Meeting of the Two Kings

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Bai Cangshu instantly felt as though his joints had rusted over, leaving him completely unable to move. But the next moment, pitch-black lightning erupted across his body.

Boom!

An Unrivaled Overbearing Aura, accompanied by black-red lightning, suddenly spread outward from Bai Cangshu’s body.

Like an explosion, it swept across the surroundings in an instant.

Mahakala raised a hand slightly before him. Black-red lightning continuously struck against his golden body, like bullets hitting his skin.

This was no longer merely Conqueror’s Haki. It was practically a torrent—a Liquid Aura!

He instinctively shifted half a step back, only to stop immediately. Without realizing it, his breathing rhythm had been completely thrown into disarray.

Creak, crack!

All manner of terrifying sounds rang through the air. The next moment, golden Qi spread outward like a shockwave.

Bang!

Mercenary Tao braced himself with both hands and directly broke free from the Binding Vow imposed by the Supreme Being of the current Infinite Dimensional Space’s Mental Domain.

Invisible Mental Force Waves spread outward, sticky and dangerous. That mental force seemed to possess an existence like Mercenary Tao himself—utterly dangerous.

Mahakala could not help looking toward His Excellency. His black cloak snapped wildly beneath the violent impact of Conqueror’s Haki, while the meticulously groomed hair at the man’s temples fluttered slightly.

But the Great Sun of Finality merely stood there, watching the Blood-colored Qi rising continuously from Mercenary Tao’s body, reflecting the light of Scarlet Great Sin as though he had donned a blood red outer garment.

"Shouldn’t this be enough, Mercenary Tao?"

His voice was like waves crashing against rocks at the bottom of a cliff hundreds of meters deep, low yet profound.

The Great Sun of Finality rubbed his brow. The disastrous failure of this operation had far exceeded his expectations.

Mahakala, who had perfectly mastered the Title Ability Finality bestowed by him; Su Qingqiu, the Virtue Reincarnator capable of drastically weakening percentage-based base attributes; A Single Thought of Silk, the Top-tier Swordplay Reincarnator who possessed Instant Death Swordplay; and another seven or eight spellcasters from the Finality Empire supporting them.

Yet they had ultimately suffered a crushing defeat. If he had not intervened, Mahakala would probably have already become a Scarlet Drop Card in Mercenary Tao’s hand, hung up in the Slum Area for everyone to mock.

At that thought, displeasure finally surfaced on the Great Sun of Finality’s face. Previously, he had only wanted to eliminate Mercenary Tao because Mercenary Tao had risen too quickly yet could not be used by him, and rumors said he was also close to Life of Silence.

But at this moment, he had begun to hate Mercenary Tao himself.

When he saw Mercenary Tao rely entirely on the physical strength of over two hundred points he likely possessed in his transformed state to forcibly break free from his Binding Vow, he felt as though he were looking at a ferocious beast that could not be caged.

Yes, in the Great Sun of Finality’s eyes, Mercenary Tao was an irrational ferocious beast. He should have understood that merely binding him was giving him an opportunity to negotiate.

If he had wanted to kill him, he would already have been set ablaze by the Flame of Finality.

He was certain that, with Mercenary Tao’s level of intelligence, he would definitely understand that. Yet Mercenary Tao had still chosen to endure damage to his own body and forcibly break free from a harmless Binding Vow.

Untamable savagery. That was the Great Sun of Finality’s assessment.

"In that state, how many more times can you open those eyes?"

The Great Sun of Finality looked at Mercenary Tao. He seemed to know every detail of this battle, even better than the three people who had fought Bai Cangshu directly.

Bai Cangshu was like the eye of a storm as he strode toward the Great Sun of Finality.

As Bai Cangshu drew closer, that terrifying Conqueror’s Haki grew even more violent. The Great Sun of Finality’s cloak behind him nearly flew away.

"You tell me?"

Bai Cangshu stopped one step away from the Great Sun of Finality. The black sun behind him swayed slightly, reflecting one another with the black sun behind the Great Sun of Finality.

Taking advantage of his considerably larger frame at the moment, he lowered his head and looked down on this Supreme Expert of the space.

