Blade Master Kangen was such an example of a fierce and unfathomable Godlike.
As other people saw it, Kangen and Professor were the same, both with fighting strength at the level of Half-Plane Guardians. But in the eyes of the Berserk God, who had been locked in combat with him, Kangen actually far exceeded those at the level of Professor, Eve, and Marvin. The strength of the latter two was incredibly shocking, but was in part due to the unique weapons they held, while the former was simply frightening.
‘It’s been so many years since a Godlike appeared…’
The Berserk God’s mood was complicated. ‘If at that time, with my talents, I had resisted the temptation, could I have become like him?’
But there was no “if”. Many years ago, in the 3rd Era, he didn’t listen to his elder brother’s warning and directly used the Fate Tablet Fragment to ascend, brushing aside the idea of freedom on the way.
And now, he stood in front of a true Godlike. Besides respect and fear, he also felt some inexplicable jealousy deep in his heart!
Despite so, the Berserk God still didn’t choose to fight.
Taking advantage of Marvin and the Molten Archdevil fighting, he slowly diluted his aura through the First Mountain Range.
But a voice suddenly echoed beside his ear.
“Want to run?”
“I did say that I didn’t have many close friends. You Gods killed one, so I’ll get some interest first.”
“This shall be the gift that I deliver to the War God.”
As these words were uttered, a fierce blade pierced through space and ruthlessly cut the Divine Source of the Berserk God just as he was about to flee!
“Aaaaaaaah!”
The mournful howl spread throughout the entire First Mountain!
Chapter 678: Lord of Hell’s Curse!
Chapter 678: Lord of Hell’s Curse!
Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance
An aura of desolation was slowly spreading.
Blade Master Kangen’s blade aura focused, appearing extremely calm.
But those present had already realized that this handsome and slightly aged face represented true slaughter and dread.
That seemingly unexceptional body held a terrifying power that would surprise even Gods!
Just a single slash ravaged the Berserk God’s Divine Source!
This meant that another God Realm in the Astral Sea had been destroyed!
It meant that there was at least one other Secondary Plane sinking in turmoil as countless followers of the Berserk God panicked in fright.
All of this was caused by this simple-looking man standing there.
The people of the Astral Sea didn’t know what to say.
They even began to feel that Feinan was seeming more frightening than the Nine Hells!
….
At the same time, similar screams echoed from the Molten Domain.
Everyone looked back as Marvin’s blades fell down, changing from the previous attacking style of slowly whittling down the opponent, instead now slashing fiercely at the head of the Molten Archdevil!
The outcome of the battle between the descendants of the Molten Bloodline was decided!
As Marvin was chipping away at the Molten Archdevil earlier, he was not only slowly depleting his opponent’s strength, but he was also probing his enemy.
He had to check the limits of the Molten Archdevil to determine when he would be able to strike a decisive blow.
And with the help of the versatile Wisdom Ability, he had already formed a model in his mind.
Everything regarding the Molten Archdevil was in his grasp.
Diross had certainly hobbled him in some way upon expelling him to Feinan, or else it wouldn’t have been so easy for Marvin to beat him. Archdevils were way above the level of Mid Gods, after all.
And during the fight, Marvin could feel the source of the Molten Archdevil’s strength. He realized that it was gradually diminishing.
This definitely wasn’t due to Marvin’s attacks.
Rather, it was because of his body suffering from an extremely fierce attack!
With Marvin’s current understanding of his grandfather, he knew Diross must have planned this out a long time ago. If he made a move, it would be swift like lightning and overbearing like thunder!
Since the Molten Hell had been attacked, then the Molten Archdevil’s main body must also be suffering at the moment!
Thanks to this support, Marvin was unafraid of this opponent that should have been an overwhelming challenge.
Time passing was good for him.
But since the aura of the Molten Archdevil was getting weak enough, Marvin decided to finish the battle early!
After all, there were still countless hostiles watching them. He also didn’t know when the Fate Tablet would come into being, and Wayne was still entangled with Dark Phoenix.
There would be no harm in finishing this fight quickly.
Thus, he sped up. As the black flames stirred, his specialty, Burst, became even fiercer.
Explosive power surged deep within Marvin’s body. It was like he passed through light and shadows as his curved daggers struck unimpeded and removed the foe’s head, followed by his limbs!
A howl erupted from the entire Molten Domain!
Marvin didn’t pay it any mind, instead focusing on viciously dismembering his incapacitated opponent.
There was nothing he could do about it; the defenses of the Divine Source of the Molten Archdevil’s avatar were very sturdy, so he could only slowly peel the layers away.
If he didn’t grab this opportunity, it might be hard to get another good one like that later.
Ignoring the mournful sounds of the Archdevil’s avatar, Marvin remained calm, his wrists moving steadily.
The Shadow Fire in his hands looked like the actual Sodom’s Blades, completely unstoppable.
In a few blinks, Marvin chiselled the stone figure into a column.
