Chapter 545: Mercenary Tao's [Fierce]!
Whoosh!
The pitch-black flames burst into combustion. In an instant, Mercenary Tao, wrapped in his force field all over, turned into a pitch-black torch.
This scene made Wei Yixiao, who "luckily" took Jia Su and dodged being killed by Mercenary Tao, look stern.
This bizarre and terrifying black flame seemed even more terrifying than his current Hellfire. Even though the strengthening upper limit of the [Ghost Rider] could be considered quite high, facing Mercenary Tao right now...
His flames didn't produce a very good effect. On the contrary, the black flames of this [Mahakala] incinerated that layer of force field he found difficult to break through in an instant.
Wei Yixiao no longer expected a guy like Mercenary Tao to be instantly killed. At some unknown point, the impression that Mercenary Tao was very difficult to defeat had already taken root in his heart.
Even in such a situation, he still believed Mercenary Tao was alive...
Amidst the burning black flames, an intense whirlwind erupted, instantly driving the black flames to turn into a huge black tornado, instead pouncing towards Su Qingqiu.
Mahakala's eyes narrowed. In the next moment, he grabbed with both hands, and the Fire of Demise instantly disappeared. The huge tornado, sweeping halfway, was dispersed by Su Qingqiu with a wave of his hand.
Inside, there was no figure of Mercenary Tao.
"Careful, he has the ability to turn into wind!"
The effect of [Telepathy] was extremely strong, capturing the instant Mercenary Tao turned into wind.
Golden luster gleamed in Mahakala's eyes. He formed a mudra with his hands, and his twin pupils appeared illusory in the sky again. Eyes seemed to open on that pitch-black great sun.
[Clairvoyance]!
A figure hiding in the wind was seen by him. He immediately raised his hand and pointed.
Whoosh!
Black flames rose like a curtain wall. The high temperature instantly changed the airflow, and the wind direction shifted accordingly.
Even suppressed by Su Qingqiu's [Pure White Heaven], Mahakala could still control the Fire of Demise to cover a space exceeding a five-thousand-meter radius.
If he wanted to, he could completely turn into a devastating humanoid natural disaster. Therefore, Mahakala was marked by Song Xian as a [Natural Disaster Level] observation target.
Snap!
His eyes focused, and the black flames shone. Mercenary Tao's figure appeared from the sea of fire. The force on the other party's body surface flowed endlessly, his defense quite formidable.
Moreover, as a Scarlet Great Sin, Mercenary Tao's various attributes were probably extremely high. Being illuminated simultaneously by the Pure White Heaven and the End Great Sun, he actually hadn't lost his mobility yet.
Kaito Shirogane staggered out from the wind. In the next moment, silver-white sword pressure coincidentally slashed right in front of him.
These three people were not only powerful but also coordinated extremely tacitly, not at all like they were doing this kind of thing for the first time.
Those few people from the End Empire finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
In that brief battle earlier, the combat power Mercenary Tao displayed was truly terrifyingly strong. Seemingly without using any abilities at all, he easily and instantly killed several fierce people.
The Title-level [Great Demon] wasn't even a match for a single exchange.
You have to know, Reincarnators of this level could already be completely called elite Reincarnators. In various team battle missions, they would be arranged as the "Reaper" roles entering the field later.
Everyone had the lives of dozens of other Reincarnators on their hands.
But exactly such guys, facing Mercenary Tao, weren't much better than ordinary people. They were easily killed, completely unable to even capture Mercenary Tao's figure.
That oppressive force made Title-level people like them feel shuddering fear as well.
[Fierce] tier, without a doubt!
Mercenary Tao at this moment was already a bona fide [Fierce] tier Reincarnator.
Regardless of how the Space judged it, or whether Mercenary Tao had completed the advancement mission, there was actually a better way to identify so-called [Fierce] tier Reincarnators.
That is, once they appear, they can make most Reincarnators feel shuddering and fear.
That is [Fierce]!
It wasn't until now, seeing Mahakala unite with two other top-tier Reincarnators to successfully suppress Mercenary Tao, that they could breathe slightly louder.
Hum!
