"You useless bastards," roared the hero, completely enraged.
He was in the skies, in a swift battle against the two women. Kaiyka was the main force, where the hero focused almost entirely. She couldn’t use even a third of her previous power, or that short sword would explode, so she attacked, forcing the hero to create openings. Ruri attacked fiercely in these openings, her attacking power minimal, but with the hero’s focus elsewhere, she managed to cause damage over time.
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Ruri tried to taint the hero with mental power, but found it futile. The queen’s will, connected to the celestial laws of the universe, was invincible; it expelled any external evil protecting him. Her spatial power was also extremely hindered; all the laws around were under the hero’s control, and she could only rely on her internal rune.
Despite all this, the katana made by her master was terrifyingly effective. Its cutting power penetrated the hero, causing substantial damage.
The fight unfolded like this, but the hero wasn’t using even 20% of his real power; all his focus was on keeping the whale sealed. With that power, he wouldn’t win, but he didn’t need to; it was enough for the family allies to finish everything and come to take down the women.
Now, everything had turned upside down, and he fell into an unexpected situation. How the hell did the families lose? He couldn’t imagine; never in history had a Heaven-Defier done what the whale did. All Heaven-Defiers were proud and spoiled; hardly anyone without interests approached them; consequently, they almost never shared techniques or methods with allies.
Of course, there were cases where lovers or allies of a Heaven-Defier received such things, but they were rare. Because of this, there was an order to ’investigate’ everyone related to them. But in the end, they lived only for themselves and eventually fell one by one.
The people in the city and everything there were incomprehensible to the hero. Alm and Bruno clearly gave up resources, dedicated precious time, and trusted these people by giving them a lot. Now, the result was clear; even among divine cultivators, these people would be considered extremely valuable.
Everyone in the city and the family allies watched from a distance the fight against the hero, too weak to do anything; all they could do was cheer.
The hero continued to fight, dodging and blocking the two women, his expression becoming increasingly twisted and furious. It took him a minute to roar, almost spitting blood out of hatred; at that moment, his aura of sanctity was identical to that of a furious demon.
"Gone, bastards!" he shouted, and his manifestation rotated again at full strength.
But this time, it wasn’t like before. Ruri and Kaiyka clearly felt all the spatial laws of the planet being used at the same time. The whale realized the result of that in the same second, but the hero spoke for himself.
"Wretched insects, all the glory I would gain alone will be thrown in the trash. I will burn the soul of every life form in this filthy place slowly; everyone will regret being born." His words sounded like black thunder, and everyone on the planet heard them trembling in despair.
"But it’s okay, my hero brothers will be pleased to savor these two slowly; they will thank me later." He spoke dryly, with a black look at the two women, and then roared. "BROTHERS, COME! I FOUND THE FUGITIVE!"
All the manifestation behind the hero twisted, and everyone felt a dozen bright spots lighting up in the middle of it. There was no need for explanation; this hero wanted to receive all the glory of having captured the whale alone, but was forced to call the other heroes, or it would be much worse if he failed.
The bright spots sucked all the spatial laws around, and immediately everyone felt that spatial channels were being connected with extremely distant points. In a few seconds, the connection would happen entirely.
The two women widened their eyes, and the whale had a dark look. It was the end; before, there was hope for something unexpected to happen and for them to defeat the hero. If that had happened, everything would be fine because this hero came alone to investigate, and few knew where he was. If he died here, who would believe that someone from the planet did it?
Now, all the heroes had been called. They all knew exactly where this new hero was, the whole planet would be ’investigated,’ everything would be burned... but the whale wouldn’t be alive to see it.
Ruri looked at those stars in the manifestation, her mind completely focused. Her eyes moved, drawn to her master; she looked at him and wished from the bottom of her soul to engrave his image forever. But in the next second, she forced herself to turn to Kaiyka. They exchanged a meaningful look, and her friend knew what she wanted immediately and nodded.
The hero smirked sinisterly as a wave of power surged. He looked at Kaiyka, and in her eyes, an extreme divine presence was ignited. She hadn’t regained even a third of her divine soul in this period, but now she had no choice, using spiritual cultivation, she burned everything possible of her soul in exchange for power.
"You!" The hero widened his eyes. Kaiyka had the spiritual cultivation, and with her divine soul less than a third, it was easy to disguise her identity. But now the hero knew immediately.
