Chapter 897: True Calamity (IV)
All eight axes Azraggoth wielded shattered into pieces!
The destructive energy struck him head-on, hurling him downward as the dimension itself fractured into countless shards of glass.
In the next moment, the view reappeared, and the Knull world witnessed as the ground quaked massively.
Azraggoth smashed into the ground, having fallen from the sky, carving out an unending abyss, and it all fell silent.
But the hands descending from the sky didn’t halt. Not even for a second.
They were like a divine decree never to be taken back, and only fell faster and faster toward the abyss.
"DIIEEEEEEEEEEE!"
A powerful roar boomed from beneath the abyss as a meteor-like object erupted upward, colliding against the massive arms!
KAAABOOOOOOOM!
Eight arms against two gigantic palms, and Azraggoth pushed with all his power.
The palms pressed against his, forcing him down further, crushing on top of Azraggoth’s head, bending him downward until they pinned him against his own spine, and yet they continued to push down.
He resisted with every ounce of brute force within him—and finally managed to slow down the palms.
When he did, he backed off a kilometer, all eight arms clenching into fists, and once more he burst out.
BAAAAAAANG!
BAAAAAAANG!
BAAAAAAANG!
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The sound of his crashing fists echoed like thunder as millions of phantom punches appeared from how fast Azraggoth was striking.
The blows gathered into a tsunami of red energy that blasted apart all the destructive layers of the descending arms before him.
But he didn’t stop just yet.
He roared in fury, drawing in more power before driving out one last punch that unleashed a circular shockwave, tearing through the domain.
Then, in an instant, that force was released upward toward Ryuk’s colossal arms.
The massive arms quaked violently, unable to contain the raging energy.
The power was enough to overload every single cell within them, and in the next instant...
BUUUUUUUUUURRRRRSSSST!
It exploded.
A powerful shockwave of energy and flesh burst forth, strong enough to blow apart the entire army of Azraggoth, who had been standing immobile at the side.
Ryuk’s colossal body jerked back from the force as he looked down at his arms, finding nothing.
He had lost both hands, yet it only brought a massive grin to his maws.
"Good. Good!"
His voice boomed out as Azraggoth stepped out of the abyss, only to be faced with an unbelievable scene:
Ryuk raised his massive leg, white flames and destructive energy coalescing around it.
Beneath the soles of his feet, the palms opened up, and his nano-particles rippled, birthing forth a single thrust.
BOOOOOOOOOM!
A pillar of destructive energy burst furiously out from the thrust, slamming into Azraggoth and sending him plummeting back into the abyss.
But that was only the beginning.
KAAABOOOOOOM!
The entire Knullic world was forced farther down as Ryuk’s foot slammed down from the heavens.
It was said that the legs held twice the power of the arms, and that was true.
When the foot smashed against him, he resisted with all eight arms, furiously pushing back against it.
CREAAAK...
CREAAAK...
KAAA-CHA!
The sound of bones creaking echoed out, followed soon by the sharp crack of them shattering into nothing.
Azraggoth was forced deep into the abyss as four of his arms were crushed to a bloody pulp, leaving only four remaining.
"ROOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRR!"
A roar of defiance escaped his lips as crimson light exploded out of his body, renewing it with extra vigor.
From his back, the phantoms of another two massive hands appeared, roughly pushing back against the destructive wave of energy and Ryuk’s foot.
One more arm burst out from behind him, followed by the phantom of an axe, which the arm gripped tight.
"BE GONEEEE!"
Azraggoth roared out as the phantom hand cleaved the axe forward, sending out a crimson arc.
It ripped through the muzzle beneath Ryuk’s sole, dividing it into two while the strike continued up Ryuk’s leg, exploding at his ankles.
KAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Another thunderous explosion rang out as the legs exploded into a shower of energy and nano-particles.
BAAAAM!
BAAAAM!
Knees colliding with the ground as Azraggoth fell to both knees.
Cracks didn’t just cover his remaining four arms; they spread across the rest of his body as well, his energy bleeding out from every fracture.
It was clear:
He was exhausted, having unleashed explosive bursts of energy again and again to counter the being above him.
But Ryuk wasn’t done.
"HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!"
A wicked cackle left his lips as he recklessly raised his last leg.
Instead of one muzzle, two formed beneath the sole of his foot this time, and even by his ankles, another four thrusts rapidly formed.
They extended outward, their mouths turning downward, and right then—
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
All six muzzles burst forth with energy, and a total of six destructive pillars of power slammed into the kneeling Azzgard.
It pinned his head down, yet he snarled in defiance
Teeth clenched hard, he forced his head up, just in time to see an object inches from his eyes.
Instantly, they widened in disbelief.
"Ho,"
That word hadn’t even finished when,
BUUUUUUUURRRRRSSSST!
His head was ripped through by a nail-like end, tearing through his eyes and skull and nailing him into the abyss.
Ryuk’s foot had transformed.
The two muzzles beneath his sole had disappeared, replaced by a massive, nail-like projection.
Azraggorh had seen the hands and feet fall slowly the entire time and thought the feet would come for him at a steady pace.
But unknown to him, that was just Ryuk trying to overwhelm his soul with horror of power far beyond him,
Once he noticed Azraggoth was out of breath, he moved to end it.
In the brief span it took for Azraggoth to raise his head after being forced down, Ryuk had already gathered energy into the soles of his feet, converting it into something deadlier.
Like that, the Fifth Calamity, Azraggoth, the Mighty Brute, was nailed straight through his head, brains skewered into mush.