dmims Chapter 99 The Lock of Heaven is born, Akainu kills the Berserker?
Chapter 99 The Lock of Heaven is born, Akainu kills the Berserker?
Chapter 99 The Lock of Heaven is born, Akainu kills the Berserker?
As the battle on the ground was reshuffled, above Yuba City,
The rivalry between Ramses II and Gilgamesh had reached its zenith!
The chaos and desolation of the city below seemed to serve as a footnote to their clash of royal power, adding a touch of cruel majesty.
"I've had enough of your act! Let's finish this quickly!" Rahman's eyes burned with anger at being offended, and his desire to win was aroused. Since being summoned, he had not drawn a single bit of magic power from his Master. If he continued to wear down Gilgamesh, he was afraid that his own magic power would not be enough.
"Under the glorious light of creation, may you become dust of history! Protect the Pharaoh! Abuel-Ho | Sphinx!"
Hot Sands was an extension of Ramses II's royal power and a manifestation of his supreme glory.
As he declared, the entire solar ship burst forth with an unprecedented and extreme radiance!
What emerged from the light was a sphinx, but this one was quite different from the ordinary sphinx from before.
Its body flowed like a river of stars, and its wings, crafted from flowing gold, fluttered behind it, the runes on the wings burning like a furnace.
This is the earth element within the Sphinx, and also the ultimate ferocious beast evolved from a Noble Phantasm.
The colossal beast formed from magic and the power of the sun god is none other than the Sand Sphinx, which stands proudly atop the sun ship, like a mountain.
Its enormous body is composed of flowing gold sand and solidified lava, and its surface radiates a dazzling divine light.
Those eyes, with their sun-like cores, burned with the rage of the sun, locked tightly on the enemy approaching from the sky.
Rama II laughed wildly, his roar like thunder, drowning out the beast's howl.
"Behold, thief of the sky! This is my might! Before the sun's radiance, your laughable collection is but grains of sand!"
His arrogant words were directed at Vimana, the ark in the sky.
At the core of the swirling starry sky of the Hot Sand Sphinx, a light of indescribable color is gathering.
That is the primordial light that contains the stars of the universe, the creation of all things, and the possibility of destroying everything.
The oppressive aura emanating from it caused Hercules, who was engaged in fierce battle below, to tremble from the depths of his soul. Space seemed to groan, and time seemed to stand still.
The flying artifact crafted from gold and emeralds hovered silently. Gilgamesh's crimson serpent eyes narrowed slightly before the ark, a hint of excitement at discovering a superb collectible.
A cold smile curved his lips, as if he were watching a play that was destined to end.
"Hmph, an incarnation of Horus, the sky god? And also the terrifying beast of Babylon. That's rather interesting."
A hint of interest flickered in Gilgamesh's eyes. His treasury contained no such life form, only similar statues at most.
"Although he is said to be the incarnation of a god, he is nothing more than a beast."
Flash's eyes were filled with extreme arrogance. Although he was verbally harsh towards the Pharaoh, he had already acknowledged him in his heart.
"In that case, you scoundrel. Be grateful that you were able to witness this treasure."
As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of golden ripples surged in the vast, dark sky behind him, as if something was about to arrive.
In the stillness, the light of the Sphinx in the starry sky shone, and its shimmering lips moved slightly.
"Enkidu"
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As the King of Heroes coldly declared, the chains wrapped with mysterious patterns surged forth from the golden ripples.
Like snakes drawn by the scent of blood, they surged forward like peas.
The target was crystal clear—not the pharaoh himself on the solar ship, but the colossal beast as majestic as a mountain.
The chains moved faster than the eye could see. Before the arrogant, domineering laugh on Raven's face could even fully solidify, the Chains of Heaven had already traversed space!
It precisely wrapped itself around the thick forelimbs and hindlimbs of the Sand Sphinx.
The sturdy bracelet emitted a chilling resonance the moment it touched the divine light flowing from the behemoth, as if a slumbering law had been awakened.
"Hoichi-!!"
The earth-shattering roar of the Sand Sphinx instantly changed tone.
It wasn't a powerful and majestic declaration, but a roar mixed with shock and excruciating pain!