"EXCELLENT, HAHAHAHA! What a wonderful gift, there were two Heaven-Defiers hidden in this pathetic planet!"
Kaiyka’s expression was no longer empty, her sword was sheathed, and only her soul power emerged. She sighed, and a spiritual power took the form of an immaterial blade in front of her.
The hero looked at it and smiled dryly. It really was powerful, and if he didn’t defend properly, he would be seriously injured, but so what?
Kaiyka just made a gentle move, and all her power exploded forward. Meanwhile, Ruri beside her took a deep breath, the heroic rune on her forehead lit up, and she leaped.
The whale, seeing everything, quickly felt all its soul and instincts screaming. It couldn’t speak, couldn’t move, couldn’t use Qi, its soul, or even the array. It just watched everything unfold completely powerless and knew what Ruri was going to do.
The hero moved his sword forward and activated all its power. The immortal core was activated, and quickly a spiritual figure in the form of a quadruped beast appeared.
It was the spirit of the weapon, but... it suddenly roared as if giving a cold and desperate lament. The hero smirked sinisterly, his golden power writhed, and the spirit, against its will, was forced to advance.
BOOOM!
Furious waves of power cut through space. The weapon spirit exploded in front of the attack. It was completely obliterated, but that was no ordinary spirit; that immortal weapon was at an unknown and unbelievable level for the whale. The power of the attack was halved.
The hero just snorted and used the weapon’s body to block the rest of the blow. The power crashed against him; the hero gritted his teeth, his sword cracked, his clothes tore, and he recoiled several meters. The golden power surged, and he almost spat blood, but he blocked it with a sinister look.
It was suddenly that his vision completely darkened.
The hero’s entire manifestation writhed, the channels that were almost opening completely froze and dispersed. All connection of spatial laws and even celestial laws was immediately cut off.
Within a dark void, the hero’s heart was beating uncontrollably. He felt all his connection vanish, all the sacred power weakened drastically. How could something like this exist? Where was he?
"This is the world of the moonlight. This is my Moon Goddess Dao."
The mystical and gentle words sounded, at the same time, the hero saw the magnificent violet horizon, and the dazzling Paraselenes in the center of the sky. He took a deep breath, but suddenly he jumped, and a furious scream sounded.
"TURN THIS OFF IMMEDIATELY!! YOU CAN’T FIGHT AGAINST HER!!!!"
The whale’s voice sounded like an endless roar of despair and fury. He and Kaiyka were brought to that place, and with the loss of connection to the laws, the seal on him was undone.
But... he was only physically free.
Every drop of Qi, law, or internal rune of the whale was drawn out of his body. Even his Behemoth bloodline was forcibly worn away from his body as if it had been burned. The whale lost his ability to fight and only his divine soul could be used. Kaiyka, with spiritual cultivation, even with a third of her soul, was still much more powerful attacking with it, but she didn’t come close to seriously injuring him. How were they going to do better?
"Alright, master..."
The response sounded soft in the whale’s ears, and he retorted immediately. "Damn it! Turn it off! You can’t win!"
The reason for their fury was perfectly known to Ruri. She was just a mortal cultivator, her world was subtly above celestial laws and could cut off the connection with them... but who was the queen? She was much, much above celestial laws. Her will was still with the hero, Ruri was just a mere insect in front of that.
Kaiyka inside the place had trembling eyes, and panic took over. Shortly before the whale returned and the battle ensued, a message arrived for Loeus who was in the city; it was the leader of Yangta who warned everything asking them to flee. A hero was something invincible, but no one in the city feared; if their god were there, everything could be resolved.
Ruri knew a little about the power of the heroes, she went along with the whale to the realm of the heavens. And Corin had lived there for a long time and seen many heroes. She knew she had an unexpected weapon to use.
It was at that moment that Ruri told Kaiyka her emergency plan. If the situation demanded it, she should attack with everything without holding back; then with that opening, she could use her Dao. She did so, and now, both Kaiyka and the whale were out of combat, exhausted.
The whale and Kaiyka realized it immediately. She did it on purpose, and she knew she wouldn’t win.
Suddenly, the whole world trembled, the hero roared, and all his heroic power was activated to the limit. It took seconds for the entire violet horizon and all that Dao to start crumbling.
"How pathetic," the hero said dryly.
