Hooā
Far across the distant sea, nothing remained but an endless sea of flames.
"Hey... Aegimira."
The Emperorās Sword had pierced straight through the back of the skull and embedded itself deep into the head, yet Kanzaki Rei made no move to pull it free.
He had only tried to control the blade with the slightest effort.
That was enough to discover it refused to obey any normal laws of physics.
The more he tried to draw it out, the deeper it churned through the brain matter.
Kanzaki Rei asked in a light, teasing tone, "What brings you here?"
Aegimira stood within her divine kingdom, her body constantly shifting forms as chaos adapted to the realmās influence.
"Hehe, of course I came to fight by your side."
"Facing Yuechen alone must have been exhausting for you."
Kanzaki Rei merely clicked his tongue in response.
He didnāt deny it.
Nearby, Lorna had forcibly traded for a clean patch of real-world space inside Yakartiktoās divine kingdom.
The four of them didnāt move immediately. Instead, they exchanged glances.
Thenāin an instant.
The three attackers appeared at three different angles around Yakartikto. Lorna condensed golden coins into a long golden ruler and swung it down at him!
A misty hand stretched out from the chaos, wrapping the divine kingdom in dense, roiling mist!
Kanzaki Rei was even more direct.
He gripped the Spear of Nehelkato and entered the Gap-Time state, stabbing toward Yakartikto in frozen time.
At the same time, his seventeen god-tier undead joined the assault!
Every divine weapon activated at once, unleashing their full power without mercy!
Yakartikto remained motionless within the Gap-Time.
Yet a faint, ethereal thought drifted through the air.
"How unfortunate..."
Whoosh!
Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!
Before Kanzaki Rei could land his strike, his own body was pierced through repeatedly!
He whipped his head around, only to find that the ones impaling him were the very undead he had fully controlled.
Borte.
Soul of Borteāits soul had originally belonged to Lorna as part of their transaction.
Yet Kanzaki Rei had claimed it.
Now Lorna had appeared beside Borteās soul and reawakened its original contract. Through a miraculous coincidence, Borte had regained its self-awareness.
And it immediately recognized Kanzaki Rei as the one who had killed it.
Its murderer!
As the Soul of Borte, it wielded authority over souls. During the chaotic battle in the Great Absurd World against Yakartikto, Kanzaki Rei had somehow failed to notice this particular soulās anomaly!
The Soul of Borte had discovered, with eerie precision, loopholes in Kanzaki Reiās laws that it could exploit.
These loopholes should never have existed.
Yet under the absurdity of the moment, they had appearedāand Borte had found them instantly.
Under normal circumstances, even as a god of souls, it would have taken thousands of years of study to even notice such flaws.
But now, everything aligned perfectly.
All these coincidences allowed Borte to briefly seize control of Kanzaki Reiās undead.
And that brief window was enough.
Every single god-tier undead Kanzaki Rei had subdued turned its attack on him at once!
BOOM!
The sudden assault struck home. One of the divine weapons was the Forbidden Law Lock.
In an instant, it knocked Kanzaki Rei out of Gap-Time and completely sealed his magic, stripping away his ability to cast spells.
In that critical moment, Akaren and Yomei arrived!
Crimson slashes and golden imperial aura came crashing down on Kanzaki Rei together!
Clang!
Kanzaki Reiās back caved inward from the impact.
The entire divine kingdom was split open by a massive crevice!
But in the very next secondā
A gaping hole appeared in Eubadesā abdomen!
Kanzaki Rei had counterattacked invisibly.
The strike that should have pierced Akarenās body had instead appeared on Eubades, who took the damage in his place.
Clang!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Two powerful 9th-rank warriors and one sturdy 9th-rank defender worked in perfect coordination. With Kanzaki Reiās magic sealed, they suppressed him through raw force!
In the Great Absurd World, even the laws themselves had become absurd.
Kanzaki Rei found that many of his talents were difficult to activate here. Worse, the Great Absurd World covered the entire planetāhe could not escape its influence!
Yet he still shifted his stance.
His speed was absurd, crossing millions of light-years in a single step!
BOOM!
But Akaren kept pace with him!
He was a top-tier warrior who would never let his enemy escape!
BOOM!
"Crimson PathāPath Twelve: Collapse into the End!"
"Invincible PathāPath Fourteen: Lone Valor!"
The Emperorās Sword collided with the massive crimson blade!
Akarenās body trailed afterimages of red light as an aura of solitary courage surged upward against the current!
Kanzaki Rei released his Solo World, forming a small domain around himself that resisted the suppression of the Great Absurd World!
BOOM!
The moment their swords met, it was as if millions of supernovas detonated at once!
Yet after the shockwaves spread outwardā
They scattered chaotically, then reversed direction and slammed back into Kanzaki Rei!
They were still inside Yakartiktoās divine kingdom. Even with every method Kanzaki Rei employed to resist it, the Great Absurd Worldās influence remained.
He constantly felt his luck gathering, only to be stripped away again.
If not for the existence of the +4 Supreme Luck Scepter,
he might have died from sheer misfortune the instant he laid eyes on Yakartikto.
Fortunately, he really did possess the Supreme Luck Scepter.
Akaren was blasted back. Yomei immediately filled the gap, his proud aura surging forward! Massive fists rained down like a meteor shower, carrying the will of an emperor!
BOOM!
Countless fist shadows were torn apart in an instant!
Almost simultaneously, Yomeiās body erupted with thousands of severe wounds!
Yet the moment those wounds appeared,
the same injuries manifested on Eubades, who had been charging heavily behind him. Yomeiās wounds vanished instantly.
Then, the wounds on Eubades disappeared as well.
Kanzaki Reiās right hand had turned completely pitch-black, no longer human. He spoke with excitement, "Eubades, your defensive power is truly impressive!"
"You three are truly impressive!"
"To think you can fight me on equal footing!"
His voice was filled withēē passion and arroganceānothing like the calm Kanzaki Rei of the past.
BOOM!
From left and right, Akaren and Yomei attacked together!
Kanzaki Rei now wielded two weaponsāone in each hand: the Emperorās Sword and a skinning knife!
Both weapons blocked the incoming assault!
"This is perfect! Fighting you all is truly meaningful!"
"What wonderful nourishment!"
Akaren and Yomeiās expressions grew extremely grave.
Kanzaki Rei was simply too invincible right now.
He was so overwhelmingly powerful that even inside Yakartiktoās divine kingdom, the three of them combined could not touch himāeven though he was only a 7th-rank warrior at the moment.
Akaren and Yomei were already the absolute best among warriors!
Kanzaki Rei moved fluidly through the battlefield.
The four of them clashed across the Secret Sea, through the Turbid Sea, and flattened the Boundless Mountains!
Everywhere they passed, the heavens split and the earth shattered, everything reduced to crumbling ash!
As the battle shifted,
the path beneath Kanzaki Reiās feet gradually traced out lines, forming the faint outline of a complex ritual array.
[Promotion Ritual]
Buzz!
The sky trembled violently!
An inverted sword appeared in the firmament above, radiating supreme appreciation and delight! The ruthless origin of combat was satisfied by the battle Kanzaki Rei had brought!
At the same time, an even more surging aura rose from Kanzaki Reiās body amid the fighting!
"Come on! Entertain me more!"
8th Rank! Warrior!
Simultaneously, Kanzaki Rei reached out with his right hand! Countless streams of death energy swirled around him, as if he himself had become a new Netherworld.
8th Rank... Death Priest!