A large amount of dust and fragments fell away, and after some lava blasted out, Marvin eventually saw the Divine Source!
Devils had originated from the fall of Ancient Angels, so the core of their strength was also Divine Source.
Their Divine Source would lean more toward inducing wickedness.
But in essence, Divine Source was an evolution of Order Power. It was totally different from the Demons’ Chaos Power.
This was also why Demons and Devils were like fire and water.
‘Mine!’
The desire to engulf it rose up from his Bloodline. Marvin could clearly feel his body temperature rising abruptly.
He stretched out his hand and grabbed that burning Divine Source.
But at that time, a face full of rancor appeared from the Divine Source.
“Diross… Good plan…”
“I may not be able to do anything to you, but I can curse your descendant!”
“In my name as a Lord of Hell, I curse your soul to fall to Hell! Your body will be buried with me in the icy Void!”
Marvin suddenly felt a chill.
He tried to attack to interrupt the curse, but he found out that it was ineffective.
In this moment and within this small space, no one had authority above the Lord of Hell!
This was a curse that he lashed out with at the price of his own soul!
In an instant, countless thoughts filled Marvin’s mind. His first thought was:
‘Could it be that Diross’ plan was to make me fight this curse?’
Shortly after, he started trying to think of a way to escape this situation!
That malicious face merged with the Divine Source and then the inexorable Curse Power sealed Marvin!
He could feel the Curse Power fusing with him along with the Divine Source!
He tried to hold it back, but he was unable to restrain the thirst from his Bloodline.
Countless warnings flashed on the interface.
All the Domains of the False Divine Vessel act
ivated because Marvin’s body was already unable to resist the encroachment of the Lord of Hell’s curse!
Despite this, Marvin felt a formidable strength spreading through his body.
It felt like there was an incorporeal hand firmly grabbing his soul!
It wanted to drag Marvin’s soul out of his body!
Under the effect of the curse, the Order Power inside Marvin was ineffective.
‘This is bad!’
‘I need to get out of here!’
Despite being in such a crisis, Marvin kept his calm.
Because he was still inside the temporary Molten Domain, many of his abilities were sealed.
Especially the Wisdom Chapter and the Book of Nalu!
He did not believe that the curse of just an Avatar would be able to overcome the suppression of these two great Artifacts!
But if he wanted to use those, he needed to leave the Molten Domain first.
The problem was that the Curse Power had sapped most of his strength!
He tried to take a few steps toward the boundary, but instead, he stumbled and fell to the ground!
…
“The curse of a Lord of Hell!?”
The eyes of the Astral Sea people shone brightly!
Could it be that Marvin would die from a curse after killing the Molten Archdevil!?
And even if Marvin didn’t die from the curse, it would still be a great boon for them if it left him weakened!
After all, he wouldn’t be able to go all-out in the fight over the Fate Tablet if he was crippled by a curse.
And on the other side, everyone from Feinan was worried.
Nobody noticed Eve unconsciously grabbing her Holy Sword, slowly letting it loose.
As the dark flames whirled around him, Marvin forced himself to walk.
But his body was slowly being swallowed by the power of the curse.
The most obvious sign was that the Reaper from the Underworld once again appeared in front of Marvin, a sinister smile on its face!
Chapter 679: Choice
Chapter 679: Choice
Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance
When the Reaper of the Underworld appeared, everyone was shocked.
Especially Feinan’s side. If not for the restrictions on the Molten Domain, they would have simply gone in to help Marvin.
The Underworld… In the entire Universe, it was a mysterious and complicated force.
They rarely clashed with other worlds. They were like ghosts, silently maintaining order.
No one knew what kind of place the dead were gathered at upon being reaped.
In Feinan, the soul of an ordinary person couldn’t be reincarnated. Only the powerful souls could resist the Underworld and have the possibility of reincarnating, like the Goddess of Truth.
Of course, the Goddess of Truth was a special case. She didn’t just reincarnate so many times on her own; she had also been bound by the curse of a powerful being.
And that powerful existence, from what the Goddess of Truth said, should have been Lance himself.
As for the souls of most others, once they arrived in the Underworld, they would become part of it.
In all these years, this hadn’t changed.
The Underworld’s Sovereign rarely intervened in the matters of the secular world, and despite them having people and avatars in Feinan, no one knew what their goal was.
After all, to the people of Feinan and even the whole Universe, Necromancers were already very mysterious. The Underworld that they served or avoided was a place of no return.
But everyone present here was clear about one thing.
There would only be one case when a Greater Reaper from the Underworld would appear in Feinan, and that was when it was about to take a very important soul!
For someone like Marvin, whose soul was too powerful, a Candle Boat wouldn’t be able to bear the weight of his soul. Thus, when he died, an ordinary Reaper wouldn’t lead him on a boat to the Underworld, and instead, one needed to directly bring him back.
That time in Arborea, Marvin had already had an encounter with a Greater Reaper. If not for Shadow Thief Owl’s timely appearance, that thing might have already taken him away to the Underworld.
