Chapter 1086: Gravity
Shark stood upon the earth, throwing his head back in wild laughter, his expression arrogant. Brown battle aura roiled around him, immense power giving rise to a terrifying gravity. Within a dozen meters of him, the ground flattened as if pressed by an invisible force, slowly sinking as the density of the soil increased.
Leon frowned, raising his hand to unleash a Four-Element Bomb.
In less than a second, the Four-Element Bomb condensed and tore through the air toward Shark. But as it entered the dozen-meter radius around him, it suddenly plummeted to the ground, its speed dropping to a crawl, visible even to the naked eye.
Outside Shark's ten-meter zone, the Four-Element Bomb crashed into the earth. The blast wave and destructive force seemed bound by some invisible restraint, unable to unleash their true power.
The greatest strength of those shockwaves and destructive forces lay in their explosive speed. Now, with their velocity reduced severalfold, their lethality dropped by more than ten times.
When the shockwave struck Shark, it merely caused a faint glimmer to appear on his battle aura armor—no damage at all, the armor remained intact!
Grinning fiercely, Shark gripped his greatsword, deliberately taking the brunt of Leon's Four-Element Bomb. He patted his armor with pride and laughed triumphantly.
“Foolish human, did you think I didn’t know your despicable kind loves sneak attacks? This isn’t like when I hadn’t broken through to Heaven-Rank.”
As a Bronze Orc, we have received the blessing of the earth. Our defense is the strongest among all Blazeforge Orcs—even those Golden Orc fools are no match for us.
I've already broken through to Heaven-Rank. With you fragile mages, don't even dream of hurting me.
And I've received the Beast God's blessing. The Blazeforge Battlefield's restrictions on transcendent power mean nothing to me now. It's your turn to pay the price, fools.
Foolish human, tell me where those despicable bastards from Skyhold Fortress are hiding. Maybe I'll let you die quickly, let your soul rest in peace.
Otherwise, I'll crush every bone in your body, suffocate you deep within the earth, and make sure your soul never finds peace!
With that, Shark burst into triumphant laughter. A clear aura of transcendent power radiated from him—a mysterious force that seemed to elevate all his abilities to a new level.
In an instant, Shark's battle aura armor began to change dramatically. The magic runes on his skin seemed to leap outward, imprinting themselves onto the armor.
Rune patterns, like blocks of stone, appeared on the armor, thickening the earth's aura around him. The armor rapidly transformed into a yellow crystal shell that enveloped Shark's entire body—even his head and eyes.
The armor's surface was etched with earth runes, boosting its defense to terrifying levels. Through the armor, Leon could no longer sense Shark's life force; even magical sensors could only detect the armor itself.
The armor was tightly linked to the earth's aura, as if it had completely merged with the ground. It felt as though Leon was facing the earth itself—a vast, unyielding presence that made resistance seem utterly hopeless.
Leon’s expression grew grim. In a flash, he drew out the Death Tome.
One by one, the chains on the Death Tome snapped, the book automatically flipping to the Elemental Chapter. Empowered by elemental force, the magic around Leon grew livelier, with more and more elemental energy converging.
Behind him, a massive phantom wheel appeared, endless runes swirling within it, so numerous that they seemed ready to burst the wheel apart.
The Violet Drake Avatar manifested behind Leon, clutching the spinning phantom wheel, its regal eyes gazing down at Shark, who was encased in crystal armor.
Leon slowly descended to the ground, and the earth beneath his feet began to melt. Scorching magma coated his body, and in an instant, he grew to over ten meters tall, transforming into a massive Lava Elemental Giant.
The searing magma spread outward, and within a second, the earth within a hundred-meter radius around Leon was transformed into a world of lava.
He spat out a rune, and the magma beneath him surged into a giant wave, carrying Leon forward. As he advanced, the magma pools moved with him, pushing toward Shark.
Blobs of magma floated out from the pools, forming five enormous lava whirlpools. From each, endless lava spells erupted—like five roaring lava dragons, charging straight at Shark.
