A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 573 Another Flight (Part 2)

In the dark mountains, the shadows of the trees sway gently.

Merlin leaned against a tree to stand up, rubbed his head, his clothes covered in fallen leaves from the trees, and his bright red trench coat was now filthy.

"They've even replaced the history of the universe! When I aspired to be an adventurer, I never imagined I'd be facing such a formidable villain one day..."

Merlin interlaced his fingers, spread his arms forward, and loosened his joints.

As time flowed across the sky, those heart-stirring scenes gradually settled, reminding him of his failed test flight and fall from the sky in this altered history.

With his current perspective, he could certainly see that what shot him down back then was a form of witchcraft.

"It seems to be a very high-level withering spell. After hitting the target, ordinary targets will be directly crushed, and if it is a target with a soul, it will be turned into a dried corpse and its soul will be extracted."

Merlin became alert.

The spell failed him; it didn't bring his soul back to the one who cast the spell. So, the one who cast the spell will likely come to check what's going on.

call! ! !

Merlin's figure suddenly moved, and all the leaves clinging to him instantly ignited due to the high-speed friction, turning into hundreds of sparks that left a long, narrow trail of flames behind him.

Just as he left the valley, a point of blue light flashed in the sky and suddenly magnified.

Like an asteroid falling from the sky, a tiny, pinhole-sized glimmer of light from high above was magnified in an instant into a giant light bomb with a diameter of hundreds of meters.

The power of the light blast exploded, and all the grass, trees, and forests within a ten-mile radius withered and turned to ashes.

Where the light waves rippled, the ground emitted a violent buzzing sound, and the soft soil and rocks sank down, becoming incredibly compacted.

As the light dimmed, the surrounding mountains became bare, as if they had been pressed down by an invisible hand, shrinking by nearly ten meters.

The already low-lying valley has now sunk even deeper by nearly twenty meters, turning into a dark sinkhole.

In the sky, a figure with wildly flowing blue hair and horns on both sides of its head appeared, its arms crossed over its chest, looking down at the mountain range, its gaze already locked on the Merlin more than ten miles away.

"Ugh!"

Merlin took a breath, facing the enemy directly, and said somewhat helplessly, "It's just that the Wither spell didn't work. Making such a big commotion with the second attack is making a mountain out of a molehill."

The horned figure tilted its head, its thick neck taut with defined muscles, and sneered, "To prevent the Withering Technique from transmitting even a single message, you're no ordinary transgressor."

"Heh, the fact that there are no powerful individuals included in the Galaxy Eye archives has finally added a bit of fun to this boring life."

The horned figure uttered a few barely audible syllables, then its tone suddenly changed: "Void Warrior, go!!"

A dark green aura emerged from the void, and the figure of a bull-horned warrior with halos above his head appeared.

These bull-horned warriors only have stable upper body shapes. They hold a shield in one hand and a sword in the other. From the waist down, there is a cloud of gas that looks like green smoke. When they fly, this cloud of gas is dragged out for a long time.

When the thirty-six horned warriors flew over, they made no sound as they flew, but within a second, their speed increased to more than a hundred times the speed of sound, and they continued to accelerate.

However, when they came within a hundred meters of Merlin, they suddenly stopped and appeared to be lined up in an arc in front of Merlin.

No, it can't be said that it directly fell into a state of stillness.

However, the sudden slowing down from extremely high speed to a speed similar to that of an ordinary person is so drastic that it creates the illusion of a sudden stop for onlookers.

At that very instant their speed suddenly decreased, Merlin lowered his body, lunged forward, and his body split in two, then into four.

In the blink of an eye, thirty-six figures in red appeared, each facing one of the thirty-six illusory bull horns.

In an instant, thirty-six red figures passed through the dark green ox-horn phantoms and shattered the dark green spiritual light in mid-air.

Then, the thirty-six red figures converged into a large, hazy, red and white storm, rumbling between the mountain peaks and crashing towards the position of the horned giant in the sky.

