There were many artisans trapped within the Artisanship Commission by the Denizens of Abundance and Mara-struck Ingeniums, but only two people could clearly observe the details of the battlefield.
One was Tingyun, acting as the guide for the group, and the other was Fu Xuan, observing remotely using the Remote Sky Mirror.
At this moment, both of them revealed expressions of astonishment in unison.
"What weapon is that? It's so strange."
Her narrow fox eyes suddenly opened wide. Phantylia raised her eyebrows, staring at the peculiarly shaped sword.
The divine sword was exceptionally magnificent. Its guard, shaped like a setting sun, was inlaid with black gold and dark red gems—three small and one large—that possessed a deep, captivating color. Spikes resembling tree roots or wings extended from the outer edges.
Additional blades spurred from both sides of the sword body. The entire blade appeared to be made of an obsidian-like texture, containing golden veins within.
Of the two, Phantylia, being present at the scene, could more intuitively feel the extraordinary nature of that strange sword.
Merely looking at the blade gave her a sense of incomparable sharpness, a fierce sensation that felt impossible to evade.
"To think it could make me feel this way... that sword is odd..."
She did not perceive any power of a Path from that sword, which indicated that this unique blade was not a weapon blessed by some Aeon.
Phantylia couldn't even sense the power of a Path, so where did the sword's immense power originate from?
"That is..."
When the red, blue, and white Demon God Mecha raised the strange sword high, Phantylia looked up in amazement.
Her Emanator-level vision allowed Phantylia's sight to seemingly penetrate layers of space-time, vaguely glimpsing something deeper—the true core of the strange sword.
It was a king, standing over ten meters tall with a burly physique, clad in majestic and cold black-gold battle armor with a red cape draped over his shoulders. His face was etched with the marks of time and battle.
The King of Swords and the Demon God Mecha moved in synchronization, swinging the blade horizontally. A golden curtain that shrouded the field of vision was pulled open.
"Not an Emanator, yet far surpassing ordinary Pathstriders. Is it the creation of some Aeon?"
Phantylia's brows knitted tightly.
She could tell that the essence of that King of Swords was not human. Placed on an ordinary planet, an existence of this type might be worshipped as a god by the planet's inhabitants.
But she still didn't sense the power of a Path?
The situation was becoming irregular.
Phantylia had only felt curiosity and surprise regarding the Torijinmaru, Senjinmaru, and even Ryujinmaru summoned by March 7th and Welt. But now, her mood turned grave.
This was a power that could cause accidents in her plan!
"It transformed?"
The golden curtain permeating the surface of the Remote Sky Mirror dispersed, and Fu Xuan stared blankly at the revealed Demon God.
"Sword King... Ryujinmaru?"
Its entire body was covered in black-gold armor, the hue like steel blades after quenching. The helmet's eyes were formed by two narrow, diamond-shaped crystals, emitting a cold green light.
The strange sword previously held in its right hand had vanished, merging with the Demon God's right forearm to become a black-gold force with an irregular arc, the blade length exceeding the height of the Demon God itself, measuring over forty meters.
The scarlet cape flapped loudly in the wild wind. It looked like a Demon God of Swords standing upon a throne.
Majestic and domineering!
Solemn and holy!
"The Model Worker makes its debut!"
Sword King Ryujinmaru could be called the Model Worker among Model Workers. It was the form the Savior Wataru used the most during the early, middle, and late stages, boasting both excellent mechanics and raw stats.
"So handsome! So handsome!"
Stelle jumped up, wild with joy.
She knew Ryujinmaru could switch forms, but she didn't know the detailed information of each form, nor did she know what the image would be after transforming.
The result? She was hit right in the face by Sword King Ryujinmaru's coolness.
"Give it to me, give it to me! I want to cut people! I want to cut people!"
Stelle reached out to snatch the dragon horn representing piloting rights, like a gamer who had just pulled a powerful weapon and couldn't wait to abuse the BOSS in the Abyss.
