Chapter 541 - Continued (2/2)

The personal logs were the blackboxes for those that fought in deep space. They contained information that could not be uploaded to the virtual network so was stored locally on the spirit band.

It could be retrieved from the deceased's body and accessed later, if there was still left intact that is.

Having made the preparations, he got ready to attack.

He extended his right arm as a bone scythe appeared in his grasp. It was covered in several runic symbols from top to bottom, with each one having a slightly different feel to it.

The scythe itself had a curved snath that seemed old and worn out, yet gave a feeling of sturdiness. The blade looked more like a serrated tooth that had been polished numerous times.

Various silhouetes surrounded by thick spiritual energy appeared above his head one by one. Each one was only a few inches in size, 8 in total.

These were the avatars of his Mind Palaces. The actual Mind Palaces could be of any size, from a few feet to hundreds or even thousands of meters so under normal circumstances only the avatars were called out during fights.

They reinforced the user while proving them with copious amounts of energy.

The spiritual energy that was in the form of a semi-liquid blue substance poured straight into his body. The runes on the scythes lit up one by one.

But as soon as they did, the hive guardian detected him.

Without turning around it swung its massive body, shooting hundreds of smaller creatures that were on its back towards his direction.

The Squad leader smiled seeing the incoming barrage of canon fodder. He didn't even bother with them and instead bent his body.

With a soundless push against darkness beneath his feet, he disappeared in a cloud of black energy.

The cloud moved at incomprehensible speeds and appeared below the body of the hive guardian within seconds.

The serrated white blade appeared out of the cloud before the hive guardian could react, followed by the words ”The Shimmering Death”.

*Slaash*

It cut through layers of chitin-like armor in one fell swoop and opened up a 200-meter wide gaping wound along its belly.

The hive guardian's body convulsed as it rotated 180 degrees and slammed its back into the cloud.

The battle had begun and from the first strike, it made both the parties focus all their attention on the opponents. So much so that neither of them realized that the asteroid had quietly changed its direction and was now headed straight towards the nearest inhabited planet.