After Agni’s fireball arrived, the other Dragon Gods’ attacks followed suit, with the Black Spear, stream of water, and wind whirl instantly enveloping all directions of Zosia.
Zosia pressed down with his palms, and the lingering shadow solidified into an entity under Spiritual Manipulation, three palms forged together, instantly forming Terminal Weapons clashing with the Dragon Gods’ power.
The spear, surrounded by the Vortex of Darkness that devours all, intersected with the Light Forging Halberd; the engravings on the axe face held the brilliance from the creation of the world, manifesting all things with every swing, unstoppable even by the pure Power of Annihilation.
Layered sea whirl and wave, cold, heavy, crushing relentlessly, but a Giant Sword stood like a wall in the air, like a sword formed by tilting up an earth plate, nullifying all water attacks. With each swing, even the giant wave was effortlessly cleaved.
The Hurricane connecting heaven and earth carried ten billion Wind Blades, assaulted by the crimson hand tightly gripping the Magic Staff resembling a torch; the unquenchable flames at the staff’s tip grew fiercer amid the wind, expanding into the explosive energy from the birth of the world, instantly incinerating any wind attack regardless of its variance.
When the Dragon Gods were repelled, the Demon King had already grasped the four Terminal Weapons capable of restraining them.
The battle between the Demon King and the Dragon Gods entered a fever pitch; though the Primordial Being’s Supreme Spiritual Casting Technique could dispel the Dragon Gods’ dreadful attacks, it was only at a stalemate temporarily.
Li Ang noticed Diao beside him was tense, seemingly fraught with considerable pain.
Her eyes were blank, yet flickered with Spiritual Light, as though perceiving something beyond the present scene.
"All Spirits are restless. Those few weapons, All Spirits want us to pay attention to those weapons."
Li Ang had found those Terminal Weapons peculiar and began an analysis at the Spiritual Level long ago, but since All Spirits expressed it so, it signifies their importance surpasses imagination.
"Maybe we can change the battle’s course with the hint from All Spirits," said the brown-skinned young girl.
"Then we must start with those Terminal Weapons."
When Zosia held those weapons, whether from the witch’s own understanding or the insights the Illusion Realm had provided all along, Li Ang felt he couldn’t confront Zosia directly wielding those weapons.
Li Ang was about to further analyze the Terminal Weapons when the Bloody Red Land below shook and cracked, revealing the true form of the demonized Inanna.
The twisted and grim Thorny Spears spread across the giant armored dragon beast body made it resemble a hedgehog more than a dragon beast.
The Demonic Earth Dragon raised dust carrying curses, the crimson dark veil enveloping the sky and nearly blocking all light, with the crimson curse descending upon the Dragon Gods.
The Six Dragons had avoided the Crimson Thorn before, and now, with thick curses upon them and the Demonic Earth Dragon continuously causing the earth to roll reverse into the sky, it added demonic power, creating earth rock attacks; the tide quickly turned toward Zosia’s favor.
"Let me try my existing moves first."
Li Ang cast Spiritual Activation on himself, guiding the Decomposition Beam with his staff.
Li Ang had already applied Spiritual Activation to himself while dodging Inanna before. Expectedly because he was within the Land of Ten Thousand Spirits, he soon felt able to use it again.
With repeated use of the Melting and Gathering Law, Decomposition Light Wave could be cast through sustained channeling, but in the Spiritual Activation state, this strike becomes stronger and quicker.
Using the Legendary Law to challenge Terminal Weapons was Li Ang’s only viable approach; he believed other methods might be ineffective against the Demon King.
The blazing radiance that restores all surrounding materials became increasingly bright, illuminating within even the crimson mist; upon gathering, Zosia also noticed Li Ang.
He manifested a fifth arm and spiritually forged a black Giant Scythe aimed at the incoming Decomposition Light Wave.
When the decomposition beam that disintegrates all material contacted the reaper blade, the blade immediately surged with endless darkness, and the light beam’s front suddenly dimmed, with both the energy itself and the scant material it decomposed being swallowed by the Dark Giant Scythe.
Moreover, since it is the embodiment of the Terminal Darkness, representing the residues of universal annihilation, the Dark Element itself lacks anything to dissolve through the Decomposition Light Wave, making the Terminal Weapon most suitable for countering it.
Li Ang’s attack briefly distracted Zosia, alleviating some pressure from the Dragon Gods, regaining a bit of advantage.
Retracting the light beam, Li Ang took heavy breaths: "It’s not that simple."
"Your kind of attack has already reached the format of the weapon in the Illusion Realm, but in nature, it might need matched restraining power to be effective," said Diao.
"Yes, but it’s not easy to find counteractive power of the same format; the Six Dragons themselves already are," replied Li Ang.
The two looked to the battle center; the Dragon Gods, especially the six dragons besides Leviathan, were embodiments of each element, naturally aware that being restrained was not easy, needing to target the restrained side.
Since the beginning, Akuya and others had been aiming at the Apocalypse Fire Staff, and Annette was attempting to bypass the Fire Staff with her hurricane, but from the start, Zosia had already cast dozens of spells, known or unfamiliar to Li Ang... No, Spiritual Casting Art—from Acceleration to Slow Down and Spiritual Force Field, countering the Dragon Gods with methods beyond their understanding.
