Entering Apocalypse in Easy-Mode-Chapter 453: Broken

Hachiman snarled behind his kabuto mask, the growl of a war god echoing across the domain that soon become ruin.

The scorched air burned with cursed fire and poisonous mist but he did not falter from all of that.

With a sharp breath and a warrior’s cry, he raised his katana high above his head. The blade now pulsing with Celestial flame, emboldened by centuries of consecrated battle.

Then his voice boomed with some kind of command or invocation that shook the battlefield.

"The Shield of Tranquility!"

A sacred force exploded outward from his body. A dome of golden light burst into being around him, briefly neutralizing the chaos.

This was not just a simple magic barrier. It was a Celestial countermeasure forged from the myth of his role as a pacifying protector in times of war. The dome shimmered with sacred kanji writing and ancient prayers. These barrier will blunting the effects of the cursed arrows and devouring the mist with each passing second.

As the five fireballs crashed down like meteors, Hachiman spun in a flawless arc and slashed upward.

"The Eightfold Barricade Formation!"

Eight trailing arcs of radiant steel followed the motion of his blade, forming a spinning sigil that sliced through the fireballs in mid-air.

The orbs detonated prematurely, their force redirected skyward in spiraling columns of fire. The sky rippled with the backlash but Hachiman stood untouched within the eye of the storm.

Still, the thousands venomous green arrows came to him like rain. Hachiman took one knee, planting his katana into the floating platform beneath him. He slammed his palm to the hilt channeling pure Celestial power into the steel.

The corrupted katana pulsed with something darker. But he didn’t notice it because he was focusing on his skill.

"The Reverent Bloom of the Divine Sword!"

From the impact point at his feet, magic power erupted in all directions like a massive flower blooming in golden light.

It incinerated dozens then hundreds of the green arrows mid-flight. Poison hissed into steam and mist was driven back. Each petal of light carried the war god’s blessing to shield the worthy and to purge the unclean in battlefield.

He rose slowly, steam and fire dancing off his armor. His breathing was steady though his body now showing subtle signs of strain. A small crack along the left shoulder plate, soot around the plates of his kabuto. He wasn’t untouchable.

And something itched along his sword.

Asqa narrowed her eyes. She saw the faint shimmer of the [Lunacyst Brand] still etched along his blade, feeding subtle corruption into every swing.

He didn’t realize that every time he invoked power through the katana, it seeped deeper into the weapon’s essence.

"Perfect. I will keep using my next attack to exploit that."

But Hachiman wasn’t done yet.

"HAAAAA!!!"

With another roar, he leapt toward her through the air. His body become lika a comet of light and he raised his blade for an attack that could cleave through sky itself.

But Asqa wouldn’t back down.

Even as the god of war surged toward her like a meteor of power, even as the sky screamed with pressure and heat from his blade, she decided to stood her ground.

Her mist-wings flared wide and her wand held firm in her hand while glowing with black fire and mist.

The aura around her trembled with power long kept in reserve.

These were not skills she had used before because she already have some effective and deadly skills like the [Venombloom arrow] and the fireballs.

This were the skills she hard-earned from the Ruin where countless monsters resided.

Now she will use them. She activated a skill called [Iron Vow]

A ring of ghostly chains snapped into existence around her chest, circling her heart, then tightened. Her aura thickened. The skill fortified her will, turning mental focus into defense.

Then she activated another skill, [Hollow Mantle]

Shards of semi-transparent armor spun out from the mist and latched onto her shoulders, arms, chest, legs. Each plate fit her body with precision.

They weren’t real in the physical sense but they worked. They will siphon damage into the void.

And finally she activated her last defensive skill called [Abyss Thread]

Dozens of fine tendrils of dark energy unraveled from her robes and wrapping around her waist, limbs, and torso. They moved on their own, interweaving and layering her like.

The Abyss Thread will react to incoming attack, deflecting critical hits, absorbing enchantments, and even reflecting minor curses.

The air around her pulsed as her power surged. Black mist exploded outward like a shockwave.

Hachiman’s blade came down and she raised her wand.

BOOM!!!

The shockwave cracked the sky and shattered several floating platforms nearby. Debris flew. Magical power run around in chaotic manner.

Asqa fall from the air under the weight of the strike, her boots carving lines into a chunk of broken stone but her body didn’t break. The defensive skills flickered after receiving incredible amount of attack.

Hachiman’s eyes narrowed. Asqa grinned slightly.

Without a word, she raised her wand again. The mist around it condensed into a single superheated mass.

A concentrated firebolt laced with black corruption tore through the air toward Hachiman.

The god snarled, snapping his katana upward with a practiced motion and parrying the bolt aside. The energy exploded to his right, carving a flaming crater into a nearby chunk of ground.

But Asqa was already preparing the next move.

A massive fireball erupted from her wand. It howled as it rushed toward the war god.

Hachiman didn’t hesitate. With a roar, he leapt again with his katana raised high overhead. His blade ignited with Celestial flame.

He brought the katana down in a mighty cleave, striking the fireball directly.

CRACK!

A sound like ice shattering on steel rang through the sky. Hachiman’s eyes widened in pure disbelief.

A fracture raced across the length of his sacred katana. The weapon glowed with an ominous red crackling light.

The [Lunacyst Brand] had seeped too deeply into the blade and poisoned his weapon from the inside.

The katana then broke in half with huge magical shockwave.

Hachiman barely had time to register the failure before the massive fireball surged past his guard and slammed directly into his chest.

BOOOOOM!

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