Starry Sky Railway: Twin Origins

Chapter 260 Rematch

Just as everyone was surprised by the changes that had taken place in Nicardoli.

Once fully recovered, Nicardoli suddenly raised his golden spear high and let out a thunderous battle roar.

The roar was like a deafening thunderclap, causing the bricks and stones on the nearby walls, eroded by time, to fall off in a flurry, and the sound continued to echo in the sky above Xuanfeng City for a long time.

The enormous roar caused Lin Qiong's eardrums to ache terribly. He quickly raised his hand to cover his ears, trying to reduce the ear-piercing sound that was like a sharp knife.

Even so, Lin Qiong still felt his head buzzing.

"...Ugh, it's so noisy!"

At this moment, Wan Di, who had been knocked away earlier, got up from the ground again and staggered back into the crowd.

"I thought we'd be fighting until the end of the era, but I never expected you to succeed... Well done!"

"What we are about to face is the true spear of divine retribution!"

Compared to the battle cry just now, Wan Di's voice, though somewhat insignificant, was just loud enough for everyone to hear clearly.

Upon hearing this, Bai E immediately picked up the thread and asked a question:

"So, if we defeat the current Nicardoli, we can stop Him from continuing to forge the Blade of Divine Punishment?"

“No, that’s not enough.” Wan Di shook his head and continued, “Do you see what’s floating behind Him?”

"That is the divinity of the Spear of Divine Retribution. To defeat Nicardi, we must destroy both His physical form and His divinity."

"If only one of them is destroyed, the conflict will never end..."

Just as Wan Di was explaining to everyone how to defeat Nicardoli,

As if he truly understood the meaning behind the words, Nicardoli swung his golden spear without hesitation, sweeping it fiercely towards the crowd.

Faced with this sudden attack, everyone could only scatter and take cover, except for Wan Di, who remained in place.

Lin Qiong reacted the fastest, taking a step back to dodge out of the golden spear's swing range.

At the same time, he reached into a ball of flame that had ignited in the void and slowly pulled out the Calamity Extinction from it.

"Ultimately, it's about resolving both the physical body and divinity simultaneously, right?"

Lin Qiong's lips curled up into a confident smile: "That feels pretty simple."

"Drink!"

At the same time, Wan Di, who remained in place, resolutely stretched out his arms and used his body to embrace the golden spear that Nicardoli swung at him.

Then, visible veins bulged on his arms, and his whole body gripped the golden spear like an iron clamp.

Even as the energy emanating from the golden spear continued to scorch his skin, he still did not let go.

"HKS, fighting... isn't just about talking... ugh!"

Wan Di gritted his teeth, his voice slurred and strained as if he were using all his strength to fight against Nicardoli's power.

"Well done, you're invincible!"

When Bai Er saw that Nicardoli's weapon was temporarily restrained, a look of excitement immediately appeared on his face.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, he leaned forward without hesitation, pushed off the ground with both feet, and rushed to Nicardoli's side in the blink of an eye. The sharp sword in his hand, which was gleaming with cold light, had already gathered its strength.

Swish!

The sword light, like lightning cleaving through dark clouds, slashed towards the divinity behind Nicardoli at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.

While Bai E attacked the divinity, Dan Heng and Xing launched surprise attacks on Nicardoli's main body from its left and right sides respectively.

Faced with a simultaneous attack from three people, if it were Nicardoli in the past, he would probably have been killed on the spot by now.

Unfortunately, He is now the Spear of Divine Retribution, the Titan who symbolizes "strife," now whole again.

Nicardi may have also known that as long as either His divinity or His divine body remained, the flame of His life would never be extinguished.

Nicardo roared and suddenly raised his left arm, using his sharp, dagger-like claws to grab at Bai Er.

Clearly, He has decided to prioritize protecting His own divinity and eliminate any enemies that pose a threat to Him.

