ONLINE: Blades of Eternity-Chapter 324: SWORD SNAPPED!!

The air was thick — suffocating — not just from the supernatural fog that had descended, but from the presence that came with it.

A grotesque screech tore through the caverns as the Leech brought down a ton of ominous mist from outside the cave which resulted to a monstrous mass of tendrils and rotting void flesh, its obsidian core glowing with shifting red sigils. Its body pulsed with a sickly rhythm, every heartbeat releasing tendrils of black mist that seemed to eat away at the stone and mana in the air.

And then it roared.

ROOOOAAR!!

Not a sound — a decree. The entire Deadroot Forest responded.

The fog surged inward, filling the cave like a crashing wave. Shadows moved within it — twisting figures, remnants of lost beasts and elven warriors long consumed by the Leech’s influence over the years, now reborn as puppets of mist and rot.

Kaelen stood at the forefront, his Eternal Guardian Armor humming, glowing as it synchronized with his liquid blue mana. The Blade of Eternity was sheathed in the same energy — not solid, not quite gas — but something in between, alive. His very essence radiated divine mana.

Golden Qi pulsed from his skin in threads that danced like solar filaments, his entire body resonating with Nullcarver Qi. His breathing slowed. His gaze sharpened.

"No more running," he muttered.

Beside him, Kelvin grinned — savage and cold. His Scythe bled black light, drenched in chaotic runes. The Orb of Chaos which surprisenly is now above his open palm stirred for the first time in months, rotating violently as it synced with the blood-red Qi pulsing from his chest and limbs. His mana domain, a swirling storm of entropy and death, swallowed the space around him.

"If we die here, Leech..." Kelvin muttered, his smile widening, "...we’re taking you with us."

"Mana domain: Ice World"

Behind them, Lila extended her arms, her Ice World domain exploding into existence with a shattering scream. Frost curled over the walls, spreading crystalline veins through the cave, the temperature plummeting in an instant. Where the mist met the ice, it hissed violently — and froze.

"Mana Domain: Inferno"

Guinevere, no longer in Lila’s shadow, took one step forward and ignited. The Lehavot flames around her didn’t just burn — they distorted reality. Her domain bloomed in a sphere of violent crimson, her hair whipping behind her like a banner of fire. Where her flames touched the mist, it didn’t melt — it vaporized, leaving nothing behind.

The two domains clashed — Ice and Flame — not in opposition, but in harmony. Half the battlefield was frozen eternity. The other half, righteous fury.

And in between them, Morris summoned the elements like a conductor. Fire, lightning, wind, and stone danced around him in elegant chaos. His spells chained together fluidly — a geyser of molten rock erupting from the earth, immediately crystallized by Lila’s frost, before exploding into shrapnel lightning by his own command.

Ethan was already gone — dissolved into mist. His figure emerged and vanished, striking from the fog itself, now infused with gifts from the forest — the Leech had brought more than death with him. Ethan had harnessed some of it.

"What strong pressures...." Eirana muttered with a stiff body as she observed what unfolded right in front of her. She didn’t know though that Naena was currently looking at her, but she decided to remain silent.

"Here it comes!!"

And then — the Leech struck.

A mass of obsidian tendrils whipped toward them, aiming for Kaelen and Kelvin first. They moved simultaneously — Kelvin’s Scythe arced through space, distorting it with each swing, while Kaelen vanished in a burst of liquid blue mana, appearing above the Leech mid-strike.

"Sword Constellation," he whispered — and the Blade of Eternity obeyed.

It sliced through the Leech’s core, sending a shockwave of screaming red light across the battlefield. But the core — repaired. It pulsed harder.

Then came the forest.

Trees outside twisted and walked into the cave, deformed by the mist, roots wrapping around corpses that fought like men. The mist churned, and monsters long dead began to rise — wolves, bears, manticores — fused into grotesque abominations.

Ethan shouted from the fog, "HE IS CONTROLLING THE FOREST!"

"Not in my watch"

In a split second after, Guinevere’s flames surged in response, forming a phoenix behind her as she clashed with an enormous beast made of bark and bone. Her domain pulsed — and it screamed as it was reduced to ashes.

Lila raised her hand. A blizzard erupted — and a wall of mist-creatures froze mid-motion, statues of battle frozen in time.

"Keep pushing!" she roared. "He’s stalling!"

Kaelen’s mind raced. The Leech was adapting. Feeding off their energy. The more power they used — the more the mist thickened.

Kelvin landed beside him, panting, scythe dripping black sludge.

"The Orb’s unstable... I might have to put it back to where it was it."

"You sure? You might go out of control again" Kaelen asked.

"If we don’t end him now, Naena dies. The Nullcarvers die. And you..." He glanced at Pandora glowing violently inside Kaelen’s chest, "...you become his goddamn meal."

Kaelen looked up. The Leech had expanded — easily the size of a small fortress now. Its core began to shift, multiple red eyes opening across its body. fгeewёbnoѵel_cσm

And then it roared again — this time a physical wave that cracked the cave ceiling.

Kaelen turned to the group.

"This is it. Everything we’ve got."

Morris, who is now bruised and bleeding from the surprise attack the Leech’s minions landed on him, nodded and lifted his hands, chaining seven elements at once.

Lila and Guinevere clasped hands for a moment — frost and fire flaring together, a massive lotus of both blooming above their heads.

