Chapter 4219

Drip, drip~

Black liquid droplets fell straight down from the tip of the ceiling's cone, the Abyssal Lord on the high seat merely rose as usual, yet there was a pressure as if the Abyss itself came face to face, dark spirits surged around his feet, huddling together to lift the pedestal, a great Abyssal sword gradually rose.

The hand wearing black arm guards gripped the "Abyssal Greatsword" with a click, dark embers flew up silently, as the sword was drawn, the entire great hall trembled, the giant gears on the ceiling clicked and turned, letting this already spacious hall, the walls behind retreat with a booming rumble, becoming even more spacious.

The greatsword completely left its base, the blade gave a light ring, the entire sword was pitch black, a crimson line ran down the center of the spine, from a point just below the tip, all the way to the slightly upward-curving guard, and at the end of the hilt was a sapphire-blue gem about the size of a chicken egg.

Wisps of darkness rose from the hall's floor, faintly accompanied by the epic lament of a dark banshee, and the deep, heavy rumble of the Abyssal fluid flowing beneath the hall.

After a brief calm.

Boom!

Pure darkness and crimson blood qi collided violently, neither side could lose, not only because each had already staked their lives at the moment of battle's start, if Su Xiao lost, the Star Realm would have no living beings left, if the Abyssal Lord was slain, the Abyssal race would vanish completely from history.

Chime~

The longsword was drawn, surging crimson blood qi spreading, Su Xiao with red-glowing eyes had already activated the special privilege granted by the Void Tree upon arriving here.

【You have activated this special notarial privilege, the privilege content is "Detection".】

【Because the current Supreme Realm·Abyssal Lord cannot be directly detected, you may only detect data from 5 natural days ago for this target, and at most detect 50% of this target's data.】

Detection becomes impossible at the Peak Realm, let alone the Supreme Realm, but this privilege belongs to "detecting the past", not direct observation of the current Abyssal Lord.

As for whether the Abyssal Lord's combat power changed within five days, even if there was an increase, it should be negligible, Su Xiao does not believe such a battle-experienced to the extreme War King would make a major decision to boost himself during his rule over the Abyss.

【Successfully detected the following data.】

Name: Abyssal Lord.

Life Core: 4580/4580.

Abyssal Power: 85,000,000/85,000,000 points.

Supreme Strength: 400 points.

Supreme Agility: 359 points.

Supreme Stamina: 400 points.

Supreme Intelligence: 325 points.

Supreme Charisma: -29 points.

Skill 1, Abyssal Lord (Abyssal Passive,): Abyssal flesh defense tier +509, true resistance +5980 points, exempt from all control effects, exempt from all instant death effects, exempt from 6% slaying effect, exempt from Abyssal damage.

Skill 2, Dark Slaughter Sword (Abyssal Passive,): Weapon attack power increased by 120% when holding the "Abyssal Greatsword", possesses the power to sever causality.

Skill 3, Obscure Proliferation (Abyssal Passive,): Recovers 2% of maximum Life Core amount per second.

Note: This recovery effect will not be suppressed in any way.

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Skill 8, Destruction (Supreme Active,): Next attack consumes 10% of maximum Abyssal energy, next slash power will be determined based on current Supreme Strength × 2.

Note: This ability has no cooldown.

Note: When the Abyssal Lord enters "State Three·Dark Soul Dirge", it can use up to "Supreme Strength × 3 times" Destruction Slashes without consumption at intervals.

Skill 9, Dark King (Exclusive Passive,): All attacks carry the "Abyssal Extreme Darkness" effect, when "Abyssal Extreme Darkness" stacks three layers, it triggers an explosion, immediately destroying 20% of the target's Life Core.

Skill 10, Death Hand (Exclusive Active,): When the Abyssal Lord is the advantaged party in Supreme Strength, it can ignore distance to seize an enemy unit with one hand and chain a total of 5~6 consecutive "Destruction Attacks", causing extremely high Life Core amount Abyssal-typed damage.

Note: "Death Hand" can interrupt any ability, possesses absolute property, when facing absolute property abilities, at most they will be laid bare against each other, no counter will occur.

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Skill 16, Dark Souls (Exclusive Active,): The Abyssal Lord summons a large number of Abyssal souls, these souls possess the property of devouring Life Core and soul, and will continue to search and track.

Skill 17, Dark Soul Dirge (Unique Passive,): When the Abyssal Lord's Life Core drops below 50%, it will explosively summon a large number of dark souls, all its abilities will be further enhanced by the dark souls.

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Skill 19, Boiling Dark Power (Unique Passive,): When the Abyssal Lord's health drops below 30%, it will enter this state,???

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Skill 25, Devouring All Things Darkness (Supreme Domain·Passive,): Within the current Abyssal Lord's Supreme Domain, if Abyssal resistance is below 350 points, immediate death occurs; if below 800 points, physique and all abilities are suppressed, massive loss of primal life force per second (when the Abyssal Lord is in the Abyss, its Supreme Domain holds absolute advantage, capable of suppressing any enemy domain simultaneously, this domain fully takes effect); if below 1200 points, it will suffer a degree of weakening and suppression, and continuously take Abyssal damage.

Note: Your Abyssal resistance is 1688 points.

Skill 26, Abyss·Supreme Etiquette (??? ·Active,):???

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Long having anticipated the Abyssal Lord would be strong, 4500 Life Cores, 400 Supreme Strength, 400 Supreme Stamina, and powerful Life Core recovery, attack power pushed to the extreme, and an unmatched domain, this is the strongest Abyssal Lord in history.

Is the Abyssal Lord's strength completely overwhelming Su Xiao? Impossible, the Abyssal Lord possesses stronger physique and various powerful abilities, all within estimates, don't forget, Su Xiao is a Grand Master of the Extreme Peak, his technique ability is precisely the key to compensating for the Supreme Strength gap, and Su Xiao's current Supreme Strength attribute is 379 points.

Physique, Life Core, and slash ferocity, Su Xiao falls short of the Abyssal Lord, but in the limits of technique and explosive attack power, the Abyssal Lord falls short of Su Xiao.

