Chapter 84 – The Brilliance of Runes

At this moment, the Human King was clad in golden full-body armor. Its lines were smooth, blending strength with grace. A majestic roaring beast was engraved on its chest, exuding an imposing aura. It was even more dashing than Su Hao’s Winged Armor, perfectly embodying kingly presence.

The Human King held a long saber, calmly raising his head. His sharp eyes locked onto the black dot slowly traversing the sky.

He didn’t know what was in the sky, but whatever it was, if it dared to attack, he was confident he could defeat it.

Even though he was old and frail, even though he was nearing his end, he remained confident. This was a confidence forged through countless battles throughout his life.

It wasn’t just him; everyone gathered around the Human King had unwavering faith in the old man.

The Human King was, and always would be, undefeated.

Soon, with a rumbling sound, the small black dot grew closer, and everyone could clearly see its appearance.

No, it wasn’t a black dot, but a shimmering silver armored figure with two thin wings extending diagonally backward from its back, like a sharp triangle, piercing through the sky at extreme speed.

Was the armored figure in the sky also carrying a huge Metal Sphere on its back?

A smaller Metal Sphere was dragged beneath it.

The whole thing looked very strange.

But a single thought arose in everyone’s heart: “This Armor is so cool.”

Then a big question mark appeared: It doesn’t flap its wings, so how can it fly freely in the sky like a bird?

“Whoosh—Boom—”

The Armor-clad man streaked across the sky above Capital City, drawing countless gazes following him.

It was Su Hao, wearing the Winged Armor.

The large Metal Sphere on his back was filled with ‘Eight-Hundred Explosions’ Bombs, just in case. The smaller Metal Sphere dragged beneath him was the gift he brought for everyone today.

This gift, although not everyone would like it, at least no one would refuse it.

Su Hao circled about seven hundred meters above the ground, hovering over Capital City, observing the magnificent city.

This world’s largest city of the Human Clan, Harmony Capital City.

Su Hao quickly locked onto the center of Harmony Capital City—the Royal Palace!

He changed direction, flew towards the Royal Palace, and began to ascend, higher and higher, until he once again became a tiny black dot.

High in the sky, Su Hao took down the basketball-sized Metal Sphere and held it in his hands.

He took a deep breath and slowly injected a massive amount of Blood Qi into the Metal Sphere.

The Metal Sphere soon emitted a faint white light, which grew brighter and brighter, until the Metal Sphere itself was no longer visible. Even Su Hao was bathed in the white light.

Like a second sun in the sky.

Su Hao stopped ascending and began to fall, faster and faster.

The sphere of the Metal Sphere in his hand seemed to have sublimated, turning into a dazzling ball of white light with no discernible shape, and under Su Hao’s push, it plunged straight towards the earth.

Like the fall of the sun.

Su Hao called this ball of light “Rune’s Radiance.”

On the ground, everyone watched the falling ‘sun,’ in a panic, screaming and fleeing the Royal Palace area, crowding towards the Outside the City.

But was there still time?

All the Guard warriors in the Royal Palace looked up, squinting, their faces grim as they watched the falling radiance. What was this? How could they defend against it?

Everyone had the same thought: We’re dead!

Someone doubted, “Could that be Master Rune of Silver Armor up there?”

Someone immediately agreed, “It definitely is! I can’t imagine anyone else being able to do this.”

“What’s he doing? Is he going to destroy the Royal Palace?”

“It’s over!”

At this moment, the Human King stepped forward. He took two steps, his eyes ignoring the dazzling light, staring intently at the sphere of light that was falling faster and faster.

Calculating the distance, the Human King charged forward, faster and faster, his exposed face covered in dense golden patterns.

He leaped up, instantly reaching an altitude of one hundred meters, still ascending rapidly, and shot upwards towards the falling sphere of light.

Su Hao also saw the golden-armored figure leap up. He was the warrior with the strongest Blood Qi reaction in the city, about ten times stronger than himself. He was not someone to be confronted directly. It must be the Human King.

“Rune’s Radiance is currently in a misty fluid state. It needs a sufficiently fast initial velocity to be released. When it hits the ground, it will have enough speed to spread quickly!” Su Hao thought, silently calculating the falling speed.

