“No need.” Luca shook his head slightly, not saying anything more. The silver space array around them lit up, enveloping Isaac and the others.
In an instant, everyone disappeared from their original location. When they reappeared, they realized they were no longer in the Sea of Mist, but had arrived on an island.
Seeing the still-under-construction town, it took them a moment to realize—they had returned to Snake Island.
After sending Isaac and the others away, only Luca, Vittorio, and Zenobia remained, positioned in a triangle around each other.
The people from Sea City remained below, watching them but not approaching.
At this moment, all of Zenobia’s attention was fixed on the Celestial Pearl in her hands. She didn’t stop Luca from sending the others away, nor did she even spare them a glance.
To her, such insignificant creatures weren’t even worth noticing.
“Ah~ This feeling of having my body filled with power once again is just too wonderful!” She pressed the Celestial Pearl against her delicate face, a dazed look in her beautiful eyes. She couldn’t take her hands off the Celestial Pearl.
Ever since she had been ambushed and sealed by the Ancient Gods ten thousand years ago in the Abyssal Realm, and had to split into three separate bodies using secret techniques, her strength had been greatly weakened. She hadn’t felt this sensation in many years.
However, to fully restore her peak power, she would need to open the gateway to the Abyssal Demon Realm. Only when the three bodies reunited with the main one could her true power return.
Looking at the frenzied woman above them, Luca and Vittorio both had grim expressions on their faces.
Luca was actually in a better position. He had previously gained a massive amount of divine power from the Celestial Pearl. If he used Gods’ Revelation again, even if he couldn’t escape, he would at least be able to put up a struggle.
The one in a truly tough spot was Vittorio, the king, whose strength had plummeted from the Divine Realm to the pinnacle of the Transcendent level.
Although he was still the peak of humanity, he had now become the weakest of the three.
With Zenobia’s current power, killing him would be as easy as crushing an ant.
“Damn it!” Vittorio gritted his teeth, his eyes fixed on Zenobia. He wanted to charge forward and snatch the Celestial Pearl back, but he didn’t dare make a move just yet.
The commotion had caught Zenobia’s attention.
Her beautiful eyes lowered slightly, her red lips curling into a smile as she said, “I almost forgot about you two.”
As she spoke, she raised her hand toward Vittorio.
A brilliant purple light appeared in her hand.
In that instant, Vittorio felt an overwhelming force descend upon him. It was as though an invisible pair of hands had grabbed him, and his body was lifted off the ground, his bones creaking loudly under the pressure.
The overwhelming fear of death turned Vittorio’s face a sickly pale. He no longer cared about anything else and, in panic, he cried out, “Don’t kill me, I can…”
“I don’t need anything from you,” Zenobia said calmly, then slowly clenched her fist.
In an instant, Vittorio’s body was crushed and contorted.
“Ahhhh!!!” His eyes bulged, and he let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Then, with a muffled thud, a few drops of warm blood fell onto Luca’s face.
His heart nearly stopped as he turned stiffly to look.
What he saw next made his blood run cold—chunks of flesh were falling from the sky in a rain of gore.
Not a single piece was larger than a fist.
In Sea City, White King EkHard and countless mutated fishmen, witnessing the scene, were frozen in place.
“The king… is dead?” EkHard stared at the pile of mangled flesh, his eyes wide in disbelief, his face as pale as a ghost. The others were trembling, lips quivering, unable to believe what they had just seen as they looked at Zenobia.
They had only just seen the future of the Mermaid race, and now it was all gone in an instant?
“Boy, if you kneel and beg for mercy now, I might spare your life,” Zenobia said, seemingly indifferent to EkHard and the other fishmen in Sea City.
Her gaze landed on Luca, the coldness in her eyes intensifying. This brat had tried everything to sabotage her plans before, and she had never forgotten it. There was no way she would let him die easily.
“If you want to kill me, just say it. No need for these humiliating tactics,” Luca said calmly, though inwardly, he was quickly gathering the divine power in his body, hoping to make one last desperate effort.
However, just as the divine power began to circulate within him, he saw a flash of purple, and Zenobia appeared before him.
“Your little tricks are too obvious,” Zenobia said with a mocking smile. She reached out and slowly pressed her hand toward Luca’s head. Her movements weren’t fast, but Luca realized that he couldn’t escape!
In that moment, he felt the same sensation that Vittorio had experienced earlier—his entire body felt as if it were trapped by an invisible hand, and he couldn’t break free.
“Hahaha! Die! We’ll all die together!” EkHard laughed maniacally.
Their king had been killed, and they knew they wouldn’t escape either. But that brat? He was going to die too!
Luca didn’t have time to worry about the fishman. Sweat was beading on his forehead as he desperately tried to gather more divine power, fighting to resist the force that bound him.
