Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

The erosion effect of the Blue Steel Shadow energy on the power of the ancient gods was immediate; it was not just physical damage, but a restraint that touched the very essence of life.

He swung the nearly two-meter-long [Twisted Malice] in his hand forward, instantly creating a slash that distorted space, forcibly forcing back Su Xiao, who was preparing to pursue him.

Su Xiao was prepared and retreated swiftly the moment the opponent made their move.

Even so, the bizarre spatial cutting properties of [Twisted Malice] still exceeded the scope of conventional dodging. The invisible sword blade grazed Su Xiao's black outfit at the chest, and the fabric tore silently, revealing a wound that was more than ten centimeters long and deep enough to expose the bone. Blood instantly soaked through his clothes.

As the wound appeared, a surge of vital energy rushed in along the pale yellow light chain.

Lin Yi's [Chain of Life] effect activated, and the wound on Su Xiao's chest visibly writhed. In just two or three breaths, only a faint red mark remained, without even leaving a scar.

This was only the first exchange, yet Sothos displayed terrifying speed and spatial agility; even "unpredictable" is insufficient to describe his elusive nature.

He can disregard certain fundamental rules of space, launching attacks from the most unexpected angles and moments.

Tick ​​~

Blood dripped from the tip of Sothos's sword, "Twisted Malice," onto the cold ground, spreading a small patch of dark red.

This twisted longsword is a full two meters long, perfectly complementing Sothos's nearly four-meter-tall physique, and when wielded, it carries a power that can tear through space.

Even though the Dominator's longsword had only barely grazed Su Xiao, thanks to the shared damage absorption and instant healing provided by the [Life Chains], the life bar above Su Xiao's head, marked by the blurred symbol of the Paradise of Reincarnation, instantly dropped by one-tenth.

The opponent's attack power is simply outrageous. The passive spatial cutting damage and the huge percentage damage based on the life value attached to [Extreme Evil God] form a terrifying killing combination.

If it weren't for Lin Yi, the super healer who provided almost "life-giving" sustain, this battle might have turned into a situation where everyone was instantly killed, and whoever seized the opportunity to launch an effective attack first would gain an absolute advantage.

But now, with the huge margin of error provided by Lin Yi, Su Xiao no longer needs Baha or Bubuwang to risk serious injury or even death to create that fleeting opportunity, as they did in some dangerous situations in the past.

Am's thick skin and tough flesh can withstand a few hits, but Baha and Bubuwang would most likely be killed instantly by a single sword strike under this level of attack.

Sothoth, the ruler, swept his eyes across the entire area, and he seemed to quickly realize the crux of the problem.

He slowly retreated, creating some distance between himself and Su Xiao.

After the collision just now, He understood that the "Destroyer of Laws" inheritor in front of Him, whose body was wrapped in blue arcs of electricity, was not someone to be trifled with. That energy made Him feel disgusted and fearful from the very source of His life.

At the same time, the very existence of the support class that He regarded as His primary target for elimination made this battle, which should have ended quickly, exceptionally difficult.

Su Xiao did not rush to attack. Instead, he took out the Radiant Gold Potion and poured it onto the blade. Lin Yi did the same.

Right now, the two sides are like top masters dueling on a tightrope over a precipice, with every move carrying enormous risk and life and death decided in the blink of an eye.

The Dominator's gaze passed over Su Xiao and locked onto Lin Yi once again.

Originally, He used His spatial abilities to pull Lin Yi into this area alone, intending to deal with this troublesome healer as quickly as possible before slowly dealing with the others.

Unexpectedly, Su Xiao had the ability to forcibly tear through space and follow him in, disrupting His plans and putting Him in a passive position.

However, despite the passive situation, the strategic objectives remain clear.

The ruler decided that Lin Yi must be eliminated at all costs!
With this guy who can instantly recover from serious injuries around, the man with the knife and the bull-like beast opposite them are practically immortal.

