I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"Anno, you are the most incredible ninth-tier cultivator I have ever seen!"

The sounds coming from Dickens' mouth were as if a dozen people were speaking at the same time.

At this point, Dickens was completely different from his previous image.

A black shadow emerged from Dickens' upper body, forming a four-armed black shadow with only an upper body but a height of over ten meters.

"Uh...uh..."

The few remaining Tier 8 fusion summons still tried to attack Dickens, but the one that rushed forward was grabbed by the neck by the four-armed shadow like a chick, struggling incessantly.

When the summoned creature realized the power difference was too great and it could not break free, it immediately used [King's Power] before being strangled to death.

A flash of white light, and Dickens' figure was instantly engulfed.

But the next instant, Anno saw a dark shadow rush out from the white light.

"What?! Completely unharmed!"

Anno's pupils contracted sharply, and the moment he saw the dark figure, he quickly used [Shadow Shift].

Pfft!

Before the seventh-tier summoned creature that had been replaced could even use [King's Power], it was torn apart by Dickens, who had unleashed his divinity.

Dickens then used a series of Shadow Flashes to reach Anno's Tier 7 Summoning Battlefield.

Almost immediately after being switched to this side, Anno was attacked by Dickens.

"Wow, that's fast!"

Anno looked at the dark figure holding her in its hand, a resolute glint in her eyes.

Whoosh!

A white light shone from the shadowy hand on Dickens' body.

Dickens was startled at first, then a shadow barrier appeared around him to protect himself.

"Another fake body? When?"

After Deakins confirmed that he had unleashed his divinity, Anno did not use any abilities.

In his current state, he can sense the fluctuations in magic power when Anno uses his skills, but Anno only used magic power when using [Teleportation].

"Was it when I unleashed my divinity and broke free from the self-destruction of those summoned creatures? Or... was he fighting me with a decoy all along?"

Anno, hiding in the void, saw that the self-destruction of the shadow had not harmed Deakins, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

Although the sixty combined eighth-tier summons, formed by combining thousands of eighth-tier summons, self-destructed in a large-scale manner, forcing Dickens to unleash his divinity.

But Anno knew that this was the end for him too.

Given Dickens' current performance, even if the remaining eighth-tier combined summons and the only ninth-tier combined summons rushed up, it would just be a free kill!

Therefore, Anno deactivated the remaining eighth and ninth-tier combined summons and took them back.

Moreover, Anno is in very poor condition. Although he hasn't done much, his magic power is severely depleted.

Two uses of [Shadow Summon] consumed two-thirds of my mana, and I also used [Shadow Shift] several times during the battle to escape.

Anno initially hoped that by merging with the Void summon and entering the Void, he could survive Dickens' final stage in the Void—after his divinity was released, his physical body would gradually collapse due to the immense power.

Unexpectedly, Dickens, who had casually killed several seventh-tier summons, made a strange gesture with his four arms, one up and one down.

Unbeknownst to Anno, waves of perception spread outwards, even reaching the city of Warrengel several kilometers away.

"A virtual space? They've got quite a few tricks up their sleeve!"

Dickens suddenly turned around and looked toward the location of the void where Anno was hiding. The huge black shadow grinned and its four hands condensed into a pitch-black sphere.

"[God - Shadow Wave], show yourself!"

boom!

The black ball exploded directly in Dickens's hand.

The dim ripples spread outwards.

Many tier-7 summoned creatures and high-ranking members of the interdimensional alliance were penetrated by the ripples, but no one was injured.

However, Anno, who extended into the void, witnessed an incredible sight.

Wherever the ripples reached, the void began to crack and disintegrate.

"It can even affect the virtual space!"

As soon as the thought flashed through Anno's mind, the ripples reached the area where he was.

In that instant, Anno felt the breath of death once again.

Click!

Although the space around Dickens remained unchanged, many high-level creatures heard a sound similar to a mirror shattering.

Boom!

This time the sound was very faint, because it was the sound of a piece of Dickens' body breaking off.

However, Dickens didn't care; his ninth-tier body could hold out for a few minutes.

Killing Anno, who emerged from the void, only takes a moment.

But he soon stopped laughing.

Because after waiting for a full five seconds, Dickens still couldn't detect Anno's presence.

Even when using the perception skill again, Anno's presence could not be detected.

"What happened?"

For the first time since unleashing his divinity, Dickens's expression showed a significant emotional fluctuation.

【Shadow Wave】 can shake space, causing great damage.

The [God's Shadow Wave] can destroy a certain area of ​​alternate dimensions—including spaces like the void and shadow.

Although it was more powerful than [Shadow Wave], Deakins did not believe that Anno would be killed by this move.

Even if it were any other peak ninth-tier cultivator, there would be a high chance they would die from this move. Dickens also felt that Anno could react instantly and return from the void to the main space.

This can be seen as a form of recognition from Dickens for Anno!

However, the surrounding Tier 7 summons were still fighting.

As a summoner, Anno could not possibly die in battle.

He's probably still hiding somewhere.

Dickens had a gloomy expression on his face.

Because he had already sensed that when he used [God's Shadow Wave] just now, three strange magical energy waves shot out from the direction of Worengel.

If I'm not mistaken, the other party should be the same kind of being as him.

"Where exactly is it hidden?"

Dickens took a deep breath and activated his senses again.

Suddenly, he sensed something unusual in the location where Anno had been hiding in the void.

"A unique spatial point?"

Dickens suddenly understood.

No wonder Anno didn't come out when the void space shattered.

It turns out this guy has wandered into the space he created, which is his domain!

【God's Shadow Wave】 can shatter alternate dimensions outside the main space, except for domains.

Whether it's the void or the shadow space, Dickens already knew their spatial characteristics, so his skills could affect these spaces.

However, since a domain is a space created by an individual, Dickens was unaware of Anno's domain characteristics and therefore could not influence it.

Simply put, Dickens entered the virtual space and knows its relative position outside the main space.

As for Anno's territory, Dickens had never been inside it, let alone knew its relative location.

However, all living beings reside in the same spatial hierarchy.

Two or more domain spaces can collide.

For example, Anno previously used [Die Perception Domain] to fight against the Undead Legion's [Hellroar] Domain.

"Domain deployed, [Shadow Strike]!"

Dickens flew to the peculiar spatial point where Anno had entered the domain, preparing to release the domain to find Anno.

But the moment Dickens's domain unfolded, he heard three different voices.

"The domain expands, [Holy Light Shines Everywhere]!"

"Domain deployed, [Shadow Strike Array]!"

"Domain expands, [Elemental World]!"