Chapter 567: The Light Turns Black

When Seris reached her hand forward, the dragon turned its huge head toward her.

Lian saw this movement.

It was trying to target Seris again.

He had to change its attention.

[Myriad Presence Mirage] activated.

Five fake presences with mana signatures similar to his appeared in different parts of the broken platform, he could use another version of the skill, but in a situation like this, it was completely useless.

At the same time, he spread [Abyss Veil] over himself and changed his movement path.

For a moment, the Demon of End looked at one of the fake presences, but almost at the same moment, it realized its mistake.

"Do you think these childish tricks will work on me?"

Lian came out from behind a broken pillar.

"Not really."

And he pulled back his armored fist.

[Iron Fortress Charge]

His body moved toward the damaged part of the claw with great speed, and at the last moment, he also focused the power of [Glacial Reaper Claw] on his right fist.

BOOOOOOM!

The attack hit the old crack in the scale directly, and this time, a piece of that damaged scale broke off.

Of course, it was not a piece from the healthy part of the Demon’s body, but only the part that had been cracked for centuries, but even that was enough to stop the movement of the finger for a moment.

The Demon of End lowered its head.

The young Vorhelm immediately jumped backward, his opponent was so powerful that he could not hit it twice in a row, and this could put his life in direct danger.

Another claw passed beside his body and crushed the stone behind him.

The edge of the attack hit one of his armor plates, and a strong pain spread through his side, however, he did not waste the opportunity.

[Thunder Calamity]

Thunder mana gathered along his left arm and hit the damaged area of the claw from such a close distance.

Huge lightning spread across the black scales.

The healthy part of the dragon’s body was almost unharmed, but the electricity reached the open crack and made the muscles of that joint contract for a moment.

Lian moved backward.

At that exact moment, Seris entered from the right.

[King Breaker]

The silver sword struck the same area with great force.

CLANG!

One of the damaged layers of the scale broke, and a piece of black scale as large as a human fell from the dragon’s body.

Dark blood came out from the crack, but only a few drops.

The Demon of End stopped moving for a moment, and then a deep roar came from its chest.

This time, it was truly angry.

"Insects..."

The dragon opened its mouth.

Lian felt the pressure of mana.

"Back!"

But this time, the Demon did not intend to target only one straight path.

Red energy came out from between its huge teeth, and before turning into a focused pillar, it released a wave of pressure throughout the area.

Lian immediately tried to create layers and a complete defensive area around himself with the help of [Frost Dominion].

It reached dozens and then hundreds of layers, and for a moment, the two mana flows resisted each other.

But the difference in quality and power was too great.

His ice domain could not completely stop even the first wave and only broke part of the direct pressure.

At that moment, he activated [Cataclysm Pulse] and slammed his fist onto the ground with all his strength.

His only target was the pressure that had been created.

BOOOOOOM!

The pressure wave hit the red energy and pushed part of it to the sides.

The ground beneath Lian’s feet cracked, the edges of the armor on his chest opened, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

It was still not enough.

And the dragon released its main attack.

Lian clenched his teeth.

[Eternal Frozen Apocalypse]

An enormous cold spread from his body.

The black stones across a wide area were covered under a thick layer of ice. Columns of dense ice rose in the path of the red energy, and part of the red mist around the platform froze.

Within a few seconds, the battlefield turned into a land of ice and broken stones.

Then... the red pillar hit it.

KRRRRRAAAAAASH!

The first ice wall turned into steam, the second one broke ...the third resisted for a moment, but a deep crack appeared in its center and the pressure of the attack passed through it.

He was forced to move backward again.

Eternal Frozen Apocalypse, a skill of the Divine rank, was enough to destroy the battlefield against many enemies.

Here? It had only bought a few seconds, but those few seconds gave Seris a chance.

"Lian!"

He heard the girl’s voice and raised his head.

The Moon Manifestation behind her was almost halfway complete, and cold light fell from its surface onto the battlefield.

Seven huge crescents formed around the girl, and each crescent took a separate path.

The first three crescents hit the remaining wave of red energy from both sides and above, and they shattered almost immediately.

The other four crescents moved through the steam and ice.

One changed the path of the attack, the second kept the passage open, and the last two crescents stood in front of Lian.

Seris herself moved through the opening at great speed, and just before the remaining pressure reached him, she moved her sword.

[Silver Requiem]

Dozens of silver slashes separated from the blade within a few moments.

The goal was not to injure the dragon, such a thing was impossible, the goal was to cut apart the last part of the wave that was approaching Lian.

Silver and red light collided.

The attack wave broke in the middle and passed around them from both sides.

The young Vorhelm looked at Seris for a moment, the girl did not even turn toward him, she only lowered her sword and looked toward the eastern chain.

She knew the work was not over yet.

"That was just in time, thank you."

Seris nodded, this man had saved her several times, now it was her turn to do this at least once.

