Chapter 615: with translation of chapter title

You…

But need to keep the quotes? The source includes Chinese quotes 「」. Should we keep them? The instruction: translate faithfully, never skip. The quotes are punctuation; we can translate meaning but likely we should keep the quotes as English quotes? Usually we replace with English quotation marks. But we could keep the Chinese quotes? Probably better to use English quotes. However the instruction: "Render onomatopoeia / sound effects... as English sound words". For quotes, not specified. I'd use English double quotes. But we need to output exactly the translation line. I'll use English double quotes.

Thus 【1】 "You…"

What the hell are you pretending?!

Before the metal elder could speak again, An Na Jin gathered power, leapt, and swung his exclusive energy sword, stabbing toward him.

Boom! Boom!

His speed was such that in an instant it produced several sonic booms, turning his massive body into a blur that almost vanished to ordinary eyes.

And as An Na Jin became a blur, he deep down believed the metal elder posed no threat, after all he wasn't Taibelos.

Although Taibelos, who was nearly two hundred years old, was indeed a respectable elder brother to him, in terms of strength An Na Jin had absolute confidence he could instantly defeat that brother.

So the fact that Taibelos was toyed with by the opponent doesn't mean An Na Jin will be.

The young OriginalBody, full of absolute confidence, thrust forth a high-energy energy beam with thunderous force.

Even though the OriginalBody was only thirteen, even high-ranking demons in the otherworld, let alone great demons, dare not face such an attack head-on.

But…

"Young and hot-headed."

But An Na Jin was forcibly braked, left stunned in midair.

But the metal elder's current form was not the stooped body he used when fighting Taibelos and Wokan; instead, it was extremely muscular and sturdy, his height having increased from about six meters to around nine meters.

Putting it vividly, the former metal elder resembled a tottering Egyptian pharaoh, whereas now he looks like the death god Anubis.

However, his head remained a metal skull, not a wolf-headed human body.

All that could be seen was the metal elder gripping his staff with his right hand, spreading his left palm, and releasing a flickering green field that directly bound An Na Jin.

"Thud! Thud!" The sound of magnetic boots rushing echoed.

Seeing the OriginalBody trapped, twenty veteran Centurions of a hundred years swiftly launched, forming a fan shape and charging at the metal elder.

"Swish! Swish!"

"Ree~! Swoosh!"

The heavy explosive bolts mounted on the arms, or the shoulder cannons on the pauldrons, unleashed a volley.

"Rat-a-tat!"

And the five thousand nine hundred plus Kriegers, while providing fire cover, quickly dispersed in squads.

"Courage commendable."

The metal elder gazed at the attacks around him that had been blocked by its protective field, then spoke in a lifeless tone in standard Chinese, and lightly waved his right-hand staff……

Green light flickered.

Ten ping-pong-ball-sized orbs of light expanded around the staff, then, as if teleporting, with no flight path, directly locked onto and reached the heads of ten Centurions.

Swish!

Green light suddenly flashed.

After the green light faded, the armor of the ten Centurion veterans didn't even trigger their expulsion resistance program—meaning their protective fields never deployed—and from bottom to top they rapidly turned into green light particles and were forcibly decomposed.

"Ah……!" A metallic cry of pain reverberated throughout the central hall.

The attack did not stop.

The metal elder again swung his staff, releasing a shimmering green 'fishing net' that instantly ensnared and decomposed several squads of Kriegers.

Although this killing move didn't frighten the remaining forces, even as their souls screamed, the charge continued.

Hum—hum!

The Centurions' power claws and power gauntlets relentlessly struck the protective field, while dense high-energy beams precisely hit the same spot.

Because both Centurions and Kriegers were doing everything possible to create difficulties, so that the OriginalBody could successfully break free.

All of this happened extremely fast, the whole process not even exceeding five seconds.

!! -> I need to translate the line "！！". It's just double exclamation marks. Should we keep as "!!"? Probably output exactly "!!". I'll output: 【40】!!

But for An Na Jin, whose reactions far surpassed those of ordinary people, these five seconds were like purgatory.

He hadn't not considered that the metal elder was extremely hard to deal with; even though he was confident, he hadn't reached the point of arrogance.

Due to the resurrection of the dead all over Caron Tower, the connection between Caron Tower and the otherworld was directly severed, Spiritual Energy greatly weakened, and furthermore the interior of the pyramid has a stronger nullifying effect.

Therefore, the moment An Na Jin detected the metal elder, he burst forth with his full strength (physical attribute), unleashing the simplest yet most practical thrust.

Although An Na Jin knows he is nowhere near as formidable as his father, whose mere physical prowess could poke a planet to explosion…

It is literally a 'one-finger planet-burst,' but his physical attack is also enough to instantly kill swarms of new Kryptonians.

