Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1346 Something that Xing Tian scoffed at

In this world where time has stopped, Paradise Lost did not explode after hitting its target. Instead, it shattered the target into a ball of golden light that was about to dissipate but was frozen in place.

Yet the main body of the Celestial Division, which was hit by more than 600 luminous arrows, was still completely unharmed!

He withstood the firepower of Paradise Lost head-on, yet only appeared somewhat disheveled...

It seems that even Paradise Lost has no effect on Him.

However, Aiwass knew that this was not the case.

When Aiwas guided the flames earlier, those flames, capable of instantly severing mountains, simply slid away from Huan Tiansi. It was like shining a flashlight on someone—it illuminated them, but that was all. It didn't actually cause him any harm.

But the current situation is like a child repeatedly punching an adult.

Although it still didn't cause any damage, Aiwass clearly felt the sensation of the attack hitting him!
And as Paradise Lost continued to hit, Aiwass felt the damage he was inflicting on the Celestials was becoming increasingly painful and obvious—

It's as if the child who constantly attacks adults is also growing up rapidly. From four or five years old at the beginning, to seven or eight, then twelve or thirteen, and then sixteen or seventeen…

The adult's expression changed from a relaxed, smiling look to a slight frown, then a deep furrow of brows... and finally, he had to raise his hand to protect his face, and even became furious and wanted to fight back.

Before the 666 Light Arrows of Paradise Lost were fired, the Celestial Observer, feeling the pain and regaining consciousness, had already used the Infinite Authority to greatly accelerate his time and forcibly release the state of the end of civilization... But he was immediately turned into a petrified state by the subsequent second-stage effect and instantly controlled in place.

Although the Light Arrow of Paradise Lost shattered the stone statue instantly, the Celestials immediately escaped—the broken petrified body regenerated instantly, and the somewhat exasperated Celestials returned to normal.

He teleported swiftly, desperately dodging the remaining arrows from Paradise Lost. Even so, He was still hit several more times by the overwhelming Paradise Lost.

These shots were noticeably more painful—the Celestial's left arm, left leg, and head were hit and shattered in succession, only to regenerate instantly afterward.

Although there were no visible injuries on His body, Aiwass could clearly sense that He was becoming increasingly angry.

"It's over, right?"

The Celestial Observatory's cold gaze fell upon Aiwass.

He stretched out his right hand and drew a circle in front of him.

A purplish-black halo followed His fingertips, outlining the pattern of the ring in the air—a purplish-black circle.

It looks like a smoke ring that has been exhaled.

With a "whoosh," it flew straight forward.

It hurtled toward Aiwass with unimaginable speed!
Inanna only had time to grab Aiwass and spread her wings—

As she moved, an amber-colored shell instantly formed.

With the Path of Twilight no longer existing, this is the only preservation technique in this world.

When the black ring came into contact with the preservation technique, it immediately unleashed unimaginable power.

The frozen earth suddenly shattered, revealing the soil and rocks beneath the ice. Inanna and Aiwass were abruptly thrown back, leaving a deep ravine in their wake!

Seeing that the preservation technique had created an outer shell that was almost deformed and about to collapse, Inanna's expression turned solemn.

She could clearly feel the power emanating from ahead rapidly increasing in strength.

It was as if it wasn't a ring flying horizontally, but a rocket flying backwards—on top of the gravity it was already experiencing, it was also propelling itself at full speed in the direction of gravity!
Furthermore, this speed is not affected by air resistance, so it can be infinitely increased and continuously strengthened.

This single flying attack is enough to propel it forward and destroy all obstacles in its path, until it flies out of the planet and into the universe at an ever-increasing speed!
Inanna stretched her right hand forward, attempting to solidify the translucent eggshell formed by the preservation technique.

"...How ridiculous."

The cold voice of the Celestial Observer came from behind them: "Have you forgotten who taught you the art of preservation?"

In an instant, the atmosphere of the surrounding area was completely sucked away by the Celestial Observatory.

He raised his hand, and the greenish-blue atmosphere was condensed and solidified into a long spear.

It was as hot and bright as plasma, and as powerful as lightning!

Inanna had to reach out to the other side, causing a massive rock wall to rise from the ground there. This served two purposes: to absorb the force and to block the lightning spear.

The eggshell repeatedly smashed through the walls reinforced by preservation spells, accompanied by violent tremors and a gradual decrease in speed.

After the lightning spear was thrown, it was like a beam of light—it instantly pierced through more than a dozen rock walls reinforced by preservation spells and hit the eggshell of the preservation spell directly!

The preservation technique heated the originally yellowish eggshell to a deep red color in the blink of an eye, making it look like the color of lava.

When the preservation spell loses its yellowish hue, it indicates that its effectiveness is weakening.

Preservation is the art of making things last forever, but high temperatures can destroy this stability.

