Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 480

Chapter 480: 480

Chapter 480: For One Battle [V6C10 – Sorrow of a Silent Parting]

William shrugged after seeing Qianye remain silent . “Very well then! Since you were able to kill so many people, it’s not unimaginable for you to beat a third-rank viscount . But…”

“ . . . Regardless of the reason, you killed Olaf . ” William’s voice suddenly became cold and gloomy . “And I am born of the Summit of Peaks . We must fight now that I’ve seen this! Evernight and Daybreak are eternal enemies . ”

Qianye nodded without much surprise . He raised East Peak slowly and said, “True, Daybreak and Evernight will always be enemies . ”

“Yes, remember these words!” William’s aura rose continuously and reached the Iron Curtain’s limits in the blink of an eye .

This was the first time Qianye was confronting William head-on . Although William had released his domain and suppressive might back on the Western Continent to prevent him from running away, but he couldn’t feel any excessive danger back then .

Only now on the eve of their true battle did Qianye come to appreciate William’s terrifying strength .

His vigor while standing there was not much greater than Nangong Zhen or the Monroe count . After all, the power these restricted experts could exert under the Iron Curtain was limited . However, the pressure brought about by William was many times more powerful than the Monroe count, far from a level Nangong Zhen could ever reach, and even Nangong Yuanwang was a tad bit inferior compared to it .

Under the Eye of Truth, Qianye could see darkness origin power flowing along William’s body surface with miniature explosions occurring continuously . Apparently, his power would erupt in a terrifying manner the moment he attacked . The darkness origin power in his vision was all muddled even though Qianye knew William might attack at any moment . The latter actually revealed no offensive intent and thus had no openings to grasp .

Among all the enemies Qianye had met up until this point, those at William’s standards could be counted on one hand . Perhaps even Twilight was slightly inferior .

Qianye’s expression was solemn without the slightest hope of getting through this by luck . He respired thrice and circulated all the origin power in his body . His blood core also began to pulse as auric flame blood flowed through his vessels, filling every corner of his body with explosive power .

A pair of illusory golden wings unfurled behind him . His Shot of Inception was ready for activation and could launch a fatal blow at a moment’s notice . Preserving one’s strength in the face of a great enemy like William was equal to courting death .

Qianye would be easily slaughtered once the shot had missed, but he wouldn’t be able to run away either after being defeated by an enemy who was three-ranks higher than him .

The moment the Shot of Inception was readied, William’s body shook, and the image of a giant golden wolf glimpsed behind him . However, it was quickly suppressed . In that instant, William’s intuition for danger had almost forced out his innate talent form .

William’s strict expression became exceptionally grave, and even his exposed killing intent had been retracted . His pair of blue-grey eyes were filled with serious concentration . From that point onward, he was treating Qianye as a great enemy worthy of respect—one that he needed to confront with full force .

William drew his old twin-barreled handgun then stretched out his left hand to don a pair of similarly plain bronze-colored gloves . He thus began encircling Qianye with slow steps .

Qianye, on the other hand, didn’t move at all . East Peak was pointed at the ground without even the slightest vibration, and only a scarlet origin radiance was flowing along the blade like water .

One stationary and the other mobile—the two thus confronted one another .

The atmosphere in the castle hall grew increasingly oppressive . After a while, this pressure gradually became tangible . The corpses strewn across the place began to move . Many decorative objects were vibrating slightly, while some even became twisted and deformed .

The pressure grew more and more intense . The pipelines in the walls burst open with crackling sounds, spewing out large amounts of steam . The entire great hall became a sea of hazy white through which one could hardly see anything . Such high-temperature steam could almost scald a person, but Qianye and William felt nothing as they continued their standoff .

A rumble suddenly came through from behind the castle as the kinetic tower gradually collapsed amidst the explosion . The excessive leakage of steam had finally caused the delicate operations of the kinetic tower to go past its tolerance, and the long overloaded parts broke apart one by one .

Qianye and William remained just as before—one stationary and the other mobile .

None of them had released their domains up to this point .

Qianye’s domain power was simply too powerful . He could barely activate it with his current strength, let alone perform exquisite transformations . Using it to deal with an enemy like William might cause the attack to backfire . William, on the other hand, had apparently reached a certain level in controlling his power and didn’t need to keep the domain active at all times . It was fine to deploy and expand the domain at the critical juncture . Using it early would just be a waste of energy .

Even without releasing their domains, the confrontation between the two was already causing the castle to totter on the verge of collapse .

Finally, William halted his steps and slowly raised his gun toward Qianye’s chest .

The great hall was suddenly filled with green light as two origin bullets shot out at the same time . “Boom!” A massive rumble engulfed the entire castle or perhaps even the entire mountaintop . The wall on the other side crumbled completely to reveal the machine room behind it .

The large-scale transmission machines were absolutely deformed and unrecognizable with various components shooting out in all directions . A corner of the grey sky was revealed amidst the utterly chaotic scene . This centuries-old castle was actually blasted through in one shot .

