NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 41
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“Still not going to make a move?”
Esdeath was puzzled.
Since just a moment ago, Bai Luo had been floating there.
Without any defense or dodging, he simply neutralized all of her attacks with some invisible force field.
“Even if you can resist the erosion of low temperatures, how will you deal with this iceberg?”
As she spoke, the iceberg summoned by Esdeath was already not far from Bai Luo.
“Is this all your strength?”
However, what surprised Esdeath was that Bai Luo completely ignored the iceberg above his head and instead asked curiously, “Where is your Mokkotsu?”
“What?”
Upon seeing Esdeath’s reaction, Bai Luo suddenly realized, “Ah, I almost forgot. You haven’t yet grasped this technique at this point.”
This statement left Esdeath utterly confused.
And as for understanding the Time Stop ultimate technique upon hearing the name Mokkotsu, that was naturally impossible.
“What’s going on?!”
Before Esdeath could continue questioning,
the next scene made the originally calm Esdeath completely stunned.
The proud and cold older sister, the queen of ice and snow, now had slightly contracted pupils, unable to conceal the shock in her heart.
It seemed that the iceberg falling from Bai Luo’s head was now floating as if weightless, ceasing its descent.
“It stopped?”
Kurumi Tokisaki, Misaka Mikoto, Qian Renxue, and other members of the chat group watching the battle were discussing their speculations about the scene in the chat group viewing channel.
Kurumi Tokisaki: “So this is what you mean when you say the king cannot be harmed by external forces?”
“Yes.”
Adolf K. Wiesmann explained to everyone, “As an Authority Holder, one is naturally protected by fate, and no power can harm the king.”
“Bullets aimed at the king will shatter, fatal poisons will become ineffective, and even if you drop a nuclear bomb directly on their heads, the bomb will hover in mid-air, unable to fall.”
Evidently, the reason why the iceberg hovered in mid-air was due to the interference of the Sacred Domain.
Not only the iceberg, but also the extreme cold around it, which could instantly freeze people, Bai Luo stood high up in the air without feeling any chill.
He did nothing.
He neither released magic power nor performed any protection.
The Sacred Domain of the Black King—immortality, fate, destruction, order, change, peace, chaos—various powers surrounded Bai Luo like stars circling the sun, perfectly protecting him inside.
“What kind of bizarre ability is this?”
Esdeath had never heard of such a thing; she couldn’t understand it, much less accept it: “According to your meaning, isn’t it true that none of my techniques can cause you harm?”
“Though I wish to say otherwise, but that’s the fact.”
Bai Luo’s Sacred Domain was countless times stronger than the Seven Kings of the K World, and this was without using magical power enhancements.
The Power of Authority of SR could even erase disasters like planetary explosions from causality.
In other words, at least a single destructive technique in the late seven-digit range would be needed to break through the autonomous protection of the Sacred Domain and reach Bai Luo.
“What a joke!!”
Esdeath refused to believe such a thing.
Her full attack couldn’t even penetrate Bai Luo’s passive protection.
“Bang Bang Bang~~”
Countless icicles pierced towards Bai Luo, only to shatter and vanish.
A tornado laden with ice crystals began to contract, but dissipated on its own like it ran out of energy when it was still a hundred meters away from Bai Luo.
“Direct physical attacks are ineffective.”
“The blizzard is retreating on its own.”
“Even the surrounding coldness can’t harm the opponent.”
Esdeath had never experienced such a battle.
Despite having used all her skills, she hadn’t even touched the enemy’s clothes.
“Is this the strongest person in the chat group?”
Esdeath didn’t feel that Bai Luo was humiliating her since Bai Luo hadn’t done anything.
It was like a weak child facing a savage species; the former had exhausted all efforts but couldn’t even penetrate the latter’s shell.
Could you blame the savage species for having too sturdy a shell, thus looking down on the child?
“Is it over?”
Bai Luo watched as Esdeath went from excitement to anger and then to calmness.
In his view, Esdeath, who had created the Ice General and constructed the icy nation, had reached her limit.
“Damn!”
Esdeath furrowed her brows deeply, revealing dissatisfaction in her eyes: “The gap is so wide!”
This dissatisfaction wasn’t directed at Bai Luo.
She was dissatisfied with her own weakness.
How long had it been since Esdeath last felt this sense of helplessness and frustration from being looked down upon?
Although Bai Luo hadn’t said anything,
Esdeath knew Bai Luo was disappointed.
