sinovels Chapter 794 - 739: Planetary Devastation (Part 2)
Chapter 794 - 739: Planetary Devastation (Part 2)
The air around suddenly grew cold. Countless ghostly green light points gathered from all directions, forming a massive skeletal shadow above the Knight’s head.
The skeletal shadow opened its mouth, and a thick column of ghostly green light descended from the heavens, directly aiming at Duke’s position.
Duke did not dodge.
He raised his hands, metallic yellow sand surged from his body, gathering above him to form a sturdy sand shield.
The light column struck the sand shield.
The two forces eroded each other, emitting a piercing hissing sound.
The surface of the sand shield continuously cracked, yet constantly replenished by new sand flows.
The grains of sand that broke were corroded by the death energy, turning ash gray and falling, but more metallic yellow sand surged from Duke’s body, stubbornly resisting the impact of the light column.
The glow of the skeletal shadow began to fade, and the Knight’s chanting voice began to tremble.
Duke clenched his teeth, his Spiritual Power frantically flowing, channeling more metallic yellow sand into the sand shield.
Finally, the skeletal shadow let out a silent scream and disintegrated.
The light column vanished.
The Knight stared at him, with a glint resembling apprehension appearing in its fiery eye sockets for the first time.
But it did not retreat.
Once more, it raised its spear, the tip pointing at Duke.
Its skeletal horse moved its four hooves, the ghostly green flames surged, and man and horse transformed into beams of light charging again.
This time, Duke did not Elementalize.
He stood in place, waiting for the Knight to approach within ten steps, then suddenly tightened his right hand.
The metallic yellow sand attached to the Knight’s armor simultaneously glowed.
They had penetrated every seam, joint, and junction of the armor plates.
The Knight’s figure suddenly froze.
The metallic yellow sand inside it frantically condensed, expanded, burst open the armor from within, and pierced its energy core.
The Knight let out a harrowing shriek, its body trembling violently. The silver-white armor cracked from within, with ghostly green light frantically leaking from the cracks.
The skeletal horse let out a wailing sound as well, the metallic yellow sand covering its bones squeezing them to the point of snapping.
"Boom—"
The Knight, along with the skeletal horse, exploded, transforming into countless ghostly green light points, scattering everywhere.
Those light points fell to the ground, corroding the earth into charred pits.
Duke stood in place, the metallic yellow sand surrounding him slowly falling back to the ground.
He could have dealt with the Knight more quickly, but he mostly wanted to test the process of battling Level 2 Life.
Besides, it’s estimated that people have already noticed him from the outside; resolving the fight too quickly might stand out too much.
By taking it slow, it was also a way to give himself more time to test.
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With each subsequent level, the opponents became increasingly formidable, gradually adding pressure to Duke.
Against some adversaries, he had to remain vigilant and cautious; otherwise, he risked defeat.
Fortunately, Duke’s combat experience was quite rich, allowing him to come through each level with minimal danger.
Level 27.
The moment Duke stepped into the Light Gate, a heavy pressure burst forth.
It was a desolate plain. The sky was dark red, the ground cracked, with dark red lava flowing through the fissures. In the distance, there was a lone mountain, pitch-black, devoid of vegetation.
The air was scorching, carrying the scent of sulfur.
But Duke’s focus was not on the surroundings.
He was looking at someone.
In the center of the plain, stood a figure.
It was a humanoid entity, about two meters tall, composed entirely of dark red rock.
Its outline vaguely revealed a human shape, with a head, torso, and limbs.
But in the gaps between the rocks, lava flowed like on the ground.
Its eyes were two burning flames.
It gazed at Duke, without speaking.
But Duke could feel the oppressive feeling emanating from it, stronger than any previous level.
Moreover, it was not an ordinary Level 2 Peak.
Duke raised his hand, metallic yellow sand surged from his sleeves, forming a rotating sand curtain around him.
The Rock Giant moved.
It lifted its right foot and stamped heavily on the ground.
Boom—!!