William stood silently at the center of the hall . Both gun barrels were somewhat red, a testament that the two shots had been fired at full power .

But the space in front of him was completely empty—the shots had missed . The moment the blast rang out, a rotating origin array appeared below Qianye’s feet as he shot into the air . This was the ability Qianye had gained after his ascension to the champion rank: Origin Vault .

A sudden gust of wind was transmitted from above William’s head . He looked up only to see a giant pinion—which two men could wrap their arms around—flying toward him at high speed .

William pulled back instantly and allowed the gear, with its terrifying momentum, to pass by .

Qianye had jumped onto the ten-meter-tall steam clock . There he was, grabbing the gears and hurling them out, the pinions screaming sharply as they flew toward William .

William had just evaded one when all kinds of parts and gears swarm toward him . He was smashed until he was scuttling up and down in misery . In the end, Qianye pried off the clock arm and shot it out like a javelin!

William discovered that he had been pushed into a corner of the hall after stepping back continuously . He would soon fall into a passive position if he kept on drawing back . He had no choice but to raise his gun and blast the clock arm to pieces, but this exhausted the origin bullet he had just condensed .

This was the opportunity Qianye had been waiting for . He leapt off and floated down like a falling leaf as East Peak finally slashed at William through the air!

This strike was as light as a feather and just as quiet . William’s expression changed drastically . He unleashed an explosive shout as the image of a golden wolf, several meters tall, emerged behind him . At this moment, William could no longer withhold his strength and finally utilized his domain .

The faint ripples of Nirvanic Rend emerged in front of William, but its incoming momentum had become much slower like a ripple upon a reef and even began to change directions . The giant wolf suddenly opened its mouth as if to roar, and clawed out to shatter the Nirvanic Rend .

The ripples of Nirvanic Rend shattered into countless pieces and shot in every direction . Everything they struck was punched in, be it the walls, pillars, pipelines, steel frames, or even machine components .

The entire castle building shook and half of it slowly toppled over .

Shattered rocks were flying everywhere all of a sudden . William and Qianye rushed out from amidst the rubble and rose into the air, standing off against one another from the distance . The two sides exchanged blows only for a short moment, but this was enough to destroy half a castle . In the end, they were, quite surprisingly, an even match .

William pushed his twin-barreled pistol into his pocket and stretched his neck . “I have to admit that this outcome is far beyond my expectations . You still have unused trump cards, don’t you?”

“Aren’t you the same?” Qianye didn’t deny it .

William suddenly retracted his domain and said, “It seems that’s all we can do under the Iron Curtain . Let’s stop here!”

“Not fighting anymore?” Qianye was somewhat startled .

William’s radiant smile was restored as he said, “I told you just now, it’s just a battle . I didn’t say we have to fight to the death . Now I have a good reason for appearing here . I can explain things perfectly!”

Qianye couldn’t help but say, “Didn’t you say Daybreak and Evernight are eternal enemies?”

“That’s not wrong! War is a matter of two factions . It’s indeed related to you and I, but that doesn’t apply to every situation . ” William’s magnanimous laughter almost sounded a bit scoundrelly to Qianye .

Qianye glared at him for a while, not knowing whether to laugh or to cry . He returned East Peak to its sheath and asked, “How come you’re here?”

William waved his big hands and said, “I heard about a Monroe settlement here, so I ran over to flip it over . ”

“It’s that simple?”

“It’s just that simple,” William replied assertively .

“Didn’t you say you were going to seek justice for Viscount Olaf?”

William said disdainfully, “Olaf? This traitor to the Sacred Mountain is actually willing to serve the Monroes . He’s lucky enough that he didn’t die in my hands . ”

Qianye frowned . “Then why did you say all those things to me?”

William chuckled mischievously . “Would you have fought me seriously if I didn’t? My hands started to itch after seeing you finish off everyone in the castle . Heh, heh, heehee!”

Qianye was angered speechless after hearing this reason .

William wasn’t lenient at all when he had attacked just now, especially with that twin-barreled pistol . That was a bona fide count level killing weapon, and even Qianye’s body would’ve been gravely injured if he were struck by it . He was already very close to using the Shot of Inception and might’ve used it if William had pressured him just a bit further . It was just that William hadn’t revealed his trump card, and Qianye also felt he might not win even if he had used it .

From his unsightly expression, William realized Qianye was quite furious . He scratched his head in an embarrassed manner and said, “That… umm… the fight just now was quite satisfying, wasn’t it? Hehe!”

But that chuckle sounded incomparably stiff .

Qianye had no intention of accepting his “hehe” . He narrowed his eyes, then glanced at East Peak in his hand, sensing the residual power therein . It looked like he really wanted to repeat this entire process .

Finding his trick ineffective, William blinked his blue-grey eyes and adopted an honest expression . He then flew toward Qianye and said mysteriously, “Didn’t you notice something wrong with the Iron Curtain recently?”