Chapter 800: Ashes Reborn

Lei En, seeing that Mogura's condition had fully recovered, ignored him, swung his war hammer and smashed it into the bone altar at his feet.

Lightning crackled on the war hammer, whiplash bolts of electricity burst forth.

Lightning five‑hit combo!

He intended to break through the shield in one go and destroy the energy node. Yizite, in sync, also produced the Cerdalin Gem, preparing to unleash the Greater Disintegrate stored within.

"Ho—…"

Mid‑swing, Lei En's legs suddenly gave way.

A severe weakness sapped his strength; the lightning five‑hit combo failed to take effect, and the shield merely rippled before recovering.

At that moment he realized the wound on his chest was serious.

That oddly shaped great sword had sliced through his titanium‑golden body; the wound was shallow, and the activated metal began repairing it instantly. Yet the sword carried a bizarre energy that invaded his body like a terrible plague, quickly infecting him entirely, halting wound healing and corroding his soul, though his Will of Truth immunized him.

At the same time, the Decaying Realm that had spread throughout the hall finally found an opening.

The Decaying Realm is Mogura's domain.

It can devour the life force of all targets within its range; previously Lei En could resist it with little effect. Now wounded, his life force poured out from the chest wound like a breached dam, his phone's battery plummeting, a single breath draining over thirty units, and accelerating.

Even a Saint Rank cultivator could not hold out long; they would be drained soon.

Still, Lei En staggered but steadied himself.

Right now his biggest shortage is not power; in Fu Kong Cheng countless undead are exterminated each second, a hundred Thundercast Celestial Soldiers harvest souls. If Saint Giles had not poured most of the power into Saint Blood Amber, converting it to Holy Light Power, the soul‑power reservoir would have burst.

Lei En is fine; Yizite is in trouble.

He does not have endless power like Lei En, and is wounded in many places; now the Decaying Realm saps him, draining massive life force, his Flame Demon body immediately wilts, and the flames on him dim.

"Give me the gem."

As Yizite was about to hand the Cerdalin Gem to Lei En, a bright light suddenly blossomed overhead.

A golden‑shining war hammer appeared in the sky, wholly formed from Holy Light Power, like a sun illuminating the dim, gloomy hall.

The Holy Light Warhammer hovered directly above Yizite, slowly descending.

Yizite is a dark elf; even after years on the surface, his light‑averse nature cannot be fully eradicated, only barely overcome. Moreover, this is not ordinary sunlight but intense Holy Light; he also transforms into a Baro Flame Demon, naturally restrained by Holy Light.

"Ah…"

Yizite let out a painful cry as the Holy Light burned black smoke from his body.

The massive Holy Light Warhammer locked onto him and the surrounding space, immobilizing him as if a mountain were crushing him from above.

Holy Light Verdict!

This is one of the Sun Knight's most powerful methods against evil beings.

Any target locked by this technique can only watch the Holy Light Warhammer descend from the sky, slow yet unwavering, like a sentencing before execution—inescapable, agonizing, and painful, ultimately crushing them under its weight.

Once unleashed, even others find it hard to intervene.

From afar, Mogura released the Holy Light Verdict then kept his distance, looking at the enemy indifferently; his intention was clear—to use the Verdict to buy time.

If Lei En rescues him, he cannot continue striking the Bone Altar, and success is uncertain.

If he does not, Yizite is surely doomed.

"Lei En!"

Yizite, struggling against the Holy Light's searing, showed no fear in his eyes and shouted loudly, "Don't worry about me, I can endure."

Lei En would never stand by while someone dies.

Without hesitation, he placed a hand over his chest wound and shouted, "Expel the foreign energy that has invaded my body."

Wish Spell!

The King of Ten Thousand Methods took effect instantly; a strange energy was forced out of the wound, the soul‑power reservoir dropped a notch, and over two hundred units of power were the price for this wish.

The wound healed, weakness and infection vanished at once.

Lei En reached into the void and pulled out a war hammer crackling with electricity; Titan power surged, his body ballooned like a blown‑up balloon, instantly becoming an eighteen‑meter‑tall Titan Giant, his head nearly touching the hall's dome.

The Thunder God's Hammer also enlarged, its head to handle exceeding ten meters in total length!

A roar erupted.

Countless bolts of thunder poured into the war hammer, its weight instantly soaring to hundreds of thousands of pounds; Lei En swung the hammer toward the Holy Light Warhammer above Yizite.

"Thunderous Might!"

The massive Holy Light Warhammer and the enlarged Thunder God's Hammer were similar in size; their heads collided like two giant rocks, producing an earth‑shaking thunderous blast.

Boom!

A crisp sound rang amid the lightning torrent.