Ethan emerged beside Kaelen, his body half-transparent.

Kelvin, grinning madly, absorb the Orb of Chaos back into his chest.

Everything fell silent.

Then they struck.

Kaelen’s body became liquid light as he shot forward, blade first. Kelvin’s scythe tore reality in half. Lila and Guinevere launched their combined lotus — a perfect fusion of flame and frost — directly at the Leech’s core. Morris unleashed a maelstrom of elemental chaos, and Ethan flooded the mist, turning it against its master.

The Leech screamed as it was consumed — torn, frozen, burned, obliterated.

But even then, as the cavern collapsed, and the forest shook...

Its heart still beat.

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The cave was a nightmare of chaos, each breath thick with the stench of death and the shrieking roars of twisted creatures.

The Leech, battered and torn by their combined efforts, refused to fall. Its once grotesque form, now torn and mangled, was continuously reconstituted by the mist — its power swelling, feeding off the darkness and horror of the forest. With every second that passed, the forest responded, churning, bleeding more mist, more darkness into the air.

Kaelen stood, panting, his blade at the ready. His Eternal Guardian Armor, glowing with sacred light, flickered with faint cracks across its surface. His liquid blue mana sloshed violently, twisting and writhing around him. He could feel the pandemic weight of Pandora within him — threatening to overwhelm him. It burned. It was too much. But the Leech, growing stronger with each pulse of dark energy, could not be allowed to win.

Beside him, Kelvin was no less drained. His scythe, dripping with the black energy of Chaos, trembled in his hands. His blood-red Qi surged as his connection with the Orb of Chaos deepened. A red glow erupted from his chest as the orb appeared at his forehead, merging with his energy, causing his body to glow with a terrifying intensity.

"This bastard doesn’t know when to quit," Kelvin hissed, his voice full of barely-contained fury.

Kaelen’s golden Qi, the essence of the Nullcarvers’ teachings, surged through his veins. The sacred energy that powered the Eternal Guardian Armor began to pulse in sync with the liquid mana that surrounded him. The very air hummed with power as Kaelen slowly raised his sword, the Blade of Eternity, its edge gleaming with divine might.

But the Leech wasn’t done. Its massive tendrils, covered in putrid, rotting flesh, lashed out, causing the cave to tremble with every strike. From its body, the mist surged, enveloping everything it touched — creatures, shadows, and even the light itself.

Kaelen narrowed his eyes, adrenaline sharpening his focus. This was it. The moment that would decide everything.

"Kelvin," Kaelen growled, "we need to end this... now."

Kelvin’s grin returned, wild and unfazed by the danger. "I thought you’d never ask."

He pulled on the raw, unrestrained power of the Orb of Chaos embedded deep in his chest, activating the dormant power that lay inside. The very world twisted around him as his body exploded with ferocity, a chaos beyond anything they had seen before. Every sinew in his body tightened as his Qi surged uncontrollably, amplifying his already potent power.

"Chaos Bound!" Kelvin screamed, unleashing the full force of the Orb’s secret power.

Red lightning arced from Kelvin’s form, and his scythe began to vibrate with an otherworldly energy. The air itself seemed to warp around him as the Orb of Chaos’s energy activated, forming a new, terrifying aura around him. Kelvin’s energy swirled into the scythe, making it glow a deep crimson, and in a single motion, he slashed.

The tendrils of the Leech that dared to come near him were obliterated as they touched the ferocious red storm emanating from him. Every swing of his scythe disintegrated the mist—blasting it away, the very air quivering under the chaos that Kelvin summoned.

Meanwhile, Kaelen’s mind was focused entirely on the Leech. His liquid blue mana swirled violently, interfacing with the golden Qi from the Nullcarvers. His mana domains clashed, the energies fighting each other for supremacy. But Kaelen refused to relent, focusing everything into a singular point of raw power.

"Divine Sword Series... Zenith Slash."

The words echoed in his mind — a forbidden technique, never before attempted in this form. Kaelen pushed all his system boons, his sacred armor, the mana from Pandora, and the power of his Qi into a singular strike.

The Blade of Eternity began to pulse with blue light, vibrating as though it were alive. Kaelen raised the blade high, the sacred light radiating in waves. His Qi rushed into the blade, mingling with the sacred energy of the Eternal Guardian Armor, until the blade itself glowed brighter than the sun.

He struck.

Everything fell silent.

The world seemed to stop as Kaelen’s sword cleaved through the air. A light so pure, so intense, pierced through the very heart of the Leech, its blackened form shattered in an explosion of dark mist, broken down to nothing. But Kaelen didn’t stop.

He drove the Divine Sword Series deeper, cutting the Leech apart — not with force, but with sacred purpose, his energies enveloping the beast entirely. The Leech’s body twisted, screaming in agony as it was pulled apart by Kaelen’s divine energy.

The mist was no more. The forest shrieked as the very roots of the Deadroot Forest trembled under the might of the attack.

And then, with a final blinding flash of light and sound, the Leech disintegrated.

The cave shattered.

The very earth trembled, and the Deadroot Forest around them shook violently. The entire section of the forest that had become the Leech’s domain began to decay, pulled into oblivion by the force of the attack.

Kaelen stood, breathing heavily. The sword’s glow began to flicker out, the energy fading. But there was something wrong.

He looked down at his Blade of Eternity. And he was immediately horrified because his priceless sword....

Has snapped.

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