Chapter 83: Seven Star Sword

"Just with you lot?"

Gerald's eyes narrowed, a cold smirk curling his lips. "Meteor!"

Voice not fall, Gerald's figure abruptly disappeared, leaving only a blinding golden light.

The next instant, countless golden points of light flickered around the Eight-Headed Serpent, each point representing a location where Gerald had once paused.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Gerald's figure kept flashing into existence around the Eight-Headed Serpent, each appearance accompanied by a deafening boom. Black scales scattered like raindrops.

Fugaku stood on the serpent's head, Mangekyou Sharingan spinning wildly, constantly scanning the surrounding space, trying to catch Gerald's trail.

Suddenly, Fugaku's gaze shifted. His voice instantly rang out in Orochimaru's mind: "Front left, three o'clock position!"

Orochimaru understood immediately, at once commanding the left serpent head to violently twist. That massive serpent head, like a fired shell, instantly lunged at the designated position.

However, Gerald's figure had long since vanished, leaving only a golden afterimage.

"Boom!"

Another deafening boom, one of the Eight-Headed Serpent's skulls was ruthlessly struck, the skull violently tilting sideways, black energy exploding like fireworks. The giant serpent let out a pained scream, sound waves stirring ripples across the sea surface.

"Damn it!" Fugaku gritted his teeth, fine beads of sweat emerging on his forehead; the opponent's speed was too fast, even catching the opponent's figure, the Eight-Headed Serpent's colossal body couldn't react in time.

Gerald's voice suddenly came from all directions, carrying a hint of mockery: "What's wrong? Is this your limit?"

Hearing this, Fugaku took a deep breath, his whole body's muscles instantly tensing. The Mangekyou Sharingan in his right eye suddenly spun violently, complex patterns seeming to come alive.

"Divine Oracle!"

Fugaku shouted low, a powerful pupil force bursting out from his right eye. Simultaneously his right eye suffered a stabbing pain, as if countless fine needles were piercing his nerves.

The next moment, countless scenes entered Fugaku's mind — everything that would happen in the next three seconds; he saw future Gerald's every movement, every position where he would pause.

"Right now!" Fugaku abruptly opened his eyes, shouting low.

As if telepathically linked, one of the Eight-Headed Serpent's heads suddenly lunged, viciously biting at a seemingly empty spot.

At this critical moment, a golden light suddenly streaked from that direction, crashing straight into the serpent head's bloody mouth, as if delivering itself.

"What?!" A cry of alarm rang out.

The next instant, Gerald's figure suddenly manifested, his left arm already clamped tight in the serpent head's fangs. Fresh blood flowed down the fangs, tracing a scarlet arc in the air.

Fugaku's lips curled into a cold smirk, his left hand suddenly sweeping back.

The Eight-Headed Serpent's tail instantly whipped toward Orochimaru, Ame-no-Nuboko like a golden lightning bolt, carrying mountain-crushing momentum straight for Gerald's back.

"Bang!"

Ame-no-Nuboko directly struck Gerald, emitting an earth-shaking boom.

Gerald slammed heavily into the sea, the sea surface violently churning, water splashing in all directions, as if the entire sea area was trembling from this blow.

And Fugaku abruptly clutched his right eye, the intense pain making him frown. A warm liquid flowed from between his fingers; the price of using Divine Oracle was evidently not small.

The Eight-Headed Serpent did not pause in the slightest, its colossal body winding forward across the sea surface, heading straight for the Tower of Heaven. In the blink of an eye, the Eight-Headed Serpent had already arrived before the Tower of Heaven. Eight serpent heads simultaneously opened their bloody mouths; for a moment, gale, raging flames, lightning, poison mist and various attacks poured down like a sky-reaching tsunami.

Just as the attacks were about to land, a ring of complex golden magic arrays abruptly manifested out of thin air around the Tower of Heaven.

The next instant, a translucent light barrier suddenly formed, firmly enveloping the entire Tower of Heaven within.

"What!" Fugaku's face abruptly darkened.

Boom! The energy torrent heavily slammed into the light barrier, emitting a deafening boom. Intense shockwaves spread outward, stirring up sky-reaching huge waves.

The light barrier trembled violently under this fierce offensive, its surface constantly rippling, as if it might extinguish at any moment.

But just then, the sea surface ahead suddenly churned. Gerald shot skyward from the water like a shell.

At this moment he was soaked through, face dark as water. His left arm was a mess of blood and flesh, a large chunk of meat torn clean off, revealing stark white bone. Fresh blood dripped from his fingertips, blooming scarlet flowers on the sea surface.

"Bastard, die for me!" Gerald roared, his hands suddenly crossing before him, fingertips flashing with golden light.

"Seven Star Sword!!"

In an instant, seven golden magic arrays manifested in midair, swiftly arranging into the shape of the Big Dipper.

Strangely, clearly it was broad daylight with the blazing sun overhead, yet the sky suddenly darkened. Stars dotted the heavens, the Milky Way spanning the firmament, as if they had instantly arrived at a deep night sky.

"Not good!" Before Fugaku could even react, the seven arrays abruptly erupted with blinding light.

The next moment, seven light pillars like heavenly punishment ruthlessly struck the Eight-Headed Serpent's body; a giant energy sphere exploded at the impact point, diameter a full several hundred meters.

Dazzling white light illuminated the entire sky, as if a miniature sun had risen over the sea. Violent energy ripples spread outward at astonishing speed, lifting the seawater for several kilometers around tens of meters high.

Smoke and dust gradually dispersed, a chaotic battlefield gradually revealing itself.

The Eight-Headed Serpent's body was nearly blown apart by half, shattered scales and chunks of flesh scattered across the sea surface; Fugaku knelt half-collapsed atop the ruined serpent head, panting violently, clothes tattered, covered in blood.

"Still not dead?" Gerald slowly floated before Fugaku, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes, then raised his glowing right hand to chop at Fugaku: "Just living a little longer, that's all."

In this split second, Fugaku's right hand abruptly pressed on empty air, shouting: "Summoning Technique!"

"Bang!

A huge boom exploded in midair, white smoke instantly billowing. Before Gerald could react, a massive force slammed into his chest.

"What?!" Gerald's eyes widened, pupils violently contracting; facing this sudden attack, he didn't even have a chance to dodge.

The smoke cleared, a colossus appearing before them. This was a giant beast two hundred meters tall, pitch-black as ink, its skin covered in hard scales.

"Poison Woman!" Fugaku shouted low.

Poison Woman instantly attacked, its colossal body charging forward with astonishing speed. Gerald was pinned by this giant force, his body flying backward uncontrollably, crashing straight into the Tower of Heaven.

"Boom!" A huge boom, Gerald heavily slammed into the tower body. He spat a mouthful of blood, his face instantly turning deathly pale.

Simultaneously, the barrier around the Tower of Heaven shattered with a crash under this giant force. Golden fragments scattered in the air, like fine starlight.

The entire tower trembled violently, spiderweb-like cracks instantly appearing on the walls, rubble falling in showers.

(Chapter End)