“That looks like a giant meteor…”

Up in the sky above him, he could see a small speck of red. When using his enhanced eyes to zoom in the tiny object turned into a massive rock formation that was above a kilometer in diameter. The demi-human Emperor had decided to drop this thing on him without worrying about his own people. If this huge object collided with the ground a large portion of demi-humans would be affected as well.

‘Has he lost his mind?’

It wasn’t really a smart plan, the meteor would take some time to get down here and he could always just dodge it. Yet there was a problem, if he decided to evade this attack then his own people would be caught up in the blast. He did not believe that the defensive formation would be able to last through the large explosion. The golden bastion and the people inside of it had the highest chance of surviving but the ships that were flying around it didn’t.

‘Does he know that I will defend my people or did he just lose his mind in a last attempt at victory?’

It made sense to go after his good heart but he did not give this person any clues to believe that he would just take the meteor head-on. Either this was some kind of trap or the man was just out of ideas after the usual brute force approach didn’t work. From the looks of things, the demi-human Emperor had never tasted defeat. It wouldn’t be strange if he lost all of his reasoning because of this.

“You’re not the only one that can work with gravity here…”

Zhang Dong shouted while pointing out with his finger. Before him, a tiny speck of light appeared that was the size of a pea. This tiny orb floated forward while many tiny orbs of light surrounded it. These light balls started to quickly rush to the center as if they were being absorbed by the radiant speck.

A tremendous amount of light was flowing into the small circular area that continuously expanded and got smaller. This was an attack that he had used in the past against a nascent soul master before he was thrown to the other world. Now with his added knowledge of magical spells that also included gravity and magnetism, he was able to improve on the idea of this pulsar-like object that could contain a massive amount of energy and mass.

The size wouldn’t be nearly as large as the meteor that was slowly being finished. Instead, it would have a much higher density and comparable mass along with his combined energies. Even then he wasn’t quite sure if this would be enough but luckily he was not alone in this battle.

While charging up he had notified Zhang Kuo. With the help of his whole sect, he would get rid of that massive object. His golden fortress pointed its cannons towards the sky and was ready to fire when the meteor got in range. All the other large flying ships did the same as they pointed their main cannons upwards.

The plan was simple, keep shooting at the giant meteor that carried the demi-human Emperor inside. They would not be able to destroy it but they could reduce its size. Then he would finish the job and deliver a devastating attack that would hopefully kill the gravity monster.

“GRRrrrr.”

“Bahamut, I see you were victorious, could you help me out here? Go help the others, they won’t be able to hold out for long if they aim the cannons at the meteor.”

His familiar had finished taking out the monster horses and also eaten them in the process. While his sect started shooting at the sky this allowed the demi-human tribes to launch an attack on the wavering protective barrier.

Without the spiritual bullets raining down on them they would easily force their way through and damage the ships. His golden dragon would not allow this as he charged right into everyone. His loud roars were heard by everyone and were followed by the screams of the merciless demi-humans that were falling like flies.

‘I expected them to evacuate…’

It was surprising to see people ruled by fear not evacuating from this area. It could soon turn into a giant crater were both sides suffered immeasurable deaths. It seemed that they were so frightened of their Emperor that they would rather risk staying.

When looking through Bahamut’s eyes he could tell that their eyes were empty, there was nothing else that they thought about than battling. This was a contrast to the people that were fighting with him. Their eyes were filled with hopes and dreams. They had many reasons to achieve victory and all of those made them into proper human beings.

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“I guess I’ll have to answer their call, can’t make my cute sect juniors see their Patriarch falter in the face of danger.”

In the past, he would be feeling the weight of all those hopeful people crushing down on his shoulders. Yet, now it only motivated him to push on towards victory. He couldn’t imagine achieving as much as he did without the people around him pushing him towards a goal. While the drive to achieve progress was still there, without his family and friends around to push him even further, the world would feel empty.

‘I wonder what they would think if they knew that their Patriarch is this sentimental…’

In this world ruled by power, it was taboo to get too attached to others. Their enemies could use his family and sect members against him. Normally a person in his position would be forced to abandon anyone from his close confidants if it endangered the sect in any way. Even now in this battle, no one would blame him if he just evaded this meteor to retreat. As long as he was alive the sect would be able to survive and be renewed.

