Amid the starry expanse, Karl's figure stood like an immense mountain piercing into the depths of space.
His silhouette was even larger than the massive Earth.
Platinum-white sacred radiance emanated from every part of his body.
Before him, dozens of black spears shot forward and stabbed toward him.
Every black spear contained terrifying power. They were physical manifestations of the Laws wielded by the Celestials.
Each one carried destructive power pushed to its absolute limit, as though it represented the end of the entire world.
Karl showed no trace of nervousness.
With a sweeping rotation of the platinum-white Holy Sword in his hand, he cut through ten of the spears and knocked the remaining incoming weapons away.
Light flashed.
Karl's figure appeared somewhere else.
Spatial Teleportation!
Without producing the slightest sound or disturbance, he appeared behind one of the Celestials.
The platinum-white Holy Sword in his hand stabbed straight ahead.
It met no resistance.
The Holy Sword pierced directly into the Dark Celestial's body.
Platinum-white power erupted instantly.
The Dark Celestial's entire body was immediately filled with platinum-white Divine Power.
Dazzling platinum-white light poured from the cracks in its armor.
Five translucent pillars of light erupted from the openings in its face.
They were streams of platinum-white power continuously surging out of its body.
At the same time, everything inside the Dark Celestial had already been annihilated.
When the platinum-white light faded, nothing remained but an empty shell of black armor floating through space.
Its will, its vast reserves of energy, and even the Laws contained within it had all been completely erased.
It was dead!
Karl's body disappeared again.
In the same instant, light flashed across the bodies of the remaining Celestials.
They also vanished into space.
When they reappeared, they had gathered together in a back-to-back formation, cautiously guarding every direction.
It was obvious that Karl's instantaneous killing of one of their members had taught the Dark Celestials a lesson.
They intended to defend themselves carefully against his next attack.
Karl could only reappear off to one side.
"I didn't expect you to be this intelligent."
"It seems you aren't merely puppets."
Karl's expression became extremely serious.
These beings had appeared rigid and mechanical.
Until now, he had never sensed them unleash any powerful Psychic Power.
He had assumed they were merely incomplete puppets.
It now seemed that was not entirely true.
The fact that they could react so quickly proved they possessed a considerable degree of intelligence.
"The creations of this universe truly are incredible."
"Their ability to create living beings has reached its absolute pinnacle."
Karl sighed inwardly.
With his current strength, he was also capable of creating ordinary races, including ordinary human beings.
However, creating existences as powerful as the Celestials was still beyond his abilities.
Karl truly could not understand how the First Firmament had created such terrifying beings.
However, these Dark Celestials had now gathered together, acting in perfect synchronization.
Their powers operated on the same frequency and were virtually identical.
The mysterious patterns covering their armor resonated with one another.
Even their powers fused together into a single whole, making them much more difficult for Karl to handle.
Karl understood what had likely happened.
These Dark Celestials had probably been created by the First Firmament using its own power as a foundation.
They were identical in nearly every detail.
They were completely unlike the individually distinct members of the regular Celestials.
Karl narrowed his eyes slightly, attempting to find their weakness.
However, he could clearly see that their powers had fused together perfectly.
There were no obvious openings.
"No matter what, I should test their defenses first."
"If they don't have an opening, I'll create one."
Karl narrowed his eyes.
At their current level, battles were decided by whether one could create an opportunity and then seize it.
Karl took a deep breath.
All the Psychic Power within his body surged into action.
The platinum-white Holy Sword in his hand erupted with brilliance, its dazzling light instantly becoming ten times stronger.
Karl gripped the sword with both hands and held it before him.
The next moment, he swung the Holy Sword forward.
The vast Solar System was cleaved in two.
It was as though reality itself had been split apart at the moment of creation.
The entire world was divided by the platinum-white radiance.
Even the emotionless Dark Celestials felt as though an enormous hand had seized their hearts, causing their bodies to tense abruptly.
This did not mean they had suddenly developed emotions.
Karl's attack carried the oppressive authority of destruction.
Even existences on the level of the Dark Celestials could not remain unaffected.
Nevertheless, the Dark Celestials were ultimately emotionless puppets.
The mental pressure affected their minds for only an instant.
The dozens of Celestials moved together, as though the distance between them had ceased to exist.
A black curtain of light spanning the entire starry expanse appeared before them.
Countless runes flickered across its surface.
The black radiance flowing from it made the barrier appear incomparably sturdy.
Karl's attack showed no intention of slowing.
It slashed directly forward.
The platinum-white Holy Sword collided with the black curtain of light.
The collision occurred without a sound.
Everything around it ceased to exist.
All matter and energy disappeared.
Even the rules of reality shattered.
At the center of the collision, nothing remained except the two terrifying forces.
The entire world trembled as causality itself was overturned.
It seemed as though the universe would shatter in the next instant and the starry expanse would be completely annihilated.
Apart from Earth, which Karl deliberately protected, dozens of surrounding star systems were simultaneously erased.
This was despite the fact that the two opposing forces were continuously canceling each other out.
Had both sides truly unleashed their power without restraint, the resulting force might have destroyed the entire universe.
However, it was precisely during this collision that the Dark Celestials finally revealed an opening.
Their Energy Link suddenly faltered.
Their connected flow of energy broke apart.
All the runes on the black barrier shattered.
Under the impact of the terrifying collision, the Dark Celestials' power was exhausted for a single instant.
Their combined strength was interrupted.
Karl seized that fleeting opportunity.
The opening lasted for only a billionth of a second.
Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that time had lost all meaning before him.
Time throughout the entire world seemed to stop.
Karl had no intention of giving them another opportunity.
Crack!
A crisp sound seemed to echo through space.
The space in front of Karl shattered.
A colossal Spatial Rift stretched across the starry expanse before him.
With a single thought from Karl, countless smaller rifts condensed and merged together, forming something resembling a crescent moon.
In the next instant, the stars blazed brilliantly.
The terrifying Spatial Blade in Karl's hand shot forward.
(End of Chapter)
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