ones Chang-Sun used to blow up half of the Incendiary Burial Whale, the explosions wiped out their entire vicinity. Huge flames and numerous shockwaves spread throughout the universe. If anyone saw the explosions from afar, they would think of them as a colossal supernova.
Bel-Marduk and the other wes catapulted away, unable to contain the explosions. The avatars of those who barely managed to descend or were about to finish their descent were simultaneously blown away by the aftermath.
‘So killing even just one of them is impossible, huh?’ Chang-Sun clicked his tongue. He used runes to teleport [Naglfar] away from the center of the explosions as he continued to observe the Zodiacs using his [Gnostic Eye].
Although the Zodiacs were bewildered and cursing, they were somewhat calmly deflecting the aftermath of the explosions. That was probably thanks to the experience they accumulated while devouring Worldlines.
‘Well, they would still be surprised.’ Chang-Sun pulled out a sword from [King’s Treasury].
The sword was different from the ones he usually used, and judging from its narrow and long blade, it seemed to specialize in piercing. The crests of the [Yuchang Sword] and [Zhan Lu Sword] faintly trembled, an indication that the sword was one of them—Ou Yezi’s divine swords.
Oooong, ooooong―!
However, unlike Ou Yezi’s other divine swords, the sword also had Taotie’s seal. Taotie acquired and improved the [Juque Sword], Ou Yezi’s fourth divine sword, in his own way to overcome his slump. Hence, the divine and demonic sword could also be called their joint work.
This sword, which Chang-Sun received from Taotie earlier, would be enough to threaten those .
‘I’ll use this opportunity to assassinate at least one of them.’ Chang-Sun sprang forth.
Paaah!
His first target—Antares the ‘Scorpio’—wasn’t that far from him.
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Chapter 376: Star, Open War (1)
“...? How?” Taotie murmured in disbelief.
He stayed inside [Naglfar] with Gwak Bok, his student, as he observed what was going on outside. Although Taotie himself had quite a high Divine Class, he specialized in blacksmithing, not combat, so he had to stay out of the battle. Unfortunately, he ended up meeting people he never expected to see here, making him grunt.
The Zodiacs were the kings of , which was known to rule over . Staying under ’s radar, these monsters traveled from Worldline to Worldline and devoured everything in their path to grow bigger. Just one or two of them could drive a into , yet all twelve had just appeared before them to kill Chang-Sun.
‘Tiamat said that although it was suspicious, wasn’t showing any significant movements. The said the same thing,’ Taotie recalled.
He doubted that Tiamat’s surveillance system had a security breach. The Tiamat that he knew could never be taken lightly because she was more detailed and persistent than anyone else. As a matter of fact, her obsession with details could be called madness, but it was that drive that let her reign as an absolute being of this Worldline for eternity. There had to be some other reason.
“Did they cross the Imaginary Plane?” Taotie wondered. “I’ve only ever heard about it.”
The Imaginary Plane was the hidden opposite side of the infinite Worldlines. Like a reflection in a mirror or a shadow, this antimatter realm flowed in the opposite direction from Worldlines.
of and usually lay low inside it to avoid getting detected by , the mediator in the law of causality, and would only occasionally sneak out to Worldlines to operate. It was no different from how sharks usually stayed hidden under the surface of the water until their prey landed on the surface and they could snatch them whole.
Crossing Worldlines cost a lot of Causality even for , so they rarely made the trip, but the fact that they managed to stay under Tiamat’s radar meant that they used the Imaginary Plane, their hideout, to travel. Since it existed outside Worldlines, even Tiamat couldn’t keep an eye on it.
‘If the other of held their positions while the Zodiacs made their move... then everything would make sense. Still, did they really just use up an astronomical amount of Causality just to kill Twilight? Why in the world would they do that?’