The burly man with the bull horns looked even more curious.

He could tell that this violator had suppressed the Void Warriors with telekinesis and then used thirty-six different physical techniques to blast them to death.

These thirty-six martial arts techniques contain unique limb and energy flow paths, which coincide with the ultimate moves of certain martial arts schools in the universe.

However, on Earth, apart from a few members of the Galaxy Eye, there shouldn't be anyone who has the means to learn those martial arts techniques.

Merlin originally possessed a Rainbow Stone, and the ability he gained from it was the most common type: "telekinesis."

His ability is to transform the ethereal spirit into something real and powerful.

However, unlike typical superpowered individuals who focus on honing their own special abilities, Merlin has a great interest in all types of skills.

In real history, before meeting Cynthia, the fourteen-year-old Merlin had already gone to live on a famous arena planet in the universe. In just two years, he traveled to sixty-four martial arts schools on that planet and learned all their unique skills.

Even techniques that are not suitable for use with a human body can be performed with the aid of telekinesis.

After he founded his adventure team, his members were curious about his background countless times, always feeling that a powerful young adventurer like him must have an extraordinary background.

Even if they didn't come from a powerful family or have strong genes, they must have at least encountered some exceptionally talented teachers.

In reality, for Merlin, after he had the foundation of those sixty-four martial arts styles, every battle he encountered or witnessed later became his greatest teacher.

He has the mindset to view the most dangerous situations as the most beautiful scenery and to "remember" them.

For example, the reason he was able to break through to the seventh star level was because he had witnessed the battle between the Great God Kusa and the Supreme Ruler Dumon up close.

After the God of War was defeated, he was pursued by various forces during his retreat.

Dumon didn't even wipe the blood off his body. He put a paper bag over his head and chased after the enemy at the forefront. Merlin also got the chance to follow behind Dumon and get involved in a few things.

When everyone saw Dumon rushing over, they all kept their distance. Probably no one could have imagined that the boy following behind Dumon, who was also wearing a small paper bag, was not one of the Supreme Leader's subordinates at all.

No one could have imagined that the highest leader would allow a complete stranger to make such a crucial breakthrough behind his back.

"Although I didn't accept Lao Du's offer to recruit me back then, it's still a nostalgic memory to fight against the God of War's forces once again!"

Just as the storm was about to crash into the horned man, a voice rang out, and the horned man looked slightly puzzled.

A red blade suddenly appeared in the storm, its sharp edges already slicing into the neck of the burly man with the bull horns.

That was just the hem of a trench coat, made of ordinary fabric, but with the aid of Merlin's telekinesis and physical skills, this slash was able to cut through the alloy material used in the planetary annihilation-class main cannon.

But the burly man with the bull horns closed his left hand like a duck's bill and firmly gripped the red blade.

"Do you think that just because I'm good at witchcraft, I'm bad at close combat?"

A fierce glint of determination flashed in the horned man's eyes. As his fingers touched the red blade, magical lightning erupted from between his five fingers on his left hand.

With a flash of green lightning, the storm formed by the red cloth and white airflow in front of them immediately crumbled.

Merlin's figure was covered by countless bolts of lightning, and his limbs were frozen in mid-air in an abnormal posture. The high temperature brought by the magic lightning instantly reached hundreds of thousands of degrees Celsius, and the highly toxic current concentrated its attack on his heart and brain.

It doesn't stop there.

With a flick of his left arm, the burly man dragged Merlin toward him with the cloth he was clutching. He then clenched his right fist and, propelled by lightning, hurled it at Merlin's head.

He was actually planning to capture the offender alive.

After all, this kid seems to have some secrets about him, which can be used to pass the time when you're bored.

However, when the other party mentioned some kind of war god, for some reason, the bull-horned strongman's warlike and bloodthirsty nature seemed to be awakened.

