Chapter 269: He Thought Luke Was Weak… Until Gravity Crushed Him!

"What the hell?!"

"What the f*ck?!"

"How can this be?!"

"IMPOSSIBLE!"

The entire plaza erupted in disbelief.

From the students and professors to Zeyr, Karon, Marius, Fael, Joria, Kira, Nolan, Ivar, Alia, Isaria, and Estelle, everyone’s faces were filled with utter shock.

Some of the students even had pure horror written across their faces.

Because immediately after Luke’s transformation, a complete set of black armor materialized over his body.

Valzareth.

But that wasn’t the most shocking part.

What happened next left everyone completely speechless.

In the very next instant, enormous masses of different elements appeared behind Luke.

They floated in spherical forms, arranged diagonally above and behind him.

Each sphere was positioned in perfect alignment.

Some were blazing red, radiating terrifying heat.

Others were smaller, yet equally ominous.

And farther along the formation were enormous boulders, suspended in the air as though gravity itself had lost its authority.

The entire formation looked like a celestial arsenal waiting to descend upon the world.

Lirael was already completely stunned.

Yet, unlike the others, she noticed something even more terrifying.

Her face paled as she muttered under her breath,

"Impossible..."

Because Luke’s current aura...

Was that of a Peak Golden Knight.

A freaking Peak Golden Knight!

Sadly, Lirael was wrong.

After being amplified by the 5× Titan Transformation and another 3× enhancement, Luke’s raw power had reached the equivalent of 500 Peak Golden Knights.

In terms of realm classification, that placed his raw strength around the Half-Platinum Knight level—a Half-B Rank existence.

So why couldn’t anyone see through his true cultivation?

Since Luke’s actual cultivation was still only around the Early Silver Knight level in terms of raw power.

The reason they couldn’t detect it was simple.

Luke had learned how to control his aura through battles and practice.

And becoming a true Titan had further enhanced his ability to manipulate it.

Earlier, when he had first transformed, an enormous amount of Aether had erupted from his body.

It had spread throughout the surroundings like an huge lake, making his true realm impossible to hide.

But now, things were completely different.

A thick pillar of Aether surrounded Luke’s body.

It was incredibly dense, compressed so tightly that it almost seemed tangible.

Lirael could only sense that enormous concentration of Aether and naturally mistook it for the aura of a Peak Golden Knight.

However, Roderan and Drevian were able to see through it.

Their eyes had already noticed the subtle flaws in Luke’s aura control.

His technique wasn’t perfect enough to completely escape the perception of two experienced experts.

’Interesting.’ Despite seeing through Luke’s disguise, both principals remained where they were.

Neither had any intention of interfering.

Instead, they continued watching the scene with interest, waiting to see how everything would unfold.

Luke noticed this from the corner of his eye and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, from the outside, it might have seemed like he was recklessly releasing his aura in front of A-Rank beings.

But seeing that neither Roderan nor Drevian showed any intention of interfering, Luke finally relaxed.

’Still not enough.’ Luke thought with annoyance.

After all, the Cosmic System he had just summoned was already perfectly aligned behind him.

He had learned this trick during his journey.

However, the gravitational force of those celestial bodies wasn’t fixed.

The problem was that Luke still couldn’t control it properly or bring out full potential of it.

That was what frustrated him.

’If I use Cosmic Lock like this, it’ll only produce around 900 Peak Golden Knight levels of gravitational force.’

’That’s not even Early B-Rank.’

He couldn’t help but feel dissatisfied.

Then, an idea suddenly crossed his mind.

The next moment, the halo floating above his head began to change.

The pitch-black Void Energy gradually disappeared, replaced by dazzling golden-white Cosmic Energy.

The moment the transformation was complete, Luke’s eyes widened slightly.

He could feel it.

Unlike Void Energy, Cosmic Energy allowed him to manipulate the gravitational force of his Cosmic System with far greater precision.

So he could finally increase the gravity without losing control over it.

Feeling this, a huge grin slowly appeared on his face.

’So that’s how it works.’

Meanwhile, Arwen had also noticed the celestial masses floating behind Luke.