However, aside from the four on the main battlefield and the open area not far away—

A wave of heat surged around him as he raised the forest sky high, ready to unleash his devastating power.

Nicardo seems to have overlooked the existence of another person...

"Give up the struggle, Titan. May you let go of all your obsessions...and rest in peace."

Just then, Xia Die's ethereal yet slightly sorrowful voice drifted in from the side.

As he spoke, a pool of dark purple, viscous liquid seeped from the ground beneath Nicardoli's feet, then gushed upwards like octopus tentacles.

In the blink of an eye, the pool of liquid transformed into dozens of twisted, thick tentacles, which swiftly clung to His body.

Under the influence of the tentacles, Nicardoli's left hand, which was reaching for Bai Er, suddenly froze, as if it had been put in shackles, and remained suspended in mid-air.

The dark purple tentacles, like chains, tightly wrapped around Nicardoli's body, constantly wriggling and contracting, binding him so tightly that he could not move.

This left Nicardoli with only his head that could still move with some difficulty.

Just as Bai E's sword was about to touch the divinity behind it, Dan Heng's Cloud Strike and Xing's baseball bat were also approaching His true form.

At this moment, the outcome was almost certain...

However, everyone seems to have underestimated Nicardoli.

As a Titan who controls conflict, His immense power is beyond doubt. But beyond that, He was once a god whom the people of Suspended Peak worshipped.

Even though he had long lost his mind, the instinct to fight to the death in adversity still remained in his body.

"Ah ah!"

Nicardoli twisted his body frantically, letting out a roar.

In the nick of time, He twisted His only movable head, ignoring the pain from being hit by the cloud of fire and the baseball bat.

He used the sharp horn on his head, which should have been an ornament or had other purpose, to smash it fiercely against Bai E's sword.

"Clang!"

The sharp horns collided with the sword, sparks flew, and a metallic clang erupted.

"What!?"

To everyone's astonishment, Nicardoli, through this insane act, managed to knock the sword out of Bai Er's hand.

It prevented the combined attack that should have pierced through both divinity and divine body, causing their complete demise.

After doing all this, Nicardoli, whose true form had been severely injured by the combined efforts of Danheng and Xing,

His head drooped limply like a broken flag, as if it had lost all life.

But this momentary lapse in attention gave Nicardoli a chance to recover.

In the blink of an eye, Nicardoli, who had been severely injured, was able to struggle to get up again.

His body, riddled with holes by the Cloud Strike, and his outer shell, shattered by the Star's baseball bat, were healing at a visible rate.

Upon seeing this, the expressions on their faces changed drastically.

But before they could make a move, Nicardoli was suddenly enveloped in a dazzling golden light, as bright as the midday sun, so intense that it was impossible to open one's eyes.

"Ugh!!"

Nicardi roared, unleashing a powerful energy shockwave emanating from itself and spreading wildly outwards.

In an instant, the three people closest to Nicardoli, Danheng, Xing, and Bai'e, were uncontrollably blasted away.

Wan Di was also pushed backward dozens of meters by the shockwave, his legs carving two deep tracks in the ground.

Even Xiaodie, who was a little further away, was forced to stagger back a few steps.

After the shockwave gradually subsided, everyone endured the pain and slowly stood up.

They looked in the direction of Nicardoli, and saw that His aura was now even more magnificent than before, as if His death had granted Him even greater power.

"This guy... is really hard to deal with."

Dan Heng frowned slightly, unconsciously tightening his grip on the Strike Cloud, a distinct solemnity appearing on his face.

"To be able to block the attack in such a peculiar way, truly worthy of being called the Titan of Discord."

Bai E glanced at the sharp sword in his hand, then couldn't help but sigh.

When the group realized that Nicardi's resurrection would grant him even greater power, they dared not launch an attack lightly.

But this happened during the standoff between the two sides.

Lin Qiong's calm and composed voice suddenly rang out:

"Excuse me, everyone, make way! Heavenly Fire... is about to be unleashed!"