Sword Qi whistled wildly. Yi Nian Qingsi's swordsmanship didn't follow the grandiose path of the One Piece world; her sword momentum was treacherous and agile.
Every sword slashed towards vital points, and the speed of drawing the sword was extremely fast. Coupled with her currently extremely high attributes and enhancements, the resulting outcome was that in just a few breaths, the city block was completely shattered.
Extremely deep gullies were everywhere.
She displayed the terrifying destructive power in battle of White-Blade side Reincarnators after they grew up to the fullest.
Moreover, Kaito Shirogane could feel that the frequency of the death intent appearing in her sword Qi wasn't fixed. It seemed every sword strike contained death intent without releasing it, but just as it was about to hit him, the death intent spewed forth.
This kind of swordsmanship, in terms of killing ability, far exceeded Lee Cheong-ja's previous methods.
This was a swordsmanship born specifically for killing people.
Yi Nian Qingsi was even more shocked in her heart at this time. Her swordsmanship came from the great villain of a thousand years ago in [Bleach]—Unohana Yachiru.
That was a sword born specifically for slaughter after fusing various swordsmanships.
Her swordsmanship specialization had similarly, under the coordination of abilities and items, touched the peak of technique at Lv9, faintly able to touch the superb realm of breaking limits.
But even so, her swordsmanship in Mercenary Tao's eyes seemed full of errors and omissions, without the slightest feeling of an ordinary Kendo Grandmaster suppressing an ordinary Martial Arts Grandmaster.
Mercenary Tao's martial arts specialization... has broken through the peak of technique?!
Once this thought arose, the sword in her hand danced faster and faster. The sword light in her hands completely lacked a straight and grandiose posture. On the contrary, the swords she slashed grew increasingly tricky and treacherous.
She began to slash towards various blind spots of Kaito Shirogane from various unbelievable angles.
Su Qingqiu hadn't made a move yet. Like a crowd controller, he was the trump card specifically sought out in this [Kill Mercenary Alliance] to target the [Scarlet Great Sin].
The suppression of attributes by [Pure White Heaven] could massively restrict the greatest advantage of a Great Sin Reincarnator like Mercenary Tao.
He saw clearly that Yi Nian Qingsi had already started to get serious. In other words, even with his and Mahakala's participation, Yi Nian Qingsi was still starting to find it difficult to suppress Mercenary Tao.
Mahakala also noticed this point. He looked at the pitch-black great sun in the sky. If he used that move at this moment...
No, it wasn't the time yet.
He immediately abandoned that thought.
In the next moment, Mahakala's figure swayed. A dark golden body staggered out from within him, and then a second, and a third.
Every time Mahakala swayed, another him appeared.
These Mahakalas had slight differences in appearance from each other, looking as if Mahakalas of every age were summoned simultaneously.
There were as many as nine people.
Behind these nine Mahakalas, pitch-black great suns similarly burned.
In an instant, the temperature here rose sharply, and the intensity of that curse-erosion began to increase massively.
Su Qingqiu raised his left hand and swiped in front of him. A huge playing card appeared. On the face of the playing card, a large number of pitch-black spots rapidly began to appear.
Whoosh!
The playing card started burning. Su Qingqiu flicked his left hand, and a new playing card had already appeared. He seemed to be using this method to evade the damage of the curse-erosion.
Mahakala merely took a glance and then stopped paying attention.
The nine figures violently turned into black fire lotuses one by one. In the next moment, in the space where Mercenary Tao and Yi Nian Qingsi were fighting, the black lotuses exploded.
Boom!
In just an instant, Yi Nian Qingsi let out a muffled groan and was sent flying while holding her sword with one hand. During the process, green smoke even began to appear on her body surface, and her hair also began to turn yellow and curl.
The Fire of Demise, in terms of pure destructive power, far exceeded other Title abilities.
The Three Parts Returning Origin Force on Kaito Shirogane's body surface instantly began to burn. Kaito Shirogane frowned, his hands flicking and shaking.
Bang!
The Three Parts Returning Origin Force directly exploded. Violent airflows swept towards the surroundings like tornadoes.
