Chapter 70:

The Clash in the Cosmic Void

ATHOMIS - A HACKER'S JORNEY INTO ANOTHER WORLD


The planet that once housed Valthar, Celestara, Eldoria, Ironforge, and the Desolate Continent was now a floating ruin, a digital corpse shattered into pixelated cubes swirling in a sea of darkness. The sky, fractured by black rifts swallowing stars and matter, pulsed with glitched energy, while broken towers, forests dissolved into data, and mountains reduced to corrupted blocks floated in endless chaos. The air, saturated with static electricity and the echo of a collapsing system, crackled with reality-warping force. The clash between Athos and Error, the true Corruptor, transcended the planet, their blows reverberating through the ruined skies of all realms, now an aerial battlefield where destruction reigned supreme. Athos, his glitched armor shining like a digital sun, wielded the Primordial Chaos Blade, amplified by attributes boosted billions of times (1,000,000,000x). Error, cloaked in liquid armor absorbing light, with white void eyes, hovered on a corrupted data throne, his presence a living error in ATHOMIS’s code. No life remained on the planet—only Athos and Error, two titans colliding in a battle shaking the universe.Athos struck first, his mind sharp as flawless code: What is he? Why is everything destroyed? His interface flashed: System Hacker: Attributes Amplified — 1,000,000,000x — Critical Overload. He unleashed Glitched Annihilation Slash, a blue energy wave tearing the sky, fragmenting pixel cubes into data cascades (010101). The Tear of Eryndor pulsed on his neck, projecting purple runes warping space. Error, with fluid motion, countered with Eternal Chaos Lance, a liquid darkness spear laced with red runes piercing the void, creating a vortex swallowing Athos’s attack. The impact shattered floating towers, their fragments exploding into pixels fading into the air. Who are you? What are your goals? Athos thought, his mental voice echoing in the void. Error, with an enigmatic smile, responded, but his words were sealed by a glitched static, a noise tearing Athos’s mind, erasing the answer before comprehension. What was that? My mind hurts… like I already know, Athos thought, a sharp pain pulsing in his head. Struggling? Error mocked in his mind, his voice a distorted echo.Error raised his hands, and his form shifted. His liquid armor solidified into black crystalline structure, pulsing with red runes emitting an annihilation aura. His white void eyes became black holes, sucking surrounding light, and corrupted data wings sprouted from his back, each feather a code fragment warping space. He grew, his presence now a cosmic monster, stronger and faster, forcing Athos onto the defensive. He’s the system itself… but I’m the error that defies him, Athos thought, his interface warning: Threat Amplified: Beyond Cosmic Level. Error unleashed Primordial Void Tempest, a storm of black orbs exploding on impact, each creating miniature black holes swallowing realm debris. Athos defended with Supreme Glitch Mantle, a blue pixel dome redirecting the orbs, but some broke through, tearing his armor and grazing his shoulder, glitched pixels leaking. Too fast… Athos thought, but his regeneration kicked in, the Tear of Eryndor pulsing to heal instantly.Their speeds were incomprehensible, their movements blurs of light and darkness crossing the ruined skies. The Primordial Chaos Blade clashed with Error’s Corrupted Core Blade, a black crystalline sword pulsing with red energy. Each clash created shockwaves shattering the environment, pixel cubes exploding into data cascades, black rifts widening in the sky. Towers of Valthar and Eldoria, floating in ruins, were reduced to digital dust, while the air burned with glitched electricity. Error, with a sudden move, grabbed Athos’s face with a crystalline hand, his speed so immense the air exploded around them. You can’t stop me, Error thought, hurling Athos with titanic force. Athos soared through the sky, crashing into one of the planet’s two remaining moons, its silver surface cracking on impact. That hurt… Athos thought, his interface flashing: Integrity: 85% — Critical Impact.Before he could open his eyes, Athos sensed an imminent attack. He leaped aside with Absolute Quantum Leap, his form flickering in pixels. Error’s Corrupted Annihilation Wave struck the moon, shattering it into colossal silver fragments floating in the void, debris of a dead world. The battle now unfolded in space, the planet below a mosaic of pixel cubes and ruins, with the last moon faintly glowing in the distance. The environment was cosmic chaos: shattered moon debris orbited in vortices, mixing with realm ruins, while black rifts in space swallowed distant stars. The thin space air crackled with glitched energy, the void pulsing with the clash’s tension. Athos, hovering among the debris, gazed at the devastated planet, his mind sharp: No life left… just us. He faced Error, whose crystalline form glowed with red runes, a cosmic monster ready for the next phase. With a sarcastic tone, Athos thought: Hey, now there’s only one moon left. His interface warned: Energy: 90% — Prepare for Extreme Combat. Error, his black hole eyes fixed on Athos, readied his Corrupted Core Blade. Round two, Athos thought, his Primordial Chaos Blade blazing, ready for the next level of the clash.

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