Chapter 608: Total Annihilation

"Damn it, is this woman a Satan who crawled out of Hell?"

At the peak of Mount Everest, the Legion Commander gripped his long sword, staring at Liuli before him with a face full of terror. Drops of sweat flowed from his forehead, immediately turning into ice beads as they rolled to the ground.

Beside him, only his personal guard legion remained; all others had already turned into particles and been completely shattered.

"Holy See Crusaders, nothing more than this!" Liuli said with a bored expression, the Destruction Scythe in her hand swaying gently.

"The Lord's glory shines upon the earth; the Holy See's prestige must not be trampled upon!" Hearing Liuli say this, a guard suddenly let out a roar, and white spots of light rose from his body.

The white spots of light gathered behind him, forming a pair of white wings. However, these wings looked as if they might collapse at any moment.

"For the Lord's glory!" the guard roared, white light surging on the long sword in his hand as he slashed fiercely toward Liuli.

Liuli raised the Destruction Scythe in her hand, blocking the guard's long sword.

"Hmm, this kind of power is already approaching Half-step Nascent Soul." Liuli raised an eyebrow, clearly not expecting the opponent's power to increase to this extent. "However, just this alone is far from enough!"

With a slight tremor of the hand holding the Destruction Scythe, the guard felt a massive force surge from the sword, forcing him to take a step back.

Just at this moment, a cluster of light rose from the Legion Commander's body, and the majestic aura made even Liuli raise an eyebrow slightly.

"To think they all used this secret technique that burns life; are these guys really not afraid of death? Hmm, no, what is this?"

In Liuli's perception, there was a treasure on the Legion Commander's body, and this treasure was continuously pouring massive power into the bodies of everyone present. The power contained in this treasure was extremely pure, greatly reducing the burden on everyone present, which was also the reason they dared to activate this secret technique.

"Could this thing be the Holy Grail from the Holy See?" Liuli's gaze pierced through the disguise on the Legion Commander. "Perhaps this thing has some use for Lingyun; it seems I must take it."

"Kill!" The Legion Commander, having activated the secret technique, let out a roar, his sharp sword pointing directly at Liuli.

"Destruction Power!" Liuli gave a cold shout and swung the Destruction Scythe in her hand; black air currents dissipated around her, coiling onto the blade of the scythe.

"Not good, kill her quickly!"

Seeing this scene, the Legion Commander's expression changed drastically, and the sword in his hand, carrying powerful light energy, slashed toward Liuli's direction. A golden Sword Qi carrying the aura of death flew rapidly toward Chen Jing.

"Petty tricks!" Liuli swept the Destruction Scythe horizontally, the scythe smashing into the Sword Qi and instantly reducing it to nothingness.

The guards let out a roar and swarmed rapidly toward Liuli's direction. Liuli swung the Destruction Scythe in her hand rapidly, each attack precisely striking the long swords in the guards' hands.

"Crack, crack—"

The long swords that had collided with the Destruction Scythe all developed countless cracks on their blades. If they hadn't been forcibly maintaining the shape of the blades with light energy, these long swords would have long since turned into a pile of fragments on the ground.

"This won't do; if we keep fighting like this, we will be the first to collapse. That weapon is simply too terrifying; it can even erase light energy." The Legion Commander gritted his teeth, staring at Liuli, who was holding the Destruction Scythe.

"Judgment Holy Sword!"

The guards beside the Legion Commander simultaneously spread their wings and flew into the sky, white light spreading from their bodies. Several beams of light combined in the sky, transforming into a giant Light Sword. The Light Sword descended from the sky, aiming directly at Liuli.

"End of Blade!"

Liuli swung the scythe in her hand, slashing heavily onto the descending Light Sword. Destruction Power spread out from the scythe and coiled onto the Light Sword; instantly, the Light Sword developed countless cracks.

"Good chance, Divine Charge!" Seeing Liuli and the Judgment Holy Sword in a stalemate, the Legion Commander's eyes lit up. A white light flashed over his body, his wings spread to their maximum behind him, and he transformed into a white shadow, charging rapidly toward Liuli.

However, when he collided with Liuli, his expression changed drastically. The person resisting the Judgment Holy Sword before him was actually just a phantom.

"Caught you, you guy who only knows how to hide and dodge!" Liuli's figure suddenly appeared in the void, and the scythe in her hand slashed heavily onto the Legion Commander, who was unable to dodge in time.

"You—" The Legion Commander stared in horror at Liuli, who had emerged from the void, his eyes full of disbelief. "You are not Half-step Nascent Soul!"

"That has nothing to do with you!" Liuli sneered and kicked the Legion Commander away.

The Legion Commander, who had crashed heavily to the ground, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and the aura on his body withered instantly. The terrifying Destruction Power rampaged within his body, and before long, it dragged him into the embrace of death.

