novelraw Chapter 144: Is That All You’ve Got?
Chapter 144: Is That All You’ve Got?
"There’s a saying in the Great Xia Empire: when an enemy is vulnerable, you take their life."
At this, Amir’s expression finally turned cold, and he took a sudden step forward.
From his surging, crimson-gold pupils, two intertwining pillars of light erupted, swift as a fleeting vision.
The beams moved with unbelievable speed, piercing through space in the blink of an eye and descending upon the heart of the violent explosion.
At the same time, Amir’s hands moved rapidly,
as if tracing strange Runes invisible to the naked eye.
As the speed of Amir’s hands continued to increase,
a radiant, sun-like pattern materialized between them.
Amir slowly pulled his hands apart, and the radiant sun pattern rapidly swelled and expanded.
Under Amir’s control, it created the illusion of a sun descending from the heavens.
The enormous, radiant pattern blotted out the sky, floating slowly beneath the heavens,
drifting slowly until it hovered above Chu He’s previous position.
A moment later,
an incredibly blinding, crimson-gold pillar of light erupted from beneath the radiant, sun-like pattern.
The strange, black energy shooting from the grotesque warmachines continuously battered the True Qi barrier that Chu He had condensed around himself.
His True Qi, mixed with Primordial Spirit Power,
successfully blocked the young woman’s Spiritual Attack, as well as the strange, black energy orbs fired from the grotesque warmachines.
These black energy orbs repeatedly slammed into the True Qi barrier around Chu He,
sending ripples of energy across its surface. However, they had no real effect on him.
Then,
Chu He sensed an extremely destructive,
and overwhelmingly powerful energy gathering in the sky, an energy that shone with a dazzling, interwoven crimson-gold brilliance.
At that moment, heaven and earth themselves seemed to pale in comparison.
The swirling black mist from the explosions of the strange energy orbs
was instantly torn asunder and scattered by the immense golden pillar of light.
Space itself, and even the air, was mercilessly forced aside.
Folds in space even began appearing in midair, distorting everyone’s vision and making many feel dizzy.
Chu He calmly drew his Xuanyuan Sword, focusing all his True Qi into a single point.
Then, with a sudden slash, he swung his sword up at the overbearing, interwoven crimson-gold pillar of light.
The motion was exceptionally fluid and natural.
A tangible, golden thread instantly formed.
For a moment, the light shining from the golden thread
far outshone the radiant sun pattern that covered a vast area of the sky.
As the golden thread shot forth with ethereal grace,
it cleanly and smoothly sliced the pillar of light—condensed from the radiant sun—right down the middle.
The pillar of light then rapidly dissipated.
"A single strike?"
Amir’s pupils contracted, his face a mask of utter shock.
’So strong.’
Katrina was equally astounded.
After all, she knew better than anyone how powerful Amir was.
Even Asura, locked in a fierce struggle with the Evil Spirit, glanced at the distant Chu He in disbelief.
At this moment, the dust began to settle.
A tall, straight figure slowly became visible amidst the swirling light and dust.
"Is this the extent of your power?"
From that brief exchange,
Chu He had already gotten a rough measure of the strength of the three Divine Children: Amir, Katrina, and Asura.
With a wave of his palm,
he displayed his power in a way that was almost artistic.
As if the very air had been given life, a brilliant, dazzling Golden Lotus bloomed from nothing,
its magnificent radiance drawing the eyes of everyone present.
Chu He flicked his finger, and the Golden Lotus, as if granted a soul of its own, shot nimbly through space at an astonishing speed.
It was like a golden fish swimming freely through an ocean of nothingness.
Its trajectory was unpredictable, yet unerringly precise,
as it headed straight for Amir, leaving a trail of dazzling golden afterimages.
Amir’s face fell when he saw it.
He knew full well that Chu He’s power was not to be underestimated, and this sudden Golden Lotus
instantly brought to mind the horrifying scene of the battle with DeHart.
"DeHart died in a sea of fire just like this! Be careful!"
he shouted as a hasty warning.
The moment the words left Amir’s lips,
the Golden Lotus, as if answering a summons, suddenly expanded and burst with a blinding light.
Immediately after, an earth-shattering explosion rang out.
A golden sea of fire erupted in an instant, engulfing everything in its raging flames.
This golden sea of fire did not spread blindly. Instead, it expanded in all directions with a terrifying combination of precision and savagery.
Its heat was so terrifyingly intense that it warped space itself.
Any creature or object that touched the sea of fire was instantly vaporized without a trace, leaving not even a speck of dust behind.
The grotesque warmachines, strange weapons, and Martial Artists that had been rampaging across the battlefield
seemed minuscule and fragile in the face of the golden inferno’s onslaught.
Their struggles and resistance were utterly insignificant before this destructive power.
In the blink of an eye, the entire battlefield was devoured by the golden sea of fire.
For the Martial Artists it consumed, not even the ashes of their bones remained.
"Chu He, you’re courting death!"
Even the usually composed Amir’s eyes turned scarlet at this moment.
As the sea of fire spread,
in just a few seconds, at least several thousand Martial Artists had been burned alive.
And the sea of fire was still spreading.
If Chu He was allowed to continue, there was no telling how many more would die.
A dazzling light suffused Amir’s entire body. Like a blazing sun, he shot toward Chu He in an instant.
"Good!"
As his thunderous shout rang out, Chu He’s form began to twist.
Then, as if by magic, a wondrous change began.
One became two, two became three, three became four, four became five...
In an instant, a dense, tide-like flood of Chu Hes appeared.
One group of Chu Hes
charged like lightning toward the Martial Artists who were desperately fleeing the pursuing flames.
Another group shot menacingly toward Amir,
while others appeared beside Asura.
One even delivered a heavy punch to Katrina’s back,
the immense force instantly punching straight through her torso.
The figures crisscrossed, layer upon layer, seemingly without end.
This shocking scene
caused a feeling of despair to well up in the heart of the ever-proud Amir.
It was a despair so profound it felt utterly absurd to him.
He had never imagined he could feel so powerless in the face of an enemy.
Dozens of Chu Hes swarmed him like a tide, attacking from every direction and every angle with the most cunning,
most ruthless strikes imaginable.
Katrina had already collapsed heavily to the ground.
After being struck by dozens of heavy fists, her body was battered beyond recognition.
As for Asura, who was already struggling to fend off the tenacious Evil Spirit,
he stood no chance against Chu He’s sudden assault. In the blink of an eye, his entire body was dismembered—a gruesome sight.