At the same time, on the outer battlefield of Yuque—
The battle here was likewise nearing its end.
The Thousand-Faced Strange Tree that had once brought countless calamities upon the galaxy was now reduced to a charred remnant.
Shuhu's roots had long since been burned apart. The faces hanging from its branches had already turned to ash within the flames of the Hunt.
The only thing remaining was its main body, a tree trunk already riddled with wounds.
Shuhu's body was now lodged crookedly in a floating meteorite, like a dead branch someone had casually discarded.
Before it, Marshal Hua of the Xianzhou Alliance floated calmly in the void.
Hua was not completely unscathed either.
On her left shoulder was a wound leaking black Nihility mist, and her plain white battle robe had already been stained with large patches of dark red blood.
But compared to Shuhu's state, which was already on the verge of complete dissipation, Hua's wounds could absolutely be called minor.
The outcome had been completely decided.
Without question, Hua had defeated Shuhu.
Shuhu raised what remained of his body.
He looked at the Xianzhou marshal floating quietly before him and sensed the life force inside him rapidly draining away.
This feeling again.
This feeling of death being so close.
When Kallen had dragged him back from death, his heart had still been full of disdain and arrogance.
He had thought that with the dual enhancement of Abundance and Nihility, he would certainly be able to trample the entire Xianzhou Alliance underfoot this time.
Yet reality had once again slapped him hard across the face.
"Wait… wait!"
Shuhu's voice squeezed out from that remnant body.
"Marshal Hua… no, Lady Hua."
"Please… please hear me out!"
Hua did not speak.
She merely watched that remnant body quietly, while the ancient longbow in her hand was once again drawn.
Seeing this, Shuhu's terror grew even greater.
"I know! You Xianzhou people are, in essence, also Denizens of Abundance!"
"You and I are actually of the same origin. We are on the same side!"
"If Lady Hua is willing to spare me, I am willing to teach you all I know of the power of Abundance!"
"I can even… I can help the Xianzhou Alliance!"
Shuhu's words grew increasingly hurried.
"Kallen Kaslana! That Witch of Nihility! I know many of her secrets!"
"As long as you are willing to spare my life, I will immediately go subjugate her! I am willing to serve the Xianzhou Alliance!"
"I am willing to become a blade for the Xianzhou Alliance!"
"Lady Hua! Please, please spare me!"
That Thousand-Faced Strange Tree, once so arrogant and once capable of playing the entire Xianzhou Alliance in the palm of his hand, was now begging the Xianzhou marshal before him in an almost humble manner.
It seemed that after experiencing true death once, Shuhu really was afraid.
However, Hua gave no response.
Shuhu's pleas could not cause even the slightest wavering in her.
The next instant—
Whoosh.
An arrow condensed from pure Hunt power shot out from Hua's bowstring.
That arrow was not especially fast.
But without the slightest deviation, it pierced through Shuhu's final core of consciousness.
The Thousand-Faced Strange Tree, Shuhu, met his end here once more.
The instant that arrow pierced through him, the remnant body turned into ash that filled the void, scattering into the endless depths of space on the currents of this battlefield.
Hua slowly lowered the longbow in her hand.
She looked at the empty void before her and remained silent for a moment.
Then, she turned and flew toward Yuque.
Although the issue of the Witch of Nihility remained unresolved, the battle at the Xianzhou Yuque had now come to a complete end.
Elsewhere, on the battlefield of deep space where Destruction and Nihility intertwined—
This place no longer resembled its original state at all.
The star that had once quietly hung at the center of this star region had now been detonated by the battle between two Lord Ravagers, becoming a mass of madly burning wreckage.
And the planets that had once orbited that star had all, without exception, been torn into fragments by the aftermath of this battle.
The entire star system had become a complete and utter hellscape.
Gray-black Nihility and blazing white flames of Destruction intertwined wildly amid the ruins. Every collision was enough to make the whole stretch of deep space tremble.
At the very center of this inferno, two figures were engaged in their final exchange, both pushed to a state near their limits.
Zulo and Zephyro.
Two beings who were both Lord Ravagers now stood opposed to one another because of the Paths each had chosen.
Zulo's body was already covered in traces burned by Destruction. The skin that had originally been covered in Nihility was now scorched away, exposing the deep gray beneath.
Zephyro's condition was not much better.
His right arm had already been eroded by Nihility. From the elbow down, it had turned a dead gray-black.
That was a mark of corrosion that could no longer be dispelled by the flames of Destruction.
Even so, neither Lord Ravager had stopped fighting.
This was a battle that could have only one victor.
And now, the battle between these two Lord Ravagers had finally reached its last stage.
"Zulo, you have lost."
Zephyro's voice came from within those blazing white flames.
The instant his words fell, Zephyro's body erupted once more with a power of Destruction far greater than before.
That power was no longer simply Path power.
It was Zephyro gathering all of his origin as a Lord Ravager into a single final strike.
Boom!
Zephyro's figure turned into a streak of light within the inferno.
The long blade in his hand erupted at that instant with blazing white radiance capable of burning away everything.
As for Zulo, he raised both arms, attempting to block Zephyro's strike with the power of Nihility.
But it was already too late.
Crack!
The instant Zephyro's long blade made contact, Zulo's arms were severed cleanly at the same time.
Immediately afterward, that long blade passed through Zulo's neck without the slightest obstruction.
An enormous head slowly fell through the inferno.
Zulo was beheaded.
Zephyro stood with blade in hand, watching the falling head in silence for a long time.
Then, he slowly closed his eyes.
"…Farewell, Zulo."