Just as fire magic is forbidden atop the giant trees of the elves. This is not only because the trees themselves fear fire, but also because preservation spells cannot protect the tree from high temperatures—this is also why the Silver and Tin Temple of Avalon was burned and occupied by the Balrog in another timeline.

But even this level of weakening wasn't enough to break Inanna's preservation spell...

But at that moment, an incredibly strong tremor suddenly struck!

On the other side of the preservation technique, a purplish-black ring had been branded on it at some point!
That is also the ouroboros, symbolizing the power of "infinity"!

The two forces, both almost infinitely powerful, caused the dark red eggshell formed by the preservation spell to deform further. The originally perfect spherical barrier, which could have carved a trench in the ground and even bounced off the edge of the trench, had now been squeezed flat into a flying disc.

What's even more deadly is that they have been firmly fixed in place by two enormous forces from opposite directions!

If the preservation spell is broken, even in just a moment... the immense repulsive force they carry will shatter Aiwass.

However, if it is not removed, the gradually increasing power will slowly exceed the limit that the preservation technique can withstand.

Even now, the preservation technique is shining with an unusually dazzling light—like sparks from welding, or like gold that has been heated to near melting.

Just then, four Celestial Observers appeared diagonally above.

They stood in the four cardinal directions, continuing to draw circles, preparing to summon new "Ouroboros." If these four attacks hit Aiwass again, he would be pinned to this spot, unable to move—and the sphere formed by the preservation spell would even gradually press him down into the ground!

And directly above them, another celestial sphere appeared!

His left hand conjured a bow of dim yellow light, while his right hand drew it back with all his might. The arrow shot straight down, perpendicular to the ground, aimed at Aiwas on the ground.

Every second, the bow doubles in size.

In just half a breath, it had become so enormous that it could not be ignored.

And just then.

Aiwass instantly used Inanna's upright position effect—

—【Upright Summoning: The Light of Civilization's Continuation】!
A dim yellow light suddenly emanated from Aiwass's body, like a sun on earth illuminating the entire world.

This light served as a continuously effective preservation spell. With his contribution, the precarious preservation barrier was stabilized once again.

At the same time, the area illuminated by this light will be considered "touched" by Aiwass.

This means that Aiwass can use spells that are particularly close to the target.

For example...

—Star Ice!

Just before the celestial beings who were drawing circles finished drawing a circle, a layer of iridescent ice condensed on their bodies.

In an instant, the four of them lost consciousness and crashed. However, at that moment, the main body, which was also frozen—the one directly above—was suddenly released from control!
He accelerated his own time to its limit, reaching the infinitely distant future!
At that very moment, Aiwass summoned a reverse-blade scythe.

That was Death Card, the Death of Desolation!
As Aiwas continued to swing his scythe, countless invisible, colorless, and silent sharp blades, like those of a scythe weasel, flew in arcs toward the Celestial Bureau.

They have locked onto their target and will not give up until they achieve it.

Aiwass rarely uses this terrible and vicious scythe—when it deals damage, it directly reduces the target's maximum health. This also means that ordinary healing is completely ineffective against this type of damage.

Therefore, it is only natural that the method of Huan Tiansi, which relies on "infinitely accelerating time" to instantly restore his health, is also ineffective.

Faced with this threat, the Celestial Division finally drew its sword.

The blade in His hand looked like an ice sword, but it was actually a lightsaber—a sword shaped by a static force field, which looked like a sphere created by preservation magic to attack people.

At this moment, the power and speed of the Celestial Division have been enhanced to an almost terrifying level.

He vanished suddenly and then reappeared through a portal.

Swing your sword—

It was more of a swing than a slash.

The moment they met, the incredibly sturdy preservation spell around Aiwas was on the verge of breaking. Aiwas flew out like a ping-pong ball that had been successfully served. Immediately afterward, another clone appeared, attempting to smash Aiwas back—but the next moment it appeared, it was frozen into an ice sculpture by Aiwas and then shattered!

Faced with this situation, Aiwass naturally knew that things could not continue like this.

If this drags on any longer, the Celestials will only grow stronger.

Infinite resistance, infinite vitality, and the potential to become stronger.

So, how do we fight this kind of enemy?

"Venez!"

Aiwass, holding Venes's Phantom Spell Card upright, activated its positive effect while loudly proclaiming—

【Upright Summoning - Shadow of the Fallen】

[Effect: Summons corrupted power to create a corrupted shadow of oneself or the target at the target location, lasting for eight minutes; the corrupted shadow obeys Venes, possesses all the target's abilities and memories, and retains 80% of the original's power; if the corrupted shadow kills the original, it will permanently replace the target; only one corrupted shadow can exist at a time.]

