The Fall of the Emerald Royal Court

Varalos stood frozen in the core hall of the Emerald Royal Court. The spatial ripples torn by the escape of the Void Corridor messenger were still trembling slightly, and the icy silence had swallowed up the last bit of hope.

Aiwei's roar still echoed in the hall.

"The lackeys of the Void Corridor must be exaggerating! How could Lady Sailianna...?"

It's true.

Varalos interrupted hoarsely, his withered fingertips digging deep into the emerald of the throne armrest, producing a teeth-grinding crunch.

He slowly raised his head, his pupils bloodshot, which made Aiwei tremble.

"Now is not the time to think about these things."

"The Mother Tree of Life of the royal court... is Wither. What we should be thinking about is how to preserve the royal court."

The Mother Tree of Life, though not as magnificent as the Tree of Eternity, is still a symbol of life for the Emerald Royal Court.

It was planted and born by Lady Sailianna herself, and is closely connected to her aura.

This Wither is far more credible than the information from the servants in the Void Corridor: Lady Sailianna's life imprint has been extinguished.

"What do you suggest we consider?!"

"Even Lady Sailianna...!"

Aiwei was completely unable to calm down. She was only saddened and indignant by Aiselyn's death, but it had little impact on the royal court as a whole.

But Sailianna is different; she is the absolute pillar of the royal court and the reason why several allied forces are willing to gravitate towards her.

Now that he is dead, the blow to the royal court is absolute.

She felt utterly powerless, as if she could only await her demise.

"What?! Lady Sailianna will never die!"

"She's just asleep!"

Varalos was still relatively lucid; he had simply been grieving too many times.

He already harbored a deep-seated fear of Lister, and he had long been worried about Lady Sailianna's actions.

But most people thought that Lady Sailianna had completed her mission while seriously injured, but who knew that she would actually be killed by Lister.

"Yes! Yes...! It's just sleeping!"

Under the immense influence of hundreds of thousands of years, and amidst incredible grief and conflict, even Aiwei almost overlooked the true power of her Sailianna.

Fortunately, I came to my senses, and a sense of hope rekindled within me.

What should we do now?

"The royal court cannot be saved until Lady Sailianna is resurrected."

"We have no choice but to retreat! And we must retreat in separate groups as soon as possible!"

Now, both of them have been forced to calm down.

"We can't take the royal court's things with us, so why Church of the End a gift before we leave?"

"No!"

Varalos instantly understood Aiwei's meaning.

They just wanted to blow up the royal court so that the other side wouldn't get the royal inheritance.

"Setting up will take too long; none of us will be able to leave then."

"And... Sailianna will eventually return."

"What good are the things from the royal court if we give them to them now? They'll have to return them all eventually."

"If you destroy it now... we'll be the ones who suffer the loss."

Varalos is now fully considering the issues since Sailianna's resurrection.

They didn't mind if other forces occupied the resources and rare items within the royal court.

In his mind, it was simply a matter of someone else keeping things for him.

When Lady Sailianna is resurrected, her strength will only increase.

Everything that has been lost can be regained.

"That's right! Then let's get out of here quickly..."

Hope was rekindled in Aiwei's heart, and she regained her vitality.

Unfortunately, no sooner had she finished speaking than she sensed a massive surge of energy crashing against the protective shield surrounding the royal court.

The Church of the Church of the End's fleet arrived faster than they had anticipated.

At this moment, it was like a dark scythe, coldly slicing through the entire royal court.

"Notify everyone in the royal court: no resistance needed, all retreat!"

Varalos gave the order to the elder below.

The next moment, the two of them also prepared to leave.

Varalos and Aiwei's figures faded instantly in the core hall of the royal court, as they attempted to tear through space and escape.

Aiwei formed hand seals, gathering the essence of life energy at her fingertips and pointing it into the void, attempting to forcibly open a passage away from the Church of the End's blockade.

Varalos then raised his arms, and countless sharp vines filled with resentment and the fury of life sprang up out of thin air, wildly stabbing in all directions, attempting to interfere with and temporarily repel any approaching confinement.

However, their actions were only halfway done.

A massive, Power of the End instantly enveloped them.

The entire star field was as if it had been encased in cold, dark matter, solid and lifeless, and any attempt to break or tear it apart seemed futile.

The emerald thorns that Varalos unleashed were annihilated the instant they touched the invisible barrier.

The vines withered and crumbled with Wither cry, turning into fine dust of energy that drifted away.

