Chapter 223 - CLASHING OF EQUALS (1/2)

BOOOM!!

The explosion was like ten thousand fireworks exploded at the same time at the same place.

Space ripples and ripped apart as the shockwaves ripples upwards creating a heat draft toward the sky

Storms of fires formed upon the white clouds.

The entire skyscape trembles and the world was fill with smoke.

The whole world watch in trepidation and at the same time focused their gaze…to see whether that person survives.

On the other side of the walls, was the Archmaster Illusionist Hikigaya coughing up black blood surrounded with red mist.

He was sprawled upon debris of boulders on the ground

His body look like a wreck, as blood dripped down from his nose and mouth and his eyes. But his eyes shines with a strength he did not possesses before.

The whole world stops as they look at the smoke, waiting for it to settle and see whether the Death Monarch was injured.

Azief was covered with variety of colors of smoke and then the smoke settles. The world gasped while some people frowned looking at Azief state.

His body was uninjured. Other than some itch and some cuts on his flesh, he did not suffer much.

As expected Azief thought to himself.

He shakes his body to disperse the clouds of smoke around him as his eyes coldly looking at the charging cannon nonce again ready to shot him

He was inside an illusion just now.

An Illusion world almost indistinguishable from the real one.

The way he broke the world was to absorb all of its energy, a planet devouring method, as he drains the world of its energy and then pushed that illusionary world to its limit.

After all it is an illusionary world. Its energy is limited and unlike Earth where it is strengthened by the World Orb which would prevent him from destroying the world, the illusionary world source of power is Hikigaya own source of power.

Azief could destroy that illusionary world easily because he stands at a higher level than Hikigaya.

If he was weaker than Hikigaya he might have to comprehend and seek the weak part of the illusionary world.

Azief also realizes that Hikigaya did not know where Wang Jian and Sofia is.

Since he did not know he could not create some made up place and weakens the reality of his illusion.

He could do that but that would distort the Laws of his world. After all his illusionary world mimics reality.

There are Laws he must create and there are laws he must obey.

An illusion must follow its model of reality else it will be full of flaws.

When an Illusionist cast an illusion they try as hard as they can to be as detailed and close to the reality they are mimicking.

Hikigaya is the ultimate master in that world but there is still something he could not transcend and expected.

Azief was stronger than him. It was this simple fact that decides the outcome of this duel

If Hikigaya was the ultimate God of his illusionary world, when Azief was brought into that world, he brought a foreign God that is even stronger than him into it.

And what is the consequences?

To be slayed of course.

However, what makes Azief shocked, was that he did not know when he was put under the illusion.

So as the dust slowly settles, Azief floats forward, the wind bellows his feet pulsates gently, swirling around Azief feet like they were welcoming him.

Azief eyes did not leave Hikigaya looking curiously at Hikigaya and remark to himself

'He truly deserve to be a hero. Too bad we stand on opposite side.'

The people in the wall stopped what they were doing when Hikigaya stopped them all with one gesture of his fingers

'When did you do it?' Azief asked.

'Was it when I you first pointed that finger on me? Or was it after you use your Illusion reversal Art?'

Hikigaya got up from the fall, as he dust off the dust of the debris on his robe.

Then slowly he summons his clouds as he once again rises up to the sky, floating a few hundred meters away from Azief and said with a pale face, not hiding anything

'Both of that moment, I pointed my finger at you and make sure you look at my finger. I wanted to strengthen the illusion. I wanted to make you believe and deceive all your sense thoroughly. By the third time I use my illusion you believe we are still fighting in the real world. I wanted to make my illusionary world with as much of details of reality so much so, you would not discover the difference.'

Azief hearing this instead of getting angry, laughed

'HAHAHA. To think I underestimated you and instead being deceived by you. That illusion was not a normal illusion. How did you conjure such an illusion?'

It was like Azief was acknowledging him.

