Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method Chapter 3177: 655: Solo Raid into the Abyss (part 3)

Still clad in its armor, a supreme treasure of the highest quality, the individual unleashed a golden fist. This strike, akin to an onslaught of countless dragons and elephants, battered the divine power barrier, causing it to shudder violently, perpetually on the brink of disintegration.

Ace, too, proved to be a persistent nuisance. His ten-tiered treasure tower, each level laden with dazzling riches, housed the Nine Dragon Ancient Umbrella that spewed flames and the azure feather fan capable of summoning an Ice Phoenix.

The interplay of ice and fire, alternating between biting cold and intense heat, created a disorienting dual-elemental assault that left its target quite unsettled.

Nevertheless, the most perilous threat remained the elusive Lord Victor. Operating unseen, he launched surprise attacks, with sword embryos emerging from unexpected angles, then propelled forth enveloped in boundless Gold Element Sword Qi.

Explosions of golden fireworks erupted across the Sea of Ruins.

After all, without a divine weapon, it was incapable of unleashing its full might.

"Curses, I must devise a means of escape," it lamented.

Having already detonated its divine weapon, it now faced the grim prospect of burning its divine power once more.

The Sea God's divine power blazed intensely, and its momentum surged dramatically.

"Ascension? We can achieve that as well!"

Gandaph guffawed, his spiritual force climbing steadily under the effect of a secret technique.

Ace mirrored his actions.

Nora now possessed a legendary-grade Dream Returning Potion, which significantly reduced the dangers of ascension, provided the potion was consumed promptly after the conflict concluded.

Both individuals already wielded substantial spiritual force.

Upon their ascension, they both attained the ten-ring senior level.

"Dragon Elephant Heaven Creation!"

"Heavenly Craftsmanship!"

Legendary spells rained down upon the Sea God from both flanks.

Concurrently,

hundreds of golden beams shot forth from the Sea of Ruins, piercing the heavens and the earth. They formed a confinement, akin to a cage of golden silk, trapping the Sea God within a radius of a million miles.

Beneath the astral world, Lord Victor expended his spiritual force.

"Godslayer!"

The golden silk cage began to constrict.

Everywhere it advanced, Sword Qi obliterated all in its path.

The Sea God hurled divine power at the periphery of the golden silk cage; while it caused the cage to tremble, it could not break through in a short span, and the assaults from Gandaph and Ace intensified.

The thunderous roars of dragons and elephants, the devastation wrought by ice and fire, the dominance of Sword Qi... could the combined strength of the Gondor Three Heroes not fell even the most elite, let alone a cornered Sea God?

Its divine power barrier vibrated with a persistent hum.

Bang, bang, bang.

In mere moments, billions of Sword Qi converged.

The barrier could no longer endure the pressure, shattering with a deafening crash.

"No———"

The Sea God's anguished cry reverberated throughout the Sea of Ruins.

Sword Qi sliced through its divine body; ice and fire annihilated its divine soul.

A colossal golden palm descended from the sky, pulverizing the Sea God into nothingness.

Gandaph uttered the legendary incantation "Ten Directions Sealing," manipulating space to envelop the Sea God, imprisoning it within a miniature sphere, and securing it within the wizard tower.

What they had vanquished was not merely a divine power avatar.

But the Sea God's true form.

The gravely wounded Sea God raged within the wizard tower:

"Release me! You have transgressed far beyond acceptable limits!"

The once-mighty deity, subdued by three junior cultivators.

This was a turn of events it had never anticipated.

Gandaph disregarded its pleas.

"Once we locate Elena, we shall hand it over to her," he stated.

Ace added:

"We are not far from the Sea God's divine kingdom; let us seize this opportune moment, shatter its kingdom, extinguish its divine fire, and eradicate any possibility of resurrection.

Following that, we will commence the search for the Lady of the Lake and the Amethyst Saint."

The three avatars transformed into streaks of light and departed in pursuit of their next target.

...

Nora Calendar Year 4560.

The Star Wilderness.

The Heavenly Chopping Alliance Army pressed onward with unwavering resolve, while the Star Abyss Alliance Army retreated incrementally.

The casualties sustained by the Heavenly Chopping Alliance Army amounted to roughly half those of the Star Abyss Alliance Army.

The losses among their high-ranking combatants were a mere third of their adversary's.

The frequency with which the Dark Ancient Tower was deployed also rapidly declined. In engagements of such scale, even a minor misstep could lead to the downfall of a level-10 cultivator, let alone a level-9.

Maintaining the current momentum, before the Ancient Tower's capabilities are fully depleted, the Heavenly Chopping Alliance Army's level-10 and level-9 experts would outnumber those of the Star Abyss Alliance Army.

With comparable numbers.

When factoring in elite forces such as Legendary Wizards and the Nether Emperor, the advantage clearly favored Nora.

...

A solitary figure traversed the Sea of Ruins at great speed.

The God of Sea Beasts, Poseidon, murmured to himself:

"How could matters have devolved to this point?"

In a mere decade, a living nightmare had unfolded.

A rebellion within the Land of Belief, the devastating Heavenly Chopping of the Fire Sovereign, the widespread chaos instigated by the Eight Gods, and the treacherous betrayals of the Power Dragon and the Snow Goddess—all these monumental events converged into a colossal tempest.

The astral world trembled under this violent storm.

It was akin to the Titanic on a collision course with a monstrous iceberg.

Observing the divine fire of its master, the Lord of Storm, flicker erratically, the astral world understood.

This indicated the imminent danger faced by its Lord.

This entity was, in fact, one of the ten paramount Gods residing within the astral world!

It too found itself relentlessly pursued by formidable figures from the Nora Alliance Army, compelling it to constantly evade capture.

At this very moment, a profound sense of regret washed over it for ever choosing to become a God.

Uncertain how long it had been in flight, the deity finally halted its desperate escape.

There stood a poised female swordswoman, clad in gleaming light armor and possessing flowing golden locks, astride a Sakura Deer—a creature unlike any common beast. Her piercing gaze was immovably fixed upon the divine being.

Poseidon's brow creased almost imperceptibly.

"Are you affiliated with the Dusk Palace Master?" he inquired.

Without a word, the swordswoman launched herself skyward, her longsword descending in a swift arc!

"Address me as... the Flower Knight Elena!"

Erupting behind her, the shadow of the Torch Dragon materialized, mythical World Trees sprang into existence at the cardinal directions, effectively sealing the surrounding dimension, and a blazing phoenix descended from the heavens.

At present, all three of Elena's divine forms had reached their peak at level 9.

The path for knights and those in the Energy Sect to achieve level-10 still presented considerable distance and challenges.

Consequently, her immediate primary objective was to ascend to the Legendary realm.

The God of Sea Beasts scoffed, his voice laced with cold disdain:

"Heh, you truly believe you can vanquish a God with a mere level 9 vessel?

Your self-assessment is laughably inflated!"

His divine power barrier activated, circulating intensely, and a divine art manifested, transforming into a colossal beast poised to attack.

...

A span of one month elapsed.

Elena drove her longsword into the empty expanse.

A grotesque figure, resembling viscous, muddy sludge, was impaled and held fast within the void.