612 May the God Bless the Kingdom and My King Bless Me (1/2)
Boom!
The Staff of Fate clashed with the Stone Sword.
From the very beginning, the fight had not been about strength or combat
skills but some higher-level power. What were in conflict were the different
natures of their power.
Having converged the matrix of the whole path to godly ascension, the stone
sword was no long the mere key to the path to godly ascension, but the path
itself. It was because of this change that Maxwell had been able to wound
Arthur so badly and seal him for several hundred years when he betrayed
Arthur.
Arthur didn't make the same mistake again. All the music theories were out of
Maxwell's control and were deployed by Arthur himself.
In the term of its nature, the stone sword had turned to something more
profound and powerful. It didn't only represent Arthur's Chapter of Golden
Victory, but also could utilize the power of Leviathan. To some extent, it might
be said that it was the carrier of Leviathan's power.
A coarse voicing was heard from the stone sword, singing a sad song. It was
as if the dead Leviathan had come back in the form of a ghost, hovering in the
sky and feeding the sword with its power, which made Arthur stronger and
more violent, yet more non-human.
Compared with the stone sword, the staff of fate looked like an iron rod. It was
so shabby!
It didn't bring Ye Qingxuan any ability or power, and it didn't have the frightful
lethality of the lance of the dragon slayer. Forged with the broken pieces of
the spear of destiny, it integrated all the music theories passed down in the
Religious Court of Inquisitors for centuries and became almost the
reincarnation of the miracles of the holy temple. The holy emblems on it was
proof to that. Since it was created, it was listed in the profound music theory
system of the holy caldron and accepted by the caldron as a symbol like the
Gate of Heaven.
Since the holy caldron created the new system in the originator hundreds of
years ago, the human race had been building on this system to become
stronger. The three kings and the saints were the defenders of this system, of
which the ”Holy Bible” was an indispensable part.
Apart from sheepherding the souls of all living creatures, the legend created
by the Holy Bible was enhanced and upgraded. With it as the main theme,
countless ”elements” were created, benefiting almost every single musician.
Except the black musicians, all musicians, after becoming a master, would
choose a chapter and an element most suitable for him and integrate them
into their symphony of predestination to upgrade to the scepter level.
Once they succeeded in that, they would become part of the system, through
which they could reach the aether world and even directly use the power from
the originator.
Besides that, there were holy tools created to carry the elements, such as the
gate of the heaven, the holy horn, and the staff of fate, which was forged with
the broken pieces of fate and integrated the core music theories of the
Religious Court of Inquisitors and accepted by the Holy Caldron.
That's why Shi Dong was so happy when it was created.
Thanks to it, the Religious Court of Inquisitors was no long a subordinate of
the Church, nor the church could dissolve it as they wish. As long as the staff
of fate was in Ye Qingxuan's hands, the Religious Court of Inquisitors would
be a holy organization and Ye Qingxuan's title – the hand of god – would be
beyond reproach.
The reinforcement by the holy caldron on the staff of fate was directly from the
Holy Bible – follow the will of god, crush all rebellions, like an iron staff
smashing earth ware under the instruction of god.
The distinct feature of this staff, was the unique ”stability”. It clashed against
the stone sword without any protection or preparation when it was just born,
yet its music theories were so stable that they were not scratched or wavered.
It was almost indestructible. It seemed to be able to survive alone when
everything else in the world was destroyed.
There was nothing more suitable than this staff for Ye Qingxuan, as he was
very good at utilizing powers not his own to achieve his own goal. With this
staff, he could allocate power hundreds of times mightier than his own on this
staff without worrying the staff might broke.
This staff was a perfect lever! Even if he inflicted all the power of the national
defense line upon it, the staff showed no sign of stress at all.
Being simply was being powerful.
With Ye Qingxuan's skill of borrowing powers from other sources, the staff
would need no other ability at all. The only thing it needed to do, was to be a
”lever”, with Ye Qingxuan as its pivot point, to pry up Anglo and Leviathan.
Boom!
The sound of the dark sun collapsing was even louder.
Arthur was angrier. Under his skin, the turbulent firebirds multiplied and
revealed signs of inhumanity. Ye Qingxuan looked at him coldly with a
mocking sneer.
The power of catastrophe surged in the stone sword and Arthur pressed
forward. Stating at Ye Qingxuan with blood-shot eyes, he shouted, ”how dare
you stare at me?”
Ye Qingxuan didn't flinch. ”I'm wondering who you really are.”
”I am Arthur, king of kings! The eternal godly king of the earth!” Arthur roared,
the path of godly ascension was continuously sucking the power of Leviathan,
which made him stronger and more horrible. Ye Qingxuan was pushed back
by his surging strength.
