Chapter 33: Abyss Final Battle
Drip, drip～
Black liquid dripped from the tip of the cone hanging straight down from the dome. The Lord of the Abyss on the high throne merely rose in an ordinary manner, yet it brought an oppressive feeling as if the entire Abyss was pressing forward. Dark spirits surged at its feet, clustering together to lift the base as an Abyss greatsword gradually rose.
A hand clad in a pitch-black bracer grasped the Abyss Greatsword with a click. Dark embers silently scattered upward. As the greatsword was drawn, the entire grand hall trembled. The massive gears on the dome creaked and turned, causing the walls of this already spacious hall to recede with a rumbling boom, making it even more expansive.
The greatsword fully left its pedestal, the blade humming softly. The entire sword was pitch-black, with a crimson line running down the center of the spine, from just below the tip all the way to the slightly upward-curved crossguard. At the pommel was a dark blue gem about the size of an egg.
Threads of darkness rose from the floor of the grand hall, faintly accompanied by the epic, mournful song of dark banshees and the deep rumble of abyssal liquid flowing beneath the hall.
After a brief calm.
Boom!
Pure darkness and scarlet blood energy collided with a thunderous roar. Neither side could afford to lose. It wasn’t just their lives staked from the moment the battle began—if Su Xiao fell, the Star Realm would have no living beings left. If the Lord of the Abyss was slain, the Abyss Descendants would be completely erased from history.
Clang～
The long blade was drawn. As surging scarlet blood energy spread, Su Xiao, his eyes glowing red, activated the special authority granted by the Void Tree upon arriving here.
[You have activated this special notarized authority. Authority content: Detection.]
[As the current Supreme Being: Lord of the Abyss cannot be directly detected, you may only detect this target’s data from 5 natural days ago, and at most 50% of this target’s data.]
Detection was impossible at the Supreme Peak level, let alone the Supreme Being level. But this authority belonged to "detecting the past," not directly detecting the current Lord of the Abyss.
As for whether the Lord of the Abyss’s combat power had changed within five days, even if it had improved, it should be negligible. Su Xiao didn’t believe that a war king with such rich combat experience would make drastic decisions to enhance itself while dominating the Abyss.
[Successfully detected the following data.]
Name: Lord of the Abyss.
Life Cores: 4580/4580.
Abyss Power: 85,000,000/85,000,000.
Supreme Strength: 400.
Supreme Agility: 359.
Supreme Stamina: 400.
Supreme Intelligence: 325.
Supreme Charm: -29.
Skill 1, Lord of the Abyss (Abyss Passive, Lv.EX): Abyss Physical Defense Rank +509, True Resistance +5980 points, immune to all control effects, immune to all instant-death effects, immune to 98.6% of execution effects, immune to Abyss damage.
Skill 2, Dark Killing Sword (Abyss Passive, Lv.EX): Increases attack power of the equipped "Abyss Greatsword" by 120%, possesses the power to sever causality.
Skill 3, Dark Nurturing (Abyss Passive, Lv.EX): Recovers 0.2% of maximum Life Cores per second.
Note: This recovery effect cannot be suppressed by any means.
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Skill 8, Annihilation (Supreme Active, Lv.EX): Next attack consumes 10% of maximum Abyss Power. The next slash’s power is determined by current Supreme Strength × 2.
Note: This ability has no cooldown.
Note: When the Lord of the Abyss enters "State Three: Dark Soul Requiem," it can use an Annihilation slash of up to "Supreme Strength × 3" without cost at intervals.
Skill 9, Dark King (Exclusive Passive, Lv.EX): All attacks carry the "Abyss Ultimate Dark" effect. When "Abyss Ultimate Dark" stacks three times, it triggers an explosion, immediately destroying 20% of the target’s Life Cores.
Skill 10, Dead Hand (Exclusive Active, Lv.EX): When the Lord of the Abyss has the advantage in Supreme Strength, it can ignore distance and grab an enemy unit with one hand, then follow up with 5 to 6 consecutive "Annihilation Attacks," dealing extremely high Abyss-attribute damage based on Life Core count.
Note: "Dead Hand" can interrupt any ability and has absolute properties. When facing abilities with absolute properties, it at most results in mutual negation, without being countered.
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Skill 16, Dark Souls (Exclusive Active, Lv.EX): The Lord of the Abyss summons a large number of Abyss souls. These souls have the trait of devouring Life Cores and souls and will continuously track enemies.
Skill 17, Dark Soul Requiem (Unique Passive, Lv.EX): When the Lord of the Abyss’s Life Core count falls below 50%, it explosively summons a large number of Dark Souls. All its abilities are further strengthened by the Dark Souls.
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Skill 19, Boiling Dark Power (Unique Passive, Lv.EX): When the Lord of the Abyss’s health falls below 30%, it enters this state, ???
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Skill 25, Devouring All Darkness (Supreme Domain: Passive, Lv.EX): While within the current Lord of the Abyss’s Supreme Domain, if Abyss Resistance is below 350 points, instant death occurs. If Abyss Resistance is below 800 points, physique and all abilities are suppressed, with massive loss of Primordial Life Force per second (when the Lord of the Abyss is in the Abyss, its Supreme Domain has an absolute advantage, suppressing any enemy domain while fully taking effect). If Abyss Resistance is below 1200 points, there is a certain degree of weakening and suppression, along with continuous Abyss damage.
Note: Your Abyss Resistance is 1688 points.
