Chapter 444: War Knight
The furious Seahorse, with one move, riddled Caesar with countless wounds.
It was reminiscent of his brief outburst in the past, when he used his regular physique to counter the Dharma Body of the Eagle King, a strike that was earth-shattering, truly T0 level.
Of course, such a price was death.
But now he couldn't care less because he was unprecedentedly angry and desperate.
Seahorse, at this moment, was like a humanoid explosive booster, his body a comet, his fists like meteors.
His fiery aura spread like a long rainbow, striking wantonly, charging and killing with abandon!
Caesar couldn't stop being hit, their forms both blurred.
One was convulsing from the explosive impacts, the other moving too fast.
The scene was engulfed in a hazy color, Seahorse among it with an icy demeanor, possessing an inexplicable divine flair.
Around him, one after another, blazing light clusters formed a brilliant star plate, surrounding him at the center.
Punch after punch rained down, like a waterfall of stellar spins cascading for miles.
Caesar was so overwhelmed he couldn't even fight back, and even Gao Xin couldn't get involved, it was pure fury.
"Your Majesty!"
The other kings from Evil Dragon Castle couldn't just sit by and watch?
King Xiahou wielded the Titan Great Spear, drawing golden streaks across the sky.
King Paul and King Gu Qi also rushed to assist—one wielding a brush like a drill breaking through the sky, the other with vibrating strings shooting like myriad golden threads.
The Three Kings launched a surprise attack, going for the rescue of the target Seahorse attacked.
But Seahorse wasn't saving himself at all, he had eyes only for Caesar, wanting to tear him apart.
Gao Xin rose into the skies, conjuring giant waves to block the golden threads, using six arms to strike out with light clusters.
"Dragon Horse Meteor Roar!"
He had learned it too; Seahorse's Meteor Fist Technique was profound, but to Gao Xin's eyes, it was just so-so.
It wasn't some Divine Level Technique, Gao Xin had seen it many times, and had already mastered it.
However, Gao Xin realized that his execution lacked that certain something; Seahorse's power was immense, seemingly for other reasons.
So Gao Xin immediately modified it to better suit himself, turning the fist moves into an Energy Cannon.
His six arms moved continuously like chain cannons, his palms bursting with breath-like spheres.
Sparks flew nonstop, pouring down like a storm, carving out streaks of light in the air, covering the Three Kings.
"Your opponent is me."
Gao Xin now, in the Shura Giant Statue stance, under the throne's support, could maintain power consumption equivalent to a million tons of TNT.
This level of firepower was that of a Pseudo God, and every breath-like sphere seemed as daunting as the ultimate skill of a Quasi-Dragon King.
When Xiahou King and the others made contact, they felt the horror, daring not to take it head-on.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Gao Xin's alertness was incredible; despite the Three Kings giving their all to dodge, they still got hit multiple times.
Instantly they were riddled, blood spraying like a river, evaporating in the high temperature.
"Crushing others with numbers really is exhilarating!"
Gao Xin's energy was unleashed like it was free, the bombardment intense and satisfying, keeping the Three Kings under pressure, unable to retaliate.
He practically had a fear of insufficient firepower; this was the first time he had dominated opponents several tiers above him.
No need to consider many factors, just raw firepower coverage!
"Poverty Alloys Body!"
At this moment, Bodhluo also joined in, his Golden Body shining like a Buddha.
He shifted his limbs into a peculiar yoga posture, his body's flesh, bones, and muscles reconfigured, slicing into place like a mecha unfolding.
In an instant, a massive bony fan spread from his back like a peacock displaying its tail, gleaming gold.
"Clang clang clang clang!"
Bodhluo's defense dramatically increased, the whole person seemingly invulnerable.
The bony fan behind spun, shifted, and retracted.
Part of it shielded his front, while another part blocked Gao Xin's barrage of breath-like spheres for the other Three Kings.
"Oh? A Poverty Alloy... that large?"
