"How about it, everyone? Is there anything you need me to explain?"
After sealing Mobius away completely, Kallen finally returned to her original appearance.
The figure once wrapped in Nihility shed all its distortion and mutation, condensing once more into the witch whose name made the entire galaxy tremble.
Then she turned calmly, looking toward the Arbiter-Generals of the Reignbow now bound before her.
"Mm… I almost forgot. It seems none of you can speak right now."
She tilted her head. Her gaze swept from Jing Yuan to Feixiao, then from Feili to Huaiyan, before finally landing on Yaoguang.
Four Arbiter-Generals.
Four Emanators of The Hunt.
And now they stood frozen in the void, their bodies tightly entangled by the power of Nihility, unable to move so much as a finger.
But their eyes could still move.
And right now, all of their gazes were nailed onto Kallen.
There was rage in those eyes. Killing intent. A fury that wanted to tear the woman before them into ten thousand pieces.
And also a helplessness carved deep into the bone.
Kallen looked at those gazes, and the corners of her lips lifted slightly.
Perhaps it was because, whenever she used Kallen's max-level account, she always ended up doing especially despicable things. At this point, even her personality seemed to have grown a little wicked.
"Don't look at me like that." Her voice was light and airy, almost as if she were coaxing children.
"I know what you're thinking. You're wondering why I would lay hands on a three-year-old child, right?"
No one answered.
But Kallen did not need them to.
Then her gaze fell upon the sealed cube—the Prison Realm covered in eyes, now quietly floating in the void.
"Relax. I really do like children."
"Truly. I like them very much."
Her voice was still light and airy.
Yet within that airy tone was a seriousness that made one's blood run cold.
"So I only sealed her. I didn't actually kill her."
Silence.
A brief silence that seemed to freeze the entire void.
"…Why?"
That voice forced its way out of Jing Yuan's throat, so hoarse it was almost inaudible. Every syllable seemed to consume all the strength in his body.
Kallen's brow twitched slightly, as though she had not expected anyone to actually answer.
Yes.
Kallen was genuinely surprised.
According to her calculations regarding Shuhu's Nihility, the restraints currently binding these Emanators of The Hunt should have been enough to freeze them here for a day or two.
Yet now, Jing Yuan had suddenly managed to speak.
It seemed this Divine Foresight General really had been struggling with all he had. He had nearly broken through the restraint.
Unfortunately, although this Nihility looked weak and feeble from the outside, internally it was strong enough to suppress an Emanator.
Unless some external force interfered, this was probably already the absolute limit of what he could do.
And so, Kallen turned her head and looked at the Luofu's Divine Foresight General.
Jing Yuan's face was flushed scarlet. Veins bulged on his forehead. Those eyes that usually carried a lazy smile now held only bloodshot fury.
He was struggling.
Struggling with every ounce of strength in his body.
The Nihility binding him produced an ear-piercing grinding sound, as though something were tearing it apart from within.
Kallen decided to give him some face, so she pretended to be a little surprised and said,
"Oh? You actually managed to open a crack?"
Jing Yuan did not answer.
Because now, he could no longer answer.
That single tiny opening just now had exhausted all his strength.
Now, he could only stare at Kallen with bloodshot eyes, with a face twisted from excessive strain, with a body trembling violently in the void—
Staring at her.
"…Why?"
Jing Yuan still forced out those three words.
Kallen looked into those eyes and fell silent for a moment.
Then she smiled.
It was not mockery.
It was not contempt.
It was a nearly sincere smile, carrying a certain satisfied pleasure.
"Very well. Since you asked, I'll tell you."
She turned around and faced the four Arbiter-Generals, as though making an official declaration.
"You should all know by now that I am a villain. A great villain who would love nothing more than to plunge the entire galaxy into Nihility."
"But what you may not know is that my next plan involves something extremely, extremely troublesome."
She raised her hand and drew a circle in the void with her index finger.
"Causality."
"My plan places great importance on this thing called causality. Every step must be exact. Every step must stay in order. If even one step is wrong, if even one step goes astray, the whole plan collapses."
Her voice was calm, as if she were narrating someone else's story.
"So I need to make sure nothing goes wrong."
Her gaze fell upon the Prison Realm.
