Human beings have always been in chains.
When I was young, I was protected by my parents because of my ignorance and weakness. Everything I said and did was controlled by my family members - for example, don't go near deep water, don't touch open fires, and don't approach strangers. These are the most basic rules set for safety.
When you are young, you will enter school. Teachers and other people will teach you the rules of how to behave in the world. You will know that others are individuals just like yourself, and the moral standards that vary from person to person will also be reflected in your daily life. It is engraved in my heart bit by bit and becomes the cornerstone for walking in society in the future.
As adults, because they already understand the truth, their bodies are no longer as fragile as when they were babies, and because they are strong enough to break the rules and hurt others, more restrictions appear together - stricter laws, more complex social environments, and people. The relationship between them, the amount of money, marriage or not, and the existence of family and heirs... everything is like a thread wrapped around the body, an iron hanging on the body, stabilizing all unstable factors.
It sounds very heavy, even breathless. Safety, morality, law, life, interpersonal relationships - there are so many rules and standards that people can't feel any freedom.
Many people envy the free flying birds, and many people envy the carefree swimming fish. However, in fact, the flying birds also have to look for food day and night to survive, and the swimming fish also need to be constantly vigilant against natural enemies, so some people focus on On the abyss, the first contacts of the abyss believe that this world without government, no law, and only based on strength is the perfect embodiment of freedom, and the chaotic demon is the freest creature.
The warrior scoffed at the idea.
Because freedom is never unbridled.
Joshua stood on the left side of the River Styx, staring at the densely packed demon army that filled the entire riverside plain in front of him. The two sides were tensely confronting each other on both sides of the river bank, but they were silent because of a fragile balance. Countless pairs of or scarlet , or the dark yellow ferocious eyes were focused on him, but they couldn't make Joshua's expression change at all. The body gradually heated up, and a crack-like golden-red light began to shine on the black armor. The warrior just clenched the Balrog sword in his hand again, and then spit out a heat wave that distorted the surrounding atmosphere.
Joshua hates demons very much. He hates these unscrupulous monsters who regard life as nothing. He hates these monsters who never restrain their desires and are bent on destruction and killing. The reason why humans are human is because they know how to restrain themselves. Demons are here In the eyes of a warrior, they are never intelligent creatures, but the most ferocious and cruel beasts. Can an unscrupulous beast represent freedom? Just ridiculous.
The basis of freedom is the freedom not to affect others. It has been dancing with shackles from the beginning, doing whatever you want without breaking the rules. It will never be based on the pain of the weak, and it will never appear in a chaotic mind. middle.
True freedom is like this.
Joshua took a step forward and stepped on the rushing River Styx. The black 'river' made waves, and countless regular geometric ripples spread endlessly into the distance. It carried the weight of the warrior and also Breaking the fragile balance.
When seeing this scene, at the top of the Black Blood Fortress, Gwaganda was extremely nervous and issued the simplest and most direct order in an instant -
"attack!"
The insect demon's scream was still vibrating in the atmosphere, but its spiritual communication had been transmitted to every corner of the army, so a simpler reply came from the mouths of thousands of demons:
"Roar!"
On the right side of the Styx, tens of thousands of violent demon troops standing still reacted immediately after hearing the instructions in their heads. They raised their blades, stretched out their claws, ignited the flames on their bodies, and then without hesitation Stepping forward, he fiercely rushed towards the strange demon king in front of him!
Without waiting for these melee troops to deploy and intercept, in the rear area, troops composed of thousands of beholder demons, violent demon archers and other scattered demon casters have officially taken action. With the flash of thunder, the decayed magic elements shook the atmosphere, and thousands of The fallen spells that Bai had already accumulated and prepared turned into streams of light, streaking through the atmosphere, and falling towards Joshua like rain, followed closely by the dense black iron that covered half of the sky. Arrows!
However, Joshua had no intention of blocking or parrying. Facing the dark green corrosive light, the burning fire dragon and the dazzling lightning strikes, he just took a "serious" breath.
In an instant, the air waves surged, the storm reversed the current, and with the sudden appearance of a tornado hurricane, the waves of the Styx surged, and the magic elements in the air began to become extremely chaotic. Most of the fragile spells had not had time to bombard their targets. The body was self-destructed due to the structural collapse caused by more than ten levels of strong winds. The demon army at the other end of the river was also affected by the sudden flying dust and became chaotic in the darkness.
Before these demons calmed down from the flying sand and rocks, they felt a sense of suffocation and severe cold spreading rapidly. The atmosphere within a few kilometers suddenly became thinner, and the heat seemed to be drained by something. Many of them were burning with flames. The demons watched in shock as the flames on their carapace extinguished and then condensed into frost. This was something they had never experienced before.
But soon, they no longer have the energy to care about such small things.
Because Joshua stopped breathing.
In just a short moment, most of the air and energy within a radius of several thousand meters was drained, making the scorching hot hell become as cold as the north. The warrior's chest did not bulge, and there seemed to be a person in his body. The bottomless abyss can swallow everything just by inhaling, and now, he begins to exhale.
call!
Different from the cold breath, the scalding hurricane roared out of Joshua's mouth. The terrifying heat began to burn and explode as soon as it came into contact with the outside world, ionizing the atmosphere to produce plasma. This was mixed with The storm of flames and thunder swept in a straight line towards the demon army by the river. The black iron arrows that rained down along the way were just halfway through the flight when they were melted into a ball of golden molten iron by the blasting wind of thousands of degrees. Swept by the storm, they mercilessly pounced on their original owners.
boom! At the moment of contact, the little demons in the front row of the army were collectively wiped out. They couldn't even survive for a second before they were blown away by the hurricane that was hotter than lava. The violent demons that followed could hold on longer. It's not because they are powerful, but because after attenuating over a long distance, the hot wind no longer has such a terrifying temperature. But when the violent demons in the front row also turned into torches and screamed and burned up, the back row could temporarily The demons who endured the high temperature also suddenly flew up one by one. This was caused by the impact of the molten iron after the arrows melted.
First, the armor on the chest was deformed due to force, and then the outer carapace and bones were smashed and penetrated by the golden molten iron. The terrifying impact took the demon's tall body flying up, and at the same time, all the internal organs and organs inside the body were destroyed. The flesh and blood were shattered into a ball of paste.
After dozens of elite violent demon heavy armored infantry were blasted away, what fell again were shabby corpses.
In an instant, with Joshua taking a serious breath, the demon army belonging to Lord Helm lost one-third of the little demon forwards and one-tenth of the backbone infantry. This heavy blow hit Mike Luofu Continent is enough to cause a rout, and it is not easy for the devils with cruel nature. The roaring advancing army suddenly fell silent. They stopped and looked at each other in shock, but they did not dare to move forward.
"Continue the attack!"
On the fortress, the leader of the insect demon was not shocked by this scene. It was a great demon in the realm of extreme will. Of course it knew the strength of a king - these demons alone would never be able to defeat or kill the opponent, even if they were forced to do so. It was also extremely difficult for the opponent to retreat, but from the very beginning, Gwaganda had not placed hope on these troops. They were just tools to delay time, targets placed there for the opponent to kill, and the real killing move was prepared elsewhere.
Following this order, the nervous demon army began to advance again - when the distance was right, they used the stones and spears they carried to suppress Joshua in batches. Along with the rumbling sound of mechanical operation, A giant siege heavy crossbow nearly ten meters in size was assembled. After a few seconds, several giant city-breaking steel arrows that looked like iron pillars bombarded the warriors with explosive sounds that ripped through the air. .
But all the offensives were meaningless to Joshua. He didn't even take action to resist, but just stepped on the River Styx, step by step across the river that symbolized death, throwing stones and spears. Before approaching his body, he was pressed down by the heavy stance of the warrior and fell into the river. The magic hit the black armor and could only produce a few helpless sparks and arcs, even though it was said to be able to dissolve all matter. The large corrosive beam was helpless against it, and even itself was absorbed by the opponent and submerged into the black steel.
Sensing something, the warrior raised his head and looked at the Black Blood Fortress. At this time, three giant city-breaking steel arrows that were enough to completely blast through the walls of a city were flying towards his body. Joshua simply raised his head. With his hand, he swatted one away like a fly, and then split another one with the Balrog sword, but the last steel arrow still hit him firmly, and a violent explosion sounded immediately, and the water of the Styx River A wave suddenly burst out.
The steel arrows, which are nearly ten meters long and look like beams supporting the temple, are specially designed for attacking the city. If a living thing is hit, even a huge mammoth beast will be penetrated and die. Ordinary humans will not die. The burial place and the wreckage were hard to find. Many demons couldn't help but stop their attacks at this time. Looking at this scene, they felt that even the legendary strong man would not be comfortable with this blow.
But the result turned out to be disappointing.
The huge steel arrow slowly fell, revealing Joshua who was intact at the back and did not even take a step back. The contrast between the huge arrow and the ordinary-sized warrior was so obvious, but the result was so contradictory. The steel arrow could be seen. There was an armor-shaped depression at the front end of the arrow, and there was obvious distortion at the arrow shaft. The completely damaged siege arrow fell from Joshua's body and submerged into the River Styx without any splash.
But at this moment, on the Black Blood Fortress, a series of preparations were completed, and Gwaganda, who was flashing lightning arcs all over his body, gave the final order - and then, accompanied by the sound of steel friction as the mechanism shifted, the entire rock-built The top of the fortress began to rapidly expand and deform. As the magic crystal pillars were exposed, two parallel metal rails also rose from under the tower, and then quickly extended. Under the guidance of magic, it directly locked the location in the underworld. In the middle of the river, Joshua was looking up at this place.
The insect demon stood in the center of the tower, the center of this huge war machine. It and hundreds of beholder demons supplied magic power to the weapons under it. The Sixth Abyss had invaded countless worlds, and this terrifying weapon was created in a certain place. Obtained from a world with extremely fierce resistance, its power is so powerful that it can bombard a mountain into dust with one blow. Even a king would find it difficult to resist it in a head-on confrontation.
The unknown weapon began to operate, and the light blue crystal pillars were charged one by one, buzzing and vibrating, and thick and dangerous magic thunder began to flash between the two rails, forming a dozen thunder rings of almost the same size. , the terrifying electromagnetic force gathers and rotates in it, and you can see that fleeting red lights have begun to appear in the air, which are formed by the metal particles in the ring being accelerated to the extreme and spontaneous combustion. At this moment, the insect demon Final orders were given.
"Bomb-launch!"
Along with the fluctuations of time and space, a huge steel ball appeared at the end of more than a dozen thunder rings. As soon as it appeared, it was immediately attracted by the terrifying electromagnetic force and began to naturally accelerate layer by layer, which was incomprehensible to humans. Among the time fragments, it had passed through more than a dozen accelerated orbits, and then turned into a ball of orange metallic liquid as bright as the sun, which was constantly spontaneously igniting and evaporating, and just exploded towards Joshua's location!
There was no time to react to the blazing white flash that illuminated the sky and the earth, nor to sigh at the storm that blew away large swaths of land and demons. Everything happened in an instant, and many demons who were killed by the aftermath of the weapons were still there. Before he knew he was dead, the completely liquefied and vaporized projectiles had already crossed a distance of nearly ten miles and reached the warrior's head!
At this moment, time seemed to stand still. The black dragon following the warrior opened his eyes wide. Hei had a premonition of danger and wanted to warn his master, and the Balrog seemed to want to wail because it sensed that it could not escape. In a life-and-death crisis, at this time, the demon army in front of him was still in shock, the Styx River under his feet was still flowing, and the smell of ozone was in the air, which was the product of oxygen being dissociated.
In this time-like static environment caused by ultra-high-speed thinking, the warrior sensed everything around him. Facing the extremely dangerous electromagnetic artillery shells, Joshua did not feel any nervousness or excitement in his heart. He could only hear the sound of hydraulic pressure coming from the black armor. Vibrating noise, facing the enemy's blow filled with all hope, he just clenched the Balrog sword in his hand seriously, carefully aimed at the incoming supersonic liquid metal, and finally pressed his weight seriously, A sword came out.
This is what is called freedom. In the abyss, a warrior does not need to worry about hurting the surrounding civilians or damaging the environment. No one can stop him, and no one can hinder him. All restraints disappear, and he can freely release his power and power, letting The feeling of freedom filled the whole body - so when the sword was swung, the warrior did not think anything, because he did not need to consider the consequences of the battle and only needed to focus on destroying the enemy.
Then, time started to flow.
In Joshua's hand, Balrog completely went into shock and lost consciousness the moment he swung the sword. The scorching heat like the sun spread rapidly, causing the oxygen, sulfur and gas in the atmosphere to burn out in an instant, and the high temperature mixed with the chaotic air. The flow formed a vacuum gap that tore apart everything, and a golden sword light that was extremely condensed and seemed to be substantial met the electromagnetic cannon shell that was also condensed head-on. Then, there was a roar and explosion!
Rumble, rumble, rumble! ! ! ! !
In the Black Blood Fortress in the distance, the insect demon who had just spent most of his strength to use the war machine function under him suddenly trembled. Different from the high temperature that spread after the acceleration of the cannonball, the cold fear was like a stream of ice water mixed with ice cubes, directly Pouring into Gwaganda's heart, the devil's internal organs seemed to begin to convulse and freeze. Its compound eyes saw the sudden burst of sword light in the distance, and also saw the metal cannonball that was split into two, and also saw the This sword split the Styx, the earth was completely blown away, and the demon army was in pieces.
Of course, it also saw the end of itself being split into two by this endless extending sword light.
—Ah, it’s over.
The insect demon thought this way, and everything in his long life began to flash before his eyes like a revolving door. Starting from the original abyss worm, it transformed into the weakest worm demon. Through continuous hiding, forbearance, cocooning and sublimation, it finally successfully advanced to herding. The insect demon became the most capable assistant of a great demon, getting rid of the chaotic environment where lower-level demons devoured each other. Hundreds of years later, the great demon became a king, and it also advanced into the great demon it looked up to in the past. .
Demons never regret, they rarely have such emotions in their thinking organs, and the same is true for Gwaganda. At this time, it is just sighing. What a powerful and condensed power. Unlike ordinary kings, there is no hatred, no chaos, no greed, no joy, and no anger in this sword light. This sword has nothing but destruction. It is extremely pure, only for killing and killing. Born out of destruction, it is precisely because of this that it is indestructible.
The insect demon closed its compound eyes and waited peacefully for death to come.
But suddenly, layers of carapace piled up on its face, and its expression changed drastically. Gwaganda's composure disappeared, replaced by a shocked look up and turned around - and just when it turned sideways, a golden-orange streak appeared. The stream of light flew from a very far distance and penetrated the atmosphere. It passed over its body and arrived in front of the Black Blood Fortress.
A golden red scorching ray burst out from this stream of light, tearing apart the atmosphere and the sword light that had spread to the fortress. The edge of this ray shone with light blue ionized thunder, covering the plains between the fortress and the banks of the Styx. It split into two, leaving a terrifying lava cut mark.
"Gwaganda, you did a good job, but waiting to die is too cowardly. I will punish you after the war."
A muddy and deep voice came from the stream of light. At this time, the light gradually dissipated, and the true form of the voice could be seen.
It was a demon that was not tall. It had thousands of pairs of evil eyes that were constantly moving. Its whole body was covered with smooth black carapace. On its head, a pair of ferocious devil horns stood, with thick and thick eyes flashing on it. Magic arc. The Thousand-Eyed Demon's body was flowing with hot air waves, which were the residual warmth left by the high-speed movement. After scolding his subordinates, the Demon turned his head and looked at the warrior standing above the slowly closing River Styx. .
"Stupid guy, you actually dare to go deep into the abyss and destroy my territory."
The voice of the angry demon contained endless rage, which caused the black carapace on its body to gradually change color, and finally turned into an orange-red color like lava. It said solemnly: "I have lived for endless years and am proficient in all tortures. Means, you will regret living."
"Stupid devil."
The free warrior raised the flame demon sword that was slowly melting and deforming in his hand. He looked at the enemy who had finally arrived in front of him, and he also grinned and responded solemnly:
"I'm skilled in destroying you."
It feels like the protagonist is like the villain...
Some people say that the recent chapters are getting more and more funny... I really want to change my mind recently, after all, it is easy to get stuck writing serious fights...
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