"You operated it for a long time just now and I didn't ask for control. It's my turn now. You can play next life."
Caelus twisted his waist and bumped Stelle aside.
He remembered playing console games with his childhood friend. In single-player adventure games, they agreed on 'one life each.'
As long as you cleared the game in one life, you could hog the console forever.
"Ryujinmaru, let's go!"
Caelus stood atop the golden divine dragon's head, gripping the dragon horn.
The Sword King Ryujinmaru frame radiated a sharp aura. The ground beneath its feet cracked as it took a step, and the black-gold painted Demon God charged toward the Tablet-Carrying Bixi like a sword.
The Tablet-Carrying Bixi's turtle shell emitted a low, strange sound. Twenty-four black-azure chains shot out from the edge of the shell, rushing toward Ryujinmaru like a herd of galloping snakes.
"Muda muda muda!"
Caelus swung the sword swiftly. The glint of saber and shadow of sword crisscrossed in front of Sword King Ryujinmaru. The chains were like snakes being dismembered, falling powerlessly to the ground.
However, the enemy was a Mara-struck Ingenium War-Beast. Lacking pain receptors, it naturally wouldn't let out any wails.
The Tablet-Carrying Bixi simply raised its giant foot and stomped fiercely on the shattered ground. Like a wooden stake driven into the earth, it released layers of shockwaves with its four feet as the center.
As if sea waves were being raised on the land, countless azure stone tiles were shaken loose and sent flying, and the walls of the pavilions collapsed along with them.
"Uncle Yang, protect the surroundings."
The King's Sword on the right arm hung down naturally, the blade dragging along the floor and pulling out sparks as Caelus continued his charge.
"Leave it to me."
Inside Senjinmaru, Welt raised his hand. A dark gravity field unfolded, neutralizing the Tablet-Carrying Bixi's shockwaves. The earthen waves that had been lifted were instantly quelled.
"I didn't expect it to be able to use gravity wave attacks."
This kind of thing was an ability already carved into Old Yang's DNA.
Old Yang monitored the battlefield. To avoid affecting Caelus's movements, the gravity field he deployed only neutralized the shockwaves that spread outward. His protection targets were the surrounding artisans, preventing the massive earthquake from collapsing the Artisanship Commission's buildings and crushing people to death.
Shockwaves continued to spread in the center of the battlefield where Ryujinmaru and the Tablet-Carrying Bixi were.
However, what happened in the next second left Old Yang, Phantylia, and Fu Xuan all stunned.
That black-gold Demon God's right arm blade sliced upward from below, and it actually severed the shockwave, which was essentially a gravity wave!
"This...!!"
Welt's eyes went wide, revealing his shock.
He was an expert at playing with gravity, but whether on Earth or in the Galaxy, this was the first time he had seen someone able to cut gravity with a sword.
Is that something that can be cut?
Seeing that the six layers of shockwaves were all neutralized, the Tablet-Carrying Bixi's turtle shell unfolded layer by layer, and cannon turrets rose continuously from within.
"I'm starting to admire the Master Artisan who designed this thing."
Caelus smacked his lips upon seeing this scene.
Is everyone really suffering from Insufficient Firepower Phobia?
The turrets aimed at Sword King Ryujinmaru. The cannon muzzles condensed energy fluctuations that seemed almost tangible. Immediately after, blazing blue artillery fire poured down like torrential rain.
Inside the internal space, Caelus gripped the King's Sword tight. He didn't dodge or evade, but waited for the right moment to spin and swing out a semicircular sword arc!
The instant the blade contacted the artillery fire, it easily cut it in two. The condensed energy dissipated along with it, dissolving into the atmosphere.
Amidst the explosions and firelight caused by the energy shells being cut apart, Sword King Ryujinmaru's cape surged like a red tide. March 7th, piloting Torijinmaru high in the sky, saw it most clearly.
Little stars twinkled in March 7th's eyes.
"So handsome! So cool!"
