Chapter 7175 Equipnt Reliance
Ves underestimated the capabilities of the Impact Hamrs.
He also underestimated the Unshakeable King's mobility.
Although he only teleported a short distance away, he happened to do so
during a mont where the surrounding space was still destabilized by his own actions!
The idea was genius now that Ves thought about it a little further.
There were two ways to inhibit spatial phenona.
The first was to strengthen the fabric of space. The harder it was to change it to facilitate a certain ability or action, the less capable a phase lord was able to do anything useful. The effects of their manipulation would either be lessened or suppressed entirely.
Another way to stop phase lords from casting their weird space magic was to destabilize the fabric of space. Making it looser should normally facilitate spatial manipulation, but causing it to go into chaos made it almost impossible to perform any structured techniques!
Almost.
In a situation where the Unshakeable King was able to generate a highly focused, uniform and consistent destabilizing effect, it was theoretically possible for him to perform a simple spatial ability.
A short-ranged instant teleportation ability barely fell within this scope.
The initial attempts would definitely fail. The Unshakeable King likely also needed the support of an entire staff whose job was to collect readings, analyze the data and advise the Ascending Giant on how to thread the needle through all of the destabilized space.
Through persistent practice, the Unshakeable King may eventually succeed in his endeavor.
Where other human phase lords found themselves stuck, disoriented and unable to activate most of their spatial abilities, the Unshakeable King was able to power through his own disorder and resist the discomfort of ending up in the middle of an unstable area.
"You are unworthy to lead the Ascended Giants! Your overreliance on gear has made you soft!"
The Unshakeable King began to wail at the Dark Apostle's spatial barrier with his Impact Hamr.
The bad news was that the challenger was completely out of position and unable to fend off the attacks right away.
The good news was that the chanisms responsible for producing powerful concussive forces endured excessive strain and couldn't be activated for the ti being.
That being said, the Unshakeable King still possessed plenty of power on his own. Combined with his ability to anchor himself in space for greater leverage, he was able to strike at the spatial barrier with so much power that it was already on the verge of breaking!
Though the Dark Apostle initially tried to put distance between himself and his teleported opponent, the spatial disruptions were much greater and hindered his forward progress just enough to enable the Unshakeable King to stick to him like a barnacle.
After realizing that retreat was impossible for the mont, the Dark Apostle turned around and held his spear like a staff.
He proceeded to use his acquired fighting skills to block or redirect the hamr blows.
There was no opportunity for him to use the plasma tip to launch any counter attacks because the Unshakeable King had entered into his full offensive rhythm. His hamrs struck like galloping legs. While their force was not the greatest, the repeated strikes took an awful toll on the spatial barrier.
Soon it cracked and disintegrated as the Dark Apostle was no longer able to retain his first line of protection!
"You are just as weak as your barrier! Now stay in place so that I can pulverize your entire body aside from your head!"
The Dark Apostle was not about to let that happen. Though his spatial barrier was gone, it had lasted long enough for him and his other self to prepare a so-called power move.
Blinky had been saturating the surrounding with as much fire energy as he could spill out of his Imaginary Universe. He had also been channeling as much fire energy into the Fla Lord Raint in preparation for a fierce counterattack.
After the preparation period had passed, Ves imdiately issued a command. "Break plasma containnt!"
At the sa ti, the Dark Apostle had drawn his spear back and held it in a very close grip by holding it right behind its rapidly heating plasma tip.
The beleaguered phase lord aid the tip right at his adversary while doing his best to activate an improvised technique.
"Dragon's Breath!"
The D-arm's plasma edge suddenly lost definition. The plasma that was normally supposed to be tightly contained had now co loose!
A stream of thin but extrely deadly plasma struck the Unshakeable King's spatial barrier without any issue!
The range was so short that it was impossible for the Dark Apostle to miss. The heat and brightness released by the stream of plasma was so bright that the enemy phase lord was unable to persist in his attack!
The fire energy channeled into the Teragon Plasma Spear and floating in the environnt significantly amplified the power of this dangerous torrent, causing it to inflict even more damage to the Unshakeable King's defenses! Unfortunately, the Teragon Plasma Spear was not primarily designed to function as a ranged weapon. It endured great strain to maintain this output, but once it neared its limit, the Dark Apostle was forced to cut off the plasma stream lest it lt through the internals of his main weapon entirely.
It had done enough. Not only had the ergency move interrupted the Unshakeable King's offensive, his spatial barrier had depleted rapidly during this sequence!
It should not take too many strikes with the plasma spear to collapse it entirely, though the Dark Apostle knew he had to give the weapon enough ti to cool
down.
He therefore chose to back off and let his deactivated weapon rest for a short amount of ti.
