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Chapter 635
SWOOSH!
Leviathan and Ascalon flashed their sword lights as they flew towards the cocoon.
The ground writhed and tentacles burst forth from within.
KAAACK!
The tentacles instantly transformed into beast forms with teeth, eyes, and sharp claws.
Dozens of tentacles transformed into beasts and charged towards the flying swords.
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!
Ascalon carrying the Holy Spirit and Leviathan carrying the Dark Spirit pierced straight through the blocking beasts.
SPLURT!
The tentacles in beast form couldn't properly block the charging swords and their bodies burst open in tatters.
Passing through them, Ascalon and Leviathan emitted white and black light respectively as they pierced through the angel's cocoon.
SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
Holes appeared in the cocoon where the two swords had penetrated, and blood-like fluid poured out like a waterfall.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
The cocoon instantly deflated like a punctured balloon.
This caused the giant beast's body to start vibrating.
GROOOOAR!
Tentacles extended from all directions inside the beast's belly.
CRUNCH!
The tentacles transformed again into beast forms with hideous appearances.
In an instant, the beast's belly was filled with thousands of beasts.
Zeke slowly lifted his body into the air while watching this.
He gestured toward the beasts.
"Come at me."
As if responding to Zeke's words, the beasts connected to tentacles raised their sickle-like sharp claws and charged at him.
At that moment, shadows erupted from Zeke's body and black blades shot out from below.
SLASH!
The sharp, saw-like blades literally 'ground up' the beasts charging towards him.
CRASH! CRASH!
Simultaneously, light flickered from the sword bodies of Ascalon and Leviathan flying through the air.
CRACKLE! CRACKLE! CRACKLE!
Holy lightning containing the Holy Spirit spread throughout the beast's entire belly.
The beasts hit by the holy lightning screamed and their bodies exploded.
Meanwhile, Leviathan emitting Dark Spirit dug into the beast's body, searching for its core and tearing through internal organs.
GROOOOOAR!
As crucial organs were destroyed from within, the giant beast howled in agony.
Zeke, enveloped in shadow blades, slowly approached the collapsed cocoon.
But then something stirred inside the cocoon's shell.
Suddenly, a massive flame arose from within the cocoon shell.
WHOOSH!
Crimson flames bloomed spectacularly, burning Zeke as well as the surrounding beasts and the beast's body.
Zeke blocked the flames flying towards him by spreading his shadows.
But surprisingly, the crimson flames were burning even through Zeke's shadows.
'Was I too late?'
Zeke clicked his tongue and looked at the beast. Something was rising up where the cocoon shell was.
It looked like a small girl, but had no nose or mouth, and amber jewels were embedded where the eyes should be.
Unlike other angels, it had butterfly-like wings on its back, giving an overall appearance like an intricately carved statue of a young girl.
However, Zeke furrowed his brow upon seeing the angel that had hatched from the cocoon.
After absorbing the soul of the Arrogant Savior, Zeke came to know all the true names and abilities of angels modeled after constellations.
'The Libra constellation , Raguel.'
Raguel was one of the higher constellations among the thirteen zodiac signs, possessing the authority of execution that burns sinners.
WHOOSH!
Despite its delicate body and appearance, it possessed terrifying power.
The execution flames that do not extinguish until all sinners are burned was the most persistent and fearsome power among the authorities held by the thirteen zodiac constellations.
The crimson flames enveloping the angel's body flickered like tongues of fire, burning everything around them.
WHOOSH!
The flames caught on the beast's extended tentacles, and soon spread in all directions.
GROOOOOAR!
As the execution flames rose from inside its body, the giant beast screamed in agony.
Nevertheless, the Angel of Libra showed no reaction and only made the flames grow larger.
In an instant, Zeke's surroundings were filled with crimson flames.
Zeke furrowed his brow as he watched the approaching execution flames.
He frowned while looking at his still-burning shadows, then finally used his freezing authority.
SCREECH!
Only after using his freezing authority could he barely subdue the flames attached to his shadows.
But even this showed signs that the embers would reignite once the authority was released.
'Flames that won't extinguish until all sinners are burned.'
Zeke looked at the angel standing nobly within the crimson flames.
The only fortunate thing was that the angel hadn't fully resurrected yet.
If it had achieved complete resurrection, it would have taken the form of a mature woman rather than the current girl-like appearance.
The cocoon acting as an incubator burst midway, undoubtedly revealing its form before completing the molting process.
Nevertheless, the power emanating from the Angel of the End was extraordinary.
Then a voice reached Zeke's ears.
[Foolish one who blocks God's great work.]
Zeke realized this voice was the ‘divine word’ transmitted through the angel.
The owner of the voice was none other than Raguel, the constellation of Libra.
Though Zeke didn't respond, Raguel continued regardless.
[To the sinner who hinders the great work, I decree the death penalty.]
As the words ended, deeper crimson flames flickered from the angel's wings.
WHOOSH!
The upward-shooting flames extended like whips and flew toward Zeke.
SLASH!
Over a dozen whips made of flame tried to wrap around Zeke's body.
Zeke spread his shadows to block the execution flames.
WHOOSH!
The crimson flames stuck to Zeke's shield-like shadows continued burning without extinguishing.
Black smoke rose as the shadows turned to ash and scattered.
