Xyrin Empire
Chapter 548 Against God

Chapter 548: Chapter 548 Against God

"So-called human fate is like day and night, fortune and misfortune, the moon waxes and wanes... Uh, that’s not right.

It should be when a man is about to die, his words become... Damn, still not it.

Ah, right, it should be: fortune stems from disaster, and disaster follows fortune—that’s it, I really shouldn’t have slept through all my Chinese literature classes.

Fate, huh? It’s always full of ’eggs’ of sorrow and thick desolation. Mr. Cao, after finishing ’Short Song’, at the peak of his life, got burnt in the Chibi arson case that scorched eighty-three thousand of his friends and followers. Napoleon, famous all his life, was finally thwarted by one of his useless generals. Even Hamlet, who studied DOA under the moon, was tormented by Shakespeare with the word fate for a lifetime, not to mention Gilgamesh, the eldest king of mankind, who now ends up having to sleep with a little girl’s toy every night—fate is inherently a bitch.

The reason why I’m so emotional is because I feel I’ve been duped too.

Just now I was leading the Imperial Spectator Group to screw around with the Abyss Gate, clearly watching them fall apart, when in the blink of an eye, I was thrown into... thrown into...

Where the hell is this?!

In the vast universe, space is expansive and endless. At that moment, with coordinates randomly assigned by the main ship computer following the ’the further the better’ principle, it threw me to some godforsaken place. Every cosmic scenery drawn by artists looks so stunning, but I tell you, half of them are deceiving—being randomly transported in outer space, you’d be thankful if you ended up in a region where matter exists. The place I’m now, most likely, is a desolate zone.

Aside from a nail-sized green light source billions of kilometers away to the left front—I don’t know if it’s a constant star or something else—everything around is icily silent space. As for farther away, those blurry cloud-like things and the stars appearing like pixels... I reckon with my doggy-paddle style in space, I won’t be able to make out what those are before the universe ends.

Though powerful energy shields and badass physical strength shield me from the vacuum’s cold and radiation in space, I still couldn’t help but feel the illusion of "damn, it’s cold." The incident a few seconds ago really felt like desperately pushing a boss to one percent when suddenly it goes invincible and berserk—accumulated frustration and annoyance seem to need an outlet.

"Sss...ss..."

Sound is impossible to transmit in space, and this strange noise directly echoing in my mind makes me uncertain whether the other party is saying ’die’ or just hissing. However, it’s definite that the black ink-like mass facing me is full of hostility.

After all, I just led a team to demolish their house.

"Yo, looks like it’s just the two of us left in this place," I casually greet the black fog, or rather, ’someone’ behind the black fog. Now this is truly a grand battlefield, looking around for countless light-years, you’d be hard-pressed to find another organic molecule. "I should have guessed, such a powerful Abyss Gate must have a boss sitting inside, and besides, your ability to hide your presence proves you are sentient—a powerful life form tainted by the Abyss? Fancy a chat?"

My words were like wind past ears, the black fog hovering a hundred meters away didn’t seem inclined to respond. Oddly enough, the space backdrop is inherently dark, except for that distant green celestial body and even more distant nebular structures, anything else that could be called a light source is pitifully scarce, and without a medium, there is no scattering of light. In these conditions, I could still distinctly make out the dark mass which is—looking for something blacker in the dark?

"Look, you should be able to speak, right? Just now in the Solar System you were muttering to yourself..." I slowly gather potentially useful energy, observing the reaction of the opposing black fog. "Or are you planning to just drain me out, see who starves first?"

"Really stupid..."

Perhaps realizing that pretentiousness had absolutely no effect on someone like me, the black fog finally stopped twisting and turning, a clear voice resonated in my mind, "Xyrin people, yet somehow different, huh... That powerful War Race indeed always brings surprises."

This... "thing," it knows the Xyrin Empire?

"Lucky me, imprisoned by those maniacs until now, finally I can catch a breath. I’ll take you as my first trophy... Die!"

Before I could even ask how it knew about the Xyrin Empire, this seemingly deranged black fog suddenly launched an attack—or maybe it did, I couldn’t understand what just happened; I saw nothing, the entity merely shook violently while my instincts prompted me to swiftly dodge, although not wounded, I certainly evaded something."

What exactly was that bone-chilling cold that flashed by just a moment ago?

"Next time... you die!"

Here it comes again!

It was still that indiscernible attack; the black mist a hundred meters away merely trembled slightly, signaling some danger hurtling towards this side. The only relief was that the spread of the attack wasn’t fast—I could at least dodge it with the propulsion generated by the energy burst.

"Looks like you’re not skilled in this kind of space battle," after launching two inexplicable attacks, the victory should have continued to be pursued, but the black mist actually stopped, and began to analyze with interest, "Moving solely by energy propulsion, a high-level Xyrin Apostle who doesn’t even know basic coordinate movement, when did such a peculiar soldier appear in that powerful race?"

"Even a blob of ink dares to look down on people, huh!"

