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Chapter 272 - Chapter 427: Have Faith in Your Wife

Two surges of energy were still fiercely colliding, neither side gaining the upper hand.

"If this keeps up... Rossweise won't be able to hold on," Leon couldn't help but worry.

Soul Judgment was an extremely physically exhausting move. In normal practice, Rossweise had never launched such a large-scale continuous attack.

As he said, if dragged on, Rossweise might be defeated.

"Have faith in your wife, Leon."

Claudia still remained composed and unhurried, "Her proficiency with Soul Judgment has already far surpassed your expectations. Besides... have you forgotten? Soul Judgment itself isn't meant for direct confrontation. Its effect is, the stronger the opponent's negative emotions, the more damage they receive."

Leon froze, he still remembered this effect clearly and vividly.

Because back then, to give Rossweise a live training target, Leon had specially brought an Angry Cow, though the cow wasn't purified by Rossweise in the end, it turned into beef hotpot.

"Then why is Rossweise still forcing a head-on clash with that monster? She clearly doesn't have any advantage in a direct confrontation."

"She's waiting."

"Waiting? Waiting for what?"

"Waiting for an opportunity to unleash the full power of Soul Judgment."

As she said this, Claudia's eyes lit up, "It's here, right now!"

As the Primordial Nightmare continuously released energy, its erupting dark emotions also rapidly surged.

Finally, a glimmer of light flashed before Rossweise's silver pupils.

"You shouldn't have opposed us husband and wife."

The seven-colored radiance of Soul Judgment suddenly burst forth. The previously deadlocked energy clash instantly tilted in one direction.

That beam of holy light pierced the darkness like a blade, surging upward, unstoppable.

"NO! NOOOO!"

A heart-wrenching wail was drowned out in the explosion of Soul Judgment.

The firelight from the energy blast lit up the Upper District, illuminating the entire Empire.

When the explosion's smoke and dust cleared, under the bright moonlight, there appeared a brilliant seven-colored rainbow.

A huge black corpse lay before the Silver Dragon Queen. She panted slightly, then straightened up after a short rest.

But before she could deliver her "Queen's Victory Speech," urgent footsteps came from behind.

Turning around, she didn't even have time to react before Leon scooped her up into a bear hug.

"Wife, if I knew you were this amazing, why would I even need backup? The two of us could've cleared the Empire like speedrunners."

The Queen had just finished her ultimate move and was completely drained. She couldn't shake him off and could only let this childish guy hug her.

She looked at Leon, her eyes filled with a "kind sister-next-door" sort of affection.

"I can't let you hog the spotlight forever, now can I? It's my turn."

What Rossweise said was true. If they had to pick an MVP for this Empire battle, so far, she absolutely deserved the title.

"Sis-in-law! Wow sis-in-law you're so damn cool!"

Not far away, Rebecca came running with her sniper rifle, followed by Nacho and Martin.

Only then did Rossweise finally break free from Leon's bear hug. She lowered her eyes toward the crazy girl and smiled, asking, "Really? Then between me and your captain, who's cooler?"

"Of course sis-in-law is cooler!"

"I think so too."

"Hehe!"

Claudia watched this scene with satisfaction. A joyful, happy ending might not fully align with the original literary intent, but who cares, if it's the ending the people love, then it's a good ending.

And at this moment, Old Con was still running—

"It's over?", Constantine, who missed the final battle, looked at Claudia.

"Yep, it's over."

Claudia pointed her chin toward the corpse of the Primordial Nightmare, "The Silver Dragon Queen finished it off in one move."

Constantine was slightly shocked, "One move finished it off?"

"Uh-huh."

Constantine frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Could the Empire still have something up its sleeve?"

Leon: (→_→)

Queen: (→_→)

Claudia: (→_→)

Constantine blinked, then shrugged, "I'm not a jinx or anything."

———

Thump—

The defeat of the Primordial Nightmare seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back. Unable to bear the despair in his heart any longer, Kant directly collapsed to his knees on the deck of the land cruiser.

"It's over... all over... 'Shadow' won't let us go...", He gulped, and in panic seemed to suddenly recall something, looking up at Elizabeth.

"Right, didn't you just say Shadow gave us another trump card? What is it? Hurry, take it out!"

