On the other side, before Kent could even step into his own divine statue, he had already sent his accompanying students back to their prearranged positions. They were boarding ships to begin their return journey. In his world, he now had to face four Great Mages simultaneously.
“At times like this, I feel a bit envious of ‘Death.’ From beginning to end, she has only ever had one vassal,” Kent said with a smile. He straightened his tie and pulled a golden 2x2 magic cube from his pocket. It radiated a powerful aura, seemingly of the same origin as the God's remains within him.
“My Lord... He is truly too generous, too gentle. He favors every weakling who prays to Him. That soft-hearted decisiveness has led to these erroneous results.” His divine raiment manifested upon his body, and the space that had previously existed between reality and illusion gradually became tangible.
“It seems that on my end, making an escape will take quite some time...” Kent sighed. Countless golden greatswords abruptly materialized, raining down upon the world within the restricted boundaries.
Over where Li Yue was, the shattered world was gradually taking shape. It was a broken temple where nearly half of the marble pillars had collapsed. Standing amidst the ruins were several Great Mages, as well as mages possessing God's remains—most of whom were pirates or mages who had been living in hiding.
Li Yue appeared somewhat isolated. She was currently clutching her head, her mind in a state of extreme derangement. She seemed to have overlooked one thing: how could the Death Abyss possibly restrain eyes that shared its own source and purpose? In the time she had spent dazed, the void in her eyes had been completely filled.
It felt as though she were being constantly stimulated by intense light. She wanted to open her eyes, but it felt like staring directly at the sun. After only a brief moment, she could not help but squeeze them shut again. To her, every bit of light in the surrounding area had become unbearably piercing.
She struggled to adapt. Within her partially opened eyes, the red vertical pupils were clearly visible, overflowing with absolute killing intent. A powerful aura rippled outward in waves, the fear of death stimulating everyone’s nerves.
The crystal body inside the coffin still lay there without the slightest movement, yet Li Yue could still feel the intense hostility radiating from it. After all, it was she—no... it was It that had hacked the body into its current mangled state.
Bledsoe seemed to be the first to lose his patience. Li Yue’s symptoms were clearly a case of the rejection phenomenon from the God's remains, and now was the best opportunity to kill the strongest person on the field.
He reached out slightly, and a brilliant pillar of fire descended from the sky, slamming heavily into the ground and leaving behind a scorched crater. Li Yue dodged it by a hair’s breadth; though she could not open her eyes, her perception of danger remained.
“Get away from me...” Li Yue could not help but growl. She wanted to use her hands to forcibly gouge out these eyes. It wasn't that the eyes were rejecting her, but rather that she was desperately refusing them.
She managed to pull out her blood sword and swung it violently toward Bledsoe’s position, but it was blocked by a water curtain. The witch, who was usually skilled at controlling nature, was currently standing by as an observer. Most of the Great Mages on the field came from different factions and harbored mutual suspicions.
Everyone could clearly perceive the hostility the God's remains held toward Li Yue. At the same time, they each harbored their own hostility toward her. The sensation of being killed was extremely unpleasant, even if it happened within a dream.
A pirate with one eye covered also joined the crusade against Li Yue. He removed his eye patch, staring directly at her with a deep blue eye. A binding spell formed out of thin air, and immediately after, another pirate struck. A phantom ghost ship manifested and crashed violently toward her position.
It was an enormous pirate ship, far larger than the vessels of any other great pirate present. It was the flagship of the most famous and powerful pirate, Edward.
Simultaneously, the pirate ships of everyone present were manifested. The ground of the scene seemed to turn into a vast ocean as countless pirate ships crashed violently toward Li Yue. Everyone present was struck with awe. Some mages had already given up on the idea of competing and began trying to leave this temple in the sky.
Li Yue tried to move her body, only to find it incredibly sluggish. Countless rounds of artillery fire from the sky rained down upon her. This scene was likely dozens of times more intense than what Reinhardt had faced back then. To cope, she could only reduce her suppression of the eyes and turn to manipulating the Death Abyss to withstand wave after wave of powerful attacks.
“Don't bother me...” Li Yue felt the manic impulses within her growing stronger, yet her heart was becoming increasingly calm. “Actually... accepting It isn't such a bad thing, is it?”
“No...” Just as this thought surfaced in Li Yue’s mind, the violent offensive reached her. The powerful impact of magic forced her to focus all her strength on defense.
That single moment of mental relaxation, combined with the forced diversion of her attention, meant that by the time she regained her senses, her eyes were a solid wash of blood-red. Her entire body was a bloody mess. Amidst the dust, everyone could see those gory red vertical pupils scrutinizing every person present.
“...”
“It’s actually not bad... the assimilation isn't as strong as I imagined...” She chuckled, seemingly recalling many memory fragments from the past. “Why was I refusing...? I remember now... because I used to...”
“Ugh...” She clutched her head. It seemed something was preventing her from recalling that particular memory...
“Forget it... anyway... when it comes to making decisions, Its will doesn't interfere with mine.” Li Yue bent her waist slightly, looking as though she were in pain, while the wounds on her body gradually healed.
“Heh heh... hehe... Hahahaha!” she laughed wildly, unable to restrain herself. “Anyway, hahaha, Its thoughts have always been perfectly aligned with mine, hahahaha.”
“Since you all possess Their remains... then you can all just die!”
The blood-red eyes in her sockets fully solidified. Amidst her wild laughter, a blood moon slowly enveloped the area, and the Death Abyss spread across the earth. Everyone felt their magic being suppressed; at the same time, their bodies began to slowly collapse within this domain of deathly silence.
“I can only maintain it for fifteen seconds?” Li Yue’s silhouette appeared in mid-air. Everything in heaven and earth began to slowly crumble. Black dust flew toward the sky as everything trended toward extinction.
“It’s fine. It’s enough to kill you all.” Li Yue spread her arms as everything began to be destroyed, everything began to collapse.
“Let everything...”
“Ashes to ashes... dust to dust...”
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