"Law Definition: In this area, energy dissipation is halved."
Cerydra intervened at the opportune moment, forcefully modifying local rules, effectively suppressing the impact of the explosion. While protecting her side, it also slightly restricted the full eruption of Kevin's power.
The battle fell into a deadlock.
Kevin's Killing Intent sword energy could erode divine power; Sea Empress's power of the ocean was immense and endless; and Cerydra's Law was strange and hard to defend against.
The three forces clashed wildly. The sky dramatically shifted between blood-red, azure, and deep blue. The earth constantly cracked and subsided, as if the end of the world had arrived.
With the battle dragging on, a faint trace of impatience seemed to flash in Kevin's hollow eyes.
After deflecting Sea Empress's heavy blow with the Trident again, he made a move that everyone found unexpected—he let go of his grip.
The fearsome Asura Devil Sword emitted a reluctant hum, transforming into a streak of bloody light. With a clang, it plunged diagonally into a huge dark red rock in the distance, vibrating slightly.
Immediately after, Kevin extended his empty right hand toward the void—the very spot where the peculiar greatsword that had previously pinned down the King of Slaughter, Tang Chen, had been.
"Ooom—!"
Blazing light surged out of thin air, as if a miniature sun had been born in his hand.
A bizarre, grotesque greatsword, wreathed in an aura of destruction, was slowly pulled out by him.
At the cross-guard, a crimson Herrscher Core pulsed like a living thing, radiating the "Destruction" authority that even deities would tremble before.
Judgment of Shamash
The instant the sword appeared, the temperature of the entire Slaughter City abruptly soared from chilling cold to scorching heat.
The air distorted from the high temperature, letting out crackling explosions. The rocks on the ground below even began to melt and vaporize.
"What... is that weapon?"
Sea Empress sensed the aura of destruction, far surpassing that of the Asura Devil Sword, and her expression became unprecedentedly solemn.
Kevin gripped the Judgement greatsword, his eyes becoming more hollow and focused.
He cast aside all emotion, transforming into the ultimate weapon existing solely for "Destruction."
He grasped the sword with both hands and, facing his two opponents who were waiting in formation, simply, swung forward in a horizontal sweep.
No technique, only destruction.
A torrent of white flame entwined with destructive dark red rushed out, roaring like a world-destroying beast breaking free from its cage.
Wherever the flames passed, space was not just torn apart but directly annihilated, leaving behind startling, black void trails that lingered and refused to heal.
"Be careful."
Cerydra cried out sharply, pushing her hands forward fiercely.
"Law $\cdot$ Iron Wall, Immunity to All Arts."
Layer upon layer of transparent barriers, constructed from pure law, instantly formed, blocking the path of the fiery torrent.
However, against the Judgement's flames, these sturdy law barriers crumbled and melted like thin paper encountering a fierce blaze.
Cerydra gave a muffled grunt, her face slightly pale. Although the Law Authority was powerful, facing this ultimately pure power of "Destruction," it was difficult to fully withstand.
"Vast Sea Protection Barrier!"
Sea Empress plunged the Golden Trident into the ground before her. The purest divine power of the ocean transformed into a blue light screen, as deep as the starry sea and as massive as the nine underworlds, sheltering her and Cerydra behind it.
In the next moment, the torrent of destruction unleashed by the Judgement of Shamash fiercely collided with the Vast Sea Protection Barrier.
"BOOOOOOOOOM————————!!!"
A terrifying noise shook heaven and earth. The blazing Judgement flames and the deep blue light fiercely eroded and annihilated each other.
An energy storm swept out, instantly vaporizing everything around them.
A massive, ring-shaped crater, like a meteor strike, formed beneath the collision point. The bottom of the crater was a churning mass of instantaneously vitrified magma.
Sea Empress gritted her teeth, the light on her divine armor flickering violently, and her divine power was consumed at an unprecedented rate.
But her eyes were resolute. The fundamental power of the ocean was endless, and she managed to withstand this world-ending strike.
Seeing the Judgement of Shamash blocked, a subtle ripple appeared in Kevin's hollow eyes for the first time.
He held nothing back and began to unleash a deeper layer of power.
An aura far more primal and violent than Pavarti's frost awakened from within him.
His body began to change. Dark keratin surfaced beneath his skin, and his bones emitted a grinding, twisting sound, as if hundreds of thousands of Honkai Beast factors were roaring simultaneously within him.
Pseudo-Honkai Eruption: Herrscher of Corruption Form.
He was no longer the cold, human-like figure but was covered in black matter, resembling a demon that had emerged from the abyss.
