Chapter 58: THE VOID-EATER LEVIATHAN
The sky above Sector 1 split open like a raw, bleeding wound.
The Void-Eater Leviathan—an ancient, five-hundred-meter Tier-EX Calamity Boss—coiled its colossal, dark-scaled serpentine body through the violet spatial rift. Its massive shadow fell over the entire downtown district, blotting out the morning sun completely and casting the ruined skyscrapers into pitch-black darkness.
GROOOOOOOOAR!
The pressure radiating from the Leviathan was so immense that glass windows across a ten-kilometer radius shattered simultaneously. The sheer weight of its Calamity-Class aura caused concrete roads to crack and structural steel beams inside surrounding buildings to bend like warm wax.
From its three monstrous dragon heads, the Leviathan began gathering raw dark-matter mana. Three glowing spheres of black-and-purple destruction—each forty meters in diameter—condensed in front of its cavernous jaws. The surrounding air hissed and crackled as gravitational anomalies tore up chunks of asphalt, floating them helplessly into the sky toward the converging spheres of death.
If those three dark-matter blasts hit the earth, not only would Sector 1 be turned into an empty, radioactive crater, but the kinetic shockwave would wipe out half the province.
Down in the central plaza, Shadow General Ignis and the Shadow Commanders looked up at the terrifying sky-beast.
"My Monarch," Ignis spoke, its dragon-fire blazing around its shadowy armor as it gripped its broadsword with both hands. "The spatial mass of that beast is immense. Allow the commanders to draw its breath away from your position!"
"Stay your ground," Renan’s voice echoed calmly from high above, floating through the gale-force winds. "Maintain the perimeter and clear the remaining ground horde. The Leviathan is mine."
Renan stepped off the empty air, floating upward toward the descending dragon. Black miasma flared violently around his shoulders, weaving together into a heavy, ornate mantle of Monarch armor forged from condensed shadow-steel and golden runes.
[Skill Activated: ’Monarch’s Sovereign Armament’ (Tier-EX)]
Effect: Manifests True Monarch Armor & Weapons
Stat Amplification: Physical Power Increased by 50% for 10 Minutes
Current Stat Total: 26,350 $\rightarrow$ 39,525 Points (Active Burst State)
Nearly forty thousand points of raw physical attribute force exploded from Renan’s vessel.
The air around him turned into a violent kinetic vacuum. The three dark-matter spheres being gathered by the Leviathan suddenly buckled and flickered erratically as Renan’s sheer mana pressure collided head-on with the Calamity Boss’s energy field.
The Leviathan’s middle head roared in fury, realizing that the tiny human floating before it possessed an energy core denser than its own. It didn’t wait for the spheres to reach full charge—it unleashed all three dark-matter beams simultaneously straight at Renan!
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
Three massive columns of purple-black destructive light shot downward, tearing through the clouds and engulfing Renan in a blinding, world-shaking explosion. The air ignited, creating a mini-sun of chaotic dark energy that hovered two hundred meters above the Association Tower.
Up in orbit, military satellites belonging to the World Hunter Federation picked up the massive thermal spike. Inside the Geneva command center, military analysts held their breath as the energy readings peaked at catastrophic levels.
"Did... did the Calamity Boss vaporize him?" a diplomat stammered, staring at the white-out screen.
"Look at the mana core!" Archmage Cassandra yelled, pointing at the center of the thermal explosion on the holographic map. "It’s not dying... it’s absorbing the beam!"
Back in the sky above Sector 1, inside the center of the dark-matter inferno, Renan stood completely untouched.
In his right hand, he held the Aegis of the Fallen Monarch—the heavy SS-Rank shield he had retrieved from Shadow Commander Jonathan for this exact moment. The massive shield glowed with blinding crimson light as it swallowed eighty percent of the incoming dark-matter energy, converting it directly into kinetic shockwaves stored within its core.
