"Hahaha! Naive! Did you think I would be unprepared?!" The Evil God let out a triumphant laugh, its violet-red gigantic eyes flashing with cruel light. It no longer gave the Pluton couple a chance to breathe, all the tentacles like awakened giant trees, with unmatched power, fiercely entwining and suppressing them!
"Damned, this guy's power is simply unreasonable." Ian gritted his teeth, constantly shifting Magic trying to find the Evil God's weakness. But as he feared, any magic would lose its effect after a few uses. Set-Apep's learning and adaptability had reached an incredible level.
"Useless! Useless!"
The Evil God laughed crazily, Light Wings raining down destructive energy, "I have completely understood your Magic System! Next, I'll show you what true power is!"
Set-Apep's body suddenly began to spin rapidly.
Forming a massive energy vortex. All the energy in heaven and earth — light, dark, life, death, even time and space — were forcibly extracted and merged into this vortex.
Osiris and Isis both turned pale: "He's extracting the world essence! Stop him quickly!"
But it was already too late. The energy vortex had formed and was expanding at an astonishing speed. Everything in its path was decomposed into the most primitive energy particles, merged into the vortex.
Ian felt his Magic Power being forcibly extracted, even the bloodline power ignited by Sun God Ra began to fluctuate unstably. The situation of the Pluton couple was even worse — as Gods, their essence was connected to the world essence, and they were now suffering unprecedented pain.
"Enjoy your last moments, foolish beings!" Set-Apep's voice came from the center of the vortex, filled with mad joy, "When the vortex expands to the extreme, everything will become one — become part of me!"
The energy vortex was like a continually expanding black hole, devouring everything along the way. The Pyramid, Temple, Nile River waters... even light could not escape its gravity.
Ian and the Pluton couple were forced to keep retreating, but the expansion speed of the vortex far exceeded their moving speed.
Countless thoughts flashed through Ian's mind, but none of the schemes could cope with this scale of disaster. Just as he was nearing despair, a voice suddenly sounded in his heart:
"Eye of Ra... must destroy the Eye of Ra..." It was the voice of Sun God Ra, weaker than before, "That is the key... the only key..."
Ian suddenly looked up, staring at the Evil God in the center of the vortex. Amidst the maddening spinning energy, the Eye of Ra remained clearly visible, like the calm point in the eye of a storm, radiating ominous light.
But how to break through this energy vortex? How to approach that insane core?
Just as Ian was painfully pondering, the edge of the energy vortex was already close at hand. The breath of Death rushed towards him, the true ultimate destruction that even Gods could not escape.
Set-Apep's mad laughter echoed through heaven and earth: "Embrace the void! This is your end!"
The energy vortex was like a continually expanding cosmic blackhole, devouring everything along the way.
Ian Prince, Pluton Osiris, and Goddess Isis were forced to keep retreating, but the expansion speed of the vortex far exceeded their moving ability.
The giant stones of the Pyramid were uprooted, the waters of the Nile River surged into the sky, even light was warped and distorted at the edge of the vortex.
"Hold the line! Stand firm!" Osiris roared, thrusting his hook staff heavily into the ground. The waters of the Nether River surged out from the cracks, forming a black barrier, temporarily fending off the erosion of the energy vortex. But the barrier was visibly collapsing, clearly unable to hold for long.
Isis held the Ankh Cross above her head, Life Energy poured down like a waterfall, reinforcing the Nether River Barrier. "We can't keep this up! We must get closer to the core!"
Ian gritted his teeth, feeling the surge of Solar Divine Power within him.
The ignited Prince bloodline gave him temporary strength comparable to the Gods, but facing an energy vortex of this scale, he still felt powerless.
"I'll try to create a pathway!"
Ian pointed his Magic Wand at the vortex.
"Paradox Path!"
A silver path was forcibly created in the energy vortex, a path that both existed and didn't, cleverly avoiding most of the vortex's power. But the path was extremely unstable, constantly on the verge of collapse.
"Quick!" Ian shouted, "This path won't hold for more than a few seconds!"
Osiris and Isis hesitated not, rushing into the pathway, Ian closely followed. The three raced along the Paradox Path, surrounded by the madly swirling energy turbulence, a single mistake would crush them.
Just as they were about to reach the center of the vortex, Set-Apep's mad laughter rang out again: "Naive!"
Countless energy tentacles suddenly shot out from the vortex wall, targeting the three. These tentacles were composed entirely of pure energy, possessing both physical impact and corrosive effect on a conceptual level.
"Watch out!"
Osiris swung his hook staff, cutting off several tentacles. But more tentacles came continuously.
Isis then unleashed a delicate Defense Technique, the Ankh Cross spinning to form a protective sphere, temporarily shielding the three. But the tentacles kept striking the Shield, producing deafening roars.
"This won't do!"
Ian said anxiously, "Someone must distract him, allowing another to approach the Eye of Ra!"