It instinctively struggled, swinging its giant claws, powerful enough to crush cities, unleashing a violent burst of power that could shake mountains.
However, the golden chains wrapped around it remained motionless. In fact, as it struggled, the ancient patterns suddenly lit up, and the chains themselves emitted an even deeper, more resonant sound.
Despite his struggles, the chains did not loosen at all; instead, as if they had a life of their own, they began to tighten inwards!
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
The sickening metallic scraping and squeezing sound rang out as the incredibly tough chains of the Chains of Heaven took deep root, causing the Sphinx's flesh and blood, composed of energy and gold dust, to groan in agony.
Its surface is covered with fiery patterns symbolizing the power of the sun god, and it should have been indestructible.
But the moment he came into contact with the Chains of Heaven, his body cracked under the strain, shattering into pieces.
The beast's struggling movements suddenly froze, its massive body being forcibly suppressed by an invisible force, its limbs and joints seemingly about to break.
It was forced to be nailed to the bow of the ship in a humiliating posture, its proud head hanging down in pain.
"What?! Those chains!" For the first time, the arrogance on Ra's face was shattered by shock. His proud divine beast, which was an extension of his own power, was actually suppressed by a few chains in an instant.
This was blasphemy against his solar monarchy, and his golden eyes blazed with fury.
"Arrogant thief! You think you can restrain my divine might with these chains?!"
The Pharaoh's roar echoed through the heavens, and the scepter in his hand burst forth with dazzling light, turning the night into day.
A vast divine power erupted from him, attempting to forcefully break free of the chains binding the divine beast and directly crush the blazing flames of Vimana ahead, transforming into a roaring pillar of light that shot straight towards Vimana.
"Heng."
A cold, mocking laugh came from Vimalakirti, easily piercing through the roar of the flames.
Gilgamesh crossed his arms, ignoring the pharaoh's futile outburst, his eyes filled with undisguised mockery.
"Struggle, you pathetic bastard."
The King of Heroes' voice, like a cold pronouncement of fate, clearly suppressed all the clamor.
"The closer you get to the gods, the more your pitiful brilliance shines—"
His gaze swept over the fiery sand sphinx bound by the Chains of Heaven, finally settling on the imposing body of Ra.
He spoke each word with unparalleled sarcasm.
"The chains that bind you will only become more unbreakable."
The moment the words left his mouth, a sudden change occurred.
"Buzz!!!"
The Chains of Heaven wrapped around the Sandshrew seemed to be infused with new power, bursting forth with unprecedented brilliance!
The clanging of the chains instantly resounded through the sky, the sound waves visibly sweeping across the entire space.
The sphinx's massive, mountain-like body was actually snapped in two by this binding force.
It burst forth with dazzling energy from its joints, along with fragments of gold dust!
It let out a painful cry, its huge head crashing heavily to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust, and it completely lost the strength to struggle.
Ramses II's pupils suddenly contracted.
This is not an illusion!
At the very instant that he unleashed his divine power and his divine radiance reached its peak.
More powerful golden chains suddenly shot out from several directions around him without warning!
The speed was so fast that even he didn't have time to react.
"Pfft! Pfft!"
The chains precisely wrapped around his arms, waist, and even his wrists as he held the scepter high!
The icy touch instantly penetrated his fine clothes and reached his skin, and an indescribable sense of restraint instantly overwhelmed his entire body.
That was not simply a suppression of power, but a kind of constraint at the level of rules, a special attack on divinity!
"Nee ah yi yi!"
Ramses II let out a muffled groan of surprise and anger.
His muscles tensed instantly, and his supreme, vast magical power surged outwards!
A golden divine radiance shone intensely on his body, attempting to melt away the chains that dared to touch the Pharaoh's body.
He struggled to raise the scepter, to swing his arm, to break free from this sudden attack.
However, it was all in vain!
The chains of heaven seemed to have taken root in his body; the more turbulent his divine power became, the tighter the chains binding his golden armor tightened!
The chains emitted a satisfied hum, the links rubbing against each other and tightening, producing a creaking sound that chilled the heart.
It felt as if the weight of the entire sky was pressing down on his shoulders, and even space itself was freezing, refusing to allow him to move.
His pride in his divinity, the supreme radiance of his sun kingship, has now transformed into the heaviest burden!
