Duality of Shadows-Chapter 1009: Corner Him

The whale didn’t waste any time. Right after his saber cut through and shattered her defenses, the elemental calamity that had been used earlier was controlled to strike her with full force.

An explosion of light and destructive winds shook the environment in all directions. There was no sound, only a terrifying oppression that destroyed everything in its path.

*Crack!*

Suddenly, the sound of something breaking echoed through the chaos. The queen’s crown shattered, and her whole body was swallowed by the destruction, turning to dust.

The whale took a deep breath and activated his celestial soul to the max. It took less than two seconds for him to feel a fluctuation emerge in the middle of the void, several meters away. Runes appeared and joined, and a bright golden light began reconstructing a female figure.

Obviously, they didn’t expect her to recover and immediately attacked. Vorion cut through space-time with a black blade, aiming directly at her.

Before he could get close enough to activate one of his moves and make it effective, a spear appeared and collided with him.

**BOOM!**

The whale felt the impact of the primordial chaos item’s power and was forced to retreat slightly. The spear had no wielder; it was just the manifestation of the queen’s will. Even so, its power was enough to stop him for a second.

When the spear was thrown away and disappeared, a winged woman was fully formed, her sculptural body reconstructed from scratch and exposed under the golden light.

The queen snorted, and a black-scaled armor covered her body. She glared coldly at the whale. Each of the thousands of scales lit up with an extreme draconic aura.

She snorted dryly and gripped the spear of the void again. Her offensive power and speed were immense, her resistance and regeneration were terrifying, but her defenses weren’t so impressive. Her body wasn’t invulnerable like the primordial chaos pillar.

That’s why she forged this armor. Each scale had been refined from a different primordial dragon. Dragons were the most powerful primordial creatures, mainly due to their extreme bodies. She had always prepared for emergencies and designed the armor to cover her weaknesses.

The whale snorted. This woman had a Dao heart and an immense will, but she wasn’t foolish; she knew she could be threatened and didn’t spend all her days doing nothing. She had created many things and put a lot of effort into expanding her power and domain.

"One life is gone. How many times do I have to kill you?" the whale mocked.

She had indeed had her body destroyed, but her celestial soul was inside the crown, and using the power of her servants, she could easily rebuild herself. Added to the spear’s power to buy time, it was almost impossible to truly kill her.

Alm and Bruno felt a dark halo intensifying around her. That reconstruction must have cost the life of an entire universe she controlled.

If they had unlimited time and could kill her hundreds of times, maybe they could win. But she was an experienced fighter, full of hidden cards. Now, with the armor, they would need to at least use the elemental calamity again just to destroy that defense.

"Altered demonic flames, power from celestial will... All combined with Paragon-level weapon power. Quite ingenious, but I’ve already seen your other stronger attacks," the queen said coldly, spreading her shining golden wings. "If all you have are tricks, you can die now!"

She roared, then gestured, and a light object appeared before her. It was an intricate combination of concentric circles with strange runes, their patterns reminiscent of natural cycles, like the Moon, the Sun, and elements of nature.

A subtle green and blue aura immediately covered the queen, merging with her golden power. That was the Diagram of Life Energies, which she had recently obtained.

The queen only mastered a small part of that primordial chaos item, but it was enough to grant her intense life energy. Combined with her other two items, anything could happen in the hands of this experienced fighter.

The first minute of battle had already passed. Alm and Bruno focused, their tattoos glowing brightly. They couldn’t attack without an offensive and retreat plan.

The queen wasn’t exactly weaker than them; the difference was so small that they could be considered equals. However, she surely had terrifying cards up her sleeve. The moment they thought they were winning, she would use something to reverse the situation.

It took a second for the spear of the void in her hands to change. What was once something transparent and ethereal now looked solid, filled with the energy of the diagram. She fused part of the powers of the two items. A terrifying pressure covered the battlefield.

The whale snorted, and his saber gleamed before disappearing. The entire battlefield was still surrounded by the domain of the Thorn Forest. Liumi was fused with this power, and now black runes appeared secretly around them. Vorion joined her.

Fides appeared in the whale’s hands. The moment the queen moved, everything around her twisted brutally. It was a terrifying strike, but they knew she was plotting something behind it.

"DIE!" she roared, using all her control over the heavenly laws to seal the space around the whale. Then she shot off in a lightning-fast attack.