Zeke retreated while extending his hand.
The swords behind him flew back toward him.
Zeke gripped Leviathan and drew upon the power of the Elemental Sword.
RUMBLE!
He spread the Elemental Sword's water field while simultaneously awakening the Mind Sword's authority.
The source of the burning flames began appearing in Zeke's vision.
He swung his sword to cut the source of the flames attached to his shadows.
SCREECH!
Surprisingly, the execution flames known to never extinguish split from Zeke's sword strike and began to fade.
Raguel was watching all this through the eyes of the angel that was its avatar.
Raguel's voice echoed in Zeke's ears again.
[A mere human using cheap tricks.]
To the constellations, humans were nothing more than slaves who offered karma, no more, no less.
Of course, Zeke had sealed Ramiel, the constellation of Horse Palace, and the angel of Azrael, the constellation of Gemini, had also become a guardian and switched to his side.
Despite not being an opponent to take lightly, Raguel did not find Zeke's existence threatening.
Rather, it only mocked Ramiel for being sealed by a worthless human.
RUMBLE!
Raguel injected its authority more strongly into its avatar.
WHOOSH!
All of the angel's wings became covered in crimson flames.
With each wing beat, flames scattered in all directions and hot winds blew.
Before long, everything except the angel in its place had turned black, and the giant beast's body burned up and died.
The execution flames spread not only to the giant beast but also to its surroundings.
The crimson flames stuck to both magma erupting from the ground and meteors falling from the sky.
Even the demon realm's magma couldn't withstand the crimson flames containing Raguel's authority and faded away.
The beasts that barely escaped the magma and meteor zones couldn't avoid the execution flames and burned up.
WHOOSH!
The battlefield was soon filled with flames.
Zeke looked at Raguel's avatar watching nobly from the center of the flames.
As the flames grew larger and their range wider, he could see the avatar's body gradually growing.
'The more it burns, the stronger it becomes.'
He could understand why Raguel was among the higher ranks of the thirteen zodiac constellations.
The angel, calmly burning its surroundings, spread its crimson wings and hurled a storm of flames at Zeke.
CRASH!
A storm of crimson flames that burns everything flew toward Zeke.
Its heat alone was powerful enough to instantly melt solid iron.
Zeke pointed his sword tip toward the storm of crimson flames.
WOONG!
His sword rang out with power.
Zeke stepped forward and spread the water field.
Elemental Sword
Water Field
Wave Sword
The Wave Sword unleashed through the Mind Sword dug into the airflow and wrapped around the incoming storm of crimson flames.
The storm of crimson flames that met Zeke's sword seemed to scatter, but instead began wrapping around his sword like waves.
Zeke controlled the storm of flames with his sword technique and instead returned it back to Raguel's avatar.
Elemental Sword
Water Field
Reverse Wave Sword
The sword strike, transformed into a huge wave of flames by reversing the original flow, crashed into Raguel's avatar.
CRASH! CRASH!
When the wave of crimson flames swept through, the giant beast's body that had barely maintained its form could no longer endure and scattered into ash.
WHOOSH!
The ground was filled with crimson flames and Zeke stood straight with his sword.
Another storm of flames shot up into the sky.
RUMBLE!
Raguel's avatar appeared even more grown within the storm.
Its body had grown larger and the wings on its back were much bigger.
Raguel, borrowing the angel's body, looked down at Zeke and continued:
[Such worthless power.]
Raguel's amber eyes flashed within the flames.
At that moment, intense light pouring from its eyes engulfed where Zeke stood.
CRASH! CRASH!
The flame authority, unbearable to beings of the physical realm, burned space itself.
SCREECH!
Where Zeke had been instantly evaporated with a flash of light. The space itself had been erased.
Having dealt with the bothersome human, Raguel slowly lifted into the air.
He raised his head to look at Atlas, which had escaped the beast invasion.
The reason it possessed the avatar's body using distorted causality to appear in the physical realm .
It was to erase this city's civilization.
As Atlas was currently the center of civilization in the physical realm, it needed to be eliminated to bring about the end.
The angel raised its hand and crimson flames gathered.
WHOOSH!
A long spear made of flames appeared in the angel's hand.
This flame spear was one of the terrible calamities that had erased countless civilizations.
With an emotionless expression, the avatar threw the flame spear containing Raguel's authority toward Atlas.
The flame spear shot upward at high speed, breaking through the atmosphere.
After rising to a certain height, he slowly began falling back down.
RUMBLE!
The flame spear emanated pressure incomparable to falling meteors.
When the sky suddenly turned crimson, Atlas's citizens fearfully looked up.
Then they saw massive flames falling from the sky.
They felt intense hot winds blowing simultaneously.
The citizens of Atlas were gripped by terror.
It was like the final day described in scripture being recreated here and now.
"G-God!"
"Save us!"
Though it was the very god attempting to destroy them, the citizens, unaware of the truth, could only close their eyes and call out for salvation.
RUMBLE!
The massive execution flames meant to bring about the end revealed themselves.
Raguel watched this scene through its avatar.
Having created and destroyed countless civilizations, it showed no particular interest.
But then.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Suddenly a translucent spherical orb began spreading and time seemed to gradually slow.
Then time stopped completely.