The colossal Tree of annihilation stood between heaven and earth. The mighty demonic force spread out at this moment, colliding and annihilating with the divine power in the air. The bodies of countless Priscian family members were pierced by those withered branches and hung in the air like blood-stained fruits.
Many wails of agony. Much blood fell to the earth.
Like a rain of blood, gradually gathering into a blood-colored lake on the ground. The black sun continued to rise, higher and higher, crushing toward the limits of the Priscian family’s formation.
Divine power and demonic force collided madly, with sounds of shattering and annihilation ringing out without cease. The entire world seemed to flicker between light and dark, alternating between black and white. Everything seemed to proclaim the return of some forbidden existence.
“Damn it…”
The old man’s eyes trembled violently, and his figure stumbled back several steps. This pressure, this aura… was it really something that could manifest in a human body? What exactly had Lu Mo done? And now… what kind of existence was she?
Whoosh!
Just as he was frantically thinking, a pitch-black sword beam was slashed out from within the Tree of annihilation! The old man immediately reacted, swinging his scepter to defend. The moment the sword beam touched the scepter, its terrifying power instantly dimmed the scepter! The old man’s arm also felt an extremely intense shock, and his entire hand split open, blood gushing out.
His pupils contracted. This sword beam had already reached the peak of Heavenly Imperial, infinitely close to the Stellar Sky realm! The divine power and sword beam exploded, the space at the spot instantly collapsed, and the old man retreated again.
“Tap, tap, tap—”
He heard footsteps coming from within the Tree of annihilation and immediately looked up, glaring at the figure emerging from the darkness. He saw Lu Mo again.
But now, her entire body was surrounded by a terrifying gray-black energy. Black had transformed into her gown, the hem extending infinitely backward, bringing with it the boundless darkness behind her. She walked slowly toward the old man, the tips of her long hair tinged with pure black, melting into the depths of the darkness. Above her head, a crown of black thorns vaguely formed. The cold ice in her eyes had completely disappeared, replaced by an endless abyss.
She was still beautiful, but her aura no longer seemed human—radiating coldness, stillness, as if capable of annihilating everything. Cold, majestic, without a trace of pity, as if trampling upon all living beings. But what made the old man most wary was the pitch-black sword in the girl’s hand.
That sword… gave him a feeling more terrifying than even the Demon King!
“A demonic weapon?” The old man spoke in disbelief.
Lu Mo hugged the unconscious Cecilia with one arm while tightly gripping the Imperial Armament of Origin Sin with the other, walking toward the old man. Even with a divine artifact in hand and control over the family formation, the old man felt unprecedented pressure at this moment.
“Lu Mo… you have…”
“Weren’t you looking for traces of the demon race on me?” Lu Mo looked at him and said coldly. “Now… have you seen clearly?”
As the words fell.
Whoosh!
In an instant, countless withered branches were born from the darkness, shooting straight toward the old man! They were branches, thorns, and tentacles! The old man tried to defend, but in that moment, most of the layers of divine power defenses were pierced. Lu Mo stepped forward, her figure disappearing from the spot, appearing directly where the divine defenses had shattered. She swung her sword down toward the man again!
Boom!
The sword beam swept across the sky, and the entire world darkened! The pitch-black sword beam tore through the old man’s remaining defenses and slammed into his chest! The old man erupted with his Heavenly Imperial power, defending with all his might, and his Heavenly Imperial manifestation also took a defensive stance, blocking between the sword beam and himself.
Yet even so, the sword beam easily cut through his manifestation. It slammed… into the scepter! The scepter only blocked part of the sword beam’s power; the remaining force struck his body. He coughed up blood from the impact, becoming much weaker. Part of his body exploded on the spot, flesh mangled and bones shattered. The dark power that had landed on him did not disappear but began to spread and corrode wildly within him. This caused him to feel an increasingly intense pain in both body and soul.
But what shocked him the most… was that a tiny crack had appeared in his scepter! A divine artifact… had been cracked even a little. Was the sword intent too terrifying? Or was the grade of the black sword too high? Either way, this was an extremely frightening matter.
“Demon King… You are the Demon King… a newborn Demon King…” The old man murmured.
The young girl Demon King was approaching him. Behind her was the gigantic Tree of annihilation, and the entire Priscian family was riddled with holes from the tree’s erosion and assault. The foundation of the Priscian family could be said to be mostly destroyed at this moment. And now, the girl was pointing her sword at him again.
