The body Galactus had revealed at this moment was not his true body.
Rather, it was a form he had created for the sake of devouring planets more easily.
Under these circumstances, he was more like a kind of energy life-form.
Unless all the energy within his body was completely annihilated and his soul was erased as well, he would not die.
But—
attacks could still bring him astonishing pain.
Karl's attack had caused him pain like having his limbs crushed to pieces.
"Human, it seems you do not cherish the opportunity I granted you at all."
"In that case, both you and the source of life of your race will become my power!"
Galactus's arrogant mental wave spread outward.
"Looks like you've sat on your throne for far too long."
"This is no longer an age where you can throw your weight around."
Karl said coldly.
The holy sword in his hand turned into a streak of light and slashed out once more.
"Foolish human."
"To think you would dare use the same move against me a third time."
"You, weak as you are, cannot possibly comprehend my power!"
Galactus said angrily.
A vast psychic tremor spread out.
The power around them began to change, and all energy started moving along with the fluctuations of Galactus's mental force.
Although he bore the title of Devourer of Worlds,
that did not mean he had mastered a Law of Devouring.
He devoured planets merely to sustain his own life.
The power he wielded was far from something that could be described by a mere Law of Devouring.
His study of power had already reached the level of this world's very origin.
Through his mental force, he could manipulate all energy in existence.
This was an application at the level of the world's very essence.
This was the power of the world's origin.
With a faint tremor, Galactus's mental force began to spread outward in a strange wave.
The surrounding power submitted.
It knelt before him.
In an instant,
Galactus even had the feeling that he had seized control of this world.
"You are about to witness the true might of this world!"
"Before you die, I will let you see what higher-order power looks like!"
"Shatter!"
Galactus arrogantly declared.
His mental force spread over the platinum-white holy sword in Karl's hand.
That powerful mental force directly began to shake the power within it.
In Galactus's expectations,
under his control,
that platinum-white magic should have begun shattering from within, until it was finally ground into dust by supreme might.
But—
the moment his power moved,
that platinum-white holy sword did not change in the slightest.
Instead, it turned and slashed back at him.
Galactus: ???
What was going on?
Was something wrong with his origin?
Why wasn't it working?
Galactus refused to believe it.
His overwhelming mental force surged again. He could even feel that within the platinum-white holy sword, a vast and vigorous power was throbbing.
He seized that power,
wanting it to break free from the restraints of the spell and destroy the structure of the energy.
But—
Galactus put forth every ounce of strength he had, and still could not shake the power within it.
In that instant,
Galactus understood.
It wasn't that his power had failed.
It was that the human brat facing him was far too monstrous.
"How is that possible?!"
"How do you possess such terrifying mental force?!"
Galactus could not help crying out in shock.
Even in a weakened state,
the mental force he possessed was still vast enough to drive others to despair.
One only had to look at his size to know that he surpassed humans by an unknown number of times.
In terms of mental force, it was only natural that he would be strong to such a degree.
In fact,
many beings on the multiversal level did not possess mental force as powerful as his, even in his weakened state.
In a certain sense,
he was one of the mightiest beings among the Skyfathers.
And yet now,
what had he just seen?
A human, at the Skyfather stage, actually possessed even stronger mental force than he did.
What kind of joke was this?
What kind of freak was this?
While Galactus was still reeling in shock,
Karl had only felt a slight suppression from Galactus's mental force, and then the power had stopped fluctuating.
So he had not paid it much attention.
Now it seemed that had been Galactus's attack.
Still, Karl was a little puzzled.
"Galactus, what happened to all that power you were talking about?"
"Why didn't I feel a thing?"
"If you won't make a move, then I will."
Karl seemed to offer a reminder,
but in truth he had already attacked.
The platinum-white Power of the Vishanti was now nothing more than an empty shell.
Inside it was mixed space power sharp enough to cut anything.
With the blessing of his Law of Force,
this attack was hidden and lethal.
It shot straight toward Galactus's power core...
Galactus was not simply standing there waiting to be butchered.
In front of him, all kinds of violent energy filled the space.
The reason Karl's holy sword had failed to achieve any decisive result earlier
was precisely because of that.
That was why Karl had switched tactics.
A spatial blade hidden beneath holy power.
Dangerous.
Deadly.
But Galactus noticed nothing.
It was not until Karl's attack was about to stab into his power core
that Galactus was suddenly startled awake.
The black mist covering his entire body trembled violently, enough to show how unsettled he was at that moment.
Unfortunately,
it was already too late.
Karl had finally bared his fangs.
The Rift-Cleaving Blade pierced straight through space, and in the next instant—
it stabbed into Galactus's power core.
Crack!
Karl only felt some kind of power being directly shredded apart by that demonic force.
Even he felt a trace of fear toward that power.
Karl decisively cut off his own power.
And before severing it completely, he even made the Rift-Cleaving Blade explode directly inside Galactus's power core.
Szzzt!
Space began to tremble slowly.
A tingling, electric sensation spread out.
Karl had even worried for a moment that it was Galactus launching some kind of counterattack.
Then he saw Galactus's enormous body suddenly convulse.
"You actually resorted to a sneak attack!!"
A thought-transmission rang out.
Galactus's body suddenly caved inward.
All of his power, his body, even the power around him, became unstable because of the devouring.
Mixed within it was Galactus's agonized mental force.
Karl watched from the side and kept shaking his head.
Galactus was one of the powerhouses among the Five Great Gods.
But he was also the weakest of the Five Great Gods.
Inside his body,
there was a finger of Death itself,
constantly devouring his life force and mental force.
That was also why Galactus periodically fell into a weakened state, then had to devour living planets.
Now it seemed
that he had just struck Galactus right at his weak point.
The power inside Galactus had turned back on him.
But Karl felt not the slightest sympathy for Galactus.
"Strike while you're down and finish you off!"
A fierce look flashed across Karl's face.
He attacked once more.
Golden lightning began to gather within his palm.
Overwhelming magical power poured straight into it.
Crack!
A bolt of golden lightning tore directly across the entire universe!
(End of Chapter)
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