"And this little High Elder of Yuanqiao, during Aha's livestream, within that past erased by the Enigmata, once possessed a certain possibility."
"A possibility of devouring Nihility."
The instant those words fell, something in the void seemed to freeze.
The generals listened in stunned silence to Kallen's explanation.
And Kallen continued,
"So… to be safe, I decided to deal with her a little in advance."
"Don't worry. I really won't kill her."
She raised her hand and pointed at the Prison Realm floating in the void.
"This thing is called the Prison Realm. It's a cursed tool specifically used to seal people away."
"It can only seal people. It cannot kill them."
"So your little High Elder is merely locked inside right now. She has not suffered any actual physical harm."
Jing Yuan's eyes moved slightly.
But the expression on his face did not relax in the slightest.
Because he knew that, for a villain, there was a bottomless gulf between "I won't kill her" and "I won't harm her."
Kallen seemed to notice this as well, and the smile on her lips widened a little.
"However…"
Her voice dragged out the word, carrying a deliberately playful tone that chilled the spine.
"The flow of time inside the Prison Realm is not quite the same as outside."
"Time outside flows normally, but inside…"
She tilted her head, as though calculating something.
"It should be something like this… For every month that passes outside, inside… hm, enough time passes for an ordinary person to be born, grow old, and die."
The moment those words came out, the expressions of the four Arbiter-Generals darkened instantly.
But no one could move.
No one could speak.
No one could do anything.
They could only stand there, bound tightly by the power of Nihility, listening as Kallen spoke in that light, airy tone about things that nearly made their hearts stop beating.
"So, you'd better pray."
Kallen's voice rang out again, carrying a nearly delighted briskness.
"Pray that I finish handling my affairs quickly, then come back and release her."
"Otherwise…"
She did not finish.
But everyone knew what the second half of that sentence was.
Otherwise, that three-year-old High Elder of Yuanqiao, the one regarded by the Xianzhou Alliance as hope and future, would remain inside that cage where even time itself was twisted—
And grow old.
And die.
Worse still, inside this so-called Prison Realm, she might not even have the chance to undergo molting rebirth.
For a moment, terror surged into their hearts.
If Mobius truly died inside the Prison Realm, without even the opportunity to reincarnate, then Yuanqiao, in this moment, could be said to have truly vanished from history.
Kallen watched the expressions of the four Arbiter-Generals and finally nodded in satisfaction.
"Good. I've said everything I needed to say."
She turned around, her gaze falling on the Prison Realm. She reached out, her fingertip lightly touching the eye-covered cube.
"As for the Nihility on your bodies…"
"Don't worry. It'll disperse on its own."
"Probably… in a day or two."
"During that time, stay here quietly and think carefully about what I just said."
The moment her words fell, Kallen's figure began to blur.
Clearly, Kallen was planning to end the broadcast.
Fortunately, the Xianzhou Alliance still had a backup plan.
And not only them.
Hidden nearby, there was also an ally from the IPC.
Bang!
A golden ray of light suddenly cleaved down through the void.
It descended from above Kallen's head, carrying an unstoppable momentum.
Seeing this, Kallen reacted instantly.
Her figure dragged out an afterimage in the void as she retreated several zhang backward.
The golden light slashed through where she had been standing, cutting open a pitch-black fissure in the void.
Then, a figure appeared on the battlefield.
He was tall, his crisp suit reflecting a cold gleam beneath the starlight.
His face was firm and severe, his brows carrying the composure and authority of someone long accustomed to standing above others.
The head of the IPC Strategic Investment Department—
Diamond.
Diamond spoke calmly.
"…Witch of Nihility. It has been a long time."
"Ever since the incident at Pier Point, we have been searching for you quite bitterly."
Hearing this, Kallen narrowed her eyes slightly.
She was not actually surprised by the appearance of this Emanator of Preservation.
After all, when she had been hiding within Nihility earlier, she had already discovered him.
And considering the grudge between herself and the IPC, there was no need to think too hard. This fellow had definitely reached some kind of agreement with the Xianzhou Alliance.
"I didn't expect the IPC to be here too."
Still, Kallen cooperatively pretended to be surprised.
But Diamond did not lower his guard because of that.
His voice sounded again.
"Aventurine. Hands."
The instant Diamond's words fell, another figure appeared beside the four Arbiter-Generals.
