Chapter 412 -412-Strike While He’s Down
Chapter 412: Chapter412-Strike While He’s Down
Shar swung his blade in fury, charging straight toward the Holy Spirit Manifestation.
"It’s nothing more than a mere first-stage phantom. If its true body had descended, I’d kneel on the spot, all right?"
"But a mere phantom wants to show off in front of me? Isn’t that looking down on Oracle-grade a little too much?"
Daniel could not personally control the attacks of the Holy Spirit Manifestation, but that did not matter.
Buzz, buzz!
Shar took out two protective treasures, and Daniel’s eyes instantly lit up.
"Basin of Greed!"
The Basin of Greed had long since been starving for action. Light erupted from it, as though invisible hooks had locked firmly onto Shar’s two Primordial-grade treasures.
The two treasures struggled like birds caught by the throat, only to fall helplessly into the basin.
"What is that thing?"
"You damned bastard!"
Seeing his treasures taken away before his eyes, Shar flew into a towering rage.
While locked in battle with the Holy Spirit Manifestation, he turned his head and roared furiously, "You despicable rat! Other than stealing and scheming, what else can you do? Face me head-on if you dare!"
"Insane."
Daniel sneered.
Several Oracle-grade treasures suddenly appeared in his hand. Most of them were cheap items below the third stage—plentiful, affordable, and effective enough.
He had spent only a little over ten billion Golden Holy Mountain points to exchange for an entire stack of them.
Low-stage Oracle-grade treasures were relatively easy to acquire on the market, but high-stage Oracle-grade treasures were another matter entirely. Those were priceless treasures that money alone could not buy.
Daniel lacked many things, but points were not one of them.
As long as he was willing, he could exchange for hundreds of billions more at any time. This was the confidence that allowed him to wrestle with low-stage Oracle-grade experts.
He would use sheer spending power to smash them to death!
Each stage at Oracle-grade was a world unto itself. The gap between a high-stage Oracle-grade expert and a low-stage Oracle-grade expert was even more absurd than the gulf between a mortal and an ant.
Although Shar had only just entered the second stage, he was still suppressing the Holy Spirit Manifestation, which possessed peak first-stage strength. Yet the more he fought, the more uneasy he felt.
"This phantom is far too strange."
Shar did not feel proud just because he could suppress the phantom. Instead, chills kept crawling up his spine.
Logically speaking, a higher-stage Oracle-grade expert should be able to crush a lower-stage opponent with ease.
Yet against this Holy Spirit Manifestation, he still could not completely destroy it. At most, he could barely keep it suppressed. That alone was extremely unreasonable.
"But maintaining such a powerful phantom must consume an astonishing amount of energy. That kid is only a Divine Sovereign. I’d like to see how long he can last. Once his Strength runs dry, I’ll tear him to pieces with one finger and make him understand the price of offending an Oracle-grade expert."
Daniel’s Rank was merely Divine Sovereign. Shar had already confirmed that.
He refused to believe that a Divine Sovereign could maintain an Oracle-grade phantom for long. The moment Daniel exhausted himself would be the moment he died.
"And that kid also has a supreme treasure that can forcibly seize other treasures, that banner capable of summoning an Oracle-grade phantom, and that Holy Grail that can suppress space-time..."
"Tsk, tsk. Every single one of those is a rare treasure. Once I kill him, they’ll all be mine."
Thinking of this, Shar’s heart grew excited.
It was as if that pile of treasures was already within his grasp.
Crack!
At that moment, Daniel crushed an Oracle-grade treasure.
It was a treasure containing the full-force strike of a second-stage Oracle-grade expert. Immediately afterward, a pitch-black sphere appeared out of thin air.
Dense law aura swirled around it as it shot toward Shar with a sharp whoosh.
"Hm?"
Shar instantly sensed danger.
His right hand continued swinging his blade against the Holy Spirit Manifestation, while his left hand clenched into a fist and smashed toward the sphere.
The Law of Destruction radiated a terrifying aura from his fist.
He had immersed himself in the Law of Destruction for many years and had already pushed it to an extremely profound Rank.
But before his fist could touch the sphere, Daniel had somehow taken out a puppet.
The puppet rapidly transformed into Shar’s appearance. Daniel gripped a needle and stabbed it viciously into the puppet’s head!
Boom!
Shar felt a tearing pain explode deep within his mind.
It was as if countless venomous snakes were devouring his brain at the same time. The destructive light around his fist swiftly dimmed.
The black sphere slammed into him head-on, and the full force of its laws erupted.
Shar’s entire left arm was blasted into pieces, and a cloud of blood mist burst outward.
Boom!
A thunderous sound rang out.
Seizing this opening, the Holy Spirit Manifestation swung its axe and sent Shar flying with a direct strike.
Shar spat out a large mouthful of blood.
His Sacred Soul Origin had been heavily damaged, and his consciousness was now hazy and blurred.
"Hm. I have to admit, a second-stage Oracle-grade expert really is tough."
Daniel snorted coldly.
"This puppet of mine is a genuine third-stage Oracle-grade treasure. You actually took that hit and can still stand. Not bad at all."
"Unfortunately, I’m the kind of person who likes to strike while his enemy is weak!"
A sharp light flashed in Daniel’s eyes as his will transmitted outward.
The next moment, the Holy Spirit Manifestation caught up again and unleashed a storm of attacks. Every strike was aimed directly at Shar’s vital points.
Boom, boom, boom!
Explosions rang out one after another.
"Tsk, tsk. You really can take a beating, Lord Oracle-grade."
Daniel weighed the two remaining Oracle-grade treasures in his hand. Each one could unleash the full-force strike of a third-stage Oracle-grade expert, and their power was considerable.
He did not hesitate for long before activating both treasures at the same time.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Two streaks of light tore through the air.
One transformed into a blood-red eyeball, while the other condensed into a thin needle glowing with eerie green poison light.
The blood-red eyeball suddenly blinked.
Shar’s movements abruptly slowed, as if his entire body had been dragged down by an invisible Strength.
Immediately afterward, the thin needle pierced through the air and stabbed straight into his chest.
Bang!
A muffled explosion erupted from within his body. His chest began to rupture outward, cracks spreading rapidly across him.
Then the blood-red eyeball exploded violently. Dazzling bloodlight surged forth, swallowing Shar whole.
The Holy Spirit Manifestation pressed forward at once, launching another brutal assault against Shar, whose Sacred Soul had already shattered, until his entire body was completely beaten apart.
Second-stage Oracle-grade expert Shar had fallen.
At the same time, a cold system notification rang in Daniel’s ears.
[Ding! You have slain Oracle-grade Shar. You have obtained 300 million units of Origin Crystal. You have obtained experience...]
Yet Daniel’s expression remained completely calm.
He merely reached out and took the two treasures collected inside the Basin of Greed.
These two treasures had originally been only Primordial-grade, but after the Millionfold Boost, they had already advanced to Primordial Law-grade.
However, the current Daniel no longer cared much for such ordinary items. Keeping them and later selling them to the Golden Holy Mountain for points would be a decent deal.
He recalled all his clones and treasures. Without Strength to sustain it, the Holy Spirit Manifestation slowly dispersed into the void.
"I thought he would be more impressive than that..."
Daniel shook his head and turned his gaze toward the sanctum before him.
"A dignified Oracle-grade expert only had 300 million units of Origin Crystal. How disappointing."
"But now, this ten-thousandfold time-flow sanctum belongs to me."