Chapter 424 - 376: Formidable Enemy! The Five of the Infiltrator Gods’ Plan

The rain poured down.

Koller whipped his head around to look at the Red-Eyed Crow perched on the railing. The horrifying aura of its Spiritual Power, a power that surpassed even his own, made his face drain of color instantly!

He recognized the Wizard speaking to them. It was the same Cosmic Mage from Savenxis who had tried to kill Seventy-Six, the one pulling the strings from behind the scenes!

For a Cosmic Mage who controlled the laws of physics, Spiritual Power was but a minor extension of their transcendent knowledge.

And yet, even this minor extension possessed a strength greater than his own!

Reinhardt turned to face the Red-Eyed Crow. He extended his left hand, and the Wizard Slayer flew into his grasp.

"Urus, carry out your mission."

At that moment, Frost, who was behind Urus, clenched his right fist, his heart pounding.

He stared intently at the crow that had appeared on the bridge. ’He was certain.’ The powerful entity behind this crow was very likely the same Wizard lurking within the Administrative Region, the one secretly collaborating with Claudius!

The very same terrifying enemy they had been searching for for years, all to no avail!

"Sir..."

Urus raised a hand, signaling for Frost to hold his tongue. He gave the crow one last, deep look, then turned and strode toward the blast doors leading off the bridge.

The crow tilted its head, watching as Urus led the four Silencers in their attempt to leave.

The next second, a terrifying wave of Mighty Power erupted, like a boulder plunging into a lake, sending colossal waves through everyone’s perception!

At the same time, a gentle voice rang out, yet it was filled with threat and contempt!

"No one is leaving this ship today."

This was the terrifying thing about Cosmic Mages. The powerful Magic they commanded, unlike Spiritual Lightning, had no obvious trajectory.

Magic operating under different rules was ever-changing and incredibly difficult to defend against without precise intelligence.

Just like on the Savenxis World, when they were suppressing the rebellion, even Seventy-Six—who could go toe-to-toe with a Combat Gang leader—had been utterly helpless when facing Enok’s power directly!

In a flash, an all-black Knight’s Broadsword, with a sharp WHOOSH, shot past like a streak of black lightning and viciously pierced the deck, pinning itself in the ground behind Urus and his men.

Immediately after, an explosive burst of Wizard’s Power transformed into a terrifying turbulence invisible to the Mortal eye. In a single breath, a large section of the steel deck collapsed and fractured under the force of this chaotic power!

It was as if something incredibly heavy had been slammed onto the floor.

BANG—!

A web of cracks instantly spread across the deck, spanning a ten-meter radius!

Urus stopped and looked back, exchanging a glance with Reinhardt. After a slight nod, he dissolved into a current of air and vanished.

The other four Silencers also used their own methods to disappear. Some vanished into the shadows, while others activated optical camouflage that blocked Spiritual Perception. Under the gaze of the Red-Eyed Crow, they all disappeared from where they stood.

Reinhardt snatched the Red-Eyed Crow from the railing. At the same time, he extended his left hand. The Wizard Slayer, embedded in the deck, let out a distinct metallic hum as it tore through the air and flew back into his grasp.

He looked down at the crow struggling in his hand and said coldly, "You have no right to give orders here, Wizard."

As the words left his lips, he squeezed his right hand. After a gruesome sound of snapping bone and tearing sinew, the crow that had been struggling just a second before was crushed into a bloody pulp by Reinhardt.

But this was not the end.

"Hmph."

Following a disdainful snort, the dead crow dissolved into a large cloud of black smoke that escaped from his hand. The smoke expanded in mid-air, split into five parts, and fell heavily to the deck.

As the smoke cleared, the spatial rift gradually closed.

Five Transcendents, each with a distinct appearance, now stood before everyone’s eyes!

"Reinhardt, I know you desperately want to kill me, but before that, you’ll have to defeat my Assembly of Gods. Each of these five servants of mine has undergone weaponized augmentation.

If you pass this test, perhaps I will consider giving you the chance to meet me.

Think of it as a gift, a reward for defeating these servants."

After taunting Reinhardt, the gentle voice seemed to grow more and more distant, leaving behind one last sentence before fading away into the dead silence of the bridge.

"I only want control of the Avenger Flagship. As for the rest of you, you’re free to do as you please. But do not disappoint me, Atlas."

Among the five, the tallest and most muscular—a bald brute standing over three meters tall, like a mountain of muscle—bowed his head with a reverent attitude and said in a deep voice, "As you wish, Great Destruction."

After responding to his master, the bald brute raised his head and shot a provocative glare at Reinhardt, a wide grin spreading across his face.

Unlike an Imperial Knight clad in Heavy Armor, this bald man named Atlas had skin covered in the surgical scars of biological modification. Nearly every joint had been cut open at some point, leaving behind a hideous, healed scar.

While his upper body appeared bare at first glance, his vital areas were all implanted with Furnace Cast Level Extraordinary Creations. Beneath the skin of his pectoral muscles, a faint blue Witchcraft Energy constantly flowed.

A massive Warhammer was fixed to his back, its Energy Patterns silently attesting to the powerful nature of this Extraordinary Creation.

Atlas dug a thick finger into his ear and sneered, "So you’re the Vengeful Angel from the Savenxis World? The one who boasted about making an enemy of Lord Enok?