On the ground.
Everyone was dead.
Only the jungle-like steel forest remained, the silent thousands of streets, the motionless multitude of robots.
In the sky.
Dark waters obscured the heavens, blocking out the sun.
A councilman from the Destruction Council let out an angry roar.
"Ridiculous!"
"You think by hiding, that I won’t be able to obtain the ’End’?"
He floated before the sky-high black waters, raising his hand—
"Engulf everything!"
The black rain poured down overwhelmingly, in just a few breaths it had all fallen to the ground, covering everything.
"I can feel that you haven’t yet left this city; now die!"
The Destruction Councilman nad Ci Le clenched his hand into a fist.
The black sea that subrged the land began to surge violently.
It swelled as if endless, rapidly spreading towards the high heavens.
A frightened bird flitted over the dark sea only to be caught by a great wave that surged forth.
In an instant—
The bird’s entire body was stripped of its feathers, its bones turned to dust, then into black droplets, rging into the dark waters.
Ci Le stood in the high air, looking down at the boundless Dark Sea below, and burst into loud laughter.
"Hahaha, I take imnse pleasure in having slain all the living beings in the entire city upon arrival!"
"That foolish mortal!"
"He must be dead by now, once I dispel the ’End’, and find his body, I’ll obtain that—"
His voice ca to an abrupt stop.
He turned his head, looking in a certain direction.
Atop the ocean-like dark seas that were high as mountains, a Bronze Mountain Peak had appeared.
A figure stood at the top of that Bronze Mountain Peak.
It was the youth wearing a white cat mask.
He—
Had actually survived the "End"?
Impossible.
All living beings couldn’t achieve this, not even divine beings were necessarily capable.
Unless—
Unless he had already taken control of the "End".
Only the "End" could combat the "End"; this was his only chance of survival.
Ci Le moved instantly, appearing before the solitary Bronze Mountain Peak.
"...You are only Level 35, how can you manipulate the ’End’?"
He asked, perplexed.
Mighty waves continued to gather behind him, piling up like thousands upon thousands of mountain peaks, accumulating a terrifying power.
Wu Xiaode smiled lightly, saying softly:
"It seems that we, the utterly ordinary living beings, also possess a tiny bit of power beyond your imagination."
The Book of the Dead unfolded before him, revealing the page with the Sighing Wall.
A new symbol appeared on the black wall, emanating waves of invisible aura.
On the symbol, there was nothing else but the portrait of two angels with their backs against each other.
The two female angels had their eyes closed, as if asleep, their hands in a prayer gesture, situated at the very center of the symbol.
A line of ice crystal words erged:
"You begin to activate the ’End’ once again."
As the line of words appeared, the two angels on the symbol abruptly opened their eyes.
One angel extended her delicate fingers, placing them upon her lips in a silencing gesture.
In an instant.
She was reduced to fleshless bones, transforming into a winged skeleton that leapt from the symbol and vanished without a trace.
The other angel revealed a mischievous smile, her entire form turning into a black, faceless specter with black wings, leaving the symbol as well.
Lines of ice crystal words followed:
"Driven by your will, the ’Endless Fear Shadow’ has been personalized, bearing your unique style."
"Therefore, it has been renad:"
"Ordinary King."
"Basic, capable of evolution."
"Description: You can unleash two kinds of ’End’, the first is ’diocre’, the second is ’Demoted Immortal’."
"’diocre’: Using this ’End’, you can designate a unique target that becos an ally who cannot harm each other."
"’Demoted Immortal’: Instantly transform a certain power into the most terrifying Law-Level Power, lasting one second."
"—An ’End’ created from a fighting style loyal to you"
Wu Xiaode’s gaze shifted away, once again gazing evenly at Ci Le.
"I have a guess,"
he said earnestly, "If your ’Crushing Hand’ can copy all of my powers, turning them into your own, and even use numbers to overpower —wouldn’t that be invincible?"
"Indeed, invincible."
Ci Le grinned and said.
Behind him, the black waters rose higher and higher, reaching the height of over a hundred floors.
"However, your ’End’ surely can’t copy my End."
Wu Xiaode said.
"Why?" Ci Le asked.
"Because if you could copy even the ’End’, then that would be the true invincibility."
Wu Xiaode continued,
"As long as you stand in the arena, you could infinitely copy others’ Ends, without needing to pay a heavy price to co to this world in search of a second ’End’."
Ci Le stared at him coldly, hooking his finger:
"Let’s determine the victor with the power of the ’End’—I don’t ever want to see you again."
