Chapter 1780: Furious Selene!
Chapter 1780: Furious Selene!
Then Selene lifted her head, and her eyes were no longer calm.
She was furious.
But more than that, she was shaken.
Max had not used the Emotion Severing Path. He had not activated all of his hidden cards. He had only used this seven-colored lightning Pseudo Cosmic Path, yet it had suppressed every light-based attack she had released so far. Her sword rain, her lotus shield, her radiant palm, her heavenly wheel, her light mirror, and even the Queen’s Divine Spear had all failed to defeat him.
Selene clenched her hands, and the golden bloodline light around her burned even brighter.
Max stepped forward again.
The seven-colored lightning circled him, his dark hair moving wildly in the storm, Dragonheart in his hand reflecting both golden light and thunder.
He had to admit Selene was strong. She was not like Seraphine or Fin. She reacted faster, defended better, attacked with greater precision, and her Heavenly Luminance Royal Bloodline gave her an extremely stable foundation. If any other genius at her level faced her, they might truly be crushed by her divine light.
But Max was also strong.
And against the second faction, he would not yield even one step.
Selene raised both hands.
The golden halo behind her split into twelve smaller halos, each one forming a different radiant weapon: sword, spear, bow, chain, shield, axe, whip, lance, wheel, blade, hammer, and staff. At the same time, the Heavenly Luminance Queen Avatar behind her became more solid, and countless golden runes spread across the battlefield like a sacred formation.
"Twelve Luminance Edicts."
The twelve weapons descended together.
Each weapon carried a different kind of light-based power. The sword cut, the spear pierced, the bow shot, the chain bound, the shield suppressed, the axe split, the whip restrained, the lance broke defenses, the wheel shredded, the blade erased, the hammer crushed, and the staff sealed. Together, they formed a terrifying all-directional attack that showed the true depth of Selene’s inheritance.
Max raised Dragonheart.
Seven-colored lightning gathered into his sword.
"Divine King Punishment, Thousand Thunder Judgments."
He slashed.
One slash became ten.
Ten became a hundred.
A hundred became a thousand.
Seven-colored lightning sword lights filled the battlefield, clashing against the twelve radiant weapons in a storm of divine destruction. Every collision created a thunderous explosion. Every destroyed weapon released a burst of golden light. Every shattered lightning arc rebounded into the sky and formed new thunderbolts that descended again under Max’s control.
Selene moved through the storm with terrifying grace, her golden wings carrying her across the battlefield as she continuously formed new weapons of light.
Max moved just as quickly, using the Vein of Speed faintly beneath the surface of his body while letting Divine King Punishment dominate the clash.
He attacked when Selene formed her next seal.
He slashed when her defense shifted.
He appeared above her when her attention moved to the lightning storm, forcing her to raise three halos to block Dragonheart.
She countered with a beam of Heavenly Luminance light aimed directly at his chest.
Max cut it apart and sent a seven-colored lightning palm toward her shoulder.
Selene dodged by turning into light and reappeared behind him with a golden blade.
Max’s Dimensional Sovereign Body sensed the movement and made him turn before the blade could land.
Their attacks collided again.
Boom!
The entire base of the Witch God Tree became their battlefield.
Golden radiance and seven-colored lightning filled the sky.
The second faction elves watched with shocked eyes, because Selene was displaying power worthy of the Divine Daughter, yet Max was still matching her directly.
Caroline watched with a complicated expression, because the golden light used by Selene came from the same elven bloodline system that had once belonged to her sister’s lineage, but in front of Max’s seven-colored lightning, that light was repeatedly being broken.
Rosaline watched without blinking, realizing that the terrifying sword aura was not the only mystery surrounding Max. Morgana smiled less and less, her eyes full of calculation. Kaiden remained silent, but his gaze stayed fixed on Max’s spatial movements. Orion laughed several times, clearly enjoying the sight of two monsters colliding beneath the Witch God Tree.
The battle grew fiercer.
Selene was truly worthy of being called the Divine Daughter of the elven race’s second faction. Every time Max broke one technique, she revealed another. Every time his lightning suppressed her light, she refined her control and struck from another angle. Her combat sense was sharp, her bloodline was pure, her techniques were vast, and her foundation was strong enough that even after multiple clashes, her aura did not collapse.
But Max was not inferior.
His Divine King Punishment was too destructive. The seven-colored lightning did not merely collide with Selene’s light. It punished it. It broke through it. It carried the essence of the Storm King’s Inheritance and the destructive nature of seven-colored lightning, making every strike feel like judgment from a divine thunder ruler.
Whenever Selene’s light tried to suppress him, his lightning tore through the suppression. Whenever her bloodline tried to purify his power, his punishment lightning blasted apart the purification. Whenever she formed a sacred domain of light, Max shattered it with one storm-charged slash.
After dozens of exchanges, Selene finally retreated into the air, breathing slightly harder than before.
Max stood below her, still calm, seven-colored lightning wrapping around him like a storm cloak.
Neither of them had truly fallen.
Neither of them had been decisively defeated.
But everyone could see that Selene had used many powerful light-based techniques, while Max had used only one Pseudo Cosmic Path to answer all of them.
Divine King Punishment.
The name now felt carved into the battlefield itself.
Selene stared down at Max, her golden eyes filled with anger, caution, and something she did not want to admit.
Pressure.
Max looked up at her and smiled faintly.
"Is that all the Divine Daughter can do?"
The seven-colored lightning behind him roared again, and the divine thunder throne became even more imposing.
Selene’s face turned cold, and her golden aura surged once more.
The battle was far from over.
Selene floated in the air, golden light pouring from her body like a divine tide, while Max stood below her wrapped in seven-colored lightning, Dragonheart in hand, his Divine King Punishment still roaring like a heavenly storm around him.
The battlefield had already been shaken again and again by their clash. Giant roots at the base of the Witch God Tree were cracked open, nearby stone ridges had collapsed, and the space between them was still filled with scattered sparks of golden radiance and seven-colored lightning.
Selene’s expression was colder than ever, while Max’s remained calm and faintly sharp, as if he was still not pressured enough by everything she had shown so far.
That calmness was the final thing Selene could no longer endure.
She slowly raised both hands.
The halo behind her began to tremble.
The divine diadem above her head dissolved into countless strands of golden light, and those strands did not scatter aimlessly. Instead, they gathered behind her into a huge circular formation that looked like a sacred sun wheel mixed with an ancient heavenly gate.
The very moment it began to form, the entire base of the Witch God Tree grew heavy. The second faction elves immediately showed signs of awe, Rosaline’s expression turned more serious, Morgana’s purple eyes flickered faintly, Kaiden looked up with a slightly sharper gaze, and even Orion’s grin faded a little as he realized that Selene was finally about to reveal her true path.
Caroline’s face changed sharply.
"Max," she called out, her voice tense, "be careful. She is going to use her Pseudo Cosmic Path."
Max’s eyes narrowed slightly, but he did not look back.