That was the part that Taotie had the most trouble wrapping his head around. ‘Divine Twilight’ was certainly under the brightest spotlight in right now. After all, after going through a Divine Trial, the man managed to come back and drive to the verge of . Hence, even a recluse like Taotie couldn’t help paying attention to him.
Even so, if Taotie was asked whether or not ‘Divine Twilight’ was important enough for all the Zodiacs to hunt him down... he couldn’t be sure. The Zodiacs were so influential that every single one of them was comparable to the Nine Heavens or an entire .
‘On another note... he acted as if he knew this would happen.’
While [Naglfar] was being constructed, Chang-Sun made a request to Taotie.
“Can I make my wish now?” Chang-Sun asked.
“Hmph! That took you long enough. Yeah, sure. Let’s hear it. How spectacular is it that you had to make me wait until now?”N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.
“I want you to join the Military Weaponry Division of ..”
“... What?” Taotie said blankly.
“ and I will be facing many other wars after this. We can increase the size of our army for that, but our weapons will remain crude.”
“Are you asking me to call you boss?”
“Not exactly.” Chang-Sun shook his head.
“What do you mean, then? I”m sorry, but do you know how many want me to join them? I have never—!”
“Don’t you want to meet Ou Yezi’s descendant?”
“... Still!”
Taotie loathed being affiliated with a group. That was why he immediately turned down Chang-Sun’s offer, which he found ludicrous. He took pride in being able to freely pound metals instead of for an organization. Taotie was curious about this descendant of Ou Yezi, who was said to be almost as skilled as their ancestor, but his curiosity wasn’t deep enough to give up his only pride. Surprisingly, instead of trying to persuade him any further, Chang-Sun just pulled out a long spear from his Inventory and handed it to him.
“What is this?” Taotie frowned.
“I named it [Twilight Spear]. Ou Yezi’s descendant made it.”
With Chang-Sun in the center, the contrasting and supreme sacred light showed up and undulated.
[The second chapter ‘Forámen Septéni’ has been applied, speeding up the Anomalization!]
The seven streams of amassed and took the form of a Giant. At the same time, supreme sacred light gathered into a sphere above Chang-Sun’s right hand.
“Explode,” Chang-Sun commanded.
The merge—no, the reaction between and supreme sacred light activated. It was almost his trademark technique now. Together with , the sphere above Chang-Sun’s hand disappeared and reappeared.
『Hahahaha! I knew you would use that. Isn’t it cheating to use that from the start?』
Bel-Marduk sprang forth and punched the sphere.
“I think you shouldn’t call it cheating yet,” Chang-Sun sneered.
『What?』
“Explode over and over again.”
The moment Chang-Sun activated [Wordwielding], more spheres appeared around Bel-Marduk, making him flinch. His eyes widened, surprised that Chang-Sun could create multiple spheres this quickly.
The combination of and supreme sacred light was so destructive that even Bel-Marduk couldn’t underestimate it, and that wasn’t the only problem. The same kind of spheres showed up around the other , fiercely and menacingly spinning.
“True cheating is attacking in the middle of transformation or fusion.” Chang-Sun smiled crookedly. Bel-Marduk couldn’t understand what he meant at all.
Booom, boom, boom―!
The spheres instantly grew hundreds of times bigger and simultaneously exploded. The explosions overlapped, creating even more explosions and amplifying their damage severalfold.
Far stronger than the ones Chang-Sun used to blow up half of the Incendiary Burial Whale, the explosions wiped out their entire vicinity. Huge flames and numerous shockwaves spread throughout the universe. If anyone saw the explosions from afar, they would think of them as a colossal supernova.
Bel-Marduk and the other wes catapulted away, unable to contain the explosions. The avatars of those who barely managed to descend or were about to finish their descent were simultaneously blown away by the aftermath.
‘So killing even just one of them is impossible, huh?’ Chang-Sun clicked his tongue. He used runes to teleport [Naglfar] away from the center of the explosions as he continued to observe the Zodiacs using his [Gnostic Eye].
