Chapter 326 - 285: Beneath the Domain, the Strongest Earth Knight! Powerful Punch

「Three minutes earlier.」

Facing the terrifying suppression of the Slaughterer Domain.

Facing the vicious, blade-first assault of the Fear Knight, Flayer Du Ma!

Reinhardt’s eyes blazed with fury. The roar of his heart pounded like the engine of a colossal ship, fighting back against the Domain Power’s suppression. At this moment, his Knight Power surged at maximum capacity!

Dark purple, living matter from his Morphic Armor oozed rapidly from beneath his skin, completely encasing the Avenger Power Armor.

He raised his right hand, unflinching, preparing to meet the brutal strike of the Flayer’s blade head-on.

At the same time, he activated his Extraordinary Arsenal.

A massive, dark-red gauntlet with a scaled surface materialized from his Knight Power, instantly covering his right hand. It ferociously smashed into the giant Skinning Knife that Flayer Du Ma brought crashing down!

BOOM—!

The direct clash of Knight Power erupted in a shower of molten steel, exploding outward from the point of impact between them!

Flayer Du Ma had been certain its all-out strike would be the death of Reinhardt, an enemy with only the strength of a Four-star Earth Military Rank!

However, when it realized this Imperial Knight, as pitiful as an ant, had actually managed to block its strike with nothing but the purest form of Knight Power, the excitement and cruelty on its face only intensified!

In the traitor’s eyes, the dark red Energy Shield that flared to life from the Extraordinary Armament, Blood Hand, upon impact did not anger it. On the contrary, such a powerful defense plunged its will to fight into a complete frenzy!

Flayer Du Ma let out a hysterical laugh. Its giant Skinning Knife became a blur, a merciless rain of blows hacking down upon Reinhardt, who was pinned in place by the Slaughterer Domain!

Though the slashes lacked any semblance of technique, brute force was all that was needed. Each blow that crashed against Reinhardt’s shield caused his already limited stamina to plummet.

His mind reeled from the barrage!

"Hahaha—! You are a powerful opponent, Imperial Knight! Use all your strength to fight me! Only then, when I flay you and offer your skin as a sacrifice to the Slaughter Death Arena, will I be blessed with even greater Mighty Power!"

Reinhardt felt his stamina draining away at an alarming rate. Under the storm of blows, the shield generated by his Blood Hand began to flicker and threaten to collapse.

But this was the gap between a Four-star and a Five-star of the Earth Military Rank. An insurmountable chasm.

Through his Full Coverage Helmet and past the flickering Energy Shield of his Blood Hand, Reinhardt’s gaze locked onto Du Ma’s eyes. The towering inferno of rage within him vowed to burn this traitor to cinders!

Even if he was trapped, even if he were to die here, he would make this traitor pay!

With a final blow, Flayer Du Ma shattered the Blood Hand Shield. The Skinning Knife, massive as a logging saw, screamed through the air. It smashed through the defense of the Morphic Armor, sundered the Clay Steel of the Avenger Armor, and bit deep into Reinhardt’s left shoulder!

Even though Du Ma was lost in a frenzy of bloodlust, it never would have dreamed that the defensive capabilities of a mere ant at the Four-star Earth Military Rank could be so absurdly powerful!

Such a feat required not only the Extraordinary Armament’s own Special Abilities to be sufficiently powerful, but also for the Knight himself to possess an exceptionally high physical limit to even utilize them.

An ordinary Four-star Earth Military Rank Knight wouldn’t have even forced it to use the slashes of its Combat Skill, Skin-Stripping Knife; the initial impact from its Iron Lock would have been enough to crush them into paste!

Perhaps to an onlooker, Du Ma’s slashes seemed to lack technical skill, but they were, in fact, a genuine and powerful Combat Technique that complemented its Domain Power!

Each brutal slash carried an equal measure of destructive force that was transmitted through the Slaughterer’s Iron Lock, striking directly at the soul through the Spiritual Domain!

To resist Du Ma’s Skinning Knife within the Slaughterer Domain required more than just powerful physical defenses; it demanded an unyielding will of steel!

This was why a being as powerful as Du Ma had become so utterly thrilled when facing an ant like Reinhardt.

The Spiritual Power erupting from Reinhardt at that moment was stronger than that of any powerful foe it had ever executed!

Even as its Skinning Knife sliced into Reinhardt’s flesh, the feedback it received in the Spiritual Domain was that of striking indestructible steel!

At that moment, their battle had completely stunned the three onlooking Imperial Knights and the hundreds of soldiers in the Mortal Auxiliary Army.

The shockwaves from the Skinning Knife clashing with the Blood Hand Shield were so strong they could barely stand!

One of the Imperial Knights quickly realized that this unfamiliar Imperial Knight, currently being suppressed by Flayer Du Ma, had to be a member of the Loyalist Faction, just like them!

He was not only powerful but must also have an extraordinary background!

To confront the assault of a Fear Knight head-on—such a feat was something not even their Battle Group Leader, Lord Fedor, could accomplish!

As one of the Knights took out a Radiant Beacon to try and contact frontline command, Reinhardt, who had been suppressed by Du Ma to the point of being unable to retaliate, showed no signs of weakening. On the contrary, with each swing of the traitor’s blade, the Destructive Suppression radiating from Reinhardt’s Second Great Power grew ever more terrifying!

Disregarding the effects of Domain Power, his aura soared to the frightening level of a peak Six-star Earth Military Rank!

This sudden surge in Knightly Aura even gave Flayer Du Ma pause!

It gazed down, the crimson fire in its eye sockets flickering with utter disbelief. Even its raised Skinning Knife froze in mid-air.

For within the aura now erupting from Reinhardt, it sensed a genuine threat!

But this was Flayer Du Ma.

Retreat and evasion were not in its vocabulary!

In that instant, the Knightly Auras of Reinhardt and Du Ma flared like twin infernos, roaring to their peak and clashing like fire and water!

The Mortal Soldiers and Imperial Knights within the combat zone were all forced to their knees, unable to withstand the pressure radiating from these supreme powerhouses.

Even the front lines, a full kilometer away, felt the terrifying aftershocks of the battle erupting in the rear!

Flayer Du Ma stood firm before Reinhardt, not retreating a single step. It even paused its assault and roared with excitement, "Embrace the fight! Imperial Knight! Let me witness your power!

Hahaha!

In the name of the Flayer, Reinhardt—! Barring the power of a Domain, you are the strongest Earth Knight I have ever seen!"

Though it had fallen into the Dark Abyss, in that moment, Flayer Du Ma’s every word and action radiated a bearing that only a Dragon Hunter could possess!

Ferocious!

Thirsting for glory and battle!

Even the three onlooking Red-armored Imperial Knights were shocked by the bearing Flayer Du Ma displayed! It was an air that surpassed that of a Fear Knight, one that belonged only to veteran Dragon Hunters and Battle Group champions!

Because the three of them were Dragon Hunters—!

The instant Du Ma’s voice fell, the Blood Flame enveloping Reinhardt surged dozens of meters into the air! His furious roar was like the beat of a thunderous war drum!

The power gathering in his right fist tore through the very fabric of the illusory Demon Void Realm!