With Pride Dead, the Remaining Two Were Only a Matter of Time
Deep within the Alps, the eternal ice and snow form a timeless backdrop.
This is a forbidden region known as the "Eternal Icecrown Royal Court," where even the Blood-Erosion Clouds cannot approach, as if it is repelled by some invisible force.
Extreme cold is not low temperature in the physical sense, but a kind of rule-based force that can freeze the soul and solidify the mind.
The moment Luo Li stepped onto this icy plain, a layer of silvery-white Spacetime Barrier automatically enveloped her, isolating her from the all-pervasive "Icy Stillness" rule.
The ice beneath their feet was harder than iron, and every snowflake falling from the air contained a terrifying chill capable of instantly freezing an A-level ability user.
He made no attempt to conceal his presence, nor did he use [Space-Trace Instant Shadow].
They walked step by step towards the center of the mountain range, as if on a spring outing, towards the most majestic palace, the Royal Court of Lucifer, which was constructed entirely of seemingly eternal blue ice.
His arrival was like a pebble thrown into a still, frozen lake.
Buzz--!
A vast, cold will, carrying an extreme Pride that looked down upon all living beings, descended from the depths of the royal court like an awakened ancient ice dragon.
"Those who trespass on the divine realm... die."
Lucifer's voice rang directly in Luo Li's mind, devoid of any emotion, only an absolute indifference as if pronouncing the fate of an ant.
Following its will, the ice field in front of Luo Li suddenly cracked open, and countless knights made of Absolute Zero ice, wearing armor and wielding ice crystal weapons, rose from the ground. They were lifeless, merely creations of the rules, and each of them exuded an aura comparable to A+ grade. Thousands upon thousands of them, like a white tide, silently rushed towards Luo Li.
The Icy Stillness Knight Legion! Lucifer's most intimidating and despair-inducing force.
Faced with a power capable of engulfing a small country, Luo Li merely raised her eyelids.
He didn't even use Enma.
He simply extended his right index finger and gently touched the surging tide of ice crystals.
An invisible ripple instantly spread out from the center of his fingertip.
Wherever the ripples passed, the charging Icy Stillness Knights vanished silently, like pencil drawings erased by an eraser.
It wasn't shattering, nor melting, but rather the very concept of its existence and the rules governing its formation were directly "deleted" from the temporal and spatial sequence of this region.
It was as if they had never existed.
One finger, clear the area.
Deep within the royal court, that Pride will showed a noticeable fluctuation for the first time.
"Eradication at the level of rules... You are not an ordinary being of this world."
Lucifer's voice took on a serious tone.
Luo Li did not respond and continued forward.
The next second, his surroundings changed drastically!
It was no longer an ice field, but a realm of absolute Nihility, absolute darkness, where even time and space seemed to cease to exist—a realm of "nothingness."
This is Lucifer's "Eternal Frost Domain," not simply a matter of low temperatures, but one that pulls everything into eternal annihilation and Finality.
Here, thought freezes, energy is annihilated, and even existence itself is negated.
"In my realm, let eternity of death prevail."
Lucifer's voice, like a law, echoed in this Nihility.
However--
"Field?"
Luo Li finally spoke, her voice carrying a hint of mockery.
"Who gave you permission to expand your territory in front of me?"
Boom--!!!
A terrifying force, even more vast and primal, seemingly originating from the very source of the River of Spacetime, erupted fiercely, centered on Luo Li.
The silvery-white light dispelled the absolute darkness, and countless clock markings and spatial lines of latitude and longitude spread out like living things, instantly covering, eroding, and assimilating Lucifer's "Eternal Frost Domain".
[Spacetime Domain] -- Fully Unfolded.
In this domain absolutely controlled by Luo Li, he is the past, the present, and the future! He is the beginning and the end of space!
Lucifer's proud "Icy Stillness" rule shattered like fragile glass before the higher-level Spacetime laws, and was forcibly suppressed and stripped away.
"Impossible!!"
