Mage Manual

Chapter 1667 - 1228: Counterattack

The year Ash graduated high school coincided with his brother’s senior year in college, and his brother had already found a job back in their hometown. With a month until starting work, the two energetic social loafers hit it off and spent his brother’s scholarship and part-time earnings to travel to Tibet, influenced by the then-popular gentle soul-cleansing literature about Tibet.

Originally, it should have been his brother going with his girlfriend, but she was job-hunting and wasn’t in good health, daring not to go to high-altitude places, thus giving Ash this opportunity. The scenery was indeed beautiful along the way, but what impressed Ash the most was Dark Night Park beside the Ali Observatory.

That was Ash’s closest moment to the starry sky; without city lights, the night was pure and mysterious, making him feel as if he were in the Kingdom of Darkness, with only the Star Cluster sparkling on stage, the entire starlight seeming to fall onto his hair, touchable at any moment. He was deeply shaken by the breathtaking magnificence before him and greatly overcome by his insignificance and solitude, as warmth and cold—two diametrically opposite emotions—coexisted, illustrating the charm of the starry sky.

Years later, he felt the same shock and solitude again, the only difference being that the starry sky was no longer a treasure shared by all life.

It was the private collection of the Supreme of Magic!

Fantasy Hell was covered by the boundless starry sky, suddenly transporting Ash and the others from Hell to the cosmic vacuum environment, fortunate that they were battle-hardened demigods, swiftly adapting to zero gravity and vacuum. With no earth beneath their feet, no sky above their heads, even demigods paled on this dark stage, where only the Star Cluster held center stage!

The Dazzling Star waved the starry sky—it’s hard to describe the scene before you; how could the endless starry sky be wielded by the Supreme Star? But this was the reality. As the Dazzling Star swung the sword, the Star Cluster began to rotate, starlight hung upside down, and the Gamma-ray Burst released the most dazzling light in the universe within a millisecond, unleashing the total explosive energy of a billion years of sunlight, extending the entire starry sky into Starry Swordsmanship.

The Star Magic sought power from the Star Cluster externally, while the swordsmanship pursued its technique limit internally; these two seemingly unrelated magic factions were brought together by the Dazzling Star to display new possibilities—

Star Sword Convergence!

Using the power of Star Cluster, merging the technique of swordsmanship, massive energy capable of clearing all life on earth tens of thousands of times was perfectly contained within the sword trajectory, without spilling a single drop of energy.

Never has there been such a delicate Star Burst in this world, nor such resplendent sword technique.

One swordlight chills the Milky Way, one sword illuminates all people in the world!

Besides ’powerful,’ Ash’s impoverished knowledge base found no other better word for description. This supreme force standing above all mages throughout history unveiled its mysterious veil for the first time.

Hundreds of thousands of Forgotten Ones instantly evaporated under the starry sword cascade, not to mention resisting; they didn’t even have time to react. The Hell demigods did their utmost to resist the Forgotten Ones army for a month, only to be erased by the Dazzling Star’s one sword, effortlessly like using corrective fluid to remove excess paint.

But the universe holds not only paint but also sculpture.

Like a lifeless sculpture, the creature with eight wings suddenly opened all its eyes, having no complex multi-organ structure like a ’face, yet everyone could see its anger. It seemed to have been asleep until the Dazzling Star woke it up, and unmasked hatred poured from its enormous eyeballs, viewing all things as enemies.

It lacks so-called humanity, yet it is more arrogant than all living beings; it never targets any individual, only the world as its sole hunted prey.

This is the awakening of Uroboros; its first gaze upon waking is aimed at destruction.

Clang!

A soundless blast resonated through the universe, with just the blazing bright high-explosive light stream capable of piercing the demigod barriers kilometers away from the battle. Ash, while healing his scorched pupils, widened his eyes, seeing the Star River sword cascade cut off two hundred-kilometer wings of Uroboros; but the energy capable of destroying millions of stars quickly eroded.

The eight-winged creature Uroboros actually had two wings cut by the Dazzling Star’s sword! But nobody felt thrilled because everyone saw Uroboros’s severed wings beginning to regenerate visibly.

If they looked carefully, they might even see hundreds of regeneration methods at the severed wings: flesh regeneration, time reset, fate rejoining, necromancy weaving, aquatic life... It coldly gazed at the small lives, showing no panic of being injured.

It didn’t even attack the Dazzling Star capable of harming it because, to it, everyone was the same.

All trash.

Its eyes widened to the extreme, seemingly flipping its whites out. Strangely, Ash heard breathing and beating hearts; he could clearly hear the entire world expanding with Uroboros’s breath, resonating with its heartbeat, and shattering with its contempt.

Eight-winged · Snake’s Glance.

Numerous eyes projected lines suddenly took shape, transforming into fiery ice, blades and spears, space-time and fate; the infinite and intangible magic torrents instantly flooded every corner of the universe with its gaze.

