Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 1172 1172: Tactful Coordination

Pierre didn't know the old man's identity, but that didn't mean Kalina didn't.

He was the strongest being in the entire Source Star Universe and the oldest of the Primal Ones. Facing an opponent of this caliber, Kalina had no intention of holding back from the start. She gathered and compressed all the karmic flames in her body into her sword edge, aiming to defeat the enemy with one strike and settle the battle in a single move. After all, this was a trial space, if the Dragon Emperor went on a rampage, the entire Ancita Continent probably couldn't withstand it.

"Die..."

Staring at the back of the Dragon Emperor's head, Kalina seized the moment while his attention was drawn by her idiot older brother and thrust out her strongest attack.

At the same time, Pierre saw his sister's support arrive and immediately seized the opportunity. He swung his arm again, and his greatsword whipped up a storm of wind and thunder, attacking Jin with a force that seemed unstoppable. As thunder power surged, purple energy armor rapidly wrapped around Pierre's entire body, transforming him into a hundred-meter-tall thunder giant. The greatsword slashing toward Jin expanded several hundred times in an instant.

The coordination between the brother and sister was tacit and precise. In a single moment, they had Jin pinned between them.

"Oh?"

Facing the fierce offensive of the siblings, Jin remained composed. A playful smile flickered across his face.

Just as Kalina's longsword viciously stabbed toward the back of his head, Jin demonstrated his terrifying reaction speed and power control that far surpassed the ordinary Lv9. His right fingers stretched out lightly and precisely pinched the blade. This movement wasn't just defense, it seemed more like contempt for Kalina's attack.

The horrifying heat gathered on the sword edge, enough to burn the heavens and destroy the earth, didn't cause Jin any harm at all.

Not only that,

just like what happened with Pierre earlier, as Jin applied force with his two fingers, the energy condensed on Kalina's sharp sword suddenly collapsed.

"For real??"

Witnessing this scene with her own eyes, even Kalina couldn't help but show a look of shock on her face.

Although she knew the Dragon Emperor possessed the strongest body in all of Source Star, Kalina never imagined that her full-force piercing strike would be blocked by two fingers. And the opponent hadn't even used spiritual power, purely relying on physical strength?

"Monster..."

After blocking Kalina's attack,

Jin's left hand lifted slightly and shaped a dark red energy shield out of thin air. This shield was not only vividly colored but also filled with overwhelming power. Accompanied by a heaven-shaking rumble, this energy shield easily blocked Pierre's attack that had carried such tremendous momentum. Although Pierre's greatsword was hundreds of times larger than this shield in volume, it couldn't shake it in the slightest. The energy ripples spreading across the shield seemed to quietly speak of the unfathomable depth of Jin's power. Pierre's sword aura dissipated completely before this energy shield, as if it had never existed.

Jin dealt with both attacks seemingly without effort. His expression remained calm and composed.

"Good coordination, but the force was a bit lacking."

Jin nodded and commented indifferently.

Then, he flung Kalina away from his hand like discarding a useless toy. Kalina's body traced an arc through the air and crashed straight toward Pierre.

Crack!!

Accompanied by a crisp sound, under the impact of Kalina's body, Pierre's thunder armor shattered with a loud crash. Pierre tried to catch his sister, but their combined weight and the momentum Jin had given them made it difficult for the siblings to control themselves. They crashed into the ground together, finally plummeting down and raising a cloud of dust and debris from the ruins.

Boom!!!

For a moment, the earth trembled.

As the vibration spread rapidly and that overwhelming terrifying aura washed over them, all the residents of the city fell into unprecedented panic, fleeing desperately toward outside the city.

...

Gazing down at the two siblings lying in the ruins, Jin thoughtfully raised his hand to pinch his chin.

Hmm, to protect the nearby city, deliberately compressing and concentrating the force at a single point? The control over power wasn't bad either, not like ordinary Heavenly Prison Beasts that only know how to vent their strength. Judging purely from combat technique, these two seem much stronger than I expected…

However,

"Just this level? At this level, you can't even play house with me~"

With his hands crossed over his chest, Jin mocked playfully.

...

??

Hmm?

However,

just as Jin was arrogantly mocking Kalina and Pierre collapsed in the ruins, he suddenly sensed an unusual change. The air seemed to solidify, and everything around became unusually still. Even the dust floating in the air seemed to pause. Jin tried to move but found he couldn't control his body. It was as if he was tightly locked by an invisible force, making every muscle and every nerve immobile.

His eyes swept around, trying to find the source of this sudden power, but he could only see blurred space and frozen time. Everything seemed to be frozen by some invisible force.

For a moment, Jin felt an unprecedented sense of restraint.

Although Jin's power was formidable and he could usually control the battle situation with ease, this time was completely different. He found himself trapped in an invisible cage. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't break free from this mysterious power's control...

Despite this, there was no uneasy or anxiety on the Dragon Emperor's face. Instead, he raised his eyebrows with interest.

"Oh, what's this? Interesting..."

No fluctuations of Shadow power,

no traces of magic circulation,

was it the power of Authority?

After reaching this conclusion, Jin quickly locked his gaze onto the ruins below, onto that red-haired woman. At this moment, although Kalina's clothes were tattered and she looked somewhat disheveled from the earlier impact, her eyes remained resolute as she stared intently at Jin.

Feeling the Dragon Emperor's gaze, the corner of Kalina's mouth couldn't help but curve upward slightly.

Discovered?

Too late,

"It's already too late... you arrogant bastard of a dragon..."

...

Jin's judgment was entirely correct. The power causing his body to be immobile was precisely Kalina's Authority; Sin Prison. It was the strongest control skill that forcibly imprisoned enemies within her line of sight. Facing this bastard, Kalina naturally wouldn't hold back. Taking advantage of his carelessness while floating in the air, she directly activated her Authority power.

Staring at Kalina's face, Jin's dark red eyes narrowed slightly. He had clearly noticed her trembling body and the sweat constantly sliding down from her forehead.

Undoubtedly, such a powerful controlling Authority must consume the user considerably. To restrain a being like him, the consumption was even more unimaginable.

Even for Kalina, she could probably only maintain it for a few short seconds before her stamina was completely exhausted.

Additionally, as a veteran Lv9, Jin quickly detected another weakness of Kalina's ability.

"When you're controlling with full force, you can't attack, right? Locking me up for this short while… what's the point?"

Seeing her energy instantly understood by the opponent, Kalina just smiled playfully.

"Of course, because the one responsible for attacking isn't me..."

"Hmm? Oh!"

Hearing this, Jin suddenly realized something unusual.

He turned his gaze toward the purple-haired man who had fallen into the ruins alongside Kalina.

Then, under Jin's slightly stunned gaze, Pierre's body twisted and suddenly disintegrated into purple energy particles that filled the sky, dissipating into the world just like that.

"This is, an elemental clone?"

A hint of surprise entered Jin's tone.

"I see, the one responsible for attacking is your brother..."

Before he finished speaking, world-destroying purple thunder light plunged down from high altitude at extreme speed!! Its terrifying momentum dispersed the clouds for thousands of miles and even directly distorted space! Under the shroud of the thunder giant's phantom, Pierre swung his greatsword without reservation at the Dragon Emperor's head.

Authority; World Slicer!