I'm really not a Sanctuary Warlock.

She raised her two enormous fists made of crystal and touched them together.

The vibrations were transmitted directly to the ground beneath the entire plaza.

Then--

The ground beneath their feet exploded.

The entire plaza erupted into the sky like a volcanic eruption, and all those affected by the Abyss Fruit were removed from the plaza.

At the same time, hundreds of tons of rocks and soil, enveloped in golden light, transformed into a giant rock pillar pointing straight to the sky, hurtling towards Karthus, who was suspended in the air.

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Chapter 152 My Lord Descends

Karthus flapped his single wing and retreated rapidly.

The rock pillar, with a diameter of over ten meters, pierced through the spot where he had just been suspended, soaring dozens of meters into the air before slowly collapsing, with rubble raining down like a storm.

"What a grand gesture." A slight tremor crossed Karthus's face, but it was quickly replaced by coldness.

His right hand pointed at the giant, and five dark purple beams shot out simultaneously.

Eve did not dodge.

She raised her left arm to shield herself, and five beams of light struck the crystal surface. The dark purple corrosive power hissed, but only left five shallow pits on the crystal.

The dents repair themselves automatically in a short time.

Karsas's pupils contracted slightly.

"The hardness and self-healing... are both much stronger than before."

The giant responded by lifting his foot and taking a step forward.

The entire plaza trembled violently at this moment, with the ground surging outward from the spot where the giant landed, creating a ten-meter-high wave of stone.

The stone waves spread at an extremely fast speed, with the ground around the obelisk bearing the brunt.

The stone slabs covered with dark purple runes shattered and flew about under the impact of the stone waves, and visible cracks appeared on the base of the obelisk.

"You dare?" Karthus's expression changed drastically.

He teleported to the obelisk and pressed his staff against it. Dark purple energy surged out, repairing the cracks in the base.

But Eve won't give him time to fix things.

The giant's right fist was already upon them.

boom.

The fist slammed into the magical shield that had formed in front of Karthus, compressing the air within a radius of thirty meters to its limit before exploding. The shockwave blew away all the remaining rubble in the square.

Lynn crouched inside the shield, feeling dizzy from the aftershocks of the shockwave.

"This is way too outrageous..."

He looked up at the collision of the two enormous creatures.

Each of the giant's punches carried the force of a landslide. Karthus's magic shield cracked under the continuous bombardment of the fists, forcing him to abandon his defense of the obelisk and take to the air to create distance.

But Eve wouldn't let him run.

Her feet were planted firmly on the ground, and elemental energy flowed from the soles of her feet into the depths of the earth.

The next moment, a giant hand made of solidified rock appeared out of thin air beneath Karthus's feet, its five fingers closing together to grab his ankle.

"What?" Karthus looked down. "Airborne solidified stone?"

He struggled to break free, only to find countless giant hands made of rock surging from all directions, as if the entire earth was reaching out to grab him.

Lynn's eyes widened.

Anna whispered from within the shield, "She's starting to burn her sanity."

On the battlefield, Karthus finally broke free from those giant hands, his body bearing several cracks.

He floated high in the air, looking down at the ten-meter-tall crystal giant below, and his lips twitched.

"They actually reached the pinnacle of demigodhood, just like me."

He raised his crystallized right arm, and the dark purple patterns on the entire arm began to spin wildly.

"Then let's go."

Karthus's figure transformed into a purple streak of light, heading straight for the giant's face.

The giant's right fist met the attack.

The moment the fist collided with the streak of light, the center of the entire plaza collapsed by three meters.

The shockwave spread outwards, and buildings at the edge of the square began to collapse as the tremors shook.

Dust blotted out the sun, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and gravel.

Lynn's gaze pierced through the dust and mist, landing on the battlefield.

The two monsters are still fighting.

Karthus compensated for his size disadvantage with speed. He moved around the giant at high speed, his crystallized arms unleashing a series of dark purple slashes, each of which left a half-meter-deep gash on the giant's body.

But the crack healed within three seconds.

The giant's counterattack may be slow, but once it hits, it is devastating.