Skill 26, Abyss: Supreme Majesty (??? Active, Lv.EX): ???
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Su Xiao had long anticipated the Lord of the Abyss would be strong. 4500 Life Cores, 400 Supreme Strength, 400 Supreme Stamina, powerful Life Core recovery, extreme attack power, and an unparalleled domain—this was the strongest Lord of the Abyss in history.
Did the Lord of the Abyss completely overpower Su Xiao? How could that be? The Lord of the Abyss had a stronger physique and various powerful abilities, all within expectations. Don’t forget, Su Xiao was a Technique Grandmaster. His technique abilities were the key to bridging the gap in Supreme Strength, and Su Xiao’s current Supreme Strength attribute was 379 points.
In physique, Life Cores, and raw slashing power, Su Xiao was inferior to the Lord of the Abyss. But in technique and the limits of attack power burst, the Lord of the Abyss was inferior to Su Xiao.
Darkness and blood energy corroded each other, producing a rumbling boom. In the darkness, the Lord of the Abyss stabbed the tip of its greatsword into the ground, both hands resting on the gem at the pommel. Su Xiao held his long blade sideways, the tip pointing diagonally at the ground.
Boom～
A roar echoed in Su Xiao’s ears. It was a pure white area. Su Xiao was already in a spirit form, while across from him was a dark, frenzied beast that constantly changed shape. The Lord of the Abyss had gathered its own wild, bestial side into this soul beast.
This was the realm of consciousness and soul. If Su Xiao’s mind focused primarily on his soul body, he would have to split his attention in the material battle, leading to certain defeat. But if he ignored this side, the dark soul beast would tear his soul body apart.
Threads of dark blue smoke emerged on Su Xiao’s soul body. He left this to the Demon Spirit. Although he couldn’t use the god-tier evasion ability "Substitution" during battle, it was worth it to devote 100% of his mind to the fight.
Inside the grand hall, Su Xiao and the Lord of the Abyss opened their eyes simultaneously. Both activated their Supreme Domains at almost the same time. Su Xiao’s "Blade Domain" was immediately suppressed by the "Abyss Domain," but after the "Abyss Domain" enveloped Su Xiao, it had no effect on him.
At this moment, both felt each other’s tenacity. Then, Su Xiao instantly raised his crystal left hand.
"Blood Smoke Cannon."
Compressed blood energy shot from Su Xiao’s fingertip, not in a straight line but ricocheting off crystal layers that appeared out of nowhere, ultimately striking the side of the Lord of the Abyss’s neck from an extremely tricky angle.
Boom! The blood smoke exploded. Before it cleared, Su Xiao was already in front of the Lord of the Abyss. Both sides unleashed various suppression methods. It wasn’t that Supreme Being battles lacked majesty or presence; the core reason was that standing still and unleashing aura-filled abilities could no longer harm each other, forcing them into close-quarters combat.
The long blade, seemingly coated in crystal, slashed down. The Lord of the Abyss didn’t hesitate. Visible power surged on the black greatsword—an Annihilation heavy slash.
A slash imbued with the power of over a thousand "Spirit Life Cores" clashed with an Annihilation slash that doubled 400 Supreme Strength. The first exchange of this battle made one’s heart clench. Could Dragon-Slaying Flash and the Abyss Greatsword withstand it?
Boom!!!
The shockwave expanded violently, immediately spreading outward through the Abyss grand hall. Amu and the Abyss knights, who had been locked in a standoff, were sent flying out of sight. Amu and Baha had life-saving items, and Bubu Wang and Beini also had theirs, though they were on standby at the Void Base Camp. Note: on standby, not just waiting for the battle’s outcome.
The grand hall bore 99% of the impact. Its toughness was already known—the battle between Tuanzhang and the previous Lord of the Abyss hadn’t destroyed it, let alone the fact that the stronger the current Lord of the Abyss, the sturdier the hall.
But now there was a small problem: cracks had appeared on the hall’s surface. Its strength had limits, and the two fighting inside had already exceeded them.
The long blade and greatsword pressed against each other. Due to the terrifying power, Abyss lightning occasionally sparked around them, a phenomenon caused by the Abyss being torn open by the slashing might.
Boom!
The greatsword slashed down. In pure strength, Su Xiao was indeed no match for the Lord of the Abyss.
Su Xiao took advantage of the momentum to leap back. While midair, an extreme sense of crisis hit him.
Crack, crack, crack～
Crystal layers formed on Su Xiao’s body. His perception ended there. He recovered one second later, already slammed into the side wall of the hall, leaving a dent and spreading cracks. With a rustling sound of shattering crystal, the crystal layer on his neck broke, revealing a slash that cut a third of the way through his throat.
Spirit Shadow Threads silently completed the suturing. Su Xiao immediately identified the ability: the Lord of the Abyss had frozen the Abyss. This Lord of the Abyss had hidden too deeply. At first glance, it seemed to have only advanced through the Abyss Heart, giving it a less-than-top-tier Supreme Being rank limit. But occupying two "High Positions of Abyss Domination" gave it a different opportunity.
Ultimately, the Abyss Heart was just an Abyss product. As the strongest Lord of the Abyss, it had plenty of chances.
It seemed Su Xiao was suppressed from the start, but in reality, the Lord of the Abyss’s heart was no longer calm. The "Absolute Abyss," which should have restricted the enemy for 5 seconds, only worked for less than 0.7 seconds.