The moment the Dominator's gaze refocused on him, alarm bells rang in Lin Yi's mind, and he instantly realized: "They're going to cut through the backline, kill the healer first!"

The thought had barely formed in his mind, and before he could even dodge, the space in front of Lin Yi rippled out like water—

puff!

A deep, bone-revealing slash appeared without warning on Lin Yi's chest, and blood spurted out instantly.

Only after the attack hit did the spatial ripples slowly recede, revealing Sothos's figure, which had appeared in front of Am at some point, a dozen meters away.

His eyes were cold, as if he had just done something insignificant.

From the start of the battle until now, Sothos has maintained an absolute advantage by virtue of his ghostly spatial movement and super agility.

Its speed is not simply fast, but involves the application of spatial rules, often leaving the enemy unable to react effectively before the attack is imminent.

The black tentacles that make up Sothos's lower body twitched unconsciously, seemingly a habitual action before He prepared to launch another attack.

The next moment, tiny ripples in space spread rapidly through the air once again!
Sothos's figure disappeared from in front of Am and, almost at the same instant, appeared in front of Lin Yi, who had just regained his footing, as if by teleportation.

With a humming sound as if space itself was being cut, the two-meter-long [Twisted Malice] in his hand delivered a simple and direct downward slash, heading straight for Lin Yi's head.

If this sword strike lands, even with Lin Yi's vitality, his chances of survival are slim.

when! !

At the critical moment, Lin Yi held the Black and White Rose above his head, barely managing to block the fatal blow.

The point of impact erupted with a piercing metallic clang and sparks flew everywhere.

At the same time, the abyssal power within Lin Yi's body was activated to an extreme degree, like a sleeping ferocious beast opening its eyes.

Instantly, jet-black energy surged from his body, covering his arms and rapidly spreading upwards, eventually turning his pupils a pure black as well.

In that instant, the oppressive aura emanating from Lin Yi, carrying an aura of extreme chaos and destruction, briefly overwhelmed the domineering Sothoth's pressure as an ancient god.

Sothos exerted force, and his True Strength attribute of 139 points brought him an absolute crushing advantage.

The vast difference in strength prevented Lin Yi from standing still and he was sent flying backward as if struck by a heavy hammer.

With a whoosh, the first half of the [Twisted Malice] sword, which had fallen from the Dominator's hand due to missing its target, easily sank into the ground, as if it were soft tofu rather than hard stone.

In mid-air, the terrifying slash wound on Lin Yi's chest healed rapidly under the rich life energy. When his back slammed heavily against a thick palace pillar, the wound had already closed and scabbed over.

The moment he landed, Lin Yi didn't even pause for a second. Using the impact, he crouched down and then shot out like a spring compressed to its limit, actually thrusting towards the Dominator Sothos!

The tip of the Black and White Rose sword gleamed with a deep black light, its target aimed directly at the dark red sphere on Sothos's chest that Su Xiao had previously grazed.

However, the nearly 20-point difference in agility attribute was fully demonstrated at this moment.

In the dynamic vision and perception of the Dominator Sothos, Lin Yi's all-out thrusting speed, although far exceeding that of an ordinary sixth-tier contractor, was still like a slow-motion scene, or rather, like watching a brave little animal rushing towards him.

Sothos didn't even make a large dodging movement. Instead, ripples of space spread around him again, preparing to use spatial movement to avoid the seemingly futile attack and deliver a fatal blow from an angle that Lin Yi couldn't defend against.

puff!

Another spatial slash appeared out of thin air, this time aimed at Lin Yi's neck.

Just as the invisible spatial blade was about to touch his skin, Lin Yi's forward-rushing figure suddenly stopped in a way that defied the laws of physics.

It was this almost predictable pause that caused the fatal attack, which was originally intended to strike the junction of the head and neck, to land below his collarbone, closer to his chest, once again spraying blood.

Moreover, at this moment, after fully activating the power of the abyss, Lin Yi seemed to have entered a special state.

