Chapter 398

If Xisailuo were just one person, Luosen could easily kill him, but he is surrounded by a circle of people.

Luosen knows seven of them, because these people are the true divine apostles who possess true divine artifacts that he discovered earlier in the Blue Stone City martial arena.

Blood Mage Akaman is among them.

Besides these seven, there is also a strange person with six arms and eyes emitting a dark light.

This person also possesses a true god‑item‑level spacetime aura, and his own soul strength reaches an astonishing 23 rings! Around this strange person are several others, all spacetime powerhouses with soul strength above 20 rings.

Luosen immediately understood that this strange person is almost certainly Gaomile'er, and the spacetime powerhouses beside him are his trusted subordinates brought from the Abyss; the Order Sage Tuoluosi should be among them.

From their positions it can be seen that they are protecting Xisailuo's safety.

Time is pressing; after a quick glance, with no time to think further, Luosen acted directly.

In his left hand a god‑fall dagger, in his right hand the Extinction Law Sword, a radiant staff at his waist, various auxiliary spells with only a one‑ring boost on his body, and in his mind a spacetime surge staff acceleration; he rushed toward Xisailuo at maximum speed.

Inside the palace, magic is almost completely restricted, so Luosen need not worry about opponents using magic against him.

A nearby blue‑skinned monster first spotted Luosen and shouted as it lunged at him.

Its speed is quite fast, faster than Luosen, its steps are also very heavy, and its attack is forceful and heavy.

Given Luosen's current physical strength, being hit by it once would leave him either dead or seriously injured.

However, Luosen still commands spacetime magic.

Although its power is greatly reduced due to the ring limit, under Laifu's multiline control it remains quite considerable.

Oooom~~

A mass spell burst outward centered on Luosen, increasing the mass of everything with rest mass within a 10‑meter radius by over a hundredfold.

Uhh~~

The blue‑skinned monster was instantly overwhelmed by its own weight and collapsed to the ground.

Luosen dashed past like a whirlwind, and with a light swipe of his right‑hand Extinction Law Sword around its neck, he severed its head.

Enemy attack! Defend!

The six‑armed Gaomile'er immediately bellowed.

Blood Mage Akaman followed with a shout: "I know him; he's a wandering knight named Luoge, and this guy can really fight!"

Gaomile'er roared: "What Luoge? He's Luosen, the emperor of the Main Plane Natural Empire!"

He then shouted: "Don't scatter, activate the artifact shields, protect Xisailuo from all directions!"

Each true god apostle carries a true god artifact and is themselves a rare mortal powerhouse; at this moment, acting in unison, they immediately carried out Gaomile'er's order.

In an instant, artifact shields of various colors and forms appeared.

Deep blue, scarlet, pink, pitch‑black; round, square, polyhedral constructions.

Altogether eight artifact shields, from all directions—up, down, left, right—almost completely enclosed Xisailuo in an impermeable barrier.

At the same time, nearly a thousand monsters of various shapes swarmed toward Luosen from all directions.

Blood Mage Akaman had been defeated by Luosen before, leaving a shadow in his heart.

Now, with so many powerful allies, his confidence surged, and he loudly gloated at Luosen darting and weaving through the monster horde.

"Haha~~ This time you're done for~~"

Among the crowd, Luosen continuously unleashed spacetime spells.

Sometimes it was Extinction Law, sometimes mass law, sometimes a time surge, sometimes a time lag.

Each spell not only had astonishing power, its timing was spot‑on, and its casting speed was unbelievably fast.

Although the opposition numbered over a thousand, although each possessed far greater physical strength than him, and although a single hit could seriously wound him, they simply could not land a blow.

Not only could they not hit him, they were easily defeated by him.

Although the mighty true god's blessing prevented the monsters from being killed, they all temporarily lost their combat ability.

One could clearly see that the tiny figure, insignificant compared to the monsters, was breaking through at an astonishing speed, and along its path monster heads rolled everywhere, blood spraying wildly.

All the true god apostles watched, hearts pounding.

