Inside the subspace, the atmosphere was unbearably heavy.
When Qlipoth issued the order for them to leave, everyone could even feel the pressure of Preservation radiating from Him.
Logically speaking, under pressure of that level, any mortal should have known their place and withdrawn.
However, Herta did not.
The Emanator of Erudition slowly raised her head.
Her long purple hair had already been left in complete disarray after the previous battle, and there was still dried blood on her cheeks that had not been wiped away.
Yet with that body that looked as though it might fall apart at any moment, she stood directly before the Aeon of Preservation.
"Leave?"
Herta laughed softly.
"Qlipoth, you're telling us to leave now?"
"I would actually like to ask you something. What right do you have to tell us to leave?"
The moment those words came out, the expressions of everyone behind her changed.
Cold sweat had already begun to seep from Diamond's forehead. He instinctively wanted to step forward and stop her, but at that moment, Taravan pressed a hand on his shoulder and shook his head slightly.
At this point, there was no stopping her.
Rather than stop Herta now, it was better to let her say everything clearly. What if the Amber Lord changed His mind?
After all, there was no other choice. They truly needed someone capable of dealing with the Witch of Nihility right now, so they might as well let Herta speak.
Diamond could only endure it and remain silent.
Herta, however, had no intention of caring about the reactions of the people behind her.
She only stared straight at that enormous amber figure and continued speaking in that utterly impolite tone.
"Aeon of Preservation, Qlipoth."
"Anyone in this galaxy with even the slightest common sense knows what Path you bear."
"Preservation, as the name suggests, means protection and continuance."
"Across the galaxy, whether it is the IPC, the Xianzhou Alliance, or the primitive civilizations in distant star systems, they have all, at some point, prayed in your direction."
"Because they believed in you. They believed that the wall you built could shield them from all threats beyond it."
Herta's voice grew louder and louder, and her tone became increasingly agitated.
"But what about now?"
"Tell me. What are you doing here now?"
"That so-called incarnation of your shed shell is out there committing evil."
"Even at this very moment, she is spreading Nihility across the entire galaxy!"
"The entire galaxy is about to fall into Finality by her hand!"
By this point, Herta's tone had become almost wholly mocking.
"And you, as the Aeon of Preservation, are now telling us to leave?!"
"What exactly are you preserving?!"
Herta used nearly all of her strength to shout that final sentence.
To be honest, Herta's words were rather close to moral blackmail.
After all, protecting the galaxy had never been the mandatory duty of any one person, or even any one Aeon.
If she had been speaking to someone with a worse temper, they could have already attacked Herta by now.
But at a time like this, who cared about morals?
Right now, Herta only wanted to find someone strong enough to come out and stab Kallen to death!
The instant everyone present heard Herta's words, their scalps went numb.
Damn!
This woman Herta really dared to say anything!
Even Taravan and Diamond's faces became incomparably ugly at that moment.
As Emanators of Preservation, leaving Taravan aside, at least Diamond's reverence for Qlipoth was engraved into his very essence.
However, although Herta's words were excessive, he could not find a single reason to refute them.
Because everything Herta said was true.
Moreover, it was a truth they themselves had questioned countless times in their own hearts over this recent period.
For a moment, everyone's gaze turned in unison toward that enormous amber figure.
They waited.
They waited for the answer of the Aeon of Preservation.
After an unknown length of time, He finally spoke.
You have all been deceived.
Hearing this, everyone froze. Clearly, none of them had expected Qlipoth to give such an answer.
"…What?"
Qlipoth continued.
The resurrection method that child seeks has never been Nihility.
"…Not Nihility?"
Not Nihility?
Who was He trying to fool? Did He not see what the outside had become?!
"But according to the information we received from the mechanical head…"
What Nous told you was true.
Qlipoth's voice sounded again.
Bianka's death, the causal chain between Trailblaze and Finality, and that so-called method of 'Finality substitution'—all of these truly exist.
However…
True information does not mean a complete answer.
That child set a trap for all of you from the very beginning.
At the same time, on the battlefield of Pier Point—
The battle had entered its most brutal stage.
Hua's figure rapidly shuttled through the void. The ancient longbow in her hand was drawn to its fullest, and one arrow after another, burning with golden-red flames, continuously shot from her bowstring.
Those arrows carried the pure aura of the Hunt, attacking the figure at the center of the battlefield with ferocious force.
And around that figure, an enormous black dragon was likewise circling.
Mobius.
She had once again taken her true form, attacking Kallen again and again in her strongest Dragon Sovereign state.
However, even under the joint assault of these two Emanator-level existences, Kallen's figure still hovered calmly in the void.
Every pounce from Black Dragon Mobius was forcibly blocked by Kallen with completely unreasonable power.
And every arrow Hua fired was swallowed whole by the mist of Nihility wrapped around Kallen's body while it was still several meters away from her.
Strong.
This was the strength of one unrivaled beneath the Aeons.
But even Kallen had to fight with some real intensity against the combined attack of these two opponents.
Clang!
Another tremendous impact rang out.
Black Dragon Mobius's massive claw once again smashed heavily against Kallen's Judah.
The instant the two immense auras collided, they erupted with astonishing shockwaves. Those shockwaves spread wildly in every direction, crushing many pieces of wreckage in the ruins to dust.
And Hua seized this rare opening.
The longbow in her hand was drawn to its limit once more.
Whoosh!
The arrow turned into a streak of light in the void, shooting straight toward Kallen's back.
Kallen's pupils contracted slightly.