Shaken and sweating coldly from being inexplicably attacked twice, I was also slightly angered. With a casual wave, the already connected Super Space-Time Strike was released in the cosmic space, a place that allows full play: "Thirty times the annual deluxe limited edition Chinese collectible version of Heavenly Light! Ten Directions Heavenly Light!"

Space battles mean two things; first, you can be ambushed by the enemy from any angle at any time, but second... as long as you have enough firepower, you can also blast the enemy’s buns from any angle at any time!

Above is from Sandora’s book "Cosmic Battle Firepower Scheduling Science," Chapter three, section sixteen, in its popular translation.

Focusing on that annoying black mist, over thirty glaringly bright silver Energy Matrices materialized out of nowhere, forming a spherical array that completely surrounded the enemy at the center. Subsequently, extremely powerful Energy Beams from a different space-time burst out from these thirty-plus outlets, mercilessly striking towards the core of the encirclement, an attack that was fundamentally unavoidable, based on aerial combat and developed from Pandora’s Floating Cannon surrounding net, but the Super Space-Time Strike obviously presented much greater difficulties in evasion.

At the very least, I thought this attack was sure to hit.

"Holy Barrier!"

Just as the thirty immensely powerful Super Space-Time Strikes were about to hit and dodging was completely impossible, that cluster of black mist... actually went invincible!

A spherical golden Barrier with bizarre black patterns floating on its surface blocked the attack of Ten Directions Heavenly Light from all angles. A massive burst of intermingled energies exploded in front of me, as brilliantly blazing as if a sun had exploded before my eyes, but simultaneously, the enemy’s energy fluctuations detected by my spiritual power hadn’t decreased in the slightest.

It actually blocked everything... well, it seems it didn’t block everything.

"Damn... I was careless, what kind of odd ability is this..."

While the enemy was complaining, I exclaimed in surprise, "What? A girl?"

The explosion’s shockwave ultimately shattered the enemy’s Invincible Shield, the flashy protective black mist neutralized by the overwhelming energy, and what appeared before me... was a woman.

Perhaps she could be considered a young girl?

She wore a bizarre sleeveless "long dress" of indiscernible material, possibly not even solid, the surface of the dress trembling like flowing mist, rising with light black smoke. Her hands were also covered with long gloves of the same material, while her exposed fair shoulders and upper arms bore tattoos resembling runes. Lifting my gaze, I saw a cold visage, albeit still one that could be called beautiful despite the strong hostility: thin lips slightly upturned, a small and exquisite nose, blood-red eyes in perfect almond shapes, all uniquely delicate features of a young girl, and her silver hair, trailing down to her ankles, was the longest I had seen after Lola Stewart’s hair, but in contrast to such tender feminine features, her figure...

I guess even if Sandora came, she’d be instantly knocked out. From memory, only Shen Lie Huozhi had the hardware required to contest with her. Yeah, I pretty much understand why I would encounter this "Abyss Infected" in the Academy Apocalypse World. Could it be under her influence that an inspiring apocalyptic movie full of hot-blooded tears and youth transformed into something wonderful like "X Rocks Apocalypse"... cough, something evil?

Just as I was shocked by the true form shrouded by the opponent’s dark mist, they launched a counterattack without hesitation. Although the Ten Directions Heavenly Light had not caused serious damage just then, their anger was evident as their defenses had been shattered.

"Collapse!"

The brief two-syllable command echoed in my mind, and a sudden sense of crisis made me choose to dodge once again at the last moment. The next second, a sound of crystal shattering came from all directions.

There is no sound in a vacuum, and the sound I just heard clearly occurred inside my own ears, which meant what was shattered... was space?!

"Collapse!" The strangely dressed woman with silver hair and red eyes launched another attack, still with a crisp "crack" sound. Immediately after, I saw the starlight coming from afar refract or interrupt at the very spot I had just been.

She was indeed shattering the space here!

"Quick reflexes," she said coldly, looking over this way as her arm suddenly lifted, "Die!"

It was too late. The surrounding space had just shattered and hadn’t had time to recover, and my movements were greatly restricted. Unable to dodge, I could only brave it out by forming a thin barrier with Void Energy in front of me, hoping that this film would withstand her peculiar attack while I figured out how she was fighting.

An invisible force struck the Void Energy, which did not disappoint. It successfully blocked the attack and allowed me to understand the nature of the attack through the energy echoes it sent back—it was Divine Power, similar to Dingdang’s, but of a completely opposite nature.

Death command.

"Void Burst!"

Taking advantage of the opponent’s brief shock as her seemingly sure-hit attack was blocked by a strange shield, I immediately unleashed my most skilled high-power skill. A small amount of Void Energy was directed right to her vicinity, instantly reacting with the main material plane to create a massive energy explosion, blasting her away.

Although it’s not very cultured or refined for a professional leader to strike a girl, especially a beautiful one, under these circumstances, it seems necessary to get real or I’d actually get killed—she is, after all, a being from the law level!