In the Herrscher of Corruption Form, Kevin's power, speed, and reflexes soared exponentially.
Wielding the Judgement greatsword, he unleashed various incredible combat techniques.
Sometimes he would slash out ice sword energy that froze space, other times he would trigger eruptions of subterranean fire, and yet other times he would use flash attacks at a speed beyond visual perception.
Facing the sharply increased strength of Kevin, Sea Empress and Cerydra maximized their coordination.
Sea Empress wielded her Sea God divine skills to their limits: Boundless Water restraining the opponent's movements, Time Reversal neutralizing fatal attacks, and Sun of the Sea delivering powerful counter-strikes.
Her figure merged with the waves, a combination of hardness and softness.
Cerydra, meanwhile, was like the most precise command center, constantly switching Law commands.
When Kevin unleashed a large-scale freezing attack, she immediately defined: "In this area, Ice Element Law is invalid."
When Kevin attempted to overwhelm them with absolute speed, she applied "Global Gravity Increase."
She could even briefly construct a "Reflection Barrier" to bounce back some of the attacks.
The battle escalated to the level of fundamental laws.
Kevin once plunged the Judgement greatsword into the earth, drawing out the destructive power it contained. A blazing sword scar, thousands of kilometers long, erupted fiercely, as if truly intent on giving the Douluo Star a "center parting."
Everything in the path of the sword scar was annihilated, and even the spatial structure became unstable.
Facing this earth-shattering attack, Sea Empress and Cerydra joined forces. Sea God divine power and Law Authority interwove, transforming into a blue-golden barrier spanning heaven and earth, which forcibly blocked this "center parting" strike.
Although the barrier was covered in cracks and golden divine blood spilled from the corners of their mouths, they had, after all, held the line.
"We can't keep this up."
Sea Empress and Cerydra stood side by side; both stunning goddesses looked slightly disheveled now.
The light on their divine armor was slightly dimmed, and their breathing was subtly labored.
Continuous high-intensity combat, especially against Kevin's terrifying power, had greatly drained their divine power and mental energy.
However, their eyes were more resolute than ever, showing no sign of retreat.
Kevin, in his Herrscher of Corruption form, hovered in the air. The destructive aura coiling around the Judgement greatsword pulsed like breathing, repeatedly impacting the already shaky spatial structure.
His hollow eyes locked onto his two opponents, as if calculating the exact power required for destruction.
"Truly respectable warriors. In deference, I shall give my all."
Sea Empress lightly stroked the shaft of the Golden Trident. The vast ocean divine power began to recklessly compress and condense inward. The azure divine light radiating from her body became increasingly profound, even carrying a hint of sacrificial intensity.
The deep blue flames on Cerydra's crown also surged fiercely. She could only assist Sea Empress with all her might now, as she was not a demigod known for combat prowess.
Against an invincible warrior like Kevin, only an equally invincible warrior like Sea Empress could match him.
The corrupted Kevin sensed his opponents' battle intent peak. His Herrscher of Corruption body crouched slightly, and the light of the Herrscher Core on the Judgement greatsword blazed, as the aura of Finality began to converge like a tsunami.
The final collision was imminent.
Just at this critical juncture—
Zheng—!
A sword energy, as if capable of cleaving stars and freezing galaxies, tore through the distant sky without warning, breaking the sound barrier and soaring through the air.
Where the sword energy passed, space was neatly sliced open, leaving a mirror-smooth, frozen cross-section.
Several towering dark red peaks along the way, once stained with blood, were silently cut in two the instant the sword energy swept past. The severed surfaces were covered with eternally unmelting, deep blue ice, radiating an ominous, deathly silence amidst the raging energy storm.
This sudden strike, aimed directly at Kevin, instantly broke the balance.
Kevin, in his Herrscher of Corruption form, snapped his head around. His hollow eyes reflected this pure, ultimate slash.
Even he felt the sharpness and chill of this strike, enough to threaten his life.
He was forced to abruptly interrupt his charging, swinging the Judgement greatsword backward to counter. A burning sword energy shot through the air.
"Chh—!"
The ice-blue sword energy and the fiery-red sword energy fiercely collided. Extreme cold and extreme heat clashed wildly.
A large amount of white mist steamed up. It was, after all, a rushed attack. The fiery-red sword energy was defeated, and the ice sword energy itself dissipated by more than half, but the remaining chill still pierced through, causing a thin layer of ice to condense on the surface of Kevin's Herrscher of Corruption body, abruptly slowing his movements.
This earth-shattering strike momentarily stalled the battle intent that Sea Empress and Cerydra had built up to its peak. They immediately looked in the direction of the sword energy's origin.
