Heavenly Ash Extermination!

Because Little Spider could not identify the specific details of Chris’s cards, Lu Su naturally had no idea that the Master Card Master on the other side had such a move up his sleeve.

Feeling the terrifying pressure radiating from the Seven-Headed Ten-Horned Great Red Dragon, Lu Su’s heart sank.

"A Master Grade really is a Master Grade."

He could not help but sigh.

Boom—!

Starfall. The Great Red Dragon, Satan’s incarnation, now dragged the stars from the sky down toward the ground with its tail.

Although there were no stars within the secret realm to begin with.

The falling meteors before them were merely an image embodying the Great Red Dragon’s world-ending power.

Seeing this, Lu Su immediately wanted Little Spider to take him away from the battlefield, but how could Chris possibly let him escape so easily?

"Roar!"

As seven roars rang out, an invisible wave instantly swept across the entire secret realm.

Lu Su felt countless negative emotions surge up from the depths of his soul.

Pride, envy, Berserk, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust.

The seven emotions representing humanity’s original sins began continuously affecting his judgment.

"Whoa! That was close, that was close!"

At that moment, Little Spider activated its spatial ability and instantly teleported Lu Su far away from the Great Red Dragon. Their original location was now engulfed by a brilliant Stellar Breath.

Seeing that the Great Red Dragon’s attack had failed, a trace of surprise flashed through Chris’s eyes. "You can even resist a Master Grade’s negative effects?"

It was the first time the little boy had seen his trump card fail.

Even Jin Ping and the others could not ignore his attacks like this.

"And…" He swept his gaze over Lu Su’s other cards present, his expression turning slightly unpleasant. "More or less all of them can resist it."

After all, the Great Red Dragon had been formed through the Bond fusion of two Master Grade cards. Even if its ability to inflict negative effects was not one of its main Skills, it should not have been something these Diamond Grade cards could withstand.

What Chris did not know was that Lu Su’s cards came from all sorts of anime, and quite a few of them were major characters.

The greatest trait of protagonists was their steadfast personalities, so the Traits they carried could more or less resist certain negative effects.

Such as Solitary Pilgrimage, or Dominator · Patience.

Even so, quite a few of Lu Su’s cards had been affected by the Great Red Dragon and had already lost their ability to fight.

Fortunately, several of his main combat cards had not been affected much.

And one should not forget that Lu Su’s cards were not the only ones present. One of Bai Yueming’s Master Grade cards was also inside the secret realm.

King Chujiang Li Wen.

Another Master Grade card owned by Bai Yueming.

However, although King Chujiang and King Yama were both among the Ten Kings of Hell, Lu Su could clearly sense that King Chujiang was noticeably weaker than King Yama.

As the long-robed man with a short face and broad mouth let out a thunderous shout, a grim Ice Hell instantly appeared within the secret realm.

Seeing this, Chris could not help sneering. "Meaningless resistance."

If Bai Yueming’s cards had all been here, he might have been somewhat wary. After all, that old man had some hidden tricks of his own.

Fortunately, the other party was currently tied up by Jin Ping and the others in the outside world, so he could only send one Master Grade card into the secret realm.

That was also one of the reasons Chris had been willing to make a move.

To be honest, the old man’s willingness to split his forces and enter the secret realm had already surprised the boy.

Under Lu Su’s gaze, the Great Red Dragon merely flicked its tail lightly, sweeping away all the ice binding it.

"This is troublesome."

The sight made him realize that there was already an enormous gap in strength between King Chujiang and the Great Red Dragon.

At that moment, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, who had previously been blasted away by Lucifer, returned to the battlefield.

The white-bearded old man plunged the blade in his hand into the ground. Immediately afterward, a terrifying skeletal giant hand reached out from the earth.

"Zanka no Tachi · South · Ten Trillion Deaths Great Burial Array!"

The enormous commotion instantly drew Chris’s attention.

The boy frowned slightly as he looked at the Skeleton Giant, which had fully emerged, and the inconspicuous mass of little skeletons beside it. He could not help muttering, "This is…"

"That Demon from earlier?"

That was right. Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s Ten Trillion Deaths Great Burial Array could awaken the souls of those who had once died beneath his blade.

At this moment, the Quincy he had slain during the Thousand-Year Blood War appeared in this world.

In addition, there was the tree Demon that had died under his blade not long ago.

Seeing this, Lu Su could not help sighing regretfully. "What a pity I didn’t make Old Man Yamamoto back in Great Britain. Otherwise, I should have been able to break through Chris’s defenses now."

The Youth had already realized that the Master Card Master on the other side and Yhwach were complete opposites.

The latter did not care about his subordinates’ lives at all. Whenever anything happened, he simply used Auswählen.

Chris, on the other hand, was willing to personally enter danger for the sake of a mere Jade Grade Card Master.

If Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto could summon Antipa’s soul right now, the other side would surely lose his composure.

Of course, he might become even angrier instead.