Although the Zodiacs were bewildered and cursing, they were somewhat calmly deflecting the aftermath of the explosions. That was probably thanks to the experience they accumulated while devouring Worldlines.
‘Well, they would still be surprised.’ Chang-Sun pulled out a sword from [King’s Treasury].
The sword was different from the ones he usually used, and judging from its narrow and long blade, it seemed to specialize in piercing. The crests of the [Yuchang Sword] and [Zhan Lu Sword] faintly trembled, an indication that the sword was one of them—Ou Yezi’s divine swords.
Oooong, ooooong―!
However, unlike Ou Yezi’s other divine swords, the sword also had Taotie’s seal. Taotie acquired and improved the [Juque Sword], Ou Yezi’s fourth divine sword, in his own way to overcome his slump. Hence, the divine and demonic sword could also be called their joint work.
This sword, which Chang-Sun received from Taotie earlier, would be enough to threaten those .
‘I’ll use this opportunity to assassinate at least one of them.’ Chang-Sun sprang forth.
Paaah!
His first target—Antares the ‘Scorpio’—wasn’t that far from him.
Chapter 376: Star, Open War 1...? How? Taotie murmured in disbelief.He stayed inside Naglfar with Gwak Bok, his student, as he observed what was going on outside. Although Taotie himself had quite a high Divine Class, he specialized in blacksmithing, not combat, so he had to stay out of the battle. Unfortunately, he ended up meeting people he never expected to see here, making him grunt.The Zodiacs were the kings of , which was known to rule over . Staying under 's radar, these monsters traveled from Worldline to Worldline and devoured everything in their path to grow bigger. Just one or two of them could drive a into , yet all twelve had just appeared before them to kill Chang-Sun.Tiamat said that although it was suspicious, wasn't showing any significant movements. The said the same thing,' Taotie recalled.He doubted that Tiamat's surveillance system had a security breach. The Tiamat that he knew could never be taken lightly because she was more detailed and persistent than anyone else. As a matter of fact, her obsession with details could be called madness, but it was that drive that let her reign as an absolute being of this Worldline for eternity. There had to be some other reason.Did they cross the Imaginary Plane? Taotie wondered. I've only ever heard about it.The Imaginary Plane was the hidden opposite side of the infinite Worldlines. Like a reflection in a mirror or a shadow, this antimatter realm flowed in the opposite direction from Worldlines. of and usually lay low inside it to avoid getting detected by , the mediator in the law of causality, and would only occasionally sneak out to Worldlines to operate. It was no different from how sharks usually stayed hidden under the surface of the water until their prey landed on the surface and they could snatch them whole.Crossing Worldlines cost a lot of Causality even for , so they rarely made the trip, but the fact that they managed to stay under Tiamat's radar meant that they used the Imaginary Plane, their hideout, to travel. Since it existed outside Worldlines, even Tiamat couldn't keep an eye on it.If the other of held their positions while the Zodiacs made their move... then everything would make sense. Still, did they really just use up an astronomical amount of Causality just to kill Twilight? Why in the world would they do that?'That was the part that Taotie had the most trouble wrapping his head around. Divine Twilight' was certainly under the brightest spotlight in right now. After all, after going through a Divine Trial, the man managed to come back and drive to the verge of . Hence, even a recluse like Taotie couldn't help paying attention to him.Even so, if Taotie was asked whether or not Divine Twilight' was important enough for all the Zodiacs to hunt him down... he couldn't be sure. The Zodiacs were so influential that every single one of them was comparable to the Nine Heavens or an entire .On another note... he acted as if he knew this would happen.'While Naglfar was being constructed, Chang-Sun made a request to Taotie.Can I make my wish now? Chang-Sun asked.Hmph! That took you long enough. Yeah, sure. Let's hear it. How spectacular is it that you had to make me wait until now?N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.I want you to