Leviathan's colossal Bone Fly mecha savagely devoured the Shura piloted by its master, a terrifying display of power that silenced the surrounding fleet and solidified the Saint Luo people's belief in their leader. Shura, however, reappeared above, revealing Leviathan's attack to be a mere afterimage and mocking his arrogance.
That vacant, skull-like bone visage remained utterly expressionless. Yet, the fine mist of blood that abruptly erupted from Leviathan's form profoundly conveyed his terror and astonishment. Without the slightest warning, the instant the giant tail of the Bone Fly shuddered, its colossal mass vanished from its original position once more! The very next moment, it materialized above and behind Shura, its frigid, fanged maw suddenly gaping open, a distorted black hole reforming within its throat. This formidable Star Beast, possessing the ability to traverse the void, initiated another assault. However, simultaneously, a dark afterimage appeared adjacent to the Bone Fly's massive cranium with almost instantaneous speed. Shura's cold eyes blazed with a violent, blood-red luminescence, his cloak billowing ominously, a half Red Lotus emblazoned upon his chest shining brilliantly. "Too slow." The placid utterance conveyed a simple truth. Shura's angled frame contorted, the arm swung backward halting at its absolute limit. The magma veins crisscrossing his body pulsed as if breathing for a fleeting instant... That fist erupted with a deafening roar! Akin to the colossal spectacle of a ballistic nuclear missile impacting the ocean, a tremendous ripple suddenly manifested. The colossal spear adorning the Bone Fly's fore, integrated into its bone armor, suddenly caved inward, propagating visible, immense waves across its entire chassis. The beast's ocular orbs dilated into vast circles, the dark vortex in its gullet instantly imploding. Exquisite agony flared within its pupils. Tilting its head skyward, concentric rings of black and crimson shockwaves erupted outward in all directions. But this singular blow from Shura... was merely the overture! "Mere sustenance!" Now resembling a savage, ferocious Fiendgod, Mu Fan's mouth gaped open. His heart pounded ferociously at this juncture! Red energy instantaneously converged upon Mu Fan's spinal column from dual vectors, then channeled the unleashed ferocity and madness back to Shura. Thud! The half Red Lotus upon Shura's chest ignited with incandescent fury. Following the terrifying, blood-red radiance that swirled across his form... tracing the magma venation, it completely infused into Shura's right arm. Before Mu Fan's very eyes, the energy gauge representing 100% plummeted by a staggering 35%! One devastating strike, expending a third of the available power! "In my name of annihilation!" Within Mu Fan's mental expanse, inundated by an overwhelming crimson tide, it surged forth like a tidal wave, at this very instant, Shura's resolve became Mu Fan's resolve. This union of man and machine achieved an elevated state of spiritual synchronization. [Heavenly Ultimate — Karma Fire Annihilation Fist!] Eschewing the strained, impure energies of the previous SS-rank Ultimate Body. This was unadulterated power, genuinely transmuted and compressed from the very Heart of Shura! This was energy authentically sourced from the Emperor Body! One must comprehend, when previously confronting Zeg, Shura had never unleashed such an extreme, super-heavy impact so effortlessly in a single blow! The tempestuous energy, compressed and expelled in less than a thousandth of a second from the Heart of Shura... along Shura's fist's edge, completely permeated the Bone Fly's skull! The Cosmic Sea, tranquil mere moments prior, transformed into a tempestuous maelstrom, akin to a celestial body's fiery descent. "...Roar!" Adjacent to Mu Fan's ear, the Bone Fly's piercing roar reverberated with immense force. The black and crimson shockwaves surging from its maw froze simultaneously, then violently shattered in unison. Time itself seemed to halt for a profound instant. The Bone Fly's uplifted head, its contorted body, and its spiraling colossal tail, representing the Saint Luo Divine Artifact, became simultaneously immobilized within the spatial expanse. At this precise moment, every inhabitant of Saint Luo observed the celestial panorama, witnessing this exact tableau. This sudden immobility nearly caused their very hearts to cease beating. This punch, which did not appear overwhelmingly potent... had it proven futile? Contemplating further, the Bone Fly was a terrifying entity capable of traversing black holes, its formidable head having remained impervious to all prior assaults. Even in death, even as their physical forms decayed, their entire bone armor would persist, untouched by erosion, corrosion, or decomposition. — Boom! Just as every Saint Luo individual pondered in unified silence, a colossal detonation simultaneously erupted beside their ears! Amidst the explosion, a wail, tinged with both profound dread and unbridled madness... abruptly ceased. At the very moment their thoughts solidified, their unmoving eyeballs fixed upon the spectacle, within the thousand-meter square expanse of cosmic space, it collapsed and distorted instantaneously. On the far side of the Bone Fly's head, where no direct impact had landed... It was as if an asteroid had detonated. Exploding into an uncountable myriad of white bone fragments and lava-like essence of blood and fire! The mingled blood mist billowed outward for thousands of meters in an instant, fanning out into a colossal arc, laying waste across the cosmos. The immense corpus, seven hundred meters in length and over one hundred fifty meters in width, like a rent sack torn asunder, was violently propelled backward! The remaining half of its form, propelled into the blood mist that blanketed the starry expanse at an even greater velocity, impacted with tremendous force upon an asteroid twenty thousand meters distant, its colossal impact crater starkly visible before all observers.
The Saint Luo people would forever remember the spectacle of blood mist erupting like fireworks.
And then, an abrupt, silent wail...
Standing amidst the Star Body Fortress, a sense of dreamlike numbness gripped the Saint Luo, their gazes fixed on the partial remains within the immense crater displayed on the screen.
A clear, yet not overly large, cracked fist mark was imprinted on the side of its head. Though the visible portion of the body remained unbroken...
They were keenly aware that the other side, obscured by cosmic dust, had vanished entirely.
The flesh and bone armor of the Bone Fly dissipated into mist upon contact with the void, igniting with a subtle, pale-yellow flame akin to burning white phosphorus.
This ethereal glow lent a haunting beauty to the surrounding expanse of stars.
The Holy Beast Bone Fly, an entity said to traverse black holes with its very being, had been obliterated by a single punch.
The notion was more absurd than a tale of someone consuming a black hole.
"The Bone Fly... is deceased..."
"The Leviathan Master's mount has fallen."
Disbelief rippled through the Saint Luo, their voices laced with doubt.
The arrogance and disdain that had once filled their eyes, the celebratory fervor anticipating victory, all evaporated.
Mu Fan retracted his fist, his gaze chillingly sharp, traces of blood marring his face.
The preceding moment had inflicted severe internal trauma upon his body.
Yet, paradoxically...
From the depths of his being, he perceived a raw, savage ecstasy.
Suddenly, a jagged, inky line materialized behind Shura.
A piercingly dark spear then rudely tore through this line, closely followed by a sinewy, skinless arm seizing the colossal spear!
The skeletal giant materialized silently behind Shura.
He possessed an interdimensional traversal ability, mirroring that of the Bone Fly.
However, his movements were far more insidious, far more silent.
With a powerful thrust of the great spear, the Leviathan's entire form, encased in muscle, fractured infinitesimally in the fabric of space.
The force of that solitary spear even impacted the massive Locust Fleet positioned behind, propelling them forward in unison.
Death!
Within the fleshless, skull-like sockets of the giant, an unprecedented crimson hue of savage ferocity began to gleam.
To this very moment, Shura remained utterly unresponsive!
