Esper X Family – Chapter 338 – Don’t tell me… It’s Not Over Yet?

The Sanctuary Leader acted without hesitation.

Even though the source of the calamity he wished to avoid had come knocking, he still had to make his final desperate struggle!

A head-on confrontation would be utterly foolish.

He had to take an unconventional path to save the situation!

“SCRAM!”

The Sanctuary Leader exhausted the authority of his world.

Enduring the excruciating pain of his soul being torn apart, he forcibly severed and banished the half of the world where Ye Tong resided!

BOOM!!!

The entire Sanctuary world let out a deathly wail.

Stripped of its authority, the world convulsed wildly like a giant beast being flayed alive.

The sky formed by purple Source Fire instantly went dark on one side.

Like a festering wound, the exposed pitch-black void frantically devoured the abandoned territory.

“AHHHHH—!”

The Leader fell to his knees, blood threads burning with purple flames seeping from his seven orifices ¹ Although orifices in the human body refers to all passages out of the body, the “seven orifices” that is often used in CN novels actually refers to the 7 orifices in the human head: two ear canals, two eyes, two nostrils, and one mouth. So, please don’t misunderstand the “orifices” here and imagine a purple flaming hemorrhoid… .

He could feel the very essence of his existence collapsing along with the world’s rending.

It was a pain ten thousand times worse than death by a thousand cuts.

It was the ultimate torture of having half of one’s very “existence” brutally gouged out!

But in his eyes, a twisted hope still burned.

Detonate!

Detonate that severed half of the world!

This was the only final measure he could think of to stop that girl!

Use the destruction of half his world as a bomb, hoping only to wound her, to delay her even if it was just for an instant!

Rumble—!

The banished half of the world silently collapsed at the edge of the void.

Then, it erupted into a chaotic turbulence that devoured everything!

The ripples of destruction even pierced through the spatial barrier.

They struck the remaining half of the world, causing the surviving buildings to crumble like sandcastles.

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Did it succeed?

Amidst the agony of his own being collapsing in together with his world, the Leader stared fixedly at that annihilated void.

A frenzied gasp escaped him, his bloodshot eyes wide.

Just then—

Crack!

A barely perceptible point of blazing white light silently flickered into existence above his head.

The Leader’s pupils abruptly constricted to pinpricks.

That light… that aura of destruction… it was so familiar it froze his soul!

“N-No… impossible…!”

The Sanctuary Leader’s throat squeezed out fragmented syllables, like rusted iron scraping together.

He… He had clearly banished it along with half of the world!

How could that light sphere still be there?

If Ye Tong were still here, she would definitely have laughed.

It would be one thing if she forgot to move the thing before it activated.

But how could she miss her target after activating it?

The moment the Sanctuary Leader made his move, she had already transferred the 400,000 mental power light sphere she had long prepared away.

There was no need for her to be there anymore.

True lolis never looks back at explosions ² !

The white light overhead was like a waking star.

Coldly and steadily expanding.

Deadly arcs of light flowed across the sphere’s surface, silent yet carrying the final decree of death.

Such terrifying power.

Such astonishing presence.

“It’s over…”

It was too late.

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The Leader’s mental defenses completely crumbled at this moment.

Like the cold of the deepest ocean, despair instantly froze every nerve in his body.

BOOM!!!

The light sphere gave him no time to think or react.

Like the first thunderclap at the dawn of creation, it exploded violently within the remaining half of the Sanctuary’s territory!

The sun of destruction, condensed from four hundred thousand points of mental power, unleashed its full majesty at this moment.

Vision was consumed by merciless, pure white.

Sound was shattered by the absolute roar of energy.

A devastating tide of mental power surged forth!

The viscous malice, the twisted laws, the very foundation of Source Fire that constituted this world…

Tangible or intangible, in the face of this pure destructive force, everything was vaporized instantly like thin snow under the scorching sun!

The Leader’s body was slammed deep into the twisting, melting earth by the explosion’s shockwave.

The Source Fire core dwelling within him let out a deathly shriek.

It frantically drained the remaining power of the world in an attempt to resist.

But the moment it touched the white light, it disintegrated inch by inch.

Scorching heat! Destruction! Disintegration!

He could clearly feel every inch of his flesh, every wisp of his soul being dissolved and evaporated!

Byron, who had long lost consciousness on the ground, met his death in silence.

He met his end in a state of unawareness.

Dying without any sensation might also be a form of happiness.

But the Sanctuary Leader wasn’t so lucky.

“AHHHH!!!”

It wasn’t a roar of pain, but a desperate wail of his utter willpower shattering.

The voice in his mind seemed to sneer as well.

[You have failed. I will take over everything you have.]

The white light mercilessly swept through the broken world.

The devastating, scorching blaze lingered for a long time.

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Space teetered on the brink of collapse, yet there was no sign of energy leakage.

This was Ye Tong’s deliberate control.

Creating a “sun” within a void of nothingness that could continue burning for a long time.

Perhaps it would only fully cease when this “sun” had completely exhausted its energy.

Until then, the original site of the Sanctuary would remain trapped within this storm of destruction.

Dragon Country, Countermeasures Bureau Headquarters.

Ye Yao lay on the bed with a strange expression on her face.

She had miscalculated a bit.

She hadn’t expected to be taken out by the power of half a small world’s self-destruction.

From her observation, the energy contained within that small world was likely close to a hundred thousand points of mental power.

After all those years of lurking in the shadows and crawling through the gutters, the Sanctuary had managed to produce something impressive.

Not that it was particularly surprising.

That Sanctuary Leader didn’t even look human anymore.

He gave off a second-generation Lou Wei vibe.

Although he was as stubborn as an old turtle, he was still the second strongest person Ye Yao had ever encountered.

Even if her uncle Fu Qi stepped in, victory would probably be difficult.

He might even suffer from a dimensional reduction attack.

Fu Qi’s stats just couldn’t keep up.

Leaving aside mechanics, his stats were pathetically low, not even reaching ten thousand.

She still needed to pressure him.

Otherwise, how could he call himself the strongest in history?

That Sanctuary Leader’s stats were what you would call high.

It was just a pity…

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“Good thing I’m one step ahead!”

A confident smile curled at the corner of Ye Yao’s mouth.

With stats of four hundred thousand, all are equal before me!

Even a fully activated Cybertronian would be completely scrapped.

That power was enough to destroy a planet.

How could some mere small fry possibly withstand it?

Time to check the spoils.

【Reserve family member “Byron” confirmed dead, personally killed by the Host. Unlocked achievement “Sacrificing Family for the Greater Good”. Reward: 10 Attribute Points.】

【Unallocated Attribute Points: 95】

A pathetic ‘potential family member’ transformed into warm attribute points.

Ye Yao had never imagined that there was a way to earn points like this.

In the future, couldn’t she just refine some villain into ‘potential family member’ first, then kill them for some quick profit?

That would be way faster than playing out an act with other family members.

She just wasn’t sure if the system would be underhanded and ban her from farming attribute points.

Given this useless system’s stingy nature, it seemed entirely possible.

Ye Yao rubbed her chin, planning to test it out another day.

But the next second, she suddenly remembered something.

“Wait a minute, why are there only ninety-five unallocated points?

Did I actually lose five points? What about the rest of my mission rewards?!”

Don’t tell me… it’s not over yet?

Author Note

It didn’t rain today, so I set off on my way back to my happy little home!

Text: This is not good, right?