Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

When the massive body of Azathoth, the source of darkness, solidified completely, standing like a malevolent black hole in the center of the battlefield, all living beings who witnessed its existence trembled instinctively from the depths of their souls.

He made no sound, but the pressure emanating from his life instinct was more impactful than any roar.

The air became thick, the light distorted and dimmed, and even the intense fighting sounds that had just been going on quickly subsided and disappeared in the face of this absolute "presence".

The surviving violators and grey wizards, as if propelled by an invisible tide, retreated in terror, leaving behind an area with a radius of over a hundred meters around Azathoth.

At this tense and suffocating moment, an unexpected figure quietly appeared at the edge of the allied forces' camp.

It is Shub Nicholas, the mother of the black goats.

Her figure was still shrouded in that gorgeous black dress and the swirling dark mist, but the condescending sarcasm she had displayed when she fought Laurent earlier had vanished.

She didn't speak, nor did she look at Laurent and the others who were on high alert. Her gaze, hidden behind the mist, was fixed on Azathoth, the source of darkness.

A wave of thought was transmitted to the consciousness of Lin Yi, Su Xiao, and the three immortal wizards—to join forces.

This news instantly tensed up Laurent, Dawn, and Gus.

Millennia of conflict, suffering, and despair have long since instilled in them a deep-seated hatred for the ancient gods.

Even though the hidden dangers within his body had been removed, seeing Shub still stirred up a deep-seated hatred within him, like magma coursing through his veins.

Laurent's magical runes flickered, his fists clenched so tightly they made a soft grinding sound; Gus raised his giant axe slightly, and Dawn subconsciously took a half step back, not out of fear, but as an instinct to increase the distance for casting spells.

Shub clearly sensed the undisguised hostility, but she had no time to think about it.

Her thoughts returned, carrying an uncontrollable urgency and... a fear that even she herself was unwilling to admit.

Foolish mortals, put away your ridiculous and untimely hatred! You have no idea what you are facing!

Even though Azathoth has fallen from its divine throne, leaving only this empty shell driven by bestiality, its essence is far beyond our reach! In the primordial chaos, it was the blind and foolish 'core,' the embodiment of concepts! Without joining forces, everything here today, including myself, will become nourishment for it to fill its own void, leaving not even ashes!

As if to confirm her words, the three inverted triangle-shaped pupils of Dark Source Azathoth rotated and swept across the entire area.

There were no emotions, only a greed for "existence" itself.

Its giant hand, covered in jet-black scales, was slightly raised, and the surrounding space began to crack under the strain.

Shub turned her head and looked in the direction of the Obsidian Manor gate.

The spot where Sphinx had been standing was now empty!
Only the unconscious Lady Moon lay sprawled on the ground, while Sphinx himself had vanished without a trace, using some unknown means.

That despicable worm, deserving eternal torment!

Shub's mental fluctuations instantly turned into a fierce aura, and even the dark mist around her surged violently, with countless tiny tentacles dancing wildly within it.

He brought about the real calamity, and yet he was the first to flee?!

Sphinx's escape completely shattered Black Goat Shub's last hope of reaping the benefits.

Now, she either has to work with these former "prey" to get rid of this out-of-control divine body, or she will be devoured along with them.

Lin Yi took a deep breath, suppressing his weakness: "She's right. The current trouble is the biggest. We can settle personal scores after we deal with this 'empty shell'."

He glanced at the sorrowful woman beside him.

The Sorrowful Woman immediately understood, took a step forward, and stood half a step in front of Lin Yi. Her eyes, which had merged with Nia's will, swept warily over Shub and finally landed on Azathoth.

The meaning was crystal clear—she would ensure the safety of Lin Yi, the crucial stay-at-home dad, so that everyone else could focus all their efforts on the siege of Azathoth.

Su Xiao gripped the Dragon Slayer Blade tightly, and the Azure Steel Shadow energy on the blade seemed to respond to his boiling battle intent, emitting an increasingly ear-piercing crackling sound.

He glanced at Laurent and Gus, then at Shub.

Without further communication, under the pressure of life and death, an extremely fragile but necessary temporary alliance and a standard assault force were formed in an instant.

Main Tank/Control: Shub Nicholas, Mother of the Black Goat – Using her powerful vitality and ability to reproduce tentacles, she attempts to entangle and restrict Azathoth's movements.

Flanking attack: Su Xiao and Gus – looking for opportunities to inflict effective damage.

Guerrilla/Burst: Laurent – ​​As the strongest melee mage, he engages in high-speed mobile attacks, drawing fire and creating openings.

Logistics/Support/Crowd Control: Lin Yi, Dawn - Lin Yi focuses on maintaining the aura buff and provides healing support at critical moments; Dawn uses his golem knowledge to summon golems for tactical support, damage absorption, and may provide some weakening or protective sorcery.

Special support: Baha, Am, and Bubuwang—Baha is responsible for spatial interference and early warning, Am serves as a secondary tank to fill gaps, and Bubuwang uses its stealth capabilities to find opportunities.

As for the other rulebreakers and gray wizards, they don't even have the right to approach this core battlefield.

