Zeke brazenly provoked the constellation with irreverent words, without hesitation.
The master of Sagyeon Palace watched from behind the angel and showed no reaction to Zeke's insolence.
Zeke floated in the air, gazed at the motionless angel, and steadied his breathing while he gripped Laevatein.
"He's exercising some patience, it seems. In that case, I'll shake him up once more." Zeke flew toward the angel, clutching his sword, which was infused with the chaos field.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
He swung Laevatein fiercely at the angel.
Kwa-kwa-kwang!
The protective barrier had become meaningless, so the angel spread his remaining halfwing to block Zeke's sword physically.
As the powerful sword strike poured down, even the half-remaining wing could not withstand it and began to crack and slowly crumble.
Zeke spoke to the angel once more.
"To think that this is the authority of a celestial constellation. It's not even comparable to the powers of the filthy demons in the demon realm."
At that moment, light flickered in the angel's eyes again.
Zhee-ee-ee-eeng!
Light poured from the angel's eyes toward Zeke.
It was an immense force capable of obliterating half the city, but its speed was not particularly fast.
And Zeke was not so sloppy as to take it head-on. He dodged the angel's attack and immediately thrust his sword into the angel's side.
Puk!
Zeke's sword strike embedded squarely into the angel's flank.
It was unclear if the statue-like angel felt pain, but it seemed to take some impact, as he staggered and retreated.
With his wings nearly crumbling and cracks forming all over his body, he looked utterly pathetic compared to his initial appearance.
Zeke pondered for a moment while he eyed the nearly disintegrating angel, then raised Laevatein to finish him off.
"Unlike the fallen constellations, he doesn't fall for provocation easily..."
Before his thought could finish, an intense light emanated from the angel's body.
Woooong!
With the light, the angel's tattered body instantly reverted to its original form.
At the same time, Zeke could feel that the energy emanating from his body was completely different from before.
Kugu-gu-gu!
Zeke's expression changed as the powerful constellation's aura spread in all directions.
"Provocation worked."
Just like with Wirynom, he had provoked the master of Sagyeon Palace to induce the constellation to descend directly into the avatar.
Woooong!
The angel emitted a dazzling light so brilliant that it was hard to look at directly as he stared at Zeke.
Then, the constellation's will transmitted directly into Zeke's mind.
"Irreverent and lowly mortal."
Though it was within a unique domain rather than the phenomenal world, this was the first time since the age of the constellations that a celestial constellation had descended directly into an avatar to reveal itself.
The master of Sagyeon Palace, now inhabiting the angel's body, continued.
"The sin of mocking a god will never be forgiven."
With those words, the master of Sagyeon Palace unleashed his authority.
Pajijijijik!
A massive bolt of lightning surged up from the ground and struck down from the sky, connecting earth and heaven.
Zeke steadied his breathing while he eyed the enormous lightning spear enveloping the angel's body.
"So this is the true power of a constellation."
The fallen constellations had suffered damage to their original divinity upon falling to the demon realm, which had weakened their authorities as well.
But the celestial constellations had grown their inherent power through the karma created in the phenomenal world, allowing them to wield even greater strength than in the age of the constellations.
And Zeke could clearly witness with his own eyes the constellation's power that shook the sacred city of Laocon.
He realized that the power of Sagyeon Palace's master was the origin of light magic.
He recalled how Morgan Buffon, a knight of Sagyeon Palace, had used the constellation's authority through Hercion.
"Compared to that power now, the authority contained in Hercion was truly just a speck of dust."
The master of Sagyeon Palace, descended into the angel, spread his wings wide toward Zeke.
Light emanated from the pair of wings, soon transforming into lightning itself.
Thus, four spears rose from the angel's back.
The spears made of lightning floated into the air.
"I shall erase you without even leaving a trace of your soul."
Pajijijijik!
The four spears, infused with the power of lightning that cleaved earth and sky, flew swiftly toward Zeke.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
Zeke raised his sword while he watched the four spears hurtling toward him.
