Chapter 115—The Eclipse of the Deep Sovereign.
Chapter 115—The Eclipse of the Deep Sovereign.
The colossal gates of The Sunken Citadel, sculpted from midnight-black abyss coral and reinforced with dark cosmic pearls, groaned violently as the Sovereign Faction approached. The ambient pressure outside was enough to flatten iron mountains, yet as Kaelen took a single step forward, the Void aura surrounding him cleaved the heavy gates into thousands of floating stone splinters.
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[ZONE ENTERED: The Sunken Citadel—Throne of Leviathan]
HAZARD RATING: TIER-SSS (Tidal Rupture & Absolute Pressure-Crush Field)
FIELD EFFECT: [Hydro Compression]—Non-Sovereign Entities Suffer 12% Max Health Drain & 80% Skill Casting Delay!
STATUS: Overlord Boss Lair Reached
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The inner throne room was a breathtaking monument to ancient oceanic power. Towering pillars carved from luminous blue crystal held up a transparent ceiling of swirling abyssal water, where massive shadow leviathans glided silently above.
Deep-sea trenches ran along the polished marble floor, spewing currents of superheated thermal water and glowing blue mana.
Kaelen walked casually down the central aisle, his dark coat rustling gently despite the surrounding water currents.
His dark-gloved hand remained firmly entwined with Lyra’s fingers. The completed Key of the Holy Grail within his chest shone with pristine, sun-like brilliance, maintaining a golden thirty-meter sanctuary that completely erased the [hydro compression] field effect and converted the crushing water pressure into harmless golden mist.
Beside them, Ignis carried his heavy claymore with effortless strength, black dragon flames roaring along the dark steel and boiling the incoming currents. Ren kept her tactical HUD active, her gauntlet mapping the complex hydrodynamic conduits running through the citadel, while Tsubaki moved like a silent shadow through the aquamarine light emitted by the crystal pillars.
"The hydro-energy density here is staggering," Ren reported smoothly through her comms, her gauntlet projecting three-dimensional blue three-dimensional blueprints of the citadel’s core.
"Leviathan has bonded his physical essence directly into the planetary water table of Floor 21. He can compress millions of gallons of water into localized shockwaves in milliseconds."
"Compressing water just means it makes a bigger splash when I burn it," Ignis chuckled with a wide, confident grin, resting his sword against his shoulder as dark flames flared around his boots.
"Exercise caution, my lord," Tsubaki murmured from the shadow of a glowing coral spire. "The water in this chamber is heavily saturated with spatial mirror illusions."
"Illusions cannot mirror what does not exist," Kaelen purred softly, his low velvet voice carrying a chilling, effortless authority. He gently stroked the back of Lyra’s hand with his thumb, his dark violet eyes gleaming with triple-ringed golden light. "Let him hide behind his ocean. In the end, all water drains into the same dark Void."
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[OVERLORD BOSS ENGAGED!]
TARGET: The Ocean Sovereign Leviathan—Monarch of the Deep (Level 190 Tier-OVERLORD)
HP: 400,000,000 / 400,000,000
SPECIAL RULE: Abyssal Regeneration—Regenerates 5% Max HP Every Second While Immersed in Abyssal Water!
RELIQUE RESONANCE: Key of the Holy Grail (100% Operational)
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At the far end of the sanctuary, rising from a massive circular abyss pool, emerged The Ocean Sovereign Leviathan (Level 190 Tier-OVERLORD).
Leviathan stood forty feet tall, a terrifying deep-sea titan clad in dark navy scale-armor adorned with glowing blue runes. Six giant serpentine tentacles made of compressed dark water writhed behind his back, and in his right hand, he held a massive four-pronged spear forged from deep-ocean dark iron—the Abyssal Trident of Extinction.
Beside his throne stood an ancient guardian construct—a seventy-foot-tall Hydro-Kraken Colossus (Level 188 Elite Overlord) pulsing with dark water mana, flanked by three thousand elite Hadal Archons!
"Surface worms..." Leviathan’s voice echoed like the grinding of tectonic plates at the bottom of the ocean, shaking the marble floor. "You crossed my trenches, slaughtered my vanguard, and dared to breach my citadel. But here in the deepest abyss, I am the sea itself! Your breath shall be taken, and your bones ground into sand!"
Leviathan rose from his water throne, slamming his four-pronged trident into the sunken floor!
BOOOOOOM!
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[OVERLORD DOMAIN UNLEASHED!]
FIELD EFFECT: [Dominion of the Sunken Trench]
EFFECT: Leviathan gains 400% Water & Hydro Damage! All incoming physical and elemental attacks suffer a 90% hydro-dampening reduction!
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The Hydro-Kraken Colossus bellowed, sweeping its colossal water tentacles forward alongside the three thousand Hadal Archons, unleashing a massive tidal wave of pressurized water blades directly toward the Sovereign Faction!
"Let me boil this entire ocean!" Ignis roared with a wild laugh, stepping forward and bringing his claymore down with catastrophic force!