And when he saw the strange grin spreading across Luke’s face...

An ominous feeling suddenly rose within his heart.

Even though Arwen found it absurd that he was facing such a situation at the hands of a Peak Golden Knight, but the next moment, his eyes widened in horror.

Every instinct within his High Elf B-Rank body screamed at him.

Run.

Run now...

Or you won’t be able to run ever again.

"Cosmic Lock." A low whisper escaped Luke’s lips.

But the result was anything but silent.

WOOOOOM!!!

An overwhelming gravitational force suddenly descended upon the area.

The ground beneath Arwen, within a radius of one meter, couldn’t withstand the immense pressure and instantly crumbled into dust.

BOOM!

Arwen’s entire body was slammed against the ground.

His limbs were pressed firmly against the earth, leaving him completely unable to move.

"WHAT?!"

"WHAT!!!"

Everyone exclaimed in disbelief. Their expressions turned pale.

’A Peak Golden Knight had just effortlessly subdued an Early B-Rank existence.’

’That was beyond absurd. It was simply madness.’

Yet Luke didn’t pay any attention to the surrounding cries of shock.

He calmly looked down into the pit where Arwen lay helplessly pinned beneath the terrifying gravity.

"What did you say earlier?"

Arwen completely ignored Luke’s taunt.

His entire focus was on escaping the terrifying gravitational force pinning him to the ground.

He tried to move his arms.

Nothing.

He tried to move his legs.

Still nothing.

Hell, he couldn’t even move his lips.

So finally, he attempted to release his aura and channel his Essence throughout his body, hoping to use his power to resist the overwhelming gravity.

But every attempt ended in failure.

’How?!’ Arwen was completely stunned by the realization.

No matter how much strength he tried to muster, his body simply refused to move.

"Yeah, filth." Luke continued calmly, clearly enjoying Arwen’s helpless state.

Seeing this, the others initially became worried.

However, once they confirmed that Arwen was still alive, they quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, having a High Elf die within their territory would be disastrous.

Especially since they were humans.

And Arwen was also a representative of Empyrean Academy.

But the next moment, quiet whispers began spreading through the crowd.

"Serves him right."

"Yeah, he deserved it."

After all, High Elves—and even elves of lower status—often looked down upon humans.

So seeing a High Elf being humiliated by a human was strangely refreshing for many of them.

Estelle, Kira, Nolan, and Isaria also looked noticeably more relaxed than before.

After all, Luke’s treatment of Arwen felt like revenge on behalf of every human who had ever been looked down upon by the elves.

Lirael noticed this as well.

"How dare you!"

"Disrespecting a High Elf!"

She shouted angrily and immediately tried to release her aura and Essence.

But before she could do so—

’When?!’ Her eyes widened in horror.

Three pitch-black swords were already pressed against her body.

One rested against her neck.

Another pierced through the Essence protecting her heart.

And the third was positioned against the back of her head.

"Damn, the Hero can do this as well?!"

Several students exclaimed in shock upon seeing Lirael’s situation.

Standing around her was the same twenty-foot-tall Nyx Titan.

An exact duplicate of Luke.

’His clone.’ The students immediately remembered Luke’s ability to create clones.

And at this distance, with their weapons already touching Lirael’s body, she didn’t dare move even an inch.

After all, those swords weren’t merely touching her.

All three had already pierced through her skin and the protective layer of Essence surrounding her body.

Even though such a thing should have been impossible in her eyes, Lirael didn’t dare take the risk.

This Hero was clearly using some kind of strange technique.

"Be a nice girl and stay there." Luke said it casually from his position before bending down toward Arwen.

"If you don’t have the strength, then don’t fucking bark in front of me."

His eyes narrowed dangerously.

And a red, solar-like flame suddenly appeared in his left hand, covering only his palm.

"This time, I’m giving you a small lesson."

He slowly lowered his hand toward Arwen’s face.

"Since you belong to the race where my wife, Elaria, resides..."

The flame drew dangerously close to Arwen’s face.

Luke’s eyes became even colder.

"But there won’t be a next time."

"AAAAAAAAARGH!!!"

Arwen’s agonized scream tore through the silence.