My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 601 - 529: Overwhelming

Inside Marquis Borden’s mansion, the atmosphere was oppressive.

Countless guards from all directions rushed in, holding fine weapons with vigilance as they looked up at the two figures in the sky.

Without their combat skills to hide behind, their transcendent aura was fully exposed.

Even though Grey Blade and Shay did not deliberately release their presence, the elite guards on the ground all broke out in sweat on their foreheads.

The captain of the personal guard tasked with protecting the mansion was a veteran at the Awakening Tier Perfection.

He was recognized in the Royal Capital and was nearly at the Half-step Transcendent Realm. He was revered as the most likely within the mansion to break through to the Transcendent.

At this moment,

he dared not make any rash moves.

No matter how close he was to being Transcendent, the Personal Guard Captain knew that he was still worlds apart from a true Transcendent.

The oppressive force from these two cloaked figures seemed even more terrifying than that from the Second Lord of the mansion, who was a Transcendent.

Beams of light flew from a distance and stopped mid-air.

Apart from the previous Clan Leader who was still in seclusion, the other four Transcendents within the Marquis Borden’s mansion had all arrived.

They positioned themselves around the two intruders, subtly encircling them.

"Who are you?!" Marquis Borden’s expression was grim.

He was already aware that three treasuries within the mansion had been emptied, and the guard team had suffered significant losses.

His gaze swept over the two cloaked figures, one with a mask and the other wearing sunglasses, both with large hoods that concealed their faces, making them unrecognizable by appearance alone.

Even as he spread out his spiritual power, when it reached the vicinity of the cloaked figures, it detected only two voids.

Those black robes also blocked perception!

’Which family is targeting me!’ he thought to himself.

His mind raced through the Earls and Marquises who were his adversaries, yet he couldn’t understand why they would dare to invade his mansion.

No matter how valuable several treasuries were, they couldn’t compare to a Transcendent. Weren’t they afraid of perishing here?

Relying on the several great arrays that had been fortified generation after generation within the mansion, even if they were of the same Transcendent level, Marquis Borden was confident in capturing these two.

"Attack!" he shouted.

A divine weapon longsword, passed down for hundreds of years, was fiercely drawn from its sheath.

The blade burned fiercely, rapidly raising the surrounding temperature so much that the air appeared distorted.

He was prepared to strike,

but then he saw one of the cloaked figures pull out a black orb and toss it upwards.

The palm-sized black orb whooshed into the sky.

The next instant,

centered around the black orb, a black veil suddenly descended, covering the majority of Marquis Borden’s mansion.

The veil was semi-transparent, allowing one to still see the external scenery. However, the unknown changes made Marquis Borden’s heart skip, filled with doubt and uncertainty.

This was a Sealing Barrier.

Besides trapping people, its primary function was to block all fluctuations in aura.

From the inside looking out, it was very clearly a barrier light screen.

From the outside looking in, the Barrier’s shadow remains unseen, even as a fight erupts within the Marquis Mansion. To the external observer, all appears as tranquil as ever.

"Alright, we can start now."

Grey Blade clapped his hands and turned to look at Shay, "Please, start your performance."

With a smirk, Shay’s customized Transcendent Divine Weapon transformed in a burst of white light, swiftly changing into a hand cannon. This morphing capability was inherent to the Divine Weapon, and for Shay, skilled in using various types of firearms, this added significantly to his power.

With a sweeping gaze,

two Transcendents approached him from either side.

An overwhelming surge of Source Power pressed in. The Transcendent on the left wielded a Divine Weapon long spear, and the one on the right held a Divine Weapon great sword over two meters long, its chilling Sword Light slashing down toward Shay.

Out of apprehension, the strongest, Marquis Borden, restrained his impulse to intervene.

Watching,

the two robed figures in front of him had not fully unleashed their aura. He couldn’t discern their full capabilities, but he sensed a vague threat from them.

"Perhaps they are both Senior Transcendents. No wonder they dare to intrude here, but who exactly..."

He concentrated intently.

Inside the Marquis Mansion, the other three Transcendents were merely ordinary, but with Divine Weapons in hand, they too had the power to resist Senior Transcendents.

