272 A strike that devastated a continen (2/2)
Despite the depletion of his energy and the impressive opponent he was facing, there was not a single shred of worry inside the Sage's mind. If it wasn't because showing himself would expose his identity and ruin the plans he had for the dukes, he would have already launched himself to Heinz.
The Sage's eyes released an immense amount of Mind Force as he focused on Heinz, and he grabbed the air before starting to twist.
Heinz had detected the Sage's presence. He was not going to waste time and prepared to attack him when all of a sudden, his aura became stronger and much more dangerous. His power remained the same, but anyone looking at the Cultivator would think he was a Rank 6 life form.
The Cultivator's eyes widened as he realized what this meant. Right after his aura changed, Heinz felt an unstoppable force grab him.
The World Consciousness had been acting on him from the moment he reached Rank 5, but under normal circumstances, he would still have been able to remain inside the world for a short time. However, now that the World Consciousness perceived him as a Rank 6 life form, everything changed.
As a newly advanced Rank 5 life form, Heinz was able to devastate the greatest city in the Beta Heavenly World and make uninhabitable a substantial part of the continent to any life form beneath Rank 3 for hundreds of years. A Rank 6 life form that could destroy the entire continent if he used all of his power, so it was no wonder the World Consciousness acted so fiercely once it detected one.
There was no way Heinz could resist the power of the World Consciousness now that it treated him as a Rank 6 life form. His body was immediately pulled upward, and he was being expelled into the void.
The Sage saw Heinz leave his sight, but his eyes narrowed as he felt a monstrous killing intent targeting him.
”One blood sword to kill all existence!” Those words reached Saint City and all those Rank 4 warriors of the Heavenly race who were still awake trembled when they heard them.
Thunder and lightning filled the sky, and storms raged all over the continent as a giant beam of red sword light fell from above.
That attack carried every ounce of the power of Heinz's body, energy, and soul. The red sword light was not only powerful but also incredibly dense and heavy. It cut the space in front of it, increasing his speed and also attracting pieces of broken space to enhance its might.
The grey humanoid showed no expression, but deep inside those white eyes, rage could be felt as he stared at the beam of sword light that was about to fall on him.
The explosion of the Demodand Inferno had affected space, so teleportation was impossible, and Heinz's attack was too fast to dodge it.
The amount of Mind Force the Sage generated increased greatly before his body was transformed into threads of grey aura. Some of them fused with the black cocoon made of boiling asphalt and increased its defensive power, while others formed another, smaller cocoon around the Neo-Demon.
Right after the Sage finished his preparation, the beam of sword light landed, and another explosion assaulted Saint City. The power of the attack focused on the black cocoon and all those Soul Forging existences covered by the power of the winged castle were sent flying away.
Heinz's attack buried deep into the ground. Dozens of earthquakes occurred all over the continent, and the earth split apart, forming canyons from where lava rose.
That day was a living nightmare for every life form on the Vixus continent. Millions of lives were lost, and the damage was so great that weak life forms would find it impossible to live in a considerable portion of the continent from now on.