Chaos' Heir Chapter 963: Apex

Chapter 963: Apex

In the world only Khan could see, a purple-red color invaded the symphony before him, tainting it with unreasonable violence.

The process was similar to when Khan created his array of spears, but there were also clear differences. It was more forceful, leading to a denser layer of chaos-adjacent energy that echoed the nature of Khan's element. That ma.s.s alone could unleash untold destruction, but it was only the beginning of Khan's attack.

From the outside, the stomp was nothing special. It almost looked as if Khan was simply stretching his leg toward the incoming black river. However, Bruno had already noticed something odd about Khan's casual moves, and for good reason.

The theory behind the Transcendent Step style fully unfolded. Many strands of mana clashed inside Khan's leg, unleas.h.i.+ng enough energy to threaten the very texture of his tissues. His evolved body had increased what he could withstand, and he didn't refrain from abusing his new limits.

The martial art would usually give birth to an instantaneous, unstoppable attack, but Khan's leg moved slowly, or it looked like it did, at least. Truthfully, everything was happening in a fraction of a second, and that impression came from the last part of Khan's attack.

The complete mastery over the Lightning-Demon style had taught Khan how to step on the air. He could freely interact with the symphony, using its invisible strands as footholds. The world only Khan could see was his playground, and he could do much more than simply walk on it.

The Transcendent Step style's might fused with that peculiar ability, granting Khan the strength and grace to push the symphony forward. The invisible ma.s.s of chaos-infected energy froze under that pressure, giving the impression that the world had grown still. Of course, Khan's attack didn't stop at merely pus.h.i.+ng forward a wall of destructive mana. The symphony condensed under Khan's stomp, creating a ma.s.s of energy that carried his element's properties. Strangely enough, that mana didn't turn into one of Khan's bright purple-red spheres. It only focused on ama.s.sing the violence in the area and the world bent under its weight.

Just like Bruno and his attacks could materialize out of nowhere as if they had always existed, Khan could tap into the unreasonable violence he unleashed. That went beyond the simple energy acc.u.mulation of his array of spears. Khan's attack condensed his element's true destructive nature, giving birth to something ethereal but unmistakably real.

Khan would almost describe the process as harnessing the world's entropy after enhancing it, but that thought was too philosophical for his brain. He merely saw it as spreading destruction, condensing it, and pus.h.i.+ng it forward. Still, even Khan's habit of

underestimating himself stayed silent there. He knew he had achieved the apex of what a physical body was capable of.

'For now, at least,' Khan casually thought while the clash between the two mighty attacks finally unfolded.

The condensed destruction slammed on the black river, halting its advance. Its ma.s.s wasn't even a tenth of the vast attack's surface, but the weight it carried acted as an unbreakable wall. Just like the light couldn't pierce black holes, the alpha's inferior energy couldn't get past what Khan unleashed. Actually, the opposite happened.

The condensed destruction advanced undisturbed, piercing the river. The black energy caved in during its enemy's effortless flight, and even the air past it eventually suffered from a similar fate.

The condensed energy crossed a certain distance, and a circular cavity appeared behind it. The invisible ma.s.s of destruction advanced again, leaving another hole behind. The first crater also expanded as if making room for the new one.

A cone of concentric circles expanded and deepened in Khan's bright eyes. The river remained frozen as his attack advanced and affected its structure. By the time the white alpha's head became visible, the air before Khan had caved in, too, stretching past the black energy's edges.

Then, time started flowing again. The air shattered, and the black river exploded outward, sending flares everywhere. Those bursts threatened to cover the battlefield but were short- lived. Their structure had already fallen apart, quickly exploding into clouds that dispersed in the sky.

The ground failed to withstand that ethereal pressure, too. The canyon created by Khan's previous kick exploded upward alongside the soil past its edges. A cloud of dust and dirt rose into the sky, engulfing Khan and the white alpha in its raging gales.

A deafening noise also spread through the battlefield, sending pure terror into the souls of monsters and Scalqa alike. Everyone could instinctively understand that something unnatural had happened. A piece of the world had shattered, and its dying cry threatened to make hundreds of ears bleed.

The scene's fury didn't last long. The cloud itself quickly dispersed, revealing a spectacle of destruction. The ground's upper layer had evaporated, with occasional holes and boulders surviving. The canyon had also crumbled, leaving only a shallow hole to remind everyone of its former glory.

As for the white alpha, the creature had returned to its previous size, but the process had been far from harmless. Its skin was in pieces, exposing a mess of tattered flesh and muscles. Blood covered the creature and the cracked ground underneath, hiding the white l.u.s.ter of its remaining fur.

The beast was crouched, unable to stand on its legs. Its skull had also caved in, but the creature was still alive, absorbing more energy from its underlings to heal itself.

A vague sense of destruction lingered on and inside the alpha, hindering its recovery. Energy entered its body but quickly dispersed, seemingly unable to negate the effects of Khan's attack. Clearly, Khan had exerted more power now, intending to face the leader's final struggle with all his might. That was the extent of Khan's respect.

The white alpha kept struggling, unwilling to give up, but a figure suddenly materialized before it. A hand also went on its head, and its four eyes rose to face the opponent.

"You fought well," Khan muttered, meeting the leader's gaze. "Don't worry. I'll save the universe for you, too."