Chapter 43
The Soul of the Monster
But on the battlefield, there is never a chance to rest.
Before he could recover, King Orb in the air accelerated once more, lowering his head and charging at high speed.
The wind howled, and a sense of oppression washed over us.
Sylius suppressed his discomfort and, with his keen dynamic vision, tracked the monster's trajectory.
He twisted his waist and rolled to the side, barely avoiding the fatal impact.
Boom—!
The giant monster's head slammed into the building that had just held off Sirius.
The sturdy building collapsed instantly, the entire structure was smashed into a shower of rubble and dust, and completely turned into ruins.
Seeing the scene before him, Sirius was perfectly clear-headed.
Even without the enhancement from the red ball, the basic combat power of this Orb King is still terrifying and not to be underestimated.
He had just been resurrected through the power of idealism, so shouldn't he have been able to use that power to annihilate the monsters? Why was he now in a passive position?
But after observing the monster's attack patterns several times, a glint of light gradually appeared in Sirius's eyes.
Orb King is extremely fast, has tremendous impact force, and fights with a domineering and brutal style.
However, precisely because of this, its attack method is simple and straightforward. Every high-speed charge will fail to stop in time due to inertia, leaving it with obvious weaknesses.
This frequent, mindless collision is a deadly threat to others, but for me right now, it is precisely the best opportunity to break the deadlock.
Just as King Orb adjusted his stance and launched his next high-speed charge...
The monster spread its wings and charged forward again, rushing straight towards the enemy.
Sirius focused intently, keeping a close eye on its charging trajectory.
Just as the monster was about to get close, he jumped vertically again from the spot.
The Orb King, charging at full speed, missed its target instantly. Its body shot straight out due to inertia, with no time to turn around.
After taking off, Sirius precisely controlled the timing and landing point, landing steadily and heavily in the center of King Eubulus's back.
The sudden pressure directly disrupted the monster's balance during flight.
Still caught in the momentum of its charge, the behemoth instantly lost its balance, its massive body lurching forward and crashing heavily onto the ruined ground, where it was pinned to the ground.
The opportunity was fleeting, and Sirius did not hesitate for a moment.
He firmly planted one foot on the monster's back, holding its body in place and preventing it from rolling away.
He stretched out both hands at the same time, precisely grabbing a pair of giant bone wings on the monster's back, and poured all his energy into his hands to begin tearing at the bone wings.
A violent tearing resistance came from the base of the bone wings. King Orb Mengs felt a fatal threat and struggled violently, shaking his body repeatedly in an attempt to overturn the giant on his back.
If it were me in the past, I wouldn't have been able to suppress such a violent struggle at all. I wouldn't have been able to hold on for even a second and would have been broken free and thrown away immediately.
But Sirius was powerful enough at that moment, and he firmly locked the monster's movements, preventing it from breaking free for the time being.
After a brief struggle, he immediately realized the problem.
Tearing at both bone wings with both hands simultaneously results in too much force being dispersed, making it difficult to quickly tear apart the hard bone wings.
He immediately adjusted his tactics, decisively abandoning the double-line tearing, and simultaneously gripped the base of one side of the bone wing with both hands, concentrating all his strength on one side.
The next second, he suddenly pulled hard outwards.
A crisp sound of shells cracking suddenly rang out.
With a loud tearing sound, King Oubmengs's one-sided bone wing was forcibly torn off from his spine and completely detached from his body.
Excruciating pain engulfed the monster's entire body.
Just as the bone wings fell off, the monster unleashed an extreme struggle, suddenly straightening up and flipping over.
The immense force of the struggle broke through Sirius's control, violently throwing him to the side.
The most agonizing screams echoed across the entire battlefield, reverberating above the desolate city ruins.
After landing, Sirius did not pause at all and quickly flipped himself up.
Taking advantage of the monster's brief moment of paralysis due to the excruciating pain, he swiftly advanced, delivering a powerful downward chop to King Orb's vulnerable side ribs.
The solid force struck a vital spot again, and the already severely injured monster trembled, involuntarily taking two steps back.
But this heavy blow also thoroughly enraged King Orb Mengs.
Its body crackled with electricity once more, and swathes of blue destructive current instantly enveloped its entire body, bursting outwards.
This time, the continuous high-speed entanglement exhausted Sirius's reaction time, and he was unable to retreat and evade immediately.
A barrage of blue lightning struck his body precisely, the immense force of the electric shock sending him flying once more.
Sirius crashed heavily into the ruins, and at the same time, the once clear blue timer on his chest suddenly lit up with a glaring red light.
