Chapter 2287 The Armageddon Song: 1st Verse 'Denial'
Chapter 2287 The Armageddon Song: 1st Verse 'Denial'
Date: Unspecified
Time: Unspecified
Location: Lil. Red Storm Realm, Realm's Womb, Seed World
"Wyatt, I'm serious. I don't want to use that sinister skill against someone I consider a friend. Don't force me to use it," Corey repeated her advice with a stern tone, feeling that Wyatt was underestimating the extent of her abilities.
"Tell your bullshit to someone else. If you really meant it, you wouldn't have used that skill on me in the first place. Come on, show me the progress you've made," Wyatt dismissed Corey's warning and challenged her to prove what gave her the confidence to face him.
"You called my bluff. Good for you. I should have known you would not cave to such threats. But I no longer plan to go easy on you, Wyatt. Ignite!"
With Corey's chant, the black soot on both her fists began to emit a fiery red glow, accompanied by loud, wailing cries. Surprisingly, the wails coming from the soot had a harmony to them, sounding much like an ominous and eerie background music.
"The Armageddon Song: 1st Verse: Denial," Corey chanted as she punched at Wyatt from afar. The energy from the wails focused into her fist, forming a sonic attack so powerful that its form resembled a fist traveling through the air. The sonic fist, the size of Wyatt's height, shot toward him, breaking the sound barrier.
Wyatt, who had his power suppressed to that of an average Card King, could not react in time, and Corey's attack landed squarely on him before passing through. At first glance, it seemed like it hadn't even managed to harm a hair on Wyatt's body. However, soon after, blood began to ooze from Wyatt's ears, eyes, nose, and mouth. He fell to his knees, staring at Corey, the whites of his eyes dyed red with blood, soon overtaking his pupils as well.
"Stop pretending. An injury like that is something you can instantly recover from. I know it's impossible to harm you unless the attack manages to damage your mutated ego gem," Corey said, seeing right through Wyatt's performance.
"You saw through it, did you?" Wyatt said, getting back on his feet. He had hoped to see Corey make a fool of herself, but it seemed she was smarter than most gave her credit for. Or perhaps Park had informed her that his strength—and weakness—was tied to his mutated ego gem.
Either way, Wyatt was impressed. Corey's attack just now was strong enough to kill a regular Card Emperor. Her sonic punch was capable of bypassing defenses and attacking the target's vital soul pathways and shattering them. Basically, it was sure kill move.
Not to mention, this attack was fueled purely by soul energy. If she had used or added sound rule related runes or rule power, its potency would have increased by several folds. Considering Corey might have inherited all of Park's runes by now, Wyatt believed she held back. Still, for Corey to be capable of killing a Card Emperor with a single punch despite being in the Card Master realm was an impressive feat.
"It seems you've made a lot of progress since we last met. Go ahead, show me what these can do," Wyatt said, pointing at the two sinner marks on each of his palms.
"I would never use something that vile on someone I car—know," Corey shook her head. Having her progress acknowledged by Wyatt, she seemed to calm down a bit.
"Go ahead, I'm just a clone. The original is in the seed world, celebrating with the rest," the clone Wyatt revealed, shocking Corey. In her rage, she channeled rule power into her fist, chanting, "The Armageddon Song: 1st Verse: Denial."
This time, the clone was unable to react in time as well, as the speed of the sonic attack, enhanced by rule power, increased by a few thousand times. Unlike before, Wyatt did not bleed, but his body popped like microwaved popcorn, filling the atmosphere with the scent of barbecue. His primordial calamity daughter gem was flung a few miles away but remained unharmed.
In mid-air, the clone Wyatt reconstructed his body. When he regained his vision, Corey was right in front of him again. Gathering even more rule power in her fist, she punched, chanting, "The Armageddon Song: 1st Verse: Denial."
Unable to react, clone Wyatt's body was blown to bits once more, but this time, his daughter gem showed signs of cracking. He quickly healed it and reconstructed his body while using the adaptive resonance technique to prepare for Corey's next sonic fist.
Corey once again appeared before the clone and used her martial arts, increasing the amount of rule power in her attack. She was struggling to figure out the exact amount needed to break the clone's core. Having witnessed Wyatt's fights, she knew his perfect clones were just as tenacious as him.
However, this time, things didn't go her way. Wyatt's soul pathways vibrated at the frequency of her sonic fist instinctively, allowing him to evade the attack without taking even a scratch.
Witnessing this, Corey was at a loss for words, recalling Park's advice: "You can't be a one-trick pony if you want to defeat Wyatt. He might lack in terms of combat arts and techniques, but he's smarter and far more tenacious than any enemy I've ever faced. If you can't kill him in one attack, sooner or later, he'll figure out the weakness of your assault and render it useless. Mastering one martial art to the sage level isn't enough to beat him; you'll have to master at least a couple to that level to stand a chance."
"Woah, you almost had me with that last punch, phew. The original will be very happy to learn of your progress, and I appreciate your resolve not to use your ultimate move on me, despite knowing I'm just a clone," Clone Wyatt remarked. However, Corey didn't appreciate it she only grew angrier that she couldn't even defeat a clone.