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Chapter 637
WHOOSH!
Stronger flames rose from the rings of light on Raguel's arms.
Raguel had unleashed his anger at Zeke's declaration to kill God.
Glaring at Zeke, Raguel spoke divine words.
【I shall obliterate you without leaving a single grain of your soul.】
RUMBLE!
Just from the power of Raguel's divine words, the surroundings distorted and the unique domain Zeke had spread rippled as if it would tear.
Zeke's pupils slowly turned red as he looked at Raguel.
Simultaneously, something rose behind him.
TSTSTSTS!
As a massive red pupil floated in the air, red lightning surged in all directions.
CRACKLE!
The Destruction God's eye, which the Arrogant Savior had directly extracted and turned into an artifact, scattered red lightning and pushed back Raguel's flames.
Seeing this, Raguel shouted in even greater anger.
【The power of fallen ones! It's unbearably impure!】
After speaking, Raguel stretched out both arms, and enormous flames swirled from his bracelets, flying toward Zeke.
BOOM!
The true purging flames, designed to burn everything to ash, tried to engulf Zeke.
Then Zeke raised the Crimson flame sword sword.
Red lightning surging from the Destruction God's eye wrapped around the Crimson flame sword sword.
CRACKLE!
As the Crimson flame sword and red lightning combined, they formed a massive sword shape and collided with the execution flames Raguel had spewed.
CRASH!
The Crimson flame sword, which had the same properties as the execution flames, turned crimson and pushed them outward.
When the flames that would never extinguish until burning all sinners completely clashed and blazed, everywhere filled with flames.
CRACKLE!
The Destruction God's red lightning, which grew stronger the more it destroyed enemies, met the execution flames and grew even larger.
CRACKLE!
As the execution flames and red lightning collided, they spread fiercely, each trying to gain dominance.
Seeing this, Raguel frowned and raised even stronger flames.
BOOM!
Simultaneously, flames surged from the shining massive wings on his back, becoming spear-shaped and soaring into the sky.
Then they immediately changed direction and dove toward Zeke.
WHOOSH!
It contained even more powerful force than the flame spear that had tried to destroy Atlas.
Zeke reached out toward the flame spear flying at him while containing Raguel's divine status.
Then Leviathan and Ascalon, wrapped in rainbow-colored light, quickly flew and collided with the spear.
RUMBLE!
The shockwave created by the collision between the flame spear and the two swords spread throughout the entire space.
CRASH!
Leviathan wrapped in Dark Soul Technique and Ascalon wrapped in Holy Spirit Technique broke through Raguel's execution flames.
Surprisingly, the scattered execution flames began to be completely absorbed into Ascalon's blade.
SWISH!
After a moment, Ascalon, having absorbed the constellation's never-extinguishing flames, rippled with bright light.
Simultaneously, a message appeared before Zeke's eyes.
[The holy sword Ascalon has absorbed Libra constellation Raguel's power 'Execution Flames'.]
[Special skill Holy Spirit Technique combines with execution power to bloom the power of stars containing Primordial Light.]
[Power Star Soul Technique is unlocked.]
The special skill had transformed into a divine power while absorbing the execution flames.
RUMBLE!
The Star Soul Technique emanating from Ascalon scattered dazzling light.
The sword itself was emitting light like a star shining in the night sky.
As the Dark Soul Technique dwelling in Leviathan harmonized with Ascalon's Star Soul Technique, a scene like the universe unfolded.
【ARGHHHH!】
Raguel couldn't contain his anger when Zeke absorbed his power again.
As if responding to his anger, the ring floating above his head and the rings wrapped around his arms began resonating with each other.
SCREECH!
As the rings of light resonated, concentric circles spread out from Raguel.
Raguel was trying to spread the constellation's domain to properly exert his divine status.
CRACKLE!
Due to the shockwave brought by the concentric circles, the unique domain Zeke had spread shook.
Zeke could feel his unique domain gradually being encroached upon by Raguel.
And as the influence of the unique domain 'Time Room' decreased, the stopped time began flowing little by little.
RUMBLE!
Because of this, another flame spear that had been plunging toward Atlas could be seen slowly descending.
'When Raguel's unique domain spreads, he will exert complete divine status.'
Even Raguel, who wielded powerful strength among the thirteen zodiac constellations, was more than Zeke could handle alone if he used his true divine power completely.
To prevent Raguel's unique domain from spreading, Zeke took something out of his inventory.
It was none other than Chronos' clock.
Zeke used the power 'Recreation m' while injecting the divine status of One Who Crossed the Wall and Guide of Fair Pain into Chronos' clock.
RUMBLE!
The sleeping clock began emitting light as it reacted to Zeke's power.
While in the past, he could only use the clock's abilities indirectly through the use of orbs and elixirs, Zeke's power as a constellation now exceeded Chronos' status, making it possible to activate with his own strength.
Zeke activated the awakened Chronos' clock by linking it with his unique power Infinite Breakthrough and Power Amplification.
RUMBLE!
Then golden light rose from Chronos' clock and a massive clock appeared in the air.
CLICK! CLICK! CLICK!
The hands of the floating golden clock flowed backward bit by bit.
Confirming this, Zeke used Chronos' power 'Rewind' using the activated clock.
SWISH!
And something unexpected happened from Zeke's perspective.