This was the heritage of an ancient nobility.

A single Transcendent Divine Weapon required masters to spend years, even decades, to craft. The materials needed were incredibly precious. Some emerging Earls and Marquises might possess several Transcendent experts, but equipping each of them with a Divine Weapon was not possible.

Boom!

Just as Marquis Borden’s thoughts shifted, he saw the robed figure in sunglasses unleash a dazzling red glow from his hand cannon.

The red light shot into the sky and, like countless falling stars, it zoomed toward the four Transcendents present with immense speed.

"Arrogant!"

Marquis Borden swept his longsword, cutting through the falling stars, but they continued their bombardment unabated.

Unfazed, his face unchanged, he enveloped all the stars in fierce flames, intending to reduce them to dust.

Then, a terrifying energy suddenly erupted.

When the flames met the falling stars, what should have extinguished them instead acted as an explosive catalyst, setting off a resounding blast. Above the Marquis Mansion, a magnificent fire cloud blossomed.

As the smoke gradually cleared,

the bedraggled figure of Marquis Borden was revealed.

The other three Transcendents had already crashed to the ground, their clothes tattered and bodies bloodied, their aura significantly diminished.

Such was the power of that single strike, crushing all opposition.

The guards below were already frightened out of their wits, many dead or injured from the residual effects. Seeing the grievous state of their leaders, a new terror took hold and they couldn’t help but flee.

"You... cough, who exactly are you?"

His tone completely different, Marquis Borden asked again.

The moment Shay made his move, he had realized that this was indeed a Senior Transcendent, with a higher realm than his own.

Still, the direct overpowering of their strength left him shocked.

When did the Royal Capital acquire such a powerful expert?

Unless it was a newly risen Transcendent, it was rare for anyone to refrain from acting for hundreds of years— the true significance of a Transcendent Strongman lay in deterrence, representing the strength of a family, each Transcendent bringing more influence in the negotiation of interests.

Such has always been the world of nobility.

It was rare for a high-and-mighty Transcendent to take direct action. Marquis Borden recalled that the last time he had acted was before the establishment of the ’Eternal Wall.’

Flashes of various Transcendents from the Royal Capital crossed his mind— their realms, their combat styles, but none matched.

Could it truly be a Transcendent Strongman, hidden for hundreds of years and never before seen in action?

In the distance,

another stream of light rapidly approached, and from afar, its dominating aura caused the winds and clouds to shift.

It was the strongest Transcendent from Marquis Mansion!

The Old Marquis, realizing the situation had gone awry, finally broke through his meditation and arrived in an instant, his sharp gaze locking onto the man in a black robe at the center of the battlefield.

"Activate the array."

As soon as the Old Marquis arrived, he coldly commanded.

Having intruders in the heart of his mansion and even injuring three Transcendents—if he couldn’t kill the two men in black robes, by tomorrow, Marquis Mansion would become a laughingstock within the circle of nobles—such a commotion, how could it possibly be kept from others... Yet he was unaware that the Sealing Barrier blocked everything.

As his words fell,

the array that nearly encapsulated the entire Marquis Mansion, began to operate.

The heavy force of the domain suddenly pressed down, causing Grey Blade and Shay’s shoulders to involuntarily sink.

The domain power, weaker than that of Gel City by who knows how much, was strong since it was formed by the array and was quite scattered. After adjusting, Grey Blade and Shay felt the problem was not significant.

At the same time,

invisible power continuously poured into the bodies of five Transcendents within the mansion, causing their aura to climb incessantly.

The aura of ordinary Transcendents gradually approached that of a Senior Transcendent.

The power of Marquis Borden continued to soar, already no less than at the Second Core Realm or Three Core Realm. Possessing such wonderful power eased the darkness of his expression quite a bit.

He then revealed a confident smile.

The Old Marquis, with the enhancement, had his aura continuously increase, his terrifying dominance even forming a massive cyclone centered around him.

Grey Blade and Shay just coldly watched.

With their strength, by catching them off guard and unleashing their full power, they could completely kill these five Transcendents before the array finished its enhancement.