Woooong!
The power of the chaos field dwelled in the lifted Laevatein.
Zeke shot forward and unleashed a sword strike toward the four spears.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
The sword strike infused with the chaos field collided with the incoming four spears.
Pajijijijik!
As the lightning containing the constellation's authority clashed with the chaos field that offset the constellation's power, a powerful shockwave spread in all directions.
But unlike before, Zeke's sword strike began to be pushed back gradually.
The chaos field that worked against fallen constellations proved insufficient against the true authority of a constellation.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
Soon, Zeke's unleashed sword strike shattered, and the four spears plunged toward him.
Pajijijijik!
The lightning spears flying from all sides created a colossal pillar of light far surpassing heavenly thunder.
A massive pillar of lightning formed, as if to swallow the entire sacred city of Laocon.
Zeke was swept into that storm of lightning.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
He ended up trapped in a place where no one could escape once caught.
The master of Sagyeon Palace, descended into the angel's body, revealed his displeasure openly upon seeing this.
"For a lowly beast to mock a god is a grave sin. You shall suffer excruciating agony in this storm of lightning until your soul is utterly annihilated, neither living nor dying."
It was the true heavenly punishment decreed by a celestial constellation.
The master of Sagyeon Palace realized that even this brief descent into the unique domain had consumed a significant amount of karma.
Having delivered the punishment, he prepared to return to the celestial realm.
Tsu-tsu-tsu-tsu—
He sensed an alien energy flickering within the storm of lightning.
The master of Sagyeon Palace turned his gaze there. He could more clearly feel another flow existing within the storm.
At that moment of puzzlement, a massive vortex of lightning from within the storm flew toward the master of Sagyeon Palace.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
Caught off guard by the sudden attack, the master of Sagyeon Palace spread his wings and deployed an absolute defensive barrier.
The absolute defensive barrier infused with the constellation's power was incomparable to the angel's.
A sturdy hexagonal barrier unfolded, and the lightning vortex scattered without reaching him.
The master of Sagyeon Palace discovered Zeke emerging leisurely from the storm of lightning, a place from which no one should have escaped.
Emitting light from his entire body in disbelief, he cried out in divine tongue.
"How can a mortal defy the authority of a constellation!"
The celestial constellations viewed mortals as mere livestock in their farm. Mortals had always been playthings for the constellations, trembling in fear and begging for mercy from their authorities.
For such a mortal to not only mock a constellation but even challenge its authority was utterly unbelievable to him.
The fallen constellations constantly sought opportunities to intervene in the phenomenal world, observing how mortals grew and gained power.
But the celestial constellations only exploited karma, showing little interest in what powers mortals possessed.
They took what they needed, erased them when their utility ended, and repeated the cycle of creation.
Zeke had aimed to exploit that complacency of the constellations.
Emerging from the storm of lightning, Zeke said to the master of Sagyeon Palace,
"To think the constellations of the celestial realm are only this much. How disappointing."
The master of Sagyeon Palace could hardly endure the insult from a mortal he deemed a lowly beast.
"For you, even pain is a luxury. I shall erase your very existence here."
The master of Sagyeon Palace spread his wings wide and clasped his hands in front of his chest, forming a triangle.
Pajijijik!
A fierce core of lightning formed in the triangular seal created by the master of Sagyeon Palace.
As the purest thunder energy condensed intensely, the surrounding space warped.
Zeke raised Laevatein with some tension, wary of the ominous energy emanating from the master of Sagyeon Palace.
The chaos field rippled from Laevatein.
In truth, while facing the master of Sagyeon Palace, Zeke had been waiting for the arrogant savior's power to be fully absorbed.
He had calculated that once he absorbed the arrogant savior's power and elevated his divinity, he could sufficiently contend with the master of Sagyeon Palace.
However, absorbing the sealed form of the arrogant savior was taking longer than expected.
Pajijijik!