Surprisingly, Chronos' power and the unique domain 'Time Room' that Zeke had spread began resonating.
While Zeke had only aimed to stop Raguel, the unique space that was trying to be summoned around Raguel was completely reversed by the clock's power.
Raguel couldn't help but be flustered when his unique domain, which he had tried to summon using massive karma, was reversed.
【YOU WRETCH!】
It was a mistake to look down on Zeke thinking he was a mere human.
Although his true form was human, the powers he possessed were comparable to the thirteen zodiac constellations.
Rather, he could be considered beyond them as he used powers combined with human strategy.
Soon, the time in the unique domain linked with the power 'Rewind' that Zeke had spread also began reversing.
The flame spear falling toward Atlas reversed direction and actually moved further away from Atlas.
Seeing Zeke go beyond stopping time to completely reverse it using his power, Raguel shouted in shock.
【Reversing time! That cannot happen with any power...】
Suddenly Raguel's eyes flashed brightly as if something had occurred to him.
Raguel glared at Zeke in disbelief.
While he thought it impossible since manipulating time was not permitted to any constellation, one extremely unlikely possibility came to mind.
【Could a mere creature like you have... a fragment left by the Primordial Light…?】
Raguel, who had mentioned the fragment left by the Primordial Light, hastily swallowed his divine words.
He spread his wings made of flames and said to Zeke.
【How dare a mere creature like you…?】
Though his words seemed to belittle Zeke as a mere creature, even Raguel could no longer view him as insignificant.
While Raguel changed his attitude and raised his guard against Zeke, it was too late.
Zeke had already completely absorbed Raguel's power of execution flames through Ascalon.
WHOOSH!
Soon the Crimson flame sword emitting scarlet flames in Zeke's hand changed its color and form to complete execution flames.
When he extended his hand, the execution flames transformed into a spear shape.
Zeke spoke while looking at Raguel.
"With the power stolen from you, I shall kill you."
As he spoke, the flame spear released from Zeke's hand flew toward Raguel.
BOOM!
The blazing flame spear plunged down like a meteor.
At this, Raguel stretched both hands forward.
The three rings resonated and created a massive ring of light in the air.
White flames blazed from the ring of light.
The white flames surging from the ring writhed and rose as if alive.
Then they rushed at the flame spear Zeke had thrown like hundreds of snakes and wrapped around it.
BOOM!
The flame spear wrapped in white flames that clung like whips could advance no further and only emitted stronger flames.
The heat wind created by the flames spread in concentric circles and distorted Zeke's unique domain.
RUMBLE!
The unique domain maintained by Chronos' clock shook once again from the powerful flame force.
Then the flame rings Raguel had created began vibrating strongly.
RUMBLE!
The resonant sound extending from the massive rings shook the world of Zeke's unique domain and twisted its center.
CRACK!
The distortions throughout the domain accelerated and space could be felt tearing bit by bit.
And soon the heat wind created by the flame collision began leaking through the tears in space.
TEAR!
As the heat wind flowed outside the domain, time could be felt flowing again little by little.
Seeing this, Raguel concentrated power into the massive ring once more.
BOOM!
Raguel's ring grew larger and something appeared within it.
GROWL!
Surprisingly, a strange being made entirely of white flames appeared inside the ring.
It was a being with dozens of pairs of wings made of light and four faces resembling a lion and leopard.
And Zeke knew the identity of this being that Raguel had summoned.
'The second beast of the apocalypse, Hera.'
He recalled reading about a being with a similar appearance to what Raguel had just summoned in the apocrypha.
It turned out Raguel was the one who controlled the beast that appears when the world faces its end.
'The apocrypha said it was controlled by demons, but in reality it was raised by a constellation.'
Hera, the beast of the apocalypse, completely emerged from the ring and roared while moving its four heads about.
ROAR!
The massive beast's cry shook Zeke's domain even more.
Simultaneously, Chronos' clock floating in the air gradually lost its light and slowly disappeared.
RUMBLE!
As the unique domain nearly shattered, the stopped time began flowing again.
Seeing this, Raguel commanded the summoned Hera.
【Beast of the apocalypse! Tear apart that blasphemous one! Throw his soul into the hottest flames! I shall personally deliver the most painful execution!】
Hera, receiving Raguel's command, charged toward Zeke.
SCREECH!
Soon white flames poured from Hera's mouth.
At that moment, Ascalon flew forward, unfolding the Holy Spirit Technique to block the white flames.
BOOM!
Hera's white flames could not penetrate the curtain of light created by Holy Spirit Technique.
SCREECH!
Then the wings of light on Hera's back blazed and arrows of flame surged in all directions.
SWOOSH!
The arrows of light rained down on Zeke after circling through the air.
This time Leviathan raised Dark Soul Technique to block the arrows of light.
After blocking all of Hera's attacks, Zeke shouted at Raguel.
"It's useless! Raguel, your execution flames no longer work on me!"
At Zeke's words, Raguel glared at him while making the three rings shine.
RUMBLE!
Suddenly Raguel's body began being wrapped in light again.
RUMBLE!
The avatar Raguel had descended into created unprecedented strong vibrations.
The avatar and rings of light resonated, and those waves spread in all directions.
After a moment, those waves finally shattered Zeke's domain.
RUMBLE!
As Time Room completely collapsed, the world that had been stopping time shattered like breaking glass.
Time began flowing again.