At last, Makaze left its sheath, releasing with it phenomenal tidal waves of raging Dark Mana, cracking the surrounding space and bringing with it an immense pressure, alarming even the old man, who was sure that such a strike would even hurt him.

'First Wave, Black as night, Calamity descends!'

A curtain of darkness covered the sky, changing the bright and sunny day to complete darkness, where even the view of a God could extend only to a short distance.

This, however, was only the beginning of the fleeing woman's nightmare, she breathed a sigh of relief once she left the dark cube but it hasn't been ten seconds yet the environment had a drastic change. The first person to react was the old man, who waved his hang, retrieving a long golden staff from his storage and immediately rushing at Arthur, intending to interrupt his strike or at least divert its direction so that the woman could flee safely.

A strike that could alter weather and cause such change is not something ordinary, albeit the target being a Peak God, what Arthur demonstrated earlier is not something to laugh at or underestimate.

One can only imagine how strong this strike is going to be, knowing that even normal sword slashes could potentially injure his underlings, then this kind of powered attack would obliterate them, leaving nothing but empty space.

As Arthur slashed down toward the fleeing woman, he performed the slash with lightning speed, shattering the very space Makaze passed through and launching an enormous wave of jet black energy, created by mostly sharp Arthur's Sword Energy.

The speed of the black wave was faster than the old man could have imagined, by the time he appeared next to Arthur and swung down his golden staff, the dark wave enveloped the fearful woman without any means of resistance. One second she was fleeing in a direction and the other there was nothing but the dark wave, which dispersed in a dark fog, the sky also regained its color and the weather returned to normal.

[Thousand Waves] is the strongest attack Arthur could muster after Rizaki, it was even superior to the Heavenly Arrow, this was thanks to its properties. It could be used along with other attributes and even without them, purely from Sword Energy.

Arthur's mind relaxed a bit when he got rid of the woman, but the fight wasn't over, in fact, it hasn't even begun, the Gods he got rid of were nothing compared to the old man. He had the advantage of surprise, they largely underestimated him, especially the young man, which made it easier to get rid of them but it didn't look like the old man was the naive type, he was cautious from the beginning and he didn't hold back in his previous attacks.

The incoming staff which was going to hit Arthur's left shoulder and probably causes more than half of the bones of his body to shatter, halted mid-air as it met with the strengthened Dark Barrier condensed especially to defend against the old man when he's busy unleashing [Thousand Waves].

"There's no escape, little vermin!"

The old man's eyes turned into two blinding lights and his aura rose, the Dark Barrier could no longer hold on and shattered, thankfully, Arthur had enough time to face the old man and slash with Makaze, which was no longer dark but had the color of snow, pure white with narrow edges and small lightning streaks twirling around it.

'Second wave, Thunderous God, Punishment for the Sinners!'

'Bzzzt'

A loud clapping sound was heard as white thunder raged and an ear-deafening explosion was heard from hundreds of miles away.

The staff was met with the white blade, causing severe cracks to the Dark Cube, which apparently couldn't hold on any longer. An illusory figure of an old man with a long beard appeared above Arthur, the old man raised his long magical staff to the cloudy sky then pointed its tip at the old man, who was momentarily startled by this but managed to snap out of his astonishment.

A crack between the dark clouds appeared, bringing with it a thunderous roar belonging to a blade made out of pure Godly Thunder, it descended toward Arthur's opponent, ready to annihilate him.

In response to this, the old man waved his scepter, which flashed flew out of his hand and met with the enormous sword descending upon him, the scepter enlarged in size and rotated horizontally with blinding Holy Light emanating from it. What came out of the blinding light was a four-meter long shield that blocked the thunder sword from hurting its target.

The Godly Thunder is explosive by nature and when it's used in a powerful skill such as this one, its might is doubled, so one could easily guess the outcome of the clash between the huge sword and bright white shield.

The dark cube started falling apart, little by little, and devastation caused by this clash was not unnoticed by the surrounding people.

