The wind swept yellow sand head-on, but it also carried away the flecks of golden light from Shade's body. By the time Shade stepped onto the battlefield, few people still remained capable of fighting Mr. Snake at its center.
The power of the Serpent of Doomsday from the Sixth Epoch had now swelled to an indescribable extent. It maintained a human form, with thirteen Rings of Fate in various colors encircling and rotating behind it. Facing the siege, the intermittent flashes from those rings, the shields they formed, and even the Ring Beasts they transformed into had already left the Ring Arcanists and Witches overwhelmed.
The Snake's main body was even more terrifying now. To the naked eye, it still appeared as a black-robed man with Snake Eyes and no nose, but when the returned Shade looked at it, he distinctly felt that he was seeing an entire dim yellow world.
The Serpent of Doomsday had gradually transcended that materialized body and become "doomsday" itself. This was a realm far beyond the imagination of even Thirteenth Ring Warlocks, one that even Demigod Witches could not reach.
Some people remained at the outskirts of the battlefield, dealing with Ring Beasts constantly burrowing out of the yellow sand. Few remained in the center. Aside from the three demigods and the Nun, the Chosen Ones of Balance, Space, Earth, and Light were all there as well, but Emilia, the least experienced Chosen One of Time, had already withdrawn.
Many Rings of Fate had shattered in the recent battle or been directly melted away in doomsday's dim yellow haze. Of the powerful figures with "Fate has Three," only Iluna and Sister Devlin remained.
Ellie, Luvia, and Daniste seemed to have just returned from above the cliff as well. After joining Adele of the present