The sun's radiance, which had humiliatingly nailed this earthly god to the top of his scepter, flickered unwillingly, unable to unleash its destructive power any longer.
He could only stand there stiffly, watching Vimana slowly descend and the golden figure step by step onto his treasure ship.
Gilgamesh stood before the immobilized pharaoh, his eyes filled with the triumph of a victor.
He stretched out his finger, with an almost tender pity, and flicked the chain binding Rabindranath II with his fingertip.
"bite."
A clear, trembling sound echoed across the battlefield sky.
"Did you see clearly, you transgressor of the sun?" The King of Heroes' voice was deep and clear, carrying the weight of a pronouncement.
"This is your original sin, and your end. Divinity—"
He leaned slightly closer to the Pharaoh's golden face, which was contorted with rage, and spoke each word as if carving new cuneiform script onto hieroglyphs.
"It is a cage you cannot escape."
Ground, urban battlefield.
While dealing with Sabo and Napoleon's party, Akainu looked up at the sky, where the red team's Pharaoh was at a disadvantage.
Although they didn't know who that golden, glittering spirit in the sky was, the situation was in their favor!
"Hey! Smoker, get your Heroic Spirits moving faster and take down Roger!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a shell whistled past him.
Napoleon, adjusting his tricorn hat, said, "General, don't look away!"
As he finished speaking and continued firing, he looked toward Roger's position.
Roger was struggling to resist his older sister's attack, while his powerful Observation Haki was drawn to the battle between the two kings in the sky.
The older sister noticed Akainu over there, a hint of disgust flashing across her face, and actually cheered for Napoleon.
"Hey, you over there, let him experience what it's like to get fried too, okay?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than she threw a powerful punch, nearly knocking Roger's knife out of his hand.
Nevertheless, Roger still managed to shout out in a distraction.
"Hey! Does anyone have time to help Pharaoh in the sky? He seems to be in some trouble."
Just as he was distracted, the older sister seized the opportunity and, with a wicked grin, unleashed a Sun Dash.
Gengarp, sitting calmly to the side, was munching on senbei, seemingly oblivious to the raging battlefield.
He originally wanted to fight Roger, but that woman had made an agreement with him before she came to Alaba that she would take on Roger the next time they met.
"Otherwise, I, your big sister, will keep calling myself Garp!"
Karp recalled the woman's face and chewed on a senbei with rage.
That guy! He really was impersonating me! To be honest, I actually want Roger to beat that woman now.
"Roger! Now is not the time to be distracted!"
Roger was startled by the oppressive force of the sun that could incinerate everything. He dared not take it head-on and quickly jumped to dodge the attack.
"Hey! Ace, Luffy, watch out!"
The reason he gave the warning was because the final target of this attack was the Red Team Masters who were gathered together to fight the enemy not far behind Roger.
"Master! Danger!"
Karna's golden pupils contracted sharply as he felt a terrifying pressure capable of annihilating everything!
He forcefully restrained himself and confronted Arjuna, taking a hit from Arjuna's Karma Arrow. His golden armor was shattered by the attack, but he quickly recovered and transformed back into his golden armor.
He appeared instantly in front of Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and the other Red Team Masters in a golden light!
At the same time, he roared with all his might at the blood-soaked beast guarding Bonnie, "Berserker! This way!"
Hercules's crimson beastly eyes also reflected that destructive radiance!
He sensed a power that threatened him, but his will to protect overwhelmed everything!
He let out a low growl and, with his remaining right arm, shoved Bonnie and the medicine bag in his arms toward Karna.
Then, its massive body unleashed its final power, charging towards Karna with unwavering resolve, using its own body and Karna's golden armor to form a wall of flesh and blood to protect its Masters!
The gruesome wound on his back was still bleeding, and the deep red demonic runes flickered wildly, like a candle flickering in the wind.
"Well done, Quetzalcoatl! Archer, now's the time!"
Arjuna understood perfectly; he knew how troublesome Karna's golden armor was, and now was a good time.
Karna took an arrow to protect his Master and forcibly teleported away, while preparing to defend against Quetzalcoatl's Solar Charge. It was during this brief moment that the defense was breached!
