Chapter 76: Chapter 76 The Former Emperor
The black object appeared and then hovered quietly in the air, seemingly observing us with great interest—it was truly bizarre, I actually managed to read an expression from a bunch of ink.
Muller and the others’ faces changed at once when they saw the black object that had appeared, Vinoa gripped her longsword tightly and said in a low voice, “That is the Source of Demons…”
Despite their great strength, after a battle that had drained much of their energy, the three of them were now mostly out of combat power. Faced with the “Source of Demons,” even these people who stood at the pinnacle of power couldn’t help but feel a chill on their backs.
At that moment, Sandora’s psychic link suddenly cut in, carrying a hint of unease—this was an emotion I had never seen in her before.
“Chen Jun, something doesn’t feel right, this power from the Abyss gives me a very bad feeling—let the Asida Sisters know to be ready to pull us out of battle at any moment.”
Sandora was actually planning to escape?
Hearing her make such a judgment, I immediately became extremely cautious, and I informed Asida and Asidora at the base. Pandora also realized that something was off, she stopped firing and cautiously moved closer to me.
It was then that the black shadow suddenly launched an attack!
Without any warning, the surface of the black mist twisted violently, and then a fierce black beam shot towards me!
There was no doubting the attack power of this beam; in an instant, all the defense mechanisms I had activated automatically entered a state of full operation. Pandora rushed in front of me without hesitation, attempting to block the attack, but after just one encounter, Pandora’s small body was violently knocked back, crashing into my arms.
Reeling from the powerful impact, I stumbled back several steps before finally coming to a stop. If it hadn’t been for the several bodily enhancements Sandora had given me and the fact that the defense mechanisms had absorbed most of the impact, I would likely have been seriously injured by now.
“Pandora, are you okay?”
I looked anxiously at the little one in my arms, who blushed slightly, then said unwillingly, “My weight…”
“My weight?” I was briefly stunned, then realized—Pandora hadn’t been hurt by the attack, but the impact force was so strong that it sent her lightweight body flying…
For Pandora, who has always considered it her duty to conquer the world, this was truly an utter humiliation…
“Quite an impressive defense ability, and combining that with your appearance… If my memory serves me right, you must be the famous Little One General from the 15th Dominated Region of the Empire, the prototype for the Pandora series warriors—Pandora-zero?”
I was taken aback, then looked incredulously in the direction of the voice.
The one that spoke, was it that black object?
“You can speak?” I exclaimed.
“Of course, these high-order beings from the Abyss that have condensed into a semi-solid form are not comparable to those brainless demonized creatures.”
Sandora observed the enemy in front of her thoughtfully while taking the time to scorn my ignorance.
“That doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t even have a body, how can it produce sound? This is biologically impossible…”
“…” Sandora was silent for a moment, then decisively charged at the enemy opposite.
Hey, hey, hey! Even if my train of thought is a bit off, you don’t have to respond in such a heroic manner, do you?
Although Sandora had developed considerable close combat abilities at the entrance of the Abyss, she didn’t like melee combat. With her strong spiritual attack power, she preferred to control a large number of heartless puppets to gang up on the enemy or simply use her spiritual power to warp reality to achieve her goals. However, the enemy in front of her was a bit special—the opponent was clearly the long-range attack type, and it seemed that Sandora’s mind control was not very effective. The demonized creatures that could have served as cannon fodder and makeshift puppets were wisely retreated by the mass of shadows earlier, so Sandora had no choice but to opt for the safer close combat attack.
In Sandora’s hands appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, two Xyrin Military Daggers made of crystal. With lightning speed, she slashed the crossing blades at the black shadow, purple lightning arcs bursting forth from the beam blade, tearing through the air and leaving cracks on the shadow. But this fierce attack didn’t have the expected effect; the shadow, struck by the Xyrin Military Daggers, merely trembled a bit, and then, a black lightning ring suddenly erupted. Sandora was slightly surprised, leaping back immediately, but instead of disappearing, the lightning ring rapidly spread out, threatening to hit Sandora who was mid-air with no leverage. At that moment, having recovered a small part of my spiritual power, I seized the opportunity to summon a small-scale super space-time support. Three white beams of light crossed from the sky, forcing the black shadow, which had been ready to deliver Sandora a heavy blow, to agilely dodge the three energy rays.
“…a combat style that directly attacks the enemy’s soul…” The shadow seemed somewhat puzzled. Ignoring the surrounding enemies ready to pounce, it muttered to itself, “Among the Xyrin Apostles, only the Battle Song Princess Sandora possesses this ability, to add her own soul power to every attack. If she strikes the same enemy thrice in succession, she can steal the opponent’s soul for her own use… However, it seems your power is mixed with something else—interesting… it appears you were almost my comrade at one point…”
“Who are you, really? Why do you know so much about us?”
Sandora clutched the Xyrin Military Daggers tightly, asking cautiously.
“Who I am…” the shadow murmured, followed by a raspy laugh, “Hehe, do you really want to know…”
“Sandora, be careful!”
Suddenly, several circular black energy arrays appeared behind Sandora, but she hadn’t yet reacted. I couldn’t help but shout out a warning. Green light flowed from Pandora’s hands, and then two Single Soldier Cannons materialized, firing two blue-white beams that diverted the black shadow’s attention and allowed Sandora to narrowly dodge a surge of dark red energy erupting from the black energy arrays.
Seeing the dark red energy stream gush from the energy arrays and instantly turn the ground within a dozen meters into magma, Sandora cried out in shock.
This was the first time I’d seen Sandora so uncomposed, and what’s more, she actually knew the Abyss?!
The shadow let out a deep laugh, saying, “Caesar… It seems I haven’t heard that name in a long time… It brings back memories of the past…”
As his words ended, the previously vague silhouette of a black shadow quickly squirmed in the air, gradually becoming more solid until it took on a human shape!
Still a featureless shadow, we could now clearly see that it was the figure of a man in a high-collared coat.
“Sandora… I never imagined we could meet again under these circumstances… It seems life is always full of surprises. Ever since becoming the Xyrin Emperor, the struggle between you and me has never ceased, and it looks like we can finally settle our scores this time…”
“Caesar, I never thought you’d fall so far for power. It seems I really should have eliminated you before you obtained your authority upgrade!”
Sandora’s Light Saber emitted a blinding light as she charged fiercely toward Caesar, who effortlessly raised his right hand and deflected her attack.
“It seems you’re under some misconception about me… However, that’s not important. What is important is that I should make you complete the final step of Abyssalization now, and then, you’ll see many old friends…”
As Caesar spoke, he casually pointed in Sandora’s direction, and four black energy arrays surrounded her. However, just as the energy arrays were about to explode, four beams of energy from a distant space-time hit them simultaneously. After an explosion that was not too fierce, a somewhat disheveled Sandora leaped out.
Caesar finally turned his attention to me, saying curiously, “A strange Xyrin Emperor? A carbon-based lifeform?! How interesting. Physically more fragile than the average Xyrin Apostle, but with such bizarre and strong spiritual power that you can simply rely on brainwaves to traverse the Void and guide super space-time firepower support. You do not have a place in my memory—so, stranger, wouldn’t you introduce yourself to this veteran Xyrin Emperor?”
“Introduce myself, huh…” I scratched my chin and said, “Maybe next time—”
As my words ended, several teleportation beams descended from the sky, enveloping us. Caesar, frustrated, launched several black shockwaves toward us, but Dingdang, ready and waiting, immediately released a large number of green Shields, keeping the attacks outside the teleportation beams.
The next moment, we were back at the base in the valley.