Immortal Stele

Faced with that series of red warnings.

Roger ignored it.

He simply swung the two-hundred-meter-long club coldly.

Bang! Bang! Bang! One blow after another.

The Sea Stabilizing Divine Needle crashed into the eye of the storm like a mountain collapsing.

A mournful wail echoed from the depths of the Great Secret Realm.

The sound evoked pity in anyone who heard it.

Roger remained unmoved!

He knew exactly what he was doing.

Although the saying "when in doubt, flip the table" doesn't theoretically fit Roger's style.

But he actually uses this trick quite often and likes to use it.

The reason for this is...

This is because this move often strikes the enemy's vital points.

Take this Calamity Event as an example.

The 8th History Realm, which is currently making a comeback, cannot be said to be the culprit.

But it can be said to be the breeding ground for the culprit.

In the face of calamity.

Roger didn't have time to play games of deception with Constantine, Slaughter Mask, and the like.

He must resolve the root cause of the disaster in one fell swoop.

At the very least, we must take down Slaughter Mask.

The latter's location is actually quite obvious.

From the very beginning until now.

Roger had basically figured out Slaughter Mask's playing style.

Everything the latter did was aimed at forcing Roger to go to him.

Moreover, they went to Slaughter Mask's territory to find him! This is a point that ordinary people would probably overlook.

After all, Slaughter Mask is just too outrageous.

He has been actively provoking us.

He seems fearless.

But Roger knew very well.

Slaughter Mask never intended to engage in a final battle with himself in the mortal world! Due to a conflict of power.

A war between the two sides is inevitable.

This was a consensus between the two of them.

Roger wanted to put the battlefield in a place he was familiar with.

In fact, Slaughter Mask had been thinking the same thing from the beginning! That's why he kept luring Roger into the Great Secret Realm!

That's his home turf! Once Roger went inside...

Even if it's not to the point of certain defeat.

However, the win rate will definitely drop by many percentage points.

in turn.

If the battle takes place in the Prime Material Plane of the present world.

Even if Roger hadn't made any prior arrangements.

This also gives you a greater advantage in the competition.

That's the advantage of playing at home!

Despite the fact that the two sides have not yet had a formal collision.

Regarding the initiative in the decisive battle.

In reality, they had already clashed secretly for several rounds.

even.

Roger believes that "initiating the hunt to trigger the calamity" is also First Ring Slaughter Mask's Hunting Plan to force himself into the Great Secret Realm! It's not hard to analyze.

Roger's understanding can be largely deciphered by Slaughter Mask.

in this case.

The possibility that "forced into a corner, Mystra's exorcists finally bowed their heads and entered Dinosaur Manor to confront the conspiracy of the Slaughter Mask" is highly likely to become a reality.

It's a pity.

Roger was not fooled.

He was not bound by things like fame and prestige.

He was well aware of his importance to the world.

He wants to resolve the calamity.

He wants to force Slaughter Mask to come to the real world and fight.

He wanted to ensure his own safety to the greatest extent possible.

So flipping the table became the best option!

"Losing a little reputation is nothing..."

"Not to mention."

"I'm not only going to disrupt the Anchor Point of the Eighth History, I'm going to devour this world—provided you stay holed up and don't come out!"

Roger sneered inwardly.

At that moment, a thought struck him.

A small snake silently slithered out of the space.

Then it disappeared into the rain.

The next second.

He raised the stick in his hand high again.

They unleashed a brutal beating on the eye of the storm!

Warning: Great Secret Realm damage increased by 1%.

"Celestial God Body: The White Turbid Serpent has devoured a small amount of the Great Secret Realm's remnants, increasing your Immortal Ritual accumulation level..."

This moment.

This place seems to have transformed into a furnace.

Roger was like a blacksmith.

It is relentlessly forging the piece of scrap iron beneath the club.

Sizzle! A large number of 'sparks' emerged from the eye of the storm.

The fire died out quickly after it reached the sky.

Then they turned into shooting stars.

It hurtled towards the surface of the world!

In an instant.

Above the Wildfire City mountain range.

An artificial Meteor Shower had occurred! However, this Meteor Shower did not cause much damage to the Prime Material Plane.

Because it's right below the eye of the storm.

The large snake, covered in white spots, had been lying dormant for a long time.

Under Roger's orders.

It opened its blood-red maw.

Its appearance is extremely terrifying.

But all that could be seen was the curtain of rain.

Yellow liquid, clinging to the four fangs of the White Turbid Serpent, dripped onto the ground.

Instantly, a huge crater was melted into the ground.

And the thick, long snake tongue protruded far out.

During the stretching and contraction.

Most of the large 'meteors' were swallowed up by it.

And those fragments that are scattered in more remote directions or are smaller in size.

It was also sucked into the Giant Serpent's mouth.

to this end.

A black hole-like cyclone even formed inside its mouth.