At the moment, the boy had clearly realized the nature of the old man’s ability as well, but what he thought of was something else. "Good thing he wasn’t given time to grow. Otherwise, I’m afraid…"

The image of the Nation-Destroying Fox Spirit with its tail severed flashed through his mind, and he could not help feeling a measure of relief.

"But at this level, don’t embarrass yourself by bringing it out."

With a thought from him, one of the Great Red Dragon’s heads turned slightly toward the gathered souls.

Boom—!

The next instant, just one Stellar Breath swept across them, and more than half the souls summoned by the Ten Trillion Deaths Great Burial Array were dead or injured.

"Next is your turn."

As Chris murmured softly, Lu Su watched the Stellar Breath arrive before him in an instant, his pupils shrinking.

Shanghai City Coast

Strictly speaking, it could no longer be called the Shanghai City coast, because more than half of Shanghai City had already been reduced to ruins.

"Cough, cough."

Yan Wenlai spat out a mouthful of blood, his expression extremely grim as he watched the battle raging on the sea in the distance.

He ground out a name through gritted teeth.

"Jin Ping!"

Everything that had happened today inevitably brought the President of the Shanghai City Card Master Association back to that afternoon when the Demon’s Nest had first descended.

Only, back then Shanghai City had faced just one Master Grade Demon, the Flesh King. Now, it had to face four Master Grade opponents at once.

Glancing at a broken arm protruding from the ruins of a collapsed building, Yan Wenlai’s mood grew even heavier.

At that moment, a figure hurtling in from afar pulled his thoughts back.

Thud—!

Though the billowing smoke obscured the middle-aged man’s vision, it could not block his Spiritual Power from probing the area.

"Old Bai!" Yan Wenlai recognized the identity of the fallen man with a single sweep. "Are you all right?!"

He rushed into the smoke in two strides.

Bai Yueming first slowly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, then waved his hand slightly. "I’m fine. Just a minor injury."

"Fortunately, the Mountain Lord arrived in time. Otherwise, today’s losses would only have been greater."

As he spoke, he glanced at the Kunlun Hills hovering high above the distant sea.

If Ji Weirui had not come to reinforce them in time, not to mention Shanghai City, even the surrounding cities would likely have fallen victim to Jin Ping and the others.

Hearing this, Yan Wenlai could not help sighing in relief, but he quickly remembered something else. "What about Xiao Luo…"

At the mention of his disciple, a shadow passed through Bai Yueming’s eyes.

The old man fell silent for a moment before speaking in a dry voice. "Chris has played his trump card…"

"I don’t know whether Xiao Luo can survive."

As King Chujiang’s holder, he naturally knew what Lu Su was facing.

Yan Wenlai fell silent at once.

After a long while, he hesitantly asked, "Then Ye Diantang…?"

"I don’t know."

Bai Yueming shook his head. He did not know Ye Zhou’s whereabouts either.

Upon hearing that, Yan Wenlai felt despair wash over him.

Seeing his expression, Bai Yueming took a deep breath and forced his somewhat hunched body upright. "At this point, all we can do is try our best and leave the rest to fate."

Within the secret realm, Lu Su leaned against Little Spider’s body, breathing heavily.

The entire secret realm looked as though it had been chewed apart by a dog. Everywhere he could see was scorched earth.

Yet when he saw that the Great Red Dragon had lost two heads and was covered in burns, frostbite, and slashing wounds, a wild grin appeared on his face beneath the mask.

"You want to kill me?!"

Hearing his provocation, Chris’s face darkened.

The boy had not expected that even after playing his trump card, he still could not quickly defeat his opponent.

But soon, as though he had thought of something, a mocking smile appeared on his face. "It’s about time."

"I didn’t want to do this, but blame yourself for refusing to die obediently."

Hearing that, Lu Su froze, an instinctive sense of danger rising in his heart.

However, before he could think it through, the Great Red Dragon, with only five heads remaining, threw its head back and roared.

As black light flashed violently, the Great Red Dragon’s five heads vanished, replaced by a savage hexagonal giant head radiating endless black mist.

With Lu Su’s current extensive knowledge of mysticism, he naturally knew that the number six represented demons in the West. "There’s a Second Phase too?!"

The Youth had never expected that he too would one day encounter a boss entering its Second Phase. Now he understood how his past enemies must have felt when facing Shinigami-type Cards.

More importantly, the reason he had been able to cut off two of the Great Red Dragon’s heads earlier was at the cost of King Chujiang’s disappearance.

That meant Lu Su could only rely on himself against the Great Red Dragon that had entered its Second Phase.

And that was not all.

As the black mist began spreading throughout the secret realm, Lu Su suddenly realized that he was having trouble continuing to maintain False Karakura Town.

At that moment, Chris’s voice sounded beside his ear. "You’ve finally realized it."

"This is His heaven. Naturally, it cannot tolerate the presence of outsiders."

"Heretic!"

Hearing this, the Youth’s expression changed instantly.

He had never imagined that the other side’s real target would be the ordinary people of False Karakura Town.