She took out the camera strapped to her waist, hopped onto the top of the mecha which had switched to bird mode, and controlled Torijinmaru with her mind to fly slowly while snapping photos—click, click.
In just a few seconds, Sword King Ryujinmaru had already crossed a distance of several hundred meters, charging to the side of the Tablet-Carrying Bixi.
Finding that the chains, shockwaves, and turret attacks had little effect, the Tablet-Carrying Bixi's combat AI made the most correct judgment: it retracted its four feet and head into the turtle shell.
"Bad news, it switched to Defense Mode."
Fu Xuan, watching this scene via the Remote Sky Mirror, cried out that things were not good.
The Tablet-Carrying Bixi's Defense Mode featured a turtle shell with a built-in physical cushioning structure, and a black-azure stele supported by a large Jade Abacus that projected a defensive energy field. Added to this was the hardness and heaviness of the materials themselves.
This was a dual top-tier defense designed from both physical and energy aspects, with the standard of withstanding a Doomsday Beast's core breath!
Ordinary power would find it very difficult to break!
"Planning to tank it? That makes it simple."
Caelus laughed out loud when he saw the Tablet-Carrying Bixi planning to counter his attack with defense.
The sword slashed inversely from the bottom right, arcing upwards from back to front. The blade slanted upward, and the King's Sword on the right arm drew a cold arc of light, shaped like a waning moon breaking through the clouds—unstoppable.
Shape of Taixu, Sword Activation · Waning Moon!
The moon-arc slash landed on the black-azure stele, but instead of being easily bounced off like previous attacks, it cut right in, like a kitchen knife slicing through tofu.
"It broke the defense so easily!"
Welt, who had hacked at the Tablet-Carrying Bixi with Senjinmaru and knew how hard the turtle shell was, and Fu Xuan, who understood the level of the Bixi's defensive power, both opened their mouths slightly.
After the Waning Moon came the Swift—sword shadows shifted, light and agile, sword moves falling like rain, dense but not chaotic.
Shape of Taixu + King of Sword Kings: Attack power was maxed out directly!
The Bixi's turtle shell and the black-azure stele were hacked open at a speed visible to the naked eye. Sword marks covered its entire body. Caelus felt this big guy was quite good as a whetstone.
But when the damage to the Ingenium War-Beast reached a certain threshold, it seemed to trigger a fixed program.
A dense black torrent converged from all directions, attempting to condense into a sphere.
"Hm? Gravity?"
"Caelus-cub, the Xianzhou is plagiarizing Uncle Yang's move! Hack it, hack it to pieces!"
Watching Caelus act cool for so long, Stelle couldn't hold back anymore. She reached out to grip the King of Sword Kings—this time she didn't snatch it, but held it together with Caelus.
"Although that may be true, this level can't really be defined as plagiarism."
After all, there are only so many ways to use gravity.
"Besides, it's about to be scrapped anyway."
Stelle, feeling that something was missing, had a flash of inspiration and shouted loudly:
"Good chance, Little Caelus!"
"Sure Victory——"
Caelus and Stelle raised the strange, cool longsword high. Golden starlight permeated out, enveloping the entire blade.
Outside, Ryujinmaru unfurled its scarlet cape, raising the black-gold blade on its right arm high. The eyes of its helmet lit up with a fierce light.
"Sword! King! Dragon! Sword!"
The sword slashed down violently. Everyone's eyes went wide.
The sword tip was incomparably sharp, appearing capable of piercing through all obstacles in the world!
The Tablet-Carrying Bixi was split open—judging from the sharpness of that sword earlier, this was within everyone's expectations.
But what they couldn't comprehend was that the converged gravity black sphere was also sliced open—
Once again, it severed the gravity converged at the core!
"Mere gravity dares to show off before the Model Worker Sword?"
Caelus flourished a sword flower: "King of Sword Kings, cuts everything!"
Even space-time and time itself can be cut; all things can be cut!
Except for one thing.
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