foreigner's journey

Chapter 1716 Desperate Situation
Earth 24, [Eternal Battlefield].

This is a vast wilderness, filled with ruins and abandoned weapons, with tattered banners fluttering in the scorching wind.

On a vast, desolate plain filled with ravines, a wounded man gasped for breath, as if trying to rip out his lungs to breathe.

Huff... Huff... Huff...

The transcendent Kim Doo-hwan was panting heavily, large beads of sweat trickling down his forehead and cheeks, turning into steam before they even hit the ground.

The seventh Sunshine Sword materialized in his hand, but it brought him no sense of security or confidence.

Damn it, how did we end up like this?

Despite recovering his damaged physical body and reaching the coveted Pillar level with the help of the Spiral Realm, why did he still suffer a crushing defeat?

The earth was bathed in a dim light, and Kim Doo-hwan looked up at the sky.

The phrase "clouds obscure the sun" describes the pale and lifeless sky at this moment.

The clear sky over the eternal battlefield, which should have been ruled by the scorching sun for millennia, was now completely covered by rolling leaden clouds. The hot air began to be mixed with moisture, and a storm roared overhead, accompanied by rolling thunder.

In the center of the storm vortex with dark clouds hanging high, a dragon maiden sat serenely atop the dark sky.

Lan gripped the murderous blade, its tip hanging limply. Barefoot, she stood amidst the wind and rain, her small dragon horns peeking out from her short gray hair. Her orange dragon eyes gazed down at the scene below with cold indifference.

Each time lightning flashes across the clouds, it briefly illuminates the sky and casts a massive phantom image of a dragon in the depths of the boundless clouds behind Lan.

If ranked solely by destructive power, Lan is undoubtedly the most powerful weapon human in the entire Star Ocean, without exception.

With sufficient energy support, Lan now starts her basic attacks with the Great Lan Divine Strike, and her Feather Robe Slash series of sword skills have been comprehensively enhanced.

Even though Jin Douhuan has now risen to the pillar level with the blessing of the Spiral Realm, he is still being unilaterally crushed by Lan, as easily as Lanlong crushing Blue Velociraptor.

Kim Doo-hwan didn't even know if he had a chance of winning after activating his ultimate concept body; the oppressive feeling this woman brought was simply terrifying.

This level of weapon isn't even Heather's life-bound weapon? Kim Doo-hwan couldn't even imagine how powerful the legendary Yamashita was.

What to do, what to do, what to do! Kim Doo-hwan frantically tried to think of a way to escape.

His trump card, the Sunlight Blade, is a powerful combat technique he mastered in the world of Dark Souls. Kim Doo-hwan can use the concept of fire to fuse the flames and heat within his body with sunlight, creating the Sunlight Blade, which resembles a giant golden sun sword.

The completed Sun Sword not only possesses astonishing destructive power, but can also be used as a throwing weapon and a medium for spells, transforming into incredibly powerful weapon modes such as the Sun Gun in Golden Lightning mode and the Sun Cannon in Beam mode.

But all of this is predicated on 'sunlight'; without sunlight, nothing can be discussed.

Damn, the entire Earth is shrouded in dark clouds 24/7, and not a ray of sunlight can be seen. How powerful can this Sunshine Sword be?
Just as he was thinking rapidly, a bluish-white light flashed above his head.

Almost instinctively, Kim Doo-hwan raised his hand and forcefully threw the newly formed Sunshine Sword in his hand.

The Sunshine Sword instantly transformed into a golden beam of light and flew out, only to be shattered into pieces by a slash that was surrounded and gathered by lightning and storm, causing a rain of light to fall from the sky.

Kim Doo-hwan didn't even have time to look at the remaining spots of light and rain in the sky. He scrambled to the side and leaped up, his entire body erupting with flames hot enough to incinerate a planet.

[Final Flame Robe]!
Despite the unimaginable temperature, the flames were red, and the fire sculpted a wide cloak and battle armor on Kim Doo-hwan's body.

Then, a blade struck the chest of the flaming armor squarely.

The extremely condensed 'wind' and 'water' twisted into a white line, splitting the dark clouds in two. When it hit Jin Douhuan, the menacing flames on his body could be seen flickering wildly like a faulty television screen.