And now, he was once again faced with a life-or-death crisis.
He now realized that powerhouses on the level of the Lords of Hell had more resources than just their pure strength to decide the consequences of a battle!
Even though it was only an avatar, even after Marvin beat the opponent in a bloody battle, the Molten Overlord still had the power to push him to the brink like this.
That frightening curse made Marvin feel utterly frigid.
His knees even seemed to petrify.
That showed that the curse wasn’t just removing his soul, but it was also solidifying the Order Power in his body!
And when all the Order Power was completely solidified, Marvin would turn into an eternal statue!
“We have to do something!” Jessica worriedly shouted.
Because of the Fate Imprint, she could feel Marvin weakening!
Unfortunately, although Fate Sorceresses could bypass or ignore most Laws, it was still not enough to interfere in this situation!
‘Unless… I use the Plane Will’s power…’ Jessica clenched her lips, her eyes wavering.
She had always been a very decisive person, but she was actually hesitating now.
She was unwilling to see Marvin get taken out by that curse. But if she drew on the power of the Plane Will itself, despite being a Fate Sorceress, she would have to pay an enormous price!
‘Damn, it would be fine if Ding could help.’
Every time this kind of thing happened, she would start missing the arrogant Fortune Fairy that had helped them so many times. She’d had this thought when they were in the Underdark facing the Martyr, and now it was the same.
A lifeform born from a fragment of a Fate Tablet would have knowledge beyond what most people could imagine.
She subconsciously wanted to use her Fate Power Imprint to ask Ding to help, but suddenly, the Copper Dragon beside her lowered his head and murmured, “We need to believe in Marvin.”
Professor’s voice was resolute and full of charisma as he reassured, “The Curse of the Lord of Hell can’t injure him. We need to be on guard for the enemies coming from all directions. We need to consider whether someone might launch a sneak attack when Marvin comes out of the Molten Domain in a weakened state.”
After these words, everyone from Feinan’s side couldn’t help but move to better surround the Molten Domain.
Those from the Astral Sea smiled bitterly, as some of them had indeed been considering something like that. Those peak powerhouses all shook their heads and retreated further away.
Divine Servants were already inwardly cursing, ‘Who would have dared to attack Marvin? Is there someone tired of living? Who didn’t see the Berserk God getting hacked to pieces by that monster?’
There weren’t many people in the Universe that would dare to declare that they wanted to settle their debt with the War God.
The absolute strength and domineering attitude shown by Kangen already thoroughly shook all the invaders.
While the Gods were occupied with the Astral Beast, Feinan’s defenders displayed their unity and strength and were successfully suppressing the other forces of the Universe.
If not for the Molten Archdevil being sent back here by Diross, the situation might have already been wrapping up.
After all, Feinan’s side had too many powerhouses on the level of Half-Plane Guardians that the outsiders hadn’t been aware of, and those defenders weren’t afraid to stand against the Gods. This attitude was something they hadn’t expected.
They didn’t dare to sneak attack Marvin!
At this point, they only prayed that Marvin really would get taken away by the effects of the Molten Archdevil’s curse!
Although there was no real hope behind the prayer, if Ma
rvin really was supported by the Lord of the Scorched Hell and the Goddess of Truth, they wouldn’t just blankly watch Marvin die to the Molten Archdevil’s curse, would they?
‘Even if the curse can’t kill him, at least restrain that frightening guy.’
This was what the numerous Divine Servants of the Astral Sea were hoping for.
…
Stuck in the Molten Domain, Marvin’s situation was still worsening!
He never thought that his whole body would weaken to such an extent.
None of his powerful resistances could prevent his state from deteriorating, and the Greater Reaper’s whispers were already approaching his ear:
“You can’t stop the Law of a Hell Lord.”
“Your soul is very powerful. Stop struggling and follow me to the place where you belong.”
“There, you can get everything you want. Rest assured, we aren’t as bad as you think.”
Oddly, the Greater Reaper’s nasty laugh actually carried an enticing tone.
Its cold breath directly pervaded Marvin’s soul, making him feel faint!
‘Damn Diross!’
‘He sent me the avatar of the Molten Archdevil, but he didn’t warn me that this guy still had such a destructive move in reserve!’
Marvin scolded that unreasonable grandfather multiple times as he continued pushing himself to keep moving.
Fortunately, he had reached the edge of the Molten Domain!
Just another large step and he would be free.
With the stacked protection of the Wisdom Chapter and Book of Nalu, Marvin didn’t believe that the curse of the Hell Lord would still be able to affect him!
But this huge step made him feel as if he had to climb over a mountain.
The curse power kept spreading, and he already felt that his legs were unable to move!
‘Damnit!’ He tried exerting all his strength, including his Faith Power, but to no avail!
Marvin felt again that there were still many things he didn’t know in this world.
He felt himself slowly weakening.
And everything in his body was being burnt by the black flame.
Only two things were left untouched: an imprint of a golden scale, and another imprint of a three-eyed Greater Devil.
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