The Water Bottle Protection shattered almost instantly. Many evolved beings with weak mental strength immediately fell to their knees, clutching their heads and wailing in pain. The war beasts fared even worse, collapsing to the ground, whimpering, and losing control of their bodily functions. Some even broke free from their riders, causing chaos. Only those above level six managed to hold on, even though they were in extreme pain.
“Shall we settle this now?” The Armor King’s crimson eyes locked onto the Nine-Winged Crow.
“I’ll accompany you.”
With that, the spear in its hands began to glow red, and within seconds, it transformed into a weapon that seemed to be made of molten lava. At the same time, the red lines on its body began to emit a bright light, standing out starkly in the dim Blue Secret Realm.
The Armor King spread its legs slightly, raised its spear slowly, and then thrust it toward the Nine-Winged Crow with a deafening roar.
The Armor King became a black-and-red shadow, flickering forward. With each flicker, it left behind an afterimage. In an instant, countless afterimages of the Armor King filled the space between its original position and the Nine-Winged Crow.
Then, these afterimages began to merge, one by one, starting from the first. Each fusion made the resulting figure larger, and by the time they merged with the Armor King’s main body, it had grown to nearly the same size as the Nine-Winged Crow.
The four teams, who had just begun to recover, were stunned by this sight.
Forget about the power for a moment—the sheer magnitude of the energy was beyond anything the evolved beings could comprehend. Just the sequence of events, from the Armor King activating this ability to the final fusion of the afterimages into a god-like apparition, surpassed even the most spectacular scenes from the highest-budget sci-fi movies of the pre-apocalyptic era.
Its body shook violently, and large patches of black feathers fell off, forming a sea of feathers around it. Then, these feathers suddenly exploded, turning into a cloud of black mist.
This mist differed from the earlier dark clouds that had rolled across the sky. This mist was pure black, deep, and endless. Just looking at it felt like being pulled into an abyss of darkness.
As the Armor King charged, the mist tightly wrapped around the Nine-Winged Crow’s body and rapidly diminished.
The mist was healing the Nine-Winged Crow’s injuries.
Although the wounds caused by the Armor King earlier had been concealed, the Nine-Winged Crow’s condition was far worse than it appeared. By sacrificing these feathers, it was ensuring that it could use its ultimate ability. Trading defense for offense, the strongest being in the Blue Secret Realm, was preparing to go all out.
As the black mist dissipated, the Nine-Winged Crow became a bald bird, but most of its injuries had healed.
Seeing the Armor King closing in, it let out a piercing cry. All its wings pressed tightly against its body, and it began to hover.
Behind the Nine-Winged Crow, a dark black hole suddenly appeared, with a hurricane raging inside. The Nine-Winged Crow’s body quickly retreated into the hole, exposing only its head. Then, the black hole and the hurricane exploded simultaneously, the immense force propelling the Nine-Winged Crow forward. Its eight wings had changed shape and position, forming a nearly perfect cone.
At this moment, the entire Blue Secret Realm began to tremble. At first, it was subtle, but it quickly escalated into a massive earthquake.
Energy from the heavens and earth surged toward the Nine-Winged Crow’s body. In many unseen places—abandoned Posthumous People settlements, the Saint Light Hall where only the most devout still remained, the now-desolate Night Demon Plains, and the cursed abyss with its still-churning lava—the ground cracked, buildings collapsed, mountains crumbled, and volcanoes erupted…
The Nine-Winged Crow, at this moment, no longer restrained itself. It began to absorb the energy of the Blue Secret Realm voraciously, all to kill this level-nine being from another world and pass through the spatial gate to a new world.
As for the Blue Secret Realm itself, it no longer cared.
This energy attached to the wings wrapped around the Nine-Winged Crow’s head, glowing with a dark light like a devil emerging from the void.
The two collided in this state.
“Run!”
As the two beings began their final clash, Li Daqian shouted, ordering his team to retreat frantically.
In truth, the position Ye Zhongming had chosen for them earlier was quite good, far enough from the battlefield. However, Ye Zhongming had only been an ordinary evolved being in his previous life, reaching level six after ten years. In this life, although he had reached the pinnacle of humanity, he had never achieved the ninth level of evolution. The only level-nine being he had witnessed firsthand was the Saint Father, who had suppressed his power. Thus, Ye Zhongming had no clear concept of the range of the energy shockwaves produced by the collision of two level-nine beings. Even though he had prepared for the worst by giving Guang Yao the Nature Staff and a super nature gem, who could have predicted that even these wouldn’t last until the final battle between the two level-nine beings?
It was clear that the Nine-Winged Crow and the Armor King were engaged in their final showdown. The winner would emerge victorious, while the loser would perish. This strike would undoubtedly shake the heavens and earth. The position of the four teams, which had already been affected by the earlier attacks, had cost them a super nature gem. The shockwaves from this final clash would be even more devastating.
Without a defensive artifact like the Nature Staff, creating as much distance as possible from the explosion’s epicenter was the only option.
The other three teams reacted quickly, retreating as well.
The two level-nine beings had used their ultimate moves to decide the outcome, and both had taken some time to charge their attacks. This gave the humans a brief window to escape. They understood the stakes—those who hadn’t recovered from the Nine-Winged Crow’s mental shockwave were left behind, while those who could still move fled as fast as they could.
A thunderous roar came from behind them, but no one dared to look back to see what was happening. A wave of energy was rapidly approaching, even more overwhelming than the earlier earthquake. Everyone could feel it clearly. At this moment, every extra meter they ran could mean the difference between life and death.
Whether it was Deacon Water, Commander Mu, or Li Daqian, aside from lamenting the inevitable losses to their teams, they were all cursing Ye Zhongming in their hearts. What kind of location had he chosen for them? Couldn’t he have picked somewhere farther away? If it weren’t for the fact that Guangyao’s team was also fleeing, they might have suspected that Ye Zhongming had done this to weaken their forces.
The energy shockwave finally arrived, sweeping over the human team in an instant. Various colored lights flashed among the crowd as everyone activated their defensive measures.
Deacon Water desperately unleashed a skill, creating a massive water wall behind her team. Commander Mu threw out a card, transforming into a huge metal screen. Li Daqian was even more direct, using a combined skill with his battle beast, the Spotted Giant Bear, to summon a gigantic bear spirit that enveloped the Thousand Beasts Villa’s team.
However, these defenses only held briefly before shattering in the face of this energy.
The human team was immediately thrown into chaos, with only a handful of beings managing to remain standing.
As the energy passed and everything gradually calmed down, those who could still maintain consciousness shook their dizzy heads and looked toward the valley plain.
In this earth-shattering, realm-destroying battle between two level-nine beings, who had emerged victorious?
