EBE Chapter 1754: Final - · Crossing the Shore Arc [98] ·
Chapter 1754: Final - · Crossing the Shore Arc [98] ·
Steam spouted, machinery roared, data danced wildly, vines flew... Some raised weapons, others chanted spells... They all aimed in the same direction.Players on the ground found this strange:
"Why are they aiming at the empty space? Both the Radiant Mother God and Su Ming’an have already flown high."
"What are they aiming at? The air?"
"What they seem to be aiming at is where the golden eyes of the Radiant Mother God originally were, but as Su Ming’an charged upwards, the golden eyes rose too, and now there’s nothing there."
"Even if they can’t help Su Ming’an, they could at least help clear the enemies on the ground, right? What’s most puzzling is that Su Rin hasn’t gone up either and is also aiming."
In the sky, other than the nine Divine Level players, Su Rin blazed with scorching flames, looking towards the drifting clouds in the sky, reaching out his hand, and aiming in the same direction.
Lü Shu also raised his scythe, his bat wings trembling, poised to act.
Xiber, Dan Shuang, and Chao Yan each charged their aim.
Most conspicuous was Dragon Emperor Ian, who had been battling for a long time, his wings bloodied, gasping heavily, yet he persisted flying high, opening his mouth wide and holding a golden orb of light that continued to expand in size and power, aiming in the same direction along with the others.
"There’s really nothing there..." Wang Chaoze, holding a great sword, tiptoed and looked repeatedly; they were aiming at floating clouds, and there wasn’t a trace of any enemy.
These peak strongmen were charging their energy, as if an incredibly powerful enemy would appear there immediately.
In the mouth of Dragon Emperor Ian, the temperature and energy of the light ball grew ceaselessly, seemingly brewing a nuclear fusion bomb. It grew ever more dazzling. Once the charge was complete, it could be assumed that this would be an incredibly devastating explosive.
"Heh heh... Good, I’m the brightest thing here now, brighter than the sunlight. When I meet Olivius again, even without looking at my eyes, I’ll be brighter than the sun." Ian thought proudly as he charged.
While waiting, suddenly, the light and flames around Su Rin shone brightly.
Lü Shu and Lin Yin beside him were startled, thinking an enemy had suddenly appeared, but found that Su Rin merely adjusted the brightness of the flames, with nothing out of the ordinary, his expression calm.
Suddenly, a figure flashed by, and the sky instantly reversed!
"Whiss—!"
As if going from extreme calm to extreme motion, no one expected the previously calm sky... to suddenly rewind like a reversing river!
Clouds retreated according to their original trajectory. Dispersed flocks of geese reformed into squadrons. The sunset glow that dissipated seconds ago re-dyed the clouds, as if the entire world in that area pressed the rewind button.
—This small section of sky had time flowing in reverse! Reversed five minutes back!
Moreover, the time reversal was in just this small specific area of sky; Su Rin, Lü Shu, Lin Yin, Aiden, and others happened to fly just outside the edge of the time reversal. They remained in a charged state, unaffected by the time reversal.
And in the very center of the time-reversed sky—
In the shocked gaze of billions of lives on the ground—
That eye reappeared.
Golden, huge, like the divine eye embedded in the sky curtain.
It had originally receded and disappeared into heights unreachable by mortals as the Radiant Mother God ascended. But at this moment, amidst the torrent of reversing time, it was pulled back to the coordinates of five minutes ago, like prey yanked from the void by destiny, exposed unguardedly under countless aimed gazes.
That moment, on the surface of Luowasha, all creatures looking up saw the eye.
It was breathtakingly beautiful, glaringly bright.
Like amber frozen at the center of the reversing time current, the golden pupil reflected countless raised weapons, too late to retreat—
Simultaneously, above the sky, a figure appeared.
"Hahahahaha—!"
A man dressed in a black and gold cross robe, his golden hair styled back from his forehead, the ends brushing the standing collar of the black and gold robe, as he appeared, the colors on him changed from transparent to solid, like a soul that didn’t exist walking out to become tangible.
