Chapter 447: The Core of the Floating City
On the battlefield,
the Shadow Dragon looked at Aiden’s cold expression, and the urge to retreat grew stronger in its heart.
This human was not only terrifyingly powerful, but he also seemed to carry a faint dragon emperor pressure that made its soul tremble.
"Retreat!"
The Shadow Dragon no longer dared to fight. Its massive body shook violently as it tore open the void and tried to escape.
Aiden did not chase after it. He only watched it coldly.
Just as half of the Shadow Dragon’s body entered the void passage, it turned its head and stared hard at Aiden. Then it left behind a cold, trembling warning.
"Human, you are strong. But the Abyss is far more terrifying than you can imagine..."
"The seal of the Heavenly Demon Clan has already begun to loosen!"
"Your end is not far away!"
As soon as it finished speaking, the space crack slowly closed. The Shadow Dragon’s aura completely disappeared from the secret realm.
Aiden stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the closed void. A deep cold light flashed in his eyes.
The seal of the Heavenly Demon Clan is loosening...
Then let them come.
...
The violent waves deep in the void gradually calmed down.
Aiden looked away and glanced at the Demi-Sacred Artifact in his hand, the Transmutation Altar, which was giving off a faint glow.
"Let’s go. We’re heading to the core area."
He gave the order in a low voice.
Before his words had even faded, Aiden had already turned into a streak of golden light and rushed toward the depths, following the direction of the golden beam.
Cheryl, Victor, and Jade did not hesitate at all. They immediately followed him.
After passing through layers of broken space folds, the view before them suddenly opened up.
A huge space, wrapped in countless chains made of ancient runes, floated quietly in the void.
A terrifying aura of destruction flowed across the old seal.
Even a Venerable above level 90 would probably be torn into a cloud of blood in an instant if they tried to force their way through.
"Is this the sealed space? This pressure... it’s terrifying." Victor swallowed hard, his eyes full of shock.
Aiden remained calm and directly summoned the Demi-Sacred Artifact, the Transmutation Altar.
Buzz!
The Transmutation Altar expanded rapidly in midair and burst out with dazzling nine-colored divine light. The light shone straight onto the ancient chains.
Crack!
With a sharp, clear sound, the chains wrapped around the void shattered one after another.
Rumble!
At this moment, the ancient divine weapon that had been sealed away for ten thousand years finally revealed its unmatched glory to the world.
It was a super Floating City, almost as large as a medium-sized city!
Its walls were formed entirely from pure Force of Laws, glowing with chaotic divine light.
On top of the walls, hundreds of Law Cannon Towers stood closely packed together, each giving off an aura of destruction.
And in the very center of the city stood a hundred-meter-tall Tower of Laws. It released a terrifying wave of power that seemed capable of reshaping the laws of the world.
"This... is this the ultimate war weapon built by a hundred gods?" Jade’s breathing quickened, and even the hand holding her sword trembled slightly.
However, the entire Floating City was completely silent. There was no light at all.
All of its systems were in the deepest state of sleep.
"It needs a huge amount of energy to start," Cheryl said, her beautiful eyes narrowing slightly as she quickly saw the key issue.
Before Aiden could study it further, the void behind them suddenly shook violently.
"Hahahaha! It really is an ancient Floating City!"
"A divine weapon like this should belong to the Wycliffe Family!"
With wild laughter, several powerful auras tore through the void and forced their way into this space.
The Azurecloud Empire, the Ironwall Federation, the hidden Wycliffe Family, and members of the Dawes Family had all arrived!
Even the Shadow Dragon, which had just escaped, returned with its body badly burned and blackened, carrying a sky-high hatred.
"Human Aiden, this divine weapon is not something you can take for yourself. If you know what’s good for you, get lost now!"
An elder from the Wycliffe Family shouted coldly, the greed in his eyes clear for all to see.
"Aiden, you may be strong, but if all of us join forces, you can’t protect this Floating City!" the experts from the Azurecloud Empire also said, surrounding Aiden and the others in the center.
Behind them, the Shadow Dragon let out a cruel growl.
"Kill him! We can split the treasures on him!"
For a moment, killing intent filled the air. All the forces were ready to make their move, and a great battle was about to break out.
Aiden looked around, and an extremely cold smile appeared on his lips.
"You want to steal what’s mine?"
"Do you even have the right?"
Before his words had even faded, Aiden stomped his foot hard.
Boom!
[Ding! Detected that the host has released the Law of Space. Triggered 10,000x critical hit!]
[Law of Space strengthened by 10,000 times—"Absolute Void: Dimensional Seal"!]
Crack!
In that instant, the space within ten thousand miles completely froze, turning into a realm of absolute stillness.
The elder from the Wycliffe Family’s face changed drastically. He realized that the Force of Laws inside his body had been forcibly stripped away. He could not even move a finger!
"What... what kind of Space Law is this?! This is impossible!" he screamed in terror.
"Die."