The Cornerstone in Aventurine's hand began to burst with light.
Then, the power of Preservation neutralized the Nihility restraints from the outside.
The moment the restraints were released, four killing intents erupted at once.
No one thanked Aventurine.
No one even glanced at him.
But this was not because they refused to acknowledge the IPC's favor. Rather, their emotions had already been swallowed clean by rage. They did not have even the slightest remaining margin for courtesy.
There was only one person in their eyes.
There was only one person in their killing intent.
Diamond naturally did not mind such a small matter.
After all, he had also seen what had just happened to that little High Elder.
And as someone who had also watched Aha's livestream, Diamond naturally understood very well just what that High Elder meant to the Xianzhou Alliance.
He only hoped this operation would go smoothly.
He hoped that the five Emanators present here could truly slay the witch.
Then Jing Yuan moved first.
The golden phantom of the Lightning-Lord manifested in the void, larger and more blazing than it had ever been before.
Its formation blade cleaved down, followed by a continuous storm of slashes. Each strike was infused with the full force of The Hunt, as if sworn to chop that figure into pieces.
The others did not lag behind either.
Four Arbiter-Generals.
Four entirely different forms of assault.
In the same instant, they all descended upon that figure.
Then golden chains burst open from behind Kallen.
It was the Oath of Judah.
Those chains did not attack any one person. Instead, they wove themselves around Kallen, forming an airtight defensive sphere.
The combined attack of the four Arbiter-Generals was blocked.
Kallen stood at the center of the chains, her clothes snapping in the shockwave, yet her expression did not change at all. There was even a faint smile on her lips.
"What a temper you four generals have."
"But… too much anger is bad for your health."
The instant her words fell, four spears of light shot out at the same time.
Jing Yuan's pupils shrank. His body instinctively dodged to the side. But the light spear was absurdly fast; it had practically reached him the instant it was fired.
He barely twisted aside, and the light spear grazed past his shoulder armor, tearing through that piece of armor together with the fabric beneath.
Feixiao reacted the fastest. Silver blade-light flashed several times before her, cutting the spear of light aimed at her into several pieces.
But the moment the spear shattered, its fragments turned into countless tiny motes of light that poured toward her like a torrential rainstorm.
As for Huaiyan—
He did not dodge.
He merely gripped his burning longblade with both hands and met the light spear head-on with a slash.
Boom!
The spear of light was cut in half, but his body was also blasted back several dozen zhang. A thread of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
On Yaoguang's side, the light spear was blocked by an invisible barrier in front of her.
But the instant the barrier stopped the spear, it became covered in cracks. Yaoguang herself was also shaken by the impact until her blood churned, her face turning a little pale.
One strike.
With only one strike, the four Arbiter-Generals—Emanators of The Hunt—were either wounded or forced back. Not one of them remained standing perfectly in place.
Diamond stood in the void and watched this scene, his brow furrowing slightly.
His gaze swept over the four generals, then landed on the figure surrounded by golden chains. After a brief silence, he thought:
This situation is somewhat unfavorable.
Originally, according to Diamond's expectations, this operation should not have been a problem.
After all, the Luofu side had a full four Emanators, as well as a High Elder said to possess the power of six dragon veins—someone who could count as at least two Emanators.
Then, including Diamond himself, they would have a lineup worth at least seven Emanators.
Surely that would be enough to take down the Witch of Nihility, right?
However, after Mobius had been ambushed, the situation now seemed somewhat wrong.
Diamond suddenly spoke.
"Aventurine."
"Here."
Aventurine's voice came from one side, carrying a trace of solemnity.
"You leave first."
Aventurine's brow moved slightly. His gaze fell on the figure surrounded by golden chains, and his lips moved as though he wanted to say something.
Then Diamond continued,
"This is not a battlefield you can involve yourself in."
Aventurine fell silent for a moment, then nodded.
Afterward, his figure completely vanished from the battlefield.
At that moment, Diamond finally moved.
A layer of golden light appeared over his body.
That was the power of Preservation.
In an instant, five Emanators surrounded Kallen.
But faced with this situation, Kallen was not particularly worried.
To be honest, a lineup of five Emanators was indeed enough to kill almost any being in the galaxy below the level of an Aeon.
Unfortunately, as a max-level account, Kallen naturally was not among the "almost any being" that could be killed.