Elizabeth crossed her arms and looked down at Kant with a sidelong glance, then asked coldly, "You really want to know?"

"No crap! Look at the situation! Do you want to be killed by Shadow, or by those stupid citizens? Whatever trump card there is, just bring it out already!"

"Alright then, follow me."

Saying that, Elizabeth walked toward the bow of the land cruiser.

King Kant hurried to stand and follow.

At the bow, Elizabeth looked down.

Leon and the others were laughing and chatting down below.

"When Shadow wants someone dead, that person must die, Leon."

Kant came to the bow and looked down too, but aside from Leon and the corpse of the Primordial Nightmare, he saw nothing else.

"And then? Where's the trump card? I—"

Before Kant could finish his sentence, Elizabeth quietly moved behind him.

Then she supported his bloated belly and waist, and pushed him off the bow of the land cruiser.

"ELIZABETH!"

The King's furious roar grew smaller as he fell.

Elizabeth stood back at the bow, looking down at Kant who had crashed into the Primordial Nightmare's corpse.

"You... are the final trump card Shadow left me."

"The Blade Trio already sacrificed themselves for the Empire. Now... it's your turn to sacrifice for Shadow."

Her tone was cold as ice, there was no trace, not even a sliver, of any marital affection.

"Elizabeth... how could you, how could you do this to me! I-don't, don't come closer! Stay away from me! Get away!"

After Kant fell into the pool of black sludge, countless writhing tentacles surged toward him, dragging him completely into the corpse of the Primordial Nightmare in the blink of an eye.

The queen on the land cruiser looked down coldly and muttered softly, "Looks like it's time to abandon the Empire... Lord Shadow."

———

"Hey, looks like something just fell from the land cruiser."

Rebecca looked toward the black corpse ahead, then narrowed her eyes and observed carefully, "That thing... is it still moving?"

Upon hearing this, Leon and the others also looked over.

Sure enough, the Primordial Nightmare, which should have been completely dead, was still capable of movement.

Was it a death throe?

Or...

As they were puzzled, out of the corner of her eye, Rebecca suddenly noticed a piece of Image Stone under her foot being absorbed by a small tentacle split off from the Primordial Nightmare.

The crazy girl quickly backed off two steps, loaded her sniper rifle, took aim, and pulled the trigger.

The magic bullet fired out, hitting the tentacle dead-on.

But it caused no damage.

Instead, the magic bullet was absorbed by the tentacle.

"W-what the hell?"

As the girl froze in shock, she was suddenly scooped up by Martin, who sprinted away with her.

Constantine also sensed the danger, leaping onto a nearby low building.

Claudia spread her dragon wings, dodging into midair to avoid the spreading black tentacles.

Rossweise also took Leon and flew into the sky.

Once airborne, Leon more clearly saw what the black monster was trying to do.

Its split tentacles were constantly expanding and extending. Whether it was rubble, debris, or Image Stone fragments, organic or inorganic, everything was absorbed by the tentacles and became part of the Primordial Nightmare.

And as it consumed more and more, its body size continued to grow.

At this moment, the Primordial Nightmare was like a massive black octopus, constantly devouring everything within its sight with its tentacles.

"Did I just... see Kant fall into that monster's corpse?"

"This broken-down country has finally gone mad in the way everyone feared most."

"Why isn't that thing dead yet? It looks like it's still devouring nearby objects!"

"..."

The Image Stone resonance array was also broadcasting the Upper District's mutation to every corner of the Empire in real time.

After King Kant merged with the Primordial Nightmare, the bizarre transformation gave everyone chills down their spine.

In just a dozen seconds, half the Upper District was devoured by that black monster.

"Miss Caroline... I'm scared..."

In front of the Casmodeous Welfare House, a little girl tightly hugged Caroline.

That strange sense of dread also seeped deep into Caroline's heart, but she had to hold on, she still had children to protect.

"It's okay... it's okay..."

"Big Brother Leon... Big Brother Leon will definitely defeat it! He will!"

Even the little nun Sharon, scared out of her wits, did not flinch or despair at this moment.

Because she knew, as long as Leon hadn't fallen, there was still hope.

"Leon... you can do it. You definitely... can."

Caroline looked at the man in the Image Stone's projection and silently prayed for him in her heart.

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