Violent, blazing flames incinerated everything, leaving only ashes drifting away on the wind wherever they passed. This region of the Sea of Quanta had now been burned crimson, and a vision of purgatory unfolded before everyone's eyes.
Crack, clatter, clatter...
The Judgment of Shamash in Elias' hand shattered completely. The Honkai energy that had exceeded its load-bearing limit meant this replica, despite possessing the same performance as the genuine article, could only allow him to unleash one ridiculously powerful attack.
Gulp!
Someone swallowed audibly, clearly frightened by the power of Elias' strike. Even Ai, who had seen him fight at full strength before, sucked in a sharp breath.
She couldn't help marveling at how her captain was becoming more and more terrifying.
That sword strike just now could have cleaved an entire planet in half.
In truth, as someone firmly possessing planet-busting combat power, Elias always held himself back considerably whenever he fought, because even one ordinary basic attack from him was enough to wipe out a continent.
Therefore, if Elias ever fought seriously, Earth would probably end up buried alongside his enemy after a single strike. Only somewhere like the Sea of Quanta could he truly cut loose without restraint.
Well, no. He still had to be careful about innocent bubble worlds.
"...What terrifying power."
Cold sweat poured from the Ferryman as well. This was the first time he had ever seen the Sea of Quanta burned red, further confirming the suspicion he had formed earlier. The strength of this devourer of bubble worlds was absolutely inhuman.
Only the word "god" could possibly describe him!
Therefore, the pure-white person standing before him now was undoubtedly a "god who destroys worlds"!!
And precisely because of that, the Ferryman became even more convinced that Elias was unquestionably an evil final boss.
(Power of this magnitude must require an unimaginable amount of energy. No wonder this bastard needs to devour bubble worlds. Who knows how many bubble worlds have fallen victim to him by now? I absolutely cannot allow him to continue existing!)
His resolve might have been firm, but reality was looking grim.
If the Ferryman hadn't placed a Planet-class Quantum Shadow in front of himself just now, raised the Hyperion's energy shields to maximum in advance, and protected himself with an Ether Anchor,
he probably would have been reduced to ashes by now.
In fact, that Planet-class Quantum Shadow, which by itself possessed enough power to destroy a planet, was now already on its last legs.
Still, after taking Elias' full-power Shamash Assault head-on, the fact that it hadn't died instantly was already proof of its absurd toughness. And if even a Planet-class monster had ended up like this, there was no need to mention the weaker ones.
But...
"Tch! Their numbers barely dropped at all."
Elias frowned slightly. His Shamash Assault just now had annihilated an unknown number of Quantum Shadows and Imaginary Constructs.
But compared to the enemy's total numbers, it was still barely anything.
During this period, the Ferryman had been stockpiling troops like a madman. Even now, countless Quantum Shadows and Imaginary Constructs were still converging from every direction across the Sea of Quanta.
That continuously burning Ether Anchor could endlessly attract these monsters. However... when it came to efficiency in killing enemies, Elias had always been the undisputed number one among the Flame-Chasers.
His sword broke? No problem!
Behold the Authority of Reason's Unlimited Blade Works!
Not enough people? No problem!
Elias alone was an entire super-legion!
"It's been a while since we've really gone all out! Heaven Devourer!"
"ROOOOOOOOOAR—!!" x9
Answering Elias' summons, the Heaven Devourer Honkai Beast appeared.
Heaven Devourer was no longer the "weak" chimera that had only just evolved into a Planet-class Honkai Beast. As Elias' own strength continuously increased, so too did its power.
After all, it could evolve infinitely as well!!
The current Heaven Devourer had already reached the very pinnacle of the Planet-class Honkai Beasts. With just one more step, it would undergo another transformation, and at that point, "Planet-class" would no longer be enough to describe it.
Perhaps it would have to be called a Galactic-class Honkai Beast.
"So it really is your minion, Devourer!"
The Ferryman subconsciously clenched his fists. Looking at the chimera Honkai Beast before him, every cell in his body trembled in fear. Seeing it with his own eyes was completely different from watching blurry footage.
Even so, the Ferryman still refused to back down, because among the vast number of Imaginary Constructs and Quantum Shadows he had attracted by burning the Ether Anchor were multiple Planet-class entities.
No matter how strong Elias was, he was still only one person, while Rosemary and the others could hardly accomplish much on a battlefield of this level.
However...
"All right, I guess I really should call out a few more helpers. It's been a long time since I've had an opportunity like this, so let's have ourselves a real war!!"
"What?"
"ROOOOOOOOOAR—!!!" xN
The Ferryman instinctively stepped back several paces. Around Elias, space rippled like the surface of disturbed water, and one white Honkai Beast after another emerged from within.
These were formed from the Meta-Morph factors of the hundreds of thousands of Honkai Beasts inside Elias' body, and every single one possessed strength exceeding that of its original body, because the source of these Honkai Beasts' power was Elias himself.
The more Honkai energy Elias injected into them, the stronger these Honkai Beasts became. And as a dual Pseudo God of quantum and imaginary power, as well as the vessel containing countless bubble worlds, Elias' mana bar had long since turned into a sideways figure eight.
Among the Honkai Beasts he summoned, even a mere Seraph-class mosquito possessed Emperor-class strength!
In addition, a hundred thousand Puppets of Domination, each possessing Emperor-class combat strength, appeared one after another. Although the Puppets of Domination weren't especially powerful, they were an immortal legion!
As long as humanity's malice still existed.