“If so—” The old man spoke. At that moment, he made a decision. He activated a forbidden technique, burning his God-blood. The scepter in his hand also burst forth with unprecedented brilliance at this moment. The family formation trembled, and countless divine patterns and divine power began to madly gather toward his body! In that instant, it turned into a set of golden divine patterns flowing like burning golden armor. Some fragment of divine authority seemed to awaken at this time.
The divine artifact scepter—Glory’s Judgment—also fully awakened at this moment. Divine power interwove and ultimately formed a sharp spindle. Spreading outward from the core of Glory’s Judgment, interlacing with divine patterns and divine power. The entire scepter, at this moment, transformed into a spear! And then, illusory threads appeared beside everyone. All threads converged at the tip of Glory’s Judgment’s spear. Those threads seemed like the fates of the people floating and sinking. And the old man stood at the end of all fates. To cast the judgment spear upon the beings at the other end of fate!
“Fate… is it?” Lu Mo spoke. She had felt a similar power from Solaris’s God-blood. But at that time, Solaris had mostly used sacred power and the power of Excision Sword, and the aura of fate was not very strong. But with the old man, after burning his God-blood, the power of fate’s divine authority was extremely pronounced.
“Since things have come to this, I will grant you the annihilation destined in fate—” The old man said, gripping the spear and thrusting it toward Lu Mo. Lu Mo said nothing more and also met the old man with the Sword of Final Annihilation.
Boom!
Divine power and demonic force collided. In an instant, space rippled, and countless fate threads rose and fell. At the beginning, the two were barely evenly matched. But soon, the old man’s figure began to retreat again. The figures of Lu Mo and the old man constantly interwove. Lu Mo’s sword was too fast. So fast that he later… couldn’t keep up at all! The sword intent swept across, and beams of sword light tore through space, heading toward him. He defended with Glory’s Judgment, but only blocked part of the sword beams. More pitch-black sword beams still landed on his armor. The divine power armor cracked, and his flesh was torn open.
The old man retreated step by step. But he still defended with all his might, not allowing himself to fall at this time. He was waiting… for an opportunity. An opportunity to find Lu Mo’s fate thread and then thrust the spear! This opportunity would only come once. Once he grasped that thread and thrust the spear, he could bind Lu Mo’s fate and pin the girl in the space-time before him!
Boom!
Another direct confrontation, the old man retreated, his hands bloody and mangled, and Glory’s Judgment had gained several more cracks. And seeing Lu Mo approach again. The old man’s eyes sharpened. He seemed at this moment… to have found that opportunity! He did not attack, allowing Lu Mo to get close to him. And when the girl came before him with her sword, the distance between them less than half a meter—the old man suddenly grasped Glory’s Judgment!
Glory’s Judgment burst with intense light, and the divine patterns suddenly transformed into chains, shooting toward Lu Mo at this moment! The moment the chains touched Lu Mo, her fate thread would appear! Then, he would thrust Glory’s Judgment and, at the end of Lu Mo’s fate, deliver the judgment upon her!
“You are the newborn Demon King, but a newborn Demon King also has the trajectory of fate.” The old man spoke, as if pronouncing the final verdict. “I will see your fate, lock your fate, and ultimately… end your fate—”
The divine pattern chains had already neared Lu Mo. Logically, the girl’s fate thread should appear in the next moment. But the old man’s eyes suddenly contracted, as if struck by lightning! The divine pattern chains… at this moment, dissipated beside Lu Mo. Or rather… annihilated.
“Absolutely impossible!” The shattered authority of fate… that was power close to the divine realm! This power should have made Lu Mo’s fate thread appear! But now it was… Why? Was it because Lu Mo’s fate was something even he had no right to know? Or was the girl’s fate—
“Is this… some kind of fate thread?” At this moment, Lu Mo’s voice rang out. Cold, still, devoid of any emotional color. “I don’t like such threads. Nor do I like you arrogantly manipulating others’ fates in this manner.”
Such threads reminded her once again of the divine threads behind Cecilia.
“You… you you you—” The old man was both shocked and furious at this moment.
And Lu Mo, at this moment, raised the Sword of Final Annihilation again. The sword intent soared, and the pitch-black power converged entirely toward the blade. At this time, she awakened the power of the fate attribute within her and merged it into that darkness. Eightfold Fusion Sublimation Power! The sword intent and the Eightfold Fusion Sublimation Power overlapped. In an instant, even the Sword of Final Annihilation trembled. The divine pattern chains and Glory’s Judgment flickered for a moment! It seemed that this form of power… posed some threat to them.
But this Eightfold Fusion Sublimation Power only appeared for a very brief moment before showing signs of dispersing. Lu Mo was merely…