The interior of the black and white light pillar was not a turbulent energy channel as imagined, but an extremely stable, yet oppressive, massive stone space.
When Ezreal's figure solidified from the light particle recombination, and his feet touched the cold, ancient rune-engraved stone ground, a heavy, suffocating ancient aura mixed with the pure dark magical pressure, like an invisible giant hand, seized his heart.
This was the core control room of Nirvana.
The vaulted ceiling was high, formed by a single, colossal piece of black rock that emitted a faint luminescence, also covered with magic runes that glowed with an eerie light, like an inverted starry sky.
The four walls and the ground were all hard-as-iron dark grey basalt, every inch of their surface covered with dense, intricate, and dazzling magic array patterns.
These patterns were not static; instead, they slowly flowed and transformed, like the blood vessels of a living creature, guiding an indescribable power of law towards the very center of the space.
There, a giant crystal sphere, over five meters in diameter, floated.
It was not transparent, but displayed a chaotic, constantly swirling and merging black and white.
Pure, blazing white and deep, eerie darkness intertwined like two colossal pythons, violently clashing and fusing within the crystal sphere, each fluctuation stirring the magical elements throughout the control room, emitting a low hum.
At this moment, this crystal sphere, symbolizing the core power of "Nirvana," was flickering and shrinking violently, like a candle in the wind.
Clearly, the destructive damage to the six external energy pillars had been fatal to it.
However, directly in front of the crystal sphere, a tall figure stood like an ancient, immovable rock.
Brain, the former leader of Oración Seis.
Now the leader of the Ten Demon Generals, he was dressed in a luxurious brown-green magic robe, embroidered with intricate stars and twisted demonic patterns in dark gold thread.
His greyish-white long hair fell over his shoulders, and his physique was so strong that he didn't look like a sixty-year-old man, but rather a dormant lion.
Most striking was his wrinkled face, which exuded an inhuman coldness and majesty.
Originally, there should have been six black rune lines, wriggling like living creatures, imprinted like brands on his forehead, cheeks, and jaw.
But now… only the last one remained!
That rune was located near his left temple, like a ferocious black centipede, subtly twisting and pulsating with the surge of his magic power.
In the positions of the other five runes, only faint, scorched marks remained, as if forcefully erased.
Ezreal's golden pupils suddenly constricted!
He knew what this meant!
The six runes were a "Bio-Link" seal Brain had cast, using himself as a vessel!
Each rune linked and suppressed the vitality and magic power fluctuations of one of his Oración Seis members!
At the same time, the deeper meaning of this seal was to imprison the more violent and cruel secondary personality within him— "Zero"— which had emerged due to excessive study of dark magic!
When an Oración Seis member was completely defeated and incapacitated, the corresponding rune would disappear!
Now, the disappearance of five runes meant that, apart from Brain himself, the other five members of the original Oración Seis—Cobra, Angel, Hoteye, Midnight, and Hotei—had all been defeated!
The power of the seal had been weakened to its extreme!
The last remaining rune, like a flickering candle in the wind, maintained the final imprisonment of "Zero"!
Once this rune also disappeared, the "Zero," who was even more powerful and insane than Brain himself… would fully awaken!
And now, Brain was holding his hands out flat, palms facing the violently flickering black and white crystal sphere in front of him.
In front of his hands, a black-green magic array, over three meters in diameter and dizzyingly complex and profound in structure, was slowly rotating!
At the core of the magic array, countless tiny, tadpole-like ancient runes wildly darted, combined, and annihilated!
A vast, heart-stopping, and supremely pure dark magic power was continuously surging out from Brain's body, flowing through this magic array like a bursting dam, madly injecting into the nearly extinguished black and white crystal sphere!
Boom—!!!
With the injection of this immense magic power, the originally violently flickering and dim crystal sphere was as if forcefully given a powerful stimulant!
The black and white energy currents swirling within it instantly became turbulent!
Although the light was still murky, it no longer contracted; instead, it slowly but exceptionally steadily became brighter and more solid again!
"He… is using his own magic power… to forcibly activate Nirvana?!" A monstrous wave surged in Ezreal's heart!
He was shocked by the boundless vastness of Brain's magic power, and even more horrified by his almost insane actions and unfathomable magical attainments!
To attempt to drive this legendary forbidden magic with the power of just one person?!
What kind of terrifying strength and… obsession would that require?!
"As expected… of the former leader of Oración Seis…" Ezreal murmured softly, his eyes filled with extreme solemnity.
He instantly understood that he absolutely could not let Brain succeed!
Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Without the slightest hesitation!
Ezreal moved!
He suddenly took a step forward with his left foot, and the rock beneath his feet instantly cracked with fine lines!
His left hand, wearing a golden gauntlet, clenched into a fist, and the blue gem on the back of his hand suddenly erupted with dazzling white light!
"Amaterasu: Meteor Shower!"
Ezreal roared! His left fist struck out repeatedly like a phantom!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
...Dozens, hundreds of fist-sized, solid-looking, blazing white light spheres, emitting an aura that purified everything, instantly shot out from his fist like an enraged swarm of bees!
Each light sphere trailed a long, thin white tail of light, emitting a piercing shriek, carrying a precise tracking will, and covered all of Brain's dodging space like a torrential rain, directly striking the vital point of his back, which was maintaining the magic array!
Before the light spheres even arrived, the contained purifying power caused the surrounding dark magic to emit a "sizzling" sound of dissolution!
However, Brain, with his back to Ezreal, seemed to have eyes in the back of his head.
He didn't even turn around.
Only the skull staff, which had been silently floating beside him, with eerie green soul fire burning in its eye sockets, suddenly opened its lower jaw!
"Gah gah gah! A suicidal little bug!" The skull let out a harsh, sharp laugh, and the soul fire in its eye sockets suddenly flared!
Buzz!
A dark barrier, thick as ink and constantly swirling with the illusory figures of wailing, tormented spirits, instantly unfolded behind Brain!
On the surface of the barrier, countless twisted ghostly faces struggled and roared, emitting a nauseatingly evil aura!
Puff puff puff puff puff—!!!
A dense series of explosions sounded like popping beans!
The blazing white light spheres fiercely collided with the dark barrier!
The purifying power and the foul dark magic wildly clashed and annihilated!
Exploding into dazzling light fragments and black smoke!
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