Lian also returned to his work.

One was still standing near her.

Part of his side armor was broken and the movement of one of his legs was slower, but the five remaining arms were still coming out from behind his body.

The sixth arm was preparing for the final attack.

Through the Colony Link, Lian felt that part of the force from the previous impacts had been stored inside the ant’s armor.

The stored amount was not large, but it was enough for one attack.

The Demon of End raised its claw again.

"One, the broken pillar on the left!"

The ant immediately turned, the Six Hands of Ruin lit up at the same time for a moment, and the sixth arm moved forward.

[Ruin Verdict Hand]

All the stored Ruin energy was focused into one point.

The huge ant released it against the damaged base of one of the old prison pillars, a pillar that had not been part of the main seal network for a long time.

KRRRRRAAAAAASH!

The base shattered.

The cracks that already existed on the surface of the pillar connected to each other, and a huge part of it collapsed toward the path of the claw.

Stones as large as houses fell from above.

Instead of retreating, the Demon of End turned its claw toward the pillar.

DOOOOOM!

A large part of the stones were crushed by one strike, but the path of the claw changed, and the attack that was supposed to hit Seris directly struck the ground farther away.

The pressure wave made One’s armor shake again.

More cracks appeared on his side, and the six half-material arms disappeared one after another.

Lian felt his pain and exhaustion.

"That’s enough, One, don’t push yourself anymore."

The ant moved backward, it still had the strength to fight, but it should not take another impact like that.

On the other side, Two raised his head.

[Skyless Howl]

The howl spread through the prison, and a wave of spiritual pressure moved toward the dragon’s head.

The Demon of End immediately broke through it, but that single moment disturbed the movement of its neck.

The young Vorhelm did not waste the opportunity.

"Seris, complete the chain now!"

The Ancestral Mark lit up.

Golden threads moved along the eastern chain, and the silent sections joined the flow again.

The chain was pulled with a heavy sound, and the dragon’s shoulder was pulled several meters lower.

The Demon of End let out an angry roar, but this time, it could no longer bring its claw to the same distance as before.

Another part of the seal had been restored.

Lian took a deep breath, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, and looked at the rings around the heart of the prison.

The corruption was still active, and the Silver Elf had been working silently the entire time.

Every part that Lian cleansed, the creature tried to go around it through another path, if this continued, even with One and Two’s help, they would eventually become exhausted.

He had to act more efficiently, he raised his eyes.

Thousands of golden rings were shining throughout the prison, light was reflecting from the surface of the chains, from the pillars, from the shiny surface of the silver threads, even from the edge of Seris’s sword and the ice he had created...

And suddenly, an idea came to his mind.

Why should he only use five energy threads?

The Corrupted Sun’s ability was different, he could corrupt the existing light with Eclipse energy, through the paths he was able to detect.

So he did not need to target all the corruption points with only five threads.

He could destroy the five main centers of corruption with Eclipse energy threads and use the reflected light to wear down the weaker connections.

The only problem was energy consumption.

The Eclipse Core’s energy reserve was not unlimited, and even now, a considerable amount of its stored energy had already been used.

But if he was going to lose in this prison, saving energy for later had no meaning.

Lian raised his right hand, golden light reflected across his armor plates, and the Eclipse Core began to rotate faster.

And then the color of the light began to change.

At first, the change was very small, a black streak appeared on one of the golden surfaces.

Then a second.

A third.

The light continued moving through the prison at its normal speed, but it was no longer completely golden.

White light mixed with black spread through the reflected paths.

In less than a few seconds, dozens of paths of light passed above Lian’s head and spread like dark lines among the huge rings of the prison.

The Silver Elf raised her head, for a moment, even she did not understand what was happening.

Until the first silver thread turned black.

TSSSSSS!

Its structure collapsed from the inside.

The second thread did the same.

The corrupted light moved across the reflective surface of the corruption, and at the moment of contact, the Eclipse energy wore down its mana structure.

The young Vorhelm sent the five Eclipse threads toward the main nodes, and all five reached their targets.

But unlike before, this time, only five points were not damaged.

The corrupted lights moving through the other paths also reached the weaker connections and destroyed them one after another.

For a few moments, the appearance of the prison changed.

Among the enormous golden rings, black streaks were moving.

From a distance, it looked as if darkness was flowing inside the light itself, and wherever that light reached the silver network, the corruption collapsed.

The Silver Elf quickly raised her hand and began changing the paths of the corrupted silver threads.

But several threads were destroyed before the new command could reach them.

One of the main rings that had been dim until then lit up again with bright gold.

Lian slowly let out his breath, the Eclipse Core had lost a large amount of energy, but the result was worth it.

He had succeeded in cleansing several corruption paths at the same time, and right at that moment, a strange roar came from the direction of the Demon of End.

"Eclipse...?"