King of Assassins-Chapter 654 - 499: Can't Survive

Marlos's formidable state also piqued Gao Xuan's interest.
In the Star River Era, the path of body refinement is very limited, and more than half involves bodily metamorphosis.
The dragon transformation of the Black Banner King is the most effective and direct route, and it has proven to be the best.
With the progress of human technology, higher strength materials that can accommodate Source Power can be manufactured. Many people would also directly materialize their bodies, transforming into various metal prosthetics.
This path has a very low ceiling and is generally suitable for those below Level 15.
Another way is like Yun Qingshang's, combining the body with Marvels.
But this path is not easy.
If Gao Xuan did not have the Greed Furnace, the Celestial Demon Relic, the endless support from countless spectators providing spiritual energy, and the Book of All-Knowing, he wouldn't be able to achieve this even if he exhausted himself.
Another crucial factor is the Thirteen Grand Protectors' Cross Training Method he taught, which enabled Yun Qingshang to become a Blood-Born God, gaining complete control over her metamorphosed body.
Though there are many powerhouses in the Alliance, Gao Xuan is the only one who could gather such conditions.
The Celestial Serpent Transformation Scripture and Iron Mountain Order are top-notch Marvels. They are slightly lesser than top-tier Marvels like the Sea Emperor Trident, but they lack the Power of Laws. In the realm of body refinement, however, these two are truly top-tier Marvels.
The Dragon Sinew Whip is slightly inferior, but not by much. Metamorphosed bodies have to pass the test of soul refinement by the Fire of Greed. Just this hurdle alone is insurmountable for most.
The miracle of Yun Qingshang is unreplicable.
During this period, Gao Xuan has been training Yun Qingshang through the Soul Chain, helping her familiarize herself with her power.
Gao Xuan is confident that with the World-Ending Spear in hand, Yun Qingshang fears no opponent.
The World-Ending Spear's energy level is even higher, though it still doesn't match the Sea Emperor Trident or Netherworld King's Saber, which are quasi-divine artifacts.
On the battlefield, however, the World-Ending Spear is definitely top-tier, enough to stand against any Marvels head to head.
Nevertheless, Marlos is evidently powerful too. His metamorphosed body already exhibits non-human characteristics.
Gao Xuan speculates that Marlos has probably merged with some kind of Marvel, allowing his body to reach such strength.
It is likely the work of the Master of Blood. This Evil God is immensely skilled; achieving this is not surprising.
In noble families, there may be many fools, but those truly in charge must be wise people.
The Master of Blood can develop followers on a large scale, persuading many noble families to defy prohibitions and worship it, demonstrating its capabilities.
Of course, Marlos is clearly inferior to Yun Qingshang on a bodily level. Regarding constitution and power attributes, he is about on the same level.
The true terror is in the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear in Marlos's hands. This is the top Marvel left behind by Augustus, a crucial artifact of Augustus's lineage.
The Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear has rarely left the Eternal Star precisely because of its importance.
Gao Xuan has heard of the fame of the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear for a long time, but this is his first encounter.
Such a crucial artifact, let alone outsiders, is rarely seen even by ordinary Golden powerhouses of Augustus's lineage.
The Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear is reputed to be capable of killing any existence.
If this claim is not an exaggeration, then it's quite formidable as the definition of existence is very broad.
Not just people, matter, and energy—even conceptual existences can be slain by the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear.
For example, a character from a famous novel, deeply ingrained in people's hearts, could have all traces of their existence erased in the world by the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear.
Of course, nobody would use the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear for such a trivial purpose. It's simply an expression of its potential power.
Hierarchically, the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear is on par with the Sea Emperor Trident, being a top-tier Marvel possessing its own laws.
Marlos's issue is that he is not the legitimate Spear Master, merely borrowing the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear temporarily. He cannot wield most of its power.
Gao Xuan now, at such a high level, can indeed glimpse some of the law changes of the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear.
Ordinary people are trichromats, only having three types of cone cells. Through these three types of cone cells, ordinary people can distinguish about a million colors.
Most color-blind people only have two types of working cone cells.
Gao Xuan's Celestial Dragon Eye is not a typical human eye but operates in a similar principle, using a panoramic viewpoint for observation.
If the Celestial Dragon Eye had cone cells, it would have at least thousands of different types of them.
The Celestial Dragon Eye can distinguish the finest color variations and differentiate between different electrons. The Celestial Dragon Eye can even discern every particle in the Sea of Source Power.
The Celestial Dragon Eye can observe spatial changes and see the operation of laws.
With the upgrade of Celestial Dragon Eye, and at Gao Xuan's current energy level, he can observe and comprehend everything within his understanding range using the Celestial Dragon Eye.
As long as the level of the subject is within his comprehension range.
For example, beyond the Milky Way Galaxy, Gao Xuan can observe a great deal of information. However, most of it is meaningless.
The goings-on outside the Milky Way Galaxy are too remote for him. There's no need to waste time on them now.
In short, Gao Xuan's observational power with the Celestial Dragon Eye now is fearsome, allowing him to see a vast amount of information.
Especially since his return from studying abroad in the Cultivator World, his understanding of Source Power has actually surpassed all the powerhouses of this era.
Gao Xuan can see a massive amount of information, but he must discard 99.99% of it as useless, extracting truly crucial information from it.