But after coming into contact with Zenobia’s power, all of Luca’s efforts were instantly shattered and vanished without a trace.
Zenobia’s strength had already reached the Divine Realm, and with the enhancement of the Celestial Pearl, her power had reached an incredibly terrifying level. Even those in the Divine Realm had no power to resist her.
Luca could only watch helplessly as Zenobia’s handprint landed on his forehead.
In that moment, EkHard’s expression twisted with glee, his eyes full of malicious delight, as if he could already see Luca’s head exploding.
However, what happened next left him stunned, his mouth hanging open in shock!
Luca waited for a moment, only to feel a pair of somewhat cold hands press against his forehead. There was no explosion of his head, no immediate death as he had feared.
At the same time, the binding force that had held him disappeared completely.
Hm? Luca was stunned. He wasn’t dead? But then, he quickly realized what had happened.
The slender, fair hand slowly lifted, revealing Sophia’s face behind it. On her forehead, three golden chains appeared once again on the purple divine rank, and her aura rapidly weakened.
It was Sophia! Luca understood, his eyes lighting up with joy. He hadn’t expected her to use a divine spell to restrain Zenobia.
“Damn it! Damn it! It’s always you!!” Zenobia cursed, clutching her head in agony, her eyes flashing between purple and ice blue. The six chains on her divine rank trembled, and her beautiful face twisted with anger and pain.
Luca knew that Sophia wouldn’t be able to hold out for long, and such a rare opportunity couldn’t be missed. He quickly called upon the divine power within his body again, and with a speed like lightning, he drove the Solar Divine Spear straight into Zenobia’s hand.
“Get away!” Zenobia roared, releasing an overwhelming force of sinful desire to try and blast Luca away.
But the next moment, another golden chain appeared on her forehead, further suppressing her power.
Luca didn’t choose to retreat. Instead, he took the full brunt of her attack, feeling a surge of violent energy flood into his body. He couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
But the Solar Divine Spear he held also struck Zenobia’s hand.
Boom! With a muffled sound, Luca showed no mercy, and Zenobia’s palm deformed as the Celestial Pearl flew out of her grasp.
Silver magic runes flickered beneath his feet as his body flashed, attempting to catch the Celestial Pearl.
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Just then, a streak of colorful light suddenly cut through the sky, and before Luca could react, the light collided with him with a thunderous impact.
“Boom!!” The powerful divine energy exploded in the sky, and the colorful aurora-like light illuminated the sky in a kaleidoscope of colors. Luca was violently thrown by the force, crashing into the decaying Lanster City, almost tearing through half the city before finally coming to a halt amidst a pile of ruins.
The dazzling multi-colored light flashed, and Rod, dressed in golden armor, appeared above Lanster City. Without even glancing at Luca or Zenobia, he reached out to grab the fallen Celestial Pearl, his eyes filled with a fervor so intense it seemed almost tangible.
However, just as his hand reached out, a brilliant starry spear shot through the sky and struck him in the back.
In an instant, the golden armor on his back was pierced, a massive wound gaping open as blood sprayed out, and he was sent flying backwards.
The radiant starlight illuminated the cloud-covered sky, turning it into a starry expanse. Fratis, wearing royal robes, appeared in the sky, her flawless face etched with cold fury. For some reason, upon seeing Luca’s severe injury, a surge of uncontrollable anger welled up in her heart.
As the Celestial Pearl, which had almost been in Rod’s grasp, fell into the ruins of Lanster City, Rod, now recovering his composure, turned to Fratis with murderous intent and sneered, “You really think I can’t kill you?”
“You can try,” Fratis replied, her face equally cold, her regal aura unmistakably evident.
Zenobia sneered, then waved her hand, sending a beam of black light toward the Celestial Pearl amidst the ruins.
Upon contact with the Celestial Pearl, the black runes transformed into a box, inscribed with various symbols on all four sides, securely trapping the Celestial Pearl within it.
“Desire Demon Box?” Luca, who had just crawled out of the rubble, immediately recognized the box as soon as he saw it, his expression darkening.
After all, this was the very box that Zenobia had once taken from him.
“Everyone get out of my way!” Zenobia’s eyes turned red as she unleashed a violent surge of power, blasting Rod and the Sea Lord back.
In the blink of an eye, her figure appeared in front of the Desire Demon Box. Having regained the Celestial Pearl, Zenobia didn’t hesitate for a second. She directly activated its power.
Under the gaze of everyone, the Celestial Pearl emitted an incredibly dazzling light, enveloping Zenobia within its brilliance.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The nine seals on the divine rank on her forehead instantly shattered, six of them breaking apart!