Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 703 Horse Racing: Gun of Morning Light VI
"I've been looking for you, Mikhail." Sofia said with cold eyes, holding the spear.

"Looking for me? Why, do you also want to join the liberation of the hoofbeats? If so, I would welcome you very much."

Mikhail had a smile on his face, but the smile, combined with his abnormally distorted face, looked extremely hideous.

"No, I am the one who is destroying and liberating the hoofbeats," Sophia held the morning light and said with murderous intent, "I want to stop your atrocities!"

"Really?" Mikhail lowered his head, his eyes gloomy, "In the end, you chose to be an enemy of your own kind for the sake of humanity... You really are..."

The atmosphere of the confrontation between Sofia and Mikhail was as tense as a string about to break.

The air was filled with murderous intent, and even the sound of breathing seemed particularly clear in the dull silence. Mikhail's muscles were tense, and his gray skin was like a piece of cold iron under the light and shadow. His eyes were full of hatred and rage.

"traitor!!!"

His fingers trembled slightly, as if he was ready to rush forward and tear Sophia into pieces at any time.

"We are all human beings, how can we call ourselves traitors?!"

Sofia remained as calm as ever, with the tip of her gun pointed steadily at Mikhail. Her deep blue eyes did not waver at all, as if he was just a piece of stone in front of her.

Her legs were slightly bent, ready to meet the impact at any time, and her ponytail was tied up high, swaying gently in the wind.

Sophia held Alicia's waist with her left hand and gently placed her in a safe corner nearby. Then she exerted force with her right hand and a cold light flashed across the gun.

"Boom--!"

Mikhail exerted force suddenly, and his horse's hooves stomped the ground, causing stones to fly everywhere.

The ground shook due to his power, and a strong air current was created in the air.

He was extremely fast and rushed in front of Sophia almost in an instant. He clenched his fists and swung them down with fierce force.

The fist whistled like a giant hammer breaking through the air and hit Sophia directly in the face.

Sofia's eyes focused, and she suddenly swung the gun horizontally, instantly blocking Mikhail's mountain-like fist.

thump—

The huge crash was like thunder exploding in the air. Sophia's feet slid back a few steps on the ground, but she still stood firmly, and her spear did not shake at all.

"Snapped!"

The two passed each other, and Sofia quickly counterattacked, slashing the spear like a venomous snake, attacking Mikhail's side.

The ancient runes engraved on the gun barrel flickered with a faint blue light, carrying the power of magic.

Mikhail dodged to the side at the critical moment, but the gun blade still scratched his skin, leaving a bright red blood mark.

"You are too slow." Sofia said coldly, adjusting the hand holding the gun slightly, turning the tip of the gun and stabbing Mikhail's jaw.

Mikhail had no expression on his face; the scar had no effect on him at all.

He grabbed Sophia's gun with his backhand and pulled it hard, trying to pull her towards him. The force in his hand was like a landslide.

Sophia, however, used the gun as an axis, spun around flexibly and jumped lightly to his other side. She quickly adjusted her posture, gripped the gun with both hands, and swung it across at lightning speed.

"boom!"

The blow came with such force that it hit Mikhail's temple.

Mikhail's pupils shrank sharply and he reacted quickly. He crossed his hands in front of him and took Sofia's fierce shot.

The sharp sound of a weapon cutting through the air echoed in his ears, and the strong impact penetrated his arms, causing his bones to groan faintly.

Mikhail took a step back, his arms slightly numb, but he did not show any expression of pain. Instead, the corners of his mouth raised, revealing a bloody smile.

"Step by step, spear picking, strong wrist..." Mikhail's mouth was stained with blood. He smiled sinisterly and whispered, "They are obviously the same low-brow terms, but you use them more skillfully than me, Sofia... You have always been this good."

He stood still, a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes, and suppressed anger almost leaked out from every pore.

He licked the blood from his lips and chuckled, but his smile was mixed with endless murderous intent.

Sofia's eyes were extremely cold, and the spear in her hand was pointed steadily at Mikhail. The trace of pity that had flashed across her eyes was quickly wiped away by her.

