Wizard starting from shoeing donkeys Chapter 1628 - 563: Key of Time

While taking in the fourth Divine Fragment, Rein turned his attention away from the status screen and toward the odd shape that had just materialized.

What made this figure so strange?

To put it precisely, it consisted of two individuals.

The stately old goblin at the bottom resembled those elite goblins from the Goblin Empire he'd encountered earlier, featuring rough, fissured skin, yet the thick black energy surrounding him was the densest Rein had witnessed.

What stood out oddly was the goblin girl hovering overhead in fancy attire, seeming ethereal rather than solid, gripping a peculiar golden armament that pierced right into the spine of the stately elderly goblin.

With the weapon pointing straight down, the elegantly attired goblin girl remained suspended in the air.

Just like a heavenly being hovering over the back of the stately old goblin.

They drew near in this unusual fashion.

Yet another peculiar detail: despite the stately old goblin's overwhelming might, his pace stayed slow, every stride weighed down by tremendous pressure.

This impression struck Rein that the fancily clad goblin girl might be opposing or maybe limiting the stately old goblin's motions.

"The final ruler of the Goblin Empire, Solson Gren?"

"And hovering there, the goblin royal Amora Gren?"

"A clash between father and daughter?"

While Rein watched them closely, they spotted him too, locking their glossy obsidian gazes upon him all at once.

Differing from the encounter with the seven Divine Incarnations, this stare triggered urgent warnings deep in Rein's mind.

This prompted Rein to squint his eyes, a clear sign that the foe's power exceeded his.

Having integrated four Divine Fragments, his Spiritual Fission Value climbed to 37%, pushing past the early Full Moon Wizard phase into the intermediate one.

Nevertheless, confronting the final emperor stirred a mounting fear in Rein.

In truth, their clash of forces had kicked off right then.

Those handful of "gas cylinders" Rein employed to contain the Demon Power now quivered without control, clearly impacted by the enemy's vast might.

Naturally, Rein didn't stand by. Ripples of dark silver metallic waves radiated outward from his position on the floor, fanning out toward the "gas cylinders."

Before long, the structure built from these "gas cylinders" grew far sturdier and more fortified, impossible to escape.

However, this move provoked Solson Gren, the ultimate sovereign of the Ancient Goblin Empire. He extended his arm, unleashing a thick cluster of black gas strands that rushed at Rein like writhing octopus limbs!

"Rise!"

Rein squinted, quickly lifted his arm, and pounded the floor. In a flash, hefty metallic barriers shot up from the metallic surface of the third underground floor.

"Boom! Boom!"

The black gas, first halted by the metallic barriers, soon reformed into pointed black augers, savagely boring back into the barriers!

"Damn!"

Watching the almost one-meter-wide metallic barrier get rapidly drilled through by the auger-shaped black gas, Rein felt shocked.

The enemy's power proved far greater than he'd expected, and the other barriers wouldn't last much longer.

He needed to strike back without delay!

"High-frequency Cutting!"

By flicking his wrist, Rein called forth five humming dark silver metallic circles that materialized from nowhere, tracing elegant curves as they sliced toward Solson Gren from multiple angles beyond the metallic barrier.

"Roar!!"

Confronting Rein's assault, Solson let out a bellow, with black gas erupting from his form to create a heavy black mist, out of which countless pointed black talons shot forth, targeting the approaching dark silver metallic circles.

"Sizzle!!"

The moment they collided, bursts of sparks flew wildly, while the rapidly oscillating metallic circles barely scratched the surface before the black talons clamped down hard. Additional black talons then burst from the mist.

Almost instantly, every metallic circle endured a barrage from the horde of black talons!

"Bang!"

The initial metallic circle exploded, with the other four crumbling right after.

This sight intensified the gravity on Rein's face.

Though his Fifth Level spell "High-frequency Cutting" fell short of a Full Moon Killing Move, bolstered by his exceptional Metal Element affinity and the five times boost from the Steel Heart Advanced Meditation Method, Rein figured its might matched standard Full Moon Killing Moves.

Still, the foe dismantled it with apparent ease.

"Maybe... it's that Metal Series Witchcraft fails to exploit the enemy's weakness, so... Fire Element?"

"Roar!!!"

The pressing crisis gave Rein no chance to think further.

Rein promptly replenished his energy via attribute boosts, then executed the Seventh Form Transformation without pause. His frame expanded swiftly, draconic armor plating surfaced all over, and multiple dragon maws grew from his shoulders.

The instant after, all five dragon maws breathed out in unison ahead!

"Fiery Breath!"

Five tapered blazes merged in the forefront, crafting a blazing white inferno sphere tens of meters across, which whirled fiercely before hurtling at Solson, the concluding emperor of the Goblin Empire.

An ultimate strike, the Red Dragon Secret Technique known as Molten Core Flame, which demands no fewer than three ancient-tier Red Dragons to perform—and now, he unleashed it with five!

Its intensity even outdid the prior "High-frequency Cutting" from Rein.

At the same time, the black gas enveloping Solson gathered into countless black augers, numbering in the hundreds and thousands, to clash against the massive blazing sphere.