Ye Qingxuan shook his head with a sneer. ”I guess now you are very angry,
right?”
With the path of godly ascension in operation, Arthur's appearance changed.
The madly multiplying dragon blood modified the weak body, on which scales
grew out of the skin and bones pierced out of his back and turned into a pair
of huge dark wings.
”This is the eternal godly king of the human world?” Ye Qingxuan sneered,
”you should really look at yourself in the mirror before you say that. Your love
for the lady of the lake was only greed and lust. The love of Leviathan for you,
I'm afraid, was not without her own purpose. The dragon blood brings you
power, but it also turns you into a monster like this. Right?”
Looking at the ugly face, Ye Qingxuan heaved a sigh. ”You've only found this
out when it was too late. It only turned you into a monster as she was instead
of the king you want to be! That's why you are so angry, so mad…”
”Shut up!” Arthur roared, angrier than ever before.
Yet in the booming noise, a coarse laugh was heard. The laugh was mix of
mockery and helplessness.
”Give it up now, your majesty. Don't you understand now?” On the edge of the
stone sword, Maxwell's face emerged with an expression of mixed feelings.
”The world has never been yours since the very beginning.”
”You bastard!” Arthur's face twisted. ”I created you! How dare you offend your
king!” The firebirds tore Maxwell into pieces.
Yet the figure emerged again, even clearer. But the figure was cracked and
torn and might collapse at any moment.
”I'm pretty sure the courage to offend you was all mine.” Maxwell said in a low
voice, ”thank you, your majesty. I was only a piece of iron, but you gave me a
soul. It was a great honor for me. I may be not so good as a weapon, but I'm
proud of having this free will of mine. It was so great that I could live in this
world as a human.”
”How you dare!” Roared Arthur. The stone sword moaned, and blade breaking
into pieces. Maxwell's phantom shivered and began to collapse, yet his eyes
were even more determined.
Arthur gritted his teeth and softened a little. He snarled, ”if you like it, after
this, I'll allow you to live in the world as a man forever. As long as I was alive,
you can share my throne.”
Yet Maxwell was not tempted at all. He stretched out his hands, and
numerous music theories extended out from the stone sword and pierced into
Arthur's body and become integrated with of him.
”Forget it, your majesty. After so many years of miserable life, I'm really tired
of it.” Hugging his creator, he murmured, ”the new time should be handed to
the new generation. Please get off this stage with me.”
Boom!
A huge crack appeared on the stone sword and the path to godly ascension
moaned. Cracks covered the who path and the balance among the for layers
were lost. The path might collapse at any minute.
Trembling in pain, Arthur roared and screamed.
”Maxwell!” Ye Qingxuan shouted, ”what are you doing?”
”I need to finish what I didn't finish before.” Maxwell raised his head and
looked around at the shivering world sentimentally. ”I should have done this
before, but I didn't dare to. This world is so beautiful. Ye, I don't want to go.
But it suffered so much pain, and it was all because of my cowardice.”
”Stop! Maxwell.” Ye Qingxuan shouted, pressing the staff of fate madly
forward to interrupt Maxwell. But he could not touch Maxwell at all.
”Don't you want to retire? I have kept the house in Asgard. Don't you want to
go there to have a look? It is so beautiful, Maxwell, very beautiful.”
Looking at the broken figure of the old man, he said, ”I beg you, please have a
look there! You would regret it if you don't go there.”
”If the garden is empty, plant some roses there for me.” Maxwell said his
farewell, smiling gently, ”I've always wanted to see some flowers with Elizbeth.
Pity I won't have the chance. If I can leave a place full of flowers after I die, it
would be great.”
Boom!
Maxwell's body broke into pieces. The cracked body disappeared, leaving
only the farewell smile in Ye Qingxuan's mind.
Ye Qingxuan stood transfixed.
Arthur screamed and the path of godly ascension shivered and collapsed. The
dark sun in the sky shook violently and crashed onto the earth.
”Don't you dare! Maxwell! You son of a bitch!” Arthur shouted, ignoring the
huge wounds on his body. He opened his mouth and swallowed the broken
pieces of the stone sword into his stomach. The power of the path of godly
ascension was all devoured by him, captivated in the deformed body.
Arthur didn't die.
He was still alive!
Yet, before even Arthur could crack his hideous grin, Ye Qingxuan shouted,
”Arthur, you son of a bitch!”
Furious, Ye Qingxuan pressed forward and held high the staff of fate. A pure
white moon raised in the sky.
The stone of the sage, seal of moonlight and catastrophe resonant. All three