novelraw Chapter 1422 79: Dark Sun·Celestia
Chapter 1422 79: Dark Sun·Celestia
"You don't know what it feels like to live in the shadows."
"Always regretting what you've done, "
"Spending time fretting over every trivial mistake, "
"Knowing well that evasion is always easier."
...
At the bottom of the dark deep sea, two figures stood side by side. At this moment, due to the battle, seawater was flooding into the interior of the damaged battleship, water flows and sounds of collapse were everywhere. The artificial angels that had previously blocked them were also engulfed by the backflow of seawater, their already old bodies emitting sparks as they struggled and sank silently in the water.
To end the calamity of this world and to make the stopped clock start ticking again, the two simultaneously reached out their hands. With Celestia's bloodline, they broke through the repulsion of the Holy Artifact 'Tiraphi'; using Hexia's Space-Time Authority, they protected themselves from being rendered static by 'Tiraphi'.
Their hands seemed to delve into frozen space-time, advancing arduously. With each step forward, the Holy Sword emitted a slight burst of light particles, dragging along minute and terrifying energies, annihilating everything in their path.
Golden and azure eyes shone, black hair intertwined with silver snow strands. The sleeves on their arms continued to shred layer by layer in their forward advance, with droplets of blood seeping continuously from their fair skin, revealing the light cyan veins.
"You don't need to spend your life atoning for the past."
"We've gone through everything time and time again,"
"You can't just wish them away,"
"The past will never change."
...
As they advanced, Celestia nearly lost all sensation in her hand. But when her fingers got within about 10 centimeters of 'Tiraphi', it was as if she had touched a forbidden taboo. Her fingers began to disintegrate, breaking down into pale pink particles, with her nails, blood, and bones visible, constantly decomposing into even finer particles.
This was not a weapon meant for ordinary transcendents but a Holy Artifact that could only be wielded by a powerful existence of Sequence 9. The potent power lingering on it was enough to shatter anything that approached.
"But listen, I feel the same way."
"I've made up my mind."
"Now I'm doing what I want to do."
"To the place you need to go, "
"Knowing I won't leave you."
Just as Celestia watched her own arm be annihilated, another hand rested on her shoulder. That familiar face leaned close, letting her feel the heartbeat of another heart.
Slender fingers traced her arm, the icy touch clear and distinct, extending continuously, reaching towards the shattered annihilated portions.
"I will follow you, like the dawn follows the night."
"Run until your pain is gone, "
"There's only one thing I won't do,"
"And that's letting you face the battle alone."
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As if time were rewinding, halos similar to the Holy Sword's emerged brilliantly, crossing over the fractured arm, gradually pulling back the scattered powder bit by bit, like reversing a tape, condensing it again.
The torrent of time surged again, intersecting with the radiance emitted by the Holy Sword, gradually merging into it, until the final arduous resistance disappeared, and both hands simultaneously gripped the broad sword hilt.
At this moment, a surging Magic Power burst forth from the Holy Artifact 'Tiraphi', washing over their bodies. The terrifying force made their nerves tremble, nearly losing consciousness. The immense power contained within 'Tiraphi' seemed as if it had found an outlet, constantly pouring out through their bodies.
Snow-white expansive wings unfolded behind Celestia, while ink-black wings sprouted behind Tilan, tearing through their clothing in an instant.
The Magic Power of the Withering Sequence originally within the girl's body vanished in the nearly endless Angel Hierarchy Magic Power torrent, rapidly assimilated. If not for her special constitution, the pain from this drastic change could have shattered her spirit and consciousness. Fortunately, as the 'Healing Crystal', her tenacity was such that even the Chaos Phantoms couldn't interfere or erode it.
At the pitch-black seabed, a fierce blaze of light erupted, inciting terrifying waves and heat waves as if lifting the seabed for hundreds of kilometers, the massive energy conducted to the ten-thousand-meter-high firmament above, extinguishing the entire storm eye directly with its overwhelming impact.
At the seabed, Loloria was blasted by the shockwave, directly shattering the meter-thick ship structure behind her. Her body caved into it, and she could only stare helplessly at the far-off silhouettes swaying in the intense light.
Tilan, and Celestia, no, it's a trap...
The Legendary Holy Artifact was slowly drawn out, and the wings of light and darkness extended thousands of meters under the sea, resembling giant monochrome petals blossoming from the deep sea, piercing through the water's surface.
With every inch extracted from the submerged rock wall, 'Tiraphi' shone brighter, torrents of power streaming from the boundary of black and white.
A dazzling new star ascended from the seabed, displacing vast amounts of seawater, forming a massive ten-kilometer-diameter hollow on the seabed.
When the last portion of the Holy Artifact 'Tiraphi' was pulled out, Olivia's head detached from the sword edge tip, losing the coverage of the original static concept of the Holy Artifact, beginning to decompose little by little, turning into granules of sand.
At this time, the immense tsunami and shockwave triggered by 'Tiraphi' also attracted all surviving Artificial Angels. In the distant skies, storm-battered Floating Mother Ships continued to sail towards there.