[Blade]'s all-or-nothing strike looked utterly plain, as though it were merely swinging down a massive axe. Yet only it and the one facing it knew that this blow carried nearly all the power of Blade's attribute. Xu Zhi could only meet it head-on; there was no way to evade this single attack.
The crushing pressure reached Xu Zhi before the axe itself fell. Had an ordinary Transcendent been standing here, their body would already have been reduced to ashes beneath that pressure. Yet Xu Zhi's body showed no change at all. The air pressure that could kill a Transcendent merely lifted her hair.
Through the [Eye of Secrets], Xu Zhi had already seen that this attack was absolutely impossible to dodge. Sending Xiao Zhen out was merely another attempt.
Xiao Zhen reached [Blade]'s side even faster than the descending attack, and empowered by [Authority], it pierced through [Blade]'s brain with its beak almost the instant it was released.
Its lightning-like figure shot through [Blade]'s head, which was many times larger than an ordinary person's, leaving behind a bloody hole. [Instant Death] took effect at that moment. Even as a god, [Blade]'s presence vanished in an instant.
Then, the collapse of its circuit accelerated, and [Blade]'s body began to dissipate amid its fragmentation. No matter how one looked at it, it seemed to have "died." Though not death in the truest sense, the absence of its aura and consciousness, along with the shattering and dispersal of its body and circuit, already signified a god's death.
Yet even so, the attack aimed at Xu Zhi remained completely unchanged.
This meant that even the death of the one who had launched it could not stop this attack from inevitably falling!
The calmness on Xu Zhi's face finally gave way to a trace of