"Black Hole Devour, activate!"
Harvey had just burst the Ice Tentacles when he noticed Luo Ya suddenly extending his left hand. Above it, a black vortex dozens of meters in diameter appeared, its deep darkness devouring everything around it—even the sunlight!
As time passed, the dark area expanded farther and farther. In almost the blink of an eye, it had engulfed all four Harveys.
Laws of Darkness—the Profound Mystery of Devour!
The deep black vortex that suddenly appeared high in the sky resembled a celestial black hole capable of devouring all things. A tremendous force of suction burst from it in every direction!
"How is this possible?" Harvey was horrified to discover that he was completely powerless to resist as the immense force dragged him in!
"Whoosh!"
With the black hole inside Luo Ya lending its power, the black vortex's suction instantly grew even stronger. The very space around Red Rock Mountain trembled faintly.
"It's over!" Harvey was utterly unable to resist the terrifying force of suction coming from the black vortex.
"Crack, crack—"
In an instant, not only were all four Harveys helplessly dragged toward the black vortex, but the boulders and trees atop Red Rock Mountain were also uprooted and pulled toward it. The whole mountain shook violently.
Moreover, despite being more than a thousand meters away, the people of the Black Moon Kingdom surrounding Red Rock Mountain could clearly feel that terrifying force of suction. The ground beneath them was suddenly swept by flying sand and stones, as if a Category 12 typhoon had blown in. Even sizable rocks and debris were lifted off the ground and hurled into the sky!
It was no exaggeration to say that the force of suction was even more overwhelming than the most powerful Black Storm recorded in the history of the Black Moon Kingdom!
"Oh my god! What kind of power is that?"
"Run!"
"Let's get out of here!"
"Fall back! Fall back!"
The city guards had also received orders and immediately began leading the spectators farther away. The royal family, the nobles, and the others all hurried to retreat. Good heavens, the danger of this battle far exceeded anything they had imagined. Even from this distance, it was terrifying.
Only the astonishingly powerful warriors and mages could barely withstand the force of suction from so far away. Ordinary people were now panicking as if they had been caught in a natural disaster at the end of the world!
Although Luo Ya's Black Hole Devour was aimed mainly at Harvey, even the small portion of its power that leaked out over such a distance was already comparable to a terrifying natural disaster!
The godlike power of a Saint Realm expert was on full display in him!
"Whoosh, whoosh~"
High in the sky, the enormous black vortex was like a bottomless pit, greedily devouring everything around it. The Phantom Sword Saint—Harvey, who had been so confident and arrogant just moments ago, had already been sucked inside, his face contorted with terror!
"Be annihilated!"
As Luo Ya casually brought his five fingers together, the terrifying black hole vortex, like the Gate of Hell, began to shrink violently. Everything it had swallowed was naturally ground to dust in the process!
The Profound Mystery of Devour did more than simply swallow enemies. It also possessed the terrifying power to annihilate and break them down!
Luo Ya suspected that the Profound Mystery of Devour was definitely a High-level Profound Mystery of the Laws of Darkness. Without the black hole space inside him to study, he might not have grasped such a powerful mystery so soon.
"Oh?"
When the enormous black hole high in the sky had shrunk to a mere palm-sized point, several objects that reflected unusual light in the sunlight shot out of it and landed in Luo Ya's palm.
Although the Profound Mystery of Devour possessed immense power, Luo Ya was still only a Saint Realm expert. He couldn't yet break down indestructible materials like Black Jade into dust.
Among the objects that had just been spat out of the vortex was Harvey's original weapon—the Qingfeng Sword. There was also a Spatial Ring and a mysterious blood-red glove.
"This glove?" Luo Ya rubbed the glove's unusual material between his fingers, and his eyes immediately lit up.
"I didn't expect to come away with an unexpected bonus this time." After collecting all the spoils left behind by Harvey, Luo Ya was in an exceptionally good mood.