The cyclone is like a super vacuum cleaner.

It sucked up all the falling meteors.

Not only that.

The periphery of a cyclone.

The continuous rain curtain was also disrupted, losing its harmonious rhythm.

The massive amount of rainwater was swallowed up by the greedy, White Turbid Serpent.

Therefore, a period of drought and lack of rainfall occurred in its vicinity.

And further afield.

It seems to be as punishment for its actions that disrupted the weather.

The rain is falling even harder in those places! Hiss! In the midst of the downpour.

The Giant Serpent flicked its tongue with increasing excitement.

It even gave Roger a stronger response because of this—

"Hurry up!"

"More!"

"Not enough! We want more!"

The Celestial God Body possesses a certain degree of self-awareness.

But that was just another manifestation of Roger's will.

Roger himself, of course, would not be bothered by such interference.

He simply continued his attacks on the Great Secret Realm at his own pace.

In any case, the defining characteristic of the Sea Stabilizing Divine Needle" is its sturdiness.

This thing is perfect for smashing Great Secret Realm.

Those deep within the secret realm must have already felt the fierce external attack.

soon.

They will then react.

"Um?"

A few seconds later.

Roger sensed a ray of red light flying away from the Eighth Historical Realm!

Before his eyes.

Strange phenomena began to appear.

The first one.

He was an elderly alchemist with a bitter smile on his face.

He was leaning on a cane.

With his back to Roger.

Suddenly.

His cane fell to the ground.

He himself transformed into a paper crane and flew away.

The origami cranes emitted wisps of red light.

Ultimately, it disappeared into the depths of time.

The second one.

It was a group of panicked mages! They were gathered on the ruins of a great hall.

They formed a circle.

Those on the outer perimeter are all gray-robed mages.

The most important Red-Robed Mage possessed three Demigod Artifact.

It seemed as if they were praying for something.

Roger noticed.

A complex six-pointed star pattern appeared above the Red-Robed Mage's head.

That thing has the exact same symbol as the Reputation Artifact "Endless Magic Net" in Roger's possession.

This indicates that they are calling upon the power of the magic network.

It's not hard to tell from the expressions of the Future Mages, including the Red-Robed Mage.

They didn't even know what was happening!

The third one.

This is the person Roger has been waiting for—

A close-up of Slaughter Mask!

It remains a dark throne brimming with chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur).

His violent expression remained hidden beneath the mask.

He looked extremely unwilling! But given his lingering connection with the Eighth History.

If this world were exiled.

Then Slaughter Mask will never be able to return to the real world.

So he gritted his teeth.

He took a step into the void.

Behind him lay the Eighth Historical Realm and the Great Secret Realm.

And in front of him.

There is an obstacle resembling a waterfall curtain.

Over that waterfall.

He will then be able to reach the present world!...

"I must admit, I underestimated your shamelessness. To use such methods to force me to go to the mortal world, ha..."

This was accompanied by a cold snort.

The phenomenon is not over yet.

Roger then clearly saw half a foot appear in the sky above the eye of the storm.

That half foot looked illusory, as if it didn't exist.

But it becomes reality at an extremely fast speed.

Slaughter Mask.

Leaving the Great Secret Realm.

He had to stop Roger from flipping the table himself! However...

Roger's response once again exceeded his expectations.

Under the hateful gaze of Slaughter Mask.

Roger casually picked up an ancient-looking scroll!

The next second.

He held the "Time Scroll" high with one hand.

His mouth uttered a command as powerful as thunder:

"You are not permitted to return to the mortal world!"

In an instant.

A burst of brilliant golden light erupted from the scroll.

Golden light, like a bolt of lightning, coiled around the foot of the Slaughter Mask.

In other words, the latter reacts extremely quickly.

At this critical moment, he retracted the limbs that had entered the mortal world.

Otherwise, that nameless golden light would split him in two! (Data bar)

"Prompt: You have invoked some authority within the ' Time Scroll ' to prevent the arrival of someone who does not belong to this world."

"Warning: Unauthorized interference with the fusion of the present and history may violate the original intent of the Time Scroll. Within one month, you can prevent the arrival of a maximum of three people who do not belong to the present."

I quickly scanned the warnings on the data bar.

Roger snapped the Time Scroll.

His movements were so swift and decisive.

So much so that Slaughter Mask was withdrawing to the borderlands.

The sound of the scroll being packed away already echoed around Roger.

That instant.

A buzzing sound, like the hum of bees, rang out.

The power of authority attached to the Time Scroll flowed through Roger's limbs and bones.

Ultimately, it returned to the painting.

He glanced down at it.

He showed a satisfied expression.

The Time Scroll is, after all, a treasure left behind by Xuan.

Its fundamental function is certainly not limited to entering and exiting history and the present world.

Xuan had concealed a great deal of power within the painting.

