Time seemed to stretch endlessly at that moment.
In the eyes of Shinobu Kocho, Kanao, and Inosuke, nothing remained but that purple demon god spanning heaven and earth, and the great sword of black flames in its hand, powerful enough to sever fate.
Its tip pointed at the leader of the Eternal Paradise Cult, Upper Rank Two, Doma.
"No... impossible..."
Doma looked up at the sword of judgment about to descend, feeling that invincible power mingled with thunder, flames, and divine might. For the first time, an emotion called "fear" filled his rainbow-colored eyes.
He had existed for hundreds of years, devouring countless lives and treating the screams and despair of others as the sweetest music. He had never imagined that death would descend upon him in such an utterly unreasonable way.
"I... I'm the chosen one!"
Doma let out a hysterical shriek. He unleashed every last bit of the Blood Demon Art energy within him, trying to form the thickest, sturdiest layer of ice before him as his final defense.
He even tried, regardless of the cost, to drive the Water Lily Bodhisattva that had already been slashed to pieces, using its remaining ice to block this fatal blow.
Yet all of it was futile.
Before absolute power, any struggle seemed feeble and helpless.
Sasuke's gaze remained as cold as ever.
He swung down the sword in his hand.
There was no earth-shaking crash, no world-destroying explosion.
When the giant sword of Susanoo, wreathed in Amaterasu's black flames, touched the ice Doma had hastily formed, something bizarre happened.
The ice capable of freezing all things neither shattered nor melted the instant it touched the blade. Instead, it was directly "vaporized"!
The destructive power of the black flames merged perfectly with the extreme heat generated by Susanoo's vast chakra, creating