Hikigaya did not need acknowledgement of others and he never cares about it but hearing it from one of the greatest hero in the world is still a pleasant feeling.

Smiling Hikigaya said

'The point of illusion is to deceive. I deceive the world with my illusion. Since I could deceive the whole world, it is surprising if it could not deceive you.' Hikigaya said

'Deceiving the world? By deceiving the world you deceive me. This is a great technique indeed.' Then his laughing face turns somber once again and his eyes glaring he ask

'Will you keep fighting?'

Hikigaya did not answer and for a while there is a tension in the air but then as Hikigaya heard a transmission from his transmission talisman.

Hearing it he then reply

'I have lost to you today. Our battle is ended. I will not hinder you.'

'That would be good' Azief said as Hikigaya floated down and then disappeared into a dissipating purple fog.

But a voice sounded from the fog.

'The Walls have been breached. All soldiers in the walls lay down your arms if you value your life. This is not your battle.'

Then a sigh sounded, and the voice disappeared.

The soldiers the moment they listen Hikigaya final orders, all the soldiers on the wall put down their weapons and surrenders.

This is the reason Hikigaya prevent the soldiers of the walls from firing another shot after seeing the explosion did not even scratch the Death Monarch.

Hikigaya did not want to sacrifice more lives. And Azief himself did not want to be a human butcher

By now they are all utterly convinced if they are still stubborn their blood will paint the walls red.

Azief floated down onto the square not even looking at those soldiers that surrendered as he spreads his Divine Sense.

Then he walked forward.

The soldiers could only watch in trepidation, their hands trembling and their legs shaking but none of them dare to even swing their weapons or release a shot.

They believe it is useless and futile. As Azief passed them, they do not dare match their gaze with him.

This is what great heroes are like. This is what legends represents.

As he walk forward on the square surrounded by millions of soldiers, no one dares hinders him and no one dares look upon him like he is a sacred entity.

His steps was like a step of giants, the sound of his steps could freeze the hearts of people that used to be so brave.

Hundreds of thousands cannons and weapons were shot at him a moment ago and not even a scratch could be seen on his body.

How could these soldiers dares to attack the Death Monarch now.

They fear if they did anything to offend the Death Monarch now, the Death Monarch would start a massacre.

And Hikigaya has already orders them to lay down their weapons. Only those who are stubborn still holding to their weapons.

But yet….they did not dare swing it.

And Azief doesn't seems to care. As he walked it was almost like he dares these people to attack him.

It was such a blatant provocation yet no one…not one dares to take that step forward. The power oozing off the Death Monarch is a deterrent force by itself.

The air around the Death Monarch is different than the air among heroes like Wang Jian or Raymond.

Wang Jian for example exudes a valiant air. He himself is known as honorable and a person that values life, merciful and magnanimous.

Raymond is a symbol of justice. In his conduct he rewarded those that are righteous and punish those that committed evil deeds.

But the Death Monarch is different. The aura he emitted was a killing murderous aura that could freeze the Earth and slaughter the Gods.

One would feel suffocated and only abject fear if they are not strong enough when facing the pressure of Death Monarch

Everyone knows he is arbitrary and he does what he want. And he rarely explains why he does what he does.

Such an unpredictable loose bomb is what the World Government hates the most.

If not for the fact that the Death Monarch was the strongest person in the world they would surely suppress him.

As Azief walks forward his Divine Sense is scanning the Island. He stopped on the middle of the square.

He open his palm and then he closed his palm back.

And then a repressive atmosphere filled the island. The space around the island was sealed. Nothing goes out.

But things could come in.

This time he created a one way seal.

One is to conserve his energy. The other is because he notices that an island is coming to the Island of Peace.

An Island dragged by four tortoise is coming to the Island. And that island didn't seem to be holding good intention for the Island of Peace.

'The more the better' Azief thought to himself.

At the same time below the Island, in an underground maze, a person finally went out from the Maze.