Lord Shadow

In the clouds being attacked from the sky and the Earth, Azief body appears to be an indistinct black charcoal figure from the bottom as one could not tear their eyes off seeing this spectacle of destruction.

Thunder cage, stone spears, tribulation clouds and all the energy in the world gathered in one place all to exterminate one person.

If one counted the rounds of thunder that has fallen upon Death Monarch it has been two hundred rounds of attack with infinite thunderbolts.

And from the Earth it has been ten rounds of attack.

While the whole word is worried, Katarina is not. She might be worried before but now in her heart there is only faith.

She had faith that Azief would pass through this.

‘Just a little bit longer. You just have to hold out a bit longer’ Katarina earnestly prayed in her heart.

While it seems that this attack will be infinite and would be endless until Death Monarch is exterminated Katarina knew that everything has a price.

Though the Heaven Will is mighty and the Will of the World is boundless and immeasurable that is just a figure of speech.

The Heavens isn’t really boundless, and the Will of the Word isn’t really immeasurable.

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather it can only be transformed or transferred from one form to another.

It is one of the laws of physics.

But that law is thrown off when magic come into the mix.

The Will of the World could be considered as magic…It could even be called something more divine.

It absorbed, devours and create and destroy energy. But it is also the most mysterious kind of energy.

Life….and Destruction. The will of the World could even use emotions as fuel. It is a concept that seems incompatible and even illogical if taken into the context of modern science that deals with things that could be seen and touched, or measured.

But how does one felt life? How does one person could measure life and emotions and what is their value or energy that comes out from this unmeasurable concept?

And not the medical term for feeling life but felt…life. An essence of creation. How does one feel it?

But the energy exists, and it is used, created and destroyed.

And that is why the Will of the World isn’t immeasurable. All this energy that it had taken is being used and destroyed.

It is limited.

Because it is created. And when the rate of consuming it exceeds the rate of producing it, then the energy will be depleted and as such Worlds die.

For world without magic their concern has always bane the death of their star system, or an explosion from a nearby star or just the unfortunate fate of being in the collision course of a gigantic meteor.

Or heat death.

But when magic entered any star system and the planet in that star system developed a will, then the Laws of physic is thrown out.

A new law emerged and those who did not understand it will not survive in that new world. Katarina knows that even the Heavens have limits.

Mighty and powerful as it is, it will run out. And when it runs out, Azief will pass this calamity and become stronger,

Katarina is confident because even though Azief look like his battered and traces of destruction is slowly creeping up on him, his vitality still existed.

Although his body weakened significantly, he is after all still alive. Katarina is praying for another miracle.

On the other hand, Azief no longer felt any pain. He felt no suffering.

He felt nothing even as the attack crack the skin of his body and burning him with the heat equal to that of the sun.

Have you ever focused so much on something that everything is tuned out of your senses?

Nothing…exists and everything is out of your mind. That is what is happening to him right now.

He did not block his mind from pain. He just didn’t pay attention to it. In his eyes and in his mind there is only one thing.

The Perfection of his Physique. To reach the penultimate of his Physique prowess. He remembers that Azul said that his body could be improved.

He himself believe that this could be achieved

Before, while his body is powerful that no artifact could scratch him he is still affected by Laws and essence of energy,

But if he perfected his body today, unless someone used the Primordial Laws of the Universe, he could just stand still, and no one could do anything to him.

Of course he could still be affected by other energy and Laws like the Laws coming out from the Divine Will of the World but it will not be able to kill him.

Azief even when his body is being pounded by the stone spear and thunder bolts he could still smirk and grin at the sky.

He could feel the agitation of the Heavens. He could feel its fear. The Heavens feared that Azief would heal.

Because if he does heal then the Will of the Heavens, as it is now, is unable to match up to him when he is at full power.

Of course this result today only happens because of Loki interference in the past. Not once in this new timeline that Azief has been captured by anyone.

Loki remembers that in his timeline it is because of the imprisonment of the Death God that he blooms late among all the great heroes that appear in his era.

One change that had affected the future the most …who would have thought it was that imprisonment matter?

It is because he is not imprisoned that he was not as dark as he is before and realized his Grand Path earlier and he also had been able to reach such height even before he became Sovereign .

Azief in the their dome like cage look at Katarina and nodded

Katarina seeing the nod from Azief had her worries dissipated as she smiles. She understands what Azief is trying to tell her.

It would not be long now. Everything in Azief body has been destroyed but it has also slowly being reformed.

Only a few things inside his body need to be exterminated before it experiencing a new rebirth. This is the power of Eternal Physique regeneration.

Unless one really destroys him thoroughly and used Laws on him then Azief is truly a difficult enemy to kill.

If he succeeds in upgrading his Physique, he would be able to regenerate with even one drop of blood.

BOOM!

A thunder fell and Azief felt his body shaking because of the vibration in the sky. He did not smile.

He is now calm. He could feel his body is now about to undergo transformation.

There is no surprise or fear on the expression of his face. Because he could see beyond the sky. There is a slight frowning but he is not shaken

He could see with his eyes that there is a large gathering of rainbow colored clouds up in space that gathered the power of the stars and all the stones in the sky with its radiation and heat gathered and pressurized the solid and grainy dust into motes of energy.

The matter was transformed into energy

The power was so pressurizing one could see the energy around it curves and bends because of the difference of degree of pressure.

This is the last round. This is the crucial moment. If he passes this attack, his body would have no match on Earth and maybe even outside of Earth.

Whether Oreki could cultivate and mastered his physical refinement or not, it wouldn’t matter unless he too invites Heavenly Tribulations and pass it like he did

Azief could just punch him and his body would be a wreck because of the prowess of his physical body.

Azief could not erase this image in his head. He would not have to worry anymore about his friends after this if he succeeds. No one would ever dare provoke him.

All of this is also for the preparations of opening the Supremacy Stairway. He didn’t know much about the Supremacy Stairway but Azul fills in the blanks …at least for a bit.

It is a simple test but it could also be considered hard.

Who would have thought that today as he is fighting Sithulran the Will of the world decided to interfere? It is because of that Azief decided to turn calamity into a blessing.

But feeling the energy that is gathering up in space, Azief gulped.

‘Fuck the Heaven Will!’ he muttered inaudibly

‘What grudge the Heavens had with me that it would go this far?’

Azief knows that the last round of this Extermination Thunder would be different than the other and far stronger than all of the tribulation thunder that fall before, combined.

Even if he survives he would be drained of his energy for a few seconds before his body experience rebirth.

For some reason, he is reminded of the battle between him and Purunghasa. Once bitten, twice shy.

There is this premonition that he could not shake off. That there will be a life and death calamity for him after the thunder falls down on him.

But even if so, it is too late to back down now. It is already the last and he had already taken the steps.

Even if he wanted to back down now, the heavens would not just obediently back down.

Azief closed his eyes and then opening it he shouted to the sky as the clouds dissipated and the sky opens up as his roars reaches space and ripples the waves of energy in Space.

His face wore an unusually grave expression.

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Part one of the chapter and the beginning of the end. We are very nearly reaching the end of the arc.

My readers knows that when I reached an arc I will be entering a rest period of about three weeks before resume writing. Anyway, because of the other story in those three weeks I will be updating my other stories.

Song of Heroes look like it is forgotten but it is not. I considered it my most favored child so I am very cautious when writing it. As such I could not write it very much because I am writing both Lord Shadow and Age of Adventure simultaneously. Anyway, if you like the chapter please vote and leave some comments