In the true Nebis, the Demon King, and the Terminal Weapons it mastered, truly, I don’t know what kind of power it is.
Spiritual Casting Art, the system will reward me for defeating Zosia with it. If I can create Terminal Weapons, maybe...
Li Ang was contemplating when a sudden flash of lightning struck his mind—Zosia’s Spiritual Manipulation had exceeded understanding but was indeed a form of Casting.
Li Ang himself possessed the Spell Stealing passed down from the Deus People and the Magic Power Magic Scripture from the demon lineage.
If he could combine these two forces he mastered, perhaps he could replicate some of Zosia’s techniques, finding an opportunity.
Li Ang swiftly eyed the weapons in the Demon King’s hands: Water Thorn Sword, Fire Staff, Earth Giant Sword, Light Axe and Halberd, Dark Great Scythe, specifically created targeting him was the Scythe of Darkness, which, if wielded by him, could break the balance of attributes.
If it can be reproduced, breaking the Apocalypse Halberd against Thanatos, the Dark Dragon can be liberated to help other Dragon Gods.
Li Ang aimed at the Dark Giant Scythe and cast Spell Stealing.
In the next instant, he fell into stagnation, his thoughts slowed intensely, his limbs seemed alien to him, and the blood rushed from his swelling neck straight to the top of his head.
Slow Spell? No, it’s just that this Spirit Casting Art is too complex to achieve the theft.
At the same time, as his thoughts returned, Li Ang instantly freed himself from this lethargy, almost failing to maintain the Armor of Wind, as Diao immediately supported his body.
"Hmm, such arrogance? Intending to mimic the authority held by the Eldest Son of God."
Zosia glanced at Li Ang, all five arms spreading out, a multiple slow down spread instantly, stalling the Dragon Gods’ attacks, and all the Apocalypse Weapons in the Demon King’s hands vanished simultaneously.
"Since you want, let them grant you death."
Five Apocalypse Devices materialized above Li Ang’s head, slashing down together.
"No!"
Diao hurriedly summoned the surrounding spirits to manifest in concrete forms to help, but they could not maintain their shape, facing the powers inherent in the "Apocalypse" weapons.
The young girl saw Li Ang speeding up unexpectedly, tossing Inanna aside, and creating similar slow zones to decelerate the Apocalypse Weapons, yet he still couldn’t evade those four attacks.
Not just the Apocalypse Weapons, but Zosia also deployed an invisible force field enveloping Li Ang from all directions, with his prosthetic hand countering the pressure in only one direction.
Diao, in panic and chaos, activated all her perception, gazing at the illusory world beneath this crimson sky.
"Spirits, I beseech you, regardless of your revelations and guidance, do not take his life as the cost; it’s not yet his time to return to your embrace..."
The young girl suddenly raised her head, her pupils contracted, ears slightly trembling, as her prayers had worked; she heard the voice of all spirits.
However, the image transmitted by all spirits contradicted what she hoped for.
In the next moment, the event foreseen by all spirits unfolded exactly.
The youth mage in the long robe was pierced by four sharp blades, and the Power of Apocalypse swept away his vitality instantly.
The five weapons returned to Zosia’s side, the Demon King slightly raised his chin.
"Hmm?"
He displayed little arrogance before being interrupted by Li Ang clinging to life.
Li Ang suddenly released a spiritual force field, far surpassing the previous, escaping the blockade, reaching a distance.
The Dragon God surrounded Zosia again, and he couldn’t perform a second strike shortly.
Li Ang tightly held a black long spear with reverse spikes.
Oathbreaker’s Vengeance Thornlance, Skill Two, Will to Evade Death.
The skills held by this treasure artifact allowed him to survive an attack intended to kill him.
What does death feel like? Li Ang hadn’t experienced it yet, or perhaps, in this world, very few could comprehend the feeling of death, as by the time it arrives, the dead have lost all sensations.
Even a wondrous existence like Othella said that being swallowed by lava meant losing consciousness during that instant, and when consciousness returned, she had become undead.
Li Ang naturally didn’t understand the feeling of death, and tasting a sensation so close to death was a first. If he had a life bar now, the health value would presumably be marked with only the number 1.
Was this an accident, or was it a trial intended by the Land of Ten Thousand Spirits? Without this spear, I would—
Li Ang took a deep breath; did Aifei guess this, or was she simply hedging, and thus handed him this spear?
"Great Witch, I’ll help you heal right now!"
Diao snapped back from the unexpected, flying to Li Ang and employing Healing Spell.
Li Ang’s body was tattered, even the Multi-Colored Magic Power Set was damaged, and the fact he could still move was owed to some inexplicable power supporting his body’s actions.
"Wait, stop for now."
Lifting his hand to stop the girl’s healing spell, Li Ang tightened his grip on the spear’s handle.
"Maintain this state for a while."
Oathbreaker’s Vengeance Thornlance, Skill Three, Conceptual Skills, Eternal Reverse.

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