Chapter 254: One-eyed Black Dragon? Dimensional Bomb!
That pure will of destruction materialized into a tangible pressure, making space itself wail.
The weaker members already had pale faces and trembling legs.
Arthur looked up at the black dragon's single crimson eye, and could even discern a hint of impatient excitement within it.
"Divide the battlefield! A quick decisive battle!"
His voice pierced through the gloom, scattering the fear in everyone's hearts.
"Reinhardt, you and I will each lead a team! Ainz, lead Nazarick's people to assist Kazuma and the others. The Earth Great Spirit won't affect you, right?"
"Finn, the Dungeon monsters are yours! Tanya, please lead your team to assist from the air!"
The commands were concise and clear. Everyone's spirits sharpened, and they no longer hesitated.
Before he finished speaking, Arthur had already transformed into a bolt of lightning, shooting up into the sky, heading straight for the fourth black hole!
"I actually wish you'd tell me more about the Seventh Evil Dragon."
Finn licked his thumb, a confident smile on his face.
"Now, let's see how much Loki's blessing can do!"
He turned to look at the equally eager elite members of his Familia, waved his arm, and they collectively charged towards the hordes of monsters pouring out of the third black hole.
"Ainz, how about we make a deal? You guys go first, and we'll cover the rear?"
Kazuma was still fantasizing about staying on the sidelines, but Megumin and Darkness had already grabbed his arms, one on each side, and were sprinting towards the two Great Spirits.
"Lord Ainz, please give your command!"
The Floor Guardians, led by Albedo, knelt on one knee.
Ainz's soulfire flickered violently in his eye sockets, and amidst the swirling green light, a majestic voice rang out.
"In the name of Nazarick, all units, attack and crush them!"
Reinhardt stepped past Natsuki Subaru, who was still trembling, and said gently yet firmly,
"Then, Subaru and everyone, please cover me."
Natsuki Subaru looked at that powerful, unyielding back, took a deep breath, and nodded heavily.
"After all that, I'm not just someone who can only watch! Everyone, let's go!"
On the ground, three battle groups immediately formed, like three sharp swords, precisely striking at the remnants of their respective worlds.
And high above, where the fierce winds howled.
Arthur stood in distant opposition to that massive dragon head, his tiny figure exuding an equally immense aura.
"Child of the Stars, you are in a hurry."
The one-eyed black dragon's crimson vertical pupil was filled with mockery and malice.
Arthur raised his hand, and his Word of Power resounded.
"Thousands of winds of the dome, heed the divine command, shred the cloud-skeletons, come swiftly!"
In an instant, the weather changed!
The extremely condensed divine wind transformed into a towering tornado that churned towards the one-eyed black dragon!
As the storm passed, countless fine, dark cracks were cut into space itself!
However, when the storm dissipated, the one-eyed black dragon remained coiled before the dark vortex, not a single scratch left on its icy scales.
"As expected, it's useless."
Arthur was not surprised by this outcome; he merely stated the fact calmly.
"Hahahahaha!"
The one-eyed black dragon, however, let out a roar of laughter that shook the sky, boasting with no small amount of pride.
"Divine power is ineffective against me! This is a privilege granted to this body by the world, existing solely to bury you! Any attack from you is futile!"
Arthur's right hand closed into an empty grasp, and a holy sword overflowing with brilliant starlight appeared out of thin air.
The sword hummed, dazzling lightning exploded, emitting a holy aura that purified all things.
"Still trying to do something useless?" The black dragon's mockery grew more intense. "A holy sword? Divine power? These are nothing but laughable toys to this body!"
Upon hearing this, Arthur's lips curved into a faint arc, and he retorted,
"The feeling is mutual."
His gaze swept past the black dragon and landed on the battlefield below, where a full-scale battle had already erupted.
"You've gathered a bunch of failures who should have been buried long ago, pieced together a ragtag army, and put on a show of force."
"In reality, what good is it, other than making you look less lonely?"
No sooner had he spoken than the battle below provided the loudest confirmation.
Although Kazuma's party encountered numerous mishaps, they never faltered at critical moments. With the assistance of Nazarick's members, the frost conjured by General Winter was instantly incinerated.
The indescribable Earth Great Spirit was even purified completely by Aqua's [God's Requiem], leaving only shattered fragments on the ground.
On the other side, facing the White Whale and the black snake, Reinhardt merely drew his sword to meet them, and his unrivaled sword light tore through the dense fog, simultaneously severing the bodies of the two massive magical beasts.
Natsuki Subaru and the other members easily dealt with the completely frozen Great Rabbit horde.
