Every clash between Shinji and the possessed Lantern Bearers brought heaven and earth crashing down. The sky gradually dimmed, the land shattered, and the whole world looked like a scene from Doomsday.
If anyone had checked the surveillance satellites that were still functioning normally, they would have discovered that disasters weren't just happening in the combat zone. Calamities were breaking out all over the Six Rings World: earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, and countless others!
Rumble.
Another clash rang out amid a series of deafening booms, sending Shinji flying backward.
He glanced down at his body and saw that his left shoulder was completely missing, as though something had erased it outright.
"Tch!"
He clicked his tongue, looking somewhat annoyed.
He wasn't the real one, but a Shadow Clone. That was why he couldn't repair his body.
Taking his eyes off his left shoulder, he looked at the possessed Ghost across from him.
After being possessed by the Plague Overlord's gray-white mist, Ghost's strength had come close to that of the Bewitching Overlord he'd fought before.
Of course, he meant the Bewitching Overlord inside the spatial barrier.
That wasn't the problem. What truly made things difficult for Shinji was that even in its puppet state, Ghost could still activate the "Lantern."
The polluted Lantern's eerie white light brought a bone-deep chill, and it could also disperse Shinji's Chakra. That left him no choice but to rely on Godly Emperor Mode and force Ghost into a war of attrition. So he wasn't just facing the Plague Overlord, but also a mutated Lantern Bearer!
Fortunately, the "Embers" inside the lantern weren't infinite!
Pulling his scattered thoughts together, Shinji's expression turned stern. He swung the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion in his hand and charged once more.
Whoosh.
Brilliant golden light came crashing down, cleaving