"Dragon Fire Art: Black Sun Ocean-Eruption!"
A massive, three-hundred-meter wave of black-and-gold dragon flame erupted from his blade! The sheer thermal energy flash-evaporated the incoming tidal wave and incinerated two thousand Hadal Archons in a single second, turning the deep water into roaring clouds of white steam!
"Shadow Style: Hydro Core Sever!" Tsubaki glided through the boiling steam, his dark katana leaving behind black spatial cuts that severed the mana cores of the remaining thousand Archons!
"System Override: Sonar Shockwave Overload!" Ren launched sixteen acoustic disruptor charges directly into the Hydro-Kraken Colossus’s head! The high-frequency pulses shattered the internal equilibrium of the seventy-foot colossus, causing it to implode into harmless water droplets!
In less than ninety seconds, Leviathan’s entire elite army was eradicated!
Leviathan’s glowing blue eyes flared with absolute rage and disbelief. "SURFACE DUST! SUFFER THE ULTIMATE JUDGMENT OF HADAL!"
He spun his six giant water tentacles and lunged forward at light-speed momentum!
"Abyssal Overlord Art: Grand Hydro Extinction!"
BOOOOOOM!
A colossal wave of compressed dark water pressure and spatial hydro-blades erupted from his trident, surging directly toward Kaelen with the force of an entire collapsing ocean!
Kaelen didn’t raise a shield or shift his footing. He simply extended his left dark-gloved hand toward the incoming tidal wave.
HUMMMMMMMM!
A pitch-black singularity of pure Void Origin flared into existence before his palm. The colossal wave of super-compressed hydro-energy struck the dark sphere—and was instantly swallowed whole, vanishing into absolute non-existence!
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[PASSIVE EFFECT: Void Singular Absorption]
DAMAGE RECEIVED: 0!
Leviathan’s hydro extinction: absolutely erased!
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Leviathan froze mid-water, his six water tentacles trembling in complete terror as his ultimate technique vanished into thin air. "WHAT?! MY GRAND HYDRO EXTINCTION... ERASED INTO NOTHING?!"
"Your ocean is merely a drop of rain before the Void," Kaelen purred softly, his velvet voice icy and smooth. "Before my presence, all waters dry up in eternal silence."
Kaelen slowly reached down to his hip, his slender dark-gloved fingers wrapping securely around the hilt of the Void Blade.
The completed Key of the Holy Grail within his soul core flared with intense dark-gold radiance, coating the cosmic steel in black void flames.
He drew the blade completely from its sheath.
SHING!
The entire atmosphere of the Sunken Citadel fell into absolute silence as space itself began to warp and fracture around Kaelen’s feet.
"Sovereign Secret Art: Spatial Erasure—Ocean Collapse!"
Kaelen delivered a single, effortless horizontal slash through the dark water.
SKRRRRRRRAASH!
A razor-thin, six-hundred-meter line of pitch-black spatial deletion exploded across the grand sanctuary!
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[CRITICAL HIT!]
TARGET: The Ocean Sovereign Leviathan (Level 190 Overlord) & Sunken Citadel Core
DAMAGE DEALT: 620,000,000 (Pure Spatial Eradication)
SPECIAL EFFECT: Abyssal Regeneration Negated! Domain Erased!
DEFENSE NEGATED: 100%!
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"AAAAAAAHHHHH!"
Leviathan let out a deafening, agonizing shriek as his forty-foot body, his dark scale armor, his six water tentacles, his trident, and the massive coral throne behind him were cleanly cleaved in half! The pitch-black spatial tear spread through his water core, erasing his physical form and the entire ocean sanctuary in a split second!
BOOOM!
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[OVERLORD BOSS ELIMINATED!]
TARGET: The Ocean Sovereign Leviathan—Monarch of the Deep
EXP RECEIVED: 110,000,000 Points!
WORLD SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT: FACTION ’SOVEREIGN’ HAS CONQUERED FLOOR 21!
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As Leviathan and the entire citadel dissolved into glowing blue experience particles, the ocean core floating above the shattered abyss pool condensed into a magnificent sapphire-and-gold crystal that descended gently into Kaelen’s open palm.
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[FLOOR CONQUERED!]
ZONE CLEAR: The Abyssal Sunken Kingdom of Leviathan
WAYSTONE UNLOCKED: Floor 22 Waygate Active!
REWARD: Sovereign Abyssal Crown & 8,000,000 Gold System Tokens.
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Lyra stepped closer to Kaelen, her bright blue eyes shining with radiant affection as she wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head gently against his chest. "Floor 21 is conquered, Kaelen. The deep oceans bow before your shadow."
"The sea was merely a brief stepping stone, my light," Kaelen whispered softly, pulling her close and kissing her hair gently before turning toward the shimmering spatial portal leading to Floor 22. "Now, let us continue our ascent."
Kaelen purred smoothly, his dark violet eyes flashing with triple-ringed golden authority as he led the Sovereign Faction forward into the rift.