Darkness and blood qi eroded each other, emitting booming rumbling sounds, only seen in the darkness, the Abyssal Lord's greatsword tip stabbed into the ground, both hands pressed on the sapphire at the hilt's end, Su Xiao held the longsword sideways, blade tip pointing diagonally at the ground.

Boom~

A roar transmitted into Su Xiao's ears, this was a pure white area, Su Xiao had already become a spirit body, while opposite, a constantly shifting, dark and frenzied beast, the Abyssal Lord had actually gathered its own beastly, frenzied aspect together, forming this feral soul beast.

This is the consciousness and soul realm, if Su Xiao's mind takes the soul body as primary, then material-layer combat would require divided focus, which would surely lead to defeat, but if he ignores this, the dark soul feral beast will tear his soul body apart.

Wisps of dark blue smoke appeared on Su Xiao's soul body, this side, leave it to the Magic Spirit, although the god-tier evasion ability "Replacement" cannot be used in combat, being able to fully focus the mind on combat is worthwhile.

Inside the great hall, Su Xiao and the Abyssal Lord opened their eyes simultaneously, both nearly simultaneously activated their Supreme Domains, Su Xiao's "Blade Domain" was immediately suppressed by the "Abyssal Domain", and after the "Abyssal Domain" enveloped Su Xiao, it did not affect him.

At this moment, both felt each other's tenacity, just then, Su Xiao instantly raised his crystalline left hand.

'Blood Smoke Cannon.'

Compressed to the extreme blood qi shot from Su Xiao's fingertips, not in a straight line, but bouncing off crystal layers appearing in midair, finally blasting toward the Abyssal Lord's neck side from an extremely tricky angle.

With a boom, the blood smoke exploded, before the blood smoke dissipated, Su Xiao had already arrived before the Abyssal Lord, both sides' various suppression methods emerged simultaneously, not because Supreme Realm combat lacks ceremony and prestige, but because the core reason is, abilities usable with full aura while standing in place are indeed ineffective against each other, thus leading to further close-quarters grappling.

Like a blade dragged by crystal attachments slashing down, the Abyssal Lord hesitated not, visible power bloomed on the black greatsword, Destruction Heavy Slash.

Carrying the force of thousands of "Spirit Life Cores", clashing with a Destruction Slash based on doubled 400-point Supreme Strength, this first exchange made people involuntarily break a sweat, just like Dragon Flash Slash and Abyssal Greatsword, can it withstand?

Boom!!!

The impact boomed outward, instantly spreading through the Abyssal Great Hall, immediately flinging Am and the Abyssal Knights out of sight; Am and Bahar had life-saving items, and Bubu Wang and Benny did too, but they were on standby at the Void Base—note, on standby, not merely waiting for the battle's outcome.

The Great Hall bore ninety-nine percent of the impact; its strength was already known from the battle between the regiment leader and the previous Abyssal Lord, which failed to destroy it—let alone the current Abyssal Lord, whose greater strength only makes the Hall more solid.

However, there is now a minor issue: the Great Hall's surface has developed cracks, and its strength does have a limit; the two fighting to the death inside have both exceeded this limit.

The longsword and greatsword clashed, their immense power occasionally triggering Abyssal Lightning around them—this is the phenomenon caused by the Abyss being sliced open by the Abyssal Slash.

Boom!

The greatsword came down in a pure test of strength; Su Xiao was indeed no match for the Abyssal Lord.

Su Xiao followed up with a backward leap, and as he hung in midair, an ultimate sense of danger struck him.

Crack-crack-crack~

The crystal layer clung to Su Xiao's body, sensation ceasing there; recovery came only after one second, by which time Su Xiao had slammed into the hall's side wall, leaving a dent and spreading cracks, accompanied by the clatter of shattering crystals; the crystal layer on his neck shattered, and a gash cutting one-third of his throat appeared.

The Spirit Shadow Thread silently completed its suture; Su Xiao immediately recognized this ability—the Abyssal Lord had just stabilized the Abyss, this Abyssal Lord had hidden too deeply; at first glance, it seemed only the Abyssal Heart had advanced, granting an upper limit not of peak level, but by occupying two "Abyssal Dominance High Positions," it gained different opportunities.

Ultimately, the Abyssal Heart is merely a product of the Abyss; as the strongest Abyssal Lord, opportunities are truly abundant.

Though Su Xiao appeared suppressed on contact, the Abyssal Lord's heart was no longer calm; the "Abyssal Seal" meant to restrict enemies for five seconds took effect on the enemy for less than seven seconds.

Naturally, Su Xiao's "Extreme Blade·Star Realm," though it stabilizes the Star Realm, he is one of the two with the highest resistance to stabilization.

Drip-drip~

Blood dripped from Su Xiao's chin, he suddenly sported Ginsley's hairstyle, and a greatsword came slashing violently.

"Perfect Parry."

Clang!

The greatsword was blocked by the longsword; centered on the two, Abyssal Lightning exploded outward, accompanied by spreading icy wind pressure, and the shattering of both sides' "Supreme Domain"—neither can currently use "Supreme Domain."

"Extreme Blade·Abyssal Return."

Clang!!

A towering dark shadow appeared out of nowhere, suddenly thrusting a greatsword into the Abyssal Lord, forcing it to retreat half a step; from its single narrowed crimson eye, it was clear it had not anticipated this move—for the apparition that appeared was none other than its own phantom, which returned its power-slashing blow unchanged.

The wind met face-on; with the Abyssal Lord's powerful physique, there is no pause after the power-slash.

Clang!!

Another "Perfect Parry"—Su Xiao felt his vision flash red, his entire skeleton ache; this near-cleaving sensation had been long absent, making the red glow in his eyes even more intense.

Su Xiao never gains strength or ability for no reason in battle, but he does grow sharper in combat feeling against stronger foes—colloquially, his blood gradually boils.

Clang, clang, clang!

Su Xiao's sudden flurry of three strikes caught even the Abyssal Lord off guard; it clenched its left hand empty.

Crack!

