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Chapter 545
"No. That's not Master Kaisir."
Zeke peered into the essence of the being that took Kaisir's form.
As a transcendent, Zeke could see through to the essence of souls without using powers.
While the being resembled Kaisir, there was something different about its essence compared to when Zeke had met the spirit before.
'It's not Master, but... he definitely used Elemental Sword.'
Elemental Sword was an ultimate technique that only Kaisir, a hybrid of the Fairy King and Great Sage, could use.
Zeke was the only one who could inherit this ultimate technique.
He had never heard of anyone else being able to use Elemental Sword. Kaisir himself had said this.
That's when it happened.
SWISHHHH
White water mist erupted from the sword of the enemy who took Kaisir's form facing Zeke.
Soon the sword created waves, unleashing a field of water power toward Zeke.
SPLASHHHH!
The gentle wave force gradually created a flow before pouring down toward Zeke like a massive waterfall.
ROARRRRR!
Seeing the sword strike pouring down like a waterfall from above, Zeke also raised his sword.
WHOOOOSH!
Zeke unleashed a field of wind power to counter the water field.
WHOOOOOSH!
A massive storm arose from Zeke's sword-wielding body.
The fierce storm wrapped around Kaisir's waterfall.
The descending waterfall reversed course and shot upward.
ROARRRRRR!
Soon the upward-shooting waterfall scattered into droplets and began raining inside the cavity.
As raindrops formed in the space distorted by chaos energy, prismatic rainbow lights were projected everywhere.
A fantastical scene impossible in the physical world was created inside the underground labyrinth.
As Zeke and the Kaisir-like being faced each other, the Priest of the Abyss behind them spoke.
"Zeke Draker, I had no idea you also possessed the Hero King's power."
Zeke was the one who possessed not only the power of dragons and immortality, but also the legendary Hero King's power.
The Priest of the Abyss stepped in front of the Kaisir-like being and spoke.
"I thought I had grasped all your powers, but I was still lacking. I admit I underestimated you."
Looking at the priest, Zeke said.
"Only I, who inherited that lineage, can use the Hero King's Elemental Sword. Yet if there exists another being capable of manifesting it, there can only be one."
After pondering about that being all this time, Zeke reached a conclusion and continued. His gaze changed.
"The Hero King's homunculus that fought the Demon King."
The war machine that made the Dark Elves tremble in the Inverted Tower, and the clone that fought the final battle with the Demon King in place of the Hero King who left the physical world.
That being had crossed the long years to be here now.
The priest nodded at Zeke's words.
"It could be called the greatest weapon left behind by the Great Sage. Zeke Draker, you were much closer to the 'Final Chapter' than I thought."
Zeke furrowed his brow at those words and said:
"Are you referring to the Demon King's advent as this Final Chapter?"
The priest shook his head at Zeke's words.
"Zeke Draker, while you are close to the Final Chapter, that doesn't mean your participation is permitted. Now, exit this stage."
As the priest gestured, Kaisir's homunculus began moving again.
Zeke faced the homunculus with his sword raised.
'If the system activates, I might be able to restrict its actions by connecting to the homunculus's mental body.'
However, removing the chaos energy could let the priest escape or use other powers.
So Zeke needed to subdue Kaisir's homunculus with his power alone before capturing the priest.
Only then could he absorb the arrogant savior's soul and elevate his divine status.
'The longer this drags on, the more disadvantageous it is for me.'
Zeke suspected the priest was plotting something.
He needed to subdue the homunculus before whatever trap was being prepared could activate.
He quickly took out and swallowed a recovery potion from his spatial pocket before immediately equipping Hersion.
Goddess Theia's Hersion had been modified after full activation through Hades's hands to operate on internally stored mana rather than Zeke's magic power.
He had it modified by talking to Hades since he couldn't use Shadow Armor or even the system within the chaos energy.
CRACKLE!
As Hersion enveloped his entire body, Zeke activated the built-in magic to generate plasma.
CRACKLE!
The blue plasma wrapping around Zeke's body flew toward the homunculus.
The homunculus stepped back and took a different stance than before.
WHOOSH!
Soon a field of gravity force spread from the homunculus's sword as gravity waves began flowing out.
The gravity waves collided with Zeke's plasma and were neutralized.
CRACKLE!
The plasma and gravity waves intertwined, creating rough vibrations.
Zeke charged forward while withstanding this head-on with Hersion.
Then he reached out toward the homunculus.
FLASH!
Solomon's chains shot out from Zeke's hand.
Unable to block the suddenly emerging chains, the homunculus was completely entangled.
CLANK! CLANK!
From its sword hand to shoulder, it was completely bound by chains and couldn't move.
Without stopping, Zeke charged straight in and swung his sword at the homunculus.
WHOOSH!
A sword strike imbued with mental energy fell toward the homunculus's head.
Infinite Sword Technique Secret Form
First Form
Sun and Moon Slash
A devastating strike that could cleave both sun and moon split the homunculus's body.
SLASH!
As the homunculus twisted at the last moment, instead of its neck which Zeke had originally aimed for, its right shoulder was completely severed.
SCREECH!
A bizarre sound came from the homunculus as its body was split by Zeke's sword.
But at that moment.
As the homunculus's body completely split, something burst out from within.
BOOM!
Tiny fragments exploded from the cut surface and lodged straight into Zeke.
'UGH!'
Zeke was startled by the countless fragments that suddenly assaulted him.
And when he realized what these fragments were, he felt even greater shock.
'Adamantium?'
Adamantium, known as the god-slaying stone.
Countless fragments of this metal flew and pierced through the orichalcum Hersion into Zeke's body.
Zeke felt these fragments burrowing deeper into his body.