Who would have thought that the metal elder, clearly devoid of Spiritual Energy and using purely physical technology, would nevertheless appear like sorcery?

Adding to that, the loss of the veteran elder brother and the gruesome deaths of the Kriegers made An Na Jin blame himself endlessly.

"Old thing!"

"Crack…crack!!"

With a roar, plus an extremely faint sound like glass cracking then instantly shattering, An Na Jin, relying purely on brute strength, broke free of the alternative field's restraint.

Immediately after, An Na Jin bent his right knee, and the moment his right toe touched the ground, he instantly used the leverage to perform a spinning jump, slashing at the metal elder under concentrated fire with greater speed.

Hum——!!!

The high-energy beam clashed fiercely with the unknown field.

Boom!!

The metal tiles, under immense pressure, emitted a mournful groan as they were forced to bend.

All that could be seen was An Na Jin, whose stature was a bit shorter than his opponent's, successfully striking the metal elder's protective field with his light sword in hand.

Although he couldn't break through, he still managed to slash the metal elder and its position downward, and in the process also succeeded in drawing the opponent's attention onto himself.

"Kid." At that moment the metal elder, with a netherworld-like gaze, stared straight at An Na Jin and said: "I am Salarcos Isel, the supreme ruler of the Isel dynasty."

I don't care what dynasty ruler you are!

An Na Jin responded impatiently; at the same time, his left hand, unbeknownst when, drew another light sword, swiftly unfolded a high-energy blade, and thrust it forcefully.

Hum—!!!

The collision between the stances became even more intense.

Crack… crack…

The defensive stance released by Saerkesi also showed cracks similar to those when glass shatters.

"Huh?" Saerkesi couldn't help but let out a sigh: "Looks like I still underestimated you."

Saying that, Saerkesi also exerted his body, vigorously waving his staff.

Hum! Hum!

The two light swords were simply bounced away.

Afterward, Saerkesi's left hand was entwined with circles of green fluorescence, and he raised his left arm at a speed even the imperial guard could hardly catch, swinging out a turning whip punch.

During that time, another ten terminator veterans wanted to help, but the earlier circles of green fluorescence, like living long snakes, flew outward in all directions.

The ten green-light long snakes rapidly expanded, then directly swallowed the terminator veterans who were focused on protecting the OriginalBody.

The green light faded, signifying that the souls of the ten terminators returned to the sea of souls, while their bodies were forcibly decomposed.

However, before the ten terminator veterans fell, the back of Saerkesi's left fist had already struck squarely at the defensive stance guarding An Na Jin's face.

With a bang!!!!, the immense force directly launched the OriginalBody flying over ten meters, finally slamming heavily onto the metal floor tiles.

It seemed the OriginalBody was at a disadvantage, but there was no choice—after all, this is Saerkesi's tomb, where his sleeping coffin lies, an absolute home ground; An Na Jin's Spiritual Energy was completely sealed, leaving him only to rely on the stance generated by his powered armor for defense.

Moreover, An Na Jin is only thirteen years old.

"He's still young… I really can't bear to take a young person's life…"

Saerkesi somehow appeared beside the rising An Na Jin, then lifted his left foot and directly stomped through the defensive stance of the powered armor, causing the metal sole of his left foot to substantially tread on An Na Jin's chest.

Immediately afterward, its tone shifted from somewhat regretful to extreme anger, declaring: 'But what I hate most is your living lives!!'

Having said that, Saerkesi was about to swing his staff to deliver a final blow to An Na Jin.

However, before that—or rather, before An Na Jin fell into a disadvantage—more than half of the Kelige ceased their concentrated fire attacks, instead pulling out their respective melee weapons, such as chain swords, powered interval, and…

Specialized military shovels, respectively directed toward the tomb's core, which is called the standard equilateral triangular body, and resembles a pure green crystal 'memory terminal', and also Saerkesi's death charge.

Naturally, the Kelige pulling out melee weapons is merely going through the motions of a 'cutscene'; in reality, it is……

Ri—Boom!!!!

Allowing the radiance of the actively overloaded reactor to begin flickering one by one in the core area.

????

This seemingly baseless, highly destructive suicidal act simply left Saerkesi at a loss.

Indeed, this action simply caused Saerkesi's train of thought to fall into a certain degree of confusion.

!!

However, it was precisely this slight malfunction that gave An Na Jin a rare, and indeed his only, opportunity to counterattack.

The young OriginalBody, without hesitation, waved both hands: one light sword severed Saerkesi's metal legs, while the other, thrown with all his might, successfully pierced his metal skull.

"No!!!"

Accompanied by a lifeless, hoarse roar, the self-destructive white light engulfed and annihilated everything.

(End of chapter)