Chapter 328
Chapter 328
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 328
Chapter Title: Treasure of the Celestial Boundary (3)
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“No way!”
Sudden transformation release, and a surprise attack.
Kashin jolted in shock at Rokan's change but hastily drew up his power. He blocked the strike loaded with terrifying experience.
KABOOM!
The shockwave from the clash of weapons alone turned the office into ruins.
They were durable items from the Celestial Emperor, but even they couldn't withstand the clash of beings beyond transcendence.
“To think a mere human dares!”
The first clash ended in a draw.
Killing him wasn't the goal, but as expected of a Majesty Master, he blocked the ambush perfectly.
“True Radiant Gale Slash!”
But it didn't end there. Rokan immediately activated the skill embedded in his weapon, sweeping the area.
RUMBLE!
A flurry rivaling Radiant Massacre rained down on him, and the resulting force uprooted his jade throne.
With this, the first stage objective was a success.
“Full-Body Assault, Blink!”
However, he didn't force himself to take the Celestial Boundary's Treasure right away.
The enemy might catch on to his intent, and judging by how the uprooted throne maintained its form, its durability might be beyond destruction in one go.
So for now, he focused on the opponent in front of him.
BOOM!
“Back Grab.”
Rokan crossed space to slam into Kashin's chest, then circled behind him.
“Backstep.”
But the enemy was no pushover. The moment he thought he'd been grabbed from behind, he backstepped away and took position behind Rokan instead.
“Back Grab.”
Rokan spun around behind him again, and without follow-up attacks, it turned into a contest of movement skills.
Swoosh, swoosh, whoosh, swoosh.
The silent duel was intense. They were only cutting air, but neither Rokan nor Kashin could afford to relax.
The instant one stopped moving, the other's attack would surely land.
“Whew.”
In the end, Rokan moved first. It didn't seem like it would end at this rate.
“True Radiant Gale Slash!”
The moment Back Grab connected and Kashin stepped back, he swept the area once more.
Its power was so overwhelming that the enemy couldn't even counter, barely managing to defend.
As a result, distance opened between them, and the fight reset.
“Inventory.”
“……!”
But it wasn't without gains.
In that moment of stillness, Rokan had stored the entire jade throne in his inventory.
Kashin realized too late, and fierce sparks erupted from his body.
“To think a mere human who barely reached transcendence dares to mock me! It might have worked on those scrawny priests, but not on me!”
In truth, Rokan had already achieved his goal, but Kashin saw it as mockery.
Rage boiled to his marrow, blinding him to the Celestial Boundary's Treasure.
In fact, few in the heavens even knew of the Celestial Boundary's Treasure, so it was hard to suspect he'd targeted it from the start.
“Armament of the Celestial God!”
“Oh?”
Kashin's creation skill activated instantly. It summoned armaments infused with the Celestial God's power.
His already ornate gear transformed completely.
The aura and presence it exuded were markedly different. Nearly doubled in power.
Even Rokan, who had completed his Blood Awakening, felt intimidated.
He didn't feel completely outmatched in raw power, but the unique energy of the Celestial God's force made him reluctant to fight.
Meanwhile, it granted Kashin an immense amplification.
“It's still rising.”
Already overwhelmingly strong, yet it kept growing bit by bit—a sight befitting the Celestial God's general.
“Something more is at play.”
Rokan eyed him, sensing something beyond a mere creation skill.
He wasn't sure if it was the Majesty Master's authority, but the intensifying power evoked a sense of crisis. His throat went dry, yet oddly, his mind was at ease.
Rokan still had a hidden card.
“This one's the joker, punk.”
As Kashin fully gathered his power and smirked arrogantly, Rokan grinned back.
“What's this? Driven mad by my power?”
As if. Rokan sneered at the fool lording over him and activated the final fragment of his power.
“Weapon Soul Awakening.”
ZIIIIING.
The reason Rokan hadn't awakened the Lion King's armaments despite unleashing his power: he'd realized it held little meaning.
Perhaps the Lion King himself had done the same, discarding his gear to ascend to the heavens.
Having reached level 400, he could fully awaken the Golden Lion set's power, but he'd sensed the gain wouldn't be as great as expected.
That's why Rokan had held off on Weapon Soul Awakening.
But why awaken it now?
Because he had gear with power to match.
[The power within the Celestial God's Starlight Gauntlets awakens.]
The Celestial God's Starlight Gauntlets.
A divine item infused with the Celestial God's power. The god's will and soul within it stirred.
[The Celestial God's Starlight Gauntlets absorb holy power.]
[Your abilities are greatly enhanced.]
Simultaneously, it sucked in the surrounding light—holy power, precisely.