She knew that the former comrade in front of her was no longer the person she was familiar with. Instead, he was an enemy consumed by hatred and madness.

"You can't beat me, Garcia," she said in a cold and hard tone, without a trace of emotion, "If you stop now, there's still time."

Mikhail was stunned at first, then he laughed out loud, his laughter was wild and hoarse, revealing endless ridicule and disdain.

The laughter echoed in the empty stadium, as if mocking Sophia's naivety.

"Hahaha," he laughed so hard that his body leaned forward slightly, his eyes were fierce, and his voice was hoarse and mocking.

"Do you think you can kill me? Sofia, do you really think you can change anything? We have come to this point, and you still think you are on the side of justice?"

Mikhail looked at Sofia coldly, with a mocking smile on his face, and said softly:
"I came here today knowing that you would come to stop me, so I specially prepared a gift for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he tore off the collar under his neck, revealing a huge gray crystal embedded under his skin.

The crystal flickered with a strange light, as if it contained some indescribable power.

Sophia's face turned pale instantly, and she subconsciously reached out and pressed her neck, where a smaller crystal was also embedded.

At this moment, the crystal was extremely hot and the burning sensation quickly spread from the surface of her skin.

"Active thaumatic radiation…" Sophia whispered, her voice shaking slightly with shock, her fingers trembling slightly around the crystal at her neck.

"You're crazy! You'll trigger an etheric tide and bring about a natural disaster!"

She immediately grabbed Alicia beside her and eagerly pulled her back, trying to stay away from the dangerous aura emanating from Mikhail. At the same time, she looked at Mikhail with extremely gloomy eyes, and her whole body was in a state of high alert.

Mikhail just chuckled, with an expression that revealed some unspeakable madness.

"Don't be impatient, Sophia. This is just the beginning. I came here not for you to witness my fearless determination, but to let you see something you have always dreamed of."

As he spoke, ripples suddenly appeared in the air and space itself began to distort.

Behind Mikhail, a huge shadow gradually appeared.

Accompanied by a deafening horse neigh, the shadow gradually solidified, revealing its terrifying appearance.

“Huff, huff, huff~~~”

The shocking sound of horses echoed throughout the room, carrying an irresistible sense of oppression.

Along with the neigh, a terrifying eight-legged warhorse stepped out from the shadow, as if it had descended into this world from the ancient dark abyss.

The warhorse's mane was dull and gray, like an afterimage torn by the night wind, emitting a bone-chilling chill.

The warhorse's eyes were empty and cold, as if it could see through the final destination of all living beings.

Tread-tap-

Every time its eight strong and powerful hooves stepped on the ground, it brought a doomsday-like sense of oppression.

Domination Incarnation:

[Eight-legged horse Sleipnir].

The eight-legged horse is the mount of the legendary god-king who defends the World Tree.

The Poetic Edda states:

"The God-King rode Sleipnir into the gloomy Helheim, the kingdom of the dead. They stepped across the wasteland covered with bones, and the sound of their hooves echoed in the ears of the dead. Sleipnir's eight legs were light and tough, carrying the God-King across the boundary between life and death, and fearlessly stepped into the territory of the dead. "

The moment the eight-legged horse [Sleipnir] appeared, Mikhail's body began to cough violently, his chest felt as if it was torn apart, and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.

However, even so, he still had a strange smile on his face. That smile carried a kind of crazy obsession, and the pain was just a passing cloud to him.

"Ahem, ahem, Sophia..."

He spoke breathlessly, his voice hoarse from coughing, but filled with uncontrollable ecstasy.

"You know that some of the Lord's incarnations are very dangerous, right? Ahem. They don't bring any benefits to the summoner. Every time you summon them, you are torturing and harming yourself."

"They are not even recognized by academics or thaumatologists as the incarnation of the Overmind."

He coughed with every word, and blood dripped onto the ground in deep red spots, but his eyes were still fixed on Sophia like a venomous snake, as if he was drawing some kind of pain and uneasiness from her eyes.

Sophia clenched the spear in her hand. The spear shaft trembled slightly in her hand. She could feel the uneasiness in her heart gradually spreading, and the ground beneath her feet was gradually cracking.

"Ahem, have you heard of the state prison aquarium in the Sunshine State of the Federation? That place once housed a Dominant... ahem, ahem."

Mikhail smiled and seemed to enjoy it.

"At that time, the ruler lost control and was assimilated by the Aether Ocean. His incarnation has the ability to control the weather and change the refractive index of sunlight in the atmosphere, producing a natural 'subconscious effect'..."

"He attracted the rainbow bridge of the World Tree. It was not one of those rainbow bridges that had been taken in and rendered harmless by the Kingdom of Heaven, but a real rainbow bridge."

His voice became deeper and deeper:

"When the Rainbow Bridge appeared, it almost turned everyone in the state into snails. Those affected were convinced that if they touched a rainbow or any snail-like creature, they would also become a snail."

Mikhail seemed to be lost in memory, and laughed even more wildly:
"The Federation almost lost the entire state. All the people were slowly corrupted by this mental distortion, and that was just an out-of-control expansion of the World Tree Key."

"Everyone says that this is the malice of the World Tree towards humans. A Domination Key can burst out with such a powerful force. A big reason for this is what the Kingdom of Heaven did to the World Tree. Even if it destroys its own origin, it will take revenge on humans and the Kingdom of Heaven!"

Sofia's heartbeat quickened. She felt the threat in Mikhail's words and unconsciously gripped the spear tighter in her hand, trying to suppress the fear surging in her heart.

Mikhail's smile grew more cruel, and his tone revealed a morbid pride.

"Now, do you know why I never fear the Federation, the Administration, or the Fourth Sword Bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven?"

He slowly raised his hand and pointed at the gray crystal on his neck.

"Of course it's because of Sleipnir. An extremely rare World Tree Key with a self-destructive tendency."

"Although I can't completely control it, I can selectively make it do something... For example, use it to spread the polluted dust of Ore Disease, or..."

His voice suddenly became colder and full of malice.

"Detonate it, detonate the pure malice of the World Tree, stir up the etheric tide, and turn this place into a scourge territory like the Oletin Plate!"

"Let this place become a place of natural disasters, let it be extended from the ether, let those magical ores called the ether assimilation curse spread outward continuously.

Thaumaturgists have always been seeking to analyze the ocean of ether, so I will let everyone assimilate together, wouldn't it be better if everyone's souls returned to the ether together?"

"You're crazy!" Sofia shouted, her voice full of anger and fear. "Crazy?" Mikhail laughed even crazier.

“No, Sophia, this is a new life, it is the true awakening of us infected people! You who compromised will never understand! The Federation, the Administration, and even Heaven, they can’t stop me, they can’t stop us!”

Sophia felt a chill in her heart. She knew that if Mikhail really released the full power of Sleipnir, the entire area would be plunged into a devastating disaster, and neither the infected nor ordinary humans would be spared.

“Even if I burn my life, I won’t let you succeed…” She whispered to herself, gripping her spear tightly, ready to activate the [Morning Light] at full power.

Sophia knew that this would allow her to transform into her most powerful attack posture at the cost of burning her vitality.

But this isn’t about life or death, it’s about stopping Mikhail.

However, just as she was about to act, Mikhail's laughter suddenly stopped. His crazy expression suddenly subsided, as if he had returned to reason from the edge of madness. His eyes were cunning and calm, which made people shudder.

"I know what you're trying to do, Sophia."

Mikhail glanced at the spear she was holding tightly and smiled contemptuously, "It's useless."

Sofia narrowed her eyes, the tense atmosphere instantly solidified, her pupils constricted, and she said coldly: "What do you want, Mikhail?"

Mikhail raised his right hand and coughed out a trace of blood, looking relaxed as usual.

"I will only strike once, and it doesn't matter if you live or die. For the next week, no one can stop me."

A morbid smile appeared on his lips, as if he didn't care about a final battle, but instead seemed to enjoy the process of teasing his opponent.

He slowly extended his finger, his eyes passing through Sofia and pointing directly at the playing field behind her, his fingertips trembling slightly.

boom!
With a slight sound, Mikhail's right index finger suddenly exploded, and blood and flesh splattered.

Sophia stared with wide eyes as his finger bones shattered into pieces.

There was no trace of pain on his face, instead he showed an even more morbid smile.

At the moment his fingertips exploded, the eight-legged horse Sleipnir behind him seemed to receive some kind of signal and let out a deafening neigh, its mane surging like the night, and its eight hooves stamped at the same time, as if to tear the entire space apart.

"This is just a small interest for you. The real game has not yet begun, Sophia."

At this moment, Sophia could no longer suppress the fear in her heart.

She suddenly drew out her spear, a dazzling light burst out from the spear shaft, and her whole body turned into a beam of rainbow light and charged towards Sleipnir.

The air was filled with the powerful aura she exuded.

【Module·Morning Light】

The glow was like the rising sun, illuminating everything around.

"We can't let him succeed!"

She had only one thought in her mind, and she exerted force with her feet, and rushed towards Sleipnir like an arrow.

[Eight-legged Horse Sleipnir] raised its front hooves and let out a neigh that shook the earth and sky. The tip of Sophia's spear almost touched its mane, and the sharp edge pointed directly at the endless dark abyss.

As the dark powers of [Morning Light] and [Eight-Legged Horse] collided in the center of the arena, the air vibrated violently and space itself was distorted.

An intense white light burst out from Sophia's spear, as bright and blazing as the rising sun, and collided head-on with the dark vortex released by the Eight-legged Horse.

Initially, the two forces were evenly matched. The black vortex surged wildly, trying to devour every ray of morning light, while the morning light was like the scorching sun, resisting the endless darkness without flinching.

Soon, the power of the black vortex expanded rapidly. It seemed to have life, swallowing up everything around it. The edge of the vortex continued to expand, getting bigger and bigger, spreading in all directions.

The light was gradually forced back by the vortex, and the brilliance of the morning light slowly dimmed.

In the end, the entire light of [Morning Light] was ruthlessly swallowed up by the vortex.

When the vortex completely swallowed up the [Morning Light], an imperceptible [∞] symbol appeared, followed by a layer of collapse and distortion that no one could see.

"boom--"

A deafening explosion suddenly resounded throughout the entire stadium, and the shock wave swept through like a strong wind, causing the earth to shake violently.

The screams of the audience were instantly drowned out by the loud noise. Then, a deep roar came from the ground, and the whole earth was howling.

[Abnormal fluctuations detected——]

[Financial Street Braking System Activated——]

The emergency braking system was quickly activated, and the stadium's protection mechanism took effect immediately. Huge protective barriers rose from all sides, quickly covering the entire audience seats. Both ordinary humans and infected people were quickly surrounded in a thick protective cabin.

At the same time, tiny [∞] symbols, like a Möbius strip, flashed by in a place invisible to everyone.

This devastating impact was not actually aimed at the spectators, but at the federal stadium that cost countless dollars.

This magnificent arena seems so fragile and powerless in the face of such powerful force.

click-

The first thing to collapse was the central audience stand. The huge metal support made a sharp creaking sound due to the violent vibration. After a few seconds, the load-bearing structure lost its support and the entire stand collapsed like a broken bone. Huge metal beams fell from the sky, and fragments flew everywhere, falling on the torn ground like raindrops.

The electronic screens in the auditorium exploded one after another, sparks flew, and the projection that was originally playing the Uma Musume race on the screen went out instantly. The huge wreckage of the screen fell to the ground accompanied by billowing smoke, like the corpse of a giant beast.

Immediately afterwards, the holographic simulation devices beside the track exploded one after another.

The forests, rivers, and desert scenes that once mesmerized the audience were torn into pieces, and the suspended light and shadows disappeared in an instant, revealing the severely deformed metal structure underneath.

The track itself was also constantly cracking. The thick ground was like land torn apart by an earthquake. The cracks quickly spread in all directions. The vertical forests on both sides of the track shook violently and fell down in the next second.

The most stunning thing is the main tower of the central stadium, a spire-like building that symbolizes the glory of the federation.

Under the huge power of the black vortex, it was not immune, and the entire tower began to tilt. Along with the roar of the metal support breaking, the observation deck on the top of the tower collapsed, and huge fragments hit the ground, stirring up countless dust and ruins.

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As the sound of the collapse on the field gradually faded, the atmosphere in the audience became extremely tense, and fear hung over the crowd like a dark cloud.

Although emergency protective measures have been activated, the falling buildings and exploding electronic screens outside the transparent barrier still make the audience terrified.

The audience looked around, fear and anxiety clearly visible on their faces.

Many people held on to the edges of their seats tightly, their palms were full of sweat, and some people even screamed in fear involuntarily.

"What happened? Is this... an earthquake?" A man in casual clothes hugged the child beside him tightly, his tone full of anxiety and panic.

"No, it's not an earthquake! Didn't you see the stadium collapse? That... that's thaumaturgy!"

The woman next to him was trembling all over, her eyes fixed on the collapsing stadium outside, her voice filled with uncontrollable panic.

In the crowd, some spectators were still trying to remain calm, but their eyes were also filled with anxiety.

Some people whispered prayers, trying to calm themselves down, while more people were desperately looking for a way out, wanting to escape from this gradually collapsing world.

"Go, go! It's not safe here!"

A young infected man shouted hoarsely. He tried to push the crowd away and squeeze towards the exit of the protective cabin with his family, but the protective device had not been fully opened yet. He could only pace back and forth anxiously.

In the surrounding audience seats, there were even conflicts between infected people and ordinary people due to panic.

The crowd began to become chaotic. Some people screamed and fled from their seats, while others squatted on the ground helplessly with their heads in their hands, trembling and praying that everything would end quickly.

At this moment, the emergency broadcast system suddenly sounded, and a calm and firm voice spread throughout the audience:
[Dear audience, please remain calm. The protective equipment is being fully activated. Please evacuate in order...]

When everyone heard the sound, like Mondach, people left in groups like sheep.

In the chaotic crowd, people were fleeing, and the ruins of the buildings were filled with desolation and despair.

Smoke and dust filled the air, bringing with it a suffocating feeling of oppression, and against the backdrop of noise and fear, a blond young man stood quietly as if he was cut apart.

The surrounding noise seemed to be blocked out, and the running crowd moved away from him like a tide, as if some natural law was at work.

No one felt strange about this eerie scene, as if this world had nothing to do with him, as if he did not exist at all.

He is like a "BUG".

People were not aware of his existence, nor could they even feel him standing there, like a wisp of quiet wind thrown into the chaos, disappearing in the violent torrent, but never disturbed.

At this moment, Xia Xiu, who had been watching the show, quietly took off his hat and gently held the brim of it with his left hand.

His golden eyes revealed a deep luster, an elusive murderous intent, but it was deeply restrained, like a faint light in the abyss, which would devour everything once released.

“It was really close.”

"One centimeter short..."

"One second left..."

The fourth sword-bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven looked down and said as if he was stating a fact that had nothing to do with him:

"I almost couldn't help myself..."

"You were almost there. Sisyphus would have blown your head off right there."

As his words fell, the purple-gold incarnation of Sisyphus slowly appeared behind him, like a holy father, with his arms outstretched as if praying to the sky with a kind of sacred solemnity.

Behind Xia Xiu's head, three halos as white as mutton-fat jade flashed by, cutting through the air and making a subtle buzzing sound, adding a sense of sacred ritual to the scene.

A halo surrounded his back, complementing the incarnation of Sisyphus, making Xia Xiu's figure seem to merge with the sky.

"But I really didn't expect it." Xia Xiu raised his left hand and rubbed something, "This time, the gods of the Golden King Court were actually involved, and he was a 'powerful' level."

On his nails, there was something like a 'spider web'.

As he spoke, something flew towards the fleeing Mikhail.

[Out of control world·Out of control parameter modulation——]

【Error mark——】

[Out of control parameter modulation type: Disaster and you! ]

The fourth sword-wielder in Heaven flicked away the spider web, then looked at Mikhail in the distance with an indifferent look and said:

"Now, the 'error' has been corrected."

"As a chess piece and a scavenger, you should just be honest and follow the chess rules."

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