Blinky nodded in approval. "Be careful of another sneak attack. I do not know how often the Unshakeable King can pull off his earlier combo, but the act of generating a field of destabilized space in front of him must definitely be hard on his Impact Hamrs. In fact, I am not even sure whether they can recover their original concussive enhancent effect."
Although the Unshakeable King looked a little affected by the earlier move, he quickly began to sneer as he held his hamrs at the ready.
"Again, you think you can save yourself with your technology. True strength cos from our bodies, not these toys of yours."
"I can say the sa for you." The Dark Apostle huffed. "Those Impact Hamrs
of yours caught us off-guard, but that will not happen a second ti. Besides, your hamrs have beco a lot more boring now that they don't produce extra force anymore. What is wrong? Have they failed to withstand the violence of your own moves?"
"I DO NOT NEED ANY TECH TO FINISH YOU OFF! NOW THAT YOUR SPATIAL BARRIER IS GONE, THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN STOP MY HAMRS FROM BLUDGEONING YOU INTO PIECES!"
As the Unshakeable King soared forward, the Dark Apostle flew backwards. No matter what, the Dark Apostle still possessed superior mobility! The enemy phase lord quickly recalled the futility of going on the offensives
and stopped in place. He shook his head as if he discovered that he let his emotions overrule his good sense yet another ti.
"I do not need to co to you. It is you that needs to co to ." The Unshakeable King smirked. "If you do not hurry, then the clock will run out sooner or later. I shall definitely be able to win on points, thereby denying you
of a victory."
He was right.
There were multiple reasons why the Dark Apostle had to go on the offensive.
The challenger did not charge forward straight away. He instead waited to give his weapon a little more ti to recover. Blinky had already dove into the D-arm in order to inspect its internals and facilitate its recovery through ans that the human phase lord did not understand.
A lull had ford. The two phase lords continued to hover in orbit of
Jotunheim.
The Unshakeable King did not mind the pause because his spatial barrier slowly
recovered with each passing second.
The Dark Apostle needed to make intensive use of his Teragon Plasma Spear
very soon, so it was important to inspect it and wait for it to recover as much
as possible. The two once again fell into a tense discussion.
"Despite your traitorous words, I think that you are not so different from
myself." The Unshakeable King regained his cool to an extent. He was doing his best to maintain a tight grip on his emotions. "You claim you fight for red humanity, but the way you fight is like a rcenary. You fight for greed, not for ideals. You are only getting along with these red humans because they have pressured you with a combination of enticents and threats."
The Dark Apostle frowned. "How did you know?"
"I used to be one of them. I know how those who possess wealth and the
illusion of power operate. To them, you are a threat that cannot easily be controlled, a being who has transcended the scope of their pitiful humanity. Instead of worshiping us as the superior beings we are, they reject our divinity and seek to enslave us, as they have done with others deed different from their own race. Humans are one of the most xenophobic races in the Milky Way
as well as the Red Ocean. You will never belong in their society. If they do not look at you with fear, they will look at you with loathing."
This caused the Dark Apostle to frown deeper. Though he identified with the
Unshakeable King's description, that did not an he was willing to embrace the other extre.
"Humans fear what they do not understand. We... are strange to them, but who
knows whether that will remain the sa in a couple of centuries. Besides, the
opinions of these worms do not interest that much. I like the identity of an Ascended Giant, but there is a difference between standing up for your own race and volunteering to beco a slave to the Red Cabal. Instead of working towards independence, you are working towards surrendering yourself and your fellow brothers to a band of aliens who have many reasons to hate us for
our human heritages. Switching from one slave master to another is a stupid idea." "You would not think so if you realize the true corruption that is festering in our society! Red humanity is too far gone. Only the native galactic community can lead us to a newer and better future. We are gods. We have embraced their enlightened ways. As long as we present ourselves to the alien phase lords and phase whales, they will recognize us as king and agree to add us to their governing council or whatever body that makes all of the decisions." "Hah!" The Dark Apostle sneered. "You are utterly delusional if you think the
native aliens cannot see past your human facade! You may hate the mortals all you want, but you have far more in common with them than any alien." "Insolent brat! I know what you are doing, Larkinson. If you want to persuade that my course is wrong, then convince with your fists, not your words!" The Dark Apostle finally went into action again seeing that the Unshakeable King still don't want to move on a whim.
The plasma tip lit up and began to release a familiar heat again. The D-arm had
survived the earlier ergency move and would stay operational until at least the end of this event!
As the Dark Apostle almost ca close enough to attack, he veered to the side
at the last mont and managed to tag the Unshakeable King's faltering spatial
barrier by another fraction.
Nothing special happened.
The Dark Apostle repeated the hit-and-run attacks and found that the Unshakeable King had practically turned himself into a rock! This was not a guy who would respond to provocations anymore!
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