Karthus was grazed on the back by the giant fist, a large piece of scale on his single wing shattered, and he was tumbled and thrown away.

After regaining his balance, he spat out a mouthful of purple blood.

"hateful……"

Karthus's gaze drifted back to the obelisk, wanting to absorb energy once more.

But the giant realized his intentions.

Eve stomped her huge foot hard on the ground, and a ring of grooves cracked along the base of the obelisk, seemingly threatening to detach the obelisk from the earth.

"Do not."

Karthus was furious.

He abandoned his fight with the giant and flew directly toward the obelisk.

The giant's massive fist chased after it, but Karthus was faster. He dodged the fist, pressed himself against the obelisk, and inserted his arm into the obelisk.

Dark purple energy surged into his body.

His aura surged dramatically in an instant.

The wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The shattered wing scales regenerated.

Not only that, his entire body began to swell, and the wingspan of his single wing on his back increased from three meters to seven meters.

"As long as the obelisk stands... you can't kill me." Karthus's voice came from behind the obelisk, with a distorted echo.

The giant did not hesitate.

Two crystal fists were raised simultaneously and slammed down on the obelisk.

boom.

The entire obelisk shook violently, and several deep cracks appeared on its surface.

"Again."

Another punch.

The spatial rift that had been opened at the top of the monument began to flicker erratically.

Karthus burst forth from behind the obelisk, his body enveloped in the obelisk's last remaining energy, his aura reaching its peak.

His single wing suddenly opened to its limit, and a dark purple slash tens of meters long condensed from the wingtip to the wing root.

"The abyss ends."

The giant stretched out his arms and crossed them to block.

The slash struck the crystalline arms, and a layer of crystal on both arms shattered simultaneously.

The giant was pushed back more than ten meters, leaving two deep furrows in his wake.

Lynn saw through the shield that the crystals on the giant's arm shattered, revealing human skin.

“Eve’s body…” Lynn frowned.

Anna took his hand.

"Trust her."

The giant lowered his head and glanced at his shattered arm.

Golden light surged forth, and new crystals slowly covered the exposed flesh and blood.

The two demigods clashed once again.

Fist clashes with wing, earth clashes with abyss.

Each collision was accompanied by a tremor throughout the entire city.

The giant's thirty-seventh punch shattered Karthus's magic shield.

Karthus's nineteenth strike cleaved through the giant's left shoulder armor.

The forty-second punch.

The giant's right hand crystal shattered again, and this time, the self-healing process was even slower.

The twenty-third strike.

A crack appeared on the giant's chest armor, running from top to bottom.

But Karsas's performance is also declining rapidly.

Without the obelisk's continuous power supply, the energy he had previously absorbed was being rapidly depleted, large pieces of scales on his single wing were falling off, and cracks appeared on his crystallized right arm.

"You're nearing your limit," the giant finally spoke.

Karthus was panting heavily.

"Aren't you the same?"

The giant did not answer.

She opened her cracked arms, and the earth beneath her feet answered her call once more.

Let's settle this once and for all.

Karthus also poured all the remaining abyssal magic into his right arm.

Dark purple and golden light mingled against the dawn sky.

The two demigods moved simultaneously.

The moment the fist collided with the arm, Lynn's vision was completely engulfed by white and purple light.

The shockwave shattered the outermost layer of the shield, and the longsword vibrated and hummed on the ground.

The earth trembled as if the end of the world had come, lasting for a full six or seven seconds before gradually subsiding.

Lynn was the first to raise her head.

Dust and fog filled the air, obscuring everything.

"Anna, are you alright?"

“It’s alright.” Anna propped herself up, her fingers sliding off his shoulder. Her gaze pierced through the dissipating dust and mist, looking toward the center of the battlefield.

Lynn also looked in that direction.

The moment the dust settled, he saw the outcome of this battle of demigods.

The ground in the center of the square collapsed by at least five meters, forming a huge circular crater.

The obelisk was broken in two, with the upper half leaning precariously against the edge of the pit, and the runes completely extinguished.