That was natural. Although Su Xiao’s "Supreme Realm: Star Realm" froze the Star Realm, he was one of the two with the highest freeze resistance.
Drip, drip～
Blood dripped from Su Xiao’s chin. He suddenly had the same hairstyle as Kingsley. A greatsword slashed fiercely.
"Perfect Block."
Clang!
The greatsword was blocked by the long blade. With the two at the center, Abyss lightning surged outward, along with spreading fierce wind pressure and both sides’ shattered "Supreme Domains." Both temporarily couldn’t use their "Supreme Domains."
"Extreme Blade: Abyss Return."
Clang!!
A tall dark figure that appeared out of nowhere suddenly struck the Lord of the Abyss with a greatsword, forcing it back half a step. From its half-squinting crimson eyes, it was clear it hadn’t anticipated this move. The figure that appeared was none other than its own shadow, returning the heavy slash it had just delivered.
Wind pressure rushed toward Su Xiao. With the Lord of the Abyss’s powerful physique, there was no delay after a heavy slash.
Clang!!
Another "Perfect Block." Su Xiao felt his vision turn red, his whole body’s bones aching. The feeling of nearly being split apart by a greatsword was long overdue. The red light in his eyes grew stronger.
Su Xiao never inexplicably grew stronger or improved his abilities in battle. But facing a powerful enemy, his combat sense improved—colloquially, his blood was starting to boil.
Clang, clang, clang!
Su Xiao’s suddenly accelerated three slashes caught even the Lord of the Abyss off guard. It clenched its left hand.
Crack!
The crystal protective layer around Su Xiao was crushed by a large hand that appeared out of nowhere. He activated Dragon Shadow Flash, but left a crystal avatar in place, forcing him to interrupt his "Chasing Stars and Moon" combo.
The crystal avatar was instantly grabbed by the Lord of the Abyss’s large hand. With a bang, it crushed the crystal avatar. It swung its greatsword in a virtual slash, sending a dozen-meter-high slash tearing through the ground.
"Extreme Blade: Azure Demon King."
Su Xiao pointed his long blade forward, the tip just touching the incoming dark ground-splitting slash. The moment the tip touched, the slash turned cyan-blue, bounced off with a bang, and accelerated more than tenfold.
Pfft!
A slash mark appeared on the Lord of the Abyss’s shoulder. Even so, it stabbed its greatsword into the ground. A large number of dark red Dark Soul clusters emerged, each the size of a washbasin. They floated slowly but persistently toward Su Xiao.
The ground beneath the Lord of the Abyss trembled. The darkness on its greatsword intensified—an Annihilation slash.
Su Xiao phased again. The dark slash passed through his neck. The subsequent slash cut diagonally through the hall’s metal door.
The moment the greatsword passed through Su Xiao’s body, he unphased. But the next instant, the Lord of the Abyss’s swung greatsword completely ignored the aftereffects of the Annihilation slash and hooked back up, clearly aiming to cut Su Xiao from his left waist to his right neck, splitting his torso in two.
In this crisis, without the Demon Spirit to swap positions, Su Xiao seemed to have only his left hand to mitigate some of the slash’s force. But just as the greatsword struck his crystal left hand—
"Perfect Block."
Clang!
With the Lord of the Abyss’s crimson eyes widening slightly, its hooked greatsword was actually deflected. Clearly, the enemy’s technique level had reached an unbelievable height.
The blade flashed brightly. Four consecutive slashes cut across the Lord of the Abyss’s chest. It stumbled back several steps. Just as it prepared to send the enemy flying with an Annihilation slash, it found its Abyss Power completely empty. It knew Law Destroyers could burn an enemy’s body energy, but it hadn’t expected this Law Destroyer to burn it to such an absurd degree.
"Extreme Blade:..."
Boom!!
The Dark Soul balls a dozen meters to the right suddenly exploded. The resulting dark red shockwave had no effect on the Lord of the Abyss but hit Su Xiao squarely.
Bang! Su Xiao slammed into the ancient iron-black wall on the side. The world before his eyes became double-visioned.
Clang!
He raised his blade to block a greatsword slashing from the side. Fine cracks appeared on his right arm and the right half of his torso. He indeed had a powerful physique, but the problem was that the enemy was the Lord of the Abyss with 400 Supreme Strength and a sea of passive trait abilities.
The moment Perfect Block succeeded, Su Xiao grabbed a drop of blood falling from his chin with one hand. His entire crystal arm turned crimson. He punched.
Boom!!
The Lord of the Abyss was knocked back by the Blood Beast’s punch.
"Extreme Blade: Blood Smoke Cannon."
Su Xiao pointed his long blade at the Lord of the Abyss. The fired Blood Smoke Cannon ricocheted off pre-calculated Proud Song crystals, instantly clearing the Dark Souls on the field, then struck the greatsword, blocking the advancing Lord of the Abyss.
Clang, clang, clang!
Su Xiao blocked three consecutive slashes. Crystal layers formed on his right abdomen. He was sent flying by a slash. Three suddenly appearing Lord of the Abyss clones were indeed absurd. Though they existed briefly, they had 100% of the Lord of the Abyss’s attack power.
Before hitting the wall, Su Xiao was already standing on it. He walked down step by step, lightly leaped, and regained his center on the ground.
He flicked his long blade. The dark blood on it formed a semicircular splash in front of him. Without giving him any breathing room, darkness arrived first, along with the Lord of the Abyss. The greatsword slashed down. In just this moment, its Abyss Power had mostly recovered. This was the Abyss.
