Starry Sky Railway: Twin Origins

Chapter 197 Eternal Annihilation

When the energy contained in the Heavenly Fire Judgment breaks through the critical point, it will break through the limit.

The intense heat of the flames will burn away Soulsteel—a metal known for its terrifying resilience—and then reshape it, ultimately transforming it into its Cataclysmic form.

But at this moment, Lin Qiong, completely unaware of the situation, gripped the Calamity Annihilation Sword tightly, his body engulfed in highly destructive flames, and resolutely met the incoming golden beam of light head-on.

If we say that the zeroth rated power of the Heavenly Fire Judgment—the unsheathing of the Heavenly Fire—is enough to destroy everything on the earth's surface.

The brilliance emanating from the annihilation form can only rival the light emitted by a star upon its demise.

Facing the energy beam that might contain the power of a star god, Lin Qiong swung out the greatsword wrapped in flames.

"Boom!"

Flames collided with golden light.

In an instant.

The endless flames blinded everyone present, and all that could be heard was the deafening sound of the explosions.

Then, the rising flames instantly engulfed the entire interior, and an indescribable, terrifying heat began to spread throughout the entire Pinocchio Grand Theatre.

Even Dan Heng and San Yueqi, who were rushing towards Lin Qiong and Xing who were falling from below, were thrown back by the shockwave caused by Lin Qiong's attack.

"Wow, it's so hot! What's going on? How's Xing?"

On March 7th, she covered her eyes, which were barely open due to the high temperature, with her hands, trying to catch a glimpse of Lin Qiong and Xing's current situation through her fingers.

"In March, I will retire and leave Xing to me," Dan Heng's voice came from the side.

He manipulated the remaining water flow after the water dragon collapsed, swirling up the free-falling star and transporting it back to the crowd.

After returning to the star, Dan Heng continued to turn his palm, condensing the remaining water into a huge water sphere, enveloping the rest of the people inside.

The water sphere emitted a soft blue light, keeping out all the raging heat.

"Phew... thank goodness Dan Heng is here, I almost thought I was going to catch fire."

Standing in the water sphere, March 7th raised her hands and gently placed them on her cheeks, stroking her skin that was slightly hot from the high temperature.

"Don't be sentimental yet, let's help quickly. The remaining water won't last much longer."

Seeing that the outer wall of the water sphere was evaporating at an alarming rate, Dan Heng quickly spoke up to warn him.

"oh oh."

On March 7th, he snapped out of his daze and hurriedly condensed several layers of six-phase ice around the water sphere.

Once all these layers of six-phase ice are melted by the flames, they can replenish the water lost by the water sphere due to evaporation.

"I never expected that Qiong could unleash such powerful strength."

Himeko slowly raised her head, her gaze piercing through the water sphere and the six-phase ice, looking up into the sky.

Lin Qiong was engulfed in intensely hot flames, which illuminated everything around him like a fiery sunset.

......

"Block it! You must block this attack!"

This was what Lin Qiong thought at the moment he unleashed the power of annihilation.

Originally, he only wanted to unleash the Heavenly Fire to block the golden beam of light, buying time for his companions so that they could catch the star and leave its attack range.

But the moment he swung the sword, he realized something was wrong.

Lin Qiong was surprised to find that the already ridiculously powerful zero-rated power of the Heavenly Fire Judgment seemed to have become even stronger.

The golden beam of light that he and his companions had been struggling to withstand was now easily cleaved in two.

The blazing flames surged wildly through the crack, rising higher and higher against the beams of light, eventually breaking through the dome of the Pinocchio Grand Theatre and igniting the night sky of that dream.

Outside the theater, hurried pedestrians were stunned by the sudden turn of events. They stopped in their tracks and looked up at the sky, which was as bright as the evening glow.

Among the crowd of pedestrians, a man wearing a cowboy hat spat out the bullet he had been holding in his mouth and muttered to himself:

"Damn it, I've been looking for him for ages."

He immediately turned around and addressed a man behind him wearing a wide cloak, from which a long sword was vaguely visible, and said:

"Hey, imposter, I'm going to find a high place to fire this bullet. Just head straight in the direction of the shooting fire and don't go the wrong way again."

Upon hearing this, the person hidden under the cloak did not speak, but nodded to the man and turned to walk towards the Pinocchio Grand Theatre.

The man watched her receding figure, muttering to himself, "Hmph, a 'commander' who can get lost, what a strange thing to treasure."

......

On Sunday, God slowly lowered his arms, which had been crossed and protected in front of him, and whose surface had become somewhat charred.

He tilted his head slightly, glanced at the theater dome that had vanished, then turned his gaze to Lin Qiong, who had fallen back to the ground, and said softly:

"I never knew you were hiding such great power."

But Lin Qiong did not respond to God's words, which were neither a compliment nor a test.

His attention was already drawn to the transformed Heavenly Fire Judgment in his hand, and his face was filled with disbelief.

"This...this is...the Cataclysm?"

Looking at the greatsword in his hand, which was still radiating flames, Lin Qiong's voice trembled with excitement.

Lin Qiong had always believed that the Heavenly Fire Judgment that the system had given him was unable to break through the critical point and advance to the Calamity Annihilation form.

After all, he has two "star cores" in his body as energy sources, so in theory he should have been able to advance to the next level long ago.

Although he didn't know the reason for the upgrade, Lin Qiong was still very happy looking at the Heavenly Fire Judgment in its Annihilation form in his hand.

Lin Qiong gripped the greatsword, feeling the heat emanating from his palm. A slight smile played on his lips as he murmured to himself:

"You've gotten even stronger!"