Create a perfect clone with 80% of the power of the Celestials!
For the Celestial Strategist, who possesses almost limitless power, this clone is essentially equivalent to possessing limitless power as well!

However, if they were to fight each other now, perhaps the Celestial Chieftain could defeat his other self in just a few rounds...

After all, Aiwass has now realized that the biggest difference between the Celestials and his clones is that the Celestials' clones cannot use "infinite acceleration" or "infinite healing," nor can they split into new clones again.

Then, as blood rained down, a scarlet moon appeared in the sky.

When the Night Demon appears, the LV6 Vulnerability Curse is applied to all enemies.

This means that even with LV6 curse resistance, this vulnerability will strip you away into a piece of harmless white flesh.

—The Curse of Weakness, the Curse of Blindness, the Curse of Burning Blood, the Curse of Stone Lungs, the Curse of Aging…

Countless curses were instantly unleashed, overlapping upon the Celestial Division!

His speed suddenly slowed down.

In that instant, He was probably weakened to only one-tenth of His power, or even worse!

As we all know, against slow decks, you have to speed things up! The Celestial Archer deck gets stronger and stronger with no limit, so you can't afford to drag it out; you have to use control and burst damage to kill it as quickly as possible.

At that moment, countless chains of great sin instantly appeared from the void and tightly bound His hands and feet.

—The Mark of Sin, the Burden of Guilt!
Suddenly, another layer of chains appeared around the four chains, clamping down on the Celestial Bureau and the inner chains; then, another layer of chains appeared on their outer layers, sealing them off as well.

In the blink of an eye, the Celestial Bureau was locked inside a huge hollow sphere by these layers of chains.

It looks like a giant metal pine cone.

No one can fight against "themselves" with 80% of their power when they are weakened to the limit and their actions are severely restricted!
From a one-on-one perspective, Venes had indeed used up all his strength.

At this moment, Aiwass did not underestimate his opponent in the slightest.

"Aleister!"

Taking advantage of the fact that the Celestials were under control, he switched to the Great Sin Beast again and summoned Aleister.

Aleister and Aiwass were of one mind. The moment Aleister appeared, and just as Aiwass activated the upright position effect, Aleister immediately used his authority—

【Upright Summoning - Baptism of Holy Blood】

[Effect: Manipulates any amount of one's own blood to leave the body and sanctify it into holy blood. If it descends upon any matter, it can temporarily or permanently grant it life; if it attaches to any living being, it can temporarily or permanently grant it power.]

And Aleister's chosen target...

These are the remnants of the Celestial Bureau that were frozen by Aiwas's Starry Sky and fell from the sky!
Since the Celestial Observatory keeps creating clones, why not use its own clones to fight against itself!
Blood was still falling.

Bathed in the rain of blood, the "Circle Celestials," whose bodies were covered in thick frost yet had not disappeared, were slowly raised from the icy ground by Aleister's perfect manipulation.

After doing all this, Aleister turned around and lunged at Evans without hesitation.

As she lunged at Aiwass, she melted into a pool of blood and "slapped" into Aiwass's body!
Without letting Aiwas switch on his own initiative, nor waiting to be defeated, Aleister directly transformed his own body into pure holy blood to provide Aiwas with buffs and blessings, and directly transferred control of the four bodies to Aiwas.

It was as if they had anticipated what Aiwass was going to do.

In the extremely brief moment between Aleister's departure and the arrival of the new Great Sin Beast...

A portal suddenly opened behind Aiwass, and a lightsaber composed of an ice-blue static force field pierced into Aiwass's spine!

Aiwass suddenly opened his eyes wide and coughed up a yellowish blood that had frozen into ice!

He immediately realized that the Celestial Chief he was attacking was just a clone!
His true form had already entered the portal before attempting to blast himself away—from that moment on, what came out was a fake!

However, the power of miracles took effect—

—The battle has been going on for exactly thirty seconds now.

The effects of the Furnace of Nuclear Fusion have just ended!
Aiwas's original fatal wound was completely healed in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, Aiwass gripped his scythe and slashed off the head of the Celestial Chieftain with a backhand motion!

That was an attack from a weapon whose wounds could not be healed.

Even the Celestial Being, which possesses infinite life force, cannot regenerate a new head.

But even so...

Huan Tiansi remained standing in place, and without hesitation, swung his sword again, severing Aiwass's left arm once more!

"huh huh huh huh……"

A sinister laugh emanated from the headless corpse: "The so-called power of miracles... it turns out it's nothing more than this..."

That was a completely unfamiliar laugh that no longer belonged to the Celestial Division.

With heavy echoes, it sounded as if a thousand people were laughing at the same time, both eerie and sacred.

—Compared to a head with ears, tongue, and brain, the true form of the Celestial Bureau… or rather, the true vessel of the “Whispers of the Void” is actually closer to this headless body!
(End of this chapter)