The crystal protective layer around Su Xiao was pinched apart by a hand that appeared out of nowhere; Dragon Shadow Flash activated, but he left a crystal incarnation in place, forcing his "Chase the Stars, Chase the Moon" combo to be interrupted.

The crystal incarnation was suddenly seized in the Abyssal Lord's large hand—with a bang, the Abyssal Lord crushed it in its grip, then launched a virtual greatsword slash, carving a dozen-meter-high slash mark.

"Extreme Blade·Azure Demon King."

Su Xiao pointed his longsword forward; the blade's tip just touched the incoming dark earth-splitting slash; at the moment of contact, the slash turned azure-blue, emitted a bang, and shot out, its speed suddenly increasing more than tenfold.

Pfft~!

A slash mark appeared on the Abyssal Lord's shoulder; even so, it had already planted its greatsword into the ground, and vast amounts of black-red dark soul clusters surged forth, each the size of a washbasin, drifting slowly but steadily toward Su Xiao.

The ground beneath the Abyssal Lord's feet trembled; the dark aura in its greatsword intensified—this was the Annihilation Slash.

Su Xiao once again became intangible; the dark slash passed over his neck, and the following slash energy slammed the hall's metal doors diagonally shut.

At the moment the greatsword cut through Su Xiao's body, he disengaged from intangibility—but in the next instant, the Abyssal Lord's greatsword, which had just sliced him, completely ignored the recoil from the Annihilation Slash and swung back in a rising cut, clearly aiming to cleave Su Xiao from left waist to right neck in one blow, splitting his torso.

Without soul-swap to evade this crisis, Su Xiao seemed only able to deflect some force with his left hand—but at the moment the greatsword struck his crystal left hand,

"Perfect Parry."

Clang!

With all the Abyssal Lord's blood-red eyes widened several degrees, its retaliatory greatsword was simply deflected—evidently, the opponent before it had reached a technique level beyond belief.

The sword light shone snow-bright; four consecutive slashes carved across the Abyssal Lord's chest, it retreated several large steps, and as it prepared a world-destroying slash to fling the enemy, it discovered its Abyssal power was completely drained—it naturally knew that Extinction Mages could burn enemy bodily energy, but it had not imagined this Extinction Mage could burn to such an absurd degree.

"Extreme Blade·Boom!!

The dark soul ball still over ten meters to the right suddenly exploded; the resulting crimson impact had no effect on the Abyssal Lord, but it solidly struck Su Xiao.

With a bang, Su Xiao slammed into the side's ancient iron-black wall, his vision doubling.

Clang!

Raising his hand to block the side-incoming greatsword, fine cracks appeared on his right arm and right torso; he indeed had a powerful physique, but the enemy was a 400-point Supreme Power Abyssal Lord with massive passive trait bonuses.

At the moment of successful Perfect Parry, Su Xiao snatched a drop of blood falling from his chin with one hand; his entire crystal arm turned crimson, and he unleashed a punch.

Boom!!

The Abyssal Lord was blown back by the blood beast's punch.

"Extreme Blade·Blood Smoke Cannon."

Su Xiao pointed his longsword at the Abyssal Lord; the Blood Smoke Cannon he fired, calculated for optimal Soge Crystal ejection, instantly cleared the field of dark souls, then slammed into the Abyssal Lord, striking its greatsword and blocking its advance.

Dong-dong-clang!

Su Xiao blocked three consecutive strikes; the crystal layer clung to his right abdomen, and he was suddenly flung outward—three Abyssal Lord doppelgängers appeared, indeed absurd, though short-lived, they possessed the Abyssal Lord's full attack power.

Before hitting the wall, Su Xiao was already standing on it, stepping down lightly, leaping to regain balance and stand on the ground.

He flicked his longsword; the dark blood on it formed a semicircular spray before him, giving him no breathing space—darkness came first, alongside the Abyssal Lord, whose greatsword came down; just then, its Abyssal power had mostly recovered, for this is the Abyss.

A deafening hum rang out; Su Xiao instantly felt death approach, his boiling blood began to cool, as if about to be congealed by this dark death.

A surging impact rushed forward; Su Xiao saw the Abyssal Lord, now gripping its dark greatsword with both hands, the blade maximally darkened—this strike must be this strong enemy's killing move; after having its Abyssal power emptied by a few of his blades, it knew it could not hoard power, but rather, once recovered, would unleash it all at once to inflict heavy damage.

"Realm of Selflessness·Bai Ye."

Su Xiao's long blade in hand turned a radiant gold, with a great deal of technique and ability bolstering it; he surged forward fiercely, and his entire body vanished from sheer speed, reappearing already before the Lord of the Abyss.

The dark greatsword clashed with the radiant gold long blade.

First came a tremendous boom, then utter silence, for the shockwave produced was so terrifying it destroyed every medium capable of transmitting sound around Su Xiao and the Lord of the Abyss; darkness and gold flared outward like needle-points.

Boom—!!

The abyssal palace that had stood here for many years shattered with a roar, yet did not scatter into fragments; instead it solidified in midair in a shattered state, appearing from afar as a palace riddled with cracks.

The shockwave spread, instantly clearing the abyssal creatures nearby until it spread into the chaos of the Star Realm and distant lands.

In the originally silent chaos, massive auras began to awaken one after another; they either lurked within the chaos, or lay dormant at the bottom of sedimentation, or else resided in the chaos fissures above the elemental peaks, watching the battle in the abyss from afar.

With a thunderous boom, a figure was flung outward, crashing onto the abyssal surface like a black sea; from a certain perspective, this is the earth of the abyss.

Crack-crack-crack~

Crystal layers spread, forming a vast crystal plain; Su Xiao's shattered crystal left arm gradually took shape, but in the next second, wind pressure assailed his face.

Clang!

The annihilating heavy slash descended; though Su Xiao perfectly blocked it, his entire body cracked open and bled, while the opposing foe's aura grew stronger.

"Extreme Blade·Scarlet Prison."

