The Noble Phantasm hailed as the "Sword That Splits the World" now floated quietly before Xia Yuan, awaiting its master.
Xia Yuan reached out, her slender, fair fingers closing around the hilt.
Its aura was too vast, too domineering. Even the surrounding air began to tremble violently, while space itself warped and distorted.
"Stop her! Stop her now!" The Playwright roared, his voice filled with unprecedented terror.
Victor, David Dai, and Attis attacked at the same time.
Victor formed hand seals with both hands. The giant of blood threw back its head and roared, then brought down its fists, carrying immense force, toward Xia Yuan.
David Dai opened his mouth, split all the way to his ears, and a massive black vortex condensed before him.
Attis merged into the black mist as countless shadow chains shot out from the void, coiling toward Xia Yuan like venomous serpents.
The three attacks came simultaneously from three different directions, sealing off every route of retreat Xia Yuan had.
Yet Xia Yuan did not even spare those attacks a glance.
She merely raised Ea and pointed its tip at The Playwright.
"Enuma Elish!"
As her words fell, Ea's blade began to tremble violently.
A crimson pillar of light shot into the sky like a roaring dragon, crashing fiercely toward The Playwright's domain.
Victor's giant of blood bore the brunt of it.
The colossal creature, dozens of meters tall, melted away like ice and snow meeting fire the instant it touched the crimson beam.
It did not even last half a second before turning into a skyful of blood mist, which was then completely vaporized by the beam.
David Dai's stomach-black-hole followed close behind.
That black hole, which claimed to devour everything, was as fragile as a soap bubble before Ea's power.
With a pop,