Almost at the exact instant the arrow was about to touch her body, she abruptly dodged to the side.
However, even so, the arrow still harshly grazed her left shoulder.
Pfft!
Fresh blood burst from Kallen's left shoulder.
The garment over her left shoulder was also torn open by that arrow.
Naturally, Mobius did not miss this opportunity.
Her enormous dragon body coiled through the void again, and her dragon tail lashed toward Kallen, who had just dodged that arrow, like a bolt of black lightning.
Bang!
This time, Kallen's body was truly struck by that tail.
Her entire body flew backward several dozen meters through the void before barely managing to stabilize itself.
A trickle of fresh blood also spilled from the corner of her mouth.
After steadying herself, Kallen raised a hand and gently wiped away the blood at the corner of her lips with the back of it.
Then she raised her head, her gaze falling on the black dragon slowly withdrawing its tail.
At that moment, Black Dragon Mobius began to shrink again.
The enormous dragon form rapidly decreased in size within the void, eventually returning to the appearance of that emerald-haired girl.
But her body was now covered in countless wounds seeping with Nihility aura.
Kallen narrowed her eyes.
What was going on? This woman was already in that kind of state, and she was still stubbornly acting?
Also, was she not acting a little too convincingly?
Among all the max-level accounts, if one had to name the persona that constantly suffered setbacks, it would absolutely be Mobius.
There was no helping it. According to Mobius's character setting, she had to be a tragic little child.
But suffering setbacks was one thing. Mobius's combat power was absolutely not weak.
Right now, Kallen's resistance to Permanence had not been stacked up much. If two max-level accounts fought, it would absolutely be a fifty-fifty match.
There was simply no helping it. For the sake of the script's direction, Mobius had always been acting.
Whether on the Xianzhou Luofu before, or at the space station not long ago, she had always been the one taking losses.
And now, she had suddenly erupted with power no weaker than Kallen's.
Thinking of this, Kallen glanced again at Mobius's condition.
Sister, you're breaking character. Right now, you're supposed to be kicked to death by me!
At that moment, Hua flew to Mobius's side.
She temporarily put away the longbow in her hand, then reached out and gently supported Mobius's body.
"Little Dragon Sovereign, are you all right?"
Hua's tone was full of concern.
Because even she could not help but feel moved when she saw Mobius in such a state.
To be honest, before this, Hua had never seen Mobius fight.
Originally, she had only planned to work together with Mobius to hold Kallen back and wait for the main forces of the Xianzhou Alliance or other factions to arrive as reinforcements.
However, the combat power Mobius displayed had far exceeded her expectations.
This girl was actually able to use her true Glass Dragon form to contend evenly with Kallen.
This combat power was completely different from the previous intelligence, was it not?
Now, Hua even had the feeling that the two of them might actually have a chance to take Kallen down.
Of course, she would not ask Mobius about it now.
Because that was not important. What mattered now was the battle before them.
"…Cough, cough. I'm… fine."
Mobius gently shook her head, her voice weak.
Clearly, Mobius had naturally realized the problem as well.
But this could not all be blamed on her, right?
As a person, one had to have dreams. Who would want to keep taking losses forever?
Immediately afterward, she quickly pretended to look as though she had overdrawn her body.
And at that moment, the figure at the center of the battlefield, who had been recovering from her injuries, finally moved.
Kallen slowly raised her left hand.
Then, countless streams of Nihility began surging violently around her.
And not only that.
The aura of Nihility even began spreading toward the deeper parts of Pier Point.
In that instant, the ruins of the entire Pier Point were shrouded beneath overwhelming blackness.
Even the entrance not far away leading to Preservation's subspace began trembling slightly under that erosion.
"…She's about to use her ultimate."
Hua's pupils abruptly contracted.
That was right. Even Hua could sense that the power Kallen was gathering now had far surpassed anything from their previous exchanges.
It was a power sufficient to completely erase the entire Pier Point.
Hua gritted her teeth.
It seemed this Witch of Nihility had also been pushed to the edge and was preparing to settle everything once and for all.
Hua also knew that she would have to pay a price and act.
However, at that moment, the change occurred without any warning.
The Nihility that had been violently surging suddenly stopped.
All the Nihility vanished in that instant.
Kallen, standing at the center of the battlefield, had also raised her left hand high, only for the movement to lose all continuation in that instant.
Her figure trembled slightly.
Then…
A large mouthful of blood suddenly sprayed from Kallen's lips.
Immediately afterward, Hua and Mobius saw an astonishing sight.
At Kallen's chest, a red greatsword had pierced through from her back.
The blade was stained with Kallen's bright red blood.
And on the hilt, a pale hand was tightly gripping it.
The owner of that hand was standing quietly behind Kallen.
"!!!!!"
It was Kiana.
The Lord Ravager who had been taken away by Aha for who knew how long had appeared behind Kallen without warning.
And without being detected by Kallen, she had used the Judgment of Shamash in her hand to pierce Kallen's heart from behind.
The entire battlefield fell into absolute silence at that moment.
What was going on? Surely Kiana had not killed Aha and come back?
However, no one answered.
No matter how Kiana had escaped from Aha, and no matter how she had silently arrived behind Kallen—
The result had already been decided.
Yes. The strongest achievement had been engraved at Pier Point.
Kiana had won.
This strongest Lord Ravager had, at this very moment, obtained victory in an unexpected fashion.
And in the face of the result she had created, Kiana merely spoke calmly.
"I'm not a maggot."
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