The Holy Light Warhammer shattered like porcelain struck by a hammer, instantly exploding; the two were not on the same tier. The colossal Holy Light Power surged then was suppressed by the even more ferocious thunder power, vanishing in an instant.

Yizite instantly regained his freedom.

The hammer broke the Holy Light Verdict; Lei En, seizing the moment, swung the hammer downward, smashing the Bone Altar beneath his feet. The hundreds‑of‑thousands‑of‑pounds Thunder God's Hammer needed only one strike to break the shield.

Mogura appeared before the altar.

He carefully kept his distance from Lei En to avoid the hammer, pointed a finger, and the Decaying Realm that spread across the hall devoured the life force of thousands of undead, releasing it all at once.

A massive wave of death power erupted.

In an instant, layers of flesh and bone, several meters thick, coalesced atop the Bone Altar, like a mountain of flesh and bone covering the whole altar.

The Thunder God's Hammer struck this flesh‑bone layer.

Boom!

The entire hall trembled violently; the thick flesh‑bone was blown apart by the hammer, the magical shield was hit but most of its force was negated, only causing it to wobble without breaking.

Mogura, seizing Lei En's momentary loss of momentum, flashed forward to his front.

The oddly shaped great sword in his hand spewed sinister energy.

A massive sword shadow forged from Holy Light and death descended from top to bottom, solidly cleaving the Titan Giant Lei En into two.

Evil Spirit Slash!

Lei En was struck back a few steps, ignoring the huge wound that stretched from his face to his abdomen, suddenly released the Thunder God's Hammer to let it fly, then reached out to probe.

Seven‑Ring Electric Claw Technique.

A massive lightning palm shot out, grabbed the Mogura that was hovering mid‑air slashing at him, and then pulled it back.

Seven‑Ring spells usually have little effect on a near‑Thirty-level Apocalypse Knight, but after amplification by seven lightning entities, the Electric Claw Technique's power surged, almost matching a weaker Nine‑Ring single‑target spell—both fast and precise.

Mogura's entire body was paralyzed by electric shock, unable to break free for a moment.

When he fell into Lei En's massive palm, his instinct was to use Flash Step to escape, but a booming voice rang out: "Flash Step is prohibited here."

The light on Mogura flickered and vanished, and he realized he was still in the same spot.

Pop!

The Titan Giant slammed both palms together with force, as if swatting a mosquito, and Mogura was that mosquito.

He felt squeezed between two walls; the holy light barrier was instantly crushed, the bone armor that had just activated was as flimsy as paper, the centuries‑old light‑forged holy armor shattered, the ice‑bound body was the last defense, his internal bones broken beyond count, and his whole body was about to be flattened.

Immediately after, Mogura was violently hurled onto the Bone Altar.

A deafening boom.

Mogura's ice‑bound body nearly collapsed, finally its defense was completely broken, and the odd‑shaped giant sword flew from his hand. Before he could rise, the Titan Giant brandished a Soul‑Eating Blade that had grown to ten meters long and roared:

"Soul‑Eating Slash!"

Countless thunder‑flame sword qi engulfed Mogura, the sword qi sliced his ice‑bound body, penetrated his flesh, instantly reaching his soul and ravenously gnawing, tearing his soul.

"Ah…"

Mogura emitted a sound for the first time since the battle, and it was a painful wail.

He stood dumbfounded on the Bone Altar, his body constantly coursing with holy light and death energy, trying to dispel the negative effect and regain mobility.

At that moment, the Thunder God's Hammer whirled at high speed and returned to Lei En's hand, expanding again into a terrifying giant hammer.

He raised the war hammer high and slammed it down with full force.

Boom!

Mogura's body, like an egg under a massive stone, was pulverized into mush by the hammer, and the Bone Altar beneath his feet was also struck, shattered; the resilient magical shield finally collapsed, revealing the core of the rune array.

Yizite flashed forward, holding a Kerdalin gem in his hand.

"Don't use it yet."

Lei En hurriedly reminded him, the four energy nodes must be destroyed simultaneously, with no more than thirty seconds between them.

The situation at the other three sites, Asqiong's side was the easiest; the protection could be broken quickly.

Kestajin, having no Saint Rank opponent, was under little pressure; he, the dwarf warriors, and Thundercast Celestial Soldiers suppressed the death knights and Undead Wizards while attacking the Bone Altar's protection, and barring any mishap, could succeed within a minute.

Lifelin's progress was smooth; the Holy Blood Angel completely restrained the Apocalypse Knight, and the Apocalypse Knight named Kurdatz was no match for her, about to be slain.

Lei En glanced at the time.

Less than two minutes remained before the Ascension Leap completes.

