The little swan, who was fleeing everywhere under the protection of Lumi, let out a mournful cry.

This big guy is really hard.

She tried using the battle mage's [Magic Arrow X], but no matter which one she used, it couldn't leave any mark on the metal statue.

So she changed her mind and used the most powerful destructive magic she could currently use.

But the results were even more depressing.

The statue was not harmed at all.

Only then did she realize that the means she currently had were no longer able to contend with monsters of this level.

So the only thing she could do now was to focus her magic power on strengthening Rumi.

So from the beginning, she kept using one buff magic after another on Lumi, [Bear Endurance], which slightly improved her physique and gave her a temporary shield.

[Bull's Brute Force], slight increase in strength.

[Cat's Grace]: Agility is slightly improved.

[Owl's Insight], perception slightly improved.

[Eagle's Glory], charm slightly improved.

…

Rays of magical light intertwined on Lumi's body, pushing her already high spirits to a peak.

The heavy bow in Lumi's hand never stopped.

He stepped on the bow again and again, drew the bow like a full moon, and shot an accurate and deadly arrow.

An ordinary professional, when faced with this penetrating attack, might not even have the chance to react, and would be directly blasted into a bloody mist.

But her powerful blow barely left a mark on the metal statue.

Fortunately, she maxed out her dodge talent, otherwise it would have been impossible for her to hold the little swan and counterattack at the same time.

Maybe he was annoyed.

There were dark rays of light flickering on the statue.

The dense metal shell cracked into countless patterns at this moment.

The moment the pattern appeared, the power of the statue increased further.

The leader of the Raven Guard raised his head and looked at the statue, sighing, "Has it been discovered? Although it is a divine evil, it still retains a bit of the wisdom of the Night Goddess."

He took off his helmet, revealing a face covered in scars.

As early as when he started fighting with the statue, he silently released a special existence.

That is a race called the Silicon Clan.

This race is extremely small, only about half a centimeter tall. Ordinary people don't pay attention to them, or even fail to detect their existence.

They come from the depths of the astral plane.

Many years ago, I passed through the space rift and entered the Star Continent.

His family once fought alongside the Silicon Clan.

This allows the blood relatives of their family to sign a contract document to summon the Silicon Clan to fight alongside them.

Most of the time, they don't use this race.

After all, due to their size, the overall combat power of the Silicon Clan is insufficient.

You can't expect a group of half-centimeter-tall people to create a tsunami with one punch.

It would be better to rely on the method of developing "magnetic field rotation" that Prince Louis jokingly mentioned than to rely on this.

But the Silicon Clan still has extremely strong combat effectiveness under special circumstances.

Because this race has mastered a special kind of magic -

Metal disintegration rays.

Literally, this is a ray that can instantly disintegrate metal.

The power of this kind of spell is ridiculously high.

Some divinely forged alloys can be directly disintegrated by the Silicon Clan if given a little time.

Unfortunately, due to the size of the Silicon Clan itself, these spells can only affect a limited area of ​​metal.

But in certain cases, just destroying some of the metal may be enough.

The silicon people are generally as light as a feather, and ordinary attacks are unlikely to have an effective effect on them.

When he first came into contact with the statue, he discovered that the statue of the Goddess of Darkness was a whole.

A large number of runes from the Age of Gods are engraved on it.

It is not easy to leave obvious marks on him, but if the key rune nodes are destroyed, it will affect the overall strength of the statue.

At this point, the metal disintegration rays of the silicon family have an absolute advantage.

Yes, the Raven Guard can only have limited impact against this existence that is beyond legend.

So they were actually working together to restrict the actions of the statue and buy time for the Silicon Clan.

What a pity, the statue started to fight back just after the 10th rune node was destroyed.

Due to the limited range of effectiveness, the silicon allies he summoned had to be within 20 meters of the statue.

But now black flames began to burn all around the statue.

The rolling heat waves made it impossible for the Silicon Clan to get close, let alone use metal disintegration rays.