As Zeke gripped Laevatein and tensed once more, white light-infused lightning surged from Laocon's ground, concentrating on the master of Sagyeon Palace.
He could feel all the power constituting Laocon gathering.
The authority of a constellation wielding an entire world as its own power was on a different level from the authorities of the phenomenal world or demons.
Kugu-gu-gu-gu-gu!
Zeke gripped Laevatein and expanded the chaos field to withstand the pressure from the constellation's power.
At that moment, the master of Sagyeon Palace slowly extended his sealed hands forward toward Zeke.
"Repent, sinner."
Zhee-ee-ee-ee-eeng—
A strong wave spread from the triangular seal created by the master of Sagyeon Palace.
At the same time, Zeke realized he had somehow become trapped within the palm of the master of Sagyeon Palace.
Kugu-gu-gu-gu!
Looking around, both above and below were the master of Sagyeon Palace's palms.
"How is this possible...?"
It was an attack transcending all concepts Zeke knew.
In an instant, the space enveloping Zeke was dyed with the purest thunder energy.
Woooong!
White light burst from the master of Sagyeon Palace's hand.
Trapped in the palm, Zeke was swept away by the divine thunder pouring from all directions.
Pajijijijijik!
The lightning decreed by the god sought to burn and purify all that harbored irreverence.
The master of Sagyeon Palace, having confined Zeke in his palm, drew forth his inherent power to erase not only his soul but his very existence.
All things in the dimension left records in the Akashic Code, the dimensional server, but the inherent authority of a constellation could even erase those records.
From the beginning, it was an absolute law that mortals could not oppose higherdimensional beings like constellations, and no one could surpass that law.
Pajijijijik—
Having unleashed the divine thunder, the master of Sagyeon Palace felt the foolish lowly beast who dared oppose him and all traces of his existence completely vanish, then withdrew his power.
"For a mortal to defy a god. It seems I must soon bring divine punishment upon the earth..." But then.
Pajijijijik—
Though he had withdrawn the divine thunder, its energy lingered in the space, sparking faintly.
The master of Sagyeon Palace sensed something amiss. As he reached out toward the lingering energy.
Chwa-a-a-ak!
A sword strike flew toward his hand.
Though startled, the master of Sagyeon Palace was a constellation with absolute power.
An absolute defensive barrier formed instinctively, blocking the incoming sword strike.
The master of Sagyeon Palace assumed the sword strike would scatter against the absolute defensive barrier.
Chwa-a-a-a-ak—
But the incoming sword strike pierced the absolute defensive barrier and severed the arm of the angel inhabited by the master of Sagyeon Palace.
"This cannot be!"
Sacred blood, like a halo of light, dripped from the severed arm.
The constellation inhabiting the angel's body could not feel pain.
But he froze in shock that a mortal's attack had affected his avatar.
As a guardian who had upheld the dimensional order and absolute laws for eons, only once had a mortal's attack reached him.
"Godslayer Solomon..."
The master of Sagyeon Palace's eyes wavered as he recalled Solomon.
But he soon shook his head.
"Such an event cannot repeat itself."
The master of Sagyeon Palace felt intense displeasure toward the mortal who, for a brief moment, had evoked memories of Solomon.
He gathered his energy once more.
He intended to erase not only the unpleasant mortal but the entire world alongside him.
As the master of Sagyeon Palace clasped his hands again to draw forth his power.
Sheee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ek!
Something hurtled toward him at extreme speed.
The master of Sagyeon Palace raised his defensive barrier again.Even after seeing his barrier pierced moments ago, he chose to block head-on rather than evade.
A stronger absolute defensive barrier unfolded than before.
But it was futile.
A single beam of black light pierced the barrier and struck precisely in the center of the chest of the angel inhabited by the constellation.
Puk!
The master of Sagyeon Palace involuntarily let out a scream from the unbearable pain that shook his soul.
Gooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
A spear made of adamantium infused with the chaos field.
It embedded firmly into the flesh of the avatar body inhabited by the constellation.