The emanating pressure and energy turbulence of the ancient gods were enough to cause those with slightly weaker strength to suffer mental breakdown or physical disintegration.

Being able to stay on the edge of the battlefield and barely maintain their formation from collapsing was already their limit.

The real key to victory lies in this hastily assembled top-tier combat force.

Confirming positions and assigning tasks happens in the blink of an eye.

Shub was the first to make a move!

She raised her arm, which was covered by a black robe, and pointed at Azathoth's lower body, which stood like a giant pillar.

"Puff-puff-!"

Countless pale white tentacles emerged from Azathoth's legs, which were covered in black carapace and scales.

As soon as these tentacles appeared, they tightly wrapped around Azathoth's legs and, like living vines, spread upwards at an astonishing speed, attempting to bind more of his joints and even pierce the gaps in his carapace.

Almost simultaneously, Su Xiao and Gus also made their move.

The ground beneath Su Xiao's feet exploded, and his figure transformed into a blur of motion, skimming the ground as he used Dragon Slayer, trailing intense blue-green arcs of electricity, to strike Azathoth's relatively slender ankle joint—a point that is usually one of the weak points of such giant creatures.

"clang--!!!"

A deafening clang of metal clashing rang out!
Sparks fly!

Su Xiao felt an indescribable force of recoil coming from the hilt of the knife, and his entire arm went numb instantly!

The tip of the Dragon Slayer Blade only left a tiny, almost negligible white mark on Azathoth's black carapace, and this white mark was slowly disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Su Xiao knew there was a difference in their attributes, but he didn't expect the difference to be so great.

Even with the epic Dragon Slayer Flash, the Sword Master's enhancement, and the Blue Steel Shadow, it was still incredibly difficult to even break through the defense.

The defensive power of this divine body is simply terrifying.

His original plan was to find an opportunity to upgrade the Dragon Slayer Flash to a higher grade after dealing with the White Goat, but the unexpected happened so quickly that he was not given any time to prepare.

At the same time, Gus roared, and the [Golden Elixir] applied to the axe blade emitted a dazzling golden light like liquid sunlight, slashing fiercely at the same spot on Azathoth's other leg.

"Sizzle—!"

This time, the voice was completely different.

The moment the Radiant Gold Elixir came into contact with the ancient god's body, a violent energy reaction erupted.

The golden light seemed to permeate and erode the seemingly indestructible black carapace, actually cleaving a wound nearly half a meter long in its path.

Although the wound was insignificant compared to Azathoth's massive size, it still showed Lin Yi and his group that Azathoth was not invincible and could be injured.

Clearly, the [Golden Elixir]'s ability to suppress the power of the ancient gods far exceeded Lin Yi's expectations.

However, this attack also attracted Azathoth's attention. Azathoth, the source of darkness, had been unconsciously scanning the entire scene with its three constantly shifting eyes, but the moment Guth's axe struck it and caused real damage, all three eyes locked onto Guth, who was wielding the battle axe.

Azathoth stretched out his hands toward Gus, and a chilling feeling instantly gripped Gus.

He felt as if the air around him had become solid, and the space was forcibly imprisoned by a force.

He wanted to move, to retreat, but his feet were rooted to the ground, and even lifting a finger became incredibly difficult.

It's not a matter of speed, but rather a constraint at the level of rules.

Azathoth's massive hand, covered in black scales, appeared slow, but in reality carried a certain "sure-hit" aura as it swooped down towards him.

Even before the giant hand arrived, the terrifying wind pressure had already caused the ground beneath Gus's feet to crack inch by inch.

Once caught, given the overwhelming and despairing power disparity between the two sides, even with Lin Yi's layers of aura, Gus's fate would be to be instantly crushed into a lump of minced meat; there would be no other possibility!

"Gus!" Laurent's entire body of magical runes erupted with dazzling light as he tried to rush over to his rescue, but the spatial confinement power also affected him, trapping him in the mire.

Su Xiao's eyes sharpened, preparing to activate Dragon Shadow Flash to forcibly break through the spatial confinement to rescue people—even though he knew that using spatial abilities under this level of spatial disorder was extremely risky and could very likely trigger unpredictable backlashes, but if Gus was in trouble, the outcome of this battle would likely be total annihilation.

At this critical moment!
"boom!"

A heavy figure charged in from the side, using all its strength to send Gus, who was frozen in place, flying away!
It's dawn!
A golem over three meters tall, made of an unknown dark metal and rock, took Gus's place.

The golem's surface is engraved with countless defensive runes and radiates a heavy energy fluctuation, clearly one of Dawn's most prized creations, specializing in defense and damage absorption.

however--

"Crack... Boom!!"

Azathoth's giant hand grabbed the seemingly resilient golem directly.

There was no stalemate, no power struggle.

The high-level golem that could withstand the combined attacks of Laurent and Guth for a period of time was like a clay toy in Azathoth's hands, unable to cause even a fraction of a second of resistance. It was easily crushed amidst a tooth-grinding sound of metal twisting and rocks cracking.

Countless runes dimmed instantly, and the sturdy metal components and rocky torso turned into flying fragments and dust.

One move! Just the simplest move! The Dawn's most powerful defensive golem is completely destroyed!

