Even Parion, although difficult to kill, knew that being struck by the Holy Sword meant certain death.
The Apostles, hearing his desperate command, cursed inwardly. Even Parion, a Limit Level expert with such a powerful Unique Skill, had to flee from Shien. How could they, mere Legendary-level beings, stop him?
But Parion didn’t care about his Apostles’ willingness, using spatial manipulation to place them in Shien’s path.
At the same time, he also used his control over this space to hinder Shien, increasing the gravity around him, restricting his speed, and distorting the space to prevent him from teleporting, even repeatedly inverting the world to disorient him.
Parion did everything he could.
However…
“Boom!”
As terrifying magic power erupted from Shien, the increased gravity, the spatial distortion, and the inverted world were all forcibly stopped.
“How is this possible…!?” Parion couldn’t believe his eyes.
Even Shafney gasped, murmuring,
“Transcendence…”
Indeed.
Transcendence.
Having reached level ninety-five and unsealed his Holy Sword, even without using [Samsara of Heaven’s Decree] to burn his magic power and enhance his strength, Shien had already reached the level of Transcendence.
That power might not be as great as a Demon Lord’s, but it was definitely no less than that of the Goddess of Life and the Goddess of Nature.
Therefore, Shien could now, like Shafney, control the space and even the world around him simply by releasing his magic power, relying on pure and absolute power.
So, Shien’s figure flickered several times, bypassing the terrified Ses and Sheen who were blocking his path.
“Slash!”
With a unified slashing sound, a sword light flashed.
Ses and Sheen, already weakened by the Holy Sword’s divine power, couldn’t dodge Shien’s attack, their bodies splattered with blood.
“Sheen…!”
“Big brother…!”
The two Legendary-level experts of the Heterogeneous Spirit Clan cried out, calling out to each other as they were cleanly bisected amidst a rain of blood.
Ses, dead.
Sheen, dead.
These two brothers, who had been hiding in Succubus City for hundreds of years, died meaningless deaths in this crimson world.
Shien didn’t even look back, continuing to charge towards Parion.
“Stop him! Stop him—!” Parion, terrified, roared repeatedly, then disappeared into the distorted space.
“Aaaaaah…!”
The remaining two level ninety-eight, middle-aged Apostles of the Old Demon Faction could only watch as Shien approached, roaring and raising their weapons, one a giant sword, the other a giant shield, trying to stop him.
They were met with a dazzling sword light flashing before their eyes.
Looking at the brilliant sword light, they vaguely remembered their words when they first arrived in Succubus City with Parion, learning about Shien’s existence:
“If Master Parion orders it, we’ll bring the Hero’s head back now.”
“Even if he’s the Hero, the four of us can take him down.”
Recalling those words, only now did they realize how naive they were.
Endless regret filled their hearts.
Then, the sword light flashed…
The consciousness of the two middle-aged Apostles of the Old Demon Faction, a man and a woman, was completely severed.
In the crimson world, four Legendary-level experts who had been so arrogant just moments ago were slain by Shien in mere seconds.
The bodies of Ses and Sheen were still falling, followed by the two middle-aged Apostles of the Old Demon Faction, their severed weapons and heads, along with a spray of blood, plummeting downwards.
Shien, wielding his gleaming Holy Sword and exuding a transcendent aura, glanced towards Parion.
But Parion, like a desperate fugitive, was already teleporting through the distorted space, fleeing towards Shafney, who was hovering in mid-air.
After sacrificing his four Legendary-level subordinates to buy time, Parion was now charging directly at Shafney.
“How dare you,” Shafney said, her anger turning into a cold smile.
Parion’s audacity felt like an insult.
Without hesitation, she raised her hand, gathering a terrifying amount of magic power. This palm strike, if unleashed, would be far more powerful than any of her previous attacks.
Even Parion felt a deadly sense of danger, his scalp tingling from the terrifying magic power. However, he didn’t stop.
“Hurry… hurry…!” he chanted anxiously in his heart.
His preparations were underway.
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