Quickly, his manifestation appeared again within the place. The queen’s will resided within the hero, not in the laws. He had only lost connection with the rest, and his power suddenly dropped to one-fifth, but the queen’s will was still invincible over anything.
The whale trembled, and his soul almost exploded in despair, Ruri wanted...
In the same second, a small figure manifested in the heavens. That wasn’t her body, it was her soul. The whole world trembled, and cracks covered every inch, all its laws and power were almost completely subdued, that place wouldn’t last more than thirty seconds.
Ruri looked at the whale, and their eyes met, she smiled softly and descended slowly. She landed on the whale’s shoulder gently, with them watching completely stunned.
"Hehe... it’s been so long, nostalgic to see things from here... to feel your warmth and breath from here... it was fun... to live... everything I lived by your side..." In the middle of her words, she began to sob, then stopped.
"Don’t be foolish... as soon as we leave, I’ll be captured again. I’ll think of something, just trust me..." The whale spoke as gently as he could, searching for the right words with all his will.
But Ruri’s soul just took a deep breath and floated in front of them.
She stood at eye level with them, then a radiant smile appeared on her face. "It’s okay... worth every second. From the moment master accepted me as a disciple, I lived every second happily. After he accepted me as his woman, I lived every day on cloud nine and felt loved all the time. Worth every second, it was short... but..."
Her face twisted amidst the words, and she lost her smiling facade; if she were a soul, uncontrollable tears would flow now.
She just took a deep breath again, and everything vanished. She turned around and stood with her back to the whale; she couldn’t look at them again or all her resolve would crumble. "The people of the planet rely on master, the people of the city too. I’ll free master, and he’ll save everyone. I’ve had my happiness and gained more than I dreamed; everyone’s life is more important than just mine."
Her words were quick, as if she was reaffirming it to herself. In that second, the whale choked and couldn’t say anything; he couldn’t change anything, couldn’t win, and couldn’t stop her...
That whole soul pulsed at its maximum power, at the same time, tears of blood flowed in the whale’s eyes...
"No..." were the only words that came out of Alm and Bruno. Everything was repeating, the pain, the despair, the helplessness; the cycle repeated itself, and everything came back, their world was completely collapsing.
"It’ll be a resounding slap in her face! Then finish her, but remember to throw a punch in my name." Ruri spoke, forcing a smile, and advanced.
That whole world was her world and her Dao. Although unable to resist the queen’s will, the hero wasn’t the queen. His power might be high, but he was still a mortal and didn’t control it perfectly. Within that world, with the help of the place, Ruri could burn everything she had for a single move. Something that would directly attack the hero, affecting his heroic rune temporarily.
After they returned to the world, it would take a few minutes for him to recover. But her master would be free, and he was the only solution to resolve everything. Not even Alm and Bruno knew how to fix this, but Ruri believed in them without any hesitation.
This could only be done if all connection to celestial laws was severed. And only Ruri could do that, using her own Dao and existence as fuel. Her soul would be the boost, and all her will and techniques would be the arrow piercing the heart of the target.
Crack...
The sound of Ruri’s soul shattering completely echoed. At that moment, Kaiyka fell to her knees completely in tears. As for the whale, tears of blood flowed, and an infinite void engulfed his entire existence.
The hero, focused on using all of the queen’s will, finally realized something was wrong. He turned to the side and saw a violet needle pointed at him; just looking at it, he felt a piercing pain in his soul.
"This..." the hero muttered, stunned.
In that second, the last words echoed in Alm and Bruno’s ears, a final sigh laden with inexpressible emotions. "Goodbye, thank you, I love you."
RUMBLE!!!
The space shattered, and the violet needle persisted, striking the hero’s forehead with an unstoppable force.
In the next instant, the world around him collapsed, and darkness was replaced by the golden glow of the planet.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
At the same time, the hero fell to the ground on his knees, roaring uncontrollably in pain and agony. The needle penetrated his head and directly hit his heroic rune. His entire manifestation crumbled, and the golden power covering the world was unraveling.
Meanwhile, the whale witnessed a small figure emerging. He reached out to grab it.
He embraced her... and squeezed with all his might... His face contorted in indescribable pain, a storm of unfathomable emotions tearing at his soul...
He felt the warmth of that small body fade away, lifeless... there was no trace of soul inside... she was gone... Her entire existence ceased to exist forever.