In the distant sky, two figures stood leisurely.
The one leading wore an armor woven with celestial green and smoky turquoise. A black eye patch covered her eyes, but it couldn't conceal the sword intent that seemed to pierce the soul.
Silver-white long hair fluttered in the energy storm. The "Shard Sword" in her hand, condensed from solid ice, emitted a faint, cold light.
It was Jingliu.
And beside her, Lu Jingming was grinning and waving at Sea Empress and Cerydra, his face showing no sign of the tension of being on a battlefield.
"Jingliu, and... him."
A look of surprise flashed in Sea Empress's eyes.
Cerydra, meanwhile, nodded slightly, analyzing calmly:
"Perfect timing. His rhythm has been broken."
In the center of the battlefield, Kevin slowly turned around, the frost on his Herrscher of Corruption body evaporating from the rising scorching aura.
His hollow gaze completely locked onto the new enemy—Jingliu—for the first time.
He sensed a dangerous aura from this woman with the veiled eyes.
Jingliu, instead of fear, curved her lips into a satisfied arc when facing the terrifying Herrscher of Corruption.
Beneath the veil, she "saw" not a monster, but an unprecedented, near-godlike formidable opponent.
"I wonder if my sword can cleave the demon who has entered the abyss."
She murmured softly, her figure already transforming into a streak of light, plunging straight forward.
The sword light of the Waxing and Waning Moon was cold and ruthless, like the cycle of the moon.
The battle between Jingliu and Kevin had already transcended the limits of what common sense could describe.
Two streaks of light—one a bone-chilling, moon-white brilliance, the other a blazing, violent, dark red Herrscher fire—collided fiercely like two runaway meteors between the shattered sky and the earth.
One moment, they were thousands of meters high, the Shard Sword and the Judgement greatsword meeting in a brutal clash, the ensuing shockwave tearing the clouds to shreds, with ice crystals and sparks raining down like a storm.
The next moment, they had crashed into the earth like meteorites, the molten lava trenches slashed out by the fiery sword and the extreme frozen abysses cleaved by the ice sword crisscrossing, further mutilating the already ravaged ground beyond recognition.
Sword energy raged.
The two utterly opposing forces of ice and fire were violently annihilated in every exchange, only to be reborn again and again.
Dazzling light trails lingered in the air, woven with fire-red and ice-blue, like the most cruel and splendid brushstrokes on a doomsday scroll.
"Astounding speed and power..."
Sea Empress gazed at the two figures whose trajectories were impossible to track with the naked eye and could only be sensed by divine power, a fierce battle intent burning in her azure eyes.
As the Sea God, although not known for her speed, under the blessing of her divine power, she could similarly step into this realm of divine speed.
"Ooom—!"
No longer hesitating, Sea Empress's azure divine light erupted, transforming into a third streak of light that fiercely cut into the battle.
In an instant, the sky became the deadly dance floor of three streaks of light.
Jingliu's sword was strange, swift, and cold, containing the essence of annihilation. Her sword light, like moonlight illuminating everything, penetrated everywhere.
Kevin's sword was wild, direct, and savage, representing pure destruction. Every swing of the Judgement greatsword carried the power to incinerate all things, breaking precision with sheer force, forcibly sweeping away Jingliu's exquisite sword techniques.
And Sea Empress's addition brought the immeasurable mass and endless regeneration of the great sea.
Her Golden Trident no longer pursued extreme speed but constructed a sturdy barrier with her immense divine power, deflecting Kevin's most lethal slashes, while using the confining power of Boundless Water to interfere with his movements, creating opportunities for Jingliu.
The three figures crossed, clashed, separated, and clashed again at a speed beyond thought.
The sound of clashing weapons was so dense that it merged into a single, never-ending roar.
Energy storms continuously generated and erupted along their battle trajectories, pushing the sky and earth further toward complete collapse.
Beneath this breathtaking, divine-speed battle, Lu Jingming walked leisurely until he reached Cerydra's side, stopping five meters away from her.
This distance was already considered extremely close for a highly vigilant Empress in charge of Law.
However, Cerydra merely tilted her head slightly, her deep eyes glancing at Lu Jingming once, before refocusing her gaze on the fierce battle in the sky. The scepter symbolizing her authority in her hand was unconsciously being lightly turned and played with.
"You knew all along that the Sword Duke (Hysilens) and I alone couldn't completely resolve this opponent."
Her voice was calm and without fluctuation, giving no clue as to her emotions.
"Appearing now to lend a hand, is it to make me owe you a favor?"
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