But in the sky, the nine Mahakalas stood in different directions, all forming mudras with their hands. They raised their hands in unison, striking a palm towards Kaito Shirogane.
Terrifying flames completely enveloped Mercenary Tao from all around. The air was instantly twisted and blurred. In this kind of environment, turning into wind was also useless.
He looked indifferently at Mercenary Tao spreading his arms, as if resisting the billowing heat waves. At the same time, Mercenary Tao's whole body turned pitch-black, intense Armament Haki already covering him.
This scene made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. Mercenary Tao finally began to use other abilities. This proved that Mercenary Tao was also starting to be pushed close to his limits now, forced to reveal his trump cards.
"Namo Amitabha."
"The sea of suffering is boundless, turn back to the shore."
...
Like rolling thunder, Mahakala's voice began to vibrate in the air. One completely couldn't hear how the sound was emitted, but it vibrated directly in everyone's minds.
"Not good, it's Lord Mahakala's [Life-Claiming Sanskrit Chant], quickly activate the bounded field!"
Two people immediately formed mudras with their hands, fast as fluttering flowers. In an instant, a purple bounded field lit up in [Paradise].
The expressions of the few people also relaxed slightly, the effect of that decadent Sanskrit chant weakening a lot.
Mahakala was powerful, but many of his abilities were indiscriminate, super-large-scale abilities. Therefore, the others weren't in a hurry to help, but instead kept peeking.
A Reincarnator wearing black-rimmed glasses looked at Mercenary Tao, who was completely controlled inside by Mahakala and seemed about to burn to death, and raised the magic wand in his hand.
An extremely terrifying magic had already been successfully brewed. Among this batch of Title-levels who came with Mahakala, Spellcasting side Reincarnators were in the majority. Because their lethality was strong enough, even if their strength was inferior to Mercenary Tao's, they also had the chance to cooperate with Mahakala to blast him to death.
But they didn't expect Mercenary Tao's strength to be so overwhelmingly strong that these people completely didn't dare to make a move. On the contrary, the backup arranged by His Eminence was powerful enough, and the appearance of the two top-tier Reincarnators stabilized the situation.
[Magic of One Strike · Ling Lun] had sweat dripping from his forehead. He had been maintaining the activation state of that magic.
But as the black great suns behind the nine Mahakala clones grew increasingly dazzling, and the [Life-Claiming Sanskrit Chant] was constantly chanted from their mouths, Mahakala's clones had already closed in to less than fifty meters around Mercenary Tao.
Pfft~
Accompanied by the slight sound of dancing flames, Mercenary Tao's signature pink robe was finally ignited by the black flames.
Ling Lun completely breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
It's done!
Ignited by the [Fire of Demise], even if not burned to death, he would be completely eroded by the curse-erosion. All vitality and power would be swallowed, ultimately turning into a puddle of rotten meat.
Retreating to the distance, still forming a triangular formation with Mahakala's main body and Su Qingqiu, Yi Nian Qingsi crushed an amulet. Holy light scattered on her body surface, yet that burning pain still couldn't dissipate.
From the corner of her eye, she stared at that Mercenary Tao. If the other party wasn't burned to death, she would find it hard to feel at ease. The pressure was so great that she didn't even immediately ask Mahakala for compensation for being affected by his ability.
Thump.
As if some kind of heartbeat violently beat once.
The eyelids of Mahakala's main body twitched, and he immediately spoke out.
"Ling Lun, do it!"
His [Telepathy] and [Clairvoyance] weren't just staring at Mercenary Tao; he was also perfectly clear about the state of his own people.
At this moment, he issued the order directly.
In this instant, Ling Lun felt as if that string in his heart suddenly tightened again, until it snapped. The magnificent jewel on the magic wand in his hand shattered directly.
His whole person's magical energy was completely poured into this strike.
[Magic of One Strike: Can condense all magical energy into a single magic. When released, every point of energy attribute will amplify the effect by 2.5%]
Layers upon layers of resplendent magic circles abruptly exploded in front of Ling Lun.
Crack~ Bang!
The first to shatter was the [Four Violet Flames Formation] in front of him. Subsequently, the terrifying magical energy directly dispelled other energies and elements in the air.