Outside the Emerald Royal Court, Xavier's dark purple robes billowed silently in the turbulent flow of void energy.

The Power of the End in his hands continued to be mobilized and gathered, eventually converging towards the area in front of him.

The core star region where the royal court is located has long been transformed into a massive, silent prison of the end under Xavier's will.

Until a certain moment, the Power of the End ceased.

Buzz...

An indescribable, profound pressure enveloped the entire hall, even more suffocating than when they learned of Sailianna's demise.

The space was frozen, smooth and cold like a mirror, and the fading figures of the two were forcibly solidified and pulled back into physical form.

The life force emanating from Aiwei's fingertips dimmed like a extinguished flame, and Varalos's action of releasing the thorns froze in a stiff posture.

At the core of the spatial confinement, the profound nothingness further condensed and settled.

A figure appeared silently, as if it had always been standing there.

Xavier's very presence is more despairing than any spatial blockade.

He didn't unleash any intense energy, nor did he show any anger; he simply stood there calmly.

That compassionate yet detached gaze fell upon the two last pillars of the Emerald Royal Court.

"You... have nowhere to go."

Xavier's voice was like a sigh emanating from the star system itself, low and gentle, yet carrying a chilling weight that seemed to end everything.

"Sailianna's departure marks the end of the royal court."

A profound sense of despair welled up within Varalos.

However, his aura quickly erupted.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he let out a beastly roar as the pure yet violent life energy within his body burned recklessly!

A massive Phantom the Tree of Life Flash wildly behind him, no longer for defense or Heal, but transforming into thousands of dark green spikes imbued with the power of root wails and curses!

The spikes, like self-destructive poison needles, tore through the solidified spatial barrier—though only a tiny crack—and, with a resolute determination to perish together, stabbed fiercely at Xavier!

"Aiwei! Let's go!"

The original spiritual wounds in Varalos's body, inflicted by Lister, have not yet healed.

At this point, he no longer hoped to leave; instead, he was thinking of creating a glimmer of hope for Aiwei.

Since they were both aiming to World Annihilation, even though there was a huge difference in strength between them, they could still fight back and forth for several rounds when they were fighting desperately.

In particular, Xavier did not possess the truly unstoppable, soul-piercing absolute attack methods of Lister.

A tiny spatial rift was opened, and Aiwei dared not hesitate any longer.

The pride that he had always found so hard to let go of was now completely cast aside under the weight of fear and Xavier's oppressive presence.

Countless forces converged on the rift, and taking advantage of Varalos's distraction of Xavier, they vanished in a flash.

However, Xavier didn't care about any of that.

With a calm gesture, the Power of the End in the space intensified once more.

At the same time, a powerful suction force emerged from Xavier's palm, and Varalos's fighting stance froze instantly.

His strength rapidly dissipated, and his body inevitably crashed into Xavier's palm.

In an instant, he felt as if he had crashed into an invisible abyss that swallowed everything.

The power he possessed, along with the Phantom the Tree of Life behind him, failed to stir even the slightest ripple.

That vast and profound Power of the End began to completely engulf him, disintegrate him, and turn him into nothingness!

The power released by Varalos's burning life force was utterly powerless against Xavier's Power of the End!

Although he couldn't kill with a single, decisive strike like Lister.

But this silent encroachment is equally powerful, and it brings Varalos even more despair.

"Ugh--!"

Varalos let out a final, heart-wrenching scream.

The ultimate despair stemming from the complete annihilation of the core of life and the power of the soul!

Finally, all traces of life vanished, and all was lost.

Aiwei's figure appeared on the other side of the spatial rift, and the tiny passage created by Varalos burning his life behind her closed in an instant, like a silent farewell.

Before fear and a sliver of relief from surviving the ordeal could fully take hold in her mind, an unprecedented chill surged in from all directions.

The void before her eyes crumbled and vanished like shattered glass.

Instead, there was a huge, deep, dark purple barrier that seemed capable of swallowing all light and life.

This barrier is not a physical object, yet it is more despairing than the strongest cage.

It flowed silently, severing her connection with the vast universe. The entire space was completely sealed and solidified by an ultimate law that was absolutely superior to her power.

Aiwei's heart sank to the bottom.

In the very center of this suffocating void, four figures stood waiting, watching her with an excited gaze, as if she were a toy.

The ear-piercing rattling sound of chains scraping against the starry sky broke the deathly silence.

