A Golden Pillar of Light Descended from the Sky; the Reinforcements Otto Bought with His Life Finally Arrived

"Even an evil man can do one thing." Otto tightened his grip on the spear, his voice turning sharp. "Let an evil man sever the world's malice."

"What does he mean?" He Caitou froze for a moment.

"He's saying," Tang Wulin said slowly, "since I'm already an evil man, let me be the one to 'kill malice itself.' My hands are already soaked in blood anyway. What difference would a little more make?"

"But what is he trying to cut down?" Xu Sanshi asked.

"The Imaginary Tree," Huo Yuhao said. "More precisely, the 'world rules' represented by the Imaginary Tree-the rule that says Kallen must die."

Within the Light Screen, Otto raised his spear, aiming its tip at the projection of the Imaginary Tree. His body trembled, not from fear, but because it could no longer withstand the backlash of that power. Yet his hands remained as steady as bedrock.

"Five hundred years ago, the world said she had to die," Otto's voice rang out. "But I refuse to accept it. I would spend five hundred years reaching this place, then tell the world-"

He suddenly stepped forward and thrust his spear.

"-I disagree!"

The spear tip pierced the projection of the Imaginary Tree. A ring of ripples instantly burst across the entire Light Screen. Wherever they passed, space began to warp, disintegrate, and reassemble. Countless images flashed within the ripples-countless "possibilities" rewritten by Otto, each leading to a different future.

"He's forcibly rewriting reality," the Dragon God said gravely. "Through brute force."

"Can that work?" Tai Tan asked. "Didn't they say before that rewriting reality required a price?"

"He himself is the price," the Dragon God said. "Look at his body."

Otto's body was disintegrating at a speed visible to the naked eye. First his arms, then his shoulders,