This punch was delivered without any restraint.

"Fine, let him die if he wants. If some fragments of his soul remain, I can still read his memories to relieve my boredom..."

Just as the burly man with the bull horns was thinking this, a hand suddenly appeared in front of him.

A typical male young human hand, with a few old scars, the thumb, ring finger, and little finger are bent, and the index and middle fingers are joined together.

The hand is pointing at the head of the burly man with bull horns.

However, due to the difference in arm length, before the burly man with the bull horns smashed the other man's head, there should have been at least a 30-centimeter gap between his hand and the burly man's face.

However, some attacks in this world don't even need to hit the target; it's enough for the target to see them.

When the burly man with the bull horns saw the hand, all his senses went blank for a moment.

The person's consciousness detached from their body and retreated violently and rapidly, as if they had been stuffed into a bizarre interstellar tunnel, unable to control their own body, and all the surrounding scenery turned into chaotic and dizzying colors.

The mind and spirit that originally possessed witchcraft, as resilient and powerful as a diamond mountain, were rapidly worn down until they were destroyed.

When his consciousness was destroyed, all his power vanished into nothingness.

The strong body turned grayish-white, frozen in the action of throwing a punch, and then suddenly shrank, becoming a wrinkled grayish-white puppet.

Merlin's body spun in the air, then floated down and caught the puppet.

"That was close!"

Merlin patted the scorch marks on his body from the lightning, and without even tidying his messy, upright hair, he used both hands to crush the witch doll completely.

In real history, Gangdun was the chieftain of the Roromon tribe, one of the many races under the command of the God of War, and possessed seven-star strength.

Even in this altered history, he should have held a high position; it's unexpected that he would suddenly appear on Earth.

Fortunately, the Gundam in front of us is just a witchcraft doll; its true form should still be in those distant and prosperous constellation regions.

With Merlin's current restored strength, let alone fighting Gangsun's main body, even fighting this sorcerer puppet would be very risky.

So he used some tactical means to find an opportunity to unleash his telekinetic power in the form of sword intent, destroying the opponent's consciousness, cutting off their source of strength, and defeating this witch puppet.

From a comprehensive perspective, sword intent is not the most suitable attack method for telekinesis.

However, for Merlin, who had once visited the Eight Extremes Heaven Ancestor, there was probably no other form of spiritual expression in the world that could surpass the Eight Extremes Heaven's sword intent in terms of focus and concentration.

To practice physical skills on eight extreme planets without any survival equipment, the most important thing is not the level of skill or the degree of physical evolution, but the strength of the mind.

The true meaning of the introductory trial for "Eight Extremes Heaven," the universe's premier physical martial arts school, lies in cultivating a seed of sword intent that can at least protect oneself regardless of changes in the external environment.

When one's overall abilities are inferior to those of their opponent, utilizing sword intent to unleash the most concentrated burst of power is clearly the most appropriate tactic.

But then again...

After destroying the sorcerer doll, if we want to prevent the real Gundam from coming to retaliate, we have to hurry over and destroy the teleportation project that GalaxyEyes has set up on Earth.

"I've only just regained my memories and I've already gotten into so much trouble. It's true what they say, with great power comes great trouble."

"Xinxia, ​​it seems I'll have to wait a while before I can see you again."

Merlin's figure flew away swiftly, heading straight for the interstellar teleportation base of the Galaxy Eye.

Even in such a remote place as Earth, the Galaxy Eye has only established one large interstellar teleportation base.

By destroying this base, Merlin can buy enough time to find Cynthia's whereabouts.

However, no one noticed this as Merlin transformed into a streak of fire from high above and flew away.

Inside a campervan outside Windmill Town, a girl wearing a white baseball cap is holding a homemade ice cream and gazing at the night view.

"The rose-red shooting star is so beautiful."

The girl held the cup and prayed, "This shooting star is so beautiful, it should grant my wish, right?"

(End of this chapter)