A piercing hum came. Su Xiao felt death approaching instantly. Even his boiling blood began to cool, as if frozen by this dark death.
A surge of power rushed toward him. Su Xiao saw the Lord of the Abyss, now gripping the dark greatsword with both hands instead of one, maximizing its dark enhancement. This strike was definitely its killing move. It seemed that after Su Xiao emptied its Abyss Power with a few slashes, it learned not to hoard Abyss Power but to burst it out all at once upon recovery to severely wound the enemy.
"Selfless Realm: White Night."
Su Xiao’s long blade turned radiant gold, imbued with numerous technique abilities. He charged forward, disappearing due to extreme speed, reappearing in front of the Lord of the Abyss.
The dark greatsword and the golden long blade clashed.
First, a deafening roar, then utter silence. The resulting shockwave was so terrifying that it destroyed all sound-transmitting media around Su Xiao and the Lord of the Abyss. Darkness and gold pierced outward like needles.
Boom!!!
The Abyss grand hall, which had stood for years, shattered. But the fragments didn’t scatter; they froze in a broken state, looking from afar like a hall covered in cracks.
The shockwave spread, instantly clearing the surrounding Abyss creatures, reaching the Star Realm and the chaos of distant lands.
In the previously silent chaos, vast auras awakened one after another. Some lurked in the chaos, some at the bottom of the precipice, or in the chaos fissures above the elemental peak, watching the battle in the Abyss from afar.
With a rumble, a figure flew backward, crashing onto the Abyss surface, which resembled a black sea. In a sense, this was the Abyss’s ground.
Crack, crack, crack～
Crystal layers spread, forming a large crystal ground. Su Xiao’s shattered crystal left arm gradually reformed. But the next second, wind pressure hit.
Clang!
The Annihilation heavy slash fell. Though Su Xiao perfectly blocked it, blood burst from the cracks all over his body. The enemy’s aura grew stronger.
"Extreme Blade: Scarlet Prison."
A massive Blood Beast materialized behind Su Xiao, roaring to the sky. Layers of scarlet air waves spread. The Lord of the Abyss, who had been single-handedly controlling the darkness to devour Su Xiao, had dark gold-black blood burst from its entire body. Abyss darkness enveloped it. When it reappeared, it was outside the Blood Beast’s roar range.
Even with the Lord of the Abyss’s presence, it couldn’t help but feel a lingering fear. Its feeling at this moment was: Is this... really a human? Can a human truly wield such violent and scarlet power?
When the scarlet roar stopped, the Abyss region where Su Xiao stood was distorted.
Up to now, both sides... had finished warming up.
"Selfless Realm: Azure Demon."
Clang!!
A massive cyan-blue slash was unleashed. Behind the Lord of the Abyss, a giant shadow hundreds of thousands of meters tall appeared. The Abyss greatsword in its hand stabbed down.
The Extreme Azure Demon’s slash speed was absurdly fast. It reached the Lord of the Abyss the moment it was unleashed. But the Lord of the Abyss, now controlling the entire Abyss, stopped everything within it. The dark avatar stabbed down with a greatsword. The Azure Demon slash collapsed, and the dark avatar shattered.
A roar came from behind the Lord of the Abyss. Dark hellhounds, each over five meters long and with auras only slightly weaker than Su Xiao and the Lord of the Abyss, charged out. The Lord of the Abyss had condensed the Abyss’s darkness and sediment into them.
Su Xiao slashed several times, shattering the dozens of dark hellhounds that pounced. But the shattered parts each grew into independent entities, lunging at him again.
Whoosh! Whoosh!! Whoosh!!!
Fierce wind pressure came. As Su Xiao slashed the dark hellhounds, he saw the greatsword in the Lord of the Abyss’s hand radiating a darkness that sent chills down one’s spine.
"Extreme Annihilation."
Boom! The entire Abyss was gripped by a pulling sensation. Su Xiao had just shattered the pouncing dark hellhounds when he felt his feet stuck by darkness. Then, after a pull, he was in front of the Lord of the Abyss.
Whoosh!!!
A terrifying dark slash came. At this moment, Su Xiao was certain that being hit by this slash would mean death. The Lord of the Abyss had extracted 90% of the Abyss’s dark power to empower this strike. Phasing was impossible; he was firmly held by the Abyss darkness and couldn’t break free to phase.
"Supreme Realm: Star Realm."
Boom～!
The moment Su Xiao used "Supreme Realm: Star Realm," a wave spread from the Star Realm behind him, enveloping both him and the Lord of the Abyss.
The world-destroying dark slash, which was falling, suddenly slowed.
Clang, clang, clang!
One slash cut the throat, one slanted across the chest, one cut through the right leg. As blood scattered, the dark slash’s momentum lost 70%. This was the unreasonableness of a fully developed Technique Type.
With a crackle, translucent blue arcs surged. The Lord of the Abyss’s right leg temporarily lost control, suppressing the surging dark slash. It was forced to one knee by its own slash. This proved that if a Technique Type caught an opportunity in battle, the enemy would pay a heavy price.
A spinning blade flipped in Su Xiao’s left hand. This spiral dagger stabbed into the Lord of the Abyss’s neck.
"Elemental Spinning Blade (Origin: Reincarnation Paradise) Effect: Causality Punishment: Can use this weapon to destroy the "Origin Clan Emblem" of Abyss Descendants."
Su Xiao hadn’t used this to destroy an "Origin Clan Emblem," but he used it to give the Lord of the Abyss a vicious hit. This thing was made of the purest and most destructive elemental power. Using it to attack the Lord of the Abyss would definitely maximize damage.
Pure elemental power clashed with Abyss power. With a boom, the Lord of the Abyss was knocked slightly backward. It was about to control the surrounding darkness to repel the enemy in front.
"Extreme Blade: Boundless."
Clang～
A thread-like slash mark appeared. The Lord of the Abyss immediately felt the darkness in the surrounding area vanish. This Law Destroyer had actually used pure slashing power to sever the dark causality of this large area. Remember, this was the Abyss, the place with the densest, thickest darkness.
The darkness disappeared, replaced by extreme bright light and rapidly generated elemental power. Crystal spread, forming a complex mark in the air. This was... the core mark of Flame Fury: Apollo.
Boom!!
The moment Su Xiao phased, a more violent elemental explosion occurred, illuminating the Abyss, which was perpetually dark, with elemental light for the first time. It was worth noting that this didn’t count as using elemental power; it was detonating it, letting elemental power display its might.
Never think elemental power is gentle. "Natural Elements" are gentle. In terms of lethality alone, elemental power is very strong.
"Selfless Realm: White Night."
Pfft!
A slash cut across the Lord of the Abyss’s chest. Only after this slash did its power spread, repelling the darkness that had just surged into this area.
Dark blood splattered. The Lord of the Abyss stepped back a large step. Just as Su Xiao was about to press the attack—
A hum in his ears. He flew backward, trailing a few strands of blood. With a crack, his crystal left hand, now shaped like a claw, grabbed into the darkness, stopping his backward momentum.
Looking at the Lord of the Abyss now, a large number of dark red Dark Souls burst outward from it. During this burst, the messy wooden horns on its head grew, with two becoming longer and thicker. Dark embers appeared on its armor. As the dark embers scattered, it floated up.
Crack!
Abyss lightning flashed, striking around it. Crimson eyes opened behind it, emitting rays.
Su Xiao charged forward, dodging these rays in succession. The long blade and greatsword clashed...
When Su Xiao’s vision recovered from the darkness, he was already over a thousand kilometers away. Glancing around to confirm no witnesses, he spat out a large mouthful of blood. The Lord of the Abyss, having entered its second stage, was terrifyingly powerful.
Rumble～
The Abyss ground, like a black sea, trembled. With an explosion, the Lord of the Abyss appeared a kilometer away. It swung the Abyss greatsword.
Clang!!
It wasn’t a slash wave but a direct strike. Without Perfect Block, this greatsword strike would be extremely hard to parry. Yes, in its current state, within a kilometer range, the Lord of the Abyss could use darkness to ignore distance and slash down.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
As Su Xiao advanced, he performed three consecutive Perfect Blocks. He vanished instantly.
"Extreme Blade: Vengeance."
The long blade radiated astonishing power, cutting through the layers of dark defenses in front of the Lord of the Abyss and slashing down. The greatsword didn’t move, making the Lord of the Abyss, which had further intensified the battle, feel uneasy.
A pain like soul-tearing struck. With a pfft, a long blade wreathed in dark blue smoke stabbed out from the Lord of the Abyss’s chest.
Darkness erupted from the Lord of the Abyss, blasting the Demon Spirit that had invaded its body out. Yes, the soul-level confrontation was over. The Demon Spirit had won, successfully killing the soul beast.
"Selfless Realm: Star Piercer."
In this kind of battle, one couldn’t worry about stamina consumption. Su Xiao silently appeared in front of the Lord of the Abyss, his long blade piercing its throat. But the next instant, his own throat and entire head "exploded"—a dark backlash.
Dark blue smoke scattered. Su Xiao, having swapped with the Demon Spirit via "Substitution," successfully avoided this dark backlash. There was a major misconception: "Substitution" wasn’t swapping positions with the Demon Spirit; in reality, they swapped current causality, and swapping positions was just part of it.
"Instant Return."
Clang, clang, clang!
After three rapid slashes, Su Xiao swapped positions with the Demon Spirit again. The Abyss greatsword slashed through, and the Demon Spirit was blasted apart again.
A blood energy phantom appeared behind Su Xiao. A soul greatbow was drawn. An arrow of black smoke formed by the Demon Spirit shot out. Almost simultaneously, Su Xiao charged at the Lord of the Abyss from another angle.
"Extreme Blade: Azure Shadow King!"
Before the slash arrived, wind pressure came first. The Lord of the Abyss stabbed its greatsword into the ground. A large number of Dark Souls burst from it. Just before Su Xiao touched the Dark Souls, he phased.
Clang～!
Su Xiao, having swapped positions with the Demon Spirit, slashed at the Lord of the Abyss’s throat. Clusters of Dark Souls passed through his phased body. Just as the long blade was about to hit the Lord of the Abyss’s neck, a dull sound came from Su Xiao. The Demon Spirit flew out of him like a soul leaving the body.
Pfft!
Blood traced the slash mark. Dark greatswords rained down from above. Su Xiao leaped back repeatedly to evade.
What just happened? The answer was: the moment before Su Xiao’s phased slash hit the Lord of the Abyss, he naturally had to unphase to ensure the hit landed. But before the slash connected, a dark shockwave hit. In that instant, he swapped with the Demon Spirit. Just before the Demon Spirit, having taken the dark shockwave, was truly sent flying, Su Xiao used "Instant Return," returning to the attack position and slashing down.