The flashing lights served as a clear reminder that his energy had been largely depleted and that he had little time left to fight.
In the distance, King Orb Mengs suppressed the excruciating pain in his body and readjusted his fighting stance.
Its last remaining bone wing trembled slightly, and a fierce glint appeared in its eyes. It charged towards the fallen Sirius once again.
Sirius remained completely calm. He pushed himself up from the ground, his eyes filled with unwavering determination.
Before the monster could get close, he quickly raised his hand, rapidly gathering energy in his palm, and unleashed another condensed cross-shaped light dart.
A pale golden blade of light shot through the air, heading straight for King Orb Mengs's eyes.
At this moment, King Orb was running at full speed, and his remaining half of the bone wing did not have time to unfold and block, nor did the lightning around him have time to charge up and explode.
It had no means of evasion or defense and could only take the beam attack head-on.
The cross-shaped dart struck his face precisely, exploding into a fine mist of light.
What appeared to be a minor injury successfully and briefly disrupted the monster's charge, causing its movements to freeze for a moment.
I thought taking a small attack wouldn't be a big deal, but after the monster took the hit with its face, when it opened its eyes again, the white Specium Ray was already in front of it!
This is clearly the zero-frame start technique unique to Showa-era old Ottomans!
The monster was forced to stop in its tracks by the beam of light hitting its face, and the immense impact caused its head to snap back.
It tried to raise its bone wings for defense, but because the bone wings were only half-sized, they could only defend half the area.
Sirius had anticipated this, and fired the beam from the undefended half.
The pure white light shone down without obstruction, scorching the monster's head and burning Orb Mengs' scales.
Before King Orb could charge up his lightning to counterattack, Sirius decisively stopped the Specium Ray, no longer wasting the remaining energy.
He crossed his arms, assuming his signature power-gathering pose, and concentrated all the energy within his body.
Sylius photon rays!
Before the monster could react, a beam of light even more powerful than the Specium Ray, carrying the force of destruction, slammed directly into the monster's head once more.
Its terrifying scales melted rapidly in the powerful light, then pierced through it fiercely!
"boom--!!!"
After Sirius stopped firing his beam, the monster's head had clearly been pierced through by Sirius's beam, leaving only its headless body standing there, teetering on the verge of collapse.
After a few seconds of silence, the enormous body exploded, turning into black smoke and rubble that completely dissipated on the battlefield.
The dust and smoke slowly dissipated, and the battlefield finally returned to calm.
Sirius's tense body completely relaxed, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
He slowly turned his head and looked towards the distant highlands.
In my field of vision, Xiao Mian was jumping and cheering, his face full of pure joy and excitement.
Seeing the boy's happy expression, Sirius unconsciously raised his hand and gently gave a thumbs-up towards Xiao Mian.
But this simple gesture is not yet fully complete.
In the heart of the ruins where the Orb King had just been destroyed, wisps of thick black smoke were silently and slowly rising from the cracks in the ground, gradually spreading throughout the devastated battlefield.
"Golza!"
A deep, heavy sound emanated from the depths of darkness, slowly spreading along with the drifting black mist.
As soon as he finished speaking, a semi-transparent phantom of Golza's soul slowly drifted past Sirius's eyes in mid-air.
Sirius instinctively raised his hand, trying to stop the phantom, but his fingertips passed right through it, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't touch it at all.
The voices in the darkness did not stop, announcing one by one the names of the monsters that had been defeated by Sirius in the past.
Melba, Rechubas, Super Gob, EyeQ...
One by one, translucent monster souls emerged from mid-air, drifting slowly along with the black mist, passing by the giant one by one.
Last in line was King Oubmons, whom he had just defeated. His enormous soul phantom, bearing the remnants of his injuries, slowly merged into the black smoke.
Guided by the black smoke, all the monster souls converged towards the center of the original Orb Mengs King explosion.
Upon seeing these monsters, Sirius instantly realized something and planned to unleash a beam of light to interrupt them.
Before the energy could condense and take shape, the dark power surging from the ground suddenly erupted, and an incomparably powerful repulsive force crashed towards it.
Sirius's entire body was thrown into the air and crashed heavily onto the rubble. The timer on his chest, which was already flashing red, began to flicker even more rapidly.
He lay on the ground, only able to watch helplessly as the souls of monstrous creatures continued to merge, and the dark mist gathered thicker and thicker at the convergence point, as if brewing some terrifying monster.
[I wonder if anyone guessed from the five monsters the protagonist fought earlier that they would combine, and what kind of monster they would combine to form.]