When it fell to about four hundred meters, Su Hao pushed the sphere of light away with both hands, letting it continue to fall by inertia. He then began to adjust his Winged Armor, preparing to ascend.

The Human King’s eyes widened abruptly, his old face contorting. The light from the golden patterns on his face seemed on the verge of overflowing. He roared at the brilliant sphere of light, “Air Piercing Blade!”

“Swish!”

He split the sphere of light with a single slash.

“Huh?”

The moment the blade cut through the sphere of light, the Human King immediately sensed something was wrong.

It didn’t feel like cutting solid matter, more like cutting through air, a void of light with no resistance.

He then passed right through the sphere of light, continuing to intercept Su Hao in the sky, yet he wasn’t harmed by the sphere of light in the slightest!

Looking back, the sphere of light was also unchanged, continuing its descent towards the Royal Palace.

But soon, the Human King noticed something different.

His entire armor, along with the Long Blade in his hand, was no longer lustrous and bright, but was inscribed with dense, small characters.

He recognized these small characters. They were from the “Complete Explanation of Runes” section of the “Path of the Warrior” scripture. He had reviewed it no less than five times and would not mistake it.

“Could it be…” The Human King had a guess.

Looking up at the silver-armored figure rapidly turning and descending, a cold glint flashed in the Human King’s eyes. He could actually adjust his direction in mid-air and head towards the silver-armored figure.

After pushing away the sphere of light, Su Hao immediately manipulated his Winged Armor to turn and ascend.

His speed was too high at this moment, and he was carrying the massive ‘Eight-Hundred Explosions’ on his back. It would require more than two hundred meters of buffer altitude to turn and ascend.

Just as Su Hao was about to complete the bottom of a U-turn and pull up, he saw the Human King powerfully adjusting his direction in mid-air to intercept him.

He immediately calculated if the Human King could successfully intercept: “Judging by our speeds, the Human King in front of me will fail to intercept. I will pass twenty meters ahead of him and ascend successfully.”

Su Hao still drew his long short blade and held it in his hand, prepared for any unexpected events.

However, Su Hao miscalculated. The Human King clearly understood that at this speed, he wouldn’t have a chance to reach the ‘Wayfarer’. So, the Human King let out a mighty roar, and the surging Blood Qi beneath his feet suddenly burst, increasing his speed by a notch out of nowhere.

This was the Human King’s combat technique – Sky Walking.

Su Hao’s eyes widened, and he secretly thought ‘This is bad’. He hadn’t expected the Human King could also fly briefly in mid-air.

He immediately activated his Runes.

‘Hardness’, ‘Barrier’, ‘Deflection’, ‘Oscillation’, ‘Strong Light’, ‘Coordination’. The Runes on the two blades in his hands were also successively activated: ‘Hardness’, ‘Sharpness’, ‘Penetration’, ‘Rotation’, ‘Corrosion’.

It still wasn’t safe. He poured Blood Qi into his Winged Armor and Harmony Long Blade, simultaneously trying to control the Winged Armor to adjust direction and avoid the Human King, while keeping the Long Blade ready to strike, preparing for combat.

No matter how Su Hao adjusted his position, the Human King could always react quickly and keep up. Soon, Su Hao and the Human King made contact.

‘Air Piercing Blade!’ the Human King roared, slashing at Su Hao with his blade, intending to cut him in half.

‘He’s trying to cut me in half!’ Su Hao raised his blade to meet the attack, but inwardly knew this blow would be difficult to parry.

‘Clang—crack—’

The two passed each other in an instant.

Su Hao’s Long Blade snapped, and his body shifted. The Human King’s Long Blade narrowly grazed his chest.

‘That was close!’

Su Hao quickly adjusted his direction and flew away.

After rising higher again, the Human King also descended towards the ground. The magnificent Long Blade in his hand had also broken after cutting Su Hao’s Long Blade.

The Human King’s expression was extremely grim. He stared intently at Su Hao’s retreating figure, gritting his teeth, “Damn it, he dodged it!”

At the same time, the large light sphere, ‘Rune’s Radiance’, landed on the ground.

(End of Chapter)