Fully inheriting the Celestial God's power, the awakened armament began drawing in ambient energy like a black hole or osmosis.
“This can't be! How can you wield His power……!”
The holy power that had filled the room via Kashin's creation skill was entirely absorbed.
No, it even began stripping the power from the 'fake Celestial God armaments' Kashin had created.
“This can't happen!”
Celestial God's Might.
A powerful holy aggregate modeled after the Celestial God's body struck at Rokan.
But astonishingly, Rokan took no damage.
[The Celestial God's Starlight Gauntlets absorb holy power.]
[Your abilities are greatly enhanced.]
Skills borrowing the Celestial God's power couldn't harm one wielding the true Celestial God's force.
Even the same holy power, used differently, might deal minor damage, but Kashin's gear mimicking the god made Rokan its natural predator.
Confirming this, Rokan beamed and thrust his battle axe.
“Urk!”
Yet, as a Majesty Master, Kashin somehow blocked it.
Perhaps due to similar powers, he didn't suffer major damage despite the overwhelming quality gap.
“Radiant Massacre!”
BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM!
Each time Rokan hammered him, his gear visibly chipped away like plummeting durability, but nothing critical.
Meanwhile, Rokan's Weapon Soul Awakening duration wasn't long, due to the power clash……
“I need to end this.”
Thus, he needed to take a gamble.
Dragging it out would hurt him more.
Absorbing the enemy's Celestial God aura extended the time compared to his prior test, but he couldn't guarantee finishing within it.
He mimicked the Celestial God's power, but Kashin was still a powerhouse who'd reached Majesty Master on his own.
So what now?
Super Transcendence?
Using it could surely erase him.
Hadn't he gauged that possibility against Gromtan? But it was a gamble. If Kashin dodged or endured, he had no backup.
He lacked confidence to finish after pouring everything out.
“Weapon Soul Awakening.”
So Rokan awakened another Weapon Soul.
[The power within the Demon God's Fang Belt awakens.]
Another divine item.
The Demon God's energy, opposing the Celestial God's, began infusing Rokan's body.
“This is impossible……!”
Panic flickered in Kashin's eyes.
Celestial God and Demon God powers—extremes—coexisting in one body? Unthinkable.
Even if possible, the vessel should burst like a balloon.
Yet Rokan, achieving the impossible, merely grimaced slightly, unscathed.
“Slaughter Strike.”
SPLAT!
Kashin, who'd endured so well, staggered from one blow.
The immense repulsion between holy power and demonic energy overwhelmed him, sending him flying helplessly.
CRACKLE-CRACKLE.
Even the gear created by his skill screamed in protest.
Beyond the overlaid holy armaments, his existing equipment shattered with cries.
“Time's short.”
But Rokan was anxious too.
Awakening both Celestial God and Demon God gear halved Weapon Soul Awakening's duration.
Only 3 minutes left.
Fail to end it, and he'd lose. Knowing this, he gripped his battle axe tighter.
CRACKLE-POP!
White and black lights flashed with each exertion, but Kashin couldn't see it as self-destructive.
“Gah!”
Each penetration felt like more than demonic energy clashing with his.
Not holy or demonic.
Something fused from both.
Worse, an unknown force invaded with each hit, shattering his divinity, leaving no room for counterattack. He could only fortify defenses and expel the energy within.
“Aura Bombardment!”
KABOOOM!
Rokan unleashed full power on him. The enemy clung desperately, refusing to collapse, forcing Rokan to go all out.
“UAAAAAAGH!”
“He's breaking!”
Kashin's endurance crumbled first.
Unable to withstand Rokan's attacks, his holy barriers and buffs piled high collapsed in ruins.
Swoosh.
But he wasn't buried with the debris.
Kashin and Rokan swiftly spread wings and escaped the building, Rokan's assault continuing.
“No, Lord!”
“Save the Lord!”
Pure Celestials who'd spotted their battle swarmed in droves.
Far below even Rokan, let alone Kashin, but hundreds, thousands created real pressure.
If Rokan were ordinary, yes.
“Super Transcendence.”
But Rokan was Rokan. Even Kashin couldn't harm him—how could Grand Master-level foes?
Ignoring their assaults, he poured all power into one strike.
In that instant, the world twisted.
“Gasp!”
Everything halted. As if time stopped, all froze. The energy gathering on Rokan's battle axe stole their breath.
Only the falling ruins of the citadel showed time moved, while all forgot to breathe, staring.
SPLAT!
The plunging strike.
All power in the battle axe erupted inside Kashin.
KABOOOOOM.
Massive explosion.
A mushroom cloud formed, an enormous blast devouring Kashin, the Celestials, and Kasarax.