join the Military Weaponry Division of ..... What? Taotie said blankly. and I will be facing many other wars after this. We can increase the size of our army for that, but our weapons will remain crude.Are you asking me to call you boss?Not exactly. Chang-Sun shook his head.What do you mean, then? Im sorry, but do you know how many want me to join them? I have never!Don't you want to meet Ou Yezi's descendant?... Still!Taotie loathed being affiliated with a group. That was why he immediately turned down Chang-Sun's offer, which he found ludicrous. He took pride in being able to freely pound metals instead of for an organization. Taotie was curious about this descendant of Ou Yezi, who was said to be almost as skilled as their ancestor, but his curiosity wasn't deep enough to give up his only pride. Surprisingly, instead of trying to persuade him any further, Chang-Sun just pulled out a long spear from his Inventory and handed it to him.What is this? Taotie frowned.I named it Twilight Spear. Ou Yezi's descendant made it.With Chang-Sun in the center, the contrasting and supreme sacred light showed up and undulated.The second chapter Foramen Septeni' has been applied, speeding up the Anomalization!The seven streams of amassed and took the form of a Giant. At the same time, supreme sacred light gathered into a sphere above Chang-Sun's right hand.Explode, Chang-Sun commanded.The mergeno, the reaction between and supreme sacred light activated. It was almost his trademark technique now. Together with , the sphere above Chang-Sun's hand disappeared and reappeared.Hahahaha! I knew you would use that. Isn't it cheating to use that from the start?Bel-Marduk sprang forth and punched the sphere.I think you shouldn't call it cheating yet, Chang-Sun sneered.What?Explode over and over again.The moment Chang-Sun activated Wordwielding, more spheres appeared around Bel-Marduk, making him flinch. His eyes widened, surprised that Chang-Sun could create multiple spheres this quickly.The combination of and supreme sacred light was so destructive that even Bel-Marduk couldn't underestimate it, and that wasn't the only problem. The same kind of spheres showed up around the other , fiercely and menacingly spinning.True cheating is attacking in the middle of transformation or fusion. Chang-Sun smiled crookedly. Bel-Marduk couldn't understand what he meant at all.Booom, boom, boom!The spheres instantly grew hundreds of times bigger and simultaneously exploded. The explosions overlapped, creating even more explosions and amplifying their damage severalfold.Far stronger than the ones Chang-Sun used to blow up half of the Incendiary Burial Whale, the explosions wiped out their entire vicinity. Huge flames and numerous shockwaves spread throughout the universe. If anyone saw the explosions from afar, they would think of them as a colossal supernova.Bel-Marduk and the other wes catapulted away, unable to contain the explosions. The avatars of those who barely managed to descend or were about to finish their descent were simultaneously blown away by the aftermath.So killing even just one of them is impossible, huh?' Chang-Sun clicked his tongue. He used runes to teleport Naglfar away from the center of the explosions as he continued to observe the Zodiacs using his Gnostic Eye.Although the Zodiacs were bewildered and cursing, they were somewhat calmly deflecting the aftermath of the explosions. That was probably thanks to the experience they accumulated while devouring Worldlines.Well, they would still be surprised.' Chang-Sun pulled out a sword from King's Treasury.The sword was different from the ones he usually used, and judging from its narrow and long blade, it seemed to specialize in piercing. The crests of the Yuchang Sword and Zhan Lu Sword faintly trembled, an indication that the sword was one of themOu Yezi's divine swords.Oooong, ooooong!However, unlike Ou Yezi's other divine swords, the sword also had Taotie's seal. Taotie acquired and improved the Juque Sword, Ou Yezi's fourth divine sword, in his own way to overcome his slump. Hence, the divine and demonic sword could also be called their joint work.This sword, which Chang-Sun received from Taotie earlier, would be enough to threaten those .I'll use this opportunity to assassinate at least one of them.' Chang-Sun sprang forth.Paaah!His first targetAntares the Scorpio'wasn't that far from him.
