Chapter 164: The Emperor's End and an Unexpected Coronation
When Dan Heng saw that figure, the spear in his hand almost slipped. "That aura..." As a descendant of the Vidyadhara, he was exceptionally sensitive. Although this was clearly Orion transformed, the pressure from the most noble bloodline was so real!
"Oh?" Rupert in the sky let out a mechanical laugh. "Immortality... an interesting opponent."
'Huyuanyun' raised her head, her indifferent golden pupils looking directly at Rupert. In an instant, the sky darkened. Dark clouds gathered, and it was as if the heavens themselves were bowing in homage to this Dragon Lord.
"Machines, huh..." her voice was as clear and cold as an ice spring. "Perfect, they need a good cleaning."
As soon as she finished speaking, torrential rain poured down! As the mechanical soldiers were drenched, their circuits shorted, and sparks flew! The raindrops then transformed into thousands of water blades, sweeping forth and instantly cutting the machinery to pieces!
'Huyuanyun' lazily raised her hand, and a Dragon-Spring Sword materialized. She lightly leaped into the sky, straight towards Rupert!
"Calculating... Threat level: Medium." Dozens of honeycomb-shaped energy barriers instantly unfolded in front of him. However, 'Huyuanyun' only swung her sword twice, and all defenses shattered like glass!
The sword's edge pointed directly at Rupert's core, but his figure suddenly blurred. "Predicted trajectory, evasion successful."
'Huyuanyun's' golden pupils narrowed, and her sword stirred up countless streams of water, surging towards Rupert like a tidal wave!
"Trying to trap me?" Rupert's voice carried a hint of mockery. He extended his hand, and a golden sword appeared—a miniaturized version of the Imperial Scepter! He swung it lightly, and all the water instantly evaporated into nothingness! Immediately after, he charged!
Clang! The Dragon-Spring Sword and the Imperial Sword collided! The two Emanator-level beings clashed fiercely, but gradually, 'Huyuanyun' began to fall into a disadvantage.
No... against the Mechanical Emperor, the power of Permanence is still a bit lacking. If it were the Path of Erudition...
Having made up her mind, 'Huyuanyun' abruptly retreated after another clash!
"Trying to escape?"
But the next moment, the dice reappeared! It spun wildly, finally stopping on—the symbol of Erudition! The transformation began again. Immediately, a figure wearing a candy-colored evening gown appeared. Her face was completely blurred!
In the distance, Stelle had just pierced a Creation Engine. "Another woman? But... why can't I see her face? Who is that?"
"This kind of existence..." Dan Heng frowned. "I feel like I've heard of it somewhere..."
And Rupert in the sky, upon seeing that figure, began to tremble violently! "Warning! Warning! Detecting... an unresolvable logical paradox! Database... corrupted!"
The fear deeply ingrained in his database was awakened! "Impossible! How could she—"
Rupert forcefully suppressed his fear and raised the Imperial Sword, pouring all his power into it! "Maximum power! Delete threat!"
However—the next instant, the candy-colored figure had already appeared before him. No one even saw how she moved. She held a delicate scalpel, its blade already deeply embedded in Rupert's core.
"You... are..." Rupert's voice was filled with shock and terror. The Emperor's bane—the Silent Lord, Polka Kakamu.
Crack! Both of their masks shattered simultaneously! The performance ended!
When everything dissipated, the black sword in Orion's hand had completely pierced Asat Pramad's chest. Asat Pramad looked down at the blade, and his non-existent expression, for the first time, slowly transformed from shock into a deranged smile.
"Heh heh... Hahahaha! I never thought... in the end, was it I who personally crowned you? This is too interesting!"
Just then, a gaze surpassing all previous pressures came from the distant void! Orion's heart tightened. Nanook?
That gaze descended! Boom— The energy within Orion's body erupted, and he was engulfed in black flames! He was ascending! The black flames transformed into a towering pillar of light, piercing through Belobog's gloomy sky, announcing the birth of a new king. A new Lord Ravager was about to be born.
However... just as the power climbed to its peak...
Pop!
A light sound, like a bubble bursting, suddenly echoed. The towering black flame pillar, along with the terrifying divine power, suddenly vanished.
The sky returned to normal. Orion was still standing there, seemingly unchanged. He looked down at his hands. That newly born, vast power indeed existed, but... it didn't seem to be the violent power of destruction.
He suddenly discovered an extra mask on his face. It wasn't a Divine Persona Mask. Instead, it was a mask full of playful meaning—a Mask of Elation!
At the final moment, the will of Nanook had indeed descended, ready to designate him as the seventh Lord Ravager. But, just an instant before, another gaze had cut in first! The owner of that gaze felt that letting such an interesting person become a boring thug was a terrible comedy. Thus, this Aeon who advocated theatricality and chaos, at the last moment, intercepted Nanook's blessing.
Orion did not ascend to a Lord Ravager. He was chosen, granted a new status, becoming—an Emanator of Elation, a Masked Fool.
"Heh heh... Haha... Hahahahahahaha!!" A wave of laughter, even more frantic and hysterical than before, erupted. Asat Pramad, pierced by the black sword, was trembling with laughter. He was about to die, why… could he still laugh so happily?
Amidst that satisfied, wild laughter, Asat Pramad's body, enveloped in black flames, finally burned away completely, vanishing from this world.
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