"Your strength…" "…is nothing before my darkness!"
Zarda's laughter thundered across the battlefield. His warhammer fell again, carrying enough force to crush everything into oblivion.
Then, the System screamed.
[ Warning: Dark Lord Zarda's power is rapidly escalating ] [ Conventional combat no longer viable ] [ Recommendation: Initiate Global Plunder — absorb target's energy ]
Ryker's body tensed. So this was it. The final window.
He didn't hesitate.
"Infinite Trait Plunder System…" "Full activation." "I'm taking it all."
Power erupted. A violent storm of energy exploded within him as lightning and darkness collided, fused, and devoured everything in their path.
"Plunder—everything!"
His voice dropped into a low roar.
Zarda froze for a fraction of a second. Then his expression twisted.
"You dare steal the power of darkness?" "Then witness true annihilation!"
The warhammer came down. Darkness surged. The entire battlefield was on the verge of collapse.
Ryker's body screamed under the pressure — but he didn't stop. He absorbed. Endured. Overwrote.
[ Plunder Successful: Dark Lord — Absolute Oppression ] [ New Trait Activated: Dark Domain Mastery ]
Something shifted inside him. The darkness no longer resisted. It obeyed.
A new power formed within the Thunder God's Judgment Blade — a fusion of dominion and destruction. Dark Judgment.
"Light and darkness…" "Only together do they reach the absolute."
Ryker stepped forward. He swung. The blade met the descending warhammer.
Impact.
Space shattered. The battlefield fractured under the collision.
"Die!"
Zarda roared, pouring everything into the strike.
But Ryker's blade didn't break. It evolved. Lightning and darkness spiraled together, forming an unstoppable current of annihilation.
"Wrath of the Thunder God: Dark Finality!"
The strike fell. A beam of intertwined light and shadow tore through space — and pierced straight through Zarda's core.
Silence.
Zarda's eyes widened. For the first time — fear.
His warhammer shattered. The attack collapsed. The blade continued forward — unstoppable.
Boom.
The Dark Lord's body was torn apart, his form collapsing as darkness scattered into nothingness.
Zarda fell. Defeated. The oppressive aura vanished instantly.
Ryker exhaled slowly. The Thunder God's Judgment Blade dimmed as the raging energy within him began to settle.
But he didn't relax. Not even for a second.
"The Dark Lord is down…" "But the Dark Continent's true trial…" "…is just beginning."
The space around them began to fracture. Worse than before. Zarda's fall had triggered something. A deeper mechanism. The balance between light and darkness collapsed. Reality twisted. The world bent inward. Pressure surged from every direction.
"Everyone—move!"
Ryker's voice snapped through the chaos.
"We need to get out—now!"
Gon, Killua, and Biscuit reacted instantly.
Behind them, the Dark Continent roared. As if something far older — far more terrifying — had just been awakened.
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