Golden hair floated, ink-like eyes deep, the ambitious and bold laughter of the power holder of the Hand of Destiny rang out furiously, a blue ring gleaming on his palm!
"Hahahahaha—this time, my steps—are deeper than the proud waves!!!"
Astute players recognized that the man held the "Ring of Time"!
It was the "Ring of Time" that reversed this small section of the sky, but why did Su Ming’an’s equipment suddenly appear in the long-lost Hui Mo’s hand? At that moment, no one’s mind could make sense of this.
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[Racial Transmission Potion (Purple Grade): "Leave it to me, I can handle it."]
[Spirit +5]
[Special Skill (Transmission): You can designate anyone, and with their consent, obtain any equipment or props from their hands. This transmission is not affected by weapon usage restrictions, prop usage restrictions, and is not influenced by time or space across the world.]
[Note: You know what you should do, right?]
[...]
[Yamada Machiichi used the Racial Transmission Potion, targeting Su Ming’an. He has limited strength himself; only in Su Ming’an’s possession might there be a prop capable of destroying the double slit.]
[(There is confusion here.)]
["Boom—!"]
[A mecha appeared before Yamada Machiichi.]
[He got this mecha from Su Ming’an. Being of the Mechanical Race, he can perfectly pilot this mecha.]
[Under the cover of Dan Shuang and Xiber, Yamada Machiichi slowly moved to the side of the mecha.]
...
At the moment of using the "Racial Transmission Potion," Yamada Machiichi indeed intended to ask Su Ming’an for a mecha to successfully destroy the double slit.
Yet, as he was about to click use, a transparent hand reached out.
—A "man ghost" appeared from the air, reaching out half of its transparent body, grabbing Yamada Machiichi’s hand.
The transparent body had facial features indistinct. Yamada Machiichi jumped in fright.
"I am Hui Mo." The person spoke, "Listen, we don’t have much time, and I’ve brought you the thing you wanted."
He waved his hand, a mecha appeared before Yamada Machiichi, exactly the Master of Intelligent Machinery Holy God Mecha.
"This..." Yamada Machiichi was stunned. Where did it come from?
"It’s from Dawn, it doesn’t have only one mecha." Hui Mo said, "Such an amazing potion, you only want a mecha, now ask Su Ming’an to give you his Ring of Time."
Yamada Machiichi realized. The powerful Transmission Potion was indeed a waste for transferring a single mecha. But the problem was, he couldn’t find a mecha at the time... Luckily, Hui Mo was timely.
"You led Ming astray, I don’t trust you." Yamada Machiichi shook his head, "What if you want to trick away Su Ming’an’s Ring of Time."
"You can convey the current situation to Su Ming’an yourself; can your potion transfer words? Let him decide! He can understand." Hui Mo said.
Ten seconds later, the "Ring of Time" appeared in Hui Mo’s hand.
"Did he lend it to you?" said Yamada Machiichi.
"Yes, this thing has been upgraded multiple times and is equivalent to a minor authority of Su Ming’an’s, intertwined with his soul. Its owner is still him, he’s just lending it to me." Hui Mo drew back his head into the gap, his form quickly becoming transparent, "I’ve got to hide at the anchor point now, I can’t appear yet."
Before he vanished, he glanced back, nodding at Yamada Machiichi:
"Brave, you’re a hero."
Yamada Machiichi did not understand who Hui Mo was, who Lü God was, or what Su Ming’an was doing... But he still coordinated with them to complete this step.
Yamada Machiichi slowly moved to the side of the mecha, mounted it:
"If I can help you, help you all... it’s good, it’s good..."
...
When Su Ming’an ascended, he faintly felt the resonance of the "Ring of Time." He knew the "ghost" Hui Mo was nearby, this person painstakingly discarded existence just to leave observation, now finding the chance to re-emerge at the most critical moment.
In the previous thirteen rounds of Source Point games, Hui Mo had been watching on the sides, but he hadn’t appeared, waiting for a better chance to go into the sea.