Devastating fluctuations spread among the nine Mahakala clones.
"Explosion!"
[Explosion Magic]!
Standing at the pinnacle of the path of destruction, the ultimate destructive magic condensed into a single point by a pure Spellcasting side Reincarnator, displayed devastating destructive power in this instant.
Mahakala's nine clones shattered and vanished one by one, followed by Mercenary Tao enveloped within these clones.
That figure with closed eyes beginning to be wrapped by black flames seemed about to disappear as if directly torn apart by the manic magical energy.
But in the next moment, Mercenary Tao's eyes abruptly opened. Purple, white, red, green... countless colors flowed in those pupils.
Ling Lun had consumed all his magical energy, but his perception of this instant was incomparably clear.
He was very certain that after seeing Mercenary Tao open his eyes, in those pupils, countless radiances flowed and spiraled, and then...
Boom!
A terrifying explosion swallowed everything.
The shockwave directly leveled the recently built [Paradise].
Mai, who was wailing in poison on the rooftop because his scalp was slashed open; Jin Yue'an standing on a building further away; as well as Jia Su, Wei Yixiao wandering on the edge of the battlefield, and the [Great Demon] whose head had just been reattached.
All were sent flying by the terrifying impact force, crashing out thousands of meters along with the dust and ruins.
"Well done, Ling Lun! Is Mercenary Tao dead?!"
Crossing his arms, his figure completely turned into an alloy posture, the defense-specialized Reincarnator [Cyborg · Aitai] immediately turned his head to confirm Ling Lun's state.
Because he lost all his magical energy, Ling Lun's spirit was also vastly consumed. He was completely unable to move, but his hands trembled, and his face was deathly pale.
"Run... run!"
In the next moment, leveraging [Telepathy], Mahakala had completely understood Ling Lun's meaning.
"Mercenary Tao is not dead, teleport away immediately!"
Mahakala waved his hand, his figure expanding once again, already exceeding three meters.
The black great sun above his head also began to expand. Black Qi extended outward from that great sun, as if about to directly swallow everything.
He didn't raise his head, merely opening and closing his mouth, saying without joy or sorrow:
"Su Qingqiu, Yi Nian Qingsi, you two should also leave. Go to His Eminence to collect your reward."
The two knew Mahakala was probably going to use that calamity-like move and were about to leave. But in the next moment, the dust on the ground began to vibrate, and the airflow in the air changed direction.
In an instant, as if some new gravity had appeared, everything began to fly towards the sky.
Rumble!
Golden Qi, like a huge pillar of light several meters in diameter, soared into the sky from the ruins of Paradise.
Sizzle!
Golden lightning burst forth from it, and an aura so intense it felt like it would shatter hearts emerged.
"Ha~ Hahaha... Hahahahaha!"
The laughter vibrated the air. Visual blazing white shockwaves directly spread like ripples.
Yi Nian Qingsi's dark purple long hair was shaken by this shockwave, dancing scatteredly.
Su Qingqiu's ponytail also came undone.
The two had stern expressions. Exchanging a glance, only the resolve of a fight to the death remained in the depths of their eyes.
In the next moment, Mahakala's Clairvoyance saw the terrifying-figured, bare-chested man in that golden pillar of light casually wave his hand.
Boom!
A terrifying impact appeared instantly. Mahakala instinctively raised his hands. His whole person was as if directly hit by a weight of ten thousand catties, sliding backward for hundreds of meters.
He repeated his old trick. A large number of clones walked out from his body, and the [Life-Claiming Sanskrit Chant] rang out, but what greeted him was a terrifying explosive shout.
"Ha!"
[World-Shocking Thunder Roar]!
The thunder of the Nine Heavens exploded simultaneously. The sky abruptly lit up, and everyone's field of vision was deprived.
Rumble!
[Aitai], who was protecting in front of Ling Lun, completely blew apart internally without a sound, fresh blood flying out from various orifices.
Ling Lun also sprayed blood from his mouth and nose, his eyes directly shattering.
The others also let out wails of pain...
(End of Chapter)
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