Pirate Kingship

The speed of Mach 5 converts to 1700 meters/second, 6125.4 kilometers/hour.

By the time Horus and the desperately fleeing Mercurius each received a strong warning from their spiritual intuition, and discovered the track of the [Blood and Fire Sing As One] through their own "Unity of All Things,"

The missile, streaking through the thunderstorm clouds with a long white tail, had already crossed both their lines of sight in an instant and descended above their heads.

It seemed just like an ordinary stormforged weapon, without any resplendent divine light, without the historical accumulation of Sacred Relics, yet Horus and Mercurius both felt a needle-like sensation on their scalps, their hair standing on end.

Unable to think of anything else, they instinctively separated to evade.

Mercurius, who knew Byron best, immediately recognized it as the handiwork of that great enemy, ignored suppressing his own "Divine Aspect" and fled with all his might, couldn’t help but curse out loud:

"Lancaster, fuck your ancestors!"

So enraged, he didn’t even realize that it wasn’t a curse but a statement of fact.

Lancaster’s ancestors had already been fucked, and by two people, no less.

[King Lionheart] Richard I and [Iris Flower Hammer] Henry V both died at his hands.

Whether the traitor would die this time was of no concern to Byron.

After all, it was just a minor move; living to explore the "Triple Point" in the future was valuable. Even if he died today while besieging a formidable enemy, it was considered a worthy death.

The missile did not deliberately avoid him, nor specifically target him but continued to advance under Byron’s remote control, far beyond visual range, directly to Horus.

Though the Divine King who had been dead for fifteen hundred years had never seen such a weapon, he instinctively felt that conventional interception was useless and resolutely revealed his trump card.

Transforming back to human form, spreading his hand, a talisman golden and small like a doll appeared in his palm.

It had a circular head, and a cross-shaped body.

This was precisely the top-tier [Zero Level Holy Relic·Anka Talisman] of the entire Desert God System!

Concerning the church across the sea.

Only the [Golden Ark of the Covenant], which is the core of law, could compare with it, even the [True Cross] stained with the creator’s Divine Blood fell a bit short.

But like most relics, this Zero Level Holy Relic was fragmented, with the circle and stem each broken off.

In the Holy Book Script, the complete symbol represented "Life."

Symbolizing life and eternity, legend says that ordinary people wearing this talisman could prevent calamities, diseases, and magical intrusions, helping the bearer win love and victory in war.

Residents of the Desert Empire have always used it to pray for eternal health, love, and wealth.

And in the hands of God King Horus, the Anka Talisman could demonstrate any great power aimed at "life and eternity!"

At this moment, Horus used this relic shard as a medium to activate his own [Guardian] divine position.

A pair of massive golden wings unfolded from the Anka Talisman, securely shielding Horus in the middle.

The concepts of guardianship, eternity, and unbreakable practically materialized on him.

The next moment.

Boom——!!!

Heaven and sea turned white; an extremely bright little sun descended upon this part of the world.

Growing rapidly from small to large, rings of scorching shockwaves expanded like a tide, rushing forth.

Centered around the sphere of light, the thunderstorm clouds in the sky were instantly penetrated, evaporated, compressed, bursting a massive circular void.

Massive waves several meters high surged from the ocean, transforming into a catastrophic tsunami....

Once Byron confirmed his strike was accurate, he stopped watching the sphere of light, because the counterattack of [Revenge] had arrived.

This divine position was rooted in the exalted rank of the Desert God System’s God King, the [Hawk-Headed God] Horus; not even mortal Emperors could compare, nor could it be evaded.

As soon as action is taken, the [Revenge] divine position automatically retaliates.

Even though Horus could not currently see Byron, who was far beyond visual range or Divine Sight, the retaliation of [Revenge] sent its attack across the distance straight to Byron.

A sphere of light the size of a human head flew towards him.

"Come on."

Byron’s face showed not panic, but rather a hint of eager anticipation.

The retaliatory attack was far less powerful than his "Westwind Express, Ballistic Jump" and didn’t bring the spine-chilling crisis he felt from Mercurius and Horus.

This was long expected by him.

The [Sailing Logbook] had understood his opponent’s inner workings from the start.

First, energy doesn’t manifest from nowhere; the power source of the [Revenge] divine position is Horus, not anyone else’s attack, fundamentally a counterattack, not a reflection.

Rooted in the mass-energy equivalence equation, the [Blood and Fire Sing As One] obviously exceeded the power limit of Horus’s one-time limit burst.

Second, the prolonged distance far beyond visual range significantly reduced the retaliation effect of revenge, making it nearly exhausted from the long journey.

While it still belonged to the Sixth Order Old Gods’ power level, it could no longer kill the now significantly stronger Byron.

Exhale—Inhale—!

Like the breath of a giant, the sea and sky swayed.

Byron turned in a blink into a storm giant that touched the heavens and the earth.

With thunderclouds rolling inside him, every spark of static electricity was absorbed by the Storm King Seal on his chest, becoming the energy source for the next thunderous blow.

The [Thunderstorm] divine position broadly amplified Byron’s power, with exceptional control over electric currents and magnetic fields.