As long as Elias' Honkai energy wasn't exhausted.
As long as they weren't all annihilated in a single instant.
Unless all three conditions above were simultaneously fulfilled,
the Puppets of Domination could regenerate infinitely!!
Elias: "Now then~ Let the war begin!"
Ferryman: "You monster! All forces, attack!!"
And thus, a war surpassing mythology itself erupted.
Countless enhanced Honkai Beasts, Puppets of Domination, Imaginary Constructs, and Quantum Shadows charged toward one another without hesitation, unleashing their abilities in an attempt to annihilate the opposing side.
The girls who were "fortunate" enough to witness this scene trembled, but they didn't simply stand there watching.
Rosemary, Luna, and Himeko all joined the battle. The first and last possessed Ether Anchors, while the vampire girl's strength as a Vipralopa-class MANTIS was certainly no weaker.
Ai returned to the Hyperion and immediately had the planet-destroying battleship unleash its full firepower, bombarding the Ferryman's side without restraint. Her kill count instantly skyrocketed to second only to Elias'.
"Everyone, prioritize your own safety!"
Elias called out worriedly, then constructed another pair of Judgments of Shamash and resumed setting the sea ablaze.
"Understood, Captain/My Lord/Human/Elias!" x4
The four girls answered simultaneously. They understood that there was no need for them to force themselves. All they had to do was provide support and pick off stragglers.
After all, considering Elias' efficiency at annihilating enemies, even the four of them combined couldn't reach a fraction of his total. Even so, none of them wanted to stand off to the side as useless spectators.
At the very least, they had to kill a few dozen monsters so they could say they participated.
Meanwhile, the Ferryman's expression was becoming uglier and uglier.
He had never been someone who underestimated his enemies. Back when Elias defeated him with a single strike, the Ferryman had already understood that this was an opponent he absolutely could not take lightly. He had to be cautious, cautious, and even more cautious!
Yet the result was still this disastrous.
No matter how many Quantum Shadows and Imaginary Constructs he drew here, they still couldn't inflict even the slightest injury on the white-haired boy. Before an absolutely superior powerhouse, numbers really did seem completely meaningless.
No... perhaps that wasn't entirely true.
Even Elias needed some time to kill this many monsters. That meant the Ferryman could survive a little longer... The only question was whether "a little longer" meant several minutes or perhaps a dozen.
"No. It's not over yet!"
The Ferryman forced his trembling body under control. He truly did still possess a method of victory. In fact, his original plan had never been to defeat Elias head-on. This enormous swarm of monsters was merely intended to wear him down.
His true objective was to "banish" Elias.
All the necessary preparations had already been completed. The Ferryman merely needed Elias to remain still for a few seconds.
Unfortunately, the savior's strength had far surpassed anything the Ferryman imagined. Such an enormous fighting force couldn't injure him in the slightest, and even after Elias unleashed so many absurdly powerful attacks, he showed no trace of exhaustion or depletion.
Stand still? What a joke!
He was like a white meteor streaking across the battlefield, annihilating monsters wherever he passed. The Ferryman couldn't even lock onto Elias long enough to unleash the "ultimate move" he had prepared.
(This won't work. My forces are dwindling faster and faster. Before long, they'll all be wiped out... I can't stop yet. My long-cherished wish still hasn't been fulfilled. I can't die such a meaningless death here!)
Beneath his hood, the Ferryman's eyes widened until they nearly split.
Watching Elias continuously annihilate his forces, his heart roared in frustration, but no matter how desperately he wanted to struggle, he had no idea what else he could do.
In a certain game called Yu-Gi-Oh!, what were you supposed to do when you encountered a monster whose attack power you couldn't surpass, which couldn't be destroyed by effects, couldn't be stolen, and couldn't even be targeted? Obviously, you found a way to banish it!
But reality wasn't a game.
Ferryman: "I have to make him stop moving and force him into a brief stagger. Only then can I use that move and banish this white monster to the end of time."
But that meant he had to injure Elias!
And not just lightly. It had to be a severe injury, one that would make Elias feel weakened and leave him unable to move for several seconds!!
That was practically impossible. After all, to the current Elias, even a Planet-class Honkai Beast's attack, powerful enough to pierce through a planet, couldn't break through his defenses.
Was the toughness of Dea Anchora, condensed from the energy of numerous bubble worlds, some kind of joke? Was the physical strength of a Planet-class chimera MANTIS some kind of joke? Were the layered Authority barriers of a twelve-Core Herrscher merely decorations?
It could be said that unless the Herrscher of Finality personally attacked, there was no longer anyone on Earth capable of breaking through Elias' defenses!
Then did the Ferryman possess any way to severely injure Elias?
The answer... was actually yes!
Anything could be found within the Sea of Quanta. After wandering through it for so many years and exploring countless bubble worlds, the Ferryman had discovered quite a few valuable things aside from Ether Anchors.
In fact, just two months ago, the Ferryman had discovered a bubble world called "Teyvat." As always, he had taken that bubble world's Ether Anchor.
And while there, he had also discovered a spear...
Ferryman: "With that spear's power, perhaps I really could heavily injure the Devourer once and create the tiny opening I need to banish him. But... I can't aim the damn thing!"
The Ferryman watched Elias massacre everything across the battlefield at divine speed, moving so quickly that the naked eye could barely track him, and bitterness filled his heart. He only had one chance. If he missed, he was dead!
And with Elias' speed, he could absolutely dodge it!
Ferryman: "...Looks like I'm screwed this time."
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