Chapter 538 - 523: I Am the Hunter
Chapter 538: Chapter 523: I Am the Hunter
Sargeras glared down at the chunk of steel blocking his path, violent rage surging in his eyes. He raised a giant claw capable of crushing mountains. The sickly green Evil Energy and the ashen-yellow Law of Decay intertwined into a storm of destruction, slamming ruthlessly toward PX-4’s head! Even before the claw struck, that ashen-yellow aura capable of withering all things had already sealed off the surrounding space.
Countless tactical parameters frantically cascaded across Allen’s retinas. He didn’t dodge. Instead, he commanded Xiong Da to drop its shoulders and sink its elbows. Its right arm bearings let out a teeth-grinding roar as its five metallic fingers clenched tight, throwing an unadorned, straightforward punch to meet the attack head-on! It was nothing but sheer, unadulterated violence powered by the overloaded output of three Dawn Star Engines!
BOOM!
The next moment, the Steel Tyrant and the Purgatory Demon God collided with a deafening crash! Time seemed to glitch for a split second before a visible white Mach cone and a ring of dense, highly pressurized shockwaves exploded outward like a tsunami. Low-hanging clouds were instantly obliterated, and several meters of topsoil were violently scraped away from the earth. Within a radius of several kilometers, the charging Demons were crushed into clouds of blood mist by the sheer shockwave before they could even scream.
Accompanied by a massive, muffled rumble, PX-4’s massive eighty-six-meter frame was sent skidding backward by the terrifying recoil. Its heavy feet plowed two thousand-meter-long rifts through the scorched earth before it barely managed to halt its momentum.
[Alert! Structural disintegration detected in the right arm’s main armor belt! Drive bearing overloaded at 140%!]
[Alert! Encountering Law Erosion from ’Decay’. Attempting to establish a reverse engineering model... Analysis failed! The Law possesses conceptual characteristics!]
Jarvis’s bright red warnings flashed frantically before Allen’s eyes. Looking through their shared vision, he saw five bottomless claw marks gouged into Xiong Da’s right arm, which was forged from Radiant Black Steel. Even more troublesome, the metal around the edges of the claw marks was rapidly losing its luster. The outer layers were peeling off, crumbling into falling flakes of rust.
"Interesting." Looking at the returned battle damage data, Allen didn’t panic. Instead, he raised an eyebrow. "No matter how high your armor is, it can’t defend against conceptual-level true damage."
This was the absolute suppression of a Law.
Sargeras clearly didn’t intend to give this hunk of iron a chance to recover. His towering, three-hundred-meter-tall body erupted with an agility that defied physics. His left claw tore through the air, slamming down once more with an ear-piercing shriek! With nowhere to dodge, PX-4 had no choice but to cross its arms, enduring the Law Erosion to block the strike head-on.
BOOM!
This time, the sound of the collision was even heavier. The rock strata beneath PX-4’s feet completely gave way. The earth within a five-kilometer radius collapsed like a crumbling biscuit, forming a massive crater. Half of the Steel Giant’s body was smashed directly into the ground.
"Die, tin bug!" Sargeras let out a disdainful roar, throwing his weight into both arms. The two Powers of Law, sickly green Evil Energy and ashen-yellow Decay, poured down like a waterfall. The immense pressure caused the AT Field on PX-4’s surface to emit an overwhelmed shriek. Its pale gold hexagonal Hive grid flashed frantically, looking as though it would shatter like glass at any moment.
"Sure enough, a pure stat-stacking Physical System is at too much of a disadvantage against a gimmick boss like this," Allen murmured. PX-4 was like a Level 100 Berserker—its hits certainly hurt, but it couldn’t stand against an opponent who could directly modify the backend code like a Game Master.
"However..." A cold glint flashed in Allen’s deep blue eyes. "Who told you I was fighting you one-on-one? Jarvis, it’s time for Thanatos to take the stage."
[Command confirmed.]