Joy Apostle Lifu said: "This guy really has some skill; in a one‑on‑one duel I'm probably no match for him."

Wild Apostle said: "He's probably the strongest 13‑ring mage I've ever seen. I can't fathom how a mortal's casting ability could be this strong."

Blood Mage Akaman said: "Fortunately he only has a 13‑ring soul; if it were 23 rings, that would truly be frightening."

Gaomile'er, however, remained silent.

His eyes fixed on the rapidly approaching human emperor, one arm clenched tightly around a black annihilation spear.

The spear trembled slightly, its intensity growing stronger as the opponent drew nearer.

This is the clearest possible sign: the person before him is the target his master wishes to hunt.

He felt somewhat puzzled, not understanding why his master wanted to kill this person, but since he and the opponent had a deep grudge, he felt a certain schadenfreude.

"Kid, you're dead today!"

He intended to strike when the opponent broke through the monster blockade and his mind relaxed for a moment, ending his life with a single blow.

Elsewhere.

Luosen let Laifu's Heart of the War God control his bodily strength, while his own mind was wholly immersed in perceiving spacetime.

Before his eyes were not only the monsters rushing forward wave after wave, but also numerous overlapping spacetime phantoms.

These are possible situations that may occur in the near future.

He saw Gaomile'er's attack, also saw the other true god apostles' full‑force interception, saw his own failure, and also saw his own success.

He therefore followed the guidance of countless spacetime phantoms, advancing along the timelike path most likely to lead to success.

Finally, he broke through the outer ring of monster interception and arrived before the eight true god apostles.

Greeting him was the artifact strike of the true god apostles.

Scarlet conical light, piercing shrieks, violent ground tremors, and so on.

And the most terrifying of all is a pitch‑black mist sphere from Gao Miler that locks directly onto the soul.

The mist sphere is small, only fist‑sized, yet it contains the most lethal ultra‑high Ring Power.

In that instant, not even Luosen, a 13‑Ring mortal, let alone a 23‑Ring eternal strongman Gao Miler standing in Luosen's place, could escape death.

But at that moment, a mysterious smile flickered on Luosen's face.

Spell "Secret Passage"! "Hoo~~"

His figure vanished on the spot.

Eight true divine artifact strikes—seven missed—but the pitch‑black mist sphere slipped straight into the time‑space, following Luosen.

In the next instant, Luosen's body reappeared, slipping through the tiny gaps between the artifact shields and arriving directly beside Xi Sai Luo.

The Extinction Law Sword flashed like lightning, cutting toward Xi Sai Luo's neck.

Xi Sai Luo sensed the danger, opened his eyes to look, but ignored it. At the same time, a fragment‑diamond‑like light shimmered around his body, easily blocking the Extinction Law Sword's radiance.

It's the Dawn Crown! In another instant, the pitch‑black mist sphere from Gao Miler chased after Luosen, colliding with his head.

Gao Miler watched the scene clearly, a smile forming: "Ah ha~ die!"

But in the next instant, things changed.

A beam of light suddenly appeared, coalescing into a head‑sized luminous sphere that rushed toward the pitch‑black mist sphere.

"Whoosh~"

Light and darkness balanced, and the pitch‑black mist sphere vanished silently.

It's the Radiant Staff, one of the Dawn's Three Imperial Vessels! Almost simultaneously, the Extinction Law Sword in Luosen's hand pressed against the fragment‑diamond shield, forcing it forward fiercely.

A strange thing occurred.

The Extinction Law Sword seemed to break, its tip still held by Luosen, the middle empty, while the rear emerged from within the shield and pierced Xi Sai Luo's neck.

Xi Sai Luo's whole body convulsed violently, his eyes widened, conveying a single thought: "How is this possible?!"

Luosen chuckled: "Do you recognize the Secret Passage, Xi Sai Luo?"

Xi Sai Luo's pupils trembled; he understood Luosen's method, but was even more shocked.

Luosen did not delay, instantly unleashing the Extinction Power carried by the sword.

"Wha-la~~"

Inside the fragment‑diamond divine artifact shield, Xi Sai Luo's body was shattered into powder by the erupting Extinction Power.