Disappointed with the strength she had shown.
Am I not even worthy of making him interested?
Esdeath touched her chest, feeling her heart racing madly due to her unwillingness to accept defeat. She lifted her head, and the high-and-mighty queen stared straight into the man who was looking down at her from above.
“I’ve disappointed you. Weak as I am, I don’t even have the qualification to make you fight back.”
Fighting is a two-way thing. Esdeath yearned for combat and wanted to give her opponent the same joy.
“I’m just ahead of you.” Bai Luo shook his head and said, “With your talent, Esdeath, you’ll eventually reach a higher realm.”
“A higher realm?”
Esdeath: “Then let me see the power of the strongest person in the chat group!”
Although she had lost, the sparring match wasn’t over yet.
“Can you show us the height we look up to?”
Esdeath wanted to witness Bai Luo’s strength—not this intangible causality law, but an undeniable absolute crushing power that would make her truly convinced.
“Can you do it?”
“Defeat me,” Esdeath said, “like wiping out dry leaves!”
“…”
Bai Luo looked at Esdeath and smiled: “Then… “
“As you wish!”
As soon as the words were spoken, Esdeath felt an overwhelmingly powerful will sweeping through everything like a flood.
In an instant, centered around Bai Luo, the frozen sea, the cloudy sky, and the world that had withered due to Esdeath’s power all returned to their original state as if someone had pressed the rewind button.
“This?!”
Esdeath was shocked by the sight resembling a miracle.
Not only that.
Esdeath discovered that her ice power was now completely sealed within her body.
No matter how she tried to activate it, she couldn’t influence the outside world even a little bit.
Sealed?
No, this was still Bai Luo’s Sacred Domain!
The Sacred Domain centered around Bai Luo covered the surroundings, dispelling the effects Esdeath had caused.
Causality reversal!
All the damage caused by the Ice General was repaired by the Sacred Domain.
Moreover, standing within the Sacred Domain, the power inside Esdeath’s body was rejected by the Sacred Domain, leaving only the area within her host untouched.
“Normally, my Sacred Domain remains in a self-restrained state.”
Bai Luo: “The power of the Sacred Domain is very convenient, but during battles, it’s quite troublesome.”
If it weren’t suppressed, not to mention Xue Ji or Alpha,
even someone as strong as Esdeath would be instantly restrained, unable to use her abilities.
“After this period of development, my Sacred Domain now has a maximum range large enough to encompass an entire planet!”
Saying this, Bai Luo completely unleashed the constraints on his Sacred Domain.
“Boom!!”
Instantly, an immensely grand will enveloped the planet beneath their feet.
From the surface to the core, inside and out, every inch of land, every corner, was brought under the control of the Sacred Domain.
“The authority of the Black King encompasses everything.”
“From creating everything to destroying everything.”
“As long as you’re within this Sacred Domain, I can manipulate and correct things at will.”
Bai Luo spoke, and the heavens changed color, the seas turned to deserts, mountains collapsed, and new peaks rose from the earth.
The four seasons flowed, day and night alternated, blinking several times in quick succession.
Controlling a planet posed no pressure for Bai Luo now; it was incredibly easy.
Of course, mainly because the size of this planet wasn’t large.
If it were a super-large planet like Saturn or Jupiter, Bai Luo would have to sacrifice precision to gain a larger range.
“This power is called the Power of Authority, and the light covering this planet is called the Black King Sacred Domain.”
Bai Luo did not stop his actions: “Next, let me show you my second ability.”
Being in the chat group, Bai Luo decided to demonstrate to the members the power he currently possessed.
“Zzzz~~”
Black patterns interlaced with starlight extended from Bai Luo’s feet and spread across the entire planet at an astonishing speed.
These patterns resembled a circuit network, densely packed, yet exuding a certain beauty, transforming the planet into some massive sci-fi creation.
“What is this?”
Esdeath had never felt magic power before. She looked at the towering structures in the sky that intertwined to form a cage-like barrier of magic power.
They flickered intermittently, with starlight flowing over them, giving her an indescribable sense of tranquility and vastness, as if she were in space.
“The collision of magic power, internal-to-external fission, and external-to-internal fusion.”
Bai Luo slowly raised his hand, and beams of light gathered, forming a black sphere containing galaxies that floated quietly in his palm.
“When the Sacred Domain covers the entire planet, my magic power reaches every corner.”
