Skyfire Avenue - Chapter 890

Chapter 890

Chapter 890: A Planet’s Transformation, Complete

Were it not for the fact that they knew this to be an enemy to their species, they would be stricken by its magnificence .

An Immortal Realm? Was this the paradise these monsters wished to build for themselves?

Kang Hui was similarly taken aback . He suddenly found himself questioning his doubt over the old tales . Before his eyes the aliens were establishing a new heaven, but an empty one . No gods roamed its vistas . All they felt was an impregnable quality .

No sooner had the throat crossed Kang Hui’s mind than the atmosphere of Europa gathered together . A glorious scene of golden clouds appeared before him, and from its depths appeared a single figure .

From the depths of space the admiral saw him, clear as if he were standing a few feet away . The bastion blocked the view for the Paragons, but they watched a stream of the feed on their communicators .

Monarch . Unmistakably, Monarch .

This was one different from his avatars . He was clad in an opulent robe of silk with a crown upon his head . Monarch looked like the Jade Emperor himself from the old Chinese tales . His golden attire was as stately as it was magnificent, silhouetted against the shining clouds behind . He looked transcendental .  

Monarch’s ‘voice’ boomed far across space . “Witness this, the birth of an era; the era of new gods . Those who surrender will be lifted up as custodians of our new paradise . We will strive toward our goal of usurping the universe, together . Those who resist will be reduced to dust and lost to the darkness of time . ”

The more he spoke the more it seemed like a tale from the pages of ancient history . This newly crafted utopia and its robe-clad master were exactly as they were described thousands of years ago .  

Was it done? Was his ascension complete?

The Paragons surrounded Lan Qing and the others felt their hearts drop into their stomachs . They were a moment too late . Now they looked on helplessly at the culmination of the aliens’ plans . Three had become one, the Paragons shuddered to think how powerful this single being was .

Kang Hui sat silent on the bridge, staring at the scene unfold . He didn’t dare give the order to attack, he knew the calamity it would cause . Long ago the ships had put all power to their shields, though little help it would serve them . For now they just waited .

From a strictly scientific standpoint there was nothing to suggest this planet was a threat aside from its anomalous creation . Only, just then Europa began to move . It began by spinning, and picked up speed until it was kicked off its orbit . It slowly began to bear down on their position .

Needless to say it was a big deal when a planet shifted orbit . It was not a common thing to witness .

Turning An Lun from a planet into a bastion had taken the East years of toil . It was only possible because of the world’s molinite core . There had never been anything like it before .

In contrast to An Lun, Europa was several times larger . As it moved, it destabilized the whole galaxy .

“Do you still not understand?” Monarch’s voice was cold and distant . The golden clouds beneath his feet began to swirl like a tempest around him . As they watched his body began to grow .

In mere moments Monarch was a colossus . He was a pillar that literally joined heaven and earth . So large in fact that Europa looked less like a plant and more like a vehicle for this humongous god . The aura that had protected it adapted to fit .

Monarch was already several times the size of Tyrannosaurus . Although the Paragons could also grow in size, even at their largest they were infinitesimal compared to this monster .

“Attack!” Kang Hui shouted .

Tyrannosaurus, having had its main guns charged and ready, fired a salvo . A beam of supercharged energy headed right for Monarch’s mouth .

“Naïve . ” He scowled at the humans with thick disdain . Confident in his abilities Monarch stretched out his right hand to intercept the shot .

He was going to block a bastion’s main weapon with his bare hand! Stunned, the humans looked on as he caught the attack in the palm of his hand . Instantaneously a while light appeared around Monarch and caused him to grow even further . Shots from other bastions and ships didn’t even made the golden aura ripple . Each blow was sucked up like water .

“I have already told you, this is paradise . You mortals have no power here . ” Europa heaved Monarch forward as the beast thrust a palm toward Tyrannosaurus .

Dodging wasn’t an option . Monarch’s sheer size outclassed Tyrannosaurus by several times .  

Boom- -! The force of the impact seemed to make the whole universe shake . The explosion that followed was almost deafening .

The first vessels to erupt were the support vessels in front of Tyrannosaurus . Their strongest shields meant nothing, they were wisps of smoke before Monarch reached them . Once his palm began to rip through the ones that were left behind showed them this was a real physical entity, not some illusion .

Whatever unfortunate crew was the palm when it passed were destroyed . Majestic ships became burning balls of slag in the blink of an eye . Nothing seemed to stop it, until Monarch’s strike eventually came into contact with Tyrannosaurus .

Bo-o-omm--! The explosion tore across hundreds of thousands of kilometers . Monarch power was beyond humanity’s worst expectations .

Tyrannosaurus shield only held for three seconds, then it was knocked away . An enormous palm print was embedded across one hemisphere .

Spectators all across space were silent . Tyrannosaurus was one of the most outstanding achievements accomplished by man . Never would they have thought to see the day when it would be swatted away like a fly, yet that is precisely what happened .

What they did not know that their precious ship survived only by the grace of Monarch himself . If he’d willed it, put all of his power into that palm, he could have eliminated Tyrannosaurus entirely .

Without Tyrannosaurus, Lan Jue and the other Paragons were revealed to the newly ascended deity .  

Heron was screaming in from the side with its guns aimed on Monarch . On the other flank, Poseidon was doing the same . Both of them engaged with cannon fire . No one expected their shots to do any damage, they only hoped to give the sword bearers more time .

Middle Heaven was moving in quick from the rear . It was already glowing orange, all of the core was being tapped . It looked like a giant comet . Their shots were meaningless, so the bastions aimed to put themselves physically between the Paragons and this monster .

A sneer slithered across Monarch’s face . As the bastions were bearing down on him, suddenly he was gone .

No, not gone . Smaller . In a blink of golden light his massive form was gone and the bastions lost their target and were in danger of running into each other . Pilots raced to get the ships under control and avoided a collision .

Middle Heaven was still heading right for Europa . It was flung back by that thin but impossibly firm aura of golden light .

Monarch returned to the size of an average human and appeared before the Paragons . Light surrounded him, lent from Europa . He did not rush to attack, deigning instead to peer in curiosity at the streamers of luminescence that hung in the air . They’d already begun to weave themselves into the Banishing Strategy . He allowed the sensation to wash over him in silence .

Everyone was afraid . If this being could slap aside an entire bastion, what sort of damage could it do to them? 

The Banishing Strategy also seemed to be nearing completion . Lan Jue and the others were lost within the blazing amalgamation of light . The only sign they remained was the odd flicker of their respective hues . However no one could be sure when – and if – the Strategy would be completed .

“Is this your means of defeating me? Indeed it does possess a peculiar quality . Even as a god I can sense the danger in it . ” Monarch spoke as though he were musing out loud, or like a mouse teasing a rat it had caught . He was in no rush, he wanted to sate his curiosity .

“Let me take a closer look . ” He lifted his hand and two figured appeared in a flash of light . One was the Violet Prince, and the other was the three-headed six armed abomination Lan Jue had fought against .

Both of them were surrounded by golden light as well .

“Try to harm them . Let’s see how they react . ” Monarch cooed .

He looked down on the humans with eyes full of arrogance, even though he knew the sort of power Ultus contained .