Even though his heart was filled with the anger towards the sacrificed dead, Su Ming’an remained calm in his mind, accustomed to anticipating all dangerous scenarios—he foresaw the possibility of the Radiant Mother God pulling a trick, such as failing to fight him head-on and trapping him in an inescapable space.
So he deliberately let the "Ring of Time" that could reverse time separate from himself. After all, he already had the Death Rebound as a backup; in case he couldn’t return to the battlefield for support, at least there would be another "small rebound" to take effect.
—He preemptively set up a scenario where he might be trapped by the Radiant Mother God. After all, dealing with a deity who has ruled for millions of years requires every detail to be considered.
If such a situation truly occurs, Hui Mo can jump out from the void with the "Ring of Time" and reverse the situation.
Dual-line combat!
In an instant, the time in the sky reversed, and the eyes of the Radiant Mother God reappeared in the sky.
After the "Ring of Time" advanced, it can reverse life. Whether it could reverse such a high-level life like the Radiant Mother God, Su Ming’an wasn’t entirely certain, but he had the acuity as a player—the descriptions of skills like "this skill can only reverse small-scale life" or "this skill can only reverse mid-level life" had disappeared after the "Ring of Time" advanced. Logically, a new description like "this skill can only reverse high-level life" should appear.
One possibility is that the limitations have indeed disappeared, now capable of reversing any life; another possibility is that the level of reversal by the equipment is related to the holder. Based on usage at the Source Point, the probability is the second one. Therefore, when Su Ming’an becomes a First Level God, the "Ring of Time" should also be able to affect the Radiant Mother God, who is also a First Level God. What gives him the most confidence is that the golden eye in the sky is not the entity of the Radiant Mother God, it is a projection.
Of course, he also prepared for the possibility of skill failure, like the golden eye not being successfully reversed, and a group of people targeting an empty spot with their concentrated energy, feeling quite awkward. No worries, he still has another card up his sleeve.
He must be confident to dare to move forward.
Otherwise, if he missteps, not only him, but everyone would fall into the abyss with him.
To "rebel" and seek the longest golden path... he must be ready with all the cards that would ensure his victory—the only way to be responsible for everyone. In this way, he can sustain his long-lasting ambition and greed for ideals.
The Number One Player cannot lose.
"Swish, swish, swish, swish—!"
The moment the golden eye appeared, nine Divine Level players moved.
"Kritchens is too arrogant, only giving his projection for Su Ming’an to fight with and not his entity, now, at least we can fight the projection, secretly outputting!" Anthony laughed heartily.
Behind him, the sky was engulfed in white mist, and a colossal divine shadow formed by gears and copper pipes emerged, gears forming the spine, copper pipes weaving the muscles, steam flowing as blood in the transparent pipes. The giant god lowered its head, overlooking the golden eye—
A punch was thrown!
"Boom—!!"
The roaring of gears and copper pipes was deafening, with clouds scattering like startled beasts, the shock wave sweeping across the sky, tearing the clouds into fragments, the whole sky enveloped in dense white mist.
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[HP-172! (Projection deduction! Rank suppression!)]
...
Three-digit numbers popped out; compared to Anthony’s grand display, it was like thunder amid rain. After all, the rank suppression was substantial, but the health deduction was enough to elate everyone.
In the sky, the health bar reappeared following this strike.
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[Radiant Mother God’s Health Points: 12%]
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12%.
Not 99%.
It’s 12%.
On the ground, some gasped, others covered their mouths.
Three minutes ago, it was still full health. Three minutes ago, it was still looking down on all beings with its golden giant eye. Three minutes ago, it still had the godlike stance of "you are all ants."
Now, it’s only 12%.
This number invigorated everyone, many widened their eyes, Su Ming’an alone dealt 88% of the output!? Three minutes ago, they saw it was 100%, now it’s 12% upon reappearance.
"Come on...! We can also deal output!" Sherry’s shadow of wheat waves surged behind her, and a colossal scythe composed of wheat ears and a sickle descended from the sky.
The meticulously charged attack collided with the golden eye, where the scythe cut, gold crashed like wheat waves, seemingly cleaved open with a slice.
