The figures of the Lord of Truth and the Mother of the Stars constantly intertwine, flicker, separate, and collide again in their collisions.
Their speed increased rapidly, so fast that even reflections couldn't form on the surface of River of Space-Time; only streaks of colored light crisscrossed in the Void, weaving a battle network that covered most of the Astral Realm.
At a certain moment, after a massive impact, the Lord of Truth slid backward tens of thousands of miles, but in that instant, he precisely seized that fleeting opening.
"Chaos, Eternal Day!"
The Lord of Truth suddenly swept out the broken Truth Spear in his hand! On the blade, an incomparably dazzling point of light suddenly appeared - the point of light was as small as a needle tip, but it was extremely intense, as if the essence of an entire realm's stars had been compressed into that one point!
Then—the light spots suddenly spread!
The speed of its spread surpassed the speed of light, exceeded the limits of Space-Time, and transcended the order of causal transmission. A pure white light exploded from the blade of the gun, like a miniature universe completing its entire evolutionary process from singularity to explosion at the very center of the Astral Realm!
Rumble rumble rumble--!!!
Amidst a deafening roar, pure white light enveloped everything within billions of light-years. Wherever that light passed, space was illuminated, time was frozen, laws were purified, and cause and effect were interrupted.
Everything within the reach of the light was submerged by that extreme brightness, even their own senses were stripped away by that pure "brightness".
The layers of earth shield surrounding the Mother of the Stars shattered one by one under the impact of the light! The first layer was easily torn apart like a sheet of paper, the second layer was pierced through like brittle ice, the third, the fourth, the fifth... The impact of the light was like a continuous tsunami, wave after wave, peeling away and disintegrating all of the Mother of the Stars' defenses!
The final protective barrier was exceptionally tough, the ultimate defense condensed by the Mother of the Stars from her own essence. Yet, under such an extreme impact of light, it finally let out a mournful cry of despair—spiderweb-like cracks appeared on its surface, and after three breaths, it shattered with a deafening roar!
However, the moment the last layer of protection shattered, the Mother of the Stars had already vanished from her spot.
The light struck nothing, and the pure white light spread aimlessly in the Void, flowing into the distant Void like a torrent that could not find its target.
at the same time--
A voice suddenly appeared behind the Lord of Truth.
"You can't even bear the weight of the Astral Realm!"
Mother of the Stars!
He somehow bypassed the ultimate light impact, appearing precisely in the blind spot of the Lord of Truth at the moment when the Lord was at full power and defense was most relaxed! The Mother of the Stars's star robes danced wildly in the vacuum, like countless silver-blue galaxies spreading out behind her, her hair flying like a waterfall, each strand shimmering with undying starlight.
The Mother of the Stars at this moment was completely different from the dignified and aloof figure most Astral Realm perceived her to be. Wild and blazing flames burned in her golden-brown eyes; her face was taut and sharp; a resolute, almost insane smile played at the corners of her lips. Endless magma erupted from beneath her feet—not ordinary Lava, but ultimate magma carrying the primal power of the Astral Realm, each drop containing a terrifying heat capable of incinerating a plane!
The boundless magma transformed into ultimate destructive force, surging forth and crashing down on the back of the Lord of Truth!
Boom!
The power of that attack was terrifying. The Mother of the Stars sacrificed all of her own essence, condensing billions of years of geological activity in the Astral Realm into a single instant. The Lord of Truth was struck head-on by the torrent of magma, and the protective aura of his Eternity Chaos Saint Body was completely torn apart, pierced, and melted in that instant! A huge, deep crater, revealing bone, was melted into his back, and golden blood gushed from the wound like a fountain, instantly evaporating into golden steam in the high temperature of the magma!
The Lord of Truth was propelled forward by the impact, his footsteps creating a series of deep, cracked pits in the Void beneath his feet.
But in that moment of devastating injury—
"Finally couldn't hold back anymore?!"
Logo's voice rang out in the Realm of Void of consciousness, calm yet carrying a hint of knowing he had anticipated it.
This was the blow He had been waiting for.
The Mother of the Stars ' all-out attack meant that she had exposed herself to the most dangerous situation, and that she no longer had the strength to defend against the Lord of Truth's counterattack.
"It's time!!"
Lancelot's voice followed, carrying a release and resolve that had been suppressed for too long. He knew that everything that followed would determine the final outcome.
Gustavo summed it up in just three simple words. "Burn!"
The moment the words fell, Gustavo's Eternity Great Dao of Devouring and Sealing suddenly burst into flames!
The burning was so fierce, so resolute, so utterly relentless. Gustavo's Dao of the Abyss Warden, condensed over countless years—the ultimate path with its core of devouring seals and its backbone of Eternity suppression—burned fiercely like tinder under His will! The fire of the Great Path appeared as a deep, pure black, like the purest color of the Abyss, emanating an aura that made all beings tremble as it burned.
Ninety percent! A full ninety percent of the Great Dao's essence was burned away in that instant!
Only one-tenth remained as the core seed, awaiting future rebirth and rebirth. The terrifying power released by the burning of the remaining nine-tenths transformed into pure black flames, which coiled around the Lord of Truth's Truth Spear like countless greedy black pythons.
A pure black flame covered the blade of the gun. The terrifying aspect of that flame was its ability to tear and rip apart everything in existence—like a manifestation of Black Hole, all light, all matter, all laws, and all of Space-Time would be attracted, devoured, and torn apart by the black flame. At the same time, this flame also possessed the ability to lock onto its target—anything locked onto by it, no matter where it fled to in Space-Time, no matter which branch of cause and effect it hid in, no matter which node of Fate it concealed, could not escape the arrival of this ultimate blow!
A pure black spear swept out, carrying Gustavo's ultimate will, which had burned ninety percent of the Great Dao, and stabbed fiercely towards the body of the Mother of the Stars!
This shot targets not only cause and effect and Fate, but also the very essence of a being's existence—the entire timeline from birth to death, the intersection of all its parallel possibilities, and the core, fundamental anchor of its being that makes it the "Mother of the Stars."
This was an extremely simple strike, yet also a flawless and unparalleled one. There were no fancy techniques, no unnecessary embellishments, just the purest "lock" and "kill," concentrating all power on that single point, as if compressing the weight of an entire galaxy onto the tip of a needle.
The Mother of the Stars never expected the Lord of Truth to use his ultimate technique at this crucial moment!
In His understanding, the Lord of Truth had just suffered that fatal blow from the magma and should be in the weakest and most in need of recovery.
He anticipated that the Lord of Truth might retaliate, but he did not foresee that the retaliation would come so quickly, so fiercely, and so recklessly—directly burning nine-tenths of the origin of an Great Dao of Eternity in exchange for a fatal blow. This was no longer a matter of combat, but an ultimate decision to burn one's bridges!
A black spear descended.