Returning to the Mysterious Era-Chapter 703 - My First Feast Will Be You Two

Chapter 703 - My First Feast Will Be You Two
Ancient chants and mysterious hymns filled the world. Be it the Blue Star Empire, the Hongli Federation, or the United States of Yana, faint voices rang out across the skies of every continent. It was as if angels were narrating the myths of history.
At the southeast border between Blue Star Empire and many small states, heavy clouds were drawn together like iron to giant magnets as they swiftly gathered in spirals that seemed slow to the eye yet moved at incredible speed. Two massive rust-colored cloud rings gradually appeared in the sky.
Then, a white arched phantom gateway appeared inside the cloud rings.
Heaven, origin, world... Sacred, solemn, majestic.
Mountains, rivers, sun, moon, birds, insects, and fish transformed into golden tadpole-like runes that danced across the white stone arch. Everything in the world was condensed into dense, unfathomably complex religious hieroglyphs.
Xiadu floated in the air, staring at the two holy gates. Its dreadful calamity energy boiled like magma. It was eager, waiting to be unleashed!
"The Gate of Soul! The Gate of Physique! The remaining two seals will be broken completely and my true body shall return in full..."
Ding ding ding...
The crisp clink of metal assembling echoed through the skies in succession. The Gates of Heaven lit up with platinum outlines that fit together like a puzzle, forming much of the gates. The combination of the calamity tide and the altar's empowerment solidified the phantom into the true Gates of Heaven.
Shoosh...
Golden streaks of light shot forth from every continent across the world. They were summoned to the Gates of Heaven like swallows returning to their nests. The Gate of Soul and the Gate of Physique were soon fully assembled. The mortals across Blue Star Empire looked up to see the holy gates suspended in the sky while hymns echoed in their ears. Were these gates leading to heaven?
"What is that..."
"The ancient Soma myth!"
"The origin of life comes from the mysterious Threefold Gate!"
"The king of gods dwells behind the gates, overseeing the world's workings!"
At the southeastern edge of Blue Star Continent, the Starwatch Tower ceased their attacks on the Gate Organization. The Starwatch Tower master, the High Priest, and Andrea stared blankly up at the radiant Gates of Heaven.
As top figures of the empire's supernatural side, they knew many hidden myths with mysterious meanings. The most legendary among them was the Soma myth, which spoke of a demon once capable of destroying the world sealed by the king of gods within the Threefold Gate.
The tower master and the High Priest exchanged looks, deeply shaken.
"Could it be... The Soma myth was true!!!"
The sight before them was near myth itself. Even as the empire's strongest, they were still mortals. They were not equipped to stop whatever happened next.
"What is that?!"
"My god! That is..."
The surrounding priests cried out, looking skyward. Their faces were filled with fear and dread.
Bang!
A colossal black smoky hand rose skyward to claw at the two Gates of Heaven! The huge mud giant rose from the calamity mud gushing through the rift. The giant had no features, like a smooth black clay doll.
Only its right arm and upper torso were merged with the scaled smoky hand. Bulging black veins stretched across its surface like roots burrowing into the clay body. Together, they formed a massive Well of Sin. A heart of evil black Qi pulsed within the well.
"Sacred heart extinguished... sacred heart extinguished... sacred heart extinguished..."
Layered whispers echoed demonically, almost piercing the mind. Endless red rain fell, spreading across the continent. The world wept and bled...
Xiadu's smoky shadow roared from atop the giant, waving one hand as overwhelming calamity energy erupted.
"Go, go! Break the seals! Let endless calamity descend upon mankind once more!"
The colossal hand slammed against the Gates of Heaven.
Boom!
An invisible shockwave spread out from the gates. Clouds scattered and space itself cracked, yet the scaled hand remained unscathed, still brimming with power. Unlike during the Hongli Empire's fall, Xiadu had already partially unsealed its true body. This time, the mud giant would not collapse under the backlash, saving him precious time!
The smoky hand struck again, as if intent on destroying the whole world. Sacred shockwaves burst forth, striking Xiadu's wounds and forcing out a furious howl. Hundreds of White Bird's burning marks ignited on his scales, inflicting immense pain as he battered the gates.
"Roar!"
"Blood Vulture! White Bird! Damn you both!"
Another deafening crash split the heavens. Xiadu endured the pain to open the Gates of Heaven.
Elsewhere, nearly a hundred kilometers away, there lay a rift that was even more extreme. The sky above the Blue Star Empire had transformed into the World of Calamity's eerie sky with a hairy red moon hanging up high. Crackling red-purple lightning struck densely. The laws of reality and the World of Calamity's clashed ceaselessly.
Two colossal figures crossed over and through this sea of lightning. Countless thunderbolts struck them, but they were like mere splashes in a pond. Two evil, mad existences descended step by step!
It was the Totem King, Kassares, and Annihilation Disaster, Mineto!
Boom!
