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When his kind-hearted monk friend saw these scenes of utter devastation, what profound grief and helplessness welled up in his eyes!
Anger burned in my chest...
Mino gripped Altottai tightly, pointing the sword at the terrifying being that had descended with an unstoppable aura of utter evil, his face radiating righteous indignation:
"Chief Lark! I'm here to destroy everything you hate the most!"
Chapter 349 The Abyss Descends
"Altotai, get ready to go!"
The holy sword in his hand shone brightly, and Mino let out a low shout. Golden energy instantly swirled around him, condensing into sharp sword energy.
As the evil aura gradually took shape on the altar, he once again began to hone his legendary sword technique, Ex-Curry Stick.
Part 2!
Unlike the sword strike that day, which was unleashed only after Dane's body had been drained of its power and thus lacked full force, and unlike the sword strike of light that Fim was able to unleash by gathering the light energy from his ahoge and exhausting all the holy power in the air.
Mino used the purest holy power that was stored within his body and refined through countless trials.
For an ordinary hero, the power within their body might not even be enough to reach the threshold of using a legendary sword technique, but for Mino, the power consumed at this moment is only 20%!
In an instant, the dazzling light surged and burned like a raging fire.
"Strength, speed, perception, and even the efficiency of sword energy condensation have all been improved..."
Standing in the middle of the court, Mino felt that his form had reached an unprecedented peak:
"Even though I can no longer activate the blessing, it's like I've undergone a comprehensive enhancement. What's going on?"
"Could it be that--"
Raising her head, Mino suddenly realized something:
"During those five months of grueling training in the Demon King's Castle, I actually broke through to a higher level?!"
Mino felt a surge of excitement welling up in his chest; this was exactly how it should be!
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"Wow, the power is surging in! Is this a legendary sword technique? So powerful... I'm about to be completely filled!!!"
In his hand, the blade of the Altotate trembled, emitting a sound of unparalleled bliss.
Although Apophis stole his master's first use of the Curry Stick (actually the second time), being able to use legendary sword techniques is arguably the lifelong dream of every holy sword.
Not to mention, it's a sword technique of light that matches the attributes of the Holy Sword so perfectly!
The surging holy power washed over his body, and even the sharpest sword blade was imbued with a tangible light!
"Ex——"
"Curry stick!!!"
Mino swung his sword down.
The enormous blade of light crashed down, slamming into the altar, where the sinister aura was gradually taking shape.
boom--! ! !
A deafening roar soared into the sky, accompanied by billowing smoke and countless scattered points of light, forming a storm of light that annihilated everything.
"Is it... over?!"
The blade still retained the tremor of the power it had unleashed. Altotai stared in disbelief at the scene, utterly stunned by the power before him.
As he unleashed his sword strike, Mino had already sheathed Altotai and slowly turned his back: "Of course."
"This is the strongest blow to the limits of human theoretical understanding!"
Her eyes were incredibly bright, and Mino's tone was filled with unwavering confidence.
With his legendary swordsmanship and his pure holy power at the level of a strongest warrior, he had brought out the full potential of humanity. No human could surpass his sword strike.
With such a sword strike, the outcome is already obvious.
As the storm subsided, the storm gradually died down.
“Uh, my lord…” Altottai’s hesitant voice came from his waist:
"Why don't you take another look behind you?"
Eh?
Mino, who was still pretending to be cool, froze. His eyes widened, and he slowly turned around in disbelief, looking at the altar in the center of the magic circle.
boom--!
Like an apocalyptic eruption of a volcano, in the next instant, a vast and evil aura suddenly engulfed the entire sky, and the ground of the massive magic array suddenly cracked.
Shadows exuding an aura of destruction rolled out from the cracks, devouring all the light in the air and leaving a violent aftershock in the world!
"What... is that?"
A chilling sensation gradually seeped into his bloodstream, and Mino's pupils constricted sharply.
The pitch-black aura imprisoned the entire space. Although it contained not a trace of holy or magical power, its eerie energy constantly intertwined and tangled in the air, annihilating all life-giving energy at a chilling speed, and taking deep root in the ground while obliterating everything!