Gao Xin raised an eyebrow; he didn't know Golden Buddha Bodhluo was renowned for his defense.
Though he was a T2 Quasi-Dragon King, his resilience was unique, especially since his body was implanted with Poverty Alloy, honing the Poverty Alloys Body!
Of course, now he was in Dharma Body state, too large to have so much Poverty Alloy.
Thus, he could only protect parts of his body, but that was enough, as Quasi-Dragon Kings had no vital points; as long as massive destruction didn't occur at once, it was nearly no problem.
"Interesting..."
Gao Xin stopped his aggressive strike, no longer wasting energy.
Although the throne was rich in resources, it consumed a lot; if he kept pouring it out like this, he'd burn himself out in ten minutes.
But if he fought normally, distributing efforts wisely, he could battle the four Quasi-Dragon Kings before him on the sea for three days and nights!
"Kid, no matter how strong you are, you can't beat us four!" Bodhluo's aura fully unfolded, marginally stronger than the current Seahorse.
Gao Xin smiled.
He twisted his neck, his three heads swaying, "Is that so? If it were just those three, they might endure fighting with me for a long while."
"But you four, I don't take seriously..."
The words were downright illogical.
But Bodhluo couldn't rebut because they too saw that Gao Xin had a knack for dealing with group attacks.
King Xiahou, King Gu Qi, and King Paul were battle brothers with Caesar from the First War, extremely in sync, capable of besieging Gao Xin without giving him a chance.
But Bodhluo was different. As the head of the Golden Buddha Alliance, he only occasionally collaborated with the Four Heavenly Kings, his approach completely incompatible.
His joining was, in fact, creating opportunities instead.
However, not participating wasn't an option either.
Gao Xin's firepower was too fierce; if he opened fire entirely, Xiahou King and the others couldn't cope, losing too much, needing his Poverty Alloys Body to intervene.
"Hmph, I still have the Sea God Transformation!"
Bodhluo drew on the tides, forming giant wave armor and waterfall shields.
This elevated his defense even further, almost ignoring Gao Xin's attacks.
"I'm just responsible for defense, Tai Sui is up to you all," Bodhluo said, not daring to act recklessly.
However, King Xiahou's eyes were solemn: "Tai Sui also possesses Sea God Transformation, and it is even more terrifying."
"Even if the three of us brothers join forces, we might not be able to eliminate him. The most urgent task now is to assist His Majesty…"
"Bodhluo, you hold Tai Sui off."
As he spoke, he exchanged glances with his other two brothers, and the three abandoned Gao Xin to go directly after Seahorse.
"Ah? Me?" Bodhluo was furious.
He dearly wished to quickly kill Gao Xin, but unfortunately, the other Three Kings did not share this sentiment.
They were more concerned about Caesar, as Caesar looked extremely tragic at the moment, seemingly not being a match for Seahorse.
"Seahorse! Be careful!"
Gao Xin furrowed his brow and intercepted the strongest King Xiahou, but didn't manage to stop King Paul and King Gu Qi.
The two were already desperately attacking Seahorse from behind.
"Splat!"
Despite Gao Xin's warning, Seahorse was still cut in half.
At this moment, he was surprisingly fragile!
His body cells showed signs of melting.
Nevertheless, his offensive was indeed fierce, as he turned and struck with Dragon Horse Iron Fist, causing King Gu Qi and King Paul to flee in panic.
King Gu Qi's head even shattered.
In an instant, since King Gu Qi lacked Super-speed Regeneration in the Second Stage, his head exploded and he directly lost consciousness.
"Hiss… really Burst Seed into a T0 entity!" Even Gao Xin was surprised.
Seahorse's current state could be described as valiant.
Though fragile himself, he was unstoppable.
But he wasn't a Divinity; his consciousness, although legendary, wasn't top-notch.
Solomon said he is a Burst Seed player, praised within the Sky Island circle.