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[HP-102! (Projection deduction! Rank suppression!)]
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"Kritchens, for all those people you’ve dominated their entire lives—!!!" Behind Derek, thousands of chains emerged from the void, the golden surface infused with dense words, surging like serpents towards the golden eye!
He roared, releasing the sword blade he’d amassed energy for in his hand!
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[HP-127! (Projection deduction! Rank suppression!)]
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Eleven raised his index finger, torrents surged around him.
Countless complex texts climbed the surface of the golden eye, spreading like viruses, where they passed, gold faded, revealing a gray-white void.
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[HP-142! (Projection deduction! Rank suppression!)]
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"Looks like when a madman leads, a group of people seeking happiness also turn into madmen..." Lin Jiang pushed both his hands forward.
Peppering light showers fiercely fell on the golden eye, flushing piece by piece, with a "sizzle" sound, like red-hot iron falling into cold water.
Where the laser touched, gold cracked.
The golden pupil twisted and deformed in the magma, like a piece of wax thrown into fire.
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[HP-189! (Projection deduction! Rank suppression!)]
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"May Your Highness, the new god Su Ming’an, grant you peace..." Anger knelt on one knee, pressing his hand against the void, earth’s power flowing backward, the whole sky cracking like ground, from within the cracks, blazing magma surged, spraying toward the pupil.
Like a reverse golden rain, the sky curtain burned along.
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[HP-181! (Projection deduction! Rank suppression!)]
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Mei Yani clasped her hands, numerous ancient tree roots breaking through the earth, intertwining in the sky forming a giant palm blocking out the sun.
At the moment it struck, leaves burgeoned rapidly, blooming unprecedented flowers, breathtakingly beautiful.
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[HP-127! (Projection deduction! Rank suppression!)]
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Angelica’s forehead opened a third eye, an extremely thin ray pierced through, puncturing the sky, tinting the surrounding gold into gray.
Where it penetrated, a small black spot appeared.
The black spot began to spread.
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[HP-135! (Projection deduction! Rank suppression!)]
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Aiden spread his arms, six wings behind him burned pure white, countless swords converged and poured like storm, he laughed loudly:
"For all those who couldn’t witness this moment—Charge!"
Thousands of sword rain poured down.
They pierced the golden eyes, emitting a crisp sound. Where the sword tips touched, the gold began to crack, densely like spider webs, echoing with the sharp cry of metal friction.
The pupil pierced by the sword rain, countless faces surfaced on its surface.
Those were the faces of people who died in the war. Some were young, some old, some angry, some calm. All the faces gazed at the eye, watched it be pierced by sword after sword, watched it finally begin to bleed.
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[HP-225! (Projection Reduction! Rank Suppression!)]
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The mist instantly dissipated at this moment.
At a glance, the blood bar at the top remained rigidly fixed at 12%, and the full force strike by nine divine level players hadn’t even stirred a wave.
But right after they released their respective attacks, the number on the blood bar suddenly quivered slightly.
Slowly... changed from 12% to 11%.
Looking down—it was the multimillion on the ground using their respective skills and throwing them into the sky, with countless numbers lighting up, akin to a flamboyant fireworks display.
[HP-4! (Critical Hit)]
[HP-2!]
[HP-1!]
[HP-2!]
[HP-1!]
...
The vast majority of damage was 1, occasionally a few critical hits popped up, many people’s skills couldn’t even reach. But under this dense offensive, the HP was dropping.
The 1% HP drop ignited extreme excitement among the people.
"Damn it, as long as the blood bar shows up, consider your god dead!" shouted an unknown player in the crowd.
— Following that, three figures rose.
Xiber’s black blade slashed through the middle of the golden eye from the centerline!
It seemed to cut a black line, waves of shock spread out from the cut, like ripples stirred by a giant stone in a calm lake, sweeping in layers, enclosing and sweeping in all directions.
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[HP-821! (Critical Hit! Annihilation!)]
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"Roar—!"
Dan Shuang transformed into a dragon and spat out scorching dragon breath, where the dragon breath touched, the space seemed to dent.