A colossal blood beast materialized behind Su Xiao, roaring to the heavens; layers of scarlet air waves spread, and with one hand gripping darkness, the Lord of the Abyss, who had just been about to command the abyss to devour Su Xiao, erupted in dark-gold black blood across his entire body, the abyssal darkness enveloping him; when he reappeared, he was already outside the range of the scarlet blood beast's roar.

Even with an aura like that of the Lord of the Abyss, he could not help but feel a lingering dread at this moment; his feeling was, this…… truly a human? Can humans truly wield such violent and scarlet power?

When the scarlet roar ceased, the abyssal region where Su Xiao stood became distorted.

Thus far, both sides…… warm-up complete.

"Realm of No Self·Azure Ghost."

Clang!!

A colossal azure-blue cutting flash surged forth fiercely, and behind the Lord of the Abyss, a gigantic phantom tens of thousands of meters high had already appeared; this phantom's hand holding the abyssal greatsword stabbed downward.

The cutting speed of the extreme Azure Ghost was especially outrageous; the slash had already reached the Lord of the Abyss the moment it was unleashed, yet the Lord of the Abyss, who commanded the entire abyss, caused everything within it to halt, darkness incarnating as a great sword stabbing down; as the Azure Ghost's slash shattered, so too did the darkness incarnation.

A roar came from behind the Lord of the Abyss; only those over five meters in length, with auras fierce enough to be only weaker than Su Xiao and the Lord of the Abyss, the dark hellhounds surged forth, formed from the abyss's darkness and sedimentation condensed by the Lord of the Abyss.

Su Xiao struck with several consecutive blades; the dozens of dark hellhounds lunging at him were all hewn apart, yet the severed parts each sprouted into independent entities, lunging at Su Xiao anew.

Hum~! Hum~!! Hum~!!!

A biting wind pressure came; as Su Xiao continued slaying the dark hellhounds, he noticed the great sword in the Lord of the Abyss's hand already blazing forth a darkness that made spines chill.

"Extreme Annihilation."

With a boom, the entire abyss was enveloped by a pulling sensation; Su Xiao had just hewn apart the lunging dark hellhounds when he felt his feet sucked by darkness, then a pulling force, and found himself before the Lord of the Abyss.

Hum!!!

A terrifying dark slash came; at this moment, Su Xiao was certain that being struck by this slash would mean death, for it was the Lord of the Abyss drawing off ninety percent of the abyss's darkness, empowering this strike; phasing was impossible, now himself firmly adsorbed by the abyssal darkness, with no chance to break free and phase.

"Ultimate Realm·Star Realm."

Boom~!

At the instant Su Xiao unleashed "Ultimate Realm·Star Realm," a ripple had already spread from the direction of the Star Realm to his rear, immediately enveloping both him and the Lord of the Abyss.

The slash descending was utterly a world-destroying dark strike, yet it suddenly slowed.

Clang, clang, clang!

One slash severed the throat, one slash diagonally cut the chest, one slash cut the right leg; as blood flew, the momentum of the dark slash suddenly lost seventy percent—this is the unreasonableness achieved after technique-type mastery.

With a sizzle, translucent-blue electric arcs surged; the Lord of the Abyss's right leg temporarily lost control, suppressing the surging dark slash, and was immediately pressed down by his own strike to kneel on one knee; it proves that in battle, being caught by a technique-type fighter means one must inevitably pay a grievous price.

A rotating blade spun wildly in Su Xiao's left hand, this spiral dagger thrusting into the Lord of the Abyss's neck.

"Elemental Rotating Blade (Origin·Cycle Paradise) Effect·Karmic Judgment: Can destroy the 'Origin Clan Emblem' of the abyssal race via this weapon."

Su Xiao had never used this to destroy the "Origin Clan Emblem," yet he used it to deal a heavy blow to the Lord of the Abyss; this thing is forged from the purest and most destructive elemental power, and using it to attack the Lord of the Abyss will surely maximize attack power.

Pure elemental power met abyssal power, and with a boom, an explosion occurred; the Lord of the Abyss was blown slightly upright, and just as he sought to command the surrounding darkness to blast the enemy before him away,

"Extreme Blade·No Boundary."

Clang~

A hair-thin slash trace appeared; the Lord of the Abyss immediately felt the darkness in the surrounding area vanish, this annihilator actually relying on pure slash power to obliterate the darkness karma of this vast region—know that this is the abyss, where darkness is thickest and densest.

Darkness vanished, corresponding to extreme brilliance, and the rapidly generated elemental power within; crystals spread, forming in the air a complicated imprint, which is none other than…… the core imprint of Flame Wrath·Apollo.

Boom!!

At the moment Su Xiao phased, a more violent elemental explosion appeared, letting the abyss, long shrouded in darkness, be illuminated by elemental light for the first time; worth noting is that this certainly does not count as using elemental power, but rather detonating it, letting elemental power display its might.

Do not think elemental power is gentle; "natural elements" are gentle, but speaking purely of lethality, elemental power is immensely strong.

"Realm of No Self·Bai Ye."

Pfft!

One slash struck the Lord of the Abyss's chest; afterward, the slash's power spread, blasting back the darkness that had just spread into this region.

Dark blood spattered; the Lord of the Abyss retreated a great step, just as Su Xiao was about to continue pressing the attack.

A buzzing rang in his ear; he dragged out several wisps of blood and flew backward, with a crack, he transformed into a crystal left hand in claw form, grasping into the void darkness, halting his backward momentum.

Now looking again at the Lord of the Abyss, vast dark-red dark souls, centered on him, burst outward toward the surroundings; during this burst, the disordered wooden horns on his head began to grow, two of them growing particularly long and thick, dark remnants appearing on his battle armor's surface, dark remnants scattering as he floated upward.

Crack!

Abyssal thunder suddenly appeared, striking down around him; only a pair of scarlet eyes opened behind him, emitting beams from within.

As Su Xiao charged, he successively dodged these beams, long blade and greatsword clashing……

When Su Xiao's vision before him recovered from darkness, he was already thousands of li outside; his gaze swept the surroundings, confirming no witnesses, he spat a large mouthful of blood from his mouth; the power of the Lord of the Abyss entering the second stage was astonishing.

