Volume 8, Chapter 49 – I Said It Already

The sky that had originally been as bright as day gradually grew dim.

This was because of the battle between the Abyssal Lord and Tianyin high above the sky.

The aura released by a Throne-tier of Light alone was enough to alter the heavens. With two Throne-tiers clashing, their combined presence was sufficient to blot out the sky entirely.

Below them, the Northern Fortress had already entered battle. However, judging from the situation, because the Northern Fortress was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the demon army would not be able to seize the city walls anytime soon.

As a result, the battle below at the Northern Fortress was expected to fall into a prolonged stalemate. Meanwhile, above the Northern Fortress, the fight between Tianyin and the Abyssal Lord had only just begun.

Of course.

Even though the battle had only just started, Tianyin was already thinking about how to end it as quickly as possible.

This time, Tianyin did not use any skills copied through Envy, but instead relied purely on combat techniques derived from the Blood Knight.

All of these techniques had been taught to Tianyin by Samael without holding anything back. After all, Samael had once charged alone into the headquarters of the Church of the Sanctuary. Her combat prowess was evident.

Of course, when facing the Abyssal Lord, combat techniques alone could not provide an advantage. Tianyin was well aware of this herself.

“This sword is above. The abyss is below!”

Relying solely on combat skill was useless. So not long after the battle began, Tianyin started using rule-altering “Words of Power”.

Put more plainly, Tianyin was using her administrator authority to directly modify the game rules and tilt the situation in her favor.

However, this method was something the Abyssal Lord had already dealt with once before. So the very next second after Tianyin invoked her authority, the Abyssal Lord also activated her own.

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“The abyss is above. Original Sin is below!”

At that moment, Tianyin deeply felt the power of the abyss once again suppressing her Original Sin power. Even so, Tianyin did not panic in the slightest.

On the contrary, a smile of success appeared at the corner of her lips.

“As expected…”

She softly murmured those words, and then Tianyin charged forward without hesitation, swinging the knight’s sword in her hand toward the Abyssal Lord.

In the blink of an eye, thousands of slashes were unleashed like afterimages. As terrifying wind pressure surged, space itself teetered on the brink of collapse under such intense attacks.

Facing this onslaught, the Abyssal Lord launched a counterattack. Countless tentacles sprouted around her body, swiftly moving to block in front of her, taking the blows in her stead.

Clang clang clang clang clang—!

Despite being made of flesh and blood, Tianyin’s sword strikes against the tentacles sounded as if they were hitting solid steel. Each strike only produced tiny sparks.

“Hahahahahaha… useless, useless. How could a mere vessel possibly hurt me?”

In the Abyssal Lord’s eyes, Tianyin’s powerless attacks were nothing more than futile struggling. That was why she laughed loudly while mocking Tianyin, who could not harm her at all.

“Hmph—”

Tianyin did not want to respond to the Abyssal Lord’s taunts. In her view, the more she reacted, the more excited this girl would become with her mockery.

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“For a vessel to reach this level is already commendable. Hahahahahahaha. Next, it’s my turn, right!”

After Tianyin had attacked so many times, the Abyssal Lord was also thinking about ending things quickly. However, not knowing whether Tianyin had some hidden trump card, she did not want to go all out at the very beginning. But after seeing that Tianyin was still using the same completely ineffective combat approach as before, the Abyssal Lord’s vigilance faded by more than half.

Boom—!

A deafening explosion rang out. Immediately after, a massive eyeball filled with chaotic will appeared within the void.

Then, that enormous eye turned its gaze toward Tianyin.

Buzz—!

The moment Tianyin was stared at, her mind began to roar.

Not only that, she felt splitting pain in her head, and strange, indescribable hallucinations began appearing before her eyes one after another.

In the Abyssal Lord’s eyes, Tianyin’s state after being gazed upon was entirely different. Her face was pale, her gaze vacant, and even the hand tightly gripping the knight’s sword began to loosen uncontrollably.

Without a doubt.

Just the enormous eye summoned by the Abyssal Lord alone had rendered Tianyin completely incapable of fighting.

“Hahahahahahaha, Throne-tier or not. Under the rules, abyssal power stands above Original Sin power. Original Sin power simply cannot be exempt from the corrosion of my abyss!”

Although villains often die from talking too much, even so, Tianyin had no chance to hear the Abyssal Lord’s words. At this moment, Tianyin had fallen into an abnormal state and was completely unable to perceive anything from the outside world.

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From the current situation, had this battle that had only just begun already come to an end?

“Let the Eye of the Abyss continue to stare at the vessel. Next, slowly extract the Original Sin power from the vessel…”

Although she had restrained Tianyin, the madness on the Abyssal Lord’s face was gone. Instead, her expression grew solemn.

Of course, this was because what came next was the part the Abyssal Lord looked forward to the most. Obtaining the Original Sin power that Tianyin possessed.

It was precisely because the Abyssal Lord had glimpsed the Original Sin power within Tianyin that she chose to invade the Main World. In the previous invasions of the Main World, the Abyssal Lord had not intended to occupy it at all. Rather, it was because she sensed the aura of Original Sin and wanted to obtain it.

Yet every time, she returned empty-handed. This time, however, the Abyssal Lord was determined to succeed.

“Original Sin… Original Sin power, you must, you must be mine!”

As she approached Tianyin, the Abyssal Lord’s gaze grew increasingly dangerous.

However…

At that very instant, Tianyin, who was clearly still being stared at by the Eye of the Abyss summoned by the Abyssal Lord, suddenly moved.

Of course, it was not her whole body that moved, but the right hand gripping the knight’s sword, which began to shift slowly.

“Hm?”

Seeing Tianyin’s movement, the Abyssal Lord’s expression became uncertain, light and dark flickering across her face as she failed to understand what was happening.

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But in the very next second, the Abyssal Lord’s face changed drastically.

“You!”

Psh—!

Blood splattered.

The Abyssal Lord was fast, but Tianyin’s sword swing was even faster. Before the Abyssal Lord could even make a move, Tianyin had already driven the knight’s sword viciously into her own body.

“Hah… hah, good thing I left myself an out…”

Her deep violet eyes, filled with laughter, stared at the Abyssal Lord. Tianyin’s face was still as pale as ever.

Below her eyes, on the status panel, her HP had been forcibly reduced to 1.

“Abyssal power does indeed counter me… but it can’t counter this sword.”

“Because I said it already.”

“This sword is above. The abyss is below—”