…No, this should only be meant to restrain me.

At that moment, Lu Su forced himself to remain calm and began considering his next move.

But how could Chris possibly give him time to think?

"Welcome…"

"Judgment of Doom!"

As the boy’s words fell, the Spiritual Power Lu Su used to maintain False Karakura Town began draining drastically. At the same time, a terrifying breath capable of covering the entire secret realm descended from the heavens.

Without a doubt, Lu Su faced a difficult choice at this moment.

Should he continue maintaining False Karakura Town, or release this Field Card so he could face Chris’s attack more easily?

Without the slightest hesitation, the Youth chose the former.

He, Lu Su, had Spiritual Power to spare!

At that moment, the Youth took a deep breath and looked toward the sky. "It’s nothing more than gambling with my life. Do you really think I’m afraid?!"

At the same time, among his few remaining cards, Altria was the first to attack.

The Holy Sword under Full Restraint Release collided with the brilliant breath falling from the sky.

Unfortunately, the Blonde Girl was still only Jade Grade, and ultimately too weak. Against a full-force Master Grade strike, she could not even hold it back for a second.

In the blink of an eye, the Great Red Dragon’s Final Breath finally struck Lu Su.

Bang—!

In just a few breaths, the Holy Blade Armor suddenly shattered and dissipated into the air.

Feeling the Spiritual Power in his mind being rapidly consumed, the Youth curled his lips into an exaggerated grin. "Do you think you can kill me?!"

Endless pain drowned Lu Su’s heart, yet he merely fixed a vicious gaze upon the Doomsday Dragon in the sky, which continued pouring out its breath.

Under the effects of Eternal Covenant, Little Spider’s aura continuously weakened, while the Youth remained balanced on the edge between life and death.

Seeing that Lu Su on the ground still had not died, Chris’s expression twisted. "Lu Su!"

"Why aren’t you dead yet?!"

"Die already!"

The boy had never imagined that a Diamond Grade Card Master could withstand his strongest attack for so long.

The situation was already faintly exceeding the limits of what he could control.

Anger and madness gradually consumed the Master Card Master, who cared only about revenge, causing him to slowly lose his judgment of the situation.

Naturally, Lu Su was not foolishly standing there as Chris’s living target. He was creating an opportunity for his cards.

"Mugetsu!"

A voice brimming with fury suddenly rang out. Kurosaki Ichigo, who had remained hidden above the heavens, finally unleashed his strongest attack.

Under the massive black slash, the world turned black and white in an instant.

At that moment, Chris smelled death within that slash.

He had no choice but to make the Great Red Dragon turn its head toward Kurosaki Ichigo.

The next instant, Mugetsu and the world-destroying breath locked in a stalemate.

But the blond youth was ultimately not a Master Grade card. Even with layers upon layers of Traits amplifying him, he could not kill the Great Red Dragon with a single strike.

The fact that he could briefly hold the Great Red Dragon in a stalemate now was only because Chris had descended into the secret realm and was not in his peak state.

"Meaningless struggle."

Watching as the Great Red Dragon’s world-ending breath was about to engulf Kurosaki Ichigo, Chris could not help curling his lip.

Just then, an aged voice suddenly rang out behind him.

"Ryujin Jakka: North – Tenchi Kaijin!"

Flames—endless flames—instantly annihilated everything blocking their path alongside the slash.

A thousand years of accumulated flames condensed into a single line. Before the blade’s shadow even arrived, all moisture in the air had already evaporated completely. The extreme heat caused the earth to crystallize before it could even melt into lava.

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto had unleashed the strongest attack of his Bankai.

"What…?"

The stunned expression on Chris’s face flashed by, and then he could no longer sense half of his body.

Lu Su had never intended to clash head-on with Chris. After all, there had been no chance of victory in that.

Everything had merely been to create an opportunity to attack the opponent’s true body. Fortunately, under the combined pressure of so many factors, Chris had completely lost his composure, allowing Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto to succeed with a single strike.

Of course, this was also partly due to the Card Master profession. After all, not everyone possessed survival abilities as outrageously powerful as Lu Su’s.

It was almost laughable. The Head Captain, who had died to Yhwach’s sneak attack, had now killed a powerful opponent no weaker than—perhaps even stronger than—Yhwach through a sneak attack of his own.

Fortunately, the old man had never cared whether his attack counted as a sneak attack.

Watching the breath attack in the sky come to an abrupt halt, Youth could no longer support himself and fell helplessly onto the ground.

Don’t ask why Spider-girl hadn’t caught him. Little Spider had already become a lump of Mashed Meat beneath the breath attack.

She was only barely clinging to life through her Undying Trait.

With his Spiritual Power on the verge of exhaustion, Lu Su had no choice but to deactivate False Karakura Town.

The next moment, the ordinary people and low-level Card Masters behind him, their faces still filled with fear, suddenly appeared.

What entered their sight was a hellish world resembling the end of days, along with a massive red dragon slowly dissipating.

"…?!"