From the depths of the royal court came Lucifer's incredulous roar, tinged with shock and anger.
A figure, dazzling to the extreme and seemingly formed from countless ice crystal galaxies, finally rose from the ice crystal throne at the very heart of the royal court.
It possesses a perfect appearance beyond the imagination of ordinary people, with golden hair flowing like a waterfall and blue eyes that seem to contain an entire frozen starry sky.
It was Lucifer, the very embodiment of the "Sin of Pride".
At this moment, its face, frozen for millennia, was filled with shock and... a hint of Wrath at the desecration of its sacred domain.
Those who blaspheme against the divine realm shall be punished by the gods!
Lucifer clenched his fists, and the chill accumulated over millions of years in the Alps, along with his ultimate understanding of the "Icy Stillness" rule, transformed into a pure white beam of light that seemed capable of Finality the universe and returning all things to a singularity, instantly shooting towards Luo Li.
This is its ultimate strike, containing the true power of the laws!
Faced with an attack powerful enough to freeze stars, Luo Li finally moved.
He drew Enma.
This time, however, what lingered above Enma was no longer the dark red blood light, nor the silvery-white power of Spacetime, but a chaotic, hazy luster that seemed to contain the birth and death of all things and the eternity of Spacetime.
He absorbed too much of the essence of the deadly sins, especially after just beginning to analyze the glimmer of future possibilities brought about by the "Seed of the Heart's Desire." His control and understanding of his own power has already entered a completely new realm.
He didn't call out the name of the move.
Enma simply slashed forward at the pure white beam of light that seemed to mark the end of time.
The blade sliced through the void.
The pure white beam of light, capable of Finality everything, was instantly pulverized and dissipated into a black hole the moment it touched the gray, gleaming blade, without even a ripple.
The flashing blades hadn't subsided; they continued forward.
It swept past Lucifer's flawless body.
Lucifer's face froze, his Wrath and shock settling in.
It looked down at its body, which was slowly dissipating from the edges and turning into the most basic Spacetime particles.
"What... power is this...?"
Its voice was filled with bewilderment and incomprehension; that Pride rooted in its soul finally collapsed completely in the face of an absolute power disparity.
"Finality your power."
Luo Li sheathed her sword, turned around, and didn't look at it again.
Behind him, Lucifer's figure Nihility completely, along with his ice crystal throne, a symbol of absolute Pride, disappearing into the dust of Spacetime.
[Endless Blood Drain] activated automatically, and a pure, cold primordial power, imbued with the concepts of ultimate Order and Pride, surged into Luo Li's body.
This power far surpassed any previous absorption, making his [Spacetime] Path seem to emit a satisfied hum, and his understanding of "existence" and "rules" reached an inconceivable height.
He even had a feeling that, if he wanted, he could easily modify physical constants within a small area, or permanently change the flow of time in a region.
Xiao Hong excitedly emerged, greedily absorbing the scattered fragments of Pride's Authority. Beside the four-colored radiance within her energy sphere, a fifth color began to condense—a pure and cold bright silver representing "Pride."
Europa, the three deadly sins, have all been punished!
Luo Li stood on the empty ice field, feeling the truly "god-level" power within her body, but there was no joy in her eyes, only an ancient coldness.
He raised his hand and looked at his palm.
In the system interface, the progress bar for the [Purification Era] jumped up and down again.
There are only two remaining regions – the Middle East Alliance and the America Faction.
"The rest is just a matter of time."
He murmured to himself, his figure merging into the void and disappearing into this Eternal Ice Crown that had lost its master.
A few days later, in a remote oasis town in the Middle East Alliance.
Yellow sand and ruins are the main themes here, with scorching winds carrying sand and gravel that batter the crumbling walls.
Unlike the chaos and distortion of Europa, the vampire attacks here are more direct and savage, often accompanied by large-scale looting and destruction.
Luo Li appeared in the ruins of a market that had just been attacked by vampires and was billowing with thick smoke.
