[Target eliminated.] [Confirmation complete.] [Command complete.]
The voice of a god fused from life and dead matter made this final declaration beside Mikun's ear, like a steady yet heavy iron hammer.
Then, the vast divine radiance that had swallowed the entire universe in an instant carried the universe itself into its end.
Everything began to disperse.
Everything faded away.
Everything returned to nothingness.
Once the majestic divine light and the vast universe vanished together, the whole world returned to the wilderness landscape of its earliest moments.
Even though the previous battle in the "Spirit Realm" had taken place in another spatial dimension, the residual energy leaking from it had now completely razed this labyrinthine wilderness to the ground.
A figure descended from the sky and landed gently on the surface.
Mikun, having dismissed his relic and returned to human form, turned to gaze upon the devastated world around him.
At this moment, on this ruined land, there was no longer a second figure to be found besides him.
The Soulheart Hunter had not even left behind the faintest trace.
Looking around at the scene in silence for a long while, Mikun finally curled up the corners of his mouth, no longer suppressing the exhilaration and elation that followed his victory.
"Hmph."
"Hehehe."
"HAHAHAHAHA------------------!"
Mikun first threw back his head and laughed wildly in joy, then could not help talking to himself.
"Kuize, oh Kuize!"
"I finally got rid of you."
"Finally------!"
"My years of cultivation and study were not in vain."
"As times changed and years turned,"
"I've finally truly stomped you, the former second place, beneath my feet------------------!"
"All those humiliations, all those frustrations of the past, have now been settled here------!"
"The sense of achievement from surpassing one who came before is