The physical pain was greatly reduced. The injury that would have knocked an ordinary person into shock felt to him as if a tough willow branch had forcefully lashed his chest, bringing a sense of impact rather than excruciating pain.

This indifference to pain and precise grasp of the opportunity clearly exceeded Sothos's expectations.

He hadn't expected that this healer would not only be fearless of death, but would also dare to continue getting close so decisively after being injured!

Just as the spatial ripples around Sothos stabilized, and it was about to perform another short-distance spatial jump to distance itself from Lin Yi, the suddenly dangerous "healer"—"Freeze!" Baha, hovering in the air, let out a sharp shriek. Several feathers on its wings, containing some of its spatial attributes, instantly turned to dust.

An interfering force field, also involving spatial rules but carrying the implication of forced "imprisonment," instantly enveloped a small area around Sothos, centered on Baha's shattered feather.

hum!
The previously stable spatial ripples around Sothos rippled violently, like water with a stone thrown in, and then flickered as if there was a bad signal, forcibly delaying the jump for a moment.

In a duel between top experts, a single moment can often determine the difference between life and death.

For Lin Yi, who had elevated his combat intuition to its peak, that instant felt incredibly long.

His sword strike, which might have missed due to the opponent's impending spatial teleportation, was now finally delivered to the Dominator.

"The Shadow of the Abyss - The End!"

Without any hesitation, Lin Yi directly used the sword technique with the strongest single-target damage at present.

The abyssal power within him, activated to its fullest extent, surged like a burst dam into the Black and White Rose in his hand.

Following the trajectory of the blade, a spatial rift, its edges constantly disappearing and regenerating, silently pierced through Sothos's protective layer, passing right through the center of his chest.

A shiver of primal instinct caused the first look of shock to appear in Sothos's cold, single eye.

He clearly sensed that an energy filled with destruction, erosion, and death was surging wildly into his body through that tiny wound, and was beginning to domineeringly erode the ancient god power within him!

This energy is extremely terrifying, even more bizarre and difficult to resist than the Azure Steel Shadow energy of the Destroyer of Laws that we encountered back then, carrying an ominous feeling... as if it came from outside the world.

But Lin Yi's attack did not stop. At the same time that the power of [Abyss Shadow - End] erupted in Sothos's body, dozens of almost completely transparent threads appeared out of thin air along the trajectory of [Black and White Rose], instantly wrapping around Sothos's limbs, torso and even neck.

These dark soul threads forcibly bound Sothos, whose form was frozen due to internal energy conflicts and spatial interference from Bahamut, to his spot.

"Soul Suppression!"

Lin Yi's eyes blazed with black light as he forcefully activated his innate ability once more.

A terrifying force field, far heavier than before, descended upon the depths of Sothos's consciousness like an invisible mountain.

"Buzz—" Sothos felt as if his head had been hit hard by a heavy hammer. His thoughts became sluggish for a moment, and his control over his body and his perception of the rules of space went blank for a brief period of time.

Su Xiao's pupils contracted slightly at that moment.

This is a chance! Only for this one moment!

No communication was needed; their long-term teamwork had already forged an unparalleled tacit understanding between them.

The ground beneath Su Xiao's feet exploded with a deafening roar, and he transformed into a blur that was difficult to detect with the naked eye. The Dragon Slayer in his hand trailed intensely bright blue-green arcs of electricity, like lightning tearing through the night sky, as it pierced straight toward the temporarily imprisoned Sothos.

puff!puff!
Two flashes of light passed by almost simultaneously!

The first cut precisely grazed the junction between Sothos's tentacled lower body and humanoid upper body.

The blade, imbued with the Blue Steel Shadow's external Radiant Gold Elixir, possesses an extremely strong ability to penetrate defenses formed by the power of the Ancient Gods.

The second blow came when Sothos lost his balance after his lower body was severed.

This is Sothos's weakness. As an ancient god, his mobility and offensive capabilities are absolutely top-tier, but correspondingly, his physical defense is at the bottom among ancient gods of the same level.

Sothos is a combination of extremely strong attack and relatively weak defense.