The instant those words fell, Zulo's headless body also turned to ash within the inferno.
Thus, this internal battle of Destruction came to an end.
On the final battlefield, atop the mechanical dead star awakened by Rubert II—
This battle had likewise reached its final moment.
Rubert II's body had now fused with the entire planet.
The intelligent machine wreckage that had originally lain amid the ruins had been assembled together in an incredible manner, forming a gigantic mechanical body large enough to cover the entire planet.
And Rubert II was located at the very center of that enormous body.
He was constructing a vast and precise program.
The Anti-Organic Equation.
It was the program Rubert had created in life, one capable of forcing all inorganic life to unconditionally eliminate organic life.
And now, under the enhancement of Nihility, the operating efficiency of this program had increased severalfold compared to when he was alive.
As long as he could spread this program outward, Rubert II was confident that he would be able to launch an even more absolute Emperor's War.
However, because of Polka Kakamond's blockade, Rubert II's Anti-Organic Equation had been unable to expand outward.
Thus, he had to eliminate the woman before him first.
One metal chain after another extended from the dead star, wrapping toward Polka's body, which was enveloped in a candy-colored dress, at an astonishing speed.
Polka's figure constantly flickered and wove through those chains.
There were already many marks on her body where the chains had cut through.
But in those eyes hidden beneath mosaic-like blurring, there had never been even the slightest trace of panic.
Rubert II's Anti-Organic Equation was about to be completed.
As long as he was given just a little more time, this program capable of exterminating all organic life would completely break through the blockade Polka had constructed with Nihility.
"Just a little more…"
Within Rubert II's consciousness, an emotion called the joy of victory began to surge.
"Just a little more!"
However, at the very instant Rubert II's program was about to finish—
Polka's figure had already appeared before him.
At this moment, the Lord of Silence held a scalpel that gleamed with icy light.
The scalpel's blade was extremely thin and fine.
But the aura contained on that blade made Rubert II once again feel an emotion called fear deep inside his cold heart.
Back then, the first Emperor, Rubert I, had died in exactly this manner at this woman's hands.
"Wai—"
A rare trace of urgency appeared in Rubert II's voice.
However, Polka gave him no chance to speak.
She merely looked quietly at Rubert II.
Then, that candy-colored scalpel accurately pierced through Rubert II's heart.
Pfft.
An extremely soft sound.
Immediately afterward, the entire dead star sank into silence.
That massive body composed of countless intelligent machine wrecks lost all vitality the instant Rubert II's heart was pierced.
Piece by piece, the metallic wreckage fell and scattered across the ruins once more.
Only after finishing all of this did Polka, who had likewise expended no small amount of power, finally let out a breath.
The Intellitron Emperor, Rubert II, returned completely to death at that moment.
Inside Pier Point's subspace—
Kallen quietly watched the projections in front of her, which had all sunk into black screens.
Four Bloodsin Spirits.
At almost the same time, they had all been slain by their respective opponents.
There was no ripple on Kallen's face.
Because all of this had been within her plan.
The four Bloodsin Spirits had all been executed.
On Kallen's chessboard, the warm-up act was over.
Next, it was time for her, the Witch of Nihility, to personally take the stage and hold the field.
"Clap, clap, clap."
However, at that moment, Aha's applause rang out behind her, unhurried and leisurely.
"Wonderful. Truly wonderful."
Aha clapped while walking to Kallen's side.
"Four battles, four endings. Shuhu begged for his life and got shot through with one arrow. Zulo got his head chopped off by Zephyro. Rubert II had his heart stabbed by Polka. As for that General Red Kite of yours…"
He paused, the smile at the corner of his mouth deepening.
"Before dying, she even had a little last-second clarity, recognized her disciple, then finished herself off."
"This script is excellent. So excellent that I almost suspect you rehearsed it in advance."
Kallen glanced at Aha and said nothing.
Aha did not mind. He crossed one leg over the other and continued looking at Kallen.
"But, little Kallen, the warm-up act is over now. Your four great generals are all gone."
He stretched out four fingers and shook them in front of Kallen.
"Not a single one left."
"What do you plan to do next? Surely you're not going to stand here alone as a bare commander and wait for that protagonist group to rush over and gang up on you?"
Kallen still did not answer.
But Aha's eyes turned, and he suddenly leaned closer, his voice carrying a hint of temptation.
"How about this? Beg me cutely?"
"Something like, 'Big Brother Aha, please help me~' That level would be enough."
As Aha spoke, he even deliberately pinched his voice and imitated it. Then he spread his hands.
"As long as you act cute and ask me, I can immediately pull another undead army out for you."
"Ten-Thousand-Faced Strange Trees, Rubert III, Zulo's second uncle—however many you want, I'll make them for you. Guaranteed to be even livelier than the last wave."
Hearing this, Kallen finally turned her head.
She looked at Aha's face, which was full of mockery, and was silent for a moment.
"No."
Aha looked as though he were somewhat hurt.
"…Eh? Really no? I genuinely want to help little sister Kallen!"
"No."
Kallen repeated it again.
"Those undead were never part of my real plan."
"Then why did you make such a huge scene? I didn't see the effect you mentioned either."
This time, Aha was genuinely a little puzzled.
But Kallen did not answer.
She merely stood up and walked toward the exit of the subspace.
"Watch carefully."
At that moment, Kallen's voice drifted back from ahead, carrying a certainty that made people want to believe.
In that instant, she looked like a true protagonist.
"The villains have arrived. Now, watch me work."
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The Reincarnating Trainer of Tracen Academy 115
I Refuse to Become a Heroic 95
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