Like the world's most filthy shadow, grotesque chunks of flesh, as large as small mountains, twisted and gnawed at each other, descending upon the scene—
Abyss Demon!
A chilling aura filled the room.
At that moment, Mino and the demons looked up in shock at the despairing shadow.
Like a deeply ingrained nightmare, a clear, primal understanding welled up within me:
It was an absolutely invincible, indestructible, terrifying existence that all living beings in this world had to avoid!
"How could this be...? There's no record of it..."
Swell's voice trembled violently, and the pages of the book became withered and cracked the instant the destructive aura swept over them.
"That's a creature far more terrifying than the Demon King, no... even more terrifying than the Goddess..."
The pages trembled slightly, and Swail finally understood what the strange feeling he had experienced from Brad that day was all about.
This core aura, this level of power, is simply beyond the control or manipulation of any human or demon!
—This is a dark force powerful enough to destroy the entire world!
In comparison, the demons, known for their fear and rage, seem like inferior, flawed products before this power!
"What kind of monster did those dark sorcerers unleash?"
Swell was terrified; before this, it had actually harbored some doubts about the kingdom's morning star:
If even a saintly human pope carries a power similar to dark magic, is that holy and luminous archmage really that simple? Is the coupling between the dark mage's actions and the luminous super-magic array truly just a coincidence?
But now, with the moment this terrifying being appeared in the world, the last trace of doubt in its heart vanished.
This terrifying power, enough to drive all of humanity and demons to despair, is something that a mere human mage who has only reached the pinnacle of the magical realm could possibly contend with!
In the perception of the authority of knowledge, if this dark power were to reveal its complete form, even the most powerful human would be nothing more than a plaything! It wouldn't even grant them the status of a servant, let alone assist or control them!
No wonder the will of the abyss was so certain.
When Lak sees the true form of the Abyss Demon, he will have a direct experience of the Abyss's terror—
Whether it's the essence of bloodlust or the origin of decaying artifacts, once controlled by humans, it requires a considerable price to unleash its incomplete power.
The source of the abyss can only unleash its most destructive power when controlled by the abyss itself.
The alliance between the Abyss Will and Lak is actually just using the dark power within Lak as a substitute for the original source, with the Abyss Will unleashing its powerful force.
Even so, it is only close to a source, and is still not a complete power.
And now.
Through the altar's guidance, for the first time since the world's birth, something awakens from the depths of the earth, heralding the end of the prelude to the world's demise—
A full ten percent, completely...
If the aura that could shatter the heavens and the earth reverberated in the arena, the terrifying pressure would almost destroy the desire for resistance of all the demons and holy artifacts.
In the arena, the warrior remained silent, his golden eyes losing their color for the first time.
His pupils were tinged with a clear, inky black, like the night sky, and his voice seemed to emerge from the void of memory, cold and terrifying:
"abyss."
Chapter 350 The Demon Slayer
The name, which clearly did not exist in his memory, yet emanated from the depths of his soul with unparalleled intensity, caused Mino to gradually tighten his grip on his longsword.
He understood that this monster from the abyss had to be eradicated from the land immediately.
Otherwise, the whole world will be plunged into disaster and destruction, and even the goddess's arrival will not be able to save it!
only--
Sweat gradually seeped from his palms, and the holy sword in his hand trembled violently.
"How can we fight against something like that?!"
Altotai's voice was filled with panic and uncertainty. Even as the sharpest sacred artifact in the world, which already possessed the potential of a divine artifact, it could not muster even a shred of confidence to fight rather than destroy it.
Mino's previous masterful sword strike, a masterpiece of light, failed to inflict any damage on the demon.
At the center of the altar, the abyssal demon had fully materialized. Although it was just a jumbled mass of flesh without any rules or power, it cast a terrifying shadow over the hearts of everyone present.
That was a despair that even the light of humanity could not dispel... true despair.
……
"Good news."
Inside the body, "darkness" raged.
It let out an incomparably joyful and maniacal laugh, the evil flowing deep within its blood becoming thicker and more intense, even causing the abyssal shadow covering its body to twist and revel in an unusual frenzy:
"I sensed it, the ritual has taken effect!"