Chapter 625 Combined Might of All Things (1/2)

The first explosion occurred inside the dark mist. The extreme heat of the Steel Spear ignited the black particles that was the true form of the mist, incinerating them cleanly at a frightening speed into nothingness. After that, all substances within the mist were completely burnt off, and vacuum thus rapidly expanded, the great suction drawing in all matter in its surroundings to its center.

The second explosion occurred at the heart of the dark core. The Steel Spear hence pierced the dark core that almost arrived at boundary point, illuminating half the Void and the world of Kronos.

The dark mist's method of assault hence became the tool for Joshua and the others to retaliate against it.

Indeed, just a while ago, the other Legendary champions had launched counteroffensives of varying degrees, but was absolutely fearsome.

Every Legendary champion—the Demon General and the two Pentashade Dragon Kings included—might not have the all-encompassing defense like Joshua's or the unconstrained countermeasures against the mist needles attack, their ability allowed self-preservation with no problems. That was true especially for the Leviathan and the Golden Fleet: one possessed great vigor that was perfectly fine with being attacked, while the other had extraordinarily stalwart psionic shielding that could withstand the onslaught of black needles. As for the two Legendary mages… they always had a way to face anything unexpected, for their ability to handle sudden things was never suspect.

Furthermore, even the demons appeared to be very angry at the dark mist.

—As demons of the Abyss, it had always been us who schemed and struck others from the shadows. Since when did it become our turn to be ambushed?!

The Insectoid Demond General Shaluka which had been struck by the black needles for at least a few minutes felt a great disgrace welling up its heart. Combined with the rage after being handed a great beating by Joshua over the last few days made it feel like it was about to explode. Therefore, facing that dark core that was rapidly condensing, the Demon Monarch did not hesitate to aid Joshua indirectly, using the Abyssal explosive spell it was proficient at to delay the speed of the core condensing.

The others had more or less the same thoughts. As the dark core exploded and a substantial portion of its mass had been burnt away, the black mist was forced to recall the other mist that had spread within the world of Kronos. From the very start, its target was the Ancient Dragon inside the world, which was why it did not act against the Legendary champions in its initial ambush. In other words, the black fog appeared to have underestimated the power of the superior beings, and was hence gulping a bitter pill for it even as it redirected its priority.

However, that was not very useful… beneath the tacit combined force of eight Legendary beings, the dark mist had utterly no meaningful counter. Was the unnamed Darkness powerful? Certainly—to instantaneously consume half of the Void, permeate into the world of Kronos as well as pulling multiple Legends into its own domain was, to some extent, a godlike power. Still, it had relied on ambushing to accomplish it, acting while the many champions were spiritually after days of battle, while continuously assaulting them to disturb their movements.

But no, it was besieged tidily by everyone—even those who had been giving each other a beating just a while ago. Even the Black Dragon King and Leviathan that could not wait to kill each other tacitly partnered, using their power to wipe up the dark mist around them.

In an instant, waves of flashes surged in the Darkness. The two Dragon Kings worked together, using negative energy and sub-zero temperatures to extinguish all stagnated regions around them. As all mass and energy approached devastation and a spatial boundary of near absolute zero, not even the Darkness could approach, and was kept motionless where it was.

The colossal Leviathan did not use any skill, and simply gathered a warped field of gravity around it before charging imposingly, crushing everything along its way—unless the thing that stood in its way was larger, nothing could stop a ten-thousand-meter class of behemoth, and the black mist clearly was not.

With nary an expression, Barnil conjured a gilt grimoire, the tome itself dancing with thousands of complex and mysterious runes. Extending his right hand, the old mage simply pointed at the tome for a few times, and the runes promptly leaped out, forming five unusually shaped energy spheres in the Void—those spheres were not the simple energy condensation of silver-tiers, but the Rune Master's very own secret technique and Truth. As Legendary power materialized, the five runic luminous spheres that represented 'broiling explosion', 'sub-zero freeze', 'electromagnetism disturbance', 'matter disintegration' and 'particle acceleration' respectively fused into a single body, and finally turned into a condensed chaotic cluster of light, blasting into the depths of the dark mist and flashing dully, wiping out all dark mist in the area at once.

There were limits and types to the energy that the black mist could absorb. Once an assault of completely different high-energy class, it would naturally reveal its own opening.

Even as he attacked whimsically, the old mage frowned. ”What creature is this mist…” he muttered to himself in doubt, ”it's like a mist but could exist in the Void, and controlled great plundering aspect. If it didn't attack physically, I would have even suspected that it's the Void Specters of legends.”

”That thing might not exactly be a creature, right?” William replied simply beside him, ”it would be more correct to call it a natural weapon.”

The dark mist was certainly no natural phenomenon. On the other side of the mist? Joshua was still wielding impact and searing heat, using the purest of devastation to incinerate each of the dark mist particles into nothingness. He had long seen through the true form of the dark mist, his mind holding an inference of its true identity.

—It must be a type of powerful weapon.