Before he could recover, King Orb in the air accelerated once more, lowering his head and charging at high speed.
The wind howled, and a sense of oppression washed over us.
Sylius suppressed his discomfort and, with his keen dynamic vision, tracked the monster's trajectory.
He twisted his waist and rolled to the side, barely avoiding the fatal impact.
Boom—!
The giant monster's head slammed into the building that had just held off Sirius.
The sturdy building collapsed instantly, the entire structure was smashed into a shower of rubble and dust, and completely turned into ruins.
Seeing the scene before him, Sirius was perfectly clear-headed.
Even without the enhancement from the red ball, the basic combat power of this Orb King is still terrifying and not to be underestimated.
He had just been resurrected through the power of idealism, so shouldn't he have been able to use that power to annihilate the monsters? Why was he now in a passive position?
But after observing the monster's attack patterns several times, a glint of light gradually appeared in Sirius's eyes.
Orb King is extremely fast, has tremendous impact force, and fights with a domineering and brutal style.
However, precisely because of this, its attack method is simple and straightforward. Every high-speed charge will fail to stop in time due to inertia, leaving it with obvious weaknesses.
This frequent, mindless collision is a deadly threat to others, but for me right now, it is precisely the best opportunity to break the deadlock.
Just as King Orb adjusted his stance and launched his next high-speed charge...
The monster spread its wings and charged forward again, rushing straight towards the enemy.
Sirius focused intently, keeping a close eye on its charging trajectory.
Just as the monster was about to get close, he jumped vertically again from the spot.
The Orb King, charging at full speed, missed its target instantly. Its body shot straight out due to inertia, with no time to turn around.
After taking off, Sirius precisely controlled the timing and landing point, landing steadily and heavily in the center of King Eubulus's back.
The sudden pressure directly disrupted the monster's balance during flight.
Still caught in the momentum of its charge, the behemoth instantly lost its balance, its massive body lurching forward and crashing heavily onto the ruined ground, where it was pinned to the ground.
The opportunity was fleeting, and Sirius did not hesitate for a moment.
He firmly planted one foot on the monster's back, holding its body in place and preventing it from rolling away.
He stretched out both hands at the same time, precisely grabbing a pair of giant bone wings on the monster's back, and poured all his energy into his hands to begin tearing at the bone wings.
A violent tearing resistance came from the base of the bone wings. King Orb Mengs felt a fatal threat and struggled violently, shaking his body repeatedly in an attempt to overturn the giant on his back.
If it were me in the past, I wouldn't have been able to suppress such a violent struggle at all. I wouldn't have been able to hold on for even a second and would have been broken free and thrown away immediately.
But Sirius was powerful enough at that moment, and he firmly locked the monster's movements, preventing it from breaking free for the time being.
After a brief struggle, he immediately realized the problem.
Tearing at both bone wings with both hands simultaneously results in too much force being dispersed, making it difficult to quickly tear apart the hard bone wings.
He immediately adjusted his tactics, decisively abandoning the double-line tearing, and simultaneously gripped the base of one side of the bone wing with both hands, concentrating all his strength on one side.
The next second, he suddenly pulled hard outwards.
A crisp sound of shells cracking suddenly rang out.
With a loud tearing sound, King Oubmengs's one-sided bone wing was forcibly torn off from his spine and completely detached from his body.
Excruciating pain engulfed the monster's entire body.
Just as the bone wings fell off, the monster unleashed an extreme struggle, suddenly straightening up and flipping over.
The immense force of the struggle broke through Sirius's control, violently throwing him to the side.
The most agonizing screams echoed across the entire battlefield, reverberating above the desolate city ruins.
After landing, Sirius did not pause at all and quickly flipped himself up.
Taking advantage of the monster's brief moment of paralysis due to the excruciating pain, he swiftly advanced, delivering a powerful downward chop to King Orb's vulnerable side ribs.
The solid force struck a vital spot again, and the already severely injured monster trembled, involuntarily taking two steps back.
But this heavy blow also thoroughly enraged King Orb Mengs.
Its body crackled with electricity once more, and swathes of blue destructive current instantly enveloped its entire body, bursting outwards.
This time, the continuous high-speed entanglement exhausted Sirius's reaction time, and he was unable to retreat and evade immediately.
A barrage of blue lightning struck his body precisely, the immense force of the electric shock sending him flying once more.
Sirius crashed heavily into the ruins, and at the same time, the once clear blue timer on his chest suddenly lit up with a glaring red light.