Countless Abyss greatswords fell from above. Su Xiao dodged a few times before his entire body ached, as if the entire Abyss had become an enemy, gripping him with a large dark hand.
An Abyss spear stabbed down, entering his abdomen and exiting his lower back, then exploding. Fortunately, after this strike, the surrounding suppression weakened, and he broke free.
Crack, crack, crack～
Crystal layers spread over the blasted blood hole. Unlike combat prosthetics, this part of the crystal wasn’t very strong but had flesh-like elasticity and extensibility, making it an excellent choice for sealing wounds.
A powerful slash shattered the incoming Abyss greatsword.
"Extreme Blade: Azure Demon."
Clang!
The cyan-black slash instantly reached the Lord of the Abyss. Having just dominated the entire Abyss and had its body energy emptied, the Lord of the Abyss was also struggling. Just as it prepared to shatter this attack with a greatsword and use an ignore-distance slash to severely wound the enemy, the enemy suddenly swapped positions with the incoming slash.
"Extreme Blade: Azure Shadow King."
With a deafening clang that echoed through the Abyss, the Lord of the Abyss’s aura fluctuated. But the next second—
"Extreme Blade: Azure Shadow King."
Su Xiao slashed again. The Lord of the Abyss was forced back a large step. A small, inconspicuous chip appeared on the edge of its Abyss greatsword.
"Extreme Blade: Azure Shadow King."
Clang!
This time, the Lord of the Abyss stumbled back several steps. All its crimson eyes stared at Su Xiao, as if examining what kind of thing this was, and confirming that this definitely wasn’t a human, no matter how much its causality resembled one.
"Selfless Realm: Azure Shadow King!"
Boom! Su Xiao’s scarlet aura exploded. He delivered a straightforward, powerful slash. Though there was a size difference between them, at this moment, the Lord of the Abyss suddenly felt it was the shorter one.
With a loud crash, the Lord of the Abyss staggered back a few steps and dropped to one knee. This was also a super tough guy, enduring three normal Azure Shadow King slashes and one Extreme Azure Shadow King.
Su Xiao charged again. The Lord of the Abyss’s expression froze for a moment. If this Law Destroyer unleashed another attack like the previous one, even if it didn’t die, it would enter a very dangerous state. Fortunately, this Law Destroyer had also reached his limit, not even using his blade for the attack.
Su Xiao delivered a full-force straight kick, hitting the half-kneeling Lord of the Abyss.
Boom!!!
The entire Abyss defense shook and trembled. The Lord of the Abyss didn’t fly backward directly. Its back seemed to hit something very solid, producing cracking sounds and light from the cracks.
With a shattering sound, as if breaking some kind of boundary, the Lord of the Abyss’s back smashed through something and flew backward into the light. At this moment, the Lord of the Abyss truly became light.
Star Realm. Though it had won a victory, the Ancient Dragon Kingdom, now empty of people, had few residents to begin with. Before the Abyss calamity, they had migrated. Now, on a quiet plain in the Ancient Dragon Kingdom, a world suddenly shattered. A figure flew out, turning into a straight beam of light, traveling far before landing, plowing a ten-thousand-meter-high wave of earth before finally stopping.
A large hand pressed on the edge of a giant crater. Stepping out, the Lord of the Abyss looked around, found no one, then bent over and vomited a large amount of blood. It felt a bit better. Its vision cleared. Looking around, it was certain this was no longer the Abyss.
Yes, the Lord of the Abyss had been kicked out of the Abyss and into the Star Realm by Su Xiao’s full-force straight kick. This was the result of continuously improving and accumulating abilities, culminating in a display of jaw-dropping power.
The reason for such an absurd outcome was that the area within the Abyss also had a bearing limit. After enduring four "Azure Shadow King" slashes, that area had begun to crack. This straight kick completely shattered it.
A Law-Destroying Teleportation Array appeared ahead. With a rumble, Su Xiao appeared. The array beneath him cracked. Before he could charge forward, dark pressure hit him.
Su Xiao vanished, leaving a few drops of blood. After a 0.5-second delay, the world region where he had been shattered, covered in dark cracks. Black Abyss liquid seeped out.
Mid-flight, Su Xiao stopped abruptly. He slashed repeatedly, shattering the incoming dark tentacles.
Pfft!
A dark blade, a short sword for the Lord of the Abyss but over 1.2 meters long and a palm wide, pierced through his back. A kilometer away, the Lord of the Abyss, with cracks on its chest and abdomen armor and blood dripping from its chin, released its left hand.
"Darkness: Devouring Heaven and Earth."
A rumbling tremor centered on Su Xiao. The world region he was in collapsed rapidly due to the darkness, being absorbed and devoured, quickly annihilating. In response, the Lord of the Abyss’s left hand suddenly clenched into a fist.
Finally, half of the Ancient Dragon Kingdom shattered, forming a dark sphere. A giant Abyss greatsword appeared above, stabbing down.
Where the blade touched, the dark sphere rapidly collapsed. Just as it pierced the center, a bright blade light rose against the sword. With a piercing clang, the falling Abyss giant sword split in two.
"Extreme Blade: Star Piercing Flash."
Several shining star points appeared, followed by consecutive slashing sounds. A afterimage cut through the star points, using this as a medium to instantly reach the Lord of the Abyss. A slash empowered by Azure Shadow King fell.
