Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 347 Broken Star
"Hey, what is that?"

In the main battlefield, more than 200,000 troops from the three dynasties had just completed the elimination of the remaining star beasts. The blood-soaked soldiers stared blankly at the meteor approaching rapidly from the sky, and the huge plain fell into deathly silence.

Soon, not only on the battlefield of Selia, but more and more Gelide people looked up and noticed the darkening sky.

From Gale City in the west to Port Torrance in the east, from Sunfire City at the southernmost tip of the continent in the south to the Beast Temple in the north, all living beings on this land witnessed the changes that took place in the sky with their own eyes.

At first it was just a distant meteorite, but gradually, they finally noticed something unusual - compared to those small meteors that could only be observed with the naked eye after entering the atmosphere, this was clearly a huge star falling rapidly in the starry sky thousands of miles away!

When it penetrated the atmosphere, it had covered a full quarter of the sky in Gaileyd. The raised crystalline gullies on the surface of the meteorite were like undulating mountains. The air waves generated by the high temperature friction on the edge of the star were like the surging waves of a tsunami, causing the air of the entire East Continent to tremble!
The sunlight at dusk, the moonlight hanging high in the sky, and the light of the golden tree in the direction of Yatan were all blocked out. Only the glittering meteorite and the vast starlight that seemed to penetrate the entire border area remained in the sky!

In the East China Sea Islands, Lance Shanks fought desperately like a madman to repel the three corrupt archbishops who blocked his way. His white dragon body turned into a blazing lightning and rushed towards Ceria. His usually gentle pupils were filled with anger and panic that burned everything.

"It's not too late. It must be not too late."

She knew that there might be other powerful people rushing there at this moment, but only she, who was close to the East China Sea, had the opportunity to stop this crisis and have the opportunity to snatch his life back from the hands of the evil god of destruction!

The surging wind pressure rushed in, and the huge waves rising from the sea made her body freeze. It was the wind wave storm caused by the chain reaction of gravity environment when the meteorite was about to fall. Given her current state of injury and fatigue, she was simply unable to quickly break through the barrier of the power of heaven and earth!
"How could it be?" Tears flowed like rain from those clear dragon eyes like stars.

In the Beast Temple, Malicus strode forward with a cold expression. When he reached the temple door, he stretched out his hand, grasped the black sword of death that judged all living beings in the black and red flames, and slashed at the dusty temple door with all his might!

boom--

The violent energy scattered and stirred, leaving a deep sword mark on the surface of the palace door, but then overlapping golden grids emerged, quickly repairing the sword mark, and in the blink of an eye it was as good as new.

Malicus let out an extremely angry roar, and swung the black sword with all his might again and again, wishing he could smash the palace door into pieces. However, the golden seal was like a rock in a rainstorm, and no matter how powerful his sword was, he could not set foot outside even once!
In the heart of the golden tree, in the ocean formed by pure rune energy, a huge dark figure was floating up and down like a giant whale, and occasionally a profound light was revealed in the depths of its eyes that glanced across the water.

Ding--

The sword fell to the ground, making a crisp buzzing sound.

A seriously wounded soldier knelt down on the ground, staring blankly at the stars that covered the entire sky, with no light in his pupils.

More and more soldiers dropped their weapons and looked up at the sky in despair. They were able to fight any enemy for loyalty and honor, but facing the inevitable death, no soldier could muster the slightest fighting spirit.

It is rumored that this evil god destroyed the once prosperous Star-Moon Civilization a thousand years ago. A thousand years later, the most powerful heroes of the time led the most elite troops and almost wiped out the evil god and his followers, but they still met destruction at his hands.

Perhaps, this is called fate?
The sky darkened completely, and after the initial fear, panicky prayers, desperate curses and cries of despair, the people of the land of Gaileyd mostly calmed down.

The husband hugged his wife's trembling body, the father held his children's heads in his warm arms, and the elderly people over 70 years old looked at the sky calmly, but they all concealed their children's curious eyes.

The word "fate" is too heavy and should not fall on the tender shoulders of children. As for the pain of death, if it comes quickly enough, it probably won't be that painful.
In the dark night sky, a silver light streaked across the sky!

