Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100 Chapter 1496 A Battle with Mother - 2

At this instant, Max's expression had become utterly grave.

From the collision of his massive black flame sword with the approaching golden beam up to now, when the golden sword was clamped firmly between his palms, a series of events had occurred in quick succession.

The whole chain of actions had happened so swiftly that, despite his enhanced awareness from the Dimensional Sovereign Body, Max had only just managed to respond.

The initial occurrence was the abrupt arrival of his mother.

Right as the blast from the golden beam and his black flaming sword detonated, the battlefield was engulfed in a fierce tempest of black flames and golden radiance. The impact warped the atmosphere and cracked the earth below, forming a turbulent barrier of energy that hid everything inside.

Nevertheless, she traversed that blast like it was insignificant.

Amid the furious energy surge, her form darted ahead, encased in armor crafted from sheer golden light. The armor emitted a holy glow that repelled the nearby flames as she pressed on. In her grasp, she held the golden sword that gleamed with fearsome acuity.

She had sliced straight through the explosion proper.

When Max detected her nearing presence amid the turmoil, he didn't feel instant dread. After all, the Black Tortoise Divine Beast, born from his black flames, still shielded him.

That embodiment embodied the protective element of the Four Divine Beasts inheritance and had already shown it could repel the earlier barrage of golden swords.

Max was ready to respond the second she emerged.

His thoughts were already shaping the upcoming form of his black flames. He planned to unleash another shift from the Four Divine Beasts Manifestation inheritance and strike back as soon as she entered striking distance.

But in that fleeting moment, an event transpired that left him utterly stunned.

As she burst from the dissipating blast, her golden sword came down.

The edge advanced with horrifying accuracy.

Upon hitting the Black Tortoise Divine Beast, the huge fiery structure that had endured numerous assaults was rent asunder in a flash. The golden edge pierced the dense shell of black flames like it was mere empty space.

The gigantic tortoise made from Max's flames was bisected neatly.

Even the black flames got parted by that one blow.

As the divine beast's shell crumbled, Max's heart jolted with shock. Before he could grasp the situation fully, his mother's sword struck once more.

Her follow-up slash came without pause.

The golden edge swept across the battlefield, releasing a surge of brilliant force that dispersed the leftover black flames. The dark fire that had encircled Max just before was scattered by her sword's might, exposing him abruptly.

Facing the golden blade charging at him with relentless drive, Max lacked time to call up fresh protection.

In that critical instant, he responded on pure reflex.

He clapped his hands and seized the sword right between them. The intense momentum of the strike forced him back a bit, with the blade's tip halting mere inches from his torso.

Now, he remained there, gripping the golden sword in his hands, as his mother stood nearby in her radiant armor.

'You possess remarkable physical strength too,' his mother remarked then, gazing at Max with evident astonishment in her eyes. Her golden sword was wedged tightly between his uncovered palms, and even with the tremendous power she had infused into the attack, the weapon hadn't budged further.

The raw power he showed by halting the sword using only his hands was unexpected to her.

Max, though, gave her comment scant notice.

'What I'm curious about is different,' he stated gravely. 'How could your golden sword slice through the Black Tortoise I created with my black flames so effortlessly? It even dispersed my black flames entirely.'

His inquiry held true bewilderment. The black flames had consistently been among his most overpowering abilities.

From the time he acquired his bloodline, those flames had consumed and dominated nearly all they encountered.

His mother gave a subtle smile upon hearing his query.

'As a princess of the Elven race, my bloodline isn't commonplace,' she clarified steadily. 'The light forms generated by my Heavenly Luminance Sacred Bloodline can restrain and cancel out most dark elemental forms.'

She motioned lightly with the golden sword while she went on.

'This covers powers such as the black flame forms you employed moments ago, or the black flames in general.'

Her voice stayed casual as she expanded on it.

'You're aware that light overcomes darkness. The idea applies here. My bloodline heightens that inherent dominance. When my light forms touch dark elemental powers, they instinctively shatter them.'

Max's brow furrowed a touch as he absorbed her words.

He hadn't foreseen the matter unfolding this way.

Ever since discovering his bloodline and mastering the black flames, they had served as an invincible might in fights. Those flames absorbed energies, ruined methods, and crushed most barriers. In all clashes, they had emerged as nearly impossible to hold back.

But this time, he had seen the opposite.

The golden light from his mother's bloodline had carved through his black flames like they were simple campfire.

This insight made Max grasp a key truth.

The Divine Realm proved far broader and more intricate than he had pictured. Innumerable bloodlines, inheritances, and abilities dotted its boundless domains.

Something always emerged to counter another force.

'I must advance my bloodline to the top level without delay,' Max mused, resolve gleaming in his gaze.

The drive to bolster his bloodline surged intensely in his mind. Witnessing his black flames' lack of true invincibility had ignited a profound determination inside him.

If forces existed now that could check his flames, he would elevate his bloodline until no power in the Divine Realm could readily overcome it once more.