Chapter 172: Fucking Break!!

Asher was silent, then nodded his head: "Alright then... I promise to complete your task, as long as I and my family are safe."

​"Yes, they will be safe and protected..." Darion smirked at him, a predatory glint dancing in his crimson eyes.

​"Okay, here I come."

​Asher threw the two daggers into the air, and opened his palm, as the Devouring sword appeared in a flash of oppressive, pitch-black light.

​"A Mythic-Tier weapon, impressive... My slave isn’t worthless." He nodded his head, dropping his defense abilities completely to allow the fatal strike.

​"Go ahead."

​"Yes!" Asher nodded, and the next moment, a violent wave of energy burst out from him, smashing right into Darion, reducing his agility by a massive 90%.

​{Sword Sovereign - Activated.}

​{Darion’s Agility: 80,000.}

​’This ability only reduced my speed; why does he need to reduce my speed when I won’t even be dodging his attack?’ Darion thought, raising his head to look at Asher with mild curiosity.

​"Twin Daggers!! Use first, second, and third abilities!!" Asher shot high into the air, and with a midair spin, he struck the two handles of both daggers with his boots, sending them flying like twin meteors straight towards the glowing white gem on the throne.

​"You bastard!!!"

​Darion instantly figured out his true action, his eyes widening in pure fury as he stretched his hand violently towards him: "Die, you fool!!!"

​WHOOSH!!!

​Red stones appeared all around him in an instant, and shot towards Asher with insane, lethal speed.

​’Damn!! Even with his lower stats, his attack speed is no joke!’ Asher realized, his instincts screaming in alarm.

​{Flash - Activated.}

​He instantly vanished from midair, reappearing right behind Darion and the incoming array of stones, and slashed down with all his strength, holding the handle of the Devouring sword with both hands.

​"Die!!"

​"...?!"

​BOOOOM!!!!

​Asher blinked, his jaw clenching as his Devouring sword—a blade that could cut through virtually anything—couldn’t even cut through Darion’s neck, sparking harmlessly off his unyielding skin.

​"You!!"

​"Insolent."

​BOOOOM!!

​The red stones shot backward in a lethal arc, and before they could land a crushing blow, Asher activated Flash again, teleporting away in a blur of spatial light.

​"No, I am only here to hold you back..." Asher said with a cold smirk, appearing directly between the throne and Darion.

​"...?!"

​Darion raised his head towards the two flying daggers, and quickly controlled the Hand with his mind. It instantly moved towards the daggers to swat them away, but to Darion’s absolute shock, a dense wave of suppressed, energy burst out from the two weapons, instantly shutting down all the Hand’s abilities until it vanished into smoke.

​"No!"

​Darion yelled, shooting forward to intervene personally, but ten Knights rose silently from the floor, lunging at him to block his path with raised weapons.

​"Get out of my way!" He struck his palm forward, easily shattering all ten Knights into fine black dust with a single wave of raw force.

​"You aren’t going anywhere!!" Asher vanished, reappearing directly before him, and slashed furiously with the Devouring sword.

​BAM!

​Darion caught the edge of the blade bare-handed, striking back with a brutal counter-punch. Asher moved with his absolute highest speed, blocking all of Darion’s heavy attacks with his sword, while countering every single opening he could find.

​’His speed is down, but his strength isn’t! One direct hit, and I will be dead... I can’t put my hope in soul defense because Anika could destroy it with her bare hand. This guy could easily do that too!’ Asher analyzed frantically.

​He leaped backward in a desperate retreat just as Darion smashed his fist into the ground, sending massive cracks tearing across the stone floor.

​BAM!!!!

​High above, the two twin daggers smashed right into the gemstone, forcing their way deep into its core, spreading their hidden energy all around the huge hall.

​’This energy...’ Darion looked up at the weapons, thoroughly stunned:

’Supreme Mythic-Tier!! No... Those weapons could destroy my core!! I need to stop them!!’

​He shot forward again with wild desperation, only for Asher to flash back into his line of sight:

​"Not when I am here!! Explosion Fire!!"

​Massive, intensely hot fireballs materialized behind Asher, shooting forward with insane, roaring speed.

​"Get out of my way, human!!!"

​Darion screamed, as hundreds of red stones appeared all over the place, covering every single inch of the hall like a dense crimson storm. The fireballs smashed right into the floating stones, instantly detonating and going off in a series of blinded flashes.

​"This?" Asher moved his gaze around in horror; the stones numbered in the hundreds of thousands, surrounding every single spot in the chamber.

​"Shit!!"

​"Die!!!"

​WHOOSH!!

​All the hundreds of thousands of red stones shot towards him from every direction with deadly, undeniable speed.

​Asher quickly activated Flash again, reappearing right before the safe throne, standing directly in front of the two daggers, which were still stubbornly trying to force their way into the reinforced gem.

​"I can only do this!"

​Asher floated upward, grabbing both dagger handles tightly, channeling his own raw energy into the blades to add maximum physical and magical pressure.

​"You fucking gemstone!! Break!!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.

​"How dare you, human!!" Darion yelled at him, his composure entirely shattered. ℯℯ𝘭.

​’So this is why he slowed me down! And I can’t restore all my original strength while the core is getting actively attacked!! I was far too careless!!’ He gritted his teeth in pure rage.

​CRACK!!

​The sound of fracturing stone echoed sharply all over the place, stunning Darion in his tracks:

​"Damn it!! I don’t fucking care anymore!! We go down together!!!"

​He stretched his hands wildly towards Asher as stones appeared all over the place, spinning violently until they morphed into millions of sharp, tiny crimson spikes.

​"DIE!!!"

​BOOOOM!!!

​The entire swarm of red spikes shot towards Asher with deadly, overwhelming speed. But before they could reach him, the ten Knights materialized once again, each holding a heavy Mythic-Tier shield, locking their defenses together before the impending storm.

​BOOOOM!!!!

​The spikes smashed brutally right into the shield wall, forcing the heavy Knights back step by step.

​"Die!!!!"

​More spikes appeared continuously, shooting forward like heavy machine bullets, placing deep dents on the ten Mythic shields as they slowly crumbled under the pressure.

’I am helping the knights stay afloat behind me, so they could defend this attack!! If they fall, I am dead!!’ Asher thought with gritted teeth.

​"Fucking break!!!"

He screamed, increasing his physical strength to its absolute limits with every single skill he could possibly execute.

​CRACK!!!

​BOOOOM!!!!

​The core gemstone cracked down the middle, and the next moment, exploded in a blinding shockwave of pure, unadulterated energy.

​".....?"

​Darion stood frozen in shock as the cataclysmic explosion smashed right into him, vaporizing his core and entirely shattering the foundation of the dark Castle.

​{Asher’s Health Point: 1.5m - 500k - 100k - 500 – 1 -....}