Aiden’s face showed no emotion. He simply flicked his finger.
An invisible blade of space instantly cut across the void.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Several hidden family experts and Azurecloud Empire masters who had rushed forward were sliced cleanly in half before they could even scream. Their souls were completely destroyed in the absolute void.
"Roar!"
The Shadow Dragon was terrified beyond belief. It turned around and tried to tear open space again to escape.
However, the surrounding space had already been completely sealed by Aiden’s "Dimensional Seal" after the 10,000x critical hit. It was now as hard as divine iron.
Bang!
The Shadow Dragon’s huge head slammed hard into the space barrier, leaving it covered in blood.
"I told you. You can’t run."
Aiden’s eyes were cold. He raised his hand and struck down with his palm.
Chaotic thunderfire descended once again, completely blasting the Shadow Dragon’s remaining body into nothingness.
With one strike, he suppressed everyone present!
The remaining experts from the different forces were scared out of their wits. Their faces turned pale, and some even went weak in the knees and knelt directly in the void.
At this moment, in their eyes, Aiden was no longer a human.
He was a god who held the power of life and death.
"Leave, or die."
Aiden coldly spoke those four words.
"Retreat! Retreat now!"
"This man is already invincible! We can’t fight him!"
The forces no longer dared to stay. They scrambled away in panic, fleeing out of the sealed space.
Aiden’s expression remained calm. He did not even bother to look at them.
With a flash, he crossed tens of thousands of meters in an instant and landed on the base of the hundred-meter-tall Tower of Laws in the center of the Floating City.
His eyes burned with excitement as he placed one hand on the cold control core.
Boom!
The Demi-Sacred Artifact, the Transmutation Altar, flew out on its own and hovered above the Tower of Laws, bursting with dazzling nine-colored divine light.
At this moment, the two supreme treasures formed an indescribably powerful connection.
The walls of the entire Floating City began to tremble. Countless ancient runes lit up like stars, and terrifying waves of Law power shot into the sky.
[Ding! Detected successful resonance between the Demi-Sacred Artifact "Transmutation Altar" and the Floating City core. Startup program activated!]
[Warning! The Floating City system is badly damaged. A complete startup requires a massive amount of Law energy. Current energy reserve: 0.01%!]
Hearing the system alerts in his mind, Aiden frowned slightly.
The energy needed to fully start this giant war machine was simply beyond calculation.
Even if he emptied the entire treasury of the Great Shaw Empire, it probably would not be enough to fire this divine weapon more than a few times.
Aiden stared at the Transmutation Altar in his hand. His eyes flickered as an extremely bold and crazy idea suddenly flashed through his mind.
"What if..."
"What if I use the 10,000x critical hit system to boost the Transmutation Altar’s refining and creation abilities..."
"Could I mass-produce divine-rank energy cores and force this ancient war weapon to fully awaken?!"
Thinking of this, the corners of Aiden’s mouth slowly lifted into an uncontrollable, excited smile.
"Rise."
Aiden gave a low shout and waved his sleeve.
Countless ordinary ores and discarded materials he had collected from the Land of Fallen Gods flew toward the Transmutation Altar in the air like a storm.
[Ding! Detected that the host is using the Demi-Sacred Artifact "Transmutation Altar" to refine energy cores. Triggered 10,000x critical hit!]
[10,000x critical hit triggered: 100,000 ordinary "Source Crystals" have transformed into "Celestial Radiance Cores"!]
Buzz!
At that moment, the Transmutation Altar burst out with blinding nine-colored divine light. The worthless pieces of scrap metal and impurities were instantly vaporized.
In their place appeared ancient divine-rank cores, each flowing with waves of destructive Law power and shining with pure golden light.
"Go."
Aiden’s face remained calm as he flicked his finger.
Hundreds and thousands of "Celestial Radiance Cores" turned into a dense golden meteor shower, rushing into the base of the Tower of Laws.
[Ding! Energy being injected into the Floating City. Current reserve: 10%... 25%... 45%!]
A deep rumbling sound echoed through the entire Floating City, like the low roar of an ancient beast.
On the once-dead city walls, ancient formation lines began to light up one after another, giving off a faint chaotic glow.
Hundreds of Law cannons slowly turned, and terrifying waves of Law power gathered at their muzzles.
"This... how is this possible?!"
In the distance, the elder from the Wycliffe Family stared with bloodshot eyes, as if he had been struck by lightning.
"That is an ancient Floating City! To activate it, you would need Law crystals gathered over tens of thousands of years!"
"He is actually creating divine-rank cores out of thin air?! What kind of heaven-defying method is this?!"
The experts from the Azurecloud Empire and the Ironwall Federation were completely swallowed by jealousy and fear.
They did not have the Transmutation Altar. Even if they had been lucky enough to take control of this divine weapon earlier, they would never have been able to activate it. They could only watch it sit there like useless scrap metal.
But Aiden had finished, in just half a day, an energy-charging project that would have taken others months or even years!