A shockwave spread from beneath its foot, causing the ground to tremble violently. The land under Duke’s feet suddenly split open, spewing countless rocks and lava.
Duke leapt up, his form transforming into a mist of sand, evading the shockwave.
But the Rock Giant’s attack did not stop.
It clasped its hands together and fiercely pulled out a gigantic Stone Sword from the ground’s fissure.
The sword was ten meters long, entirely pitch-black, with dark red lava patterns flowing along its blade.
It swung the sword.
A simple horizontal sweep.
But at the moment the sword was swung, Duke felt the air around him solidify.
It was not a mere physical attack.
The sand mist in mid-air coalesced into a human form, Duke sidestepped, avoiding the sword edge.
Yet the wind pressure from the sword grazed his shoulder, instantly shattering his left shoulder, scattering into countless sand particles.
Duke’s expression changed.
The scattered sand particles fell to the ground, being absorbed directly by the ground, unable to retrieve them.
He quickly retreated, while directing the metallic yellow sand to repair his left shoulder.
The Rock Giant raised its left hand, fingers converging in a virtual grip.
The ground under Duke’s feet suddenly collapsed, a massive pit appearing out of thin air, with molten lava at the bottom.
Duke Elementalized again, his sand mist drifting aside.
But at the moment he shifted, the edge of the pit’s stones suddenly came alive.
Countless stone spikes erupted from all around, sealing all his escape routes.
The sand mist was pierced by three stone spikes.
The Rock Giant clearly possessed the power to manipulate earth elements, not losing to Duke in this aspect.
For the next half hour, Duke engaged in a tug-of-war with the Rock Giant.
He attempted attacks from various directions, trying all possible techniques.
The Rock Giant’s response was simple and brutal.
It stood motionless, holding the Stone Sword, every sword swing harnessing the power of the earth.
Duke’s attacks came within ten meters of it but were suppressed by the heavy pressure, drastically reducing speed and diminishing force.
The Sand Blades that fortunately struck it left only shallow marks, soon repaired by the lava flowing from within it.
It would counterattack too.
Every counterstrike harnessed the power of the earth itself.
Cracking earth, stone spikes, lava eruptions, gravity pressure—Duke relied on his High-Level Earth Element Affinity Talent, with an acute sense of the earth element energy flow, always able to dodge incoming attacks.
The Rock Giant’s defensive capabilities were beyond Duke’s expectations, an extremely defense-oriented Level 2 Peak life.
Ordinary methods were not effective against it.
Duke closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.
He raised his right hand, fingers spread wide, palm facing the sky.
The air around suddenly solidified.
The Rock Giant seemed to realize something, its flame-like eyes slightly narrowing.
It lifted the Stone Sword, began stepping towards Duke.
But it was too late.
In Duke’s palm, a dark yellow light spot began to form.
The light spot was small, only the size of a fingernail, but its appearance caused the surrounding ground to tremble.
Countless fragments floated from the ground, flying towards the light spot.
Then came larger rocks.
Then the entire patch of earth and rock.
The earth and rock crumbled, compressed, and condensed, becoming part of the light spot as they flew.
The light spot grew larger.
From fingernail-sized to fist-sized, from fist-sized to head-sized, from head-sized to a millstone-sized.
In the sky, a gigantic sphere was forming.
The Rock Giant halted, lifted its head, gazing at the sphere.
In its fiery eyes, a ripple appeared for the first time.
It lifted its Stone Sword, slashing out a huge sword light towards Duke.
The sword light carried the rules of the earth, capable of splitting a small mountain.
But halfway through, the sword light was suppressed by an invisible force, its speed drastically reduced, finally dissipating ten meters in front of Duke.
The sphere grew larger, gravity intensified.
The ground beneath the Rock Giant began to crumble.
The earth and stones it once commanded were now all betraying it, flying towards the sphere in the sky.
It tried to stabilize, attempting to use the power of rules to hold steady.
But the gravitational pull was too strong.