"Purify your body with the fire of karma!"
Arjuna's cold voice rang out, and more karmic arrows tore through the air, accurately striking Karna's limbs.
The attack is not intended to be fatal, but rather to pin him down in place, preventing him from being able to rescue Berserker.
Karna roared, brandishing his spear to parry, but Arjuna's precise prediction instantly put him on the defensive, forcing him to focus all his energy on dealing with the rain of arrows.
I can't get out!
Napoleon paled and was about to rush forward to stop Akainu, but he was surrounded by the navy and had no choice but to fire a cannonball.
At that critical moment, Akainu dodged the oncoming shell.
"Hound of the Underworld!"
Akainu seized this perfect opportunity!
The moment Hercules' back was wide open, and the crimson magic runes dimmed to their lowest point!
His entire right arm transformed into a boiling, blazing giant fist, concentrating all his power and killing intent into a single point.
The air was distorted and deformed by the extreme heat.
Without a trace of pity, with absolute ruthlessness and an obsessive pursuit of justice, Akainu's magma giant fist wolf pierced through Hercules from behind.
He was extremely weak, and the magic runes were about to fade.
"Pfft!!!"
Scalding lava mingled with gushing blood!
A horrifying penetrating wound appeared in the berserker's back. Hercules' body stiffened abruptly, his pupils instantly losing most of their light, and his massive frame collapsed as if its spine had been removed.
But his remaining will, in the last moments of his life, still compelled his massive body not to fall forward and crush Bonnie.
With his last remaining body, he formed a final barrier for Bonnie, preventing her from being crushed by his falling body.
"No way!!! Barsaka!!!"
Bonnie witnessed firsthand the horrific scene of lava piercing through the berserker's chest; the berserker who had always doted on her had fallen.
The little girl's heart-wrenching cries instantly echoed across the battlefield, filled with endless despair and sorrow.
She struggled to lunge at the fallen giant.
"Barsaka! Don't die! Don't die in battle—I haven't repaid your kindness yet!!!!"
Akainu coldly withdrew his arm from Hercules' body, and scalding lava dripped down, scorching the ground and sending up white smoke.
He didn't even glance at the fallen Berserker Earth; his cold, ruthless gaze was fixed directly on the crying Bonnie.
"You noisy brat." Akainu's voice was as cold as ice.
"None of the Red Team's Masters can be spared. If you have someone to blame, blame yourself for embarking on the wrong path."
He raised his molten arm again, the intense heat distorting the air, aiming directly at the unsuspecting Bonnie.
He wanted to completely destroy this heartbroken little girl, along with her last hope!
Karna was filled with rage, but Arjuna's arrows held him captive, and he could only roar in anger, unable to come to his rescue in time.
Akainu's Lava Fist, carrying the shadow of death, mercilessly descended!
Just as the Lava Fist was about to touch Bonney,
"Roar!!!"
A roar more ferocious than ever before exploded like a thunderclap from a clear sky!
Hercules, who should have been completely lifeless, suddenly had his blood-red magic runes burst forth with an unprecedented light!
That light instantly dispelled the shadow of death!
A life force as vast as the sea and as violent as a hurricane burst forth from Hercules' body.
All the wounds on his body were regenerating at a speed visible to the naked eye, under the shimmering light of the magic runes!
The charred flesh peeled away, and the newly formed muscle fibers writhed like living things, covering the bare white bones. Even the blood that had evaporated was replenished by the surge of magic.
The first life of the Twelve Trials (GodHand) is consumed! The second life is fully restored!
Akainu's Lava Fist stopped abruptly less than half a meter from Bonney's terrified face!
It wasn't that he stopped, but rather that his wrist was gripped tightly like an iron clamp by a hand containing the power to crush mountains. Akainu stiffly turned his head.
It was Hercules's body, even more ferocious and enraged than before! It was even a size larger!
The berserker rose from the ground, his crimson beastly eyes burning with an all-consuming rage, fixed intently on Akainu.
That look was no longer the chaos of a beast, but the raging fury of the hero Hercules!
"No, impossible!" For the first time, a crack appeared on Akainu's cold mask, his eyes filled with incomprehensible horror.
