Chapter 589 Blessing - Master is Unfathomable
Hum!
A crimson light flashed.
Exquisite armor had covered Esdeath's entire body.
Though called armor, it fluttered in the wind like a military uniform.
Esdeath stepped forward. An astonishing cold spread.
Centered on her.
The surrounding heaven and earth seemed to truly fall into an ice age.
Whether ground or air, visible frost appeared.
Under the astonishing cold, Esdeath swung her blade. A white slash shattered the sky, colliding with the magic cannon ahead.
Boom.
The moment they collided.
An explosion like thunder erupted.
The ground below continuously cracked, turning into a terrifying bottomless abyss.
Visible shockwaves rolled in all directions.
"What is this?"
Vali's pupils shrank deeply. He said incredulously, "This is the power of the Boosted Gear... No..."
"Gray Horn."
Before he could finish, Esdeath interrupted him.
Amidst the endless smoke, a white streak tore through the sky, heading straight for Vali.
Looking closely.
It was an extremely exaggerated giant ice spike.
"Hmph!"
Seeing this, Vali snorted coldly. The light wings behind him flapped continuously, and intangible forces began to spread.
Silently.
The ice spike's volume began to shrink exponentially.
By the time it reached Vali, both its speed and power had weakened to an extreme, easily shattered by his punch.
"Though I don't know how you have the power of the Boosted Gear, if this is all you've got, you're definitely no match for me."
The moment he spoke, Vali realized something was wrong.
Because the entire battlefield was covered in a hazy white mist.
In all directions, one couldn't see one's hand before one's face.
Even his perception was greatly affected.
The next moment.
A flash of sword light.
Using the white mist as cover, Esdeath had appeared above Vali, slashing down.
Instinctively, Vali dodged the sharp blade but failed to evade the spinning kick Esdeath delivered.
Bang!
The air exploded.
Vali's figure was sent flying backwards.
Having struck successfully.
Esdeath didn't stop. Her other hand raised slightly, then clenched fiercely.
Hum!
The entire sky turned pitch black. A massive block of ice, like a small mountain, carrying surging power, fell towards Vali.
And this.
Was only the beginning.
Amidst the terrifying roar, blocks of ice like meteors began to appear continuously.
"Ice Meteor."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The moment the ice blocks hit the ground, they released astonishing magic power and cold.
Terrifying power bombarded the area.
The surrounding ground was continuously blasted apart, then completely frozen.
"I trust this won't kill you, right?"
Esdeath watched quietly, spreading her perception.
She still hadn't ended her combat state.
Because she was absolutely certain that this opponent was, aside from her fellow servants...
The strongest enemy she had ever encountered in her life.
Countless ice crystals spread.
From the shattered ground, a figure shot into the sky.
As Vali moved, ice chips fell from his body.
"If I could be taken out by this, how could I ever challenge your master again."
Vali hovered in the air, looking down. "But I have to say..."
"Your strength is impressive. You've truly excited me."
Though his body was battered.
He only had minor frostbite, no serious injuries.
Whoosh!
A white light shot into the sky. Esdeath spread her Devil Wings and floated before him.
"Likewise. Killing a strong enemy like you gives meaning to battle."
Esdeath radiated an astonishing wildness.
The desire to kill rose from the depths of her heart, craving to tear her opponent apart.
"Hey hey, you really want to kill me, don't you?"
Vali's eyelids twitched.
Could he say he was an undercover agent?
But.
Fighting was only interesting this way.
An intangible aura rose from him, an overbearing presence began to spread.
Accompanied by an incantation that seemed to have existed since ancient times.
"The tyranny I shall uphold... I shall become the White Dragon Emperor's tyranny... Juggernaut Drive. "
As his voice fell.
A brilliant light radiated from Vali.
Tangible flames spread from Vali in all directions.
At this moment, though Vali was still in human form, he seemed to have truly become a dragon.
As if the legendary White Dragon Emperor had once again descended upon the human world.
"So this is Juggernaut Drive?"
Esdeath's expression turned serious. Her long hair began to flutter without wind.
Hum!
An immensely sacred aura rose from her body.
Like golden flames, enveloping her entire being.
"The power of a Blessing?"
Vali looked at this, murmuring softly.
He was actually not unfamiliar with this technique.
And...
This woman's power.
Was clearly many times stronger than before.
This also meant.
The master of the Blessing was similarly unfathomable.
Esdeath said nothing. She simply slashed.
Hum!
With this full swing, the air was visibly frozen, the ground ahead turning into an ice field.
Even space itself seemed to stagnate under the erosion of this cold.
The entire sky began to snow heavily, as if truly falling into a frozen wasteland.
Vali looked serious. The White Dragon Emperor's light wings constantly flickered, weakening the erosion of the intangible cold.
He had discovered.
Now, even before Esdeath attacked.
The cold radiating from her body constantly affected the surroundings.
If it were anyone else.
They would probably have been frozen into an ice sculpture and lost their lives without even realizing it.
But...
"Now, in my Juggernaut Drive state, the field centered on me is completely immune to your cold's erosion."
Vali crossed his arms before his chest. His wings flapped continuously, unleashing countless light bullets that easily tore through the air, carrying surging power.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Deafening roars echoed through the sky.
Esdeath and Vali's powers collided violently.
Terrifying explosions rose, turning into mushroom clouds, kicking up sky-filling smoke and dust.
"Immune to my ability? That's not necessarily true."
Esdeath grinned. The sky-filling cold gathered on her blade as she slashed down.
"You'll see."
Vali's expression looked somewhat distorted. He raised his hands slightly, and a magic cannon reaching to the sky shot upward.
They collided.
The very void seemed to explode, falling into visible distortion.
"Freezing Ten Thousand Miles. "
Esdeath stepped forward. All directions seemed to turn into daylight.
This technique sacrificed lethality but reinforced the power of imprisonment, designed to restrict Vali.
The White Dragon Emperor's power of halving was simply too troublesome.
She had to break through that layer of defense to possibly inflict substantial damage.
"What?"
A look of surprise appeared on Vali's face. Frost gradually covered his body.
His opponent's technique had actually affected him?
Whoosh!
Esdeath leaped up, appearing before Vali, pulling out streaks of white sword light.
Bang!
With a collision.
The two engaged in close combat once more.