"Shut up! You have no right to judge Asta."
Yuno roared, spinning his twin swords as he charged towards Lucius.
"How long can you last?"
With a 'whoosh', Lucius widened the distance between himself and Yuno.
He continuously used time orbs to deplete the Anti-Magic power.
Once the devil power on Yuno was exhausted, it would be his time to counterattack.
Victory and defeat would be decided in an instant; Yuno didn't have much time left.
"Damn it, Starry Sky Illusion."
Yuno suddenly opened his eyes, his star-filled gaze shining on Lucius, making his movements slow.
"Die."
Yuno shot the materialized elemental sword directly at Lucius.
The spirit sword, covered in Anti-Magic, plunged towards Lucius's chest.
"You're a hundred years too early!"
Lucius grinned, and with a 'puchi', the elemental sword pierced through his palm, blood gushing out uncontrollably.
"Here, have it back."
Lucius pulled out the sword and shot it back at Yuno.
With a 'crunch', Yuno, holding the Demon Dweller Sword, cut the elemental sword in half. Lucius seized the opportunity, instantly teleporting behind him, and smashed a blue orb towards Yuno's head.
"It's not over yet, I must become the Magic Emperor."
A black figure flew up from the ground, Asta, wielding twin demon swords, a black blade whizzing past Yuno's ear, forcing Lucius to halt his attack.
"Inferior product, you're really hard to eliminate."
Lucius quickly distanced himself from the two, continuously shooting time orbs at Asta and Yuno.
"Yuno."
"Asta."
The two exchanged glances, their smiles growing wider.
"I, Asta, am the one who will become the Magic Emperor."
"No, it's me."
The two youths from Hage Village had now become formidable individuals.
"Go to hell."
Among thousands of time orbs, various magics were stored. Lucius waved his hand, and the orbs surrounded the two.
With a loud 'bang', Lucius, to prevent Asta from destroying the orbs with Anti-Magic, directly detonated these magics when they were less than five meters away from the two.
The impact of the explosion turned the area into a swirling mist. A ray of starlight shone from within, slowing Lucius's movements countless times.
"How tenacious."
Lucius struggled to raise his hand, and a black figure flew out of the smoke, stabbing directly at him.
"Too naive."
A powerful demonic aura erupted from Lucius, directly shattering the starlight.
"Ridiculous..."
With a 'puchi', Lucius, who was about to teleport behind Asta, was pierced through the chest by a demon sword that had grown several times in size.
With a 'slash', Asta used all his strength to cleave Lucius in two.
With a 'clang', another timeline broke.
"Yuno, we succeeded..."
Asta coughed up blood, as the 'resurrected' Lucius stabbed him through the chest with a single blow.
"To be ambushed by you ants, it's truly humiliating."
Lucius disdainfully threw Asta aside.
Yuno was stunned at this moment; this guy had been split in half, yet how could he still be alive?
Watching Lucius toss Asta away like an insect, Yuno frantically rushed downwards: "Asta!"
Lucius, with a playful expression, directly blocked Yuno's path and confined him with a time domain.
"You go down and join him too."
Yuno's Anti-Magic power had vanished, his magic power was nearly depleted, and unable to even use his star power, he could only watch helplessly as Lucius's attack approached.
Just as the blue orb was about to touch Yuno's head, Lucius's movements suddenly stopped. He coughed up blood, looking down in disbelief.
"Game over, clown."
Adam, having stealthily approached the battlefield, used his Telekinesis to directly crush Lucius's heart, instantly extinguishing his life force.
"Next, leave it to me."
Adam said, patting Yuno's shoulder.
Mimosa also rushed over to rescue Asta below.
"Mhm."
Yuno nodded, his body uncontrollably sinking.
Clang!
"Why? Why is fate on my side?"
Lucius had revived again. The threads of fate seemed to have deviated from their proper course once more. He had anticipated this scene, but he hadn't expected it to happen so quickly.
"Your vitality is truly tenacious."
Lucius once again unleashed his time domain, and countless time orbs smashed towards Adam.
"Likewise."
Adam's expression remained unchanged. Wielding the human emperor sword, he unleashed a massive light blade towards Lucius.
"I lack nothing now."
With a loud 'bang', the orbs exploded around Adam, forming a terrifying mushroom cloud.
"Are you trying to tickle me?"
As the smoke cleared, Adam stood there unharmed, while Lucius opposite him wore an expression of terror.
He had died again!
The light blade ignored the constraints of time, directly splitting him in half.
However, this time Lucius no longer had his composed expression. Adam's attack had actually cut off one-third of his thousands of timelines.
"How is this possible? How did you do that?"
Lucius's face was pale and powerless; he was truly afraid.
One strike had severed one-third of his timelines, which meant he had only two more chances before he would truly die.
"No, there's one more."
Adam, with a 'whoosh', appeared beside Lucius. The human emperor sword once again pierced through his heart, and even his soul.
"Ah! No!"
Lucius let out a wail. Instantly revived, he quickly distanced himself from Adam.
Adam quickly used his telekinetic power to immobilize Lucius, but after slaying him with one strike, he realized it was a clone.
Lucius frantically created clones, injecting various magics and souls into their bodies.
At the same time, he summoned his subordinates from the Royal Capital to block Adam's pursuit.
He was going to run.
"Space Seal."
Just as Lucius was about to jump into another timeline, Adam covered the entire Royal Capital with a giant golden halo, sealing the space.
"Adam, you must die."
Lucius, enraged, ordered his clones to attack Adam... "Everyone, hold them back! Don't let these guys go support him."
William unleashed all his magic power, and a colossal World Tree rose from nowhere, blocking the clones attempting to provide support.
"Father, where do you think you're going?"
Leona, completely transformed into flames, along with the Sparta Brothers, prevented her father from going to support.
Noelle was even more terrifying; she pierced Ashier with a single strike. Having obtained the Sea God's contract, she was no longer the weakling who couldn't control her magic from back then.
Xiao Shui, Xiao Lan (Little Blue), Lumiel, Princia, Charlotte... everyone pushed beyond their limits to buy Adam time to eliminate Lucius.
Far away in the Spade Kingdom, Latin had transformed into a giant 'mountain', opening his abyssal maw and swallowing the fleeing Morris whole...