High above the skies, the originally magnificent and exquisite inverted tower structures had now all turned into ruins floating everywhere.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Leviathan's body was in an extremely miserable state. The original black opal armor now only remained on a few key parts, while the rest was covered with numerous unhealable wounds.
It could not understand why every move it made seemed to be anticipated in advance, easily dodged by Noah and countered.
It was as if Noah had already fought it countless times, understanding it better than it understood itself, naturally suppressing it in techniques.
After a prolonged bitter battle, it was covered in wounds, while Noah on the opposite side had only slightly dirtied the corners of his clothes.
"I am the noble Threnodian! The god worshipped in Rinascita! I will not lose—I absolutely will not!"
Leviathan's hair danced wildly. Endless Black Tide in the air was drawn by it, and countless shattered cloud fragments were adsorbed over.
All the surrounding energy was frantically absorbed and fused by the sword it raised high. The world visibly faded in color at a speed visible to the naked eye. Only that ever-lengthening giant sword shone into a straight beam of light, as if cutting the sky in half.
The Human Authority Sword, Alien Authority Sword, and Divine Authority Sword—three sword shadows broke through the air, shining with piercing highlights beside Leviathan. It exerted all its strength and roared:
"Fall—toward the end of the road!"
When the giant sword, seemingly gathering the will of heaven and earth, fell, even time seemed to hold its breath. Locked by the powerful aura, Noah had nowhere to evade and raised Ages of Harvest and Time of Harvest horizontally to block.
The instant the giant sword collided with the long blade, a deafening clash erupted. The splattering sparks stung Noah's retinas painfully. The spatial barrier under his feet instantly cracked with dense cyan fractures.
The shadow of the Human Authority Sword fell with equally terrifying power. The shadow overlapped with the giant sword, and the spatial barrier under Noah's feet expanded with even wider fractures, shocking to behold.
Blood vessels burst in Leviathan's eyes. The Alien Authority Sword and Divine Authority Sword successively slashed down with endless pressure. It roared madly:
"You! Go! Die!"
The sword shadows of the three slashes layered over Leviathan's giant sword like overlapping tides. Each collision burst with deafening clashes.
Ages of Harvest and Time of Harvest were pressed lower and lower, emitting overburdened wails.
"How exactly did Rover block this strike with the original Swift Blade?"
Noah heard his own bones creaking under the strain, and his tiger's mouth ached intensely.
Was it that the Threnodian in the original plot held back, or had he not reached Rover's level of strength?
He had no time to think about this question. Gritting his teeth, he desperately urged the resonance energy in his body, forcefully slashing back the heaven-destroying, earth-annihilating strike.
Variation: Havoc Rover, POWER!
The black wings behind him transformed into pure Havoc power, attaching to Emerald of Genesis, turning it back into a scythe, which he swung heavily:
"Feather Transformation—Annihilate All Laws!"
The Havoc blade light slashed back the power of the four giant swords, carving a terrifying black gleam.
At the same time, the barrier formed by spatial authority finally could no longer hold and shattered into pieces.
"Monster—you monster even more terrifying than Rover!"
The cyan barrier completely shattered. Leviathan dodged the Havoc blade light and turned without hesitation to flee.
Its Fusion authority and Black Tide covered the ruins of this Avinoleum without reservation.
The ruins of the Tower of Ascension, Tower of Unity, and Tower of Salvation merged, forming the remnants of three heaven-piercing giants, all charging toward Noah together—each possessing the strength of Overlord class.
"I will definitely return! Just you wait!"
Leviathan roared a ruthless threat without looking back. In response came words that chilled it to the bone.
"Crimson Blossom! Bloom!"
Boom!
The three Overlord-class giants it had condensed with its final strength couldn't even delay Noah's steps for a second before crumbling to dust.
A door unfolded from the void. Noah stepped out from within, once again blocking Leviathan's path.
The high-altitude winds made his clothes flap fiercely. In his icy eyes, cyan light shone brightly.
In Leviathan's gaze of near despair, that familiar cyan spatial boundary rapidly unfolded once more, confining it within this cage of one-sided beating.
Unlike the chronological authority that it could easily destroy, the barrier constructed by spatial authority was sufficiently sturdy, and even forcibly breaking it would not cause backlash to Noah.
[Team: Camellya, Cantarella, Rover (Havoc)]
Havoc Crimson Blossom—POWER!
