A Rare Opportunity

"Oh, Your Excellency the Lord has arrived."

Looking at the Abyssal Lord, who landed in a blaze of fel-green fire, wielding a ten-meter greatsword and radiating an overwhelming presence, Tao Yu merely chuckled.

Although killing General Zakka with Chronostasis just now had taken a lot out of him, Tao Yu was recovering at an astonishing rate thanks to the conversion granted by his Authority.

And because of One Proof, Eternal Proof, the power Tao Yu could wield hadn't diminished in the slightest.

At most, he couldn't finish things as cleanly as he had at the beginning.

Having instantly killed a troublesome opponent, Tao Yu felt no pressure at all upon seeing the Abyssal Lord now, no matter how astonishing or furious he seemed.

"You bastard, how dare you..."

Looking at General Zakka's remains in the lava, the Abyssal Lord was both shocked and furious. How could it have happened in such a short time...?

After that shock and fury, a trace of fear began to surface.

Even as the Abyssal Lord's aura grew stronger and stronger, his green flames seemed to set the heavens ablaze, dyeing the entire sky green. In terms of sheer power, he seemed no weaker than the terrifying blow from the Holy Light Cross earlier.

The human laborers who had survived beneath the altar's protection were all on their knees, trembling.

Even the demon guards on watch seemed extremely panicked and agitated.

But Tao Yu had already keenly sensed that faint fear in the Abyssal Lord's heart.

Then he smiled warmly.

"I think you understand that if I could deal with General Zakka so quickly, I can just as easily deal with you. The only reason I chose the general as my first target was that your blood still has some use to me. So now