Volume 4, Chapter 98 – The Power of the Heart of the World

——”Finger of Annihilation.”——

Accompanied by Astral’s low voice, overwhelming ice-white spiritual power suddenly erupted from his fingertip, transforming into a terrifying beam of light containing the will of destruction and freezing, carrying devastating momentum as it tore through the air and thundered toward Bai Lianyue! Its speed was so fast that space continuously shattered, with residual spiritual pressure leaving terrifying furrows in the ground along its path.

However, facing this heart-palpitating divine might, Bai Lianyue merely narrowed her eyes slightly. In an instant, cold intent surged like a tide, the blade sang softly, and an ice-blue sword light suddenly stood before her.

“Clang——!!”

The next moment, the destructive finger force violently collided with the ice sword! A deafening roar erupted, with violent spiritual power storms spreading in all directions, tearing apart the earth while the air instantly filled with shattered ice crystals and spiritual power whirlwinds. Heaven and earth seemed to freeze in this instant, falling into deathly silence and violent trembling.

The ground beneath Bai Lianyue’s feet cracked inch by inch, the space behind her continuously twisted, her cyan-silver long hair danced wildly in the storm, yet her form remained steady as a pine, completely unmoved. The elf girl had forcibly blocked this finger strike capable of destroying an entire mountain range!

“This power…”

Bai Lianyue narrowed her eyes, her voice like cold spring water dripping, chilly yet composed.

However, it carried a slight trace of bewilderment.

Clearly, this First Ancestor of Solrog’s power far exceeded Bai Lianyue’s imagination. In terms of spiritual power intensity alone, he was even stronger than all those previous Ancestors combined… If it were Yelena and the others, they probably couldn’t have blocked this strike at all.

But? For her…

“Still not enough.”

The elf girl sneered coldly, excitement continuously overflowing from her crimson pupils.

The First Ancestor of Solrog had appeared.

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Although his strength was formidable, he ultimately hadn’t reached the evil god tier or Divine Graced Realm.

He couldn’t possibly be her opponent.

Wasn’t this giving her an excellent opportunity?

An opportunity to resolve the major trouble of Solrog in one decisive strike?!

Thinking this, Bai Lianyue felt increasingly pleased.

“Since you’ve come, then don’t leave~”

As her frenzied words left her mouth, all the Crimson Spectre Eyes behind Bai Lianyue instantly condensed curse power. Dozens of crimson Abyss Hex Blasts bombarded toward the white-robed man with overwhelming force.

However, facing the evil god’s devastating strike with great momentum, the face beneath the man’s white hood remained calm.

Astral spoke indifferently with a tone that seemed to have anticipated everything.

——”Sorry, but I’ll have to disappoint you.”——

Almost at the same moment Astral spoke, the ruins of Sacred Spirit Hall behind him suddenly burst forth with brilliant golden light, like the Lord’s holy radiance dispelling all darkness in the world.

The ‘Heart of the World’ hidden beneath Sacred Spirit Hall burst through the stone slabs surrounded by this golden light and rushed out from underground.

Then this Heart of the World, guided by Astral’s ice-white spiritual power, rapidly condensed into a golden gemstone and instantly disappeared from its original location.

When the Heart of the World reappeared, this gemstone had attached itself to Astral’s forehead.

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In an instant, Astral’s already formidable aura surged several times, dozens of times, nearly a hundredfold!

His powerful ice-white spiritual power was instantly tinged with golden radiance at this moment, with terrifying presence sweeping across heaven and earth! Not only did it directly suppress Bai Lianyue’s curse power aura, it also continuously twisted and tore the entire space.

At this moment, Astral’s aura completely transcended the Divine Departure Realm, with the power of laws quietly coiling around his body.

Simultaneously, his Finger of Annihilation directly tore through Bai Lianyue’s cold barrier and shattered the evil god miss’s ice sword directly! After shattering the ice sword, Astral’s attack didn’t stop there, but further struck toward Bai Lianyue’s face. Spiritual power surged magnificently, with great momentum to annihilate everything.