Nightmarish vines rapidly spread in mid-air, almost instantly forming a massive sphere, locking Noah and Leviathan inside.
Leviathan's liver and gall trembled.
Opal long guns, Sentinel phantom, nuclear bomb Crimson Blossom, terrifying scythe, plus time, space, and separation authorities... just how many more methods did he have that it didn't know about?!
If it could start over, it would rather face Rover than face Noah again.
At this moment, only one phrase could describe Leviathan's feelings:
Encountering a Hero on the road, fighting with all might, yet unable to win—the opponent strong as a monster, beaten in every style.
It couldn't help but suspect that if Noah hadn't wanted a no-damage clear, it would have already been beaten to death.
Noah stepped on the vines, standing aloft in the air. The scarlet light in his deep-set eye sockets was especially prominent in this dark space. The Red Spring in his hand traced a half-arc, sword pointing at Leviathan with chilling killing intent:
"I told you—you have nowhere to escape!"
Twenty days ago, when he first arrived in Rinascita, facing Leviathan's body and endless Black Tide threat, he fought desperately, wretched as a trapped beast.
Twenty days later, he ascended Avinoleum. Even with Leviathan exhausting all its methods, it was still encircled and pursued step by step by him—he stood proudly like an azure dragon.
"Speak—what do you know about Rover?!"
Leviathan gasped heavily, its ferocious gaze fixed dead on Noah:
"I am the noble Threnodian, and you—when speaking to a god, you must maintain humility!"
As soon as its words fell, two vines immediately lashed out heavily, whipping Leviathan ruthlessly against the vine wall.
"Migration stele? What migration stele?"
With a thought from Noah, vines automatically bound Leviathan's feet, slamming it heavily back from the other side of the vine wall.
"I'll give you one last chance! Speak—what do you know about Rover!"
"Heh."
Leviathan said no more, tightly closing its eyes as the last power in its body continuously compressed.
It actually intended to self-destruct!
"Damn Threnodian."
Noah cursed under his breath and immediately switched to Cantarella. The red glow in his eyes instantly turned to cyan light.
Now that the Threnodian was unprecedentedly weakened, he could finally use the separation authority on it.
"Get out—of Fleurdelys's body!"
"No!!!"
Cyan highlight flashed past. Leviathan's consciousness and power were completely stripped from Fleurdelys's body.
[Limited Banner "Yet Also Dancing Lightly After the Tide" has opened.]
"I gave you a chance."
Switch: Havoc Rover, POWER!
"Now, even if you beg me, I won't let you go!"
Noah did not hesitate. Endless Havoc power madly converged toward the scythe in his hand, executing the final judgment on Leviathan:
"Feather Transformation—Annihilate All Laws!"
Leviathan's consciousness let out an unwilling roar, only able to gather the last energy it could mobilize for an upward final slash from below.
The black-purple blade light easily cleaved through its feeble strike, thoroughly annihilating Leviathan's consciousness and power, incidentally slicing open the vine sphere. The light of early dawn shone into the darkness.
The world finally fell quiet.
Leviathan exploded into a golden sword-shadow Echo floating in mid-air. Noah threw out his terminal.
[Echo: Resonant Reverberation · Fleurdelys (Windward Pilgrimage)]
[Quality: 5-Star Calamity Class.]
[Main Stats: Crit DMG 44%, ATK 150.]
[Substats: Normal Attack DMG Bonus 10.5%, HP 9.4%, Resonance Efficiency 10.8%, Crit Rate 10.0%, Crit DMG 21.0%.]
"This is good, this is good!"
Looking at this Echo, Noah finally beamed with joy.
[Limited Banner "Yet Also Dancing Lightly After the Tide" has closed.]
"Oh no! Fleurdelys!"
Noah's mind jolted. His gaze shot backward—Fleurdelys's body was rapidly shrinking, reverting to Cartethyia's appearance, falling from high altitude.
His pitch-black wings flapped forcefully. His figure shot downward like a blade slicing the firmament.
In mid-air, he rapidly approached Cartethyia's body until he finally caught that soft, wound-covered form in his arms.
The two figures were like a fleeting meteor, streaking across most of Rinascita's sky, tracing a brief, dazzling line of scenery.
[Main Quest:
[Currently possess Radiant Tide *20, Lustrous Tide *25, Astrite *80080, Shell Credits *7.89 million.]