He was still wearing that simple black outfit, looking completely out of place in his surroundings.
Several D-rank Bloodthirsty Beast that were devouring the corpses spotted him and roared as they pounced on him.
Luo Li didn't even glance at them.
A thought subtly stirred within me.
The charging motion of those Bloodthirsty Beast suddenly froze, and then, like sand sculptures weathered for thousands of years, they shattered inch by inch in their running posture, turning into ashes and disappearing into nothingness.
He didn't even need to lift a finger; with a single thought, he could invoke the surrounding Spacetime rules to directly "erasure" lower-level beings.
This is the qualitative change brought about by absorbing the essence of "Pride" Lucifer.
To these small fry, he had become a walking natural disaster, his words carrying the weight of law.
He wandered among the yellow sand and ruins.
Wherever he went, whether it was a C-level predator's lair hidden under the sand dunes or a B-level Blood Knight's stronghold perched on an abandoned oil derrick, everything crumbled and dissipated along with the very foundation of their existence the instant his thoughts swept over them, turning into the purest energy that was absorbed by Enma (or rather, by himself).
The efficiency is outrageously high.
Occasionally, they encounter A-rank Dark Nobles with special stealth abilities, who attempt to use the terrain to their advantage to resist or escape.
Luo Li simply raised her hand casually.
Then, with a single glance, or a wisp of insignificant Spacetime -temporal power, it is completely Finality.
The whole process was as easy as cleaning dust.
The superhumans and tribal militias of the Middle East Alliance quickly took notice of this mysterious and powerful individual.
They stared in shock as the vampire strongholds, which would have required a tremendous effort to clear, were transformed into utterly desolate wastelands after the man in black had passed by, leaving not a single trace behind.
"God above... who exactly is he?"
"Are they reinforcements sent by Longxia? But we know most of Longxia's powerful figures..."
"Whoever he is, he's helping us get rid of those damn bloodsucking bastards!"
The news spread quickly, even reaching the top levels of the Middle East Alliance.
As Luo Li knew, although the Middle East Alliance was not technologically advanced, it had accumulated astonishing wealth by relying on the oil legacy of the old era and its unique desert trade, and had always been a major customer of Longxia for high-end weapons and energy technologies.
Soon, a delegation of envoys, led by a wealthy elder and dressed in traditional white robes but equipped with the latest Longxia individual soldier gear, cautiously found Luo Li had just finished clearing a large nest and was standing on a sand dune gazing into the distance.
"A noble and powerful being!"
The leading elder, with a thick beard, spoke with an almost humble demeanor in Common, his accent heavy with sarcasm. "Thank you for clearing away our calamity! You must be a messenger from God! May I ask... is there anything we can do for you? Wealth? Resources? Or...?"
Luo Li withdrew her gaze and glanced at them indifferently.
"Where is Belial?"
His voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable will that was immediately imprinted in the minds of everyone present.
The elder trembled, a look of fear on his face. "Sloth... the Sin of Sloth? It... it slumbers in the ' Quicksand Palace,' in the deepest part of the Sea of Deathly Sand... a forbidden zone for life, where any being that approaches will fall into eternal stagnation, ultimately turning into withered bones..."
He quickly gestured to his attendant to present a finely crafted, jewel-encrusted tablet computer, which displayed a detailed electronic map, with a constantly moving red dot representing extreme danger marked deep within the desert.
"This... this is the most likely location we've located, after going to great lengths to find it..."
Luo Li glanced at it and instantly memorized all the information.
That's enough.
He ignored the messengers who wanted to offer him gold and silver treasures, and his figure slowly faded in the desert heat, disappearing like a mirage.
Only the stunned Middle East elders and guards remained.
"He... he's going to challenge Belial?!"
May God protect you...
Luo Li, based on the coordinates, had already located the absolute forbidden zone deep within the Sea of Deathly Sand, shrouded in the power of "Sloth".
The Middle East Alliance's last lesson learned – "Sloth" by Belial.