Chapter 1762: Playing with them!
Chapter 1762: Playing with them!
Seraphine’s pride could not accept that.
"Radiant Judgment Path, full manifestation!"
The golden path behind her expanded violently. Pillars of light rose into the sky, countless shining eyes opened across the air, and giant golden scales appeared above the battlefield as if weighing every soul beneath them.
Chains, spears, swords, and radiant tablets appeared one after another, forming a divine court of judgment that seemed capable of suppressing an entire region. Seraphine’s body floated higher, her golden hair scattering around her like a burning halo, and the Heavenly Luminance Royal Bloodline inside her flared to its limit, wrapping her body in sacred armor that made her look like a goddess passing sentence upon sinners.
At the same time, Fin disappeared completely.
"Pale Eclipse Path, full manifestation."
The light across the battlefield dimmed.
The shadows lengthened unnaturally.
The space around Max twisted, and Fin’s presence split into dozens of vague figures, each one standing at a different angle, each one holding a sword, each one looking real enough to kill.
Pale crescent moons appeared within the darkened mist, and every crescent reflected a different version of Fin’s attack, making it impossible for ordinary senses to determine which direction the true strike would come from.
His path did not suppress openly like Seraphine’s. It confused, distorted, erased sound, bent distance, and turned the battlefield into an eclipse cage where perception itself became unreliable.
Caroline’s expression changed.
"Both of them are using their full Pseudo Cosmic Paths," she said in a low voice, her injured body trembling from the pressure. "Even I could not force them to this point so quickly."
Jessica’s face was also pale. "Can he handle this?"
Nancy did not answer immediately.
She looked at Max’s back, at the deathly calm expression on his face, and at the way Dragonheart hung loosely in his hand despite the two terrifying paths pressing down on him at once.
"Easily," Nancy said quietly.
The moment she said that, Seraphine attacked.
"Radiant Judgment, Divine Court Execution!"
The shining eyes within her Pseudo Cosmic Path released countless beams of light at the same time. Spears descended from above, chains rushed from the sides, swords of judgment appeared beneath Max’s feet, and golden tablets fell like heavenly decrees, sealing the space around him layer by layer.
Every attack carried the power of her Radiant Judgment Path, and every strand of light contained suppression, restraint, destruction, and the intent to judge Max as guilty before erasing him completely.
Fin attacked at the same instant.
Dozens of pale shadows flashed around Max, and each one stabbed toward a different vital point. One aimed for his throat, another for his heart, another for his spine, another for the tendons of his arms, while several more struck from impossible angles that ordinary movement could not avoid.
The Pale Eclipse Path twisted all of those attacks into silence, making them appear late, early, near, and far at the same time.
It was a perfect joint assault.
One path suppressed and judged.
One path distorted and assassinated.
Even a powerful genius at the same level would have been trapped, wounded, or killed in an instant.
Max only raised Dragonheart.
One slash.
A quiet sword light moved outward.
The golden spears shattered.
The chains split apart.
The swords of judgment broke into fragments.
The falling tablets were cut in half.
The dozens of pale shadows vanished like illusions touched by dawn.
The true sword strike hidden among Fin’s afterimages was also forced out, and Fin’s real body appeared several dozen meters away, his expression stiff and his sword hand trembling slightly.
The battlefield fell silent for a fraction of a breath.
Then Seraphine’s expression darkened.
"Again!"
Her Radiant Judgment Path erupted once more, brighter and more violent than before. The giant scales above the battlefield tilted toward Max, and a massive golden sword formed from the combined power of countless judgment runes descended from the sky.
This sword was different from the scattered spears before. It carried the full suppressive force of her path, and the moment it appeared, the ground beneath Max sank several inches, while Caroline and Jessica felt their bloodline power tremble uncontrollably.
"Radiant Judgment, Sword of Final Sentence!"
Fin also gritted his teeth and pushed his Pale Eclipse Path harder. The eclipse crescents around him fused into a single pale-black sword arc that vanished the moment it formed, not because it disappeared, but because it slipped into the blind spot between sight and thought. It attacked from a direction that the mind would naturally ignore, making it almost impossible to block unless one could sever the distortion of perception itself.
"Pale Eclipse, Silent Moon Execution."
The two attacks came together.
Max’s eyes remained emotionless.
He swung Dragonheart again.
This slash was still simple.
There was no grand technique visible to the eyes of others, only the cold, absolute pressure of the Emotion Severing Path flowing along the blade. The moment Max’s sword moved, the Sword of Final Sentence was split cleanly from tip to hilt, and the golden judgment runes inside it lost all meaning before scattering into broken light.
At the same time, the invisible Silent Moon Execution was cut out of its hidden state, revealed as a pale sword arc for only an instant before being severed into countless fading fragments.
Seraphine’s face changed.
Fin’s eyes widened.
Their strongest coordinated attack had been destroyed with one sword slash again.
No.
It had not merely been destroyed.
It had been severed from the very source of its power.
Seraphine could feel it clearly. The golden judgment runes she had formed were not broken by brute force. They had been cut away from the law and intent that supported them. Fin felt the same thing. His Pale Eclipse distortion had not been seen through in the usual way. Max’s sword had cut through the concept of concealment itself, making his hidden attack meaningless before it could land.
"How is that possible?" Fin muttered.
Seraphine’s breathing grew heavier, but her pride forced her to continue.
"Do not stop!" she snapped.
She raised both hands, and the Radiant Judgment Path behind her trembled violently as she drew out even more power. Golden chains thicker than pillars burst from the air and wrapped toward Max, while thousands of smaller blades of light spun around them like a storm.
Fin disappeared again, this time merging deeper into his Pale Eclipse Path until even his aura nearly vanished. He gave up on direct attacks and began launching one silent strike after another from every direction, each one aimed at the gaps between Max’s movements.
But Max kept walking.
He walked forward through their attacks as if strolling through rain.
A chain came from the left.
He cut it.
A blade storm descended from above.
He cut it.
Fin’s sword appeared behind his neck.
He cut it away without even turning fully.
Radiant light formed a cage around him.
He split the cage with a casual flick of Dragonheart.
Pale shadows tried to bind his reflection and confuse his position.
He severed the distortion with a single sweep.
Seraphine and Fin attacked again and again, throwing out every technique they had refined through their Pseudo Cosmic Paths, yet nothing worked. Their light could not suppress him. Their shadows could not confuse him.
Their chains could not bind him. Their swords could not reach him. Every attack, no matter how powerful, strange, fast, or hidden, was destroyed by one slash of Max’s sword.