On the other side, the Lord of the Abyss, having recovered a large amount of Abyss Power, delivered an Annihilation heavy slash.
Like a meteor collision, starting from the point of impact, numerous space cracks spread outward. Both sides were pushed back by this heavy slash.
Fighting to this extent, both were severely injured. The world-destroying moves from before were hard to use; forcing them would mean collapsing the next second. The sharp blades in hand were the key to deciding victory. Having experienced many such life-and-death battles, one knew how useful a powerful melee weapon was in the super late game—it was often the last resort.
"Extreme Blade: Azure Shadow King."
"Extreme Dark Annihilation."
Clang!!
Another clash. Su Xiao stepped back a few times, spitting out a large mouthful of blood. On the other side, the Lord of the Abyss’s tall figure swayed. Dark blood dripped down its greatsword.
They locked eyes, then charged again. The golden long blade and dark greatsword clashed. But at this moment, a mutation occurred. Su Xiao phased. The Lord of the Abyss split into three. Three Abyss greatswords slashed down.
Clang!
Su Xiao, in his phased state, was knocked back a large step. The greatsword his long blade blocked was half-buried in his left shoulder and torso. Among the Lord of the Abyss’s two clones, one had also phased. This shouldn’t be the Lord of the Abyss’s ability to phase; this special clone had the means to mimic others’ abilities.
The Lord of the Abyss’s Abyss greatsword was aimed at Su Xiao. A dark light pillar fell from above. Su Xiao’s "Wild Hunt Night" was blasted apart, igniting the Abyss ember traits within. Even so, "Wild Hunt Night" helped Su Xiao block this crucial strike.
"Extreme Blade: Heavy Moon."
The long blade slashed down. Gravity-like black slash power fell. Almost simultaneously, Su Xiao closed in.
"Extreme Blade: Azure Shadow King."
Before this slash was unleashed, blood burst from Su Xiao’s body. He had used "Azure Shadow King" too many times.
Clang!
The slash, though blocked by the Abyss greatsword, left it covered in cracks.
Taking advantage of the Lord of the Abyss staggering back, Su Xiao raised his foot for a brief charge, then stomped the ground. The entire Ancient Dragon Kingdom officially collapsed from this stomp.
"Roar!!"
The massive Blood Beast roared scarlet. Scarlet patterns climbed Su Xiao’s side neck, making him look more violent and powerful.
"Supreme Realm: Star Piercer."
A dozen meters apart, Su Xiao’s Star Piercer slash shattered the Lord of the Abyss’s left shoulder and entire left arm. But it wasn’t so easy to defeat. Its right hand stabbed into the darkness, pulling out another Abyss greatsword. This one was narrower but seemed heavier. Having occupied two high positions of Lord of the Abyss, it naturally could wield two Abyss greatswords.
At this moment, amidst the collapse, the Ancient Dragon Kingdom, like an apocalyptic dusk, suddenly fell silent.
The Lord of the Abyss, once tall and strong, became gaunt. But the Abyss greatsword in its hand radiated a chilling dark light.
Almost simultaneously, Su Xiao and the Lord of the Abyss vanished. They reappeared, both charging at full speed off the ground, their long blade and greatsword slashing.
"Open Abyss: Dark Object Heavenly Fall."
"Selfless Realm: Moonless Night."
Before unleashing this slash, Su Xiao had used "Star Realm Overlord Heart" to recover 60% of his Life Cores. But using this slash dropped his Life Core count to just over 20%.
This move didn’t appear out of nowhere. Initially, it was "Blade Dao Sword: Extreme," then "Extreme Blade: Extreme," then "Extreme Blade: White Night," then "Selfless Realm: White Night." Now, after his "Heavenly Edge Slash Shadow" reached Lv.390, he finally had the upgraded version: "Selfless Realm: Moonless Night."
After both sides used their final killing moves, due to the Lord of the Abyss’s "Dark Object Heavenly Fall," the entire world turned into absolute darkness. But in this darkness, a bright blade light flashed.
Clang!!!
The piercing sound of the slash rose to the sky. The enveloping darkness gradually disappeared. The two stood back to back, with splattered black blood and blood at their feet.
After a brief calm, both charged at each other fiercely. The long blade and greatsword clashed. But in terms of recovery, the Lord of the Abyss had the advantage. Su Xiao was sent flying. Midair, he unleashed several blade lights, causing the Lord of the Abyss, which was about to press the attack, to stagger, dark blood splattering.
"Moo!"
A bull roar came from the sky. With a crash, it landed. Then came Bubu Wang’s howl and Beini’s meow, followed by Baha swooping down. How did they get here? It was Baha and Bubu Wang’s spur-of-the-moment idea. If the battle were in the Abyss, Bubu Wang and Beini going up would mean death. But since the fight had moved to the Star Realm, Bubu Wang and Baha’s minds became active. The subsequent assembly and appearance were natural.
The Blade Demon Spirit split into three, empowering Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha. Barbatos could perform harmful demonization, and as its followers, they could too, with less damage. As for side effects, they’d deal with them after winning.
Demonized Amu reached eight meters tall. As it charged at the Lord of the Abyss, the Lord of the Abyss prepared to summon Abyss darkness to kill this Gluttony Original Sin.
Clang!