Without the separation of the Infinite Dimensional Space, Bai Cangshu could finally personally experience the difference between a so-called Supreme Expert and other Reincarnators.

Within Mantra Lv9, the Great Sun of Finality was like a reef refined into one. There were no inner thoughts, no exposed mental activity.

Even things such as aura and presence were completely impossible to perceive.

Compared to Reincarnators at the level of himself and Mahakala, the Great Sun of Finality was probably the sort of special existence that looked unusual at a glance, yet revealed nothing at all when examined closely.

Bai Cangshu was not sure whether this was caused by the abilities of a Supreme Expert in the Mental Domain, or by the power of the so-called fourth or even fifth tier.

But one thing was certain: he truly was different from the rest of them!

Crackle!

Electric light leaped from Bai Cangshu’s eyes. The lightning accumulated within the Heart of the Thunder Emperor, along with the current stored in his acupoints through Current Propulsion,

flashed in an instant.

The electric light grazed the Great Sun of Finality’s shoulder, and a wisp of green smoke immediately rose from his luxurious black cloak.

This was not even an item, but ordinary clothing?!

The Great Sun of Finality turned his head to glance at his shoulder. This ferocious beast had provoked him time and again, and he no longer intended to communicate with it properly.

Communication between humans and beasts could only happen after the beast had been beaten into submission.

"This outfit was very expensive."

Whoosh!

The Cocoon of Greed on Bai Cangshu’s body ignited in an instant, then collapsed and vanished in the blink of an eye.

It was as though the fear and residual energy of those Reincarnators he had absorbed during the battle had been completely ineffective.

The Great Sun of Finality slowly raised his right hand, while Bai Cangshu simultaneously raised his left.

Black flames and golden Qi lit up at the same time.

Buzz!

Heaven and earth seemed to reverse, and space shifted. Bai Cangshu found himself back before Mahakala.

Meanwhile, the Great Sun of Finality only flickered a moment later, appearing in the position he had just occupied.

Bai Cangshu examined his condition. The Conqueror’s Haki Infusion had disappeared, as though he had never used it.

Was this… time reversal?

No. If it were time reversal, he should not have been aware of what happened afterward at all.

So this was probably some kind of Causality System or Concept System ability…

There was another expert here.

Bai Cangshu raised his head and scanned the surroundings, spotting a new figure above the Great Sun of Finality.

The next moment, he looked above his own head and, sure enough, someone was standing there as well.

"Tan Zhishan, you have broken the promise you made to me."

The man standing above the Great Sun of Finality took a step forward and crashed onto the ground. He appeared not to have used any ability at all, relying entirely on his physical body to fall from hundreds of meters in the air.

Of course, such a thing was nothing to Bai Cangshu now, so he merely studied the man’s appearance.

An unbuttoned floral shirt, bronze skin, a muscular body, and flip-flops that looked as though he had just stepped off a beach.

That was Azure Sky’s leader.

Bai Cangshu immediately realized that the Great Sun of Finality’s real name was Tan Zhishan?

He thought of his Death Note Fragment, and his smile became obvious.

"A Reincarnator who possesses complete Heartlight cannot be killed by the Death Note…"

There was a trace of helplessness in the lazy voice. The person above Bai Cangshu’s head also descended, sizing Bai Cangshu up before adding,

"Mercenary Tao, your strength has become somewhat too dangerous for this world."

"For that reason, we will…"

Mercenary Tao’s eyes were indifferent as he turned back to look at this somewhat familiar man.

"Oh? What are you going to do to me?"

"Yes, what are you going to do to him? Would you mind telling me as well? I’m curious too."

Bai Cangshu realized that today’s battle really was one thing leading to another. Did all these "important figures" have some sort of voyeuristic habit?

Bai Cangshu suddenly realized that his thoughts were somewhat scattered. He frowned, realizing that the repeated activation of that ? had placed too great a burden on him, and his condition had already begun to decline.

A Man with Chestnut Hair appeared out of thin air before everyone. He wore a long white robe, with a katana in a black scabbard and green hilt hanging at his waist.