Rumble-rumble~

The ground beneath, like a black sea, the abyssal earth trembled; after an explosion, the Lord of the Abyss appeared ahead, a kilometer away, the abyssal greatsword slashing out.

Clang!!

It was not a sweeping blade attack, but a genuine, direct strike; without a perfect block, this greatsword would be very difficult to parry. Yes, after entering the current state, within a kilometer range, the Abyssal Lord can ignore distance with darkness and deliver a greatsword strike.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

As Su Xiao surged forward, he blocked perfectly three times in a row, and in an instant, he vanished from his spot.

'Extreme Blade·Revenge.'

The longsword erupted with astonishing power, shattering layer upon layer of the Abyssal Lord's dark defenses ahead, and it struck down ruthlessly; the greatsword did not tremble in the slightest, which made the Abyssal Lord, now fighting more intensely, feel uneasy.

A pain as if the soul were being torn apart surged forth; with a puff, a longsword emitting rising black-blue smoke pierced out from within the Abyssal Lord's chest.

Darkness erupted centered on the Abyssal Lord, blasting out the invading spirit that had entered its body; yes, the soul-level clash ended, and the spirit gained the upper hand, successfully slaying the feral soul beast.

'Realm of No Self·Piercing Star.'

In this battle, there was no room to worry about stamina consumption; Su Xiao silently appeared before the Abyssal Lord, his longsword piercing its throat, but in the next instant, his throat and entire skull 'exploded'—a dark backlash.

Black-blue smoke scattered; through Su Xiao's 'replacement' with the spirit, he successfully avoided this dark backlash. Actually, there is a major misconception: the 'replacement' ability is not Su Xiao and the spirit swapping positions, but rather swapping their current causality; position swapping is merely part of causality swapping.

'Instant Return.'

Clang clang clang!

After three rapid sword strikes, Su Xiao swapped positions with the spirit again; the Abyssal greatsword swept past, and the spirit was once again blasted apart.

A blood-red phantom appeared behind Su Xiao; the soul great bow was drawn, and black-smoke arrows made of the spirit shot out; almost simultaneously, Su Xiao charged toward the Abyssal Lord from another angle.

'Extreme Blade·Blue Shadow King!'

Before the strike arrived, the wind pressure came first; the Abyssal Lord plunged its greatsword into the ground, and a large amount of dark souls burst forth from its body; at the very moment Su Xiao was about to touch the dark souls, he entered a phantom state.

Clang~!

As Su Xiao, having swapped positions with the spirit, swung a blade at the Abyssal Lord's throat, clusters of dark souls swept past his phantom body; just as the longsword was about to strike the Abyssal Lord's neck, Su Xiao let out a muffled sound, and the spirit flew out as if his soul had been ejected from his body.

Pfft!

Blood traced the slash marks; one greatsword of darkness after another fell from above, and Su Xiao leapt back repeatedly to evade.

What just happened? The answer is: in the instant before Su Xiao struck the Abyssal Lord while phantom, of course he had to drop the phantom state to ensure the strike would land; but before the strike connected, a dark impact surged forward—just then, he swapped positions with the spirit; after the spirit bore this dark impact and was truly flung outward, Su Xiao 'Instant Returned,' meaning he returned to the attack position and struck down with a blade.

Countless Abyssal greatswords fell from the sky; Su Xiao had barely dodged a few when his entire body seized with pain, as if the whole Abyss had become an enemy, gripping him with an invisible giant hand.

An Abyssal longspear thrust down, piercing his abdomen and exiting his lower back, then detonated violently; fortunately, after this blow, the surrounding pressure weakened, and he managed to break free.

Crack crack crack~

Crystal layers spread across the exploded blood wound; unlike combat prosthetics, this part of the crystal, though not highly strong, possesses flesh-like elasticity and extensibility, making it an excellent choice for sealing wounds.

With a single powerful slash, he shattered the incoming Abyssal greatswords.

'Extreme Blade·Blue Demon.'

Clang!

A cyan-black blade flash instantly appeared before the Abyssal Lord; having just commanded the entire Abyss, and with its bodily energy severed by the slash, the Abyssal Lord was also in a bad state; it was about to smash this attack with a greatsword and then use a distance-ignoring strike to heavily wound the enemy, when the enemy suddenly swapped positions with the incoming blade flash.

'Extreme Blade·Blue Shadow King.'

With a clang and a boom, the sound echoed through the Abyss; the Abyssal Lord's aura surged violently, but in the next second.

'Extreme Blade·Blue Shadow King.'

Su Xiao struck down again with a blade; the Abyssal Lord was forced back a large step, and on the edge of its greatsword in hand, a small, inconspicuous notch had chipped off.

'Extreme Blade·Blue Shadow King.'

Clang and boom!

This time, the Abyssal Lord retreated several large steps, all its blood-red eyes fixed on Su Xiao, as if scrutinizing what this thing was, and certain it was not human, no matter how much its causality resembled humanity's.

'Realm of No Self·Blue Shadow King!'

With a boom, Su Xiao's crimson aura erupted; a proper, powerful slash came straight on; though the two sides differed greatly in size, the Abyssal Lord suddenly felt it was the shorter one at this moment.

After a tremendous crash, the Abyssal Lord staggered back several steps and knelt on one knee; this one is also a super tough warrior, having withstood three flat chops of Blue Shadow King plus one ultimate Blue Shadow King chop.

Su Xiao launched another surprise assault forward; the Abyssal Lord's expression froze for a moment, after all, if this Slayer were to unleash another strike like the previous one, even if it did not die, it would enter a very dangerous situation; fortunately, this Slayer had also reached his limit, and had not even used blade-edge attacks anymore.

Su Xiao kicked with full force straight ahead, striking the half-crouching Abyssal Lord on the ground.

Boom!!!

The entire Abyssal defense trembled and shook; the Abyssal Lord endured this straight kick, but was not directly flung outward; behind it, it seemed to touch something extremely solid, producing a crackling crack crack sound, and light appeared in a cracked state.