The long blade slashed down. Su Xiao wasn’t dead yet; how could he let the Lord of the Abyss have this chance? This slash was powerful, sending the Lord of the Abyss flying backward a distance before crashing down. Amu turned into a dark semi-fluid, instantly climbing onto the Lord of the Abyss’s back. Its manifested arms, in a guillotine posture, choked the Lord of the Abyss. Just as the Lord of the Abyss was about to burst with darkness—
Boom!
Su Xiao’s straight kick sent the Lord of the Abyss flying again. Though the kick’s power was precisely controlled, it still stunned Amu for a moment, but its hold on the Lord of the Abyss didn’t loosen.
The demonized "Bubu Wang," now truly transformed into a "Sky-Rending Evil Dog" with a changed appearance, pounced, biting the Lord of the Abyss’s right arm. Taking advantage of the Lord of the Abyss’s body paralysis, it pulled outward with all its might.
This wasn’t Bubu Wang’s main body. With its body attributes, it couldn’t even withstand the residual waves. Bubu Wang’s main body was far away. This was a technological creation made by Bubu Wang, named Sky-Rending Evil Dog: Little Bu.
Demonized Baha spread its wings above. With a boom, this world region was enveloped by an alternate space, fully suppressing the Lord of the Abyss.
Beini was above. As a financial management cat, participating in battle was a hindrance. Demonization wasn’t that absurd; otherwise, Bubu Wang would have gone directly. Beini came to decide that if the battle below was lost, she would jump down and fight that wooden-horned monster to the death. The result didn’t matter; they’d die together.
On the battlefield below, Amu restrained the Lord of the Abyss. Its entire dark fluid body bled from the power impacts.
Su Xiao charged forward with his long blade, dark blue smoke rising from it. Just as the blade was less than a centimeter from the Lord of the Abyss’s chest, the Lord of the Abyss broke free from the straight kick paralysis. Its struggle force caused deep blood marks on Amu’s body. Little Bu was instantly scrapped. Without the Supreme Being Demon Spirit’s demonization, Amu might have shattered.
This brief delay in breaking free—
Pfft!
The long blade stabbed into the Lord of the Abyss’s chest. Whether it was the dark blue smoke on Su Xiao or on Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Beini, at this moment, all of it flowed through Dragon-Slaying Flash into the Lord of the Abyss’s chest.
All of the Lord of the Abyss’s crimson eyes widened. Its large hand reached for Su Xiao. The slash power spread, cutting off this hand.
Dark clouds gathered above, rumbling dully. The Lord of the Abyss suddenly rose, repelling Su Xiao. The Abyss greatsword flew over, and it bit down with a crack, holding it in its mouth. It swung its body, slashing the greatsword at Su Xiao.
Bang! Su Xiao’s slash shattered the second Abyss greatsword. With the Demon Spirit beginning to kill the Lord of the Abyss, its Abyss greatsword naturally became fragile.
The Lord of the Abyss crashed to one knee. Dark blue smoke rose from it. But it still stood, walking step by step toward Su Xiao.
"Extreme Blade: White Night!"
Su Xiao mercilessly slashed down. The long blade cut through the Lord of the Abyss’s chest. Its body shattered like black crystal. Faced with such decisiveness, the Lord of the Abyss’s eyes showed not anger, but unwillingness and recognition. It recognized Su Xiao as its destined strong enemy. But it... couldn’t lose.
Bang～!
The Lord of the Abyss completely shattered. Its remaining head still bit the hilt of the broken Abyss sword.
Su Xiao’s chest heaved unevenly. His entire body was covered in wounds. Especially a sword mark slanting across his chest, revealing his beating heart and several fresh Spirit Shadow Thread sutures on it. The Lord of the Abyss had its Abyss race. Losing meant the Abyss era would no longer descend. But behind Su Xiao... were the beings of the Star Realm. The other side had a reason not to lose, and so did he.
Su Xiao flicked the dark blood off his blade.
The Lord of the Abyss... had been slain!
Drip, drip～
Black liquid dripped from the space cracks above, as if the darkness was weeping over the Lord of the Abyss’s death.
With a rumbling sound, the Ancient Dragon Kingdom where Su Xiao stood collapsed. Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Beini gathered around Su Xiao. Amu was the worst, having just been revived. A Law-Destroying Teleportation Array appeared beside them. Before Bubu Wang and Beini could react, they were kicked onto it. This was because they couldn’t enter the Abyss; they would be instantly corroded.
The encroaching darkness from all sides eventually swallowed the Ancient Dragon Kingdom. When everything calmed, Su Xiao was pulled into the previously shattered Abyss grand hall, which remained in a broken state.
The Abyss high throne stood before him. A powerful pulling force came from it. Su Xiao could clearly feel that if he touched the Abyss high throne, he would immediately become the next Lord of the Abyss. The Abyss high throne must always have a Lord of the Abyss. This was inevitable—the law of the Abyss, the fate of darkness.
Normally, Su Xiao, who had personally slain the Lord of the Abyss, couldn’t resist this Abyss fate invasion. But he was wearing the "Endless Ring."
[Endless Ring]
Equipment Effect: Endless Bearing (Core: Passive). This equipment can bear Original Sin objects. For each true Original Sin object borne, gain one layer of "Endless Power" effect.
Each layer of Endless Power effect: Increases Abyss/Elemental Resistance by 100 points (this bonus can break through the upper limit), increases all attributes by 2%, and "slightly" increases the coronation devouring of Abyss/Elemental power. Current total gains: