"Twilight."
The end descends, an apocalyptic catastrophe.
The divine fire of world-destruction falls along with the judgment of the cross.
The rapid heat dyed the surrounding air crimson. Both the sky and the earth suffered spatial distortion under this high temperature, as if the world were melting. The terrifying flaming cross slowly descended from above. It was the announced judgment; when the cross fell, the world would welcome the Twilight of the end.
The moment the cross fell, vision was occupied by crimson, and both flesh and soul evaporated in an instant. No matter how much regret or unwillingness remained, nothing would be left in these flames that ended all things. Everything was evaporated clean, without even a trace of residue left.
Potimas's laughter came to an abrupt halt.
He looked at the erupting firelight in shock.
There was no time to do anything.
The massive machine fortress evaporated in an instant. Even with anti-magic skills, it could not withstand this Twilight that ended all things.
More than half of the Elf Forest was plunged into a sea of fire. Everything in the center of the Twilight was ended, except for the area within the Celestial Realm's invincible territory. Not a single nearby life survived.
The reinforcements Potimas had just gathered nearby were wiped out before they could react; he had underestimated the attack range of Twilight.
The cross behind the witch gradually disappeared. The terrifying fire just now wasn't even its full power; it was merely the limit of what the caster could currently exert.
True damage that ignored all resistances was just that terrifying.
Unless one's HP was thick enough to endure it, or one possessed clone-type death-substitution skills, no life could survive before this move.
As the battle temporarily ended,
the great barrier above the Elf Forest also began to shake. It seemed Eidor had completed the destruction of the barrier nodes.
The barrier was disappearing.
"Hahahahahahaha, that is the power of a god!"
Potimas's laughter rang out.
He led a unit to block the path in front of Felimeth and Sophia. Although the connection with his other clone was severed, the previous information had been synchronized and recorded. Therefore, he was very clear about his current goal: he wanted to obtain that witch's soul and become a true god.
"You're being way too arrogant, you bastard!"
Sophia swung her greatsword down toward Potimas's face.
But the attack was caught by that guy's mechanical arm.
Potimas said with a smile, "Heh, if you want to defeat me, this level of power is not enough."
Two mechanical guards beside him deployed cannons and fired at Sophia.
Forced by circumstances, Sophia had no choice but to abandon her weapon and jump back to dodge the two cannon blasts.
"Ugh!"
Felimeth let out a cry of pain.
Although the main force, Potimas, was held back by Sophia, Felimeth still found it very difficult to defend against the attacks of these robots.
Seeing Felimeth being pushed back repeatedly over there, Sophia's mood also became very heavy.
Damn it, I have to find a way to break through this.
But how?
The strength of this clone of Potimas wasn't weak, and the barrier from the intelligence hadn't been used yet, indicating that Potimas still had strength in reserve.
"It seems Felimeth can't hold out much longer over there."
Potimas smiled sinisterly.
"So, Vampire, how do you plan to escape your current predicament?"
Sophia's face darkened.
This bastard, he actually dared to look down on her so much!
"I'll beat you to death!"
"If you think you can do it, then by all means, give it a try."
Sophia's fist smashed into the flat of the greatsword, and a violent gust from the punch scattered in all directions.
The aura on her body grew stronger and stronger.
"Magic Combat Technique?"
Potimas recognized the skill Sophia was using at a glance.
It wasn't just Magic Combat Technique; there were other skills too.
Such as Battle God Technique, Martial Arts, and so on.
Sophia's power and technique instantly improved by several levels.
At first, Potimas's swordsmanship could still match Sophia's, but once Sophia used her skills to enhance her strength and technique, Potimas could no longer keep up with her movements. The captured greatsword was taken back, and he was even being thrashed by this Vampire.
After all, Potimas was not a martial artist; his profession was a scientist.
Even though he had learned many combat techniques because he had lived for so long, he was like the antagonist Indra from a certain Divine Land movie—his Martial Arts were fine for bullying ordinary experts, but he would inevitably fall into a disadvantage against top-tier powerhouses.
Soon, Potimas was beaten until the parts inside his body were exposed.
But his expression remained as punchable as ever.
"As expected of a Vampire, this monstrous strength is truly terrifying."
"Even this won't kill you?"
Sophia shook her hand; she had punched him until her own hand hurt a bit.
Because this guy was hard all over, like a steel shell.
"Hehehe, although I'm not dead yet, this body is about finished."
Potimas spoke words that were incredibly annoying.
At the thought of how many more bodies like this he might have, Sophia felt very displeased.
"But it doesn't matter. The goal has been achieved. Don't even think about rescuing the hostages; you'd better just surrender."
Just as Potimas finished speaking, Sophia punched his head into pieces.
"I knew you wouldn't say anything good, but I didn't expect to be a step too late."
"Waaah! Little Ya, help!"
Felimeth's magic shield was broken. Seeing that Sophia had already dealt with Potimas, she couldn't help but shout for help.
Sophia grabbed her greatsword and charged into the center of those robots, a single sweep cutting several robots surrounding Felimeth in half.
"Phew, I'm saved."
Felimeth breathed a sigh of relief seeing Sophia easily handle these robots with a couple of moves.
Although her current strength wasn't weak, there was still a significant gap between her and people like Sophia.
She could handle these robots one-on-one, but against several, she was no match.
Sophia glanced at the sky and said irritably, "That girl even took care of the barrier, yet we haven't even seen a single person on our end."
"Don't worry, I think I can guess where they would be taken." Felimeth seemed to have an idea.
She was very clear about some of Potimas's secrets, even knowing where Potimas's Main Body was hidden.
So, upon hearing that Potimas had moved the students, she immediately thought of several locations.
Seeing her confidence, Sophia nodded and said, "Then you lead the way."
"Mm."
The two of them continued to advance into the heart of the Elf Forest.
It wasn't that they didn't want to wait for Tsukasa to catch up, but rather that they were worried about the safety of the hostages.
No one knew the current situation of those hostages; it was possible that someone might be killed while they were wasting time.
After all, they were unclear about Potimas's purpose for collecting Reincarnators.
Meanwhile, outside the Elf Forest, the army watched as the rainbow-colored barrier vanished,
and the sound of the attack horn echoed from within the military ranks.
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