Chapter 129: The Fall of a Genius

When Pasta bloomed the ultimate Light Principle and frantically chased after Gunei,

the many Transcendent Masters watching outside all wore expressions of extreme gravity.

Without a doubt, this Pasta was fast—incredibly fast, to the point of being almost impossible to react to.

The Light Principle perfectly complemented his movement speed and sword aura, and was seamlessly integrated into his sword forms and attack patterns, ready to erupt at any moment.

He wielded the Principle with effortless grace, a marvel to behold.

Such was the power of a Principle Codex.

As for these Transcendent Masters, the best they could do was use Principle techniques to enhance their attacks.

The principles behind their usage were entirely different, the depth of mastery was worlds apart, and the extent to which they could unleash the Principle's power was vastly unequal.

Many of the Transcendent Masters secretly envied him.

They too longed for a Principle Codex.

But they had none.

The Oya Continent possessed no Principle Codex.

Even in large Transcendent Worlds, they were scarce.

The only place with true Principle Codex inheritance was the High-Dimensional Transcendent World.

Such a world was too distant, far beyond their reach.

Pasta was strong—impressively strong, both in personal power and in his application of the Principle.

His overall strength surpassed even those who had long been at the peak of the Sixth Order.

What was astonishing,

however, was that this seemingly ordinary spellcaster, facing such a rapid assault,

not only managed to react but also dodged with equally swift spells and movements.

At the same time, he even counterattacked.

Though each spell that landed on Pasta was sliced apart without causing harm, there was no doubt that the spellcaster was continuously fighting back.

This sight left everyone stunned.

That he could counterattack in the blink of an eye was something they had never expected.

Gunei's ability to counterattack so quickly was due to the speed of his soul's thought processes.

Ever since the minor soul mutation, his soul's thinking speed had grown faster with each increase in power and each reincarnation.

After the consecutive reincarnations and his promotion to the Fifth Order,

his current single-second spell overlap frequency had soared to 35 spells per second.

This ultra-high soul reaction speed, combined with equally swift physical agility,

allowed Gunei to retreat and counterattack even amidst such rapid attacks.

Pasta, in the midst of his assault,

was also inwardly shocked.

In his current combat state, he had not unleashed his full power.

But clearly, his opponent seemed equally at ease.

After all, he was a top genius from a large Transcendent World, trained in the Light Principle Codex.

Yet this spellcaster, known to the outside world only because of the 'Source Tide' and otherwise obscure within his Transcendent World, could actually match him blow for blow.

What was even more infuriating was that his opponent was merely at the early Fifth Order and had not trained in any Principle Codex.

He was simply relying on an extremely solid foundation of raw power and a very rich World Principle to keep pace.

"If this spellcaster were to train in a Spell Principle Codex, or even a higher-level Domain Principle Codex, how terrifying would that be?" Pasta couldn't help but think.

"But unfortunately, you never trained in a Principle Codex, so... today, you die."

He tightened his grip on the magic sword, and the Light Principle within him surged to its utmost.

Pasta now shone like a small sun, dazzling and impossible to look at directly.

"Die!"

With Pasta's roar,

the sword aura transformed into over twenty beams of light, piercing toward Gunei from all directions.

The speed was too fast to react.

"Die!"

At the same moment, Gunei, who had long been prepared, unleashed his blood spell [Blood Source · Great Blood Dream Curse] in a flash.

Now, [Blood Source · Great Blood Dream Curse] had reached Level Five.

At Level Five, [Blood Source · Great Blood Dream Curse] not only possessed the immense power to drag enemies into the Blood Dream World,

but also had a powerful soul attack capability.

After all, [Blood Source · Great Blood Dream Curse] was a powerful blood-source innate divine ability that entered dreams and souls through blood.

It could directly lock onto the opponent's soul and attack.

At this moment, with the opponent fully unleashing his Principle, dragging him into the Blood Dream World was naturally impossible.

But the soul attack method could directly strike him.

"Sssss..."

Countless sharp Light Principle sword auras rapidly pierced into Gunei's body.

Gunei's [Blood Source · Great Blood Dream Curse] also transformed into a blood-source spear, directly piercing into the opponent's soul.

The blood-source spear was formless and intangible, locking directly onto the soul, leaving the foreign swordsman no way to avoid it.

Ssh!

As the blood-source spear entered his soul, an extremely thick soul barrier managed to block its advance.

As a top genius, he did have soul defenses.

Even this soul defense was imbued with the power of the Light Principle.

Unfortunately, the blood-source spear also contained the World Principle and the Destruction Principle.

Though the Destruction Principle was not thick, it was still far stronger than the Light Principle layered on his soul.

As for the World Principle on the blood-source spear, it went without saying—it was a complete one-sided crush.

The Level Five blood-source innate divine ability itself was terrifyingly powerful.

With the addition of the nearly overwhelming World Principle and the thick Destruction Principle,

the soul defense barrier was easily pierced, unable to even slow down the blood-source spear.

"Ssh!"

Pasta's soul was directly torn and pierced.

"Ah!"

A piercing scream of agony escaped Pasta's lips.

The pain radiating from the depths of his soul twisted his face into a grimace.

He could barely control the Light Principle throughout his body.

This strike directly annihilated more than ten percent of his soul's mass, leaving his soul like a shattered crystal, riddled with cracks and holes.

Then,

Sssss...

A dense swarm of small Thunderflame Curses descended from all directions.

With his soul shattered, Pasta could barely hold onto his magic sword, let alone manipulate Source Power or the Light Principle to counterattack.

The penetrating Thunderflame Curses tore through him, wreaking havoc and annihilation in every corner of his body.

With a dull "Thud!"

Pasta's body crashed heavily to the ground.

His clothes were set on fire by the electricity, and his body was charred black.

A genius from the foreign starry sky, trained in the Rune Principle Codex,

Pasta had fallen.