Although Arthur traveled a safe system from the city, the destruction caused by this clash couldn't pass undetected. The enormous thunder sword was even seen from the city, this alerted the guards and even the Kang Family which sent its elders to activate the defensive barrier to protect the city from the battle. Sitting on top of the walls surrounding the city and gazing at the direction of the fight, Kang Amidel felt the heavy energy fluctuation that even reached him from such a big distance.

Winds raged and howled as strong waves of energy disturbed the sunny day and caused clouds to turn the normal day into a gloomy one and frightening the weaker cultivators.

The previous curtain of darkness didn't reach the city but this clash was more destructive due to the thunder's property and the strong defense of the white shield thrown by the Sovereign.

"Is this the battle of Peak Gods, Dad?"

Kithel, who was standing next to his father along with Emily and Swain, who went back to the city per the orders of his master.

Amidel glanced at Swain and calmly replied

"Why don't you ask your new friend?"

Kithel was confused at first then seemed to have realized something. Swain came back yet his master didn't, which meant that there is a big chance that the master is involved one way or another.

"Hey hey, is it really your master out there? How come I couldn't sense she was this strong?!"

Emily wasn't worried about the fight, she was as curious as always, she also felt a bit surprised since she couldn't see through Swain's master.

Swain stared at the horizon, his eyes pulsating with a red light, he remained expressionless and didn't reply to Emily, who kept pestering him. After a few seconds, he looked at Amidel, who was glancing at him and replied

"A man's duty is not spectating, therefore, the servant shall excuse himself."

Swain bowed toward Amidel and silently left the area, heading toward the Kang castle. Emily wanted to keep watching what's happening, but she couldn't let Swain alone, so she followed right after him. She caught up with him in no time and asked again

"What's wrong, Swain? Do you not want to see what a fight between Peak Gods is?"

Again, receiving no reply from him made the little girl pout but she didn't insist like last time, she kept glancing back every few seconds, interested in what's causing the troubled winds and raging Nether Energy coming from that direction. Seeing her like that, Swain smirked and said

"You ask a lot of questions, don't you?"

The girl stuck her tongue out cutely and retorted

"My brother always says curiosity is my besetting sin."

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In another corner of the city, a group of people with long ears and brown robes stared at the gigantic Thunder Sword with fear, this group belonged to the Desert Gargoyles with Ehrendil leading them. The leader looked thoroughly at the Thunder Sword, for some reason, he was feeling the same ominous energy he felt back in their headquarters, when the dark cube popped out of nowhere.

"We'll just watch, for now, then we'll go see who's fighting who."

Obviously, he was only talking to the commanders, the juniors will stay at the city lest they die from a collateral attack launched by Tarathiel, who was leading the Desert Gargoyles.

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Another group of gargoyles which left the city a while ago stared with fright and awe at the descending sword, which cut a hole through the dense clouds and caused the raging winds to reach them.

"A fight has already broken out, we must take heed and travel safely without alerting any enemies. Protecting general Rose is the top priority."

Tarathiel ordered his subordinates as they circled the white-armored Rose, who had become an important figure in the tribe. She was young and talented, and she was a General to begin with, the only downside is that she only had one arm but such a thing could be fixed, for these reasons, Tarathiel planned to place all his bets on her, to nurture her to be a strong leader that could lead them out of this wasteland.

'I know this feeling, it's 'him' without a doubt! To think he was this strong…'

The one who was most familiar with Arthur was most definitely Rose, who had him possess her forcefully and bore with him inside her for a period of time, so she was quite sensitive to Dark Magic, which is a part of Arthur and now that it has been unleashed to such a degree, there is no way she wouldn't be able to not feel it or be mistaken about it. She touched the hilt of her sword and followed her kin, marching toward their territory while making use of the dense forest to cover them.

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"It's not Peak Gods, right, dad?"

Kithel's eyes were locked onto the large sword, wondering what kind of person could summon such a mighty sword.

"It's not, it's a battle between Sovereigns, I can sense strong and pure Holy Magic and explosive Thunder source from that sword, it's difficult for the city to remain unscathed even with the existence of the barrier. Amidel didn't wait for his son to reply before he got out of the city, standing a dozen meters in front of the barrier, planning to personally act if something unexpected happens.