The air smelled like scorched divinity, melted time, and the particular mustiness of gods left too long in the void.
Luo Feng stood knee-deep in the Arena of Erased Things, where the ground wept black tears and the sky had too many teeth.
Before him:
The Death Queen, spinning a dagger between her fingers with murderous glee
Li Qing, her frost veins pulsing like a glacier's heartbeat
The Nine-Tails Goddess, two tails already lashing with battle-lust
And it emerged.
The Void Beast - a grotesque collage of divine body parts that shouldn't fit together:
A thunder god's arm fused with a love goddess's torso
Three sets of wings from different pantheons
A mouth that used to chant hymns, now screaming in endless silence
[System Alert: Abyssal-Class Threat Detected]
[Combat Mission: Survive the Uncreation]
[Bonus Objective: Don't Get Erased From History]
The plush demons immediately formed a conga line of terror.
Round 1: First Contact
The beast moved wrong - flickering between locations like a broken film reel.
Death Queen's Opening Gambit:
Threw a dagger dipped in "divinitybane" poison
The blade passed through the beast's chest
The wound sprouted new mouths that laughed in dead languages
Li Qing's Counter:
Flash-froze the beast's legs
The ice shattered into funeral bells as it stepped forward
Nine-Tails' Contribution:
Sank celestial fangs into its flank
Spat out a handful of broken prayers
Luo Feng, watching his attacks phase through: "Okay, new plan."
The Turning Point
When the beast's claw (a harvest god's scythe-hand) nearly took Luo Feng's head off, something clicked.
The Eclipse Core in his chest pulsed -
Fire VE remembering what it was like to burn holy temples
Frost VE recalling how it froze godly blood
And the shadows between them... whispered.
Voidwalk Unlocked
One moment Luo Feng stood before the beast.
The next - he was the shadow at its feet.
Then - behind its eyes.
Then - everywhere and nowhere.
[System Override: VOIDWALK PROTOCOL ENGAGED]
[New Ability: Phantom Step]
[Limitation: Can only teleport through concepts the Eclipse Core has consumed]
The beast wailed as Luo Feng:
Stepped through its forgotten thunder (courtesy of stolen Lightning VE)
Reappeared inside its frozen scream (thank you, Li Qing's frost)
Tore out its core - a pulsing black star of dead worship
Aftermath
The collapsing beast shed identities like snake skin:
A war god's crest
A fertility goddess's wedding ring
The last sigh of a murdered creator
Li Qing caught Luo Feng as he stumbled from the voidwalk, her arms uncharacteristically steady.
The Death Queen plucked the black star from his grip. "Darling, if you wanted to give me jewelry..."
The Nine-Tails Goddess licked the residual void off his cheek, her eyes glowing. "Tastes like revolution."
[System Notification: VOIDWALK MASTERY 1%]
[Warning: Overuse May Cause:
Reality Allergies
Temporary Unpersoning
Harem Members Merging With Your Shadow]
As the arena dissolved, the plush demons recovered enough to start selling "I Survived the God-Eater" commemorative pins.
END OF CHAPTER 56