A dense array of slashes instantly covered Sothos's torso and neck, and his already mutilated upper head was cleanly severed at the root.

"Blue... Steel!" From Sothos's broken body, which had fallen to the ground, came a muffled and twisted roar, filled with indescribable terror.

He used some ancient language, but Su Xiao and Lin Yi could both understand its meaning.

With both legs severed, He was falling to the ground in a sorry state, and His only remaining eye met Su Xiao's gaze.

The Dragon Slayer emitted a clear and long hum, and the blade shone with a bright blue light.

puff!

Without the slightest pause, the longsword pierced through Sothos's remaining head, pinning it firmly to the cold, hard ground.

Su Xiao gripped the knife hilt tightly with both hands, leaned forward, and stomped heavily on the severed neck of Sothos, which was twitching uncontrollably.

boom!
The ground collapsed into a shallow pit centered on Su Xiao's foot, sending debris flying everywhere.

Sothos, the previously high and mighty ruler, was now like a dying fish-monster nailed to a chopping board, all his arrogance and majesty gone, leaving only his wretched state and struggle on the verge of death.

“Destroyer of Laws… I apologize.” Sothos’s remaining consciousness drove his vocal organs to speak clearly in human language, which was a common language that Su Xiao and Lin Yi could understand, a language that did not belong to this wizarding world.

This is not a genuine confession or apology.

The voice contained a deep-seated fear, an instinctive tremor when facing a natural enemy.

His words seemed to confirm Su Xiao's identity and revealed a sense of lingering fear that "if I had known he was a destroyer of the law, I shouldn't have been so arrogant."

In the distant "Age of Destruction," ancient gods like Him, who acted so blatantly, would often suffer a fate more tragic than death if discovered by those who wielded the Azure Steel Shadow; even seeking death would be a luxury.

"Hmm?" Su Xiao frowned slightly, looking at the ancient god at her feet who had uttered his last words with some confusion.

The title of the Destroyer of Laws seemed to have a greater deterrent effect on the ancient gods than he had imagined. But this did not hinder his actions.

On the blade of the Dragon Slayer, the Blue Steel Shadow energy erupted once more, burning Sothos's remaining life force like blue flames.

Su Xiao exerted force with his wrist, and the blade mercilessly sliced ​​horizontally, completely splitting Sothos's already badly damaged head in two!

Sothos's body stopped convulsing, and the suffocating pressure of the ancient god receded like a tide. The black tentacles that made up its lower body withered and turned to ashes, and its upper body also began to disintegrate and dissipate rapidly.

At the very same time that Sothos completely lost its life force—

Outside, above the city of Heru.

Rumble...!
A muffled yet extremely penetrating thunderclap exploded in the sky, breaking some kind of shackle that had been binding the world.

The dark clouds that had accumulated in the sky for countless years began to dissipate at a visible speed.

The long-awaited sunlight, like a golden sword, pierced through the gray sky and shone down without hindrance, illuminating the streets and alleys of Heru City.

The common people in the city, whether they were busy or hiding in dark corners, all stopped what they were doing, subconsciously looked up, closed their eyes, and felt the warm light shining on their skin.

On those numb, wary, or fierce faces, a rare smile appeared, a smile that carried a hint of bewilderment and joy as they set off.

Even the outlaws of Bone Harbor, who spent their days surrounded by bloodshed and crime, mostly laid down their weapons and stopped arguing, standing silently on the street, gazing up at the ever-expanding blue sky.

The sunlight dispelled the pervasive chill and dampness, and seemed to shine into some forgotten corners of their hearts.

On the edge of a damp street, in an inconspicuous crack in the stone, a touch of emerald green, a symbol of vitality and hope, stubbornly pushed aside the small stones pressing down on it and quietly peeked out.

It was a tender sprout, the first touch of green to reappear in this world after years of desolation.

The entire world seemed to breathe a sigh of relief with the fall of its ruler, and was once again bursting with vitality. (End of Chapter)