Chapter 1204, The Sudden Arrival of the Streaming Light

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silvain

 

A golden feather slowly ignited at Lan’s fingertips, before burning into rising blue smoke that vanished in an instant.

 

However, at the very moment it vanished, if one had been paying close attention, they would have noticed a streak of light tearing through time and space, fleeing toward some unknown distant place.

 

It was none other than the Natal Feather of Yu Zi Yu’s Angel King Form.

 

No matter the time or place, so long as this feather was burne, Yu Zi Yu would sense it.

 

And now, in another corner of the vast starry expanse…

 

*Booooom…* A sudden rumble halted Yu Zi Yu in his tracks.

 

“The feather I gave to the Angel Clan, they’ve burned it.” Yu Zi Yu’s voice, heavy with gravity, echoed through the stars.

 

“It seems something has gone wrong… terribly wrong.” A sigh followed, as even Anzuiel, agreed helplessly.

 

The Angel Clan had always been proud, arrogantly so. For them to call for aid, it could only mean a catastrophe.

 

“Then it seems… we have no choice but to make a trip.” As he spoke, Yu Zi Yu’s eyes shimmered with cold light.

 

To him, the Angel Clan had long been marked as part of his Force. He had merely been waiting for the right time to fully bring them under his banner.

 

However, now, someone was targeting his people.

 

A chill passed through his eyes as Yu Zi Yu abruptly shifted direction, racing toward the Angel Star Domain.

 

At this moment, if one looked closely, they would see that atop the sixteen golden wings upon his back, countless palm-sized gears manifesting and beginning to churn.

 

These were the Gears of Time, the embodiment of Yu Zi Yu’s mastery over the Principle of Time.

 

When they spun clockwise, they accelerated his flow of time.

 

And when they spun anti-clockwise, they slowed it down.

 

And now…

 

*Click… click… click…* The Gears of Time began to spin even faster, while Yu Zi Yu’s speed shattered all constraints.

 

*Booooom…* With a deafening roar, Yu Zi Yu crossed multiple Star Systems in a single breath, blazing a straight path toward the Angel Star Domain.

 

Fortunately, he had already returned to the Western Star Domain, and the Angel Star Domain was not far from his location, well for Yu Zi Yu that was.

 

Had that not been the case, even he might not have made it in time.

 

As for now? With the combined power of the Gears of Time and Sixteen Holy Wings, Yu Zi Yu would reach them within half a day.

 

…

 

Time slowly trickled down bit by bit, but to the Angel Clan, every passing second felt like an eternity.

 

For above them, in the skies above, mighty beings like Seraphim and even the Lord of the City of Angels now looked no different than beaten dogs.

 

Their wings were shattered.

 

Their sacred blood flowed freely, raining through the starry sky.

 

Even worse, beings who once stood untouched by filth, now lay in tatters, their faces smeared with ash and blood.

 

“You’re even weaker than I imagined.” A light chuckle escaped Balthazar’s lips, as he mocked Michael.

 

Then, he raised his arm, and…

 

*Boooom…* Light surged into his right palm, gathering until it gleamed like a blazing star.

 

And in the next moment…

 

*Booooom…* Accompanied by a thunderous roar, a hundred of thousands of feet long beam of light erupted from Balthazar’s palm, roaring forth toward the distant Michael.

 

It was a strike that could shatter both Heaven and hope.

 

“Watch out!” Crying out in alarm, Seraphim hurriedly shot forward to intercept the attack.

 

However, before he could even reach…

 

“Can you even protect yourself?” A cold, mocking voice echoed by his ear.

 

As he looked toward the source, Seraphim’s eyes widened in disbelief, for he found Balthazar already standing before him.

 

He grabbed toward him with his right hand, clutching Seraphim’s wing in a tight grip.

 

Then, he ruthlessly pulled.

 

*Riiiiip…* A sharp tearing sound filled the air.

 

Seraphim’s face twisted in agony as one of his wings was violently ripped off by Balthazar.

 

“Without my radiance, is this all your Angel Clan amounts to?

 

“How… disappointing!”

 

Balthazar’s voice grew ever more mocking, each word stabbing into Seraphim’s heart like a dagger.

 

Angel King’s eyes trembled as he ground his teeth.

 

“If… not… for the Imperial Artifact…

 

If… not… for him leaving… do you think you’d be this arrogant?”

 

Grounding his teeth in fury, Seraphim retorted, a rare thing on his part.

 

[Yes… that guy, if he were still here, even a being as powerful as the God of Light would crumble in a single strike. Though I hate to admit it, that guy is indeed the strongest of all of us.]

 

“That one? You mean your Angel Clan’s Fifth Angel King?” A playful smirk crept onto Balthazar’s face, as he looked up toward the starry sky.

 

“Your people are already in ruins. So why hasn’t he shown up? Or… could it be that the moment he saw me, he turned and ran?”

 

“You—!” Seraphim’s roar of anger was cut short as his expression abruptly twisted in pain.

 

Because at that moment, Balthazar’s grip once again dug into the raw flesh of his torn wing.

 

The unimaginable pain that followed was enough to nearly shatter even Seraphim’s steely will.

 

“Enough…” Balthazar muttered, shaking his head. Then, like tossing away trash, he hurled Seraphim’s body into the void, letting it drift into the stars.

 

Only then did Balthazar turn toward Lumina Sanctis.

 

A golden net had already formed ahead of him, covering the entire planet.

 

Meanwhile, on the surface, one could see Angels curled into fetal positions, with countless glowing runes swirling around them.

 

At the influence of the wide golden net, their Bloodlines were boiling.

 

The seals branded by the First God of Light were being awakened from slumber.

 

And once those seals were fully activated, they would become the mightiest warriors under Balthazar’s banner.

 

Born for him.

 

To die for him.

 

To fight for him.

 

However, right then, Balthazar’s pupils suddenly contracted.

 

His primal instincts, sharpened thanks to his fearsome strength, forced Balthazar to dissolve into countless particles of light.

 

*Swoooosh…* A golden beam pierced through the void, slicing right through where his body had just been, narrowly missing him.

 

Even Balthazar himself seemed momentarily stunned.

 

Had he not acted in time and turned into light particles, his body would have been impaled clean through.

 

Of course, even if it had, he would not die.

 

However, it would have been… unsightly.

 

“That speed…”

 

For once, Balthazar’s eyes narrowed in genuine surprise, simply because even he hadn’t seen it coming.

 

But just as he was still comprehending what just happened, a voice echoed through the starry sky, “So… you managed to react in time?”

 

The voice seemed to be laced with surprise, and even delight.

 

Immediately afterward, the golden streak that had just passed through, returned, shooting straight toward Balthazar once more, even faster than before.

 

And this time Balthazar’s face finally changed, because not only was it faster than before, he still could not catch sight of what it was.

 

“Impossible…” His heart pounded loudly, as Balthazar stood frozen in disbelief.