Like Marlos and the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear, to him, Marlos is almost transparent. Only Marlos's power source is a bit vague, but he can see everything about Marlos's body and spirit.
The Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear, however, remains opaque to Gao Xuan. He can only deduce that it is dangerous and poses a certain threat to him.
Although Yun Qingshang's body was extremely strong, it couldn't withstand the destructive laws of the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear.
Gao Xuan conveyed all the information he acquired to Yun Qingshang through the Soul Chain. The next battle, however, depends on Yun Qingshang herself.
With Yun Qingshang's capabilities, she didn't need him to babysit her. Moreover, at this level of power, Yun Qingshang should learn to face danger.
Beside Gao Xuan, Yun Qingshang was also the only truly capable fighter. Gao Xuan actually had high hopes for her.
Yun Qingshang accepted the information from Gao Xuan without saying anything to him. She didn't show high fighting spirit either.
For her, combat was a way of survival; she would face it in the calmest manner possible and never make mistakes.
She was abnormally persistent about power but not about fighting. A battle that could be won was the best battle.
Yun Qingshang's eyes were cool and indifferent as if she couldn't see Marlos at all.
This made Marlos quite displeased. He pointed the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear at Yun Qingshang and said, "Little woman, do you know who I am?"
Yun Qingshang didn't answer. She merely raised the World-Ending Spear in her hand.
Marlos snorted, "I am Marlos Galba Titus, the Steel Monarch,"
He was ing his name when Yun Qingshang already advanced with her spear raised to thrust directly.
Yun Qingshang's spear techniques were all learned from Gao Xuan, consisting only of two moves: thrust and sweep.
At this point, the change in spear techniques didn't need to be very complex or exquisite. The key was that when Yun Qingshang thrust her spear, it naturally had the domineering power to crack a star river.
Though Marlos spoke grand words, when truly facing Yun Qingshang's World-Ending Spear, his heart tightened.
Such a domineering and fierce spear technique was wielded by a nineteen-year-old girl. It was truly unbelievable.
Marlos didn't dare to hesitate. He communicated with the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear using Spiritual Power, and clusters of red flames rose on the Crimson Cross Spear.
The continuously accelerating World-Ending Spear was blocked by the Godslaying Spear right before piercing Marlos's chest.
As the spears clashed, countless flames exploded instantly.
The surging Endless Source Power impact caused the arena's ground to cave in silently.
Even with various defense force fields, all the spectators felt the extreme eruption of Source Power.
More than 90% of the audience blacked out and fainted directly.
An intangible spiritual impact on a mental level wasn't something ordinary people could withstand.
Audiences watching the battle live through the Celestial Net also experienced dizziness and blurred vision.
The Golden Powerhouses of the noble families watching were all solemn in expression.
Yun Qingshang's intensity far exceeded their expectations.
One must know that Marlos was wielding the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear. Holding it, even a Golden Initial Tier could exhibit the power of a Super Tier Gold. This was the power of top-level marvels of the major Golden Families.
However, the state of the duel between the two seemed evenly matched. Marlos even appeared at a disadvantage.
Of course, the Celestial Net had a delay, even if it was just a delay of one-thousandth of a second, it seemed too slow in such a battle.
After a brief halt in the clash of spears, both parties could not withstand the power impact and retreated simultaneously.
After pausing, Yun Qingshang was the first to raise her spear and charge forward again.
Marlos, known for his toughness, could only passively respond. He was even a beat slower in reaction. Although his expression was fierce, he was completely suppressed by the expressionless Yun Qingshang in momentum.
With the spears clashing again, this time both sides were prepared and controlled their power.
Yun Qingshang immediately pulled back her spear to thrust again, and Marlos, being a beat slower, could only defensively react.
Yun Qingshang's World-Ending Spear made continuous thrusts, and each spear was not only fast but also fierce and domineering, each with the momentum of ten thousand pounds.
Marlos was forced to retreat, and his face became increasingly unsightly. The red flame on his Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear, however, grew even stronger.
The Golden Powerhouses from the noble families watching clicked their tongues in wonder, thinking Marlos was too incompetent, wielding a divine artifact and yet being beaten like this.
If not for the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear, Marlos might not be able to withstand even one strike from Yun Qingshang.
The experts from the Augustus faction were even more anxious. If Marlos, wielding the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear, was not a match, what about Gao Xuan?
More terrifyingly, if Marlos were killed by Yun Qingshang, the Reverse Cross Godslaying Spear would be taken by the opposition.
Someone immediately proposed to attack Gao Xuan and Yun Qingshang now, not to give them a chance.
But there were disagreements; after all, this was the City of Victory where the Augustus faction had been established for thousands of years. How could they take action here?
At a critical moment, it was Ron who calmed the crowd, saying, "Wait a bit longer, let's act when Lord Marco returns."
He added, "Marlos also has the Dark Sky, and his Steel Tyrant has the ability to resurrect."
Just as Ron mentioned it, Yun Qingshang already pierced through Marlos's defenses and stabbed through his chest.
Marlos's body silently shattered into thousands of pieces, and a mass of black mist spread out.
The entire defense force field was immediately filled with thick black mist.
The experts from the Augustus faction looked particularly grim. Although Marlos had the ability to resurrect, it was too incompetent to be blown apart by a young girl while wielding a divine artifact.
Robin gave Gao Xuan a faint smile and said, "Don't be complacent, when the Dark Sky opens, the little girl won't survive..."