【Hagoromo Giri: Yoru Arashi】!
*Screech!* Kim Doo-hwan felt as if he had returned to his frail body before he had awakened his senses, and then he was hit head-on by a heavy truck.

What came from my chest was not pain, but a numbness that instantly spread throughout my body.

*Pfft!* Jin Douhuan spat out blood that looked like hot magma from his mouth and nose. The Flame Cloak on his body would have been enough to withstand an attack that could destroy the entire universe in an instant if it were placed in the outside world, but now only a few embers remained on his body.

He looked down at his chest and found a huge slash that almost revealed his internal organs and shattered ribs. Behind him, a huge rift valley appeared in the ground with no end in sight!
The core area of ​​the Spiral Realm is almost entirely Earth, which results in Earth and the entire solar system having a durability far exceeding that of ordinary level 10 worlds. It's like the Supreme Kai Realm in Dragon Ball; a super attack capable of destroying a galaxy on a daily basis would only plow a shallow trench in the Supreme Kai Realm.

But that slash just now almost sliced ​​the North American continent of Earth 24 in two!
Kim Doo-hwan clutched his chest, his face deathly pale, as flames surged wildly inside the wound, attempting to heal himself.

He couldn't win; the difference in strength was too great! Even though he hadn't yet reached the ultimate conceptual body stage, his opponent hadn't entered the Rustless Ascension stage either. Kim Doo-hwan was certain that once Lan activated the Rustless Ascension mode, it would be his death.

Now, the opponent is slowly and deliberately sparring with me like a cat playing with a mouse, clearly intending to kill all Spiral members at the same time as the other weaponized beings, in order to completely destroy the Spiral Realm.

Damn it, someone save me... Kim Doo-hwan was almost crying. He joined Spiral not to be killed by a mere weapon clone. This is too embarrassing.

Just then, he suddenly shuddered, for he heard the voice of the Foolish King.

Then, a smile slowly appeared on Kim Doo-hwan's face: "...Hahaha, the heavens have not forsaken Spiral! You Star Sea are doomed to lose, hahaha!"

Lan also sensed the message from Heather and frowned slightly.

As mentioned before, to destroy the Spiral Realm, all Spiral members and pillars must die. Moreover, starting from the death of the first Spiral member, all other members must be killed within 5 minutes.

Due to the unique structure of the Spiral Realm, the Star Sea and the Spiral Realm cannot assist each other and must fight their own enemies.

The other Starsea members have all found their respective Spiral opponents, but due to the mutual interference of the two god-level territorial life tools, the formation of both sides has become useless, resulting in a completely random lineup versus a random lineup.

Cheryl in the Red Cloak VS Rebecca, the Devil of the Gun, and Ricardo, the Feathered Serpent.

[God of War] Rahu VS [Beasts] Kaido + [Santa Claus] Nicholas.

[Speedy Heroine] Sylvie VS [Evil Eye] Uchiha Suzume.

[Death Star Jazz] Amidala VS [Mermaid Prince] Captain Nemo + [Thunder Wolf Dragon] King Olga.

[Foolish King] Wiston VS [Sword God Titan] Sargeras + [D20] Wakatsuki Majutsu + [Skeleton Knight] Garcelic + [Dragon King] Platonssanks.

[The Transcendent] Kim Doo-hwan VS [The Deadly Blade] Arashi.

Now, the remaining members of the Spiral and Star Sea are clearly visible—

Nightshade Buster walked barefoot on the steps of the Soul Kingdom.

Here, buildings are made of materialized souls, and the boundary between the soul realm and the material realm has become very blurred.

She walked silently through the Soul Kingdom until she reached a precipice before stopping.

She looked up at the cliff in front of her, where a sea of ​​souls surged like a misty cloud, each drop of water formed from the soul of a living being.

A ferry boat floats on this boundless sea of ​​souls.

Alice, the singer of destiny, stood at the bow of the ship, slowly opening her arms and smiling as she faced the distant shadow of Buster in the night.
"Welcome to [Earth 27: The Land of Souls of the Past], Bastet."

Soon, you will be a part of this place.

A deadly battle is about to erupt.

(End of this chapter)