Chapter 437 - 416: Mortal Godslayer (Pseudo)! Reputation System

Chapter 437: Chapter 416: Mortal Godslayer (Pseudo)! Reputation System

His expression was focused and grave, and fine beads of sweat even dotted his forehead. This action was clearly consuming a tremendous amount of his Heart Power.

Finally, his fingers seemed to touch a specific "node."

The next moment, his hands, which had been hovering in the air, jerked apart in a motion like someone struggling to draw a heavy bowstring or pull a thick rope taut.

"HUMMM!"

It was an incredibly faint, muffled sound, yet it seemed to reverberate directly in the soul.

It wasn’t a sound heard by the ears, but a tremor in space itself—the strange sensation of a "string," which maintained some sort of balance, being suddenly pulled to its breaking point.

With this formless hum, something on a plane imperceptible to ordinary people seemed to have been briefly disturbed.

......

...... ℴℴ𝘮

「The center of the battlefield.」

Avril drew her bow again.

An Arrow, infused with all her strength, whistled through the air. Yet, upon touching the invisible barrier surrounding Corellon, it was deflected like a bird crashing into a mountain, vanishing without a trace.

On the other side, the Shadow Nova Duadeng released was like a stone tossed into a deep pool, causing only a faint ripple before dissipating completely.

"Damn it!"

Avril gritted her teeth as a sharp pang of regret washed over her.

’If I hadn’t let myself go after leaving the Eternal Song Forest, if I’d kept honing my skills, then maybe... maybe I’d be able to find a way through this damn defense!’

Just as her emotions surged, the Elf Maiden’s eyes narrowed.

She sharply noticed that Corellon, who had been standing as still as a stone statue with a perfectly placid expression, had an almost imperceptible twitch in his brow.

For the first time, a crack appeared in his perfect, impassive expression.

Immediately after, the indestructible, all-encompassing barrier before him began to fluctuate violently without warning, as if disturbed by some invisible force from within. It sent out wave after wave of chaotic ripples.

The next moment, under the astonished gazes of Avril and Duadeng, the barrier made a series of faint but clear "CRACKLE" sounds, like an ice sheet struck by a sledgehammer.

Finally, it shattered completely, dissolving into a shower of glittering fragments that faded into the air.

’An opening!’

Although she had no idea why the indestructible barrier had suddenly shattered, Avril’s combat instincts allowed for no hesitation.

In a flash, she drew her bow again. An Arrow crackling with Sharpness tore through the air, heading straight for Corellon’s exposed body.

Duadeng was only half a beat behind. He swung his Wooden Staff, and a writhing bolt of Shadow Energy shot out like a viper striking from its den, assailing the same target from another cunning angle.

Faced with this sudden assault, a flash of anger at being interrupted crossed Corellon’s newly opened eyes.

"Shuni..."

Feeling a sharp, intense pain in His chest, He had to temporarily halt the process of consolidating His Divine Attribute.

However, even without His absolute defense, the all-out assault from Avril and Duadeng still seemed, in His eyes...

...utterly insignificant.

He didn’t even move. He simply raised one hand elegantly and flicked His fingers, as if shooing away a bothersome gnat.

Avril’s Arrow, as swift as a shooting star, stopped less than a foot away from Him as if it had struck an invisible, yielding wall. The shaft bent into an astonishing arc before, with a sharp "SNAP," it broke and fell to the ground in pieces.

With a dismissive wave of His other hand, palm outward, Duadeng’s vicious bolt of Shadow Energy met its bane. Still some distance from His sleeve, it let out a soft "HISS" and dissolved like melting snow, rapidly dissipating into nothing but black smoke.

The entire exchange was casual, almost effortless.

The gulf in power between them was on full display.

Meanwhile, Roland seemed oblivious to the brief, intense exchange happening beside him, seeing and hearing nothing.

His entire Spirit, will, and even his very soul, were completely focused on the Moonlight Longsword held upright before him.

A low, rhythmic chant echoed with uncanny clarity against the backdrop of the battlefield’s clamor and crackling Energy, each syllable seeming to stir the raw Magic Power in the surrounding space.

"With the Wind Spirit as guide, let the mountains’ roar fall silent."

The Moonlight Longsword in his hands trembled faintly. The Blood-colored Fighting Spirit around the blade resonated with the invisible Wind Element in the air, emitting a low hum.

Corellon deflected another volley of Arrows from Avril, his posture still composed, but he could no longer maintain his state of motionless concentration.

Faced with the relentless onslaught, which came wave after wave like pesky gnats and precisely interrupted his Casting rhythm, He was forced to divert His focus to deal with them.

"In the hour when star and moon grow dim, tear asunder the ancient pact."

The blood-red glow on the blade suddenly receded, as if devouring the surrounding light and causing the very space around Roland to dim.

An air of grim finality permeated the area—a will to shatter bonds and break all chains.

The Shadow Tentacles Duadeng released were effortlessly annihilated by the Divine Power that naturally flowed around Corellon. The Old Zor Elf’s face was pale, but he gritted his teeth and pressed on, fighting for every precious second.

"Awaken the slumbering spirit, reshape the form of old."

The humming of the Moonlight Longsword grew high-pitched. Along the spine of the blade, as if some ancient and powerful consciousness were awakening, intricate, arcane runes lit up, racing from the hilt to the tip.

The "form" of the sword seemed to be undergoing a subtle change amidst the surging Energy.

Meanwhile, Avril gritted her teeth, her Quiver visibly emptying. Each pull of the Bowstring nearly exhausted all her Power.