Chapter 1613: Chapter 300: Battle of Former Pillar Gods
In the ancient legends of various nations, it is said that if one goes to a certain place, they can enter the Underworld.
There is also a saying that if you reach a sufficiently high place... such as a towering tower or the summit of a high mountain, you can see the gods above the sky.
That is the evidence left behind from the days when the Material Realm and the Dream Realm were interconnected.
And at this moment, in this place.
The vanished marvel reappears, as the Material Realm and the Dream Realm intertwine once more. A new "Gemini Mirror" is temporarily created or summoned here, linking inside and outside the door, unlocking the closed lock.
——This is a grand feat of connecting heaven and earth.
"Roar——"
The Silver-Crowned Dragon, in the midst of its battle with the Red Calamity, as it grazes past the massive mirror standing erect, suddenly breathes out a burst of white Dragon Breath.
It’s like a rotating white shell, enveloped with compressed to the extreme, freezing winds, flying from the left side of the mirror to the Material Realm on the right side!
——Ice Storm!
After penetrating the mirror, although its volume was significantly reduced, it successfully reached the Material Realm!
The gods of the Dream Realm, through this briefly opened passage, bypassed the Balance Curtain and projected their power directly into the Material Realm!
Even though the power transmitted through the "mirror" was also diluted, even though the Silver-Crowned Dragon’s current state wasn’t great and had already lost the Seat of the Pillar God, even though the Silver-Crowned Dragon was the weakest of the Pillar Gods when in power... it was still an attack from the Silver-Crowned Dragon!
When the power of the ice ball itself was diluted, it also meant the power compressing it was diluted.
Thus, the reduced ice ball expanded and spread in an instant.
As it spun toward the towering waves, the endless cold wind it carried froze and coated the engulfing seawater with a thick layer of white frost in an instant.
During its high-speed spin, it continuously burst forth infinite cold wind and spewed countless ice spikes.
Yet it didn’t shrink; instead, it rapidly expanded, growing larger, spreading increasingly terrifying cold air. As it approached, even the structures, which remained unharmed under the Abysmal Celestial Envoy’s tsunami due to Aiwass’ Preservation Arts, crumbled to powder.
Almost as if crushed by some invisible pressure—wherever it passed, a distinct and abrupt white trace was left in the world of dim yellow and deep blue!
When it neared the Abysmal Celestial Envoy, it had become incomparably massive.
The ice ball bit heavily at the giant whale’s body, instantly freezing and shattering the liquid form body of the giant whale!
The giant whale let out a thunderous wail, slowly sinking into the cliff of the sea, which was also frozen.
Under the attack of the Silver-Crowned Dragon, not heavily weakened by the Balance Curtain, the Abysmal Celestial Envoy was finally injured for the first time!
This was something even the past Battle of Punishment did not have a special mechanism for.
Previously, the only connection to the Supreme Heaven was the Giant King, and opposing the Giant King were Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table. At that time, the mirror reflected in the sky, echoing the battle of the White Dragon and the Crimson Bear with the mortal knights challenging the giants... If the Supreme Heaven had the chance to interfere with the Material Realm, with its nature, it might have long crushed the knights directly.
After all, Arthur and the Dragon of Calamity back then did not completely sacrifice themselves... The passage opened only partially. It’s only now that the ritual has been truly completed.
This is the extension of the Nurturing Skill—the words above are also recorded in the Nurturing Secret Sequel.
This is about nurturing oneself to the Gemini Mirror, thereby awakening the gates and windows.
Now, the anchor point holding the Holy Sword is still Lancelot, but he has already achieved the Heavenly Department Position.
And what he faces in the Material Realm is no longer the Giant King... but the Heavenly Descent.
Fortunately, with the support of the Silver-Crowned Dragon, it wouldn’t be too despairing—
However, this strike is far from enough to defeat the Abysmal Celestial Envoy.
The giant whale lets out an angry roar, and the huge body composed of deep blue tentacles transforms in an instant into a terrifying black-red color; the giant whale’s head turns into a crystal stone, becoming a splendid rainbow color.
In the past Battle of Punishment, Amber was watching from the sidelines; now Aiwass observes this scene within the giant whale’s body.
He knows, of course, this is the true form of the Abysmal Celestial Envoy—it is also the berserk form revealed when its Life Value drops below half!
Those previously transparent, deep blue, semi-transparent gelatin-like tentacles have all turned into solid entities now.
Within them is not muscle but the former Pillar God’s Blood—or rather, liquid Taboo Power.
Its surface is no longer smooth and reflective, but instead has grown thick, rough, dragon scale-like giant scales, appearing more like a giant python than tentacles.
In the game, the attack frequency of the Abysmal Celestial Envoy’s tentacles would significantly increase after entering this state.
Moreover, change moves would begin to appear—each attack had a chance of being either a real strike or a feint. Prompt for each round’s tentacle attack range would appear nine times, with eight disappearing after half a second... This is probably meant to simulate and describe, "the Abysmal Celestial Envoy’s attacks becoming more agile and unpredictable".
Additionally, the Abysmal Celestial Envoy introduces a new mechanism—participants must "parry" using the Sin Thorn Shield provided by the arena NPC. Every tentacle parried reduces the phantoms appearing next turn by one. Once all eight phantoms are parried, a tentacle is directly knocked into the arena next time.
Instead of slamming from the edge, it starts randomly launching two frequencies of attacks on the nearest enemy from the center of the arena with high frequency. And if it’s not defeated in time, it will activate to become a monster and capture the nearest player, requiring others to drain its HP to rescue teammates. Otherwise, if teammates aren’t rescued in time, they will be mentally controlled.
——In the game, players face merely "one" activated tentacle, and before knocking it down, they only had to simultaneously fight off nine tentacles.
However, in reality, the tentacles controlled by the Abysmal Celestial Envoy number in the hundreds or thousands?
Thus, the Abysmal Celestial Envoy launches a fierce counterattack with its tentacles on the Silver-Crowned Dragon!
This is a war between former Pillar Gods!
It is an attack even the Knight Heavenly Department and Geometric Celestial Marshal dared not directly withstand.
In the suddenly surrounding grey mist, they were abruptly hidden, as if turned into the void.
And thousands of black-red tentacles transformed into sharp, grim spears, directly covering their position, piercing towards the Silver-Crowned Dragon of the Dream Realm!
The Silver-Crowned Dragon abruptly accelerates, its flying speed increasing dramatically.
Like an aerial battle, with countless black-red sharp lances following its position, relentlessly pursuing—
And the Silver-Crowned Dragon, through agile rolls and sharp maneuvers, makes the space on Knight Heavenly Department’s left spin at dizzying high speeds. It’s like viewing a fighter pilot’s dogfight maneuvers from a first-person perspective.
As it suddenly vanishes into the grey mist, the numerous pursuing tentacles pierce through the Red Calamity, with which it was battling!
——It directly guided the Abysmal Celestial Envoy’s furious counterattack onto the Red Calamity!
To the not-too-bright Abysmal Celestial Envoy, the Red Calamity and Silver-Crowned Dragon were one entity. Just like Aiwass and it were one.
Therefore, the Abysmal Celestial Envoy, without any notion of "hitting the wrong target," launched a stormy barrage on the Red Calamity without hesitation!