“By breaking down the structure of matter with magic power, eroding, liberating, and merging, do you know what this means?”
Hearing Bai Luo’s explanation of his abilities, ancient people like Esdeath and Tanjiro clearly couldn’t understand.
But Adolf K. Wiesmann and Misaka Mikoto, top students from Academy City, simultaneously thought of an unbelievable idea…
“Nuclear Bomb!”
Wiesmann: “He has turned an entire planet into a nuclear bomb!”
Misaka Mikoto: “Is this really something a human can achieve?”
Seemingly hearing Wiesmann and Misaka Mikoto’s astonishment, Bai Luo said nothing but smiled and slowly clenched his five fingers.
“I AM THE END!”
An extremely pure white light, free from any impurities, swallowed Esdeath’s vision.
[Esdeath has died]
The notification sound from the chat group rang in Esdeath’s ears, but she had no idea what happened.
“Am I… dead?”
In the boundless light, Esdeath could see nothing and hear nothing.
Whether it was cold or heat, all senses disappeared in this moment.
Space shattered, and time seemed to stop.
The world fell silent, and it was a fleeting moment of glory.
As for what happened afterward, Esdeath didn’t know, because her consciousness had already returned to her main body in the Amegakure World.
Meanwhile, in the arena,
“Are you kidding me…?”
Misaka Mikoto’s voice trembled, and before her, the planet beneath Esdeath and Bai Luo burst forth with dazzling light.
Next, silent fireworks began devouring everything around them.
“Boom!”
“Boom Boom Boom!!”
Planet after planet shattered under this incomparable power and exploded in chain reactions, spreading from nearby to the surroundings until the entire galaxy was submerged.
The energy tides spread like water waves, and even the central star broke apart under the cosmic magic power!
Right before their eyes, a star system vanished.
Bai Luo stood in the void, with a black-red ring behind him.
That was a pitch-black void, continuously absorbing the scattered energy around it.
This ring symbolized the Black King Sacred Domain.
It was also the boundary between destruction and creation.
The amount of magic power consumed to ignite a planet was merely a catalyst.
Yet the energy released was far more immense than Bai Luo’s own magic power.
Therefore, the Black King Sacred Domain automatically absorbed this energy and converted it into Bai Luo’s magic power.
Thus, Bai Luo could continue igniting stars and release even more energy.
This cycle continued endlessly.
Stars would perish faster and faster, while the power accumulated in Bai Luo’s Sacred Domain increased exponentially.
Magic power catalyzation, Sacred Domain absorption.
This was the fusion of chaotic magic power in the Black King…
No, this was no longer just the simple Black King but the Emperor of the End who bestowed the world’s destruction.
However, it wasn’t over yet!
After consuming all the energy in the entire universe, the Emperor of the End would transform into the Primordial God in the pitch-black void.
Everything that once existed in the universe would become the energy of the Primordial God, aiding him in writing a new Genesis!
“Hmm, this is about all I can do right now.”
“Sorry everyone, you couldn’t see a bigger firework display.”
Looking at the devastating spectacle he had created, Bai Luo nodded satisfactorily.
In fact, Bai Luo could create an even bigger firework display.
However, limited by the skill of manipulating magic power, Bai Luo would need more time to ignite it.
This had nothing to do with the strength of magic power but purely a problem of calculation volume.
Of course, Bai Luo could also destroy things directly using the energy absorbed by the Sacred Domain.
But that would not only be inefficient but also leave no room for subsequent replenishment.
“…”
Listening to Bai Luo’s humblebrag, everyone was speechless.
“Gulp.”
In class, Misaka Mikoto unconsciously swallowed her saliva and began to recall whether she had offended Bai Luo since joining the group.
There was no way. It was too terrifying.
Exploding stars, erasing an entire star system.
Even now, Misaka Mikoto’s mind was still filled with that figure.
Stars perished, and the sun collapsed.
Bai Luo, bearing a black hole, looked down calmly like a world-ending god.
This unprecedented mental shock wasn’t just for Misaka Mikoto but also for Kurumi Tokisaki, Tanjiro, Adolf K. Wiesmann, and everyone else who was terrified by Bai Luo’s overwhelming power.
“Too scary.”
“Is this the power of the strongest person in the chat group?”
Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe was trembling all over.
It wouldn’t stop. There was no way it would stop.
Compared to Bai Luo, Qian Renxue felt like an insignificant speck of dust, a mere ant that could be wiped out at any time.
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