Chapter 680 - 428: Complete Victory (Part 2)

Chapter 680: Chapter 428: Complete Victory (Part 2)

As long as he was rooted to this land, he had the magma, minerals, and even the Book of the Dead as an endless Energy Source. His Blood Volume and Mana would become limitless. This perfectly solved his weakness of having low Blood Volume; as long as the volcanoes hadn’t all extinguished and cooled, he could maintain this state indefinitely.

"Let’s begin round three!"

BOOM!

The massive vector engines behind him spewed radiant flames. His sky-high body kicked up a furious storm as it moved at high speed, reaching the Magma Giant Beast in an instant. A Steel Fist slammed squarely into its face.

Amidst the deafening sound, gruesome cracks appeared on the Magma Giant Beast’s face. The stacked effects of [Fragilization] and [Destruction of All Things] from the Hammer of Forging had taken effect, turning its indestructible defense into a brittle cracker.

[Oath of Void Thunder]!

BOOM!

A thick bolt of silver lightning struck down from the heavens, and the Magma Giant Beast’s head immediately exploded. Large chunks of rock were pulverized in the flash of lightning.

Its Blood Volume dropped by one-tenth.

Zhou Chen’s heart leaped. ’This can work!’

’As long as I use the Hammer of Forging to break its defenses, I can follow up with all sorts of Destructive Magic to deal massive damage!’

THUD!!!!

The Magma Giant Beast crashed to the ground, its body slamming down with such force that the very earth seemed to jump.

Zhou Chen wouldn’t let this chance slip by. He raised his hand and summoned the Hammer of Forging.

Behind the Steel Giant, the pale, cold ring of fire roared to life, casting down a frigid and cruel Holy Light. Essence surged ceaselessly toward the Hammer of Forging, from which an incandescent glow pulsed.

Zhou Chen lifted the Divine Hammer, so colossal it looked as if it could shatter the World itself, and brought it down violently on the Magma Giant Beast.

CRASH—!!!!

A thunderous crack erupted, setting off an immense shockwave.

A multitude of ghastly fissures appeared on the Magma Giant Beast’s body. Cracks spiderwebbed across its form, sending countless rock fragments and streams of magma flying.

[Meteor Shower]!

A deep void appeared in the sky. A barrage of meteors fell from it, all of them slamming into the Magma Giant Beast’s shattered body and inflicting massive damage.

At that moment, the Magma Giant Beast lashed out with a kick, striking the Steel Giant’s chest. The terrifying Strange Power sent the Steel Giant flying, its chest deeply caved in and deformed.

In the air, the wings behind the Steel Giant spread open. The vector engines flared with light, forcefully negating the momentum. But the strain tore its body apart, causing numerous cracks to appear.

But then, a fiery glow lit up within those wounds. The pale, cold ring of fire behind him turned coolly, and the injuries automatically recovered.

A sound came from the Magma Giant Beast’s neck as a new rock head regenerated. It scrambled up from the ground, roared, and leaped into the sky. Despite its extremely massive and heavy body, it unleashed unimaginable Power, ramming into the Steel Giant in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Chen hadn’t expected the creature’s explosive force to be so great. He smashed his fists into the Magma Giant Beast’s face again and again, shattering its head once more, but its body clung to him relentlessly. It began to glow with a dangerous red light, growing hotter and hotter.

Feeling the rapidly swelling Energy, Zhou Chen was horrified. ’This thing can self-destruct?!’

The pale ring of fire spun, and the Steel Giant vanished in an instant, using Flame Jump to escape the Magma Giant Beast’s grasp.

BOOOM!

At the same time, the Magma Giant Beast self-destructed. Terrifying Energy erupted in the sky like a new Sun, blooming with a blinding light. A scorching wind rippled out, blowing away the clouds that had shrouded the Volcanic Area for a thousand years.

The Magma Giant Beast’s Blood Volume dropped by a large chunk. The self-destruction had clearly dealt it significant damage.

But its health bar didn’t hit zero.

The Steel Giant looked up to see a behemoth that blotted out the sky plummeting toward him at high speed.

The self-destruction hadn’t destroyed the Magma Giant Beast’s body. Instead, it had transformed its fiery rock form into a pure black, steel-like material, making it even harder.

"Second Stage...?"

The crimson crown on the Steel Giant’s head suddenly switched to the pale, cold Crown of the End.

The pale, cold ring of fire flew up and spun at high speed, transforming into a frigid, pale Sun hanging in the sky.

The Light of the End, the Destruction of All Things, showered down upon the World.

The first to be affected was the Magma Giant Beast. Numerous cracks appeared on its Obsidian-like body, as if it had endured millions of years of weathering in a single instant, gradually losing its fundamental hardness.

At the end of eons of decay, even death itself will die. What chance did mere stone have?

The burning Hammer of Forging swung toward the sky, clashing head-on with the plummeting Magma Giant Beast. The resulting cataclysmic sound shook heaven and earth, and even dark spatial rifts spread out for hundreds of kilometers.