With a crackle, as if breaking some barrier, the Abyssal Lord shattered whatever was behind it and was blasted backward into the light; at this moment, the Abyssal Lord truly became light.

Star Realm—though having won one victory, it was an empty ancient dragon kingdom; this place originally had few inhabitants, and before the Abyssal Cataclysm arrived, it had simply migrated to a place with almost no living beings; now, on the silent plain of the ancient dragon kingdom, suddenly, a world shattered, a figure flew out, turning into a straight beam of light, flying far before landing, plowing the earth into a ten-thousand-meter-high mud surge before gradually ceasing its backward flight.

A large hand pressed against the edge of the huge pit; after walking out from within the pit, the Abyssal Lord looked around, found no one, and then bent over and vomited a large amount of fresh blood with a wah sound, finally feeling somewhat better; its vision cleared, it looked around, and it was certain this was no longer within the Abyss.

Yes, the Abyssal Lord was kicked by Su Xiao with full force from within the Abyss to the Star Realm; this is a kind of ability that continuously rises and accumulates, ultimately bursting forth with such power as to leave onlookers stunned.

The reason such an absurd situation occurred is because the region within the Abyss actually also has a limit; that area, after enduring the violent impact of four 'Blue Shadow King' strikes, had already begun to show cracks, and this straight kick completely blasted through it.

The Slayer's teleportation array appeared ahead; after a shockwave, Su Xiao materialized, the array beneath his feet shattering; before he could launch a surprise assault forward, dark pressure came straight at him.

At the same moment Su Xiao vanished from his spot, he left behind drops of blood; five seconds later, the region of the world where he had been suddenly shattered, spreading with dark cracks, and black Abyssal fluid seeped out from the cracks.

While flying backward, Su Xiao suddenly stopped; his longsword in hand slashed consecutively, shattering the incoming dark tendrils.

Pfft!

A blade that is short for the Abyssal Lord but actually over two meters long, a palm-wide dark blade, pierced his back; at a distance of kilometers, his chest and abdomen armor were covered in cracks, and blood dripped from his chin as the Abyssal Lord released its left hand.

'Darkness·Devour Heaven and Earth.'

A rumbling boom boom boom centered on Su Xiao appeared; the world region he was in, due to dark collapse, was rapidly absorbed and devoured, beginning to rapidly vanish; correspondingly, the Abyssal Lord's left hand suddenly clenched into a phantom fist.

Finally, half of the ancient dragon kingdom shattered, forming a dark sphere; a colossal Abyssal greatsword appeared in the sky above, and plunged downward.

Where the blade tip reached, the dark sphere rapidly collapsed; just as it pierced the center, a snow-bright blade light surged upward against the sword; after a sky-rising slash cry, the descending Abyssal greatsword split in two down the middle.

'Extreme Blade·Piercing Star Flash.'

Several dazzling star flashes appeared out of nowhere, followed by consecutive crisp slash sounds; a afterimage slashed past several star flashes, using this as a突击 medium, instantly arriving before the Abyssal Lord, and with the加持 of Blue Shadow King, struck down with a blade.

Meanwhile, the Abyssal Lord, whose Abyssal power had recovered by a large margin, delivered a devastating heavy slash downward.

Like colliding meteors, with the point of their clash as the origin, numerous spatial rifts spread outward from the clash, forcing both sides to retreat continuously due to this heavy strike.

Having fought to this extent, both sides are severely wounded; those heaven-shattering, earth-destroying techniques from earlier are truly difficult to use now, and even if forced, they would collapse within the next second. The blades in their hands have become the key to victory. Actually, after experiencing many such life-and-death battles, one knows that in the super late stage, powerful melee weapons are incredibly useful—this is often the last resort.

【Extreme Blade · Azure Shadow King.】

【Extreme Dark Annihilation.】

Clang!!

Another clash—Su Xiao retreated several steps, spitting a large mouthful of blood from his mouth. Opposite him, the towering figure of the Abyss Lord swayed, dark blood flowing down from the greatsword in his hand.

The two locked eyes, then suddenly lunged forward again. The golden longsword and the dark greatsword clashed, but at this moment, an anomaly arose: Su Xiao entered an ethereal state, while the Abyss Lord split into three, each wielding a dark greatsword that came down.

Clang!

The ethereal Su Xiao was knocked back a large step; the dark greatsword blocking his longsword sank halfway into his left shoulder and torso. Among the Abyss Lord's two incarnations, one actually entered an ethereal state—this should not be something the Abyss Lord can do; it must be this special incarnation possessing a means to mimic others' abilities.

The dark greatsword in the Abyss Lord's hand was already aimed at Su Xiao. A pillar of dark light crashed down from above, shattering Su Xiao's "Night of the Mad Hunt" with a boom. The Abyss remnants within were ignited, yet despite this, "Night of the Mad Hunt" helped Su Xiao block this crucial strike.

【Extreme Blade · Heavy Moon.】

The longsword descended, a black slash like gravity booming down. Almost simultaneously, Su Xiao closed in.

【Extreme Blade · Azure Shadow King.】

Before this slash could even be unleashed, Su Xiao burst with blood—he had used "Azure Shadow King" too many times.

Clang!

One slash descended; though blocked by the dark greatsword, it left the greatsword covered in cracks.

Taking advantage of the Abyss Lord's staggered retreat from the slash, Su Xiao lifted his foot, briefly gathered strength, then stomped the ground. The entire Ancient Dragon Realm collapsed outright from this stomp.

Roar!!

The massive crimson blood beast roared, crimson patterns climbing up Su Xiao's side neck, making him look even more ferocious and powerful.

【Ultimate Realm · Piercing Star.】

Over ten meters apart, Su Xiao's sword pierced the star, shattering the Abyss Lord's left shoulder and entire left arm. But it wasn't so easily defeated—it plunged its right hand into darkness and drew out a dark greatsword. This sword was narrower, yet felt heavier. It occupied two high positions among the Abyss Lords, so naturally it could wield two dark greatswords.

At this moment, amidst the collapse, the Ancient Dragon Realm, resembling a doomsday twilight, suddenly fell silent.