The Totem King stood tall on the earth's surface! It was a massive bronze gargoyle, covered with glowing runes that formed totems. The powers of bronze, silver, and gold formed three burning flames floating about it.
Beside it, the recovered Annihilation Disaster’s wide, billowing cloak covered the body of a giant pale beastly skeleton. Two dark vortices lay beneath its hood but the right one was empty. The left contained a black book speckled with white blotches. The Totem King and Annihilation Disaster had regained much of their strength and were far stronger than when Cassius had forced their retreat.
Kassares raised his massive head to gaze up at the sky.
"Once calamity devours reality, the fallen Ultimate Dark Forms will be born again. We never annihilated their origins, only devoured their bodies. They will reemerge in a thousand years, all because we must restore ourselves before the great battle. That man is perilous beyond imagination! Only by devouring our own kind could we recover so swiftly..."
Annihilation Disaster hovered in the air, its countless tentacles clutching and sucking at something within. "I think... if it means truly defeating humanity... they would have agreed!"
Boom...
A colossal white bone corpse fell. It was another Ultimate Dark Form!
The Totem King and Annihilation Disaster, to face Cassius, had managed to recover from grievous injury by devouring their kin. Now that the second calamity tide was nigh, they had answered Xiadu's call to cross over, seeking revenge on Cassius for saving Blood Vulture Dominator Fist!
"You took my Staff of Extinction... I'll make you pay!"
"Blood Vulture, you must die! No matter where you flee..."
The two horrors advanced toward Yakasen Island.
On the shattered Yakasen Island, a black-armored figure sat cross-legged as a hundred and thirty-two stars circled him. Tricolored divine light filled the surroundings as a mysterious aura circulated.
Screech!
Suddenly, a savage raptor cry rang out from within his body. In an instant, it pierced the clouds, reaching beyond the skies. Though it was day, the Southern Dipper constellations lit up to form a massive bird gliding down! The enormous red phantom descended over the armored figure's head.
"The Southern Dipper Red Falcon Fist... materialised!?" An old voice cried. Blood Vulture Dominator Fist stared at Cassius, sensing an unimaginably dense Southern Dipper aura. He realized a transcendent change in the Red Falcon Fist had just happened!
"It's completed!"
Cassius suddenly opened his eyes, causing a violent aura to surge unchecked around him. His hair and eyes turned scarlet as he unleashed his Killer Persona and his murderous Qi. Cassius reached out and seized the violet-glazed book.
"Next is... the Sonic Snake Fist..."
Just as he was about to devour it, he stopped and turned to look into the distance. "Two defeated foes... have come... Blood Vulture, hold them off for me!"
Beside him, the plain-robed elder also turned his head. He saw two terrifying beings wading through the sea from the continent. Their focus was locked onto the island.
"Blood Vulture! I never thought you'd recover!" The Totem King's massive voice rumbled, scattering the clouds.
"Kassares, I didn't expect that you, drained to near death against me, could recover so quickly as well..." Blood Vulture Dominator Fist narrowed his eyes sharply. "I see... You must have preyed on your kin. Only the essence of fellow Ultimate Dark Forms could let you and Mineto recover so quickly..."
He sneered. "
Heh
, just like the monster you are..."
"
Hahaha!
Yes, I devoured them and regained my strength! And next... I will kill you too!"
The Totem King charged at Yakasen Island without hesitation, stirring towering waves. Meanwhile, Annihilation Disaster had already acted. The Book of Death had already floated free of its eye and lay on its hand.
Its black pages rustled as a massive writhing rune manifested, its word law.
"Tsunami."
Billions of tons of seawater rose thousands of meters high, encircling Yakasen Island. Annihilation Disaster pushed a skeletal hand forward and the towering tsunami walls closed in on the island. Its power spread across heaven and earth.
"Breakthrough? How delusional! Today, I will take you down no matter what! This is revenge!"
Boom!
With such waves, even the legendary Noah's Ark would stand no chance of survival!
Screech!
A scarlet bird shattered the thick sea walls, bursting through the tsunami with brute force. It met the Totem King in battle, whose bronze, silver, and gold powers exploded like a nuclear blast. The giant blood vulture dove straight into the fiery blast!
You want to fight? Then let's go to war!!!
Even against two peak powers, Blood Vulture Dominator Fist had no fear! Even at the expense of burning his origin, he would not retreat a step!
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Time passed as the three existences tore the seas apart. Magma surged from the seabed, dyeing the waters black. Poisonous smoke erupted among searing light and fire!
"Huff... huff..."
Blood Vulture Dominator Fist's hands dripped with blood. His hawk-like eyes fixed on his two assailants, denying them any chance to break past him.
Rumble...
The Totem King and Annihilation Disaster stood on either side of the ruined Yakasen Island, like twin demons. Upon the island, under Blood Vulture's protection, the unmoving Golem figure suddenly reached out to grasp the final book!
Southern Dipper Waterbird Fist!
"When I break through... My first feast will be you two defeated foes!"