Village Head's Debauchery

Chapter 1184: Phenomenal Battle Prowess



"Thank you for saving me," she said, bowing slightly to Orion.

She whistled, and the Sky Shattering Empress immediately flew to her position. Kasryn swiftly mounted the creature and looked back at Orion.

"After this, I'll properly repay you for saving my life. But for now, let's leave this place quickly and return to the advancing line," she said.

"You already promised to protect my life, so I have no reason not to return the favour," Orion replied, shaking his head. "Besides, I'm not planning to leave, so you can go on without me." Kasryn was surprised by his response and swiftly shook her head. "We don't have time for this. You might be strong, but you have no experience fighting Vylkr vines. They're much stronger and craftier than you think, and fighting them at such close range is suicide." Unlike the tainted, whose hearts you could crush or dismember to kill, the Vylkr vines would constantly reassemble unless they were utterly destroyed at once. This wouldn't be a problem if there were only a few, but with so many, it was practically impossible to do so.

"It may not be the same, but I have experience fighting monstrosities like these at close range. Don't worry, I can handle them better than you think," Orion reassured her.

Kasryn frowned, deep in thought. 'Is he talking about the Harbingers?' she wondered. She was sure there were no Vylkr vines outside the sanctuary, so how could he have encountered something similar?

It didn't make sense! But still, she had witnessed him save her and eliminate the Vylkr vines that had ensnared her. He could also use a powerful, strange lightning technique, so she couldn't properly gauge the extent of his power.

Kasryn quickly surveyed the battlefield. At this moment, the elite soldiers Orion had freed were straddling their flying beasts and soaring toward the vanguard.

'I hope I don't regret this,' she thought, clenching her teeth before leaping down from her mount.

"Go on without me. I'll meet you there," Kasryn said, patting the side of Sky Shattering Empress, who let out a piercing shriek before soaring into the sky and disappearing into the distance.

Kasryn picked up a longsword and a heavy war shield, then looked at Orion. "What's your plan of attack? I'll do my best to help," she asked curiously. She wanted to see if the goddess was right—if he was indeed the key to their victory.

"I'll push back their advances and eliminate as many as possible. You stay behind and finish off any that escape," Orion responded.

Kasryn's expression darkened, but before she could respond, her words froze in her throat as something unexpected happened. Orion's black, scaly armour detached from his body and hovered beside him as if it had a life of its own.

Kasryn was too shocked to move or speak. Although she knew the armour had unique attributes, she had never realized it could be used this way.

Then, another surprise unfolded. Sparks of bluish lightning erupted from Orion, snaking around his body and bathing him in its fierce glow.

Orion activated the Divine Thunder Moon Armor technique. Instantly, some fierce bluish lightning shifted to a deep purple hue. The arcs of lightning converged, transforming into a bluish-deep purple-scaled armour that covered his entire body, leaving not a single patch of skin exposed.

A detailed crimson full moon stood out on the back of the armour, glowing brightly.

At 25%, the threshold for learning the technique, one could emit a constant low static electric field that numbed attackers and reduced physical and energy attacks by 10%.

At the 45% threshold, they could emit a much stronger electric field, shocking attackers and reflecting 20% of both physical and energy attacks back to their attackers.

At 75%, they could reflect 40% of damage back to attackers as high-voltage shocks. They could also create a natural electric field with a 5-meter radius that affected all enemies within range and differentiated between friend and foe.

At 100% completion, one could reflect 60% of damage back to their attackers as a lethal electric discharge and expand their electric field to a 10-meter radius domain capable of incapacitating attackers with powerful electric shocks.

However, these results were for an average individual with little to no affinity for lightning. For Orion, who could manipulate lightning into constructs, the results were vastly different.

At 25%, he could reduce physical and energy attacks by 50%. At 45%, he could emit a much stronger electric field and reflect 100% of both physical and energy attacks back to their attackers.

At 75%, he could reflect 150% of the damage back to attackers, and his natural electric field would scale with the range of his own electric domain. The divine technique would naturally merge with his electric field as he grew stronger.