"The storm has stopped!"
"Thank goodness! That scared me half to death!"
At some point, the terrifying black hole space high in the sky had shrunk to a tiny point and vanished. Naturally, the terrifying force of suction had disappeared as well.
"Wait, where's Lord Harvey?"
"Yeah, where did he go?"
Most people had been so frightened by the apocalyptic scene that they still hadn't realized what had happened to Harvey in the end.
"Mr. Harvey must have been ground into dust by now..." A few experts of the seventh level or higher had managed to withstand the swirling sand and seen Harvey's fate. Now they murmured to themselves, still shaken.
Saint Realm experts were truly walking natural disasters. Their destructive power was simply terrifying!
If Lord Night Orchid Sword Saint had aimed his attack at them, no one around Red Rock Mountain would have escaped.
With Harvey crushed to pieces, the battle quickly came to an end.
In this battle, Night Orchid Sword Saint Luo Ya emerged victorious!
"No! It's impossible! This can't be real!"
"Mr. Harvey—how could he possibly be dead?" Osm, who had thought he could reclaim the throne, felt as if he had plunged into an icy abyss. All life seemed to drain from him, and the confident, triumphant air he'd worn earlier was gone.
"Haha! Mr. Luo Ya won!" On the other side, the current king, Brian, was so delighted he could hardly stop grinning. At the same time, his awe of Saint Realm experts deepened once more.
With Night Orchid Sword Saint Luo Ya's astonishing strength, if he ever meant Brian harm, not even the million soldiers under Brian's command could possibly stop him.
With power beyond the ordinary at their disposal, it was no wonder Saint Realm experts had little interest in the riches and honors of the secular world.
Before the spectators below could even gather their thoughts, Luo Ya had already decided to take his leave.
"Ignis, let's go." Luo Ya could fly on his own, but he was nowhere near as fast as his magical pet.
"Caw!"
An excited, high-pitched cry rang out from the enormous Hellfire Phoenix. It then spoke in a docile voice: "Yes, Master."
"Whoosh!"
The colossal bird, with a wingspan of over a hundred meters, once again carried its master on its back, wreathed in black flames. Like a burning black meteor, it vanished over the horizon in the blink of an eye.
"Master keeps getting stronger..." Hellfire Phoenix Ignis had been captured by Luo Ya ten years ago in Twilight Shadow Valley.
Ten years ago, Luo Ya had already been terrifyingly powerful, easily overpowering him. Now, he must be infinitely close to becoming a god, right?
However, Ignis was mistaken. Luo Ya's Profound Mystery of Devour had not yet reached mastery.
But with the black hole space inside him boosting his power, he was undoubtedly the strongest being below godhood!
The battle at Red Rock Mountain was over, and the hundreds of thousands of spectators had been quickly and efficiently dispersed under the city guards' supervision.
Even after leaving, the spectators were still buzzing with excitement, gathering in groups of three or five to discuss the earth-shaking battle they had just witnessed.
They couldn't stop talking about how Lord Phantom Sword Saint Harvey had conjured three clones in addition to his true self, leaving them amazed.
But the terrifying vortex Luo Ya summoned at the end had been even more astonishing. Its power seemed godlike!
After the battle, the once densely forested Red Rock Mountain had been stripped bare across its summit, as if someone had shaved its head. The sight was bizarre.
Everything that had happened left the spectators full of admiration. After this battle, the people of the Black Moon Kingdom became even more devoted to Luo Ya. He had only been a Saint Realm expert for thirty years, yet he could defeat an old veteran like Harvey.
Given time, perhaps no one across the entire Valen Continent would be able to stand against him!
"I'm glad I chose to take in that child from the Kageno family back then. Otherwise, I wouldn't be enjoying this good fortune today." Among the crowd, the blond, middle-aged Harriman let out a long sigh of relief. "It's just a shame that a man like him is destined not to be confined to a little kingdom like the Black Moon Kingdom."
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