"Urgh!"
Not expecting the homunculus to have adamantium fragments inside its body, Zeke retreated in shock.
Even Zeke with his divine status couldn't help but be affected by this god-slaying stone.
Weakened by the god-slaying stone fragments embedded in his body, Zeke could no longer maintain Hersion.
FLASH!
As Hersion deactivated, Zeke's bare body was exposed.
His entire body was covered in wounds from the adamantium fragments, with blood flowing unceasingly from the injuries.
At that moment, the priest behind the homunculus moved.
"Immortal Dragon Slayer. This will end your power of immortality."
As he raised his hand, a spear made of adamantium appeared.
Black tentacles shot out from the priest's body, grabbed the floating spear, and launched it straight toward Zeke's heart.
SWOOSH!
The adamantium spear sliced through the air and pierced into Zeke's flesh, aiming for his heart.
The moment the spear tip touched his chest, Zeke twisted his body to change its direction.
THUD!
With an unpleasant sound, the spear pierced through the center of Zeke's chest.
"Kuhak!"
Though fortunately missing his heart, the spear tip completely penetrated his body and protruded from his back.
Zeke staggered, spitting black blood.
Seeing this, the priest reached out.
HISS!
Black shadows rippled across the floor, and from within emerged abyssal monsters resembling outer species.
The priest commanded the monsters.
"Kill him. Then drag him down to the other side of the bottomless pit."
Even Zeke couldn't avoid complete annihilation if he was dragged into the dimensional grave of the bottomless pit with a god-slaying stone spear in his chest.
Zeke tried to pull out the adamantium spear from his chest, but the god-slaying stone fragments embedded throughout his body prevented him from focusing his strength.
'In this case... I have no choice but to release the chaos energy.'
If he released the chaos energy and his innate powers returned, there was a chance to heal his wounds.
Finally making his decision, Zeke reached for Leviathan stuck in the ground.
But at that moment, the one-armed homunculus charged at Zeke.
BOOM!
It unleashed a gravity field, crushing Zeke with gravitational force.
Unable to reach Leviathan, Zeke was pinned to the ground.
"URRRGH!"
Then the bottomless pit monsters summoned by the priest approached Zeke.
GROWL!
The monsters approached with hideous faces, looking ready to devour Zeke and jump into the bottomless pit.
Zeke tried to gather his strength to grab Leviathan, but the god-slaying stone embedded throughout his body prevented him from drawing out any more power.
HISS!
Finally the monsters grabbed Zeke, and in that state, an entrance to the bottomless pit opened in the ground beneath him.
Like sinking into a swamp, Zeke and the monsters holding him began to be sucked into the depths.
The priest floated in the air, watching Zeke while speaking.
"Your power is valuable, but I cannot allow any more interference now that the Final Chapter approaches. Perish in the eternal abyss, Zeke Draker."
Just as the darkness of the bottomless pit was about to completely devour Zeke…..
RUMBLE!
Something suddenly broke through the chaos-energy-wrapped space, creating a crack.
The priest turned to look at the source of the crack.
'That is...?'
Surprisingly, it was Zeke's summon, Caligula.
RUMBLE!
Caligula spread his four arms and levitated a fist-sized black prayer bead.
The black prayer bead spun rapidly before flying toward the monsters holding Zeke.
SPLASH!
Caligula's prayer bead pierced through the monsters' bodies.
Seeing this, the priest shouted urgently.
"Homunculus! Stop that one!"
The one-armed homunculus immediately turned and jumped toward Caligula.
BOOM!
The homunculus unleashed a gravity field while charging at Caligula.
Strong pressure pressed down on Caligula.
As if refusing to be subdued, Caligula grabbed his robe and opened his chest, releasing black shadows.
His subordinate spirits moved freely regardless of gravity and charged at the homunculus.
SCREECH!
As the spirits' wailing echoed everywhere, light flickered in the homunculus's eyes.
CREAK!
The homunculus suddenly froze, becoming rigid.
The spirits' wailing seemed to have adversely affected the homunculus's behavior.
Seeing this, the priest stretched out his hand to create another black hole.
Different abyssal monsters emerged from it and charged toward Caligula.
ROAR!
Caligula released his power to break free from the homunculus's gravity field.
Created from the Blood King's soul, Caligula's power was incomparably stronger than ordinary summons, making the weakened gravity field insufficient to hold him.
BOOM!
Caligula soared into the air, creating another prayer bead and firing it downward.
The fist-sized prayer bead split into tiny beads that rained down.
SPLASH!
The abyssal monsters hit by the falling solid beads were shredded to pieces.
The priest realized the bottomless pit monsters were insufficient to stop Caligula.
'I need to deal with Zeke Draker first.'
He turned to look where Zeke had been.
Though he thought Zeke would be sinking into the abyss of the bottomless pit, his figure had vanished.
'Has he already sunk?'
The priest shook his head after this brief hopeful thought. If that were true, the connection with the summon would have been severed and Caligula couldn't maintain his form.
That's when it happened.
The entire space began to ripple.
RUMBLE!
Zeke had appeared near Leviathan, which had created the chaos energy.
He grabbed Leviathan with both hands and gathered the chaos energy's power.
HISS!
The chaos power distorting space gradually began to lift.
The priest clenched his teeth and raised his hand.
"I won't allow that!"
To annihilate Zeke who possessed immortality, the attack had to occur within the chaos energy field that nullified powers.
That's why the priest had stalled from behind and induced Zeke to spread the chaos energy.
The priest reached out toward Zeke before the chaos energy could completely dissipate.
An adamantium spear longer and sharper than before was summoned.
As the priest swung his arm wide, the spear spun powerfully as it flew toward Zeke.