Lastly, at 100%, he could reflect 200% of the damage. The Divine Thunder Moon Armor had drastically adapted to merge with his gift. Combined with the Divine Thunder Moon Tyrant Symbols, an offensive technique, these were perfect techniques for him.

As Aerialia said, they were unparalleled defensive and offensive divine techniques.

CRACCKKK!! BOOOMM!!

Storm clouds emerged overhead as the heavens churned. Thick arcs of bluish lightning twisted within the darkened clouds. Fierce streaks of lightning rained down from the skies, creating a lightning domain that stretched across the sky above Orion.

For a four-star like Orion, who could easily take down Grade-One Runaway Cities and create phenomena capable of overturning the heavens, his lightning domain, merged with the Divine Thunder Moon Armor, covered roughly 100 kilometres.

Every four-star Vylkr vine and tainted creature within this range was electrocuted and instantly eliminated. Those who survived the initial onslaught attempted to retaliate but were vaporized to ashes, their remains scattering into the wind.

Orion then activated the One-Winged Sky Art and ascended into the air, summoning a miniature mountain beneath his feet and expanding it. The mountain surged forward, toward the advancing monstrosities, and skyward until its peak pierced through the clouds.

The lightning domain dispersed the clouds, allowing bright rays of sunlight to penetrate the once-darkened land.

The mountain expanded to a staggering 12,000 meters (41,010 feet) and a base diameter of 50 kilometres. Since this was a divine artefact, Orion could continue to increase its size as he saw fit, but this was enough for what he intended to achieve.

He wanted to capture the goddess's interest. He realized he could do so by overturning the battle in his favour with minimal effort.

Orion looked down, his gaze piercing through the clouds toward the sanctuary. "This should be enough. The view should be better from up here," he nodded.

He turned his head forward and created myriads of lightning-forged bladed weapons. Fortunately, Orion used two sources of energy-the Celestial energy to cast his techniques and the Vylkr energy to channel his gift and artefacts. The cost of his attacks was minimal.

With the Morphic Puppet at the forefront, slaughtering the monstrosities in the hundreds of thousands without restraint, Orion sat at the mountain's peak, guiding it forward, its massive base grinding the creatures' remains to bits.

Orion then released his lightning constructs, piercing through the monstrosities beyond the reach of his lightning domain, electrocuting them to death. The remaining survivors were soon ensnared within the domain, entirely eliminated by its power.

Even those in the sky weren't spared, obliterated to ashes when they entered the lightning domain or cut down by the Morphic Puppet's blade.

Orion didn't concern himself with those that had slipped through earlier. With the guardians' strength, he was confident they could handle them.

As Orion surveyed the onslaught before him, he realized it was so-so.

Behind him, Kasryn had already dropped her heavy war shield and longsword, collapsing to

her knees. Her eyes were wide with shock and disbelief, focused on the mountain's peak that pierced through the now-cleared skies. Her mouth gaped open, unable to comprehend the scene unfolding before her.

One moment, she was prepared to deal with whatever clever or foolish plans were thrown her way. Yet, in the next, the entire battlefield had shifted. The monstrosities were being pushed back effortlessly by a young man wielding power capable of creating such an immense

phenomenon.

'How could a mortal possess such power?' Kasryn thought.

Witnessing his effortless advance, she couldn't help but wonder if he was still holding back. It would be utterly incomprehensible and ridiculous if he were.

At the northern gates,

"What's happening? Why has a storm appeared out of nowhere?"

"This isn't right! We've never encountered such an extraordinary phenomenon during our

battles with those monstrosities or at any time!"

"This is terrifying to witness! Has the enemy brought on someone capable of overturning the

sky and the earth?"

"Someone, inform the Priestess! Alert the other corps about the situation-we need

reinforcements!"

As they observed the stormy lightning domain blanketing the skies and the earth in the distance, the soldiers gasped in surprise.

As several raced down to inform the corps stationed at the other walls, a voice suddenly

resonated. "There's no need to be afraid! The advancing troops are fine! The goddess has already promised us victory in this battle, so you should be rejoicing instead, witnessing her words come to fulfilment once again."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om