This is the true attack of the World-Devouring Snake; earlier, destroying the Secret Realm was only a yawn during its sleep. No one could survive, Uroboros only needed to cast an insignificant glance to turn all things into ashes.

The Hell demigods’ Defense Miracle shattered instantly in milliseconds; just like the Forgotten Ones were mere cosmic dust before the Dazzling Star, they were also dew-like lives to Uroboros... but they didn’t evaporate.

Because before them stood the five strongest mages in history.

In the rift between Hell and Heaven, four supremely pure heavenly lights shone onto the battlefield center, forming four illusionary Heavenly Kingdoms of varying styles like rocks in a torrent, firmly blocking Uroboros’s destructive gaze and protecting the Hell demigods behind!

The Divine Lords stood atop the Heavenly Kingdoms, as if holding up the world itself.

"All-knowing, isn’t your Spider Web Barrier reputed to be an impregnable defense line? Now is the time for you to showcase your strength."

The Extreme Master of Blood Moon said coldly.

He was bare-chested, wearing a necklace of beastly teeth and a fur battle skirt, with bare feet stepping on the void. His blood-red long hair reached his waist, while a silky silver-white wolf tail swayed in the wind. With arms crossed over his chest, he exuded a savage wildness as if the world was his hunting ground, and he was the ruler at the top of the food chain!

"I don’t mind the Spider Web Barrier taking on more defensive tasks, but in addition to having the strongest defense, I am also the best Prophet Mage. You might as well leave the management of the Heavenly Kingdoms to me, and I promise to achieve greater results at less cost."

The All-knowing Weaver replied with a smile.

She had long pink-purple hair styled into an elegant coiffure, dressed in a high-slit form-fitting robe, holding a parasol made of black cloth and spider webs. Her charm was subtle and elegant, as if she had come not to an unprecedented war, but to a garden party to listen to the rain and watch flowers bloom.

"Enough of this, Uroboros is an unprecedented enemy, and we can’t afford any internal strife among you!"

The Imaginary Music Master growled in a low voice.

He wore silver-framed glasses, with sun-like fiery orange hair braided casually over his shoulder. Yet, his eyes were moon-like white pupils, and his boyishly handsome face was full of anger.

"Dazzling Star, are you trying to use Uroboros to weaken us?"

The Lord of Infinite Abyss looked at Dazzling Star’s back and asked coldly.

His hair was silvery-gray, his face weathered, clad in armor, appearing more like a battle-hardened veteran than a mage.

He questioned, "We are here for a righteous cause, not because of your orders. If you think we can be bullied..."

"Noisy."

Dazzling Star slightly raised her head, turning to glance at them, her azure eyes radiating a cold arrogance: "Do you dare to address me by name?"

The Lord of Infinite Abyss was momentarily cowed by her, and the other Divine Lords fell silent, working together to bind the four illusory Heavenly Kingdoms more tightly, forming an impenetrable veil that completely blocked Uroboros’s destructive gaze!

At this moment, Ash also realized that the Divine Lords were projecting part of the Heavenly Kingdom from Heaven into Hell, relying on their thousands of years of established Heavenly Kingdom defenses to withstand the onslaught of Uroboros’s eight wings!

But since the four Divine Lords summoned the illusory Heavenly Kingdom, where was Dazzling Star’s Heavenly Kingdom?

Dazzling Star raised her right hand, catching a beam of white light from the crack, and then her left hand reached out to draw a strand of Starlight from the Starry Sky.

Using the Heavenly Kingdom as a sword, using the Starry Sky as a sword.

Indeed, how could she be content to be a mere rock in the torrent? She was the most brilliant star since the birth of the mage world, her pride destined to shine like starlight, piercing through the darkness span of countless light years!

Right hand holding the Heavenly Kingdom, left hand gripping the Starry Sky!

Dazzling Star stepped through the void, her dual blades traced a mysterious arc, in an instant, cutting through all of Uroboros’s eyes, foul boiling blood staining the universe red. Although Uroboros immediately regenerated his eyes, this brief moment was enough to serve as the horn of counterattack for the mages!

In this instant, the Divine Lords’ illusory Heavenly Kingdoms turned from illusion to reality. To resist Uroboros, they actually moved the Heavenly Kingdom from Heaven to Hell, allowing them to fully wield their authority as lords of the Heavenly Kingdom, even in Hell!

At the same time, Ash saw countless mages appear within the Heavenly Kingdom, hearing tens of thousands of devout prayers resound in Hell—

"Blood Moon Favored, joining the battle."

"All-knowing Scholars, joining the battle."

"Imaginary Writers, joining the battle."

"Abyss Warriors, joining the battle."

As the four Heavenly Kingdoms transformed from defensive fortresses to offensive chariots, the demigods in Hell finally witnessed the Divine Lords in their peak glory.