Moreover, Kallen had one extremely overpowered mechanic.
That was her adaptation to all things.
At present, after farming a little passive progress from Qlipoth last time, and then farming a bit more by having her other identities self-harm each other, her adaptation had refreshed again.
Preservation: 63.21%
The Hunt: 70%
That was right.
The current Kallen had almost finished grinding out her passive resistance on the Paths of both Preservation and The Hunt.
With these resistances, Kallen genuinely could not imagine how she could lose.
Suddenly, Kallen inexplicably glanced at Yaoguang.
If there really was a way for her to lose, then Kallen felt that possibility would probably come from Yaoguang.
But it did not matter.
According to the next development of the script, she did indeed need a little causality from The Hunt.
Therefore, no matter what methods the Xianzhou Alliance used today, she would accept them all.
Kallen smiled calmly and made her decision.
"Since everyone is so enthusiastic, it would be rude of me to keep holding back."
Kallen once again hoisted Judah onto her shoulder.
Then she declared:
"Key of Binding, Oath of Judah—Zeroth Power: Divine Grace Barrier!"
In an instant, a light far greater than anything Shuhu had produced before flared to life.
Then, the barrier known as Divine Grace once again enveloped the entire star system.
The pupils of the five Emanators contracted at the same time.
Because they could feel that this suppressive force was nothing like any of the versions Shuhu had used before.
If Shuhu's counterfeit had been a torch, then the genuine article in Kallen's hands was a sun.
Golden chains of light wove through the void, layer upon layer, dense and countless. They were like an invisible giant hand pressing down from above, gripping the Paths of the five Emanators by the throat.
Jing Yuan's expression changed.
He could feel the Path of The Hunt within his body being frozen by some invisible force.
For a moment, the outcome of the battle seemed to have already been decided.
Then Jing Yuan spoke.
"General Yaoguang, we cannot delay any longer."
After saying that, Jing Yuan's gaze fell again upon the Prison Realm that had sealed Mobius.
"The witch could flee at any moment, but the little High Elder cannot wait that long."
Hearing this, Yaoguang's lips trembled slightly.
Of course she knew what Jing Yuan meant.
And now, it seemed she had no other choice.
Then she nodded.
"I understand."
Yaoguang raised her right hand, and a talisman appeared in her palm.
The talisman was only the size of a palm, its surface covered in complex golden patterns.
Every single line radiated a heart-pounding aura.
It was the aura of The Hunt.
Dense, pure, and carrying a majesty that made one instinctively want to kneel.
The Reignbow Arrow Talisman.
That was the Xianzhou Alliance's trump card for this operation.
Although every descent of the Reignbow would be an indiscriminate attack, they no longer had a choice.
Fortunately, five Emanators were present.
And among them was even an Emanator of Preservation.
Hopefully, with the combined efforts of the five of them, they would be able to survive the aftermath of the Reignbow's strike.
Yaoguang's fingertip lightly touched the talisman.
The golden patterns on it instantly lit up beneath her finger, as if responding to her call.
Then she moved.
Her finger flicked lightly against the talisman, and that black talisman flew from her palm, hovering in the void.
The golden patterns on it grew brighter and brighter, more and more blazing, as though they were burning.
Finally, a ray of light shot out from the talisman.
It was the light of The Hunt.
That pillar of light surged upward from the talisman, tearing apart the golden chains of the Divine Grace Barrier, tearing apart the darkness of the void, tearing apart everything that obstructed it.
Then—
He arrived.
There was no warning.
No omen.
No prelude whatsoever.
He simply appeared in the void, as though walking out from ancient years, as though descending from the endless sea of stars.
It was a towering centaur figure, clad in ancient armor, holding a longbow. His face was covered by a mask, revealing only a pair of eyes.
There was no rage in those eyes.
No killing intent.
No emotion at all.
Only The Hunt.
His gaze fell upon Kallen, as though looking at prey.
Then He raised the longbow in His hand.
The bowstring was drawn.
An arrow manifested from nothing.
Unlike Qlipoth's attack, Brother Lan's strike today was, to some degree, genuinely filled with killing intent.
Seeing this, even Kallen could not help but grow tense.
With 70% resistance to The Hunt, she should be able to tank this strike head-on… right?
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