"Judgment Barrage activated."
The long-silent Gugat made a cold declaration.
The muzzles of the massive artillery emplacement behind him lit up with dazzling violet-white radiance.
This was a salvo of [Mana Burst Thunder Armor-Piercing Shells].
Energy beams over five meters in diameter, wreathed in destructive arcs of electricity, tore through space.
Moving faster than the eye could follow, they struck the Ice Prison Sleepless One's spine with flawless precision.
The saturated barrage completely engulfed most of its body.
Including several of the pale soul flames that burned most fiercely.
There was no explosion—only endless annihilation.
The repeatedly struck soul flames went out in an instant, like candles flickering in the wind.
The enormous skeletal body suddenly stiffened.
Its momentum came to a complete halt.
And some core source that sustained its power was forcibly severed.
"It's not over yet!"
Zong Shen teleported once more.
This time, he appeared directly above the Ice Prison Sleepless One's blasted-open neck wound.
A gray, viscous Chaos Droplet emerged in his palm, as though it could devour all light in an instant.
Zong Shen's voice carried icy killing intent.
"Try this."
He slammed his palm toward the massive wound gushing with dark-blue origin energy.
Chaos drew in all things.
The Chaos Droplet instantly melted into the wound like a living creature.
At once, a terrifying suction force erupted.
The vast frigid origin within the Ice Prison Sleepless One's body surged madly into Zong Shen's palm like a breached flood.
Its enormous body withered and turned gray at a visible rate.
Its scarlet giant eyes rapidly dimmed as well.
"Hiss... Roar..."
Its final cry was weak and powerless.
This colossal creature had just crawled out of the endless Ice Abyss, intending to become the destroyer that heralded the third phase.
Yet under Zong Shen's casually executed