The hundreds of floors high Dark Sea transford into a giant dark spear, thrusting viciously towards the Bronze Mountain Peak.
Wu Xiaode stood on the peak, unmoving, as he softly said:
"Perhaps you don’t understand, I am a person who loves peace very much, and my ’End’ is just the sa," Wu Xiaode said.
Lines of ice crystal letters had already appeared in the Book of the Dead:
"You have activated ’diocrity’!"
"Target locked on: Ci Le."
"From now on, you cannot harm each other!"
"This activation of ’End’ has cost you all your rit."
"If you want to continue activating ’End,’ it will drain your Life Force."
All the letters receded.
A dark spear as big as a mountain brushed past Wu Xiaode.
It was like a transparent shadow, doing no harm to Wu Xiaode, passing straight through him and flying into the distant void.
Ci Le paused in mid-air, motionless for a long ti.
"So the ’End’ you’ve got ans you’re impervious to any attacks?" he asked, his voice trembling slightly.
"Ah, no, don’t get wrong," Wu Xiaode hastily waved his hands, "It’s not that strong. My ’End’ can only designate one person, making that person unable to harm , nor can I harm them."
As he spoke, he controlled many bronze arms to attack the black water in mid-air.
The bronze arms passed through the black water.
A few bronze arms even attacked Ci Le—
Ci Le used a spear to block; the spear and arms once again passed through each other.
The arms successfully hit him.
But they also passed through his body without having any effect.
Ci Le thus confird the nature of Wu Xiaode’s "End" power.
He sighed with so regret, "If it were truly being unhard by any attacks, that would be so strong!"
Wu Xiaode shook his head with a smile, "How could there be such an ’End’ in the world? Wouldn’t that truly be invincible?"
Bronze arms danced in the air, persistently attacking those patches of black water.
The black water fought back relentlessly.
But both sides kept passing through each other, and neither could hit the other.
"Country bumpkin, what do you know, ’End’ can give rise to all sorts of rare abilities."
Ci Le said with disdain.
He controlled the black water, changing it into various types of weapons and into giant beasts and magic, constantly attacking Wu Xiaode.
—No effect.
"Now we can’t harm each other, so, why don’t you leave?" Wu Xiaode said.
Ci Le unwillfully released a bunch of puppets.
The puppets launched a continuous assault on Wu Xiaode.
Still ineffective.
"You can look down on , but there’s no need to underestimate ’End,’ it must have taken into account all powers related to you," Wu Xiaode said.
He kept controlling bronze arms to attack Ci Le.
Ci Le remained unhard.
"That’s true," Ci Le said coldly as he observed the bronze arms.
He waved his hand.
All the puppets, magic, and weapons vanished.
Only the black water and the lone peak remained.
The two n faced each other.
"There’s a fatal flaw in your move; it only makes one person’s attack on you ineffective. If other Council mbers co, you’ll be dead," Ci Le said.
"Yes, this move can only restrict one person," Wu Xiaode admitted.
Ci Le suppressed his impatience and finally sighed.
The opponent’s "End" was too peculiar; it had completely neutralized his own attack.
There was no helping it.
"Boring... Fine, I’ll go and destroy everything in this world now, leaving only those undamageable puppets and ghost gods—if you can bear to watch, just stand aside and look," Ci Le said with a hint of triumph, staring at Wu Xiaode.
—To watch one’s own world being destroyed must be unbearable.
If only this man could be influenced by his emotions and thus end his "End," that would be great.
As he thought this, he suddenly felt a pain in his chest.
He looked down.
All he saw amidst the rising mist was a bronze hand holding a long sword, thrusting directly through his chest.
All around fell silent.
Ci Le said in a muffled voice, "Impossible, your ’End’ isn’t that strong. It only prevents us from attacking each other."
Wu Xiaode shrugged and said, "Yes, that’s right."
"Then this—"
"I’ve ended ’End.’"
Ended.
So, the effect of "unable to harm each other" was now gone.
Now they could harm each other.
—Such a simple truth.
But that wasn’t all.
Wu Xiaode’s thoughts moved.
Lines of ice crystal letters erged on the Book of the Dead:
"You have used ’Demoted Immortal.’"
"You have designated the power of the Desert Sword ’Unmatched,’ imdiately elevating it to the most terrifying Law Level power, lasting for one second."
"’Unmatched’ has been elevated to ’Destroy.’"
At the sa mont.
Ci Le’s brow twitched, and he released an endless stream of Black Water, aiming to attack Wu Xiaode.
But it was too late.
Wu Xiaode opened his mouth and said quietly,
"Destroy."
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