The Abyss Lord, once tall and strong, became emaciated, yet the dark greatsword in his hand emitted a heart-pounding dark radiance.

Almost simultaneously, Su Xiao and the Abyss Lord vanished from their spots, reappearing in midair at full speed, blades swinging.

【Open Abyss · Dark Matter Celestial Fall.】

【Realm of No Self · No Night.】

Before unleashing this slash, Su Xiao had restored 60% of his life core using the "Heart of the Star Realm Overlord," but using this slash caused his life core to plummet suddenly to just over 20%.

This move did not appear out of nowhere—it began as "Blade Dao Sword · Extreme," then became "Extreme Blade · Extreme," followed by "Extreme Blade · Bai Ye," then "Realm of No Self · Bai Ye." Now, with his "Heaven's Edge Slash Shadow" reaching 390, he finally has this upgraded version of "Realm of No Self · No Night."

After both sides unleashed their final killing moves, due to the Abyss Lord's "Dark Matter Celestial Fall," the entire world became absolute darkness—but within that darkness, a snow-bright slash flashed across.

Chime!!!

The brittle ring of the slash shot into the sky, the darkness covering the ground gradually fading. Both stood back to back, the ground splattered with dark blood and fresh blood.

After a brief calm, both sides suddenly charged at each other, longsword and greatsword clashing. But speaking of recovery, the Abyss Lord had the edge—Su Xiao was sent flying, yet while airborne, he unleashed several blade flashes in succession, preparing to suppress the Abyss Lord, who staggered as a result, dark blood spraying.

Moo!

A cow's bellow descended from the heavens, crashing down with a boom, followed by Bubu Wang's wolf howl and Benni's meow, then finally Bahamut swooping down. As for how they came—this was actually Bahamut and Bubu Wang acting on impulse. If this were an Abyss battle, Bubu Wang and Benni showing up would be suicide. But fighting on, they somehow reached the Star Realm, and Bubu Wang and Bahamut's minds sparked—afterward, their gathering and appearance were simply inevitable.

The Blade Spirit split into three, possessing Bubu Wang, Am, and Bahamut. Barbatos can perform harmful demonization, and as servants, they naturally can too—and with less damage. As for side effects, we'll worry about that after winning.

After demonization, Am reached eight meters tall. As he rage-charged the Abyss Lord, the Abyss Lord prepared to summon Abyssal darkness to blast this original sin of gluttony.

Clang!

The longsword descended—Su Xiao wasn't dead yet, how could he let the Abyss Lord have this chance? Moreover, this slash was heavy and powerful, sending the Abyss Lord flying backward with a crash. Am then transformed into a black semi-fluid, instantly clinging to the Abyss Lord's spine, manifesting arms in a guillotine posture, choking the Abyss Lord—who was just about to unleash dark explosion.

Thud!

Su Xiao kicked straight, sending the Abyss Lord flying again. Even though the kick's force was precisely controlled, it still dazed Am for a moment—but its grip on the Abyss Lord didn't loosen in the slightest.

Having truly become the "Rending Void Hellhound" through demonization, its appearance drastically changed—'Bubu Wang' lunged forward, biting the Abyss Lord's right arm, and while the Abyss Lord's body was numb, it pulled hard outward on that arm.

This is naturally not Bubu Wang's real body—given its physical traits, it couldn't possibly charge forward amid the aftermath. Bubu Wang's real body is far away; this is actually a technological construct made by Bubu Wang, named "Rending Void Hellhound · Xiao Bu."

Demonized Bahamut spread its wings in the sky—with a boom, this region of the world was enveloped by a void space, fully suppressing the Abyss Lord.

Benni hovered above, as a Finance Cat, joining battle would be dragging her feet—demonization wouldn't work either, it's not that extreme, otherwise Bubu Wang would've joined directly. Benni came because she decided: if the fight below is lost, she'll jump down and clash with that Abyss wooden-horned monster. As for the result? Doesn't matter—we die together if we must.

On the lower battlefield, Am bound the Abyss Lord; his entire body, transformed into dark fluid, kept spurting blood from the impact.

Su Xiao lunged forward with his longsword, black-blue smoke rising from the blade. Just as the longsword was less than one centimeter from the Abyss Lord's chest, the Abyss Lord broke free from the kick-induced paralysis. Its struggle caused Am's entire body to show deep bloodstains; Xiao Bu was scrapped on the spot. Without the demonization from the Supreme Realm Spirit, Am might have shattered.

Just this brief delay in breaking free.

Pfft!

The longsword pierced the Abyss Lord's chest—whether the black-blue smoke on Su Xiao or on Bubu Wang, Am, Bahamut, and Benni, at this moment all flowed along the Dragon-Slaying Flash into the Abyss Lord's chest.

All of the Abyss Lord's crimson eyes widened; its large hand moved to grab Su Xiao, but the slash spread, and that hand was cut off.

Dark clouds covered the sky, emitting a deep rumbling. The Abyss Lord violently rose, blasting Su Xiao backward. The dark greatsword flew in, and it bit the hilt with a crack, then swung its body, bringing the greatsword down on Su Xiao.

With a bang, Su Xiao shattered the second dark greatsword. The Abyss Lord, already being slain by the spirit, naturally had its dark greatsword begin to weaken.

The Abyss Lord slammed to one knee, black-blue smoke rising from its body—but it still stood, stepping toward Su Xiao step by step.

【Extreme Blade · Bai Ye!】

Su Xiao mercilessly slashed down—the longsword passed through the Abyss Lord's chest, its body shattering like black crystal with a boom. Faced with such decisiveness, the Abyss Lord's eyes held not anger, but reluctance and acknowledgment—it acknowledged Su Xiao as the fated strong enemy in its destiny, yet…… it could not lose.

Boom~!

The Abyss Lord completely shattered; only its skull remained, still biting the hilt of the broken dark greatsword in its mouth.

Su Xiao's chest heaved, his body covered in wounds—especially a diagonal slash across the chest, where his beating heart and several fresh spirit-thread sutures on the heart could be seen. The Abyss Lord had its Abyssal kin; its defeat meant the Abyssal era would no longer descend. But behind Su Xiao…… were the beings of the Star Realm. The other side had reasons not to lose—so did he.

