Endless Debt Chapter 1074 - 110: Day of the Deluge_4

"No... I’m just a bit sad," the Shadow King murmured, "I resent myself for ultimately failing."

"You are attempting to overthrow an Empire."

"It’s not like no Empire has ever fallen."

"Xilin is already dead, what are you still holding onto?"

"Xilin is dead, what does that have to do with me wanting to overturn all this?"

The Shadow King said hoarsely, "This has nothing to do with Xilin, nothing to do with the throne. Since Kagader’s blood has been corrupted by the Devil, then let’s sever it. After all, this world isn’t lacking that lineage."

"Stubborn and obstinate."

The First Seat declared as he swung down the Great Scythe. At that precise moment, the Shadow King clenched his fist, causing the Devil’s mark embedded in his palm to dissolve.

A peculiar and unnerving power emanated from the Shadow King, causing the First Seat’s form to momentarily stiffen, pausing the descending Great Scythe mid-swing.

Just as uncertainty clouded his mind, the very ground began to quake, and crimson tendrils erupted from the earth, ensnaring the First Seat.

The immense flesh creation then pushed aside the debris, fully roused like a savage beast, lashing its tendrils towards the First Seat.

"Do you think this can stop me?"

The First Seat was almost amused by the Shadow King’s tactic, casually cleaving with the Great Scythe and severing large sections of flesh. This terrifying, monstrous flesh was merely a lamb awaiting slaughter before the First Seat.

Firelight erupted.

As the Shadow King’s roar belatedly echoed, the Core Flame Sword had already unleashed a slender yet deadly streak of fire, slashing across the First Seat’s Armor. The blade plunged deep within.

From the gash created by the Fire Sword, rampant flesh began to sprout and rapidly coalesced into a massive blob clinging to the First Seat’s chest. It was as if his Armor served as a seal, containing the deformed, furiously growing mass beneath.

Much like the Shadow King, this Armor was also the First Seat’s prison.

"A blessing from that lady?" the Shadow King queried with evident disdain.

At this juncture, the First Seat was utterly incensed by the Shadow King. Gray-white luminescence radiated from beneath his black hood, revealing intricate Alchemy Matrices manifesting one after another.

He had initially been reluctant to employ Secret Energy, fearing it would draw the attention of the Order Bureau. However, the Shadow King’s taunts had now completely enraged him, steeling his resolve to obliterate the Shadow King into mere dust.

Concurrently, the flesh creature emitted a prolonged, mournful cry, its abdomen swelling ominously as if something was on the verge of bursting forth.

This triggered a sky-shattering explosion.

Within the First Seat’s field of vision, a blinding white light consumed everything. The Shadow King’s figure gradually faded within the searing light. Blood streamed from his ears as deafness struck him instantly upon the detonation, plunging him into temporary hearing loss.

The flesh creation, it turned out, was merely a vessel, a meticulously crafted container for explosives.

A colossal explosive sphere expanded at its core, unleashing an immense wave of heat. Enormous shockwaves propagated through the air, obliterating everything in their destructive path.

The First Seat felt as though he were submerged in a sea of fire. However, he soon perceived another insidious force at play, something actively corroding his very being. Cracks spiderwebbed across his Armor, while the twisted flesh restrained beneath began to grow uncontrollably, a dense, tumorous mass engulfing his body.

Decay Plague!

The First Seat recognized the toxic gases released by the explosion. The Shadow King had ingeniously packed all the Decay Plague within the flesh creation, lying in wait for this precise moment to detonate, intending to deliver a fatal blow or even extinguish his life.

Manic laughter reverberated through the cataclysmic blast.

This was the Shadow King’s ultimate gambit. He had anticipated the First Seat’s personal intervention, thus employing himself as the bait to ensnare him within this deadly trap.

The Shadow King was keenly aware that even employing these combined tactics might not suffice to utterly vanquish the First Seat, especially considering the formidable blessing bestowed upon him by that lady.

However, there remained a glimmer of hope, a slim chance of triumph. The Shadow King knew that the lady’s blessing was not without its steep price.

Protection·Bloodthirsty Healing.

As long as he could consume flesh, boundless Recovery Power would be granted, potentially even manifesting an Undying Body. Yet, the agonizing cost was an insatiable hunger and a pathological transformation of the flesh, a grotesque reality mirrored beneath the First Seat’s Armor.

The Shadow King could vividly visualize the unfolding aftermath. The Decay Plague would inflict a devastating blow upon the First Seat. To survive, he would be compelled to seek flesh for sustenance. But by that critical juncture, the Decay Plague would have long since annihilated all available corpses, including the Shadow King himself.

In this desolate Hell, devoid of sustenance and saturated with the insidious Decay Plague, the First Seat would face a slow, agonizing demise, succumbing to unending hunger and the relentless effects of the plague.

The apocalypse had truly arrived.

The deadly gases spewed forth from the explosion proliferated rapidly, akin to a colossal hand softly caressing each structure, initiating their gradual contraction and eventual dissolution under the pervasive erosion of the pathological gas, transforming buildings and landscapes into a barren, lifeless wasteland.

The Decay Plague ascended with the explosive force, consuming all in its path and breaching the ruins to surge into the Great Rift. While the vast expanse offered some dilution, the plague retained its potent lethality and continued its relentless spread.

High above in the heavens.

The unfolding events were straightforward: the Decay Plague would breach the air shield, traversing kilometers, even tens of kilometers, across the city. Within hours or days, its corrosive effects would inflict immense damage, beginning with the exterior of buildings, which would melt and deform, leading to irreversible internal degradation.

Lebius once again observed the shockwave propagating via air currents, distinctly perceiving the Decay Plague harbored within this impact.

Red Dog erupted in excited cheers, as if reveling in the dawn of the apocalypse.

The apocalypse had indeed arrived, emerging from the Great Rift as the immense air dome twisted and fractured, unleashing endless mists.

The sky transformed into a somber gray expanse, heavy and laden with a bitter taste that induced discomfort and dizziness. Visibility plummeted to mere dozens or even a few meters, rendering distant edifices and roadways indistinct.

The mist permeated the urban landscape, shrouding everything in a hazy, colorless gloom. Roads and buildings lost their sharp outlines, appearing to float against a blurred gray backdrop.

Gazing upward, the sunlight was obscured, allowing only a pale, dim halo to be perceived. The world resembled a realm veiled by a coarse, gray shroud, its colors leached of vibrancy and luster, signaling a dire precursor to catastrophe.

The ascending smog fiercely swept over the city, much like a terrifying beast poised to engulf the entire metropolis, accompanied by powerful winds carrying dust and other airborne impurities.

The city's once bustling thoroughfares fell into a profound silence. Vehicles stood immobile, residents were confined indoors, and visibility was so drastically reduced that buildings mere meters away became indistinct. The only sounds were the percussive patter of gravel and the distant, low growl of engines.

The entire world seemed to fall utterly silent, only to be shattered by the blare of sharp alarms.

Urgent announcements commandeered all radio and television frequencies, with hosts issuing repeated warnings.

"Gray tide smog has erupted unexpectedly. Citizens are advised to seek immediate shelter nearby."