He tried to pull his arm back, but the clenched hand remained motionless; the scalding lava couldn't even leave a mark on the skin covered in magic runes.
"Barsaka!!" Bonnie's cry instantly transformed from despair to unbelievable ecstasy, tears streaming down her face like broken pearls.
"You deserve to die!" Hercules roared, his words muffled yet deafening, each syllable carrying a tangible shockwave.
The next moment, Akainu experienced what it meant to be enraged by a god.
Hercules slammed his massive hand, which was holding Akainu's lava arm, down!
"BOOM!!!"
Akainu was slammed into the ground like a cannonball, instantly creating a huge, spiderweb-like crater in the hard rock.
Smoke and dust billowed into the sky!
Before Akainu could recover from the terrifying impact, Hercules's battering ram-like fist slammed down into the bottom of the pit!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Every punch lands with a visceral impact! Every punch is deadly!
Each punch carried the power to shatter mountains and split the earth, causing the ground to groan and crack wildly under the berserker's fury!
The crater continued to expand and deepen under the terrifying blows, and Akainu could only try to disperse the devastating attack by transforming his body into the elemental form as much as possible, turning it into boiling magma.
But Hercules' fist contained divine power beyond reason, and each strike caused his elemental body to tremble violently, as if it were about to be shattered.
The scorching lava splashed everywhere, but it couldn't harm the Berserker Earth in the slightest!
"puff!"
Under the continuous heavy blows, Akainu finally couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of scalding blood, and his elemental body showed signs of instability.
His proud abilities seemed so fragile in the face of this violent and unreasonable divine power!
Hercules grabbed Akainu from the bottom of the pit again, and swung him like a tattered sack, shoving him violently toward a nearby tall building that had not yet collapsed.
"Boom!!"
The skyscraper was snapped in half as if made of paper; the upper half collapsed with a deafening roar, completely burying Akainu.
Smoke and dust filled the air, and pebbles rained down.
Hercules stood before the ruins, his chest heaving violently, the deep red magic runes flickering like his breath, radiating a suffocating pressure.
His crimson beastly eyes were fixed on the pile of ruins, and a threatening growl came from his throat.
A moment of silence enveloped the area.
"Splash!"
The rubble was suddenly thrown aside, and Akainu, bleeding profusely and with a much weaker aura, ran to his feet.
His navy coat was tattered, his face was covered in dust and lava, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth.
The look in his eyes when he looked at Hercules was no longer the coldness and condescension of before, but filled with a deep-seated fear!
That violent resurrection, that unreasonable return to full strength, that pure violence powerful enough to shake his elemental body.
All of this was far beyond his comprehension!
This is a power that no human could possibly possess; this is the domain of Heroic Spirits, the domain of monsters!
Looking at the berserker, who resembled a god of war and was ready to pounce on him again and tear him to shreds at any moment...
Seeing the deep red, blood-like demonic markings on the other's body that seemed to represent immortality, Akainu's magma heart pounded uncontrollably.
A chilling thought slithered into his mind like a venomous snake, and in the countless nights that followed, it became a nightmare.
Is this guy an indestructible, evil machine of eternal slaughter?
At this moment, Admiral Akainu Sakazuki had a shadow called Heroic Spirit etched into his heart.
He glanced at Karna, who was being held back by Arjuna in the distance, and then at the Pharaoh in the sky, who was being suppressed by the Chains of Heaven but was still exchanging barbs with Gilgamesh.
He glanced again at Roger and Quetzal, who were still locked in fierce combat on the other side of the ruins, as well as the resurrected terrifying berserker.
Akainu gritted his teeth, and his magma-transformed arm trembled slightly involuntarily—a subtle movement known only to himself.
He suddenly turned around, transforming into a stream of scorching lava, and charged towards the direction where the main naval force was gathering without looking back.
These guys are no match for the navy; their artillery fire is just a raindrop, only adding to the casualties.
Although Akainu had never thought about this issue before, he now had an urgent pursuit in his heart.
What can I do to become stronger? — Akainu knew that the bottleneck for a strongman like him was extremely solid and almost impossible to loosen.
But even so, can he be considered a strongman in this war?
As he fled like a wolf, a glint flashed in the eyes of Yan Huojing, who had been silently observing the battle.