Lancelot looked at the card in Hades's hand, raised his shield, and stepped forward to warn his companions behind him:
"Everyone, be careful!! Hades has the ability to summon Dragon Serpents!! And the Dragon Serpents he summons are all very strong!!"
Hearing Lancelot's words, the surrounding Heroic Gods of Steel instantly tightened their grip on their respective weapons and became vigilant.
But Hades did not summon his Guardian Dragon as usual. Instead, he took the cards and swiped them one by one across the blade of his Hades Sword.
"No. 99: Utopia Dragonar." Hades recited the name of the Guardian Dragon on the card, and then a phantom of a dragon appeared behind him.
"Roar roar roar...!!" The dragon shadow let out a low growl. It was a golden dragon with a whitish hue, wearing white battle armor with many green orbs on its body, and a conspicuous red "99" numeral symbol on the armor of its right leg.
No. 99: Utopia Dragonar (Rank: 10 / Attribute: Light / Type: Dragon / ATK: 4000 / DEF: 2000)
"True King of All Calamities." Hades then swiped the second card, and a pitch-black giant dragon phantom, different from Utopia Dragonar, appeared beside him.
This dragon shadow was a black dragon with layered scales all over its body. Its three pairs of wings of different shapes and colors gave off an indescribable ominous aura. Its sharp claws released dazzling electric light, and its six blood-red pupils caused anyone who met its gaze to shudder uncontrollably.
True King of All Calamities (Rank: 9 / Attribute: Dark / Type: Wyrm / ATK: 3000 / DEF: 3000)
The appearance of the two dragon shadows of light and dark emitted a dragonic pressure that made the four Heroic Gods of Steel, who specialized in dragon slaying, shiver and tremble, their hands gripping their weapons shaking as well.
"Sangen Super Dragon - Transcendent Dragion." Next was the third card. The dragon shadow that appeared this time was different from the previous two; it was an Eastern dragon.
Like three Eastern divine dragons of different attributes intertwined, the one on the left had a mane burning like fire and spat fire-like energy waves; the one in the middle had a green mane like a whirlwind and spat whirlwind-like energy waves; the one on the right had a yellow mane like crackling lightning and spat thunder-like energy waves.
Sangen Super Dragon - Transcendent Dragion (Level: 10 / Attribute: Fire / Type: Dragon / ATK: 3000 / DEF: 3000)
"Shooting Majestic Star Dragon." For the final card, a dragon shadow appeared as if a star had descended.
Its body emitted pure, flawless white starlight, and its white dragon scales looked like high-tech armor, with red and green orbs all over its body.
Shooting Majestic Star Dragon (Level: 11 / Attribute: Wind / Type: Dragon / ATK: 4000 / DEF: 4000)
Subsequently, the Hades Sword in Hades's hand was enveloped in the energy of four attributes—light, dark, fire, and wind—and the four dragon shadows behind him also glared hungrily at Lancelot and the others.
"Hades' Dragon Dance Banquet!!" Hades accumulated power and swung the Hades Sword.
"Roar roar roar roar roar—!!!"
The four types of energy on the Hades Sword, combined with his own Cosmos, transformed into a purple dragon acting as the lead dancer of the ball and charged forward, while the other four dragon shadows turned into backup dancers and charged along with it.
The four gods activated their authorities to counterattack, but they were immediately broken by the dancing dragons with extremely overbearing power. All resistance was meaningless; everything they did only served as fireworks for this ball, and these fireworks were the fragments left behind after their authorities were countered and shattered.
Hades instantly appeared before Rama and slashed at the King's Arrowhead in his hand, which was immediately cut into two symmetrical semicircles.
"Roar roar roar roar roar—!!!"
At this moment, the dragons' ball ended. In an instant, the four powerful Heroic Gods of Steel turned into countless particles of light and dissipated into space. Now, only Hades and Rama remained.
"Tch—!!" Rama gritted his teeth and let out a silent cry. With a thought, the flying chariot immediately pulled him away.
"god-slaying divine sword. My master! My friends! O celestial weapons bestowed by the immortals and the great gods! Now is the time to show your true power!"
Rama chanted a Kotodama, and the god-slaying divine sword in his hand displayed a square Mandala-style magic circle—the Sword Mandala. It was vast, looking like bricks stacked together, with patterns inside resembling various weapons.
"So the weapons bestowed upon you by the gods of heaven were all within the god-slaying divine sword," Hades murmured to himself as he looked at the Sword Mandala above.
Rama gripped the god-slaying divine sword and swung it downward. Hundreds of weapons from the Sword Mandala turned into lightning and shot toward Hades. Hades swiftly swung the Hades Sword, and the countless bolts of lightning were slashed into fragments. Countless legendary weapons were shattered as a result, and a look of regret flickered in Hades's eyes.
However, countless more weapons from the Sword Mandala continued to turn into lightning and attack Hades. Hades kept swinging his sword to shatter them, showing no sign of fatigue on his face.
"What's wrong, Rama? You can't defeat me with such an 'upstart' style of attack," Hades said to Rama while swinging his sword to shatter the lightning.
Seeing Hades looking so at ease, Rama felt a sudden sense of foreboding and unease. He then chanted the Kotodama for his strongest authority:
"O Arrow of Shiva! Powerful incarnation of darkness, God of Destruction Shiva! Please protect Rama, the prince of Kosala who praises your divine virtue!"
The weapon in Rama's hand changed, becoming a longbow and a quiver full of arrows. Each arrow carried the divine power of gods like Indra the God of Thunder, Agni the God of Fire, and Surya the Sun God, and even included the Arrow of Brahma, which was capable of killing the immortal Ravana.
"O heroic arrows that shot down the nine suns, please grant me a miracle as well!" Rama notched several arrows with black heads and feathers onto the bow. Like Hou Yi shooting the suns in Chinese mythology, each arrow possessed the momentum to pierce through the sun.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
The arrows notched on the bow were released, flying toward Hades with the power to shoot down the sun.
Seeing the incoming sun-shooting arrows, Hades gripped the Hades Sword with both hands. A Cosmos exceeding the entire universe erupted from his body, making the whole universe tremble, and purple flames burst from his eyes.
"Hades' Heaven and Earth Shaker!!" Hades swung the sword with both hands. In the universe, it was as if a purple sun had exploded, completely swallowing Rama and the sun-shooting arrows.
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