In this state of near disintegration, the statue's strength has increased tremendously.

General Locke rushed to the Dark Crow leader and said, "What are you Dark Crows doing? If you don't cooperate with us and attack with all our strength, we won't be able to suppress that guy!"

——He had already seen that the Raven Guard was covering for the two people fleeing in the sky.

"I don't care who they are. The most important thing now is to abandon them and suppress that thing with all our strength."

"Do you want all your men to die here?"

Dark Raven Leader Hill glanced at him and said calmly:

"Even if we all die here, I can't let anything happen to them."

General Locke's face darkened:

"Who are they? Are they worthy of you doing this?"

Captain Hill said calmly:

"One is the lonely soul left in this world by the brave team."

"The other is the daughter of the Fate Mage and the Emperor."

"Both for my duty and my conviction, they cannot die here."

General Locke finally understood what was going on and said with a complicated expression: "So it was them?"

The relationship between the Rockhi Empire and the Enther Empire is far more complicated than others expected.

Some secret information of the Enser Empire cannot be told to other empires, but it is different for the Locke Empire.

Enther and Roxy are absolute allies in another dimension.

They know better than anyone what sacrifices the Enther Empire made.

This is especially true of General Locke.

"Let me make it clear first. I will still prioritize the lives of my subordinates, but out of respect for them, I will try my best to keep him at bay."

Captain Hill nodded:

"That's enough, thank you."

"No need. You have done the best a team of heroes can do. Just for this reason, it's worth it."

Hill smiled and said:

"Hold on a little longer. We will soon be tracking him down as well."

"If everything goes as expected, the Emperor should be here soon."

General Locke's face changed: "Are you kidding?"

"What do you think?"

Just as they were saying this, General Locke's gaze instantly turned in another direction.

"legend?"

Captain Hill frowned: "A legend that I have never experienced."

When everyone looked towards one direction on the horizon, they could see with the naked eye a black spot approaching at an unimaginable speed.

“Alert! Alert!”

General Locke shouted, holding the flag high.

But Captain Hill held his shoulder:

"Don't worry, they are our people..."

"Your people?" General Locke frowned. "When did you have such an unknown legend among the Dark Crows?"

Hill looked at the three people falling from the sky with a complicated expression: "I also want to ask what's going on?"

“Why them?”

No, this kind of strength is very unstable. Is it through special methods that one can briefly possess legendary power?

The metal statue in the distance was roaring loudly.

He seemed to sense the danger, and his movements became more and more frantic, not caring at all that his body was falling apart.

When Louis stopped, a hurricane roared around him.

That was the sound of something breaking through the air at a speed far slower than Louis'.

Because he was flying so fast, the speed of sound propagation was far slower than his.

The sky was thickly covered with dark clouds, and drops of rain fell from the sky.

A man wearing heavy armor and holding a one-handed sword appeared in everyone's sight.

Behind him, huge dragon wings spread out, like an illusory curtain of light.

The armor in front of him seemed to melt, and a huge black cross appeared.

Sharp scales pierced through the armor, as if fused with the silver-white metal armor, but sharp red-gold crystals could be vaguely seen inside.

——It was as if the whole person had entered a half-dragon state.

Raindrops fell on his armor, and a pair of deep eyes could be vaguely seen through the gap in the helmet.

Tick.

Tick.

Tick.

Drops of molten metal fell from his body, revealing his iron muscles.

The protruding bones on his body were like crescent-shaped scimitars. He stood there quietly, bathing in the red light that emanated from the statue.

It was as if he was not heading off to a battle, but rather strolling like a child along a beach under a silver moon, picking up beautiful shells.

Compared with the terrifying and ferocious statue, he was so small.

But various complex elements are combined in him, eventually turning into an aesthetic that is difficult to understand.

That is the aesthetic of power.

It was only then that people discovered that the silver liquid that had risen into the sky at some point turned into countless silk threads, binding the statue's swung fist in the air.

He strolled over to Olivia and Lumi.