Under the astonished gazes of millions of living beings, the tiny dragon shadow like dust became bigger and bigger, until it turned into a giant dragon as majestic as a mountain, and crashed into the world-destroying star that fell to the mortal world!
The fifth royal fighting skill - the Infinite Tail.

With this fighting skill, the ancient dragon royal family can extend the dragon body at will and transform into a real giant dragon with the sky above its head and the mountains and seas under its feet!

In the past, the Sky Temple's High Priest Gulan Shanks, who had cultivated it to the highest level, relied on the power of the Infinite Tail to break through the limits of dragon's physical condition in history and conquer the Golden Capital in one fell swoop.

However, Lucia's attainments in the Infinite Tail are still far behind those of Gransanks back then. Even if she could become equal to the latter one day, she would still be unable to match Esti, who burned the essence of God and transformed into the Star of Destruction.

Therefore, in the eyes of the world, the giant dragon facing the blue stars is like a torch sinking into the ocean, or a firefly rushing towards the abyss. Besides the tragic and majestic scene, there is only desolation left.

"Lucia Shanks!" On the devastated land, Malenia shouted loudly with red eyes.

In that eternal nightmare, it was this white dragon that tore through the dark clouds covering the sky, descended from the sky with a strong wind, and used dragon flames to wipe out the countless corrupt followers that pounced on her.

At this moment, she could do nothing, and she didn't even dare to speak out the words in her heart to stop him.

The only thing she could do was to call out his name again.

Because she was afraid that if it was any later, he would no longer be able to hear it.

One step away, Lani's pretty face was tense, her bloodless lips were tightly pursed, and she refused to make a sound even though her eyes were filled with tears.

"Selene of the Full Moon, Pandya of the Black Moon, and Luna of the Dark Moon - in the name of the Dark Moon God's Chosen, I beg you to follow the ancient covenant and protect the descendants of Fam Azra. I am willing to pay any price for this." She said silently in her heart. In the middle of the sky, Lucia looked directly at the stars less than ten thousand meters away. At this distance, his vision was completely filled. All he could see was the undulating surface of the star like mountains, and the completely crystallized remains of Esti deep in the core of the star.

He took a deep breath, and there was no despair in his eyes, but instead a huge fighting spirit!
The object of his revenge was never the fake Cygnus, or even Esti who was no longer in her prime, but the meteor that destroyed the entire Star-Moon Era, the mastermind behind dropping the world-destroying meteor on this world!

Since I am still unable to cut off the giant hand that controls fate today, I will first use this world-destroying star to test my sword!

He opened his left claw, and a black and red inverted sword emblem appeared on his palm. It then transformed into a thousand-meter-long spiral sword in the black flames rising into the sky!
With a move of his right claw, the light of the stars and the fire of the burning sky intertwined and condensed into a glowing sword of night and fire. Also, under the infusion of divine power and magic power, a sword body of one kilometer long was manifested!

His heart was beating as violently as a huge bell, and the body of the Dragon King was burning to the limit. In the surge of blood and energy, he used the dragon language magic to forcibly expand the incomplete domain and began to devour the natural energy within a radius of ten thousand miles!

The natural divine power and natural magic floating above Gaileed flowed upstream like a whirlpool at the bottom of the deep sea. Under the influence of the magic field, they gathered, compressed, and condensed, and injected into the dragon's body as majestic as mountains and rivers.

For a moment, the extremely dense energy environment around him even condensed into a large amount of lingering fog, which, along with the strong wind that he blew against the sky, turned into a long, vast cloud of smoke!
Lucia forced herself to swallow the blood rushing into her throat. The essence of his magic field was to project the battlefield of memories into reality and control everything in the world with the help of dragon language magic.

This unparalleled power is definitely not something he can control now. The previous blow that killed Esti has already overdrawn his potential to the limit. Now this way of devouring energy consumes a hundred times more than before, which is tantamount to seeking his own death.

But beneath their feet is the fertile land of Gaileed, where there are hundreds of thousands of loyal soldiers who follow them, tens of millions of mortals who respect them as their masters, and people he is willing to protect at the cost of his life.

