Chapter 1778: Divine King’s Punishment!
Chapter 1778: Divine King’s Punishment!
Max did not intend to hold back in this battle.
If Selene had been someone from another force, perhaps he might have tested her slowly, measured her strength, and used the fight to sharpen one of his paths. But she was not simply another genius standing in his way.
She was the Divine Daughter of the second faction, a core figure raised by the same people who had destroyed his family, stolen his bloodline, imprisoned his parents, tortured the members of his mother’s faction, and hunted Caroline all the way into Witch God Valley.
Against an elf of the second faction, especially one standing so close to the center of its younger generation, Max saw no reason to be patient.
The air around him changed before Selene could make the first move.
Dragonheart remained in his hand, but the power rising from Max this time was not the deathly stillness of the Emotion Severing Path. It was not the ancient pressure of his Draconic Essences, nor was it the sacred golden radiance of the Heavenly Luminance Divine Bloodline.
A different force erupted from him, violent, majestic, destructive, and filled with the authority of punishment. Seven colors of lightning appeared around his body, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, each strand moving like a living divine serpent as they coiled through the air and gathered behind him into a vast lightning domain.
The sky above the base of the Witch God Tree darkened.
Thunder roared.
The huge roots beneath Max’s feet trembled as the seven-colored lightning spread outward, and even the golden light released by Selene seemed to pause for a brief moment beneath the pressure of that punishment aura.
This was Max’s Pseudo Cosmic Path of seven-colored lightning, a path he had created after considering two foundations. The first was the essence of the Storm King’s Inheritance, which had taught him the majesty of storms, thunder, heavenly pressure, and the way lightning could dominate a battlefield.
The second was the destructive and punishment nature of the seven-colored lightning itself, a force that did not merely strike, but judged, destroyed, and erased those standing beneath its wrath.
"Divine King Punishment," Max said calmly.
The moment the name fell, the seven-colored lightning behind him exploded into the shape of a towering divine throne made of thunderclouds and punishment light.
No figure sat upon the throne, but everyone present felt the terrifying illusion of an unseen king looking down at all things from above. Lightning laws, punishment intent, and storm authority gathered around Max, making him look as if he had become the executor of a divine sentence.
Selene’s expression changed slightly.
She had expected Max to use his sword path, especially after hearing from Seraphine and Fin about the terrifying emotionless Pseudo Cosmic Path that had crushed them inside Witch God Valley. She had even prepared herself for his sword aura.
But instead of that, Max had released another Pseudo Cosmic Path, and this one was completely different. It was not silent. It was not cold. It was violent, majestic, and oppressively destructive.
Rosaline’s eyes narrowed from the distance. "Another Pseudo Cosmic Path?"
Morgana Starveil’s smile slowly faded into genuine interest. "Seven-colored lightning with the authority of punishment. How interesting. This is not a simple lightning path."
Kaiden Voidmere stared at the space around Max and said nothing, but the slight ripple around his body showed that he was no longer as indifferent as before.
Orion Starfall laughed loudly, his eyes burning with fighting intent. "Good! This Max Morgan is even better than the rumors."
Selene quickly suppressed the surprise in her heart. As the Divine Daughter of the second faction, she would never allow herself to show fear before so many powerful geniuses. Golden light burst from her body, and the halo behind her expanded into a radiant circle several dozen meters wide.
Unlike Seraphine’s Radiant Judgment Path, Selene’s power was purer and more regal. It did not create a divine court to judge enemies. Instead, it turned the battlefield itself into a sacred domain of light.
"Heavenly Luminance Royal Bloodline, Divine Radiant Crown."
A crown of golden light appeared above Selene’s head, and the moment it formed, her aura rose sharply. Countless beams of light descended around her like pillars holding up a sacred palace, and every beam carried a suppressive power that targeted bloodlines, spiritual energy, and concepts at the same time.
She lifted one hand, and hundreds of golden swords formed behind her, each one brighter and sharper than the sword that had attacked Caroline earlier.
"Luminance Sword Rain."
The golden swords shot forward.
They did not fly chaotically. They moved with perfect order, forming intersecting paths that sealed Max’s front, sides, and sky above him. Every sword contained compressed light, and as they descended, the air was burned clean, the mist was erased, and the ground beneath the Witch God Tree began glowing as if forced to reflect Selene’s radiance.
Max raised his hand.
Seven-colored lightning gathered around his fingers.
He did not swing Dragonheart.
He simply pointed forward.
A storm of lightning erupted.
Boom!
The seven-colored thunderbolts collided with the golden sword rain in midair. The first moment of impact lit up the entire battlefield, and golden light clashed with seven-colored lightning so violently that many weaker elves had to cover their eyes.
Selene’s light swords were powerful, refined, and filled with bloodline suppression, but the moment they touched Max’s Divine King Punishment, they began cracking under the destructive punishment force contained inside the lightning.
One golden sword shattered.
Then ten.
Then hundreds.
The seven-colored lightning tore through the sword rain like heavenly punishment falling upon a false sun, reducing every radiant blade into golden sparks that scattered through the air.
Selene’s eyes sharpened, and with a flick of her wrist, the remaining sword light changed direction, trying to bypass the lightning storm and strike Max from behind, but Max’s Dimensional Sovereign Body had already captured the shift in space and energy before the attack could reach him.
Lightning flashed beneath his feet.
Max disappeared.
When he reappeared, he was already above Selene.
Dragonheart descended with seven-colored lightning wrapped around its blade.
Selene reacted instantly.
A golden shield shaped like a lotus bloomed above her head, each petal made of condensed Heavenly Luminance power. Max’s sword slammed into the shield, and the collision created a shockwave that spread across the base of the Witch God Tree. The lotus shield trembled violently, several petals cracking under the combined force of Dragonheart and Divine King Punishment, but it did not break immediately.
Selene moved back, her expression finally becoming serious.
"You have more than one Pseudo Cosmic Path," she said coldly.
Max’s gaze remained calm. "You noticed quickly."