Ocas moved, instantly appearing to Aiwei's right.

His signature heavy chain, broken at both ends, hurtled toward Aiwei as if it were alive.

Immediately afterwards, Isaac stepped out, his deep purple robes fluttering in the wind.

Her right fist was clenched tightly, and the highly concentrated Power of the End emanated a terrifying burst of purple light from the knuckles.

"Trying to run? Isn't it a bit too late?"

Isaac's voice was mocking, without any probing. His violent punch, imbued with the Power of the End, shattered the void and hurtled straight toward Aiwei's face!

But bound by chains, she had no way to escape.

"Boom!"

With just one punch, Aiwei's aura rapidly declined, but in the next instant, emerald green life energy erupted, and her aura surged back up wildly.

Unfortunately, in this area today, even her strong vitality is of no use.

This, on the contrary, piqued their interest even more.

"It's my turn! Let me do it!"

A voice trembled with excitement, filled with unparalleled, frenzied joy.

It was Emily, her face radiating an indescribable, morbid satisfaction.

The Twist, dark purple staff in her hand, crackling with arcs of Destruction electricity, had condensed at its tip a black hole, no more than a foot in diameter, yet so deep it seemed capable of swallowing the entire world!

At the center of that black hole, a point of Destruction crystal core lit up.

It was a state where pure Power of the End was compressed to its limit, and the dangerous aura it emitted caused the spatial barrier to groan on the verge of collapse.

Without the slightest hesitation, and without giving Aiwei any chance to catch her breath or beg for mercy.

Aiwei swung her staff down fiercely at Emily, who was tightly bound by the chains of Ocas, whose soul was being ravaged and Twist in agony, and whose life force was rapidly declining.

Sizzle--

A silent beam of Destruction light, yet seemingly exploding with the sound of creation on the soul level, instantly pierced the black hole at the tip of Emily's staff, which was filled with condensed Destruction, and landed with perfect precision on Aiwei's heart!

Aiwei's struggle came to an abrupt end.

Her powerful life force, which she was so proud of, and her tormented soul core could only hold out for a few more seconds in the face of this law of ultimate Destruction.

Aiwei's last remaining life energy, her body, and her despair and resentment all transformed into a poignant and fleeting stream of bright purple energy, which was then completely devoured by the surrounding Power of the End, leaving no trace.

"Alright! Hurry up and rendezvous with Lord Xavier."

The only one who hadn't made a move was Zoya. She glanced at the excitement on the faces of the three of them and quickly reminded them.

After all, the killings weren't the key issue; the vast resources left behind by the Emerald Royal Court were the real problem.

Meanwhile, within the Machine-Slaying Federation.

Lister welcomed two guests.

The Eternal Night King and the Spirit Remains Lord, leaders of two World Annihilation forces.

In this close encounter, neither of them dared to let their guard down for a moment, their strength remaining taut.

It wasn't that I wanted to launch a sneak attack on Lister; I simply wanted to be on guard against Lister.

This formidable figure, capable of defeating Sailianna, has risen higher and higher in their hearts.

Even the hatred of the Lord of Curses and Grudges is now something the Spirit Remains Lord cannot help but let go of.

The fall of the Emerald Royal Court was exactly as Eternal Night had predicted.

The landscape of this universe has been completely rewritten; now it's just a matter of how they survive.

"So... you want to persuade me to take action against the Church of the End?"

Lister stroked the celestial artifact in his hand.

This is one of the gifts that Eternal Night sent this time; it's a rather special spiritual material.

It's useless to him now, but Jiji might have something that interests her.

He silently put the strange object down.

Instantly, Eternal Night and Spirit Remains's expressions grew even more solemn, and the power in their bodies was stretched to the limit.

Fearing that Lister might fail to reach an agreement and instead begin to settle scores with the two, he was worried that they might not reach a consensus.

The two men breathed a sigh of relief only after Lister spoke again.

"I haven't thought about it yet."

Now that things have come to this, Lister no longer hides anything from the two of them.

Although the Church of the End has a greater overall strength than the Machine-Slaying Federation, the actual gap between the two is not large.

Top-tier power is the core of World Annihilation force.

Lister now asks for little more from this universe.

There is little need for either independent rule or not.

The only guarantee is the growth of the Seed of Eternity and the Power of the Planes; the rest is simply the fusion of the player universe.

As for whether or not to go to war with the Church of the End, he really hadn't thought it through.