"Nirvana… Activate!!!" Zero's final, deranged voice echoed through the heavens and earth like a curse. "By my will… Dark Nirvana… Descend!!!"
"Feel despair, Fairies! Your souls… will be completely eroded by darkness! Your wills… will be twisted! You will personally… kill your most cherished relatives, friends, and lovers! You will sink… into an eternal curse! Hahahahaha—!!!"
The maniacal laughter abruptly ceased, and Zero's consciousness completely dissipated.
But the Dark Nirvana, which he had activated by sacrificing himself, now floated above the massive crater like a huge, constantly swirling black vortex!
At the center of the vortex, the completely blackened crystal ball pulsed like the heart of darkness, emitting a suffocating wave of evil!
An invisible, powerful, soul-twisting dark energy began to spread like a tide!
"Nirvana has been corrupted by his consciousness and turned to darkness. Once activated, all life within its range will have their wills forcibly twisted and fall into darkness!"
"We must stop it!" Erza gritted her teeth, wanting to rush towards the black vortex, but her body stumbled due to severe injuries and depleted magic power!
"It's too late! The dark power has already started spreading!" Cana's face was pale. She could feel a cold, malicious will trying to invade her mind!
No one present dared to move. Everyone decisively used their remaining magic power to protect their minds, hoping to resist Nirvana's erosion and transformation.
However, it was a pity. The pinnacle creation forged by the Nebbit people with the power of their entire clan four hundred years ago was not something that could be dealt with so easily.
Strong dark evil thoughts began to grow within everyone's hearts.
Ezreal swayed, then straightened himself. He painfully scanned his companions around him, each wearing a mask of agony. Nirvana's power was even more exaggerated than imagined.
Ezreal braced his mind, and a blazing white light surged in his eyes, followed by white light illuminating the eyes of the five Summoned Beasts beside him.
"Dimensional · Consciousness Sharing!" Ezreal no longer had the strength to shout. His raised left hand trembled as he formed a sword-finger and pointed it at his forehead.
The white light at his fingertip was brilliant, and the white light in his eyes blazed. The evil thoughts churning within his heart were immediately distributed to the Summoned Beasts connected to his consciousness.
With the Summoned Beasts temporarily sharing the darkness growing within him, Ezreal's expression immediately eased, but his companions' faces grew increasingly pained.
Nirvana had absorbed a large amount of Earth-vein magic power, as well as Brain's substantial magic power. Its effects after activation were terrifyingly strong.
Everyone struggled to resist. After repeated fierce battles, their magic power was almost depleted, and barely resisting only delayed the time until their transformation.
An atmosphere of despair instantly enveloped everyone!
Just at this critical moment!
A figure, like an arrow shot from a bow, suddenly rushed towards the center of the black vortex, which emanated endless evil!
It was Ezreal!
In his golden pupils, there was no fear, only a resolute calm!
Relying on Dimensional Summoning, Ezreal could share his consciousness with his Summoned Beasts. Among everyone present, he was the least affected by Nirvana.
Everyone was greatly alarmed. There was no need to guess what Ezreal intended to do by rushing up there at this moment.
"EZ! No!" Max's eyes were bloodshot as he screamed hoarsely!
"EZ!" Lucy exclaimed!
"Come back!" Erza shouted sternly!
But Ezreal's figure, without hesitation, plunged into the swirling dark vortex!
"Dimensional Link · Reversal!" Ezreal's voice, piercing through the roar of darkness, clearly reached the depths of every Summoned Beast's soul below!
"Evil Wolf! Fire Crown Treant! Marsh Frog! Flamingo! Blue Buff! Accept it!!!"
Buzz—!!!
The moment Ezreal plunged into the center of the dark vortex!
Five torrents of utterly pure, pitch-black energy, containing all of Zero's resentment, curses, and dark will, like the floodwaters of the River Styx breaking their banks, separated from the dark crystal ball and precisely poured into the five Summoned Beasts below!
"Awooo—!!!" The Evil Wolf let out a painful and savage roar!
Its crimson eyes were instantly engulfed by pure darkness!
The fur on its body became even deeper, like a solidified night sky! The dark wings on its back wildly expanded, and the dark red patterns flowing along their edges were like burning demonic blood!
A destructive aura, even more violent and chaotic than before, erupted!
"Buzz—!" The fiery crown on the Fire Crown Treant's head instantly extinguished!
In its place was a pitch-black crown made of twisted thorns and pale bone spikes!
The leafy armor on its body turned into charred scales, and the burning vines transformed into black tentacles dripping with corrosive venom!
All signs of life vanished, leaving only pure death and decay!
"Ribbit—!!!" The Marsh Frog's body expanded again!
The mucus covering its entire body became as viscous and pitch-black as asphalt, emitting an even more putrid odor!
The poisonous mist from its mouth turned pure black, as if it could corrode space!
"Caw—!!!" The Flamingo's clear cry turned into a mournful wail!
Its burning wings extinguished, becoming a charred, pitch-black skeleton!
The flowing lava patterns were replaced by icy darkness!
It no longer emitted high temperatures, but rather a chilling cold that froze the soul!
"Thud!" The Blue Buff's rocky body completely turned pitch-black!
The energy vortex on its head was no longer azure, but became an absolute darkness that devoured light!
The energy aura it emitted was no longer gentle recovery, but a heavy, oppressive field of despair!
The five Summoned Beasts, infused with the pure dark energy of Zero's sacrifice, were instantly completely blackened!
Their aura became even more terrifying, but also filled with chaos and savagery, as if they could lose control at any moment!
As for Ezreal, who had plunged into the center of the dark vortex, his body was being frantically eroded and enveloped by the viscous, living-like dark energy!
The dark energy that had originally spread out after Nirvana's activation now rapidly retracted like swallows returning to their nest, merging into Ezreal's body.
In his golden pupils, holy white light fiercely contended with the surging darkness!
"Friends…" Ezreal's voice, piercing through the dark vortex, clearly reached the ears of every companion below, with a slight tremor, yet incredibly firm, "I'm sorry… it seems… I can only accompany you all this far…"
"EZ!!!" Max let out a heartbroken cry, tears streaming down his face!
"No!!!" Lucy sobbed uncontrollably!
Erza, Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, Cana, Ikaruga, Lucy, Yukino… everyone's eyes widened, watching in disbelief the figure being swallowed by darkness!
"This darkness… is too strong… I cannot… be corrupted by it…" Ezreal's voice carried immense pain. He struggled to maintain his last shred of clarity. "Thank you all… for taking care of me… all this time…"
He suddenly spread his arms, as if to embrace the endless darkness!
"Dimensional Seal · Eternal Slumber!!!"
Buzz—!!!
A colossal, pure white magic circle, composed of countless swirling white runes and white chains, unfurled with a roar at the core of the dark vortex, centered on Ezreal!
Holy light and viscous darkness fiercely collided and annihilated each other!
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