Faced with this strike, rare bewilderment and gravity appeared in the evil god miss’s beautiful eyes.

He? Fused with the Heart of the World?

With no time for further thought, the evil god miss’s gaze instantly became sharp. While pulling back to create distance, the elf girl spread her five fingers and a pure white slender sword was instantly summoned forth.

Gripping the sword hilt, Bai Lianyue unleashed her curse power without courtesy.

Holding the White Horizon Sword, Bai Lianyue’s entire presence surged accordingly.

——”Nine Sovereign Star Flash”——

The next instant, an impact condensed from curse power and sword energy thundered toward the front with world-destroying force, directly colliding with Astral’s finger strike.

In an instant, ice-blue curse power and platinum holy light violently clashed together.

——”Boom——!!”——

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Accompanied by heaven-shaking, earth-trembling roars, space was suddenly torn and twisted, the earth completely crumbled, and overwhelming energy impacts spread rapidly in all directions with the two as the center. Wherever the energy passed, everything turned to nothingness, completely annihilated. Those Paradise Manor members who had been excitedly watching the True Ancestor the previous second became dust the next second from being caught in the aftermath, not even knowing how they died.

This shockwave even spread further outward, leveling nearby mountain areas to the ground, with approaching villages and towns unable to escape, all being swept up and reduced to nothing.

The entire Divine Kingdom felt this shocking impact in this instant.

Just as the two forces clashed head-on, Astral raised his left hand, and the black thorns binding Isabelle were suddenly torn apart. Subsequently, Isabelle was drawn to his side by the white-robed man’s power, brought within the range of his spiritual power protection.

“Lord Astral!!!”

Embracing the white-robed man’s arm, Isabelle shouted his name with extreme excitement.

At the same time, thick worry couldn’t help but overflow from this Second Ancestor’s eyes.

The reason was simple—she had already noticed blood continuously flowing from beneath Astral’s hood…

“Lord True Ancestor?! Your… your body!”

Regarding this, Astral didn’t directly respond, but thoughtfully surveyed the surroundings, looking at the completely unrecognizable Nether Palace.

“This base, this world… seems to have no meaning worth preserving. Let’s go back, Isabelle.”

“Yes!!” The white-haired woman gritted her teeth and nodded repeatedly.

——”Hey!! Who said you could leave!!”——

Just as the two Solrog Ancestors were conversing, a female voice filled with anger and killing intent quietly reached them.

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At the same time, Astral’s energy field was torn open with a huge gap, and the energy phantom of the Finger of Annihilation showed cracks. Clearly, the evil god’s curse power had already suppressed Astral’s power and would soon complete a breakthrough.

Staring at that elf girl with a cold expression who was clashing powers with him, the pupils beneath the white-robed man’s hood couldn’t help but flash with bewilderment.

“Worthy of being the Terran Malevolence, even using the Heart of the World… still so troublesome.”

After coldly muttering this, Duan’s corpse in the distance directly flew to Astral’s front.

Then, Astral unhesitatingly crushed Duan’s corpse with a glance.

The countless resentment entities contained within suddenly erupted like a bursting dam. However, after these resentment entities rushed out, they didn’t lose control, but under the guidance of Astral’s power, roared as they surged forward, adding to Astral’s attack.

Combined with the Heart of the World and massive amounts of resentment, the white-robed man’s attack intensity completely overwhelmed Bai Lianyue.

Overwhelming platinum light swallowed the sword energy and engulfed the elf girl within it.

“Go, quickly, go!”

After coughing up a mouthful of blood and muttering this, the white-robed man embraced Isabelle’s shoulder.

As golden light burst from the gemstone on the man’s forehead, their figures gradually became ethereal…

However, just as they were about to disappear from their location with a distortion…

An ice-blue sword energy suddenly tore through Astral’s ability field and struck both their waists simultaneously!!