Looked at the little swan.

The little swan's eyes widened.

She knew at once that the monster was Louis.

"Why did you come down here?"

"I said I would protect you." His deep voice was completely different from usual, as if he was suppressing something.

The outer circle of the Shadow Kingdom at the scene has been razed to the ground, and a huge statue stands on the broken walls, like a giant god soldier that has emerged from the ancient times.

As the statue roared, the threads wrapped around its body shattered.

"Get out of the way quickly, that guy is not someone that an ordinary legend can handle."

Louis, with his back to the statue, stretched out his scaly hand, looked at her pale face, and gently ruffled Olivia's hair:

"Will you be scared?"

Olivia nodded.

She is very scared.

"That's why I came here."

He said calmly.

The next moment, a voice like a curse sounded.

“World, pause.”

The sound of wind, rain and thunder.

The sky was torn apart and the earth was collapsing.

Everything seemed to disappear at this moment.

Louis moved.

As if awakening from a deep sleep, red blood energy spread out from every gap in the armor, like a scorching blood-red sun.

At this moment, the metal flesh of the statue was corroded by the hot blood.

At this moment when the world stopped, the statue stretched out its hand to block the sword.

Incredibly, in a world where time stands still, He can still move.

Or is this the power of the gods? Even if it is just a remnant, it is still an existence that ordinary people cannot match.

But the next moment, Louis' calm voice sounded again: "World, pause."

The first martial art he used was called Time Stop, the pinnacle of Steel Soul martial arts, the ultimate killer move among killer moves.

This time.

The martial arts he used was called [Island of Time].

The ultimate martial art of the Eternal Blade.

Even the jade sacrifice of Master Yufeng is inferior in terms of pure unsolvability.

Because... under the influence of the double time-stop martial arts, combined with the characteristics of the Island of Time.

He can hit people in time stop.

When the statue came to its senses, a huge cross-shaped gap appeared on its chest.

The gap went through His body.

Louis could vaguely see a thread spreading like a blood vessel.

That seemed to be the reason why the statue was able to move.

After the pause, the world began to turn around again, and the statue, whose body slowly fell down, seemed to have finally regained its calm.

He looked down at Louis and said indifferently: "To be able to destroy the materialistic body, you are truly a hero in the world."

"But if you use such a powerful forbidden technique, the backlash will become your curse and torture you."

The sound of dull footsteps was heard.

The armored warrior didn't look back, but just wiped the rain off Olivia's face.

He looked towards the city in the distance that was shrouded in countless shadows.

He sensed a familiar scent.

"The Kingdom of Shadows will see the light of day again."

"It's better for a dead guy to just sleep quietly. Why do you want to get up?"

He didn't look back.

Because the power of the statue behind him has dissipated.

In the horrified sight of the crowd, wherever they looked, the entire earth was like a closed book, with pages overlapping.

The Shadow Kingdom, nailed to the shadow plane, was suspended in mid-air, like a floating continent.

And now this floating continent is slowly rotating.

Lumi, who was holding the little swan, said: "The inverted shadow world has been shattered, and the Shadow Kingdom is really going to return to the ground."

"The Emperor...is still so powerful."

Louis said "hmm".

The little swan seemed to have sensed something and jumped out of Lumi's arms. Halfway through the run, it found Louis lying down.

The cracked armor shattered to the ground, revealing his serene face.

There was a faint trace of blood seeping out from the armor fragments.

Olivia hugged him tightly, and the Staff of Destiny in her hand continued to flash with magical light.

But the healing magic seemed to have lost its effect at this moment.

No matter how much magical light was cast upon him, there was no way to stop the blood from seeping out from beneath his skin.

The little swan bit his thin lips.

"Big fool."

She thrust a jewel into his body, a relic given to her by her mother.

The peak power of a generation of Jade Phoenix Master is sealed inside.

The resurrection power called [Emerald Sacrifice].

And now, she placed this precious relic in his hands.

"Please don't be in any trouble!"

(End of this chapter)