"That energy... Void Energy! When did you guys start using Void Energy for single combat... Ha, now I have even more motivation to kill you! Let’s see just how powerful you have become!"

"Let’s talk about that after the fight! Void Burst!" I quickly distanced myself from her, but this time, she easily dodged the attack.

"The same move can only work on me once!"

Uttering those words that seemed thunderous in an instant, the madwoman chased after me at a speed that was no less than mine. The sounds of space shattering were almost like torrents of rain around my ears, interspersed occasionally with death commands. But knowing her death command couldn’t break through the Void Shield anymore, that weird attack no longer posed a threat to me, though she seemed completely unaware of it as she kept futilely issuing death commands. It looked like the Abyss Energy had fried her brain somewhat, which was good news for me.

Simply running away was not a solution. After roughly figuring out her movement pattern, I started planting "landmines" everywhere—fragile Void Channels that would trigger a Void Explosion upon contact. Though the explosions were not very powerful, they proved quite effective; the mindless madwoman practically stumbled through the mines...

The battle continued in a stalemate, with neither side gaining a clear upper hand. I didn’t know how far I’d run with the creature, but it was definitely further than any professional kite-player: the green celestial body, the size of a fingernail seen earlier, was now much closer—a fiercely burning lonely constant star. I didn’t know why a star would exhibit this color, but I knew this was the farthest I’d ever traveled on foot.

Well over a hundred million kilometers... That was an impressive number. My extreme speed might have reached one-tenth the speed of light, the highest speed I’ve ever reached other than through space transmission, but the problem was... that crazy woman was still chasing me!

"Azikersee-atairr!"

Speaking in words I couldn’t understand, what surged out of his hand was a pulsating halo, like blood, which had grazed me just now to demonstrate its power; my left hand still felt numb from its masterpiece. I quickly used a Void Shield to block this light, then pointed at the ground beneath his feet, "Void Burst!"

Knowing the power of this move, he immediately sidestepped and in an instant, was a kilometer away; then... he was bombarded back by a barrage of Super Space-Time Cannons from all directions.

Anyone who always shouts their move names before attacking is an idiot, those who never do are smart—however, those like me who shout random names are geniuses—thanks to the Abyss Energy that scrambled her brains, she had already been blown away twenty times by this trick.

But unfortunately, so far, aside from severe exhaustion of physical strength, she hadn’t sustained a single scratch.

"You bastard, you’ve successfully pissed me off!" The woman, disheveled from the bombardment, glared at me viciously, then suddenly opened her arms, "Holy Sovereignty descends from the sky! Command you all to serve me!"

Yet again a skill I’d never seen before. I mean, big sis, what were you before you were infected by the Abyss? A Skill Tutor in the main city?

But I didn’t even get a chance to voice my retort before I was stunned by the scene before me.

Divine Light—not just Holy Light, this divine power was clearly... the same kind I had once felt from Yelsen, one of those comical siblings, the ultimate power of light used by the Divine Race, now... on a creature corrupted by the Abyss?!

On reflection, she had used a similar skill initially, that Invincible Shield composed of Holy Light—though it was adorned with patterns of Abyss Energy infection, it was indeed Divine Energy!

"You should feel honored, Xyrin People!" The woman, her body bathed in sanctified brilliance, with dark flames on her body still as intense, looked extremely eerie, "This is one of my most powerful skills, ha, the feeling of about to kill a former ally feels great. Perhaps the Star Domain folks should also get a taste..."

Star Domain? Ally?

Two explosive terms instantly filled the gaps in my previous suspicions. This woman, wielding the power to freely manipulate laws, possessed the immortal and indestructible nature, a divine aura similar to Yelsen’s—could it be...

She was once part of the Star Domain Divine Race?! Even gods had been corrupted by the Abyss?!

But now I no longer had time to confirm these with her, because the situation seemed dire.

That Holy Sovereignty dropping from the sky didn’t seem to be just for increasing her luminosity...

Watching the figure before me turning almost into a Holy Light torch, and feeling the increasingly evident anomaly around us, I clenched my fist. Could it be...

Could she be a relative of Alaya? So bright!

Okay, I just blabbered.

I couldn’t let her complete this skill; every idiot who watched a Magic Girl transform for five minutes for the sake of benefits without interrupting ended up getting screwed—I certainly couldn’t just watch her complete this apparently infinitely powerful special move. With full power spiritual energy running, Void Explosion, Void Blade, Energy Shock Burst, Heavenly Light, N-times Heavenly Light, and even a Sniper Star Cannon, I used everything available. To avoid friendly fire, I even retreated nearly ten thousand kilometers, watching from afar as the now pixel-sized enemy was showered with attacks, yet this flurry of assaults didn’t ease my tension because...

"You foolish fool! Did you think you could hurt a godlike being who is invincible by law?!"

This mad woman was immune to interruptions while channeling her big move! (To be continued, for more please visit www.qidian.com, with more Chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)