On the battlefield, just as Sargeras focused all his attention on the Suppression of PX-4 and prepared to strike again, his massive, mountain-like body stiffened. An indescribable, biting chill instantly enveloped him. It wasn’t a physical drop in temperature; it was the sensation of his soul turning to dead ashes.
Sargeras whipped his head around, staring fixedly at the empty void behind him. There was nothing there. Yet, his senses told him that the Golem—the one that had been wildly reaping souls across the battlefield earlier—was coldly watching him from another dimension.
The Netherworld Guide, Thanatos, had finally bared its fangs. It slowly raised its scythe, which was entwined with countless dark green Runes, and gave it a gentle swing.
[Death Domain: Expanded]!
An invisible domain symbolizing ultimate endings and extinction instantly expanded with Thanatos at its center, directly shrouding Sargeras! Under the domain’s coverage, all souls began to weaken uncontrollably. The Fire of Life felt as if it had been tossed into freezing water, helplessly flickering toward extinguishment.
Sargeras felt as if his soul had been submerged at the bottom of the Nether River. The murmurs of countless dead souls echoed in his ears, frantically dragging at him in an attempt to pull him into eternal slumber. With his immense foundation as a Purgatory Monarch, these murmurs couldn’t truly erase his will, but the constant erosion of his Soul Power sent him into a violent rage.
"Despicable thief! Show yourself!" Sargeras roared. Boundless Evil Energy surged into the sky, attempting to resist this repulsive domain.
But in the split second he was distracted fighting the Death Domain, PX-4—which had been locked down by his Suppression—moved. Inside Xiong Da, the operational hum of the three Dawn Star Level engines sharply escalated, letting out a roar like that of a Giant Dragon! The Steel Giant, half-buried in the earth, surged with sudden strength in its arms. With an earth-shattering momentum, it forcefully shoved upward, sending Sargeras stumbling back!
Immediately after, the massive circular launch port on PX-4’s chest—the downgraded replica of the "Zero" main cannon from a Purification Battleship—lit up with blinding intensity! A pure white light of destruction frantically collapsed at the muzzle, emitting a terrifying energy fluctuation capable of erasing all matter.
"What?!" Sargeras finally sensed a fatal threat. He tried to pull back and retreat, but the delaying effect of the Death Domain forcibly slowed his movements by a half-beat.
Thanatos, lurking in the Shadow Realm, was clearly an exceptional assassin. A chain flashing with dark Runes slid silently out of the void like a viper striking across dimensions, piercing directly into Sargeras’s shadow.
[Soul Hook]!
"Gah—!" Sargeras let out a muffled groan of pain. His soul felt as if it had been viciously yanked by a red-hot, barbed iron hook. The intense agony caused his consciousness to blank out for a split second.
In high-tier gambits, victory and defeat were often decided by a hair’s breadth. And this was the sole opening Allen had waited a full three minutes and twenty-one seconds for.
A Heavy Armor Warrior held the frontline, maximizing aggro and stubbornly tanking the damage. A Shadow Assassin lurked in the dimensional rifts, applying a debuffing slow and triggering a soul stun. One direct combatant, one deceptive shadow—a perfect synergy of aggro management and crowd control. This was the "welcome gift" that Allen, the tactician, had meticulously prepared for this Purgatory Monarch.
Defense? Counterattacks? From the very beginning, those concepts didn’t exist in his dictionary. When armed with lethal weapons, a killing intent naturally arises. You covet the souls of this Plane, but what I want is your soul, Lord of Purgatory!
This Cybertron armed to the teeth, these fearless Golem Legions, even PX-4 and Thanatos... they were all bait. They were traps. They were the chains meant to bind this Divine Level prey. And he, Allen Wesren, was the true Hunter sitting high upon the throne, ready to pull the trigger.
"Checkmate, big guy." Allen’s eyes were icy cold as he issued his final command. "Main cannon, fire!!!"