253: Chapter 253 The Arrival of Eternal Marks

"The Necromancer King has been slain! All units, charge! Crush them!" Lin Tian shouted with all his might, his command echoing across the battlefield.

As for that Karl, he was just like Lin Tian—possessing Divine-Grade 9-star energy but lacking actual combat power, so Lin Tian didn't spare him a second thought.

"Kill!!!"

The morale of the allied forces soared to its peak, while the Undead Army's morale collapsed, and they retreated in total defeat.

On the northern front, Xuan Yi keenly seized the opportunity and launched a general offensive.

The defeat was like a mountain collapsing.

However, just as the allied forces were advancing triumphantly, about to sweep away the remaining undead and head straight for the lair where Karl might be hiding...

Within an unknowable, immeasurable, and singular space drifting in the cracks between the worlds.

There was no up, down, left, or right here, nor any clear perception of the passage of time; there was only the light and shadