Chapter 143: The Annoyed Wife
That single word flashed through the minds of the four Early Golden Knights as they looked up at the approaching moons.
Even the Mid-Golden Knight’s expression became frantic.
His eyes turned bloodshot.
’I am not going to die here!’
With a desperate roar, he forcefully overclocked the Aether within his body.
Veins bulged across his muscles as he broke free from the overwhelming gravitational restraint.
Without wasting a single moment, he threw himself to the side.
BOOOOOOOM!!!
The ten moons crashed into the battlefield.
A deafening explosion swallowed the entire area, engulfing the four Early Golden Knights along with thousands of Ashenford soldiers caught within the blast radius.
"RUN!!!"
Panic instantly spread throughout the Ashenford army.
Their morale completely collapsed.
Every surviving soldier desperately circulated their Aether, trying to free themselves from the crushing gravity so they could escape.
But...
"What?!"
"Why isn’t it disappearing?!"
"No... no... this can’t be happening!"
Fear rapidly spread across their faces.
No matter how much Aether they released...
The gravitational force refused to weaken.
None of them couldn’t even stand, as their bodies pinned helplessly to the ground.
Meanwhile...
The explosion generated a colossal shockwave that swept across the battlefield like a raging hurricane.
Many Ashenford soldiers were blown away or crushed by the aftermath.
The distant onlookers escaped only because they were far outside the blast radius.
As for the Blackstone Legions...
Luke protected them with his gravitational control, causing the destructive shockwave to split apart before reaching their formation.
’Huh... you survived.’ Luke looked toward the battlefield.
The Mid-Golden Knight had narrowly escaped the center of the explosion.
Although his body was covered in burns and injuries, he was still desperately fleeing.
’Well... it doesn’t matter.’ Luke shook his head.
With a single thought, the celestial bodies high above the battlefield shifted once more.
One after another...
They aligned themselves behind him.
"Cosmic Lock." Luke’s calm voice echoed across the battlefield.
The aligned celestial bodies immediately focused their gravitational force into a single straight line.
BOOM!
An overwhelming gravitational field descended upon Soren.
Everything caught within that line was instantly crushed.
The ground caved in.
Boulders shattered into dust.
Even the air seemed to distort beneath the unimaginable pressure.
’Danger!’ Every instinct inside Soren screamed at him.
But before he could react—
BOOM!
His entire body was slammed into the ground by an even greater gravitational force than before.
The earth beneath him cracked apart as he struggled in vain.
’What’s this?? how he can overpower me... an mid-golden knight?’
Earlier, Soren had sensed Luke’s dangerous aura.
But sensing it from afar...
And personally experiencing that overwhelming power...
Were two completely different things.
His disbelief only grew.
Not far away, Octavia and the other onlookers were equally stunned.
Then they heard Luke speak once more.
"Cosmic Punch."
The instant those words left his mouth...
The surrounding space seemed to tremble.
It was as if the sky themselves were collapsing beneath the weight of his punch.
Luke casually threw a punch into the empty air.
There was no visible energy.
No beam.
No shockwave.
Only an invisible force traveling through space.
In less than a heartbeat...
It reached Soren.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
A deafening explosion echoed across the battlefield.
Soren’s body exploded apart without offering the slightest resistance.
Not even a corpse remained.
The terrifying force continued downward.
When it struck the ground...
It was as though an ancient beast had awakened beneath the earth.
BOOOOOOM!!!
The battlefield erupted.
A massive circular shockwave burst outward as countless pillars of earth shot into the sky in every direction, resembling gigantic stone spikes erupting from beneath the surface.
Seeing the approaching destruction, Octavia and the others turned pale.
The expanding shockwave was rapidly heading toward them despite being nearly seven hundred meters away.
"Quick!"
So without hesitation, Octavia released her Aether.
An enormous shield rapidly formed before the group.
The center of the barrier became noticeably thicker and stronger, protecting both herself and Nyra.
Seeing this, countless onlookers hurried behind the barrier, desperately trying to escape the incoming catastrophe.
High above the battlefield, Luke watched everything with an amused smile.
Then he casually raised one hand.
The next instant...
The overwhelming gravitational force descended once more.
RUMBLE!!
The violently erupting ground on three sides of the battlefield was instantly flattened.
The side where the Blackstone Legions stood.
The side occupied by the Ashenford Army.
And the side where the onlookers had gathered.
As for the Ashenford soldiers...
Luke had no intention of letting them die.
From this moment onward, they were prisoners of war.
And prisoners...
Were valuable assets.
Seeing the earth itself being forced flat by an invisible power, another wave of shocked exclamations spread through the crowd.
Luke, however, paid them no attention.
With a single thought, every celestial body dissolved into streams of light before returning to his body.
His Cosmic Manifestation disappeared.
Then, slowly...
He floated back down toward his wife.
"Luke!"
The moment Luke landed and returned to his human form, Aurielle called out his name before throwing herself into his arms.
A genuine smile appeared on Luke’s face.
So just as he opened his arms to embrace her—
"Master!"
Another voice rang out.
The next instant, Aurora also leaped toward him.
Before Luke could react, Aurora wrapped her arms around him as well.
Seeing this, Aurielle’s expression immediately changed.
A hint of dissatisfaction appeared on her beautiful face as she glanced at Luke.
Luke, caught between the two, could only smile helplessly.
And Just as he was about to say something to Aurora...
He suddenly realized something.
Her body had gone completely limp.
Looking down, he found Aurora peacefully asleep in his embrace.
’It seems she overexerted herself.’
Luke shook his head with a helpless sigh.
The intense battle, the Judgment State, and the continuous fight against multiple Golden Knights had finally exhausted her completely.
Carefully lifting her into a princess carry, Luke walked toward Vaelira. "Take care of her."
Vaelira nodded gently and accepted the sleeping Aurora into her arms with great care.
"I’ll take care of her, Master." Vaelira replied with a gentle smile.
The lower half of her face was visible, as the mask she wore covered only the upper part, making her soft smile clearly noticeable.
Luke nodded at her, before walking toward Aurielle.
There she looked both exhausted and annoyed.
"Cough." He deliberately coughed after stopping in front of her.
"Hmph!" But Aurielle simply turned her face away, refusing to look at him.