The Dust Settles

“No… this feeling… hahahahahaha!”

“Sui Ming, Sui Ming, you have no idea of the potential contained within this body of yours!”

“Let me see… what heights can be reached with this body!”

The hymn of disaster roared on the stage. The flesh-and-blood stage rapidly transformed into endless darkness. At this moment, the only light on the field was Bai Luoxia herself; besides that… there was nothing else.

Chains spread from the air. The power of Order descended upon the stage, forming an opposing force against the endless darkness.

[Engrave Law – Absolute Silence]

Time once again stood still, but the hymn of disaster, symbolizing the abyss, did not cease because of it.

With the sound of glass shattering, the Hanged Man actually moved, a black longsword suddenly stabbing towards Bai Luoxia!

The latter reacted too late, her cheek pierced by the sharp sword energy, creating a small cut, and blood stopped at the wound.

“Now, I have already surpassed the shackles of Order! Chaos reigns eternal!”

A torrential flood of magic immediately swept forth, breaking through Order’s blockade, pulling everything into a deeper abyss.

[Deep Fall!]

Feeling her magic constantly depleting, and the opponent’s aura continuously increasing, Bai Luoxia suddenly realized the problem.

This area was continuously separating from the present world, and the result of this would be the Mirror Realm completely falling into the abyss’s grasp.

At that point, it would truly be a nine-deaths-one-life situation.

She had to resolve this quickly.

[Engrave Law – Calming the Torrent]

In an instant, the flood of disaster temporarily showed signs of weakening, and the sinking speed of the entire space also decreased slightly.

With a flash of aurora, Bai Luoxia’s figure was already at close range. She raised her hand, swung her sword, completing the action in one fluid motion!

Without any of her previous hesitation, the girl’s eyes were incredibly clear.

After experiencing all of this, she had grown; she was no longer that lonely soul fixated on the past.

That sun, with its demise, had exchanged for a bright tomorrow!

“I’m sorry, Sui Ming… May you rest in peace in heaven!”

From the moment the girl made up her mind, this battle reached its conclusion.

Although Sui Ming’s body had an impossibly strong abyssal resistance, on the magic level, he was merely an ordinary [Mortal Dust] Tier 3 Soul Invoker. Compared to the current Bai Luoxia, he was still too fragile.

The aurora cascaded down, transforming into a brilliant star in the night sky, descending upon the world!

The hymn of disaster abruptly ceased, and everything seemed to lose its color under this single sword strike.

[Silver Star Unleashed – Reunion – Master’s Grace!]

The stage completely collapsed, and the entire world turned into nothingness. An incredibly dazzling flash of light obscured everything.

Under this attack, the girl also gradually lost her strength, slowly closing her eyes.

Everything turned to void; the world seemed to welcome a restart.

Silence, boundless silence filled the surroundings…

“Hahahaha! I! I’m still alive! Your struggles are merely the efforts of a dying man!”

The Hanged Man’s incomplete soul laughed wildly, his broken body crawling in the void.

That was his original appearance, an ordinary middle-aged man.

“The legacy of Order! It is mine after all! Mine!”

“It seems… someone is still unwilling to perish so easily.” A clear male voice sounded from behind.

A blood-covered, silver-haired young man slowly raised a Barrett, aiming it at the Hanged Man’s soul.

“Regret the tears she shed for her!”

Sparks erupted. Under the ability of [Miracle – Gathered], Sui Ming transformed a part of himself into the most terrifying bullet in this world, carrying endless magic and striking directly!

“No! No! I cannot perish like this! No!” The Hanged Man roared, trying to stop his soul from dissipating, but it seemed to be useless.

Just like that, everything turned to dust, and with the restart of the Mirror Realm, it also meant that the battle outside had come to an end.

A heavily wounded Anna leaned against the only remaining wall, glaring with wide eyes at the scarred chariot before her.

“You’re more troublesome than I imagined,” Anna panted.

“The feeling’s mutual.”

“But it seems your teammate isn’t doing so well.”

And on the high platform, the Hanged Man’s sorrowful wail was desolate and broken.

He… his clone, had actually been completely dispersed!

For beings like them, even if a spawned clone dissipated, most of its soul would still return to the main body.

But now, along with his own soul, both were completely annihilated!

And the culprit was the bullet Sui Ming fired in the last second, a bullet forged from his own soul, specifically targeting abyssal creatures.

Under this single bullet, the Hanged Man’s strength sharply declined, having fallen back to the [True Manifestation] tier. Facing the now [Immortal]-tier Bai Yunqing, he couldn’t be said to have an advantage; it was already good if he wasn’t killed.

“Sui Ming! I swear I won’t rest until I get my revenge!”

Seeing the situation was dire, the Hanged Man shouted towards the not-so-distant: “Chariot! Let’s go!” the Hanged Man yelled.

But no one seemed to respond to him.

“Trying to leave? At least leave something behind, won’t you?” Bai Yunqing sneered.

As one of the blessed of Order, now that Ke Fa’s Scale had acknowledged its master, her strength was no longer what it once was.

Her previously aged face seemed to have blossomed anew, becoming younger, as if she had reverted to her youth.

“Our Mingxi City is very friendly to foreign travelers, especially illegal intruders like you.”

“You… what are you going to do?” For the first time, the Hanged Man showed a panicked expression.

“What else? Your life, of course. It’s very simple, I believe you can hand it over.” Amidst their banter, countless chains descended from the sky, piercing through the Hanged Man’s soul, pinning him in place.

“I implore Order, annihilate all invading enemies!”

As light blue flames suddenly spread across the chains, the Hanged Man’s utterly tragic wails echoed throughout the entire palace.

“I! I’m still useful! Don’t kill me! I can…”

“I’m very sorry, but my niece definitely wouldn’t be pleased, so today, someone must die!”

With that, amidst endless cries of resentment, a faint wisp of blue smoke flew towards the sky, then was firmly clutched in Bai Yunqing’s hand, and crushed!

Seeing this, the Chariot couldn’t help but wince.

“What a useless piece of trash, can’t even do a proper job.” With that, he transformed into a shadow and vanished into the void.

Silently watching the Chariot escape, Anna slowly deactivated her Black God form, then spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Anna had no intention of chasing after him. Instead, she sighed and collapsed where she stood.

Wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, she said: “I need to find that guy for overtime pay.”

“And medical expenses, food expenses, and… personnel compensation, psychological counseling fees…”