Finally, the energy blasts started becoming louder and louder. The meteor above them was truly huge and it wasn’t getting much smaller. Even when the Argonaut class ships used their huge cannons they weren’t able to lower its size by much. However, this was time to show of a secret weapon that he discovered while traveling here.

The Golden Dong Palace was retreating towards his location and to where the main impact location would be. Zhang Dong’s body hovered upward all the way until he was right above the large golden structure. In this position, he was directly under the largest tower of the palace.

“Charge me up!”

He shouted while the roof of the large tower started gently moving. It opened up from four sides to reveal a large white gem in the middle. It was already glowing and filled with spiritual energy of the holy variety that it had sucked from the golden egg engine.

A beam of thick light shot towards the location of the small pulsar that he was creating. Instantly what was only about ten meters in diameter started expanding in all directions. With the giant infusion of energy that was part of his faction system, he was able to tremendously power up his large-scale attack.

The sphere gave out a thunderclap as it was constantly filled up with various Daos that he was capable of producing. Suddenly the sky above him darkened as the burning meteorite came crashing down on top of them. His whole sect moved under it to accommodate his technique, their belief in him being able to destroy the gigantic burning mountain above them, was unshaken.

Sweat appeared on his brow as he was slowly becoming drained of all of his energies. If for some reason his enemy remained, it would be hard to continue with the battle as before. The beam of light from the tower became thinner and thinner until there was nothing more that he could absorb. With his technique now ready, he pointed it towards the center where the highest concentration of gravity was and tossed it forward.

“Everyone, brace for impact, protect yourselves!”

With the spinning sphere of light thrown, he quickly ordered everyone to take cover. The collision of the two heavy bodies rocked the entire place. The trees that were still standing were instantly flattened along with the earth as the shockwave of the blast exploded in all directions. The demi-humans that were outside the protective barrier had no place to hide and were almost instantly eviscerated from existence.

The golden orb that Zhang Dong produced was a hundred times smaller than the meteor but it still managed to burrow inside it to reach the core. There the maddened Demi-human Emperor experienced another defeat as it rammed itself into him and quickly released all of that stored energy.

The meteor started cracking from the inside and finally erupted into many smaller chunks. These large burning boulders were pushed to the sides by the explosion that started from the middle. These large chunks flew everywhere and this also included directly below.

“If it’s not enough then … Cleave the heavens!”

After gathering his spiritual energy and the surrounding mana he used his blade to split the heavens in half. A thin layer of sword energy flew forward and divided the already crumbling meteor into two halves. Thanks to this attack the large shards were pushed to the sides allowing his people to quickly drift to the inner side of the protective barrier that was getting a beating.

“yOu dAmN bUg!”

Zhang Dong looked towards the sky while feeling wobbly. He had burned through a massive amount of energy and his enemy was still coming. Phallusius wasn’t looking good, his left leg and arm were missing and his whole body was covered in burned marks. He looked like a shriveled-up burn victim but his body was still functioning.

In his right hand, he still had one of those huge blades that was sparkling with purple light. He was going for the kill and coming down faster than the meteor to finish the weakened Zhang Dong. Yet before he reached his nemesis a large golden dragon appeared to block his path. It opened its massive jaw and blew out a massive torrent of energy that connected with the demi-human Emperor’s body.

“Not enough, I will not die here, I am …”

Phallusius’ body lost a few more chunks but he clung to his sword and was ready to kill the dragon and then the man behind it. Before he could reach his destination another opponent appeared. It was a massive energy fist created from plasma and fire energy that belonged to non-other than Huo Qiang. Not far behind it was a dragon made from water, an attack delivered by Zhang Zhi.

“Aid the Patriarch!”

Many other such attacks appeared and continue to collide with the demi-human Emperor’s body that was deteriorating with each second. When it reached Zhang Dong there was nothing left but a half-torn torso and a bony arm.

“I…”

Before the large man could mutter his last word he was beheaded by the Patriarch’s golden blade. There were no life-saving techniques involved, no demi-humans to help him in his time of need. The Emperor of the enemy faction was dead and the battle was almost over.