But what's the principle behind this? Gao Xin pondered, could it be like himself, his Heart Power is too strong?
Gao Xin could stably use Heart Power, but others could not, without Dark Logic Heart, Heart Power only erupts occasionally, creating miraculous effects.
In popular terms: when a person is cornered, they can accomplish anything.
This is actually one manifestation of Heart Power, and Seahorse undoubtedly embodies this to the extreme, epitomizing the pinnacle of a mortal.
His inner belief is fiercely pure, genuinely being his ultimate skill.
The so-called False Words Cast Heart is actually 'true heart forged authenticity'; it's just that Gao Xin can use ultimate genuine Faith to influence himself with things that aren't truly genuine.
But ordinary people's Heart Power could never be that effective, could Seahorse's Heart Power be different?
Indeed, Seahorse experienced near-death, docking into a gourd, staying afloat at the edge of life and death, surely this strengthened his Heart Power intensity.
However, this alone is not enough; the key factor is his belief.
"Seahorse is extremely genuine, true, pure, faithful…I am far inferior."
"That's how he, neither Divinity nor Dark Logicist, can drive his Heart Power to this degree."
Gao Xin sighed, Seahorse truly is a genius of Heart Power.
Yet, his Heart Power isn't controllable, he can only subconsciously spur it through extreme emotions, even so, it's frighteningly strong.
Gao Xin's Heart Power, through constant upgrades, is many times stronger than a normal person like Seahorse, but in short bursts, he's still inferior to Seahorse.
This is the difference in the quality of inner belief, Seahorse's Affinity is higher.
Using Combat Body as a metaphor, Gao Xin's Humanity might just be purple, while Seahorse is golden!
Purple is still what Gao Xin has refined and powerfully risen through, otherwise, in the beginning, he might even have just been white.
Without Dark Logic, Gao Xin is just an ordinary person, even mundane.
But Seahorse is a 'Humanity.'
Yes, Gao Xin could only use this word to summarize him, just like Divinity, Demon Nature, Humanity should have its bright representative.
And Gao Xin is not that representative; he sways among the three natures, and might even one day lose Humanity.
Most people are like that, complex, multifaceted.
But Seahorse isn't; he nearly completely, sincerely believes in Humanity, kind yet confused, steadfast yet honest, pure yet bewildered… but through bitterness, never wavered.
No surprise, Seahorse's combat power should now be as strong as Adam's, perhaps even stronger.
After all, he was beating up Caesar; the only difference is, this is his life-burning form, while Adam can sustain himself a little weaker consistently.
"Well done, Seahorse…"
"I underestimated you! In this form, even Adam couldn't defeat you! Hahaha!"
Caesar was pounded furiously, with flesh mangled, looking extremely miserable.
Yet, he didn't care, but was rather more exhilarated.
His eyes were insane, laughter booming: "But this is insufficient, all of you come at me!"
"I shall transform into Apocalypse!"
Caesar's form underwent a drastic change.
A sanguine atmosphere swept in, making one feel as if standing upon a doomed battlefield.
His Dragon body did not vanish entirely; it still existed.
Yet, a massive human silhouette loomed at his back, dark and blurred, with only the crimson eyes shining dazzlingly.
That was the new Caesar, as he rode on his prior self, transforming into Evil Dragon Knight!
"It's the Apocalyptic form, the form which once defeated the Angel Envoy Jacob…"
King Paul spoke with trembling voice and a fevered gaze.
At the same time, King Gu Qi was helped to restore his brain by Caesar's formidable Repair Field, regaining consciousness.
"Apocalypse Dragon Knight…" Bodhluo whispered.
In past wars, Caesar had inspired such imagery, quite terrifying, and Adam wasn't a match at all.
Caesar had once defeated the most battle-skilled Angel Envoy Jacob at the Dragon King Conference, relying on this form.
The name derives from the war of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the final judgment.
"Roar!"
Caesar man and dragon merged; mount and knight, actually, were both him.
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