In a single instant, the concept surging from his body suppressed the immense blackfire.
The phantom Zuo Zuo had manifested was scattered almost the instant he struck.
He took one step forward.
Every flame died.
Their sheer magnitude clearly surpassed his, yet at this moment, they crumbled at the slightest touch.
No matter how Zuo Zuo controlled that immense blackfire or drove it toward the phantom, she could no longer halt his advance. Even the greatest power could not shake him when the difference in control was so vast.
Just as the same firstborn power was worlds apart in that God King's hands and his own, this was an immense gap that simply could not be bridged.
"Lynn."
He approached step by step, raising his head as he spoke.
"I'm very sorry."
He did not hesitate. Almost as soon as he raised his hand, he unleashed a Killing Move.
Yet at that very moment, something like a silent thunderclap roared through his will. The Killing Move he was about to form abruptly collapsed.
He understood the reason almost instantly. He whipped around, staring blankly at the rumbling embodiment of calamity behind him. Amid that chaotic surge, within the source of his power, a fleeting flash of azure seemed to shake the very foundation of his strength.
"Nanako..."
Boom-
With a long howl, Zuo Zuo seized that opening and engulfed the figure in endless waves of pitch-black flame.
By the time he realized what had happened, his projection in reality had already been grievously wounded by the blackfire and was burning fiercely.
But he smiled, wiping the burning ashes from his face in the void.
"So you haven't been completely digested yet. Still, no matter how stubbornly you persist, you cannot change this predetermined outcome."
He raised his head, his smiling