Lord Shadow

Chapter 1300 Staking It All

Azief shouted as he kicks the ground and flew upwards toward the portal

At the same time that he kicked the ground, the road exploded

It is not surprising. Even though there is force field around the road, the pressure that has been bombarding the road has reached a threshold a long time ago

It exploded and the strings that connected the road with the portals become taut before being broken. 

The entire Time Space tunnel began to become distorted. Some parts of it is spiraling inward. Spirals of time and space forms and Azief could tell that the Time and Space tunnel is about to collapse into itself. 

Azief kept his eyes on the target

’We can make it!’ he thought to himself even as he was flying forward. Behind him, the spiraling space tries to pull him. When space breaks, there is many phenomena that happens.

When the road exploded, not only space break, there is many other weird phenomena that happen such as space devouring. 

Space devouring other space before collapsing inward. And it is this phenomenon that is trying to pull Azief 

But even with his current weakness, he still managed to use the energy that he had left to move forward

He looks at the portal and he could see that there is distortion of space and time. And there is a space where there is no distortion

That space with not distortion is the hole which Azief had created with his sword strike. Beside him is Katarina. 

Katarina and him, if not for the current situation, the scene of them flying toward the portal with all the things around them exploding, it would make a pretty good painting. 

The speed that he is traveling immediately broke the speed of sound and sonic boom exploded behind him.

The sonic boom pushes the pulling force of the space devouring.  In almost a nano second later, his speed nearly reached the speed of light

The distortions of the space become even more obvious. And time around Azief bends creating distortions of time and distance. 

The space around Azief is being rolled up. But, even with all of this Azief did not let go of Katarina hand. 

They kept passing through layers of space fold

’It is close’ Azief thought to himself. He is now only a few feet from the portal. 

’We’re saved’ He thought as his feet was about to take that last leap. But, then Azief Divine Sense seems to be ringing alarm in his consciousness and his face immediately turns dark

’Shit!’ he curses. Azief and Katarina who was just about to enter the portal suddenly felt a suction force appears behind them.

But that is not all

Azief eyes widened almost in an instant. Because after the suction force appears, he felt a familiar aura behind his back and he could not help but being shocked. 

Even though he could guess what it was, he could not help but to try to confirm it

He turns to look back and then he could see it.

There is a titanic eye looking at him. That eye is the same eye as his eyes.

’It is really me’ Azief thought to himself. That Eye is looking at him coldly and it is swirling with blue and golden aura.

Power seems to emanate around this one eyeball that is looking at him. 

Space seems to bend around this eye. And Time seems to have no meaning. 

  Azief was shocked for a second but he quickly regained his calm. He had no other choice than to remain calm

Right now both he and Katarina had already uses all of their energy. He needs to think of a way on how to escape from this place so panicking is not useful

’Is there no other way other than go seek refuge in other time dimension?’ he thought to himself. 

There was another way not to die. But, this other way is risky. And he is still feeling a bit miffed.

He was so close to returning home.

In that split second, Azief quickly made a decision.

He knows he could not fight his future-self right now. That breath alone had forced him to use all of his inner energy. 

He could not produce such powerful sword strike again. Even if was able to produce that sword strike again, Azief doubt that the effect would be as big as before.

Before, he had uses the Time Scene to his advantage and extract energy from the Time Scene all around the Road of Time

But now, the Road of Time had been destroyed. The Time Scene had also been extinguished. 

So, he immediately knows the only chance he got right now is to hid in some space dimension or some pocket universe or goes to one of the many time scenes that is still there behind the portal

But there is no certainty that they would arrive at worlds that is hospitable to them and the turbulence of the Time Space might tear them apart.

But Azief knows there is no other way. He looks at Katarina and he did not say anything but his gaze is enough.

Katarina could see it. And she nodded

It was like him telling her to believe him. His body become even more translucent as he pushes himself over his limit. 

’Azief, don’t!’ Katarina shouted. 

She understood what Azief is trying to do. But she did not expect that Azief would push himself this far.

She forgot that Azief could still sometimes do irrational decision. She forgotten that she herself had sacrificed her cultivation to save Azief in the past

If she could do that for him, why would Azief not be able to do it for her?

They were still holding each other hand so Katarina immediately tries to send her energy to Azief. But Azief rejected it. 

The energy that she sent were returned back to her. She looks at him and shakes her head. 

’No. You must lead’ he said. Her face hardened but Azief immediately said

’I’m not giving up just yet’ he said. And he smiles. 

Then he looked back toward the eye. And there is a smirk on his face

It has been a long time since Azief had looked death in the face.

He thought he had gone weak and soft. He fears that he had been complacent.

Even when he was fighting the Demon King, even though there is a risk of dying, there is this feeling that he has that he could still somehow survive

The pressure is not the same like when he first started. Where he had to fight for his life. It is the hardest moment in his life, but it is because of those hardships that he was able to become stronger.

Each death encounter makes him even stronger

But he is happy to find out, that now he once again is face to face with death, he could still smile at it and laugh in front of Death

There is this feeling of fearlessness that is rising inside him. 

There is also this feeling like he is fighting with Fate and Destiny

Especially knowing what he will become and not trying to be that. 

When he looks at that eye, he does not simply look at an eye. He looks at the possibility of himself. 

And the more he looks at it, the more he wanted to fight against it. 

Even when his energy is rock bottom, even when he knows he could not win, this feeling of throwing it all away and focusing only on the enemy in front of you…. this kind of feeling…. he missed it.

Around his hand, there is no longer any sword. When the sword light collided with the portal, the sword on his hand also dissipated.

But that did not mean he did not have any weapon at all. After all, he still had his fist and his feet.

And that is enough for him. It had to be enough.

’At least, I think it would be enough for making sure Katarina is safe’ Azief had to believe it for him to burst out with more energy

He knows he could not fight his future-self and win.

That is just not possible. At least not the way he is right now. 

But he wanted to break this suction force. 

And that is something he believes he could do.

The suction force is pulling him and Katarina toward that eye.

Who knows what would happen if they get pulled into it.

Right now, they are suspended in the air, floating just a few feet from the portal. There is nowhere for them to land.

The Road of Time had already ben pulverized. 

And the Time Scene had been destroyed. Of course, there is some time fragments that is floating around.

These time fragments are a small window toward another world, in another dimension in another time

So, he could still have hope that he and Katarina could escape this place. 

So, he could stake it all

Even though he knows that he would lose half his body if he unleashes this attack, this is the only chance of survival.

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