Su Xiao flung the dark blood from his flying blade.

Abyss Lord, slain!

Drip, drip~

Black liquid flowed from the spatial rift above, as if the dark was weeping due to the death of the Abyss Lord.

Amidst the rumbling roars, the ancient dragon realm where Su Xiao was located collapsed, and Bubu Wang, Am, Bahar, and Bennie gathered around Su Xiao, with Am suffering the most—having just completed rebirth, the Annihilation Law Teleportation Array appeared beside him, and before Bubu Wang and Bennie could react, he was kicked onto it, because they cannot enter the Abyss or they would be instantly eroded.

The invading darkness from the surroundings eventually consumed the ancient dragon realm, and when everything settled, Su Xiao had been absorbed into the previously shattered and still-shattered Abyss Grand Hall.

The Abyssal Throne stood tall ahead, a powerful suction force emanating from it; Su Xiao could clearly feel that if he touched the Abyssal Throne, he would immediately become the next Abyss Lord, for there must always be an Abyss Lord upon the throne—this is inevitable, the law of the Abyss, and the fate of darkness.

Normally, Su Xiao, who personally slew the Abyss Lord, could not possibly resist this Abyssal fate's invasion, but he was wearing the "Ring of Infinity."

【Ring of Infinity】

Equipment Effect: Infinite Burden (Core·Passive), this equipment can bear original sin items; for each genuine original sin item borne, one layer of "Inextinguishable Power" effect is gained.

Each layer of Inextinguishable Power effect: increases 100 points of Abyss/Elemental Resistance (this bonus can exceed the cap), all attributes increased by 2%, "slightly" enhances the coronation devouring of Abyss/Elemental Power, current total gains are as follows:

Increased 1000 points of Abyss Resistance……

……

"Extremely significantly" enhances the coronation devouring of Abyss/Elemental Power.

……

Among the benefits, the fourth—"Extremely significantly enhances the coronation devouring of Abyss/Elemental Power"—is why Su Xiao can still resist; if this were a threat or harm, it would be manageable, but the problem is that this is the power bestowed by the entire Abyss.

Thread-like dark tentacles wrapped around him, and since Am and Bahar were holding him, they too were entangled by these dark tentacles; fortunately, aside from the immense karmic fate-pulling force, these dark tentacles caused no substantial harm.

Slow footsteps came from behind, a withered hand covered in wrinkles pressed onto Su Xiao's shoulder from behind, and in the next second, the dark tentacles entwined around Su Xiao instantly retracted back into the Abyssal Throne.

"Finally, home."

The elderly figure sat upon the Abyssal Throne—this was……Star Seats·Number Three member, the Undying Old Man!

"No memory."

"Undying Curse."

"Seeking the vague former homeland."

"Devouring the Ancient Gods with no backlash."

Yes, the Undying Old Man is the former Abyss Lord, who fought the Legion Commander to a stalemate and ended as the old king.

After that battle, the Legion Commander lost his supreme rank and all his close comrades except Taeler, while the old king also lost his supreme rank, as well as all his memories and most of his karma.

The 【Dark Wriggling】 that Su Xiao once obtained is part of the old king's brain.

【Dark Wriggling】

Origin: Former Abyss Lord.

Quality: Abyss-Level.

Category: Hazardous Item.

Rating: -- (This item will not be officially rated).

Introduction: This is the cerebrospinal fluid of the former Abyss Lord's partial brain, still containing a metal fragment, but corroded pitch-black by this fluid, making its original form unrecognizable.

……

The metal fragment wrapped within is the shattered piece of the Legion Commander's former metal mask.

Who founded Star Seats, Su Xiao does not know; perhaps it was originally a loose organization, but all its members died, and after the Legion Commander obtained this loose group following the last Abyss campaign, Star Seats was put to good use.

Star Seats·Number One member: Blade Demon (the pathfinder of the last Abyss decisive battle).

Star Seats·Number Two member: Legion Commander (participant in the last Abyss decisive battle).

Star Seats·Number Three member: Undying Old Man (participant in the last Abyss decisive battle).

As for Numbers 4, 5, 6, 7, these are those who joined Star Seats long after its founding by chance and circumstance; since the last Abyss campaign ended long ago, naturally there is no need to remain so tense.

Therefore, the true purpose of Star Seats is not the vacant seat banquet trade among members, but to confirm whether Blade Demon is safe and the old king's condition—no one could have imagined the old king would be in such a state.

This also led the many Abyss-system powerhouses seeking the old king to completely overlook this undying old man, instead searching at major seals or perilous places for traces of the old king, only to find that the Legion Commander never sealed the old king—in fact, there was no need to, for in that initial battle, the old king's karma had already been shattered nearly half, making this the most unsolvable natural disguise.

As the Undying Old Man sat upon the Abyssal Throne, Su Xiao immediately felt that the fateful pull from the Abyss had vanished, and the Abyss Grand Hall he was in gradually healed, restoring to its complete form.

The Undying Old Man on the throne had clearly regained most of his memories; his blood-red eyes gazed at Su Xiao, and he spoke in a calm tone:

"Go back, Annihilator—you should shock those original sins, not be bound by the Abyss."

Click-click-click~

The metal doors of the grand hall opened; Su Xiao, Am, and Bahar walked out, the doors slowly closing behind them, and just before the doors shut completely, Su Xiao looked toward the Undying Old Man on the high seat within the hall, and they locked eyes.

What Su Xiao saw was not ambition, nor the success of a victor's conspiracy, but merely an old man exhausted to the extreme, only wishing to sleep awhile—boom, the door panel shut completely.

……

Third Era·Abyss War, the Age of the Abyss did not begin; after the Annihilator·Kukulin·Bai Ye's blade slew the darkness, the best Stellar Era thus began—————Fourth Era of the Stellar Realm·Great Library of Souls·Historian/Elf Council Grand Elder·Popoli, recorded in the year 1055 of the Fourth Era.