As for the Dungeon monsters, their weaknesses had long been thoroughly understood.
Under the leadership of Finn and Tanya, their aerial arrow formation easily pierced through the enemy ranks, sweeping all before them.
The super-spec Seventh Evil Dragon hadn't even had time to charge before Loki, shouting "Knight Kick!", shattered its core with a descending kick—
That is, the intertwined reverse scales of the Filth Spirit and Ishtar.
With the facts laid bare, the one-eyed black dragon gnashed its teeth fiercely, its demonic flames flickering erratically.
"The mission pre-simulation results and current deviation are less than ten percent. Reserve combat power is far below the target individual."
Below the black hole, Assistant Miss's cold electronic eyes flashed with data streams, issuing another warning to the one-eyed black dragon.
"Recommend aborting the plan and retreating immediately."
"Shut up!"
The one-eyed black dragon was thoroughly enraged by Arthur's words and the scene before it, letting out a furious roar!
"Just a bunch of replicas! I never relied on them anyway! Child of the Stars! This place, today, will be your deathbed!"
Its massive body, far exceeding that of a mountain, violently convulsed. As its magic power surged wildly, it accumulated world-destroying might.
Pfft!
Streams of foul-smelling blood arrows shot out from the gaps in its steel-like scales without warning!
Its colossal body was like a container forcibly injected with too much liquid, already on the verge of bursting!
"Oh?"
Arthur keenly caught this detail, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.
No wonder he had an inexplicable premonition of dread when he had just thought of unleashing his Noble Phantasm for a decisive blow; there was indeed something abnormal.
This dragon body, eroded and modified by the unknown entity, simply couldn't bear this power. Forcibly activating it would only accelerate its own collapse.
"I don't even need to act; before long, you'll die by your own hand."
"That's right! I will die! Along with this entire alternate dimension!"
The one-eyed black dragon opened its massive maw, revealing a mouthful of ferocious fangs.
"The plan to invade multiple worlds was merely an impromptu experiment! If the experiment fails, naturally, all the resulting trash must be swept away!"
Arthur's mind raced. Although he didn't understand what the unknown entity had done by possessing the black dragon, following his intuition had never led him astray!
If he couldn't deliver a decisive blow, then—
Azure brilliance flowed and coiled around the holy sword, enveloping it in dazzling starlight, all pouring into Arthur's body!
"Amplifying yourself?"
The one-eyed black dragon instantly perceived his intention, yet remained disdainful.
"I am currently using this body to control the expansion of the dimensional aisle. If you kill me, the unsupervised dimensional aisle will rapidly expand!"
"Even if you and the world's favored one are here, you won't be able to stop the simultaneous collapse of the four aisle! So, Child of the Stars, let's go together!"
"Are you done with your nonsense?"
In the next instant, Arthur's figure vanished.
The azure stream of light violently crashed into the hundreds of meters long dragon body. There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a continuous, hair-raising slicing sound!
Arthur transformed into a brilliant storm, furiously circling the black dragon. The holy sword, constrained by the azure brilliance, became the sharpest blade in the world.
Each flash of sword light precisely struck the gaps in the scales where blood was spurting due to loss of control!
The ultimate sharpness on a physical level completely disregarded the immunity to authority!
"As the will of the unknown entity, you might have some intelligence, but unfortunately, every time you finish invading a puppet, you get blinded by the urge for destruction."
"Roar ah ah—!"
The one-eyed black dragon, hearing the mockery in its ear, let out a roar of extreme agony!
It frantically twisted its body, spewing dragon's breath capable of melting space, and swung dragon claws that could shatter mountains, attempting to attack the azure shadow.
However, it was all in vain.
Arthur was like a phantom attached to a giant; no matter how the giant struggled, it couldn't touch him even slightly.
All its counterattacks landed in empty space, instead exacerbating the internal imbalance and berserk state. More inky fluid gushed from its wounds, creating a black downpour.
"You reckless Child of the Stars! You'll go down with this alternate dimension!"
The familiar spatial pressure receded. The will of the unknown entity abruptly withdrew, leaving only the battered one-eyed black dragon, its entire body flashing with destructive white light!
In the next instant, the dimensional bomb exploded!
The entire world transformed into a blinding pure white, devouring all sound and color!
Before everything dissolved, a fragile, glass-like chime resonated out of thin air, and Arthur's lips involuntarily curved into a mocking arc.
He was right!
Even if the dragon's body self-destructed and space disintegrated, the world's gift to him would still arrive a step earlier!
So he raised his hand and clenched it tightly towards the rapidly expanding black hole!