When the God Slaying Spear pierced the dark golden tide, the Destruction Black Lotus beneath Locke's feet did not retreat even an inch.
Layers of golden crystals shattered before the spearhead. A giant hand of rules reaching from the depths of the crystal tide had yet to close fully when the pitch-black spear light pierced straight through it!
Vast amounts of power of destruction gushed through the breach.
Locke twisted his wrist and swept the spear sideways, shattering the remaining enormous fingers still reaching for him.
A rules body formed entirely from the origin of destruction would not lose all its fighting strength merely because its hand had been destroyed.
The next moment, more golden tides surged in from every direction, and the wound he had just torn open began rapidly closing.
Locke had expected this.
Pitch-black lotus petals abruptly unfurled beneath him, holding back another crystal tide surging up from below. Meanwhile, he followed the opening torn by his spearhead and pressed deeper inside.
The destruction creatures nearby that had still been charging forward were hurled away by the shock waves of the clash.
Some individuals with lower life levels did not even have time to struggle before they disintegrated into debris scattered across the sky.
"Fall back!"
Locke's will reached those behind him.
The Hundred-Eyed Chaos Beast and the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast led the outer legions in a swift withdrawal toward the Star Sectors already under their control. The Empty-Faced Burning Monarch raised a field of Dark Obelisks to protect the Mechanical Engineering Platforms that had not yet managed to retreat.
They did not join the head-on clash.
Even the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch, at Level-12 Peak, could only sense the ever-rising pressure of destruction from afar.
Locke once again saw the Destruction Supreme's rule true body.