But,

there was no need.

Choosing Marquis Borden’s Mansion had a hint of testing from the start.

Boom!

Marquis Borden made the first move, a sword strike swept across, its might immeasurably magnified compared to before.

Seeing this, Shay shook his head, "Power has increased, but the control power is too weak."

He stepped forward, and suddenly countless chains formed in the void, blocking him from all directions.

"An array?"

Shay did not dodge, but instead reached out and grabbed the energy-formed chains.

The next second,

Bang—

The chains burst inch by inch, the force of the explosions did not dissipate but was controlled by him, continuously compressed into a fist-sized orb.

"Off you go."

The orb, formed of enormous energy, hurtled directly toward Marquis Borden.

This time the marquis learned, he didn’t come close and used external Source Power to clash, a dazzling light exploded above Marquis Mansion.

At the same time,

aside from one Transcendent who kept guard over Grey Blade, the Old Marquis and the other two closed in swiftly.

Shay’s hand cannon spewed hot streams, knocking one Transcendent down to the ground, then quickly shifted into a machine gun model, spewing Fire Snakes, each bullet formed from Source Power as if sprouting wings, traced an arc in the air.

A portion was intercepted by the external Source Power, but at least half approached the Transcendent’s body.

There was no explosion; instead, they clung to the Transcendent Force Field, more and more accumulating, until a loud blast was heard, the smoked-filled Transcendent fell from the sky.

His aura, already weak to the extreme.

At that time,

the Old Marquis was less than fifty meters away from Shay.

For a Transcendent Gunner Master who excelled in long-range combat, this was a fatal distance.

Clang!

A scimitar slashed down and was blocked by the barrel of the gun.

Under the formidable impact, Shay was flung back hundreds of meters, while the Old Marquis, moving extremely fast, closely followed, his silver scimitar hacking down like a violent storm.

Boom, boom, boom, boom—

Rings of air waves spread out, nearby buildings crumbled like tofu, those close by were directly obliterated, with dust carried by the storm drifting far away.

Silver and black figures continuously intertwined.

Suddenly,

Bang!

The two were deadlocked, Shay’s Divine Weapon transformed into gloves, hands united, catching the silver scimitar.

Adept in close combat and immensely reinforced by the array, the Old Marquis, astoundingly realized, his power was equal to that of a long-range gunner Master?

What kind of gunner Master was this?!

Moreover, it seemed this gunner Master was quite robust?

Old Marquis concentrated,

his black robe billowing in the fierce wind, yet unable to conceal Shay’s towering stature.

At that moment,

red light blossomed from the scimitar, the Old Marquis startled, red light? Not his Combat Skills!

He felt an terrifying power brewing within the scimitar, seemed ready to explode the next instant.

He wanted to retreat, but was completely held back by Shay.

Above, Marquis Borden thrust with his sword.

Shay’s mouth puckered, and he spat out, the cigarette butt flying directly hitting the Old Marquis’ face, terrifying energy suddenly erupted, a large burst of flame engulfing Shay, the Old Marquis, and the approaching Marquis Borden.

Like an upside-down large bowl, bursting with radiating light.

This move, ’Cigarette Butt Spitting’, was more terrifying than any previous attack.

Shay’s Special Ability ’Contact Explosion’ had advanced many times by now; given enough time, even a cigarette butt could unleash the power of an atomic bomb.

The explosion’s shockwave spread out in rings, forming a terrifying tidal storm.

Countless nearby buildings collapsed, shattered; some important buildings’ Defense Runes also gradually dimmed and broke in the flickering light, with buildings collapsing along.

The ground sank, forming a huge pit.

A few breaths, or maybe dozens of breaths later.

The dust settled.

In the pit,

a figure lay like a dead fish on the ground, the aura extremely weak, only half of the scimitar remaining, embedded into the mud next to him.

The only one standing, his black robe tattered, revealing the dark Combat Uniform underneath.

He took out a cigarette, snapped his fingers to light it.

Exhaled a puff of white smoke, then turned his head, looking toward the distant Marquis Borden, half-kneeling, blood-drenched, and utterly shocked.

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