Chapter 870: Zain Dred, The Broken Ghost. Part-1.

"Maybe... The only way to kill this thing is by using attacks that Link’s father uses."

Ashtel Rex’s usual attacks comprised of shattering the space-time fabric and destroying everything within, along with the shattered space.

No matter if someone had powerful vitality, defense, or other unusual abilities to mitigate damage, unless they could dodge on time or pull out a legendary skill as powerful as the Demon King, they would likely not survive such an attack.

The same was true for the bone dragon.

It had powerful defensive ability, and it could even resist purification magic to a considerable extent, but if the space-time fabric itself was shattered, the bone dragon could still be killed.

’Unfortunately, I still don’t have that much raw power output...’

Ashtel Rex could crack open the space-time fabric with any casual punch, which made it look deceptively simple, but in reality, that was an insane feat that only a rare few in the world could pull off.

Except for the Dragon King, the Elven King, and the Demon King, it was likely not possible for the rest of the SS-rankers in the world association to shatter the space-time fabric in such a casual way.

This clearly showed that even with the power output of an SS ranker, shattering the space-time fabric was not easy.

"In a place like the shadow realm... I could shatter the space because the laws of the space were weaker in that realm, but in the main material world, it’s impossible to do that with my current strength..."

"But of course... the crown can do it."

The crown of endless realms had insanely high space-time control abilities, and aside from Rio’s sword, it was his second most powerful weapon!

When Raika was using the crown, he could almost simulate the power level of a genuine peak SS ranker to an extent!

If not for the fact that Rio was Raika’s perfect nemesis, Rio might not have won against Raika either.

’I have been wanting to try the power of the crown for a while now, so this is a good chance-’

[That’s enough, Vilsna... calm down, that’s not an enemy.]

Just when Rio was about to use the crown to try and kill the bone dragon once and for all, a powerful mental wave spread in the entire area, and the bone dragon suddenly stopped moving.

*Groowwlll~*

To Rio’s absolute astonishment, the mad black dragon growled submissively and crawled back into the ground from where it had come out!

Throughout the entire process, the dragon didn’t even bother looking at Rio once, as if it didn’t care anymore, and left as abruptly as it had come!

"What the!? Someone’s controlling it!? Is it even possible to control a Black Dragon!?"

Rio was shocked, stunned by this scene, as even he had never expected that someone could actually command a Black Dragon so easily!

It was common knowledge that dragons were a prideful race, and they never listened to anybody.

At most they only signed a partnership contract with a rare few whom they liked, but even those contracts were on the basis that both parties were equal.

Even if it was a corrupted dragon with no sanity left, it was unthinkable that the Black Dragon would willingly obey someone or somebody at all!

[I feel a familiar sensation from you child... who are you? Hmm... that sword... Why do you have Allen’s sword?]

The unknown voice once again rang out in Rio’s head, and to his shock, Rio could not block that voice!

’What a powerful mental fortitude... I can already feel the pressure of the other person’s aura from just the mental waves... a peak SS ranker?’

Rio was shocked when he noticed that he could not trace the origin of the mental wave even with his own powerful tracking abilities.

"I am Rio Flash, a humble pilgrim on a journey to seek the truth of my own existence."

"Vinash was once placed in the Demon King Palace by King Allen and later stolen by someone who brought it into the human lands."

"Later the sword acknowledged me as its master during a trial, and I came to possess it; I have had it with me for around three years now."

Hearing Rio’s words, the other party went silent for a moment before saying,

[I see... Allen... he never came back to take his sword I see...]

[I am surprised that you could keep that uncontrollable sword so tamed... none of its previous masters managed to hold it for more than a year or two...]

[Even Allen only used it every once in a while, before sealing it back away. You are quite extraordinary... how interesting...]

Before Rio replied, the space-time fabric suddenly started to bend and shift all of a sudden!

And before Rio could even react, he found himself standing atop a hill facing towards a massive valley filled with liquid miasma!

[It’s been ages since I saw a living human... Hmm, no, you don’t seem like a human, but you aren’t a demon either...]

A damaged human skull rose from beneath the miasma and flew into the sky, causing the space-time fabric to tremble and crack in various places with its overwhelming aura!

’A peak SS ranker... No... this overwhelming aura... this is someone whose ’World Authority’ has crossed Level 7!!’

Rio’s eyes widened in sheer shock as he felt it difficult to grasp the other party’s true strength.

[Your soul frequency is extremely unstable... How fascinating... I have never seen something like this before...]

[Usually, beings would lose their mind just by listening to my mental waves... but you are completely unaffected by them.]

[Even Allen didn’t have such overwhelming mental resistance as you have... how extraordinary...]

[I even feel a sense of blood connection from you... Don’t tell me... are you a descendent of mine? No wait... the body you have belongs to a descendant of mine... but your soul is of other origin...]

Rio’s deepest, darkest secret of being a foreign soul inside someone else’s body was easily seen through by the other party making a chill to run down his spine in sheer shock!

[This unusual soul... Hmm, I see, you are an ’Anomaly.’ Allen used to talk about the existence of something like that being possible... but this is the first time I am seeing one in person.]

[Greetings, child. I am, or I should say, I was, Zain Dred, the greatest necromancer to have ever existed in this universe!]