As the five lava dragons reached within fifteen meters of Shark, their speed suddenly plummeted, and each one dropped toward the ground.
None of the five lava dragons struck Shark. They all exploded at his feet, the massive impact shattering the ground, but the flying debris instantly fell back to earth.
Even the rubble, once piled together, seemed to be squeezed by an invisible force, slowly crushed and compacted until the ground was perfectly flat again, as if nothing had ever happened.
Leon frowned slightly at the scene, instantly realizing Shark had combined his innate runes to follow the path of the Earth Sword Saint.
The Bronze Orcs’ natural defensive power had been pushed to its limit. Shark fused transcendent strength with his Battle Aura Armor and further linked the armor to the earth itself.
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As long as his feet touched the ground, Shark’s defense soared to terrifying levels. He could even alter the gravity around his body, multiplying it several times over.
The closer you got to Shark, the stronger the gravity became. Low-level spells couldn’t even reach him—they’d be ripped downward by the skyrocketing gravity.
Within a meter of Shark’s body, gravity was at least tenfold!
Even at a distance of over ten meters, gravity was at least doubled. That’s why spells entering Shark’s fifteen-meter zone seemed to veer off course.
The closer you got, the more severe the distortion—within a meter, low-level spells and elemental forces simply couldn’t withstand the tenfold gravitational pull.
Spells were dragged to the ground and exploded, not because their structure failed, but because Leon’s magic was mature and stable enough to resist collapse.
“Foolish creature, I’m not just a Heaven-Rank powerhouse now—I can wield transcendent force and unleash my full strength.”
What can you possibly do against me? Now—die!"
Shark let out a sinister grin. The runes on his skin glowed, and in an instant, the earth’s aura shifted—the magma wave beneath Leon’s feet collapsed immediately.
The gravity around them seemed to increase at once, especially upon Leon, who suddenly bore several times the usual weight.
Leon frowned, casting several protective spells in quick succession, but none had any effect. This wasn’t a gravity spell—it was the pure aura of the earth.
It was as if the earth’s gravity had always been this way—utterly impossible to dispel, only to be passively resisted.
Shark sneered as he charged at Leon. Each stride made the ground tremble, like a giant beast barreling forward.
When Shark closed to within a hundred meters, the magma pools spawned by Leon’s lava form seemed to meet their nemesis. Vast swathes of magma solidified under the crushing gravity and earth aura; within ten meters of Shark, not a trace of magma remained.
At thirty meters out, Shark finally swung his greatsword. Battle aura surged along the blade, and it instantly grew into a colossal brown sword over ten meters long.
The brown sword, as if forged from the earth itself, flew forth like a giant’s weapon, aiming straight for Leon’s head.
In an instant, the already multiplied gravity surged to tenfold. Leon felt his bones creak under the strain; the Death Tome in his left hand and the Doombringer Staff in his right became so heavy he could barely hold them.
This gravity wasn’t a spell—it was the pure aura of the earth, as if the planet itself exerted its pull. The force tugged at Leon’s body inside and out—not just his bones, but his organs, even the blood flowing through his veins.
His heart pumped blood that struggled to flow; under the crushing gravity, all his blood pooled in his lower limbs, leaving his head dizzy from sudden blood loss.
Without hesitation, Leon activated Lava Avatar, instantly reappearing dozens of meters away.
Escaping the intense gravity zone, Leon’s mind cleared, and he quickly adapted to the doubled or tripled gravity in the surrounding area.
Shark’s sword struck heavily into Leon’s magma pool. Within dozens of meters, the magma lost its power to surge, freezing in place under the immense gravity.
With a single blow, the ground for hundreds of meters trembled, earth aura erupting. In silence, the magma across the battlefield was forcibly solidified, and the gravity unleashed by Shark’s sword made the entire area seem to collapse.
The earth, compressed by overwhelming gravity, became perfectly flat. It was as if the ground itself couldn’t withstand the force, sinking into a smooth platform.
A grave look flashed in Leon’s eyes.