Amidst the explosive sound, the Magma Giant Beast was smashed into the ground, crushing a whole chain of volcanoes. Its Blood Volume dropped again, and its body was covered in shattered marks, with large fragments breaking off.

In the sky, the Steel Giant stood with the Sun of the End at its back, bathed in its cruel, cold light. The half of its body that had been torn apart by the immense force gradually recovered.

At this moment, three Suns appeared in the sky.

—The corrupted Black Sun, the long-extinguished Artificial Sun, and the Sun of the End, which bloomed with a cruel, cold light.

The volcanic clouds were blown away by the aftershocks of the battle, allowing Zhou Chen to see Sun Cliff Mountain piercing the heavens, and the Artificial Sun hanging at the World’s Peak. It was a colossal sphere, as cold as forged iron. Faintly, he could hear agonized cries coming from within it, begging for release.

"It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Sun Cliff Mountain so clearly," the Nameless Ghost remarked with a sigh.

Zhou Chen didn’t let his gaze linger. With a flicker of fiery light, he instantly appeared beside the Magma Giant Beast as it tried to get up. He brought the Hammer of Forging, wreathed in incandescent flames, crashing down with all his might.

CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!

The hammer blows fell like a torrential downpour. Shockwaves like a Level 10 hurricane surged outward, and the world-destroying sound of the hammer was as deafening as a continuous chain of nuclear explosions.

Zhou Chen hammered the Magma Giant Beast wildly, as if it were a lump of iron. Under the layered buffs of [Fragilization], [Destruction of All Things], [World-Burning Evil Fire], and [Light of the End], the Magma Giant Beast’s body shattered to pieces, its Blood Volume plummeting to the final one-fifth.

In the process, he was also continuously grasping the essentials and true meaning of "Destruction of All Things."

"ROAR!" The Magma Giant Beast’s roar echoed in all directions. The vast volcanic landscape began to shake, and the Energy accumulated in the earth erupted violently in response to the King of Volcanoes’ cry.

"Shut up!"

Zhou Chen smashed the Magma Giant Beast’s head with a single blow from his hammer, and the roar came to an abrupt halt.

The Magma Giant Beast’s body was now completely destroyed, leaving only a massive Magma Heart. This heart possessed an incredibly strong Life Force and an attractive pull, constantly drawing in the surrounding rocks. If not stopped, the Magma Giant Beast would soon regenerate.

Zhou Chen certainly wasn’t going to give it that chance. He raised the Hammer of Forging and brought it down decisively.

A destructive light flared, and the Magma Heart shattered into dust.

Its health bar hit zero.

The soaring symphony gradually faded.

A stream of light flew toward Zhou Chen.

[Magma Giant Beast’s Soul Fragment: Can be used to learn Skills or forge Weapons.]

LV26→LV30!

[Quest "I am the approaching storm" completed. EXP +10,000!]

[Quest "Path of the King" updated: You have successfully killed the Volcano Tyrant: Magma Giant Beast. EXP +30,000!]

LV30→LV35!

Next were the dropped Artifacts.

[Crown of Kings: A symbol for one who would become a King. The one who obtains this crown is destined to be a King.]

[Magma Giant Beast’s Heart Fragment: A scorching hot, hard rock fragment. The remains of a King, an exceedingly rare treasure.]

[Magic: Unstoppable: Summons a phantom of the Magma Giant Beast to charge a target area, knocking back all enemies.]

[Wish Points +50+50+50+50... +100+100... +200...]

Just like after killing a powerful boss in a video game, all sorts of notification windows popped up, giving him a great sense of accomplishment.

’But why so many Wish Points?’

Zhou Chen was momentarily confused.

’Wait, could it be... that I’m being broadcast live right now? That many people just saw me kill the Magma Giant Beast? There’s no other way to explain this many Wish Points.’

"He actually killed it..." Danika muttered in disbelief, which only strengthened the conviction in her heart.

"Impressive. I knew I wasn’t mistaken about you," the Nameless Ghost praised.

Zhou Chen looked up at the majestic Sun Cliff Mountain. His Steel Wings spewed intense light, and he shot straight into the sky.

After leaving the ground, his supply line was gradually cut off. Without magma and minerals to provide Essence, it would be difficult to maintain such a massive body.

The steel body plunged into the thick clouds. When he emerged on the other side, the colossal figure was gone, replaced by a normal-sized one.

Sun Cliff Mountain was even taller than Mount Everest. The higher he flew, the thinner the air became, and the temperature dropped drastically. However, Zhou Chen was in a state of Essence Materialization and didn’t need to worry about such things.

Soon, he flew to Sun Cliff Peak. There was a huge cave there, its interior a complete Forging Workshop. It was clearly a place where the Dwarf King and Giant King had once briefly resided.

As if sensing something, the Hammer of Forging conveyed a strong sense of longing.