Having studied the Dawn Crown's properties, Luosen developed an extraordinary version of Secret Passage and succeeded in killing Xi Sai Luo.

The Dawn Crown fell, and Luosen snatched it up.

Turning back, the true divine apostles stared in astonishment, unable to comprehend Luosen's tactics.

A smug smile flashed across his face: "Farewell, everyone!"

In the next instant, instead of leaving immediately, he seized the moment of everyone's shock to cast a Temporal Torrent Technique with 300‑fold acceleration on himself.

Then, at an inconceivable speed, he slashed at the shields of the eight true divine apostles one by one.

Each slash was accompanied by the Secret Passage.

Blood Mage Aka Man's crimson shield failed to be pierced.

The blue‑skinned monster's opposing crystal lattice shield also failed to be pierced.

Gao Miler's black shield, deliberately switched to a Divine Meteor Dagger, still failed to be pierced.

Joyful Apostle Li Fu's pink watery‑light shield succeeded!

The Extinction Sword blade penetrated the pink shield, delivering a heavy wound to the joyful apostle.

Four‑fifths of his body was reduced to mush.

An ordinary strongman of this world would have died long ago, but the joyful apostle's body is still slowly recovering.

However, he lost consciousness, and the shield naturally dissipated.

Luosen seized the unlucky true divine apostle: "Ah ha, your true divine artifact is the most useless, so I'll take you!"

Why capture him?

Of course to interrogate and study him thoroughly.

Know yourself and your enemy, and you can win every battle.

The best case is to capture them all, but his ability is limited; catching one is already the limit.

Grabbing Li Fu, he activated Secret Passage again, and his figure instantly vanished from the hall.

He moved so fast that the seven divine apostles in the hall could only watch helplessly.

Aka Man shouted in confusion: "Why can he easily break through divine artifact shields?"

"Gao Miler, is your artifact broken?"

"Why can he teleport everywhere?"

Amid the shouts, Gao Miler fell silent, for he understood.

"The Radiant Scepter's Soul‑Guard Technique, Ti La Li Lin's Secret Passage, and a massive‑scale spell breaking casting limits—truly unparalleled casting ability~"

While the crowd chattered, a countdown sounded in the sky.

"Power infusion complete, my half‑plane will begin to collapse."

"1098"

Gao Miler felt a slight tremor in his heart and sighed: "It's over!"

Soon, the countdown ended.

The entire half‑plane, including the Dawn Palace before them, contracted chaotically in an instant.

The matter contained within the internal space was instantly compressed by an immense energy into a densely packed elemental sphere no larger than a glass bead.

This energy is the Dawn Empire's final legacy, colossal and fiercely intense.

It's not just about life; even true divine artifacts inevitably have their structure destroyed.

Immediately after, the time flow speed of the spacetime where the elemental sphere resides also dropped to an almost completely halted state.

Looking from the outside in, one can see the outer layer wrapped in a thin, glass‑like strange luminous film.

Plop~

The small elemental sphere landed on the sandy soil of the Lost Plane, looking like an utterly inconspicuous transparent Shitou.

After a while, a person walked over, bent down to pick up the glass bead, examined it closely, then tossed it in their hand, their face full of emotion.

"The static mass is under 10 grams, yet it contains such enormous power."

"The Dawn Empire's Spacetime Collapse Spell is truly marvelous."

It wasn't anyone else; it was Luosen.

He used the Transformation Technique, turning several gold coins he carried into a necklace, then set the glass bead onto it, forming a strange gemstone necklace.

He turned his head toward Ti La Lili nearby and said, "Lilin, what name do you think this necklace should have?"

"Dawn Radiance? Or Abyssal Seal?"

Ti La Lili thought for a moment and said, "Call it the former; the latter would be easily coveted by schemers."

"Alright, then we'll call it the Dawn Radiance Necklace."

As he spoke, Luosen placed the necklace on his own neck.

"Since I am also serving as the Dawn Emperor, I shall guard this Radiance for now."

(End of Chapter)