The Void Eater evolved right before their eyes.
Its cracked core pulsed faster, purple ichor knitting new armor—stolen powers from fallen fighters fusing into a nightmare exoskeleton. Tentacles thickened, eyes multiplied, mouths grew jagged god-crown teeth. The beast wasn't dying; it was upgrading, feeding on the rebellion's desperation. The broken Arena floated in void now—no sky, no ground, just endless black dotted with dying stars.
Fighters left: 712.
Haru Cyrius hovered front, chest heaving, celestial gold flickering low. "We hit it with everything... and it's still standing. We need more."
Clara gripped her spear tight, holy light dimming. "More... means someone has to go all-in."
Silence hit heavy.
Then Christine stepped forward—red hair whipping eternal flame, scarred eyes calm wise. "I've lived a hundred extra years because of a twisted wish. Time to cash it in proper."
"Phoenix Ruinburst—Eternal Sacrifice!"
She rocketed straight into the Eater's core—no holding back. Body ignited supernova bright. Slow-mo legendary: Flames poured every regret, every burned memory into one cosmic detonation. The explosion ripped half the Eater's new armor off—purple flesh boiling, tentacles vaporizing in chain reactions.
Christine didn't rise from ashes this time.
Her light faded... gone.
The army froze.
Haru roared pain. "Christine!"
But the sacrifice bought an opening—core exposed raw, pulsing weak.
The Eater howled—rage wave knocking fighters back.
That's when betrayal struck.
From the shadows, a figure blurred fast—Yura Zahdavel, cold eyes suddenly empty black.
Void corruption took him mid-fight. The Eater whispered promises: revenge complete, clan revived. He bought it.
Yura void-stepped behind Haru—blades aimed heart.
"Voidstep Decapitation—Final Hunt."
Haru spun late—blocked one blade, but the second grazed deep. Blood sprayed gold.
"Yura! Fight it!"
Yura's voice hollow. "The gods die... but the void offers justice."
He dashed again—shadow blades raining.
Akira teleported in—runes flaring. "Arcane Cataclysm—Corruption Purge!"
Elemental storm blasted Yura back, overwriting void control temporary. Yura staggered, eyes flickering back cold analytic.
"...What... did I..."
But the damage hit morale hard.
Xyphira laughed broken—wings dim. "Even our own turn? Fine. I'll burn the corruption myself."
She dove seductive cruel. "Temptation Overdrive—Self Sacrifice Whip!"
Whips wrapped her own body—pink energy overloading. She slammed into the Eater's exposed core, enchantment forcing tentacles to devour her instead of others. Explosion pink nova—core cracked wider, corruption chains snapping.
Xyphira vanished in flame... no return.
Two legends down.
The Eater weakened—movements sluggish.
Azra saw the gap—beast eyes red primal. "My turn. Prototype... ends here."
"Eclipse Beast Mode—Ultimate Origin Rejection!"
He charged full savage—body swelling mythic, black fire eclipsing stars. Claws dug core deep—slow-mo: Ripped out pulsing heart-orb, the Eater's true hunger source. The beast tried cloning him again—Azra crushed the clone mid-form, roaring instinctive: "No more copies!"
Orb in claws—he crushed it.
Purple backlash exploded—Azra tanked point-blank, body cracking but holding.
The Eater screamed—form destabilizing.
But not dead.
Lady Sakura stepped up graceful, petals falling slow. "One cut... to end betrayal forever."
"Crimson Bloom Slash—Final Honor Bloom!"
She dashed katana storm—petals million razor blades converging on core. Slow-mo beauty: Blade pierced center, blooming inside—red explosion carving from within.
Sakura smiled strict peace... petals faded with her.
Core split wide.
Yuzde froze forward elegant. "Perfection... is victory."
"Frost Dominion Pillars—Absolute Sacrifice Freeze!"
Pillars speared core—ice spreading cosmic zero. He poured everything—body turning statue mid-cast, freezing the Eater's regen permanent in sections.
Yuzde cracked... shattered ice.
More sacrifices—Armane released calm void into core, erasing hunger chunks at soul cost.
Farah bloomed nightmare overload—illusions trapping Eater in eternal fear loop, mind breaking hers.
Khaleed miraged self into core—daggers exploding relic power, robbing hunger itself.
One by one—legends fell, buying seconds.
Fighters: 589.
Haru floated center—wounds deep, gold dim but burning defiant.
The core hung exposed—cracked, frozen, burned, slashed, erased.
Clara grabbed his arm. "Together. Last hit."
Leonhardt, Wildane, Luna, Mireille, Rhaizen, Yura (freed now, silent guilt), Akira, Yuna, Elara, Suyin—all survivors linked auras.
Haru nodded tears rage. "For everyone we lost. For the world."
United power surged—rainbow nova bigger than before.
"REBELLION BREAKER—ETERNAL FINALE!"
The beam lanced ultimate—piercing core dead.
Slow-mo climax: Core shattered completely—purple light imploding.
The Void Eater screamed final—body collapsing inward, tentacles dissolving, eyes closing forever.
Cosmic silence.
The devourer... dead.
Broken Arena stabilized—light returning slow.
God thrones above crumbled dust—no more divine voices.
Fighters left: 523.
Haru dropped knees, exhausted. "We... did it."
Clara hugged him tears. "At what cost..."
Yura knelt shadow, blades dropped. "Redemption... too late."
Survivors gathered—silent respect for the fallen.
The Eternal Arena ended—not with winners... but survivors.
Free.