The flashing lights served as a clear reminder that his energy had been largely depleted and that he had little time left to fight.
In the distance, King Orb Mengs suppressed the excruciating pain in his body and readjusted his fighting stance.
Its last remaining bone wing trembled slightly, and a fierce glint appeared in its eyes. It charged towards the fallen Sirius once again.
Sirius remained completely calm. He pushed himself up from the ground, his eyes filled with unwavering determination.
Before the monster could get close, he quickly raised his hand, rapidly gathering energy in his palm, and unleashed another condensed cross-shaped light dart.
A pale golden blade of light shot through the air, heading straight for King Orb Mengs's eyes.
At this moment, King Orb was running at full speed, and his remaining half of the bone wing did not have time to unfold and block, nor did the lightning around him have time to charge up and explode.
It had no means of evasion or defense and could only take the beam attack head-on.
The cross-shaped dart struck his face precisely, exploding into a fine mist of light.
What appeared to be a minor injury successfully and briefly disrupted the monster's charge, causing its movements to freeze for a moment.
I thought taking a small attack wouldn't be a big deal, but after the monster took the hit with its face, when it opened its eyes again, the white Specium Ray was already in front of it!
This is clearly the zero-frame start technique unique to Showa-era old Ottomans!
The monster was forced to stop in its tracks by the beam of light hitting its face, and the immense impact caused its head to snap back.
It tried to raise its bone wings for defense, but because the bone wings were only half-sized, they could only defend half the area.
Sirius had anticipated this, and fired the beam from the undefended half.
The pure white light shone down without obstruction, scorching the monster's head and burning Orb Mengs' scales.
Before King Orb could charge up his lightning to counterattack, Sirius decisively stopped the Specium Ray, no longer wasting the remaining energy.
He crossed his arms, assuming his signature power-gathering pose, and concentrated all the energy within his body.
Sylius photon rays!
Before the monster could react, a beam of light even more powerful than the Specium Ray, carrying the force of destruction, slammed directly into the monster's head once more.
Its terrifying scales melted rapidly in the powerful light, then pierced through it fiercely!
"boom--!!!"
After Sirius stopped firing his beam, the monster's head had clearly been pierced through by Sirius's beam, leaving only its headless body standing there, teetering on the verge of collapse.
After a few seconds of silence, the enormous body exploded, turning into black smoke and rubble that completely dissipated on the battlefield.
The dust and smoke slowly dissipated, and the battlefield finally returned to calm.
Sirius's tense body completely relaxed, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
He slowly turned his head and looked towards the distant highlands.
In my field of vision, Xiao Mian was jumping and cheering, his face full of pure joy and excitement.
Seeing the boy's happy expression, Sirius unconsciously raised his hand and gently gave a thumbs-up towards Xiao Mian.
But this simple gesture is not yet fully complete.
In the heart of the ruins where the Orb King had just been destroyed, wisps of thick black smoke were silently and slowly rising from the cracks in the ground, gradually spreading throughout the devastated battlefield.
"Golza!"
A deep, heavy sound emanated from the depths of darkness, slowly spreading along with the drifting black mist.
As soon as he finished speaking, a semi-transparent phantom of Golza's soul slowly drifted past Sirius's eyes in mid-air.
Sirius instinctively raised his hand, trying to stop the phantom, but his fingertips passed right through it, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't touch it at all.
The voices in the darkness did not stop, announcing one by one the names of the monsters that had been defeated by Sirius in the past.
Melba, Rechubas, Super Gob, EyeQ...
One by one, translucent monster souls emerged from mid-air, drifting slowly along with the black mist, passing by the giant one by one.
Last in line was King Oubmons, whom he had just defeated. His enormous soul phantom, bearing the remnants of his injuries, slowly merged into the black smoke.
Guided by the black smoke, all the monster souls converged towards the center of the original Orb Mengs King explosion.
Upon seeing these monsters, Sirius instantly realized something and planned to unleash a beam of light to interrupt them.
Before the energy could condense and take shape, the dark power surging from the ground suddenly erupted, and an incomparably powerful repulsive force crashed towards it.
Sirius's entire body was thrown into the air and crashed heavily onto the rubble. The timer on his chest, which was already flashing red, began to flicker even more rapidly.
He lay on the ground, only able to watch helplessly as the souls of monstrous creatures continued to merge, and the dark mist gathered thicker and thicker at the convergence point, as if brewing some terrifying monster.
[I wonder if anyone guessed from the five monsters the protagonist fought earlier that they would combine, and what kind of monster they would combine to form.]