All of a sudden sinister laughter was heard from the spherical ball. Then the ball vanished from where it had been all this while. Then a being who looked more like Elishen walked out from the spot the ball disappeared and gave off an opposing terrifying aura the same as Elishen but at a stronger notch.
When Kofis saw this, his expression changed to that of disbelief because that figure was the real body of Elishen, and the one he had seen earlier was a cultivated avatar. Elishen said, "Aren't you happy to see me? Kofis, he smiled and said, I broke through 40000 years ago and discovered that I could create and cultivate a powerful clone of myself, but only a notch lower than my original body.
So I took the gamble and entered the spherical ball you saw to accelerate my time to stabilize my level. That is why I ordered them to use the devour and refine technique to help provide me with more energies." Kofis was shocked to hear this because Elishen had planned their battle out perfectly, and even he couldn't notice any flaws in the plan.
Elishen's true body and clone emerged into one in front of the shocked eyes of the billions of beings, and then Elishen said, "Now witness the power of a being who has crossed over to the 16th level." Kofis and the remaining defenders all frowned and watched as Elishen completely melded with the space, leaving no fluctuations; this made the 10 million defenders all on high alert.
Elishen reappeared in front of the 500-light-year descending dark jade rod and smiled. He looked like an ant in front of a huge timber log as he casually lifted his right hand and flicked his fingers at the descending dark jade green rod. The moment his fingers made contact with the rod, countless cracks began spreading from the point his fingers touched to every inch of the rod before it completely collapsed in front of the shocked gazes as the pillar of the world collapsed.
All the 10 million clones of Kofis also shattered as the very foundation of the technique was destroyed, leaving only the original Kofis body. Kofis was still shocked as he was thrown off balance into the distance by the subtle attack of Elishen. Papa Niko and Mama Sazu were the most shocked because they knew that that pillar could destroy them if they were to be the ones receiving it head-on, but now Elishen didn't only destroy the pillar, he did it casually just by flicking his fingers.
Kofis transmitted his voice to the 10 million defenders and said, "It's now or never; let them come out now." The defenders waved their hands, and over 80 billion beings appeared, with the least at the 14th level and the majority at the 15th level. Elishen smiled; he also waved his hand, and 200 billion powerful beings appeared, with half of them at the 15th level, and one being appeared near Elishen called Barbadon at the 16th level. As Kofis saw this, he ordered the 80 billion beings to retreat without hesitation.
Barbadon saw this, laughed, and melded with the space and appeared before the 80 billion beings. As he raised his hands, one could notice that the shape of his fist changed to that of a huge wall hammer, and then he swung his hand down. The hammer-like fist began enlarging in size from a few inches to a foot, then to 100 feet, to 1000 meters, to 1 km, 10 km, 50 km, 150 km, 600 km, 4000 km, 86000 km, 650000 km, 2.67 million km, 57 million km, and 250 million km, then it increased to 2.33 light-years as the hammer was descending, and the space and world were being smashed into tiny chaotic fragments.
The 80 billion beings on the defenders' side all rushed out from their various ships and all stood in a hexagonal position and formed seals with their hands as they were prepared to receive the descending hammerheads as they formed 7 protective barriers above them.
Barbadon's hammer fist hit the first barrier, and it completely shattered. The second barrier also suffered the same fate as the first, and so did the third and fourth barriers, but the fifth didn't collapse, but countless cracks appeared on its surface, but the cracks healed in an instant, and the fourth and third barriers formed once more.
Barbadon was furious and decided to go all out with his second strike. He swung his hammer fist ruthlessly again, and this time the first barrier to the sixth barrier all shattered in an instant, but the seventh barrier was very resilient, and it had just one small crack appear on it, which was negligible. Kofis was happy when he saw this, but he immediately frowned as he saw that a female being at the 16th level appeared on the side of the 200 billion conspirators, and it was Reggie, one of the few female one-kind beings to reach that level.
Reggie smiled at Kofis and took a step backwards as she melded with the space completely without any trace, as Barbados and Elishen did. After a few seconds, she appeared before Kofis with a sword in her hand, cutting down towards Kofis and forming seals that trapped Kofis and made him stagnant in position.
The 80 billion defenders were all shocked when they witnessed this. Kofis, the strongest among them, was completely suppressed and paused in time with no chance of resisting the incoming attack, which could injure him.