As Dawn looked at the unrecognizable mass of scrap metal in Azathoth's hand, his back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

She gained the most direct understanding of Azathoth's terrifying power.

This is not a battle in the conventional sense; it's a challenge against a moving natural disaster.

Gus, who had been thrown into the air and landed awkwardly on the ground, looked back and saw the scene. He was still shaken, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.

If it weren't for Dawn's lightning-fast reaction, using her golem to take the fatal blow for him, he would be the one turned into that lump of scrap metal now.

The first round of clashes ended with the temporary alliance losing a top-tier golem and a growing sense of gloom in everyone's hearts.

Azathoth's power far exceeded imagination.

But the battle has only just begun.

"Don't try to withstand its grab! That force is spatially locked!" Dawn warned, quickly waving his hands to summon two more Blade Golems, each slightly smaller but more agile.

They dared not approach, but instead roamed at a distance, waiting for an opportunity to use their enchanted blades to slash at the wounds on Azathoth's legs caused by Shub's tentacles or Gus's slashes, harassing him in a "scraping" manner.

The black mist around Shub-Niggurath grew thicker, and more tentacles emerged from the wounds that Gus had just cleaved Azathoth's body, tightly binding its legs and waist, attempting to further restrict its movements.

He could feel his tentacles being constantly broken by Azathoth's tyrannical power, and being eroded and dissolved by the dark energy that naturally emanated from its body, resulting in enormous consumption.

But this is currently the only way to somewhat restrain this monster.

"I'll draw its attention! You guys find an opportunity to attack its three eyes!" Laurent's magic runes lit up again, this time the light was no longer a restrained flow, but as dazzling as a volcanic eruption.

His muscles bulged further, his bones cracked, and his aura reached its peak.

Laurent stomped his foot, and the ground exploded into a deep crater. His figure transformed into a streak of light that was difficult to see with the naked eye.

Laurent's speed was astonishing, creating a series of sonic booms in the air. His punch, which gathered all his strength and magical energy, slammed into Azathoth's largest eye in the center like a falling meteor.

The power of this punch was enough to level a small hill.

Faced with this earth-shattering attack, Azathoth's three eyes merely shifted slightly, locking onto Laurent who was charging towards him.

It didn't even strike with its giant hand; just a split second before Laurent's fist was about to hit his eyeball—

"Buzz!"

A force field even stronger than the one that had imprisoned Gus before descended.

Laurent's figure froze in mid-air, as if he had crashed into an invisible, elastic net.

The force in his fist seemed to vanish without a trace, and his entire being appeared to be slowed down, his movements becoming clearly visible yet filled with a sense of powerlessness.

Laurent's mind went blank with alarm bells. He tried to break free by channeling all his magic, but the force was like the entire space was squeezing him, making him unable to move.

In that instant, Azathoth's giant hand, covered in black scales, scooped up Laurent, who was trapped in mid-air, as easily as plucking a flower.

"Snap... Pfft!"

The sound of bones cracking and the muffled thud of flesh being crushed came at the same time!
"Ugh—!" Laurent let out a roar.

Giant hands came together!

To everyone's horrified gaze, Laurent's body from the waist down was instantly deformed and shattered as if crushed by a massive hydraulic press under that irresistible grip.

Blood gushed out like a fountain from between the giant hand's fingers, mixed with white bone fragments and pieces of internal organs.

Su Xiao had already activated Dragon Shadow Flash, his figure blurring for a moment, but the violent chaos in the space around Azathoth forced him to forcibly interrupt the teleportation. A trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth—the space around Azathoth was completely disrupted, and forcibly traversing it was tantamount to suicide.

Just when everyone thought Laurent was doomed—Lin Yi, who had been closely protected by the Daughter of Sorrow, made his move.

Lin Yi forced himself to focus and used his skill on Laurent, who was being held in Azathoth's hand and was now only half a body.

At Laurent's crushed lower body, the granulation tissue at the wound site was writhing wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This process is faster than you can imagine; you can even hear the faint "clucking" sound as new bones grow.

Azathoth seemed to have also noticed the abnormality of its "prey." Its chaotic consciousness could not understand this phenomenon that went against its destructive instincts. Its giant hand instinctively exerted force again, trying to crush this "abnormality" completely.

Just before it exerted its power—

"Shh!"

A beam of axe light and a concentrated azure-blue blade of light simultaneously struck the joint of Azathoth's arm that was gripping Laurent.

The [Golden Elixir] once again played a crucial role. Gus's battle axe cleaved deep into the gaps in the carapace of the joint, while Su Xiao's Dragon Slayer Flash sent the Azure Steel Shadow into the wound created by the axe blade.

"Roar……!"

For the first time, Azathoth emitted a low, painful hum, and Laurent's grip on Azathoth's hand loosened slightly.

In that brief moment of relaxation, Laurent, whose lower body had been almost completely reconstructed, flashed a fierce light of relief in his eyes.

He forcefully broke free from the gap in the terrifying giant hand, then threw a punch at Azathoth. The force of the recoil sent Laurent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, only to be caught by Am, who rushed forward just in time. (End of Chapter)