Volume 9, Chapter 41 – A Single Gaze

Her.

“Hiss… so that is the Supreme?”

Even though everyone had long been mentally prepared, the moment they saw the fantastical scene of Tianyin forcibly locking the planet’s trajectory in place, they still could not help but suck in a sharp breath.

They did not know Tianyin’s name, so they naturally referred to her as the Supreme.

“It’s hard to imagine… even Throne-tier beings couldn’t accomplish something like this, right?”

The Academy’s Legendary mages stopped their discussion, each of them wearing grave expressions as they voiced their astonishment.

Meanwhile, the gazes of Xingyu Muxi and the others who knew Tianyin became incomparably complicated.

“The Supreme’s goal is to first stop the fusion of the worlds. So what we need to do is interrupt her.”

Since the one before them was an enemy, no matter how unwilling she was in her heart, Xingyu Muxi could only force down her suppressed emotions and directly state the key point of resistance.

“Interrupt it? The distance is a bit far… but we already considered this kind of situation before today, so we specially prepared some magic arrays.”

The Academy’s mages truly lived up to their reputation as old scholars. Although their earlier carefree discussion about the Supreme had been rather nerve-wracking, their preparation work was indeed impressive.

As they spoke, dozens of mages simultaneously began carving magic arrays onto the ground. Not only that, as they carved, they took out a variety of strange tools that radiated an extremely mysterious aura.

Because of the effects of these tools, the massive magic array was completed in an instant.

“This is?”

Someone asked aloud.

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“Ahem, this magic array has the ability to compress magic and then perform ultra long-range precision strikes. We already considered the matter of long-range support beforehand, so we deliberately prepared this kind of array.”

“After all, we mages are completely no match in close combat. Not to mention facing the legendary Supreme. So long-range casting is necessary. And… with the enhancement of this array, even if the Supreme ran to the ends of the world, we’re confident we could still hit her.”

It sounded somewhat exaggerated, but judging by their expressions, it did not seem like bragging. So for now, it could be assumed that what these mages described was accurate.

However… being able to hit the Supreme even at the ends of the world was indeed a bit outrageous…

Facing the many doubtful gazes, the mages simply put on expressions of believe it or not.

In the end, Xingyu Muxi stepped forward and made the final call.

“Since we can attack the Supreme in the void from afar, then let’s try it. If it doesn’t work, we’ll think of other methods.”

Out of respect for a Throne-tier, the many Legendary-tier figures present withdrew their doubtful gazes after hearing Xingyu Muxi’s words and said nothing more.

However…

Just as Xingyu Muxi and the others were about to launch a long-range attack on Tianyin, Tianyin, who was single-handedly forcing the entire planetary world to halt in the void, had already sensed their intentions.

“Interrupt?”

She let out a cold rhetorical question, then expressionlessly glanced down toward Dawn, where Xingyu Muxi and the others were.

“This is bad—”

The instant Tianyin’s gaze swept over them, Yunchou, who had been suppressing his presence as much as possible, suddenly stiffened.

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Without any hesitation, Yunchou immediately released the Paladin’s strongest defensive skill, a wall of light composed of holy light similar to that of the Blood Knight.

“Don’t just stand there, hurry up and release defensive skills!”

While activating his skill, Yunchou also shouted a warning.

Yunchou’s actions were far too sudden. Even Throne-tier beings like Xingyu Muxi, Ysera, and Andrew did not have time to react.

If even the Throne-tier failed to react in time, then the Legendary-tier were naturally a step slower.

Still, the Throne-tier managed to activate their defensive abilities at the critical moment. But the Legendary-tier truly did not have time to do so…

And almost at the same instant, from the sky above, a blood-red light that nearly covered the entire sky descended straight down.

“That is…”

Seeing that beam of light falling directly toward them, a vague sense of foreboding arose in Xingyu Muxi’s heart.

In the next second, the light overlapped with the crowd and instantly shattered all the defenses created by Yunchou, Xingyu Muxi, and the other Throne-tier.

“Urgh…”

“Pfft…”

Almost instantly, all the Legendary-tier present were blown apart by the light. The vast majority were struck into severe injury, while the remaining Legendary-tier were in even worse condition, looking as though they were clinging to their last breath.

Blood splattered everywhere. The Legendary mages, whose bodies were already far more fragile, all began coughing violently, coughing as they spat out blood mixed with pieces of internal organs.

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“Is this the Supreme’s attack?”

Chris, at the front, let out a voice that was nearly one of despair.

“This is already… not Throne-tier anymore… this kind of power has surpassed Throne-tier, surpassed myth, and can almost effortlessly destroy the world…”

“We… what kind of monster are we even opposing…”

Logically speaking, a so-called decisive battle should have been the kind of brutal fight where both sides went back and forth, everyone giving their all, and even in defeat it would feel worthwhile.

But… this decisive battle was nothing like that.

Because the opponent was a monster capable of flipping the entire board. A being with power that could not be understood through common sense.

So, at the very beginning of the decisive battle, this so-called final confrontation had already ended.

Under nothing more than Tianyin’s emotionless gaze, the Legendary-tier combat power was almost completely wiped out.

And the Throne-tier beings such as Xingyu Muxi, Ysera, and Yunchou had also suffered injuries of varying degrees, losing more than half of their combat strength.

As for Yivrea, perhaps because she was close to Xingyu Muxi, she did not suffer fatal injuries under Tianyin’s attack. Even so, her current condition was far from good.

It could be said… that only the Throne-tier still retained the faintest trace of combat capability.

“Xiaoyin… you… really don’t care about us anymore?”

The scene that had been prepared with all their might was effortlessly shattered.

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No matter how composed Xingyu Muxi was, she immediately fell into confusion.

They had failed.

They had failed right from the start.

All that talk about stopping Xiaoyin and saving Xiaoyin… was nothing more than empty bravado she told herself.

In reality, she could do nothing at all. And Xiaoyin had probably already forgotten that there was once a group of people who cared about her…

Never before had Xingyu Muxi felt despair so clearly.

And as she looked at the petite figure standing in the void, while drowning in despair, a trace of regret also arose in her heart.

“So ever since that time I left you, Xiaoyin… I was never able to touch you again?”

Yes. Who could have imagined that the last time Xingyu Muxi left Dawn and bid farewell to Tianyin would become their true final parting.

Rumble—!

At this moment, within the void, the planetary world that Tianyin had locked in its trajectory began to shatter piece by piece.

From this moment on, the real world—

began to be destroyed.