Fides glowed, activating the Feather Weight and Sharpening rune seal. The Celestial Flames ignited on the blade.

The queen watched the movement and wouldn’t fall for it again. Facing those strange techniques of his head-on? Why?

With a flap of her wings, she stopped abruptly. Then, with a precise movement, she threw her spear, which left her hand and pierced the void directly toward his chest.

The whale smiled. In that instant, Fides activated his power and vanished from his hand, merging with the environment.

**BOOM!**

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The whale was brutally hit, and a huge hole appeared in his body. He was pierced by the spear, but it stopped inside him.

The queen watched the scene without surprise. He took that directly? Was he trying to plot against her?

With a firm gesture, something hidden inside the spear activated. The spear contained an inner space, similar to the Law of Coltia, which had been based on the law of this spear. Hidden things emerged: multicolored chains that invaded the whale’s body.

Alm and Bruno were surprised to realize that inside the chains, there was a trace of the will of the heavens. It wasn’t something natural like the heavenly laws; it was a force derived from a micro-universe created by the Divine Inquisitors.

That had a unique ability and acted like poison, quickly invading his body.

Now Alm and Bruno discovered where the queen’s Divine Inquisitors had gone. Before, they destroyed the place where they were created, but the queen must have thousands of them by her side. When they attacked her castle, there were none, and until now, they had hardly found any others.

This will of the heavens came from them. She had completely refined their core... and to do that, she killed them.

Since she couldn’t create them anymore for the moment, and the whale proved to be a great threat, the queen chose to sacrifice them all to guarantee this hidden card.

That power spread rapidly through the whale’s body. Even the power of the Primordial Chaos Pillar was temporarily sealed by this will of the heavens. The effect wouldn’t last more than a second, but it was a window the queen could take advantage of.

With a swift movement, her eyes shone, and she attacked with everything she had, sparing nothing.

Ten meters from the whale...

"Karmic Domain!" Fides and Vorion’s voices echoed together. A Yin and Yang domain created with their maximum abilities emerged to block her.

At the same time, the entire Thorn Forest of Liumi attacked. But they weren’t wooden spears; they were spears made of black earth with purple lines flowing through them. This was Liumi’s secret power, stored in the spear: anti-life.

The whale sensed the queen’s hidden intentions and released his weapons to counterattack independently. He needed to gather information on her hidden weapons; information was everything in this deadly duel.

He was invulnerable and wouldn’t die. If the queen thought she could win, this counterattack would put her in a lot of trouble.

But... the queen just snorted. From her wings, a dozen golden feathers detached. Each feather glowed with strange runes inside them.

Distorted fluctuations emanated from the feathers. A wave of astral winds turned the Karmic Domain into pieces, reducing the anti-life to dust.

Those runes contained strange laws, but the whale felt a dense immortal power flowing from them. Alm and Bruno immediately understood: during their missions in other universes, they had seen immortals sealed.

The queen used them to create laws and forge unique things in the universes. How many immortals had she captured after the war? Countless.

With so many sealed, over time, countless strange powers emerged. Of course, practically everything was junk or useless, but she selected some good things and incorporated them into herself.

She reached three meters from the whale. The second passed, and the seal on her body disappeared, but she was so close that it was impossible for him to circulate his power to defend or counterattack.

Staring at the whale, her hands glowed with golden runes, moving toward his throat. She didn’t try to kill him, knowing that would be unlikely; her goal was to invade his body and capture him, sealing him completely.

She had sealed the space before attacking with the spear, ensuring that even if he tried to escape with the will of the heavens, he would be slow enough for her to reach him.

She used several secret cards at once, trying to catch him by surprise and end it once and for all. Why drag things out slowly, revealing herself foolishly? She could use several at once and trap him completely.

It was then that she noticed the wicked smile on his face. Immediately, she felt a deadly pressure around her and was alarmed.

[Elemental Calamity.] [200 Upgrade Points]

[Use 2x?] [Yes / No]

’Definitely.’

[Space-Time Miracle]

’Use.’

The gigantic manifestation of the Chaos Tree shimmered. Seven runes appeared, pulsating with an incomparable power. Suddenly, the runes were moved by the power of the miracle, positioning themselves directly between the two...

**BOOOOM!!!**