[Relic Skill Activated: ’Kinetic Reversal Burst’]
Energy Stored: 100% Calamity Dark-Matter Payload
Redirecting Stored Energy Back to Target...
"Return to sender," Renan said coldly.
Renan slammed his gloved fist against the back of the shield.
BANG-KABOOM!
A concentrated beam of pure crimson kinetic energy—amplified by thirty-nine thousand points of Monarch strength—shot out from the shield, piercing straight through the Leviathan’s middle head!
ROAAAAAAAAAR!
The Leviathan shrieked in agony as its center head exploded into a shower of black scales, burning blood, and shattered bone. The massive beast thrashed wildly in the air, its remaining two heads snapping furiously toward Renan.
Before the dragon could recover, Renan vanished.
[Skill Activated: ’Shadow Step - Sovereign Flash’]
Renan materialized instantly on top of the Leviathan’s left head. Drawing his dark Monarch blade—a sword forged from pure, condensed shadow energy—he drove the blade straight through the top of the creature’s skull, plunging it deep into its brain stem!
CRACK-THUD!
"Ignis! Sylas! Take the right head!" Renan commanded.
From below, Shadow General Ignis and Shadow Commander Sylas shot skyward like two black rockets. Ignis swung its flaming broadsword, severing the right head’s lower jaw with black dragon-fire, while Sylas’s twin void daggers cut through the creature’s main neck artery in a blinding flurry of fifty slashes per second.
The colossal five-hundred-meter Void-Eater Leviathan stiffened mid-air. Its massive, burning red eyes slowly faded into dull, lifeless gray as its mana core collapsed.
THUUUUUUUUMMMMM!
The sky-dwelling Calamity Boss fell from the clouds, crashing into the central plaza of Sector 1 like a falling mountain, crushing empty asphalt streets and sending dust clouds billowing hundreds of feet into the air.
Renan landed lightly on top of the giant dragon’s snout, his black coat fluttering in the settling dust.
[System Announcement: CALAMITY BOSS ELIMINATED!]
Target: The Void-Eater Leviathan (Tier-EX)
Exp Granted: Maximum Level Cap Reached!
Initiating Calamity Extraction Protocol...
Renan raised his hand toward the mountain-sized corpse beneath his boots.
"Arise," Renan commanded, his layered voice reverberating through the earth.
[Skill Activated: ’Absolute Corpse Extraction’]
Target: The Void-Eater Leviathan (Tier-EX Calamity)
Processing Soul & Spatial Core...
WHOOOOOOSH!
A massive wave of midnight-black lightning erupted from the dragon’s corpse. The five-hundred-meter physical body dissolved into billions of dark spectral particles, absorbing directly into the ground.
Slowly, the earth trembled as a colossal, phantom dragon forged from pitch-black miasma and glowing golden scales rose from the shadows, spreading its massive shadow wings across the sky and letting out a triumphant, world-shaking roar that announced its allegiance to the Sovereign!
[Extraction Successful!]
[New Entity Acquired: Shadow Dragon ’Leviathan’ (Rank-Mythic / Calamity Unit)]
[System Stat Bonus: Calamity Core Absorbed]
+2,500 Strength
+2,000 Agility
+3,000 Vitality
+4,000 Mana
[New Permanent Stat Total: 37,850 Points!]
Renan stood atop the glowing head of his newly acquired Shadow Dragon, looking out over his transformed empire. The 22,900 units of his Shadow Legion cheered below, their phantom weapons raised high in victory.
At that moment, Shadow Commander James appeared at Renan’s side, his floating screen showing a massive fleet of warships and airborne transports crossing the eastern ocean border.
"Master," James reported, his voice crisp and lethal. "The Global Vanguard Coalition led by World-Class Hunter General Viktor Vance has just crossed our maritime territory line. They are twenty minutes away from Sector 1."
Renan looked toward the eastern horizon, a cold, ruthless smile appearing on his face as the colossal Shadow Dragon spread its wings behind him.
"Perfect," Renan whispered. "The main course has finally arrived."