He had just shrunk to his normal form when he suddenly sensed an anomaly, whirled his head toward the source—the Legend Grade odd‑shaped giant sword of Mogura.

It was knocked into the ground; at that moment, the glow in the hollow of its back surged out as ash‑like specks, holy and death mingling, and in a blink formed a humanoid silhouette.

Mogura has been reborn!

Yizite stared dumbfounded; after finally killing this terrifying Apocalypse Knight, it could still revive?

Lei En also suffered a pounding headache, but his reaction was not delayed at all.

He dual‑wielded the Thunder Hammer God and the Soul‑Eating Blade, performed a psychic leap behind Mogura, and while the foe was not fully revived, swung the hammer at his head.

Clang!

At the very last moment, Mogura turned, raised his sword, and blocked the war hammer.

But his strength was far inferior to Lei En's; the great sword was smashed back onto him, sending him flying. Lei En teleported to pursue, shouting, "This place…"

But before he could finish, Mogura turned into a flash of light and vanished.

Lei En could only halt the Wish Spell, lock his spirit onto the enemy, and with a 'psh‑la' sound became a bolt of lightning chasing that light. Yet a single step made a world of difference; Flash Step was clearly faster than Electric Flash Teleport, and in an instant the target was lost.

He reappeared, looked around, and found no Mogura.

"Where is he?"

Lei En kept searching; a Thundercast Celestial Soldier transmitted a synchronized view, spotting Mogura, who had teleported to the energy node where Kestajin was.

Damn!

Lei En muttered under his breath, having already guessed Mogura's intention.

The protection of this energy node was already broken, unable to prevent its destruction, so the opponent switched the protection target. Of Fu Kong Cheng's four energy nodes, as long as one remains intact, the Ascension Leap can succeed.

"You stay and wait for the signal."

Lei En shouted rapidly to Yizite, then teleported directly beside Kestajin. After he left, Thundercast Celestial Soldiers and Zhuo Er rushed back from outside the hall, surrounding the rune array, forming a defensive line that stood firm against any assault by the Undead Army.

Kestajin transformed into the King of the Hills, wielding a war hammer in one hand and a great axe in the other, fiercely assaulting the Bone Altar's protection.

Suddenly, a massive sword silhouette slashed him airborne.

Poof!

The King of the Hills spewed blood from his mouth, his peripheral vision catching Mogura closing in, and he quickly turned into lightning to create distance.

A burst of rapid gunfire exploded.

The Thundercast Celestial Soldier's Bolt Gun struck Mogura, slightly hindering his pursuit.

He scanned the area, ready to slay the surrounding dwarf warriors and Thundercast Celestial Soldiers; just as he raised his sword to swing, he sensed a massive pressure from behind—it was Lei En who had caught up.

"Impossible!"

"How did you do that?"

Korstted's voice sounded beside his ear, full of surprise; she had just realized that Lei En could teleport within Fu Kong Cheng, completely beyond her control.

Lei En turned a deaf ear to this, focusing his attack on Mo Ge La.

Thunderclap Myriad Jun and Soul-Eating Slash were unleashed together; Mo Ge La dared not face them head‑on, fleeing with Flash Step. Lei En's hammer‑blade struck empty, and he immediately blinked onto the White Bone Altar, repeating his trick: he transformed into an eighteen‑meter‑tall Titan Giant, and the Thunder God's Hammer came crashing down.

This time, Mo Ge La did not block with flesh and white bone again; he actually flashed directly beneath the war hammer, expanding an oval shield of gleaming golden light around his body.

Holy Shield Technique!

Boom!

Amid a piercing ringing in the eardrums, countless lightning bolts erupted, and the Thunder God's Hammer was bounced off by the Holy Shield Technique.

The force of Lei En's hammer swing was completely reflected back, numbing his tiger's mouth and nearly making him drop the hammer, while the Holy Shield Technique remained unscathed. Mo Ge La stood like a reef in a raging storm, unmoving; neither the lightning nor the hammer's blows injured him in the slightest.

"Holy shit!"

Stumbling backward, a splendid turn of phrase slipped from Lei En's lips.

If the Holy Shield Technique is not broken, Mo Ge La is invincible, but he cannot attack either. Mo Ge La stood on the altar; the eerie blue flame in his left eye flared violently, countless deathly forces turned into a blast of cold air, and the entire altar was instantly frozen in ice several meters thick, which rapidly spread outward.

After six seconds, when the Holy Shield Technique ended, half of the hall was frozen.

The Titan Giant that Lei En had become shattered the ice on its body, and looking at the White Bone Altar encased in thick ice, he couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.

He suddenly realized that his advantage wasn't as great as he thought.

(End of chapter)