However, he was only half the owner of the painting.

Roger's progress in understanding this was always very slow.

Even today.

He only grasped a very small part of it.

It is possible to impose a small punishment on those who have left their own history.

Even so.

That's enough to handle today's situation.

After all, Roger didn't intend to use the power of the Time Scroll to wipe Slaughter Mask in one fell swoop.

He simply did it habitually before the final battle between the two sides.

Put more pressure on the other party.

Faced with this rhythm of extreme pressure.

Even the most meticulous person can make mistakes.

This is one of the home-field advantages that Roger possesses!

This world is his territory! Even if someone else possesses a similar treasure.

There's no way to criticize what he did in Mystra.

And as outsiders.

People like Slaughter Mask will have to think twice before taking action.

For example, right now.

Roger could sense it.

Slaughter Mask is in a terrible state! He's being forced by Roger to return to the mortal realm.

He probably adjusted to the state of actual combat as quickly as possible.

Who would have thought?

Roger actually hit him back with the stick again!

"No!"

The border between the Great Secret Realm and the real world.

Slaughter Mask roared in fury.

The voice seemed to pierce through the world with the rain. "Fight like a man to the death!"

"Aren't you scared?"

Roger!

Faced with the desperate and reckless Slaughter Mask.

Roger didn't want to respond at all.

He simply raised the big stick quietly.

One blow after another! Bang! Bang! Bang! Sparks flew everywhere.

The damage level of the Great Secret Realm is rising in an orderly manner.

A few breaths later.

Slaughter Mask roared again, "What are you doing?"

"Come at me if you have a problem!"

"You're treating human life like dirt!"

"How can a demon slayer of Mystra banish a portion of Mystra's people to the void of history?"

These words did not affect Roger's rhythm of swinging the bat.

But this time...

His lips twitched slightly:

"No.

I'm just making choices.

Since calamities will destroy the vast majority of people.

So, the world is the origin of calamities.

They should bear some responsibility.

"Not to mention.

Exile is a fairly standard option in the endgame of the world.

Sometimes even I don't know.

Which is a better choice: to stay in the present world or to drift in the torrent of history...?

That's the truth.

For ordinary people.

The twin stars are fraught with danger.

Staying in the present world is not necessarily a better choice than wandering in history.

But Roger is saying these things now.

This was simply to further demonstrate their determination and attitude.

From beginning to end.

He was tapping the Great Secret Realm at a steady pace.

As the degree of damage increases.

Roger's movements were neither faster nor slower.

This is an even more agonizing situation for Slaughter Mask.

This will put him under tremendous psychological pressure.

This would further tip the scales of victory in the final battle slightly in Roger's favor.

As for Roger himself...

He wasn't actually lying.

He used an open strategy.

There's a price to pay for going out.

Either we keep getting beaten until the whole world is exiled.

In fact.

Roger had a vague feeling about it.

It is difficult for the Eighth Historical Realm to be truly exiled.

on the one hand.

There are spellcasters like Constantine whose footprints have spread across many worlds.

There is always a possibility of a return to the Eighth Historical Realm.

On the other hand...

It stems from the perception of the Time Scroll.

Roger could sense it.

Within the scroll, there is an invisible 'anchor' for each Historical World.

As long as Roger can fully master this painting.

Even if these Historical World are lost in the torrent of time.

He could pull them all back one by one! That's what gave Roger the confidence to do such blatant bad things.

Bang! Bang! Bang! The sound of the Sea Stabilizing Divine Needle violently striking the Great Secret Realm was like a death knell.

It was gradually stimulating Slaughter Mask's nerves.

finally.

He could no longer contain his anger at being mocked and his fear of losing his way.

A vast and ancient power began to spread across the borderlands.

Three rainbow-like columns of air rose up from the spot.

The Slaughter Mask was positioned in a triangular formation at the center.

In the center of the air column.

They are a short flute.

A mask.

And a doll! Those three pillars of energy acted like real keys, opening the portal from the Great Secret Realm to the mortal world.

The next second.

A pitch-black stone tablet flew out from inside!

"Warning: Slaughter Mask has used the power of the Twelve Keys to resist the authority of the Time Scroll!"

"You have discovered the Seven-Colored Flute (11th History Realm), the Pure Silver Mask (8th History Realm), and the Voodoo Doll (1st History Era)."

"Warning: You have encountered the Immortal Stele!"

"The Immortal Stele: A testament to the stages of the Ascended's path to immortality."

Generally speaking.

To achieve immortality, one must possess at least one Immortal Ladder and one Immortal Stele.

But the Slaughter Authority is an exception.

(Knowledge of Authority) You realize that to further advance the Slaughter Authority, one needs an Immortal Ladder and three Immortal Stele!

"Warning: The Immortal Stele of the Slaughter Mask (Seven Killings River) has begun to reveal its sacred signs!"