Chapter 160: Rast: My Wife’s Night Blade Is Just Handy to Use
At the end of the Abyss, on the towering structure.
Noah was imprisoned in place by the scarlet-gold chains transformed from the dim yellow River of d*ath, somewhat puzzled by Rast’s final stand.
Inherited from the remnants of the God of d*ath after consuming its despair, the control over the Abyss and the divine power of the deceased… this was Rast’s last trump card, his only way to slightly contend with Noah.
However, Rast turned all his remaining capital into this chain that bound Noah.
Although it briefly restricted Noah’s movements, it had no lethal effect.
And when Rast’s life force was extinguished by the power of abundance, this cage of the River of d*ath, which had lost its source of power, would inevitably dissipate, becoming useless.
Noah could sense that the silvery-white rune slowly rotating in Rast’s eyes must represent some ability, perhaps he had activated some kind of contingency plan.
But what was the point?
The weapon that had previously radiated with the brilliance of the blazing sun, even causing his flesh to grotesquely mutate from radiation, had undoubtedly been prepared by Cecil as a final trump card… Even if Cecil was a legendary figure, it must have consumed a tremendous amount of energy; preparing just one would likely be his limit.
If Cecil really expended too much of his strength for Rast, then the battlefield on the Broken Coast would surely collapse, and as the leader of the Guardians, Cecil would not make such a foolish choice.
And besides the weapon bestowed by legends… what kind of contingency could allow a mid-tier extraordinary to k*ll a legendary being?
However, right after that.
Noah saw that in Rast’s hand, a delicate and ethereal ashen-silver key suddenly manifested silently.
Silver metal particles pulsed, gathering on that miniature key, continuously constructing a brand-new mechanical assembly.
Then, that key-like object pointed straight at Noah’s form.
The moment the ashen-silver key pointed at him, Noah felt as if his abundant half-body was locked onto by some inexplicable aura.
Emerald green light surged, the Abundant Domain suddenly expanded, dispersing throughout the Abyss… Noah wanted to use this method to find the source of that lock.
But no matter how hard he tried, he ultimately found nothing.
…
Meanwhile.
[Core Guidance Component — “Key of Heaven” has locked onto the target]
[Subspace Cruise Magic Tool — Code-named “Sheath,” trajectory shift successful.]
[Launch posture adjustment complete]
[Zenith Sword, ammunition loading confirmed, self-check completed —]
[Spatial Auxiliary Positioning Runes — Secondary verification completed]
[Commencing fall trajectory calculation…]
Before Rast, streams of azure data were rushing by.
This was the calculation runes built into the “Key of Heaven,” providing real-time feedback to Rast.
This was the weapon given to him by Ophelia, the second princess whom Rast had never met but had long admired, through Professor Agatha, the head of the Ashen Academy.
It was also the core guidance component of the “Forbidden Directory 0-13: Trial Type Zenith Sword.”
This mythological weapon was imagined against legendary strongmen and was Rast’s biggest secret weapon brought into the Night World this time.
Long before the canon began, Rast had utilized the compressed mechanical components within the sub-dimension of the Key of Heaven to complete the foundational construction and layout of the “Zenith Sword.”
And at this moment.
Within the swirling calculation runes, countless complex streams of information converged into the only correct result —
[Trajectory calculations complete.]
[Error verification complete, trajectory correction complete.]
[Forbidden Directory weapon self-check has passed.]
Then —
[Night Blade original model “Infinite Sword” has been equipped.]
This was Hiltina’s Night Blade, deemed by the evaluation committee of the Tower of Secrets’ Forbidden Directory to possess the potential to threaten a legendary being even before Hiltina herself had ascended to legend… it was a true “forbidden” level Night Blade.
After overcoming the Calamity Echo of Frozen Water Town and helping Hiltina resolve her obsession with Fran… the bond level between Rast and Hiltina finally reached the fifth level.
At this moment, what Rast was going to use was the latest unlocked original form of the card “Chariot · Hiltina” after breaking through bond level five —
The mechanical weapon known as the Zenith Sword could be smoothly brought into the Night World precisely because the Ashen Academy of Starry University had invented a method to circumvent the rules of the Night World, granting a mechanical construct weapon like the Zenith Sword an additional “Emblem Armor” attribute.
And since it possessed both “Emblem Armor” and “Sword” characteristics.
Naturally, it could also be wielded by Hiltina’s “Infinite Sword” Night Blade.
Thus —
A ten-thousandth of a second later.
“True name, liberation.”
The boy’s hoarse and fragmented syllables echoed throughout the entire Abyss.
Not in the Aran Language commonly used in the Sixth Epoch, but in the ancient language of the Age of Gods.
This language had long been lost in the Sixth Epoch, but coincidentally… as a Gravekeeper, Noah was born in the First Epoch and had personally experienced that glorious mythic era, so he could naturally grasp the true meaning of this phrase —
It meant “Divine Retribution.”
A “Divine Retribution” known as the “Zenith Sword.”
“Divine Retribution?”
He repeated this ancient term somewhat blankly, not understanding why Rast would know the language of the Age of Gods.
From the fluctuations Noah sensed using the abundant domain earlier, Rast should have utilized the Flame Seed inherited from the Guardians and replicated a certain Night Blade using the original contained within.
But what kind of Night Blade could allow Rast, at this moment, to turn the tide?
Such thoughts had just flashed through Noah’s mind.
He suddenly raised his head.
With the intuition of a legendary figure, Noah sensed that something was about to descend, clearly hearing no sound yet feeling the scorching light.
He suddenly understood… why he clearly felt locked onto by something, but his abundant domain covering the entire Abyss hadn’t detected its origin.
Because from beginning to end, the thing locking onto him did not come from within the Abyss, but from beyond the Abyss, on the surface of the earth… at that distant end of the celestial horizon.
The next moment.
The Abyss shattered.
The crimson Zenith Sword tore through the dome of the Abyss, penetrating the entire dim yellow sea.
Transforming into a blazing and brilliant starlight, it plummeted straight down toward Noah’s head.
(End of Chapter)