Having lost the Legion Commander's activation, the Holy Grail also lost its effect. Without the blessing of the Holy Grail's power, the Light Sword entangled by the Destruction Power immediately dimmed. Under the erosion of the Destruction Power, the Light Sword shattered into countless spots of light and disappeared into mid-air.

Liuli leaned down and fished a golden cup out of the Legion Commander's arms.

"Hmm, this Holy Grail seems to have some merit!" Feeling the surging energy contained within the Holy Grail, Liuli raised an eyebrow slightly, then transformed into a stream of light and disappeared from the peak of Mount Everest.

On the Nameless Reef, the battle was still continuing.

The long sword in Esdeath's hand conjured a phantom image, firmly enveloping Haoke before her. In the distance, the ice knights had all disappeared, but the broken ice sculptures on the ground already proved their battle record.

Haoke's current appearance looked extremely disheveled; her body was covered in sword marks of all sizes, and frost hung on her brows. Originally, as an Esper of the Physical Enhancement type, such injuries would have been a piece of cake for her, but the wounds inflicted by Esdeath contained a strange cold air. This cold air not only prevented her wounds from healing but also continuously invaded her body, wreaking havoc within.

"Go to hell!" An old man with powerful cold air dissipating from his body suddenly approached Esdeath. "Ice Hell!"

"Using such methods in front of me, is it really not shameful?" A cold sneer appeared on Esdeath's face; she forced Haoke back with one sword strike, aimed her left hand at the old man, and terrifying cold air surged out from her body. "Extreme Cold Ice Domain!"

The old man, who had rushed into mid-air, was directly struck by this powerful cold air. Countless frost appeared on his body instantly. He didn't even have time to let out a scream before he was frozen into an ice sculpture by the formidable cold air, falling to the ground and shattering into pieces.

A powerful ice-type Esper was actually frozen into an ice sculpture and shattered; this seemingly absurd situation appeared vividly before Mile and the others, causing their hearts to sink instantly.

"Brother—" The other old man looked at the shattered ice sculpture on the ground and let out a shrill scream. "I want you to die, Mental Explosion!"

Mental Explosion is the strongest move of a mental-type Esper. It involves pouring all of one's Mental Power into the opponent's Spirit Sea to trigger a violent explosion. However, this move also exhausts all of the mental-type Esper's Mental Power; it can be called a "succeed or perish" move.

If this move were used on anyone else, it would definitely achieve significant results. But the person she was facing was Esdeath, who had signed an Eternal Contract with Lingyun. Those who have signed an Eternal Contract with Lingyun have their Spirit Seas protected by Lingyun's Divine Sense. In the face of Lingyun's terrifying Divine Sense, the old man's Mental Power didn't even stir up a ripple before being completely obliterated.

"Ah—" The old man let out a shrill scream, and his entire head exploded like a watermelon hit by a hammer.

Losing two people in an instant, Mile's expression turned extremely ugly.

"Damn it, go to hell!" Haoke let out a roar, the muscles on her body swelling a bit more, and she slammed a fist heavily toward Esdeath.

"Blood Lotus!"

Esdeath did not dodge or evade, pointing a single hand toward Haoke's direction.

"Chi chi chi—"

Countless ice thorns suddenly pierced out from Haoke's body, instantly turning her into a bloody person.

"Cough, cough—" Haoke suddenly coughed up a large mouthful of blood, her eyes full of unwillingness as she slowly fell to the ground.

"Haoke!" Mile let out a cry of alarm.

"You had better worry about yourself!" Esdeath appeared before him like a ghost, her left hand pressing suddenly onto his chest.

Mile's pupils shrank, a flash of silver light passed over his body, and his figure instantly appeared dozens of meters away. But it was already too late; a white ice flower bloomed on his chest. Mile's figure paused, after which white frost spread, freezing him completely into an ice sculpture.

"Tsk, the space-time barrier of this world is truly powerful; the time Mahapadma can last is not even a second. Otherwise, I could have finished all three of them together," Esdeath muttered in her heart.

Weiersun and the other person looked at Mile, who had turned into an ice sculpture, their eyes full of disbelief. One must know that Mile was a rare space-type Esper, and his ability to save his own life was the strongest among the six of them. If it weren't for Esdeath using the moment Mahapadma froze space-time to pierce his heart directly with her strongest cold air, she wouldn't have been able to kill Mile either.

"Run!" Weiersun and the other person exchanged a look; they had already lost four people. If even they died here, the future S. H. I. E. L. D. would definitely fall into a crisis of survival.

Watching the two who turned and fled, a trace of a disdainful smile appeared on Esdeath's face, and the Long sword in her right hand suddenly thrust into the ice surface.

"Ice Explosion!"

In an instant, the entire ice surface created by Esdeath simultaneously erupted in violent explosions, and countless ice crystals transformed into lethal rays of light, turning the entire area of the ice surface into a purgatory of white blades.

"Truly an interesting opponent, you've made me feel a little excited!"

Having finished casting Ice Explosion, Esdeath turned around and, with a trace of a smile, vanished on the sea surface filled with shattered ice.