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[HP-792! (Critical Hit! Dragon Breath! Fire Attribute Homogeneous Reduction!)]
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Chao Yan opened her palm like a vortex, layers of green light absorbed from the golden eye, like a siphon, layers falling into her body.
Life can bestow vitality to all things, and it can also reclaim vitality.
Starting from the crack, black points spread over the entire pupil.
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[HP-719! (Critical Hit! Life Siphon!)]
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"Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom—!"
At this moment, Leslie, Agnes, Anqi, Rimu Sheng, and other players returning from Source Point, everyone’s attacks were also blasting on the eye.
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[HP-87!]
[HP-102!]
[HP-98!]
[HP-128!]
[HP-78!]
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Numerous numbers jumped up densely, everyone’s attacks had already been charged, everything happened in about two to three seconds.
Quick that one second they just blinked their eyes, the next second, countless lights of various colors, giant palms, dragon breath, blade winds, beams, sword rain... all blasted up!
As the eye just opened, realizing it had been reversed, it was welcomed by such a "super gift"!
It instantly closed the eyelid, about to escape immediately—
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[HP-12321! (Critical Hit! Light Attribute! Fire Attribute! Divine Power Burst!)]
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An extremely terrifying five-digit damage standing out among the swarm of 0 and 1 damages!
Black hair fluttered, golden eyes blazing.
The Cloud City God, soaring with wings, charged toward the pupil, piercing through it in an instant!
The flame exploded half a second late, erupted from the pupil’s inside, with light and fire crazily splashing, falling towards all directions, like an exhilarating rain of light.
The shattered clouds transformed into torrential rain, before the raindrops could kiss the earth, they were vaporized into steam by the remaining warmth, like a reverse diamond rain, floating back up.
For the first time, the sky became incredibly clean at this moment.
Su Rin raised his eyes, gazing:
"...I don’t like the sun that bright."
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"...Farewell." Su Ming’an drew his sword, slashed horizontally!
"Ugh...!!!"
The originally intangible phantom body suddenly became solid at this moment, Clyde was injured. The damage from "five minutes ago" the people on the ground caused, through causal connection, generated injury on its body at this moment.
Seizing the opportunity, Su Ming’an released a slash, the golden flame left on its body by Su Rin still burning.
The injuries caused by Su Rin and others "five minutes ago" were continuously supplemented by "five minutes later" Su Ming’an!
Even though both sides were in two completely unconnected spaces, Su Rin and others were on the ground, Su Ming’an in the white creation mode, yet through the "Ring of Time’s" five-minute reversal, achieving a tacit understanding as if they were on the same battlefield.
When Clyde wanted to attack Su Ming’an, Su Rin and others launched a sudden attack, new injuries appeared on Its body, causing a momentary stiffness, then it was Su Ming’an’s turn to severely injure It. When It attempted a thunderous strike against Su Rin and others, Su Ming’an’s fierce assault would render It unable to ignore.
"—We fight on two lines!"
Repeatedly "shuttling" between past and future, defeating it at various time nodes, intensifying the attack!
Unfortunately, the Ring of Time currently only supports one rewind. If it could be rewound four or five times, we could split into four or five battlefields, striking the enemy at different points in time.
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[10%]
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Lü Shu raised the scythe and slashed down fiercely.
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[HP-3821! (Critical Hit! Divine Power Burst!)]
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[9%]
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"I can’t turn the blade against Him, probably due to my identity, but I will heal..." Lin Yin closed her eyes, and a radiance lit up in her palm. This was her primary responsibility.
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[8%]
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"Little Your Highness... flying so high..." Evelyn waved her red silk, her whole body bursting with demonic qi.
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[7%]
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"Do it! Fast! RUSH time! Everyone, take potions and deal damage!" On the ground, the commanders barked orders like mad bulls. People shouted anxiously.
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[6%]
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Brilliant golden light covered the entire sky.
Five seconds had just passed since the clock struck zero, and in those mere five seconds, people quickly lowered the health bar from 12% to 6%.
"Do you want to burn everything down, Kritchens?" Su Ming’an murmured.
The created cannot resist their Creator. The Radiant Mother God colluded with the Seventh Thrones, covering Luowasha with an incorrect world line. His status was nearly identical to that of the Creator. If He detonated this world...
Time was of the essence for this reason. Su Ming’an knew that Kritchens had not done so because He believed He would win, and He didn’t want to destroy the Utopia He had created with His own hands. But if He sensed that He was about to lose, He might initiate self-destruct. He would rather destroy this place than lose His life.
Ten seconds, just ten seconds, and Su Ming’an could win this final battle, initiate the final vote, and bring everyone home. But in just five seconds, He decided to burn everything down.
Thoughts moved faster than electricity, and Su Ming’an made a swift decision to use all three Authorities simultaneously—
This was his currently strongest means, stronger than the "Noah’s Chain + Yellow Rose Lock + Devouring Claw" combo.
A pure white light flowed in his palm.
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[Active Skill [World Discoloration]: Reduces HP to 1 point, then transforms oneself into a Devouring Mouth, devouring enemies within view. The damage dealt ranges from 20%-100% of the target’s HP, depending on the part devoured. No cooldown, each use costs 500 Emotion Points.]
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The sword blade emitted a glowing radiance.
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[Devouring Domain: By invoking the "Devouring" Authority, you can immediately transform it into the "Pale Jade Tree" form, covering the surrounding domain. Targets attacked by you will have their nutrients drained. You can cancel the "Pale Jade Tree" form at any time.]
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The black within the eyes grew ever deeper.
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[Active Skill [Instant Death Eyes]: Upon activation, both eyes turn pure black, causing all life forms you gaze upon to continuously undergo instant death judgment. Successful judgment results in immediate death, while failed judgment inflicts certain darkness series damage. No cooldown, no cost. During the activation, you are also subject to the judgment. (The rate of successful judgment is inversely proportional to the understanding of death.)]
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The abruptly open Devouring Mouth lunged towards the Radiant Mother God!
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In the outer world, in the sky.
Detecting the sudden change in the sky’s color, Lü Shu immediately realized the Radiant Mother God intended to burn everything down.
"Full force attack!" Lü Shu roared.
People drew their swords and charged. There was no time for any argument now; since Lü Shu said to advance, they continued the fight!
At that moment, they suddenly saw the giant health bar in the sky—
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[0%]
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A vivid number stood there.
Su Ming’an’s ’World Discoloration’ skill had wiped out the Radiant Mother God’s remaining HP.
According to the skill description, it dealt damage equivalent to 20%-100% of the opponent’s HP, based on current HP judgment. Coupled with the three major Authorities, Su Ming’an’s final blow successfully emptied His health bar.
The moment that number appeared, the world fell silent.
Golden pupils froze in the sky, with cracks spreading from the center outward—
"Crash... crash... crash..."
Like a thin ice penetrated by sunlight, golden fragments began to peel off from the edge of the pupils, one piece, two pieces, three pieces... faster and faster, until the entire sky was filled with golden light specks.
The golden creations began to disintegrate. In the sky, twelve colossal angels with three pairs of wings started to gradually become transparent.
Golden buildings adorned with divine patterns across Luowasha, their cracks spreading along with the statues, causing one golden tile after another to peel off, the domes collapsing with a crash.
One building after another shed its golden color, revealing its true visage.
Some were ordinary dwellings, some abandoned churches, some overgrown ruins—they were originally these forms, merely covered with a false sheen of divine power.
Moss.
Cracks.
Signs of wear and tear.
Wild grass stubbornly poking its head out from the crevices in the stone.
Every bit that turned transparent revealed something new behind it, with the world gradually uncovering its original appearance. The blue spread from around the sun, the area near the sun being a light blue tinged with warm alabaster; farther away, a pure sky blue, resembling a piece of washed silk.
Mountains trembled, rivers began to flow anew, oceans rippled with waves, foamy surf splashing against the shore.
At this moment.
The entire world...
seemed to awaken from a long slumber.
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