In that instant, the entire forest fell deathly silent.
The Spear Knight's face stiffened, and his eyes widened until they were round.
Yuri wore the same look of disbelief, shock layered over astonishment. She couldn't believe anything she had just heard.
Even Yukina, who already knew about this, still felt dazed upon hearing Luo Zhen say it again.
"The Fourth True Ancestor... is gone...?"
The Spear Knight muttered stupidly, but as soon as he came to his senses, he shouted.
"No! Impossible!"
How could such a thing be possible?
No—why had things turned out this way?
The Spear Knight was thrown into complete disarray.
But that was the truth.
"Since you know me so well, you should understand that I was the one who once summoned the soul of Sinful God Cain back to this world and revived him. I was also the one who dragged the Primordial Cursed Soul out of Nagisa's body and sealed it within my own. Since I can manipulate the souls of gods and demons so easily, why shouldn't I be able to destroy them?"
Luo Zhen spoke with a hint of amusement.
"Of course, at that time, I hadn't yet grown to the point where I could manipulate gods and spirits as I pleased. But the Fourth True Ancestor sealed within me really has disappeared. I took his magical power and Beast Vassals, and his soul was burned away completely. From now on, this world will no longer have a vampire called the Fourth True Ancestor. All it will have is me, who obtained his power."
Luo Zhen dropped a bombshell on everyone.
The Spear Knight in particular was left dizzy and disoriented.
The God Slayer created by Tenbu and the Three True Ancestors—the vampire known as the strongest, who had even destroyed Sinful