In the plan agreed upon in just a few minutes, only he could complete this attack, and only he could end this fate that had lasted for thousands of years.

In this case, why should we cherish our life?
His body burst into a dazzling light, and the Hunting God Greatsword and the Sword of Night and Fire seemed to sense the master's intention at the same time, and burst into unprecedented brilliance together!
"it's time."

In the royal capital of Rodel, at the highest point of the entire Golden Temple, Queen Marika clenched her slender hands, and the flowing light in the sky turned into a rough and pale stone hammer, pointing far away at Galid thousands of miles away.

A furious rebuke came from inside the Golden Tree: "Malika, have you thought about the consequences of doing this?"

Along with the words came countless golden lights emitting terrifying pressure, which instantly intertwined into a cage and trapped Marika in place.

"Go away!" the Eternal Queen said indifferently, "I am the only god in the border area!"

She swung the stone hammer violently, smashing the cage that was big enough to imprison the gods. The end of the hammer pointed to the night sky again, emitting a pure golden light containing the power of law, which instantly cut through the sky of Asia Tan, the Storm Sea and Gallid, and fell straight on Lucia!
In the middle of a deserted island in the stormy sea, Carter Pella took back her hand from her forehead, squinted her eyes and chuckled, "As expected, you have come this far without any guidance. I guess I didn't bet on the wrong person."

After saying that, she also opened her palm and released a black and red beam of light emitting the pressure of the law, which penetrated thousands of miles away and injected into Lucia's dragon body!

The next moment, the coordinates of time and space where Lucia was located reversed, and the world turned upside down!
The natural energy that Lucia had drawn with great difficulty over the entire sky above Gaileed suddenly seemed to be injected into his soul, rushing towards his body one after another, and almost immediately turned the energy environment within a radius of ten thousand miles into a huge void!

The magic field that was originally boiling and even began to backfire on its original owner seemed to have turned into a docile cat. In an instant, it called upon Marika's life force to heal all of Lucia's visible and hidden injuries inside and outside his body, and even condensed the energy that it could not bear into his body surface, simulating the effect of the Infinite Tail and turning into a gigantic virtual image!
Millions of creatures in Gaileed watched in awe as a majestic projection appeared on the dragon's body, ten thousand times larger than the original dragon. Its size was even larger than the Star of Destruction a thousand meters away!

The two swords in his hands were ready to strike, and it seemed that with just the slightest movement, they would have the power to split the sky!
The pressure emanating from the dragon's shadow dispersed the dark clouds brought by the Star of Destruction. Above the earth, Lani noticed with surprise and delight that three moons appeared in the sky at the same time, blessing Lucia with surging divine power!
In the camp of the Ancient Dragon Dynasty in the distance, the little fox who had always been eating and waiting to die tilted his head to look at the white dragon heading towards the stars. The mysterious ice-blue light in his pupils gradually faded, and he fell to the ground and fell into a sweet sleep.

In the middle of the sky, Lucia crossed her arms, with her two swords at her sides gathering strength to the extreme, and suddenly she slashed towards the Star of Destruction with all her might!

The cross-shaped sword light cut through the entire sky, and the moment it touched the blue stars, the world fell into a blank white.

Even the most powerful demigods had to shield their eyes from the strong light that was coming towards them, and all they could hear was a thunderous roar coming from above the galaxy!
After an unknown amount of time, a little girl who was leaning on her father's shoulder raised her head curiously, rubbed her eyes, and shouted in surprise -

"Dad, look! There's a meteor shower!"

The sun had already set completely, and a brilliant meteor shower began in the dark purple night sky.

Latan suddenly leaped into the air, caught Lucia who was falling to the ground with one hand, and opened countless large and small gravity arrays with the other hand, crushing the over-massive meteors into harmless stardust, letting them fall to the world.

"Dad, close your eyes quickly. Mom said that when a shooting star comes, all wishes will come true!"

The little girl closed her eyes in panic and stretched out her hands to cover her father's eyes.

Dad was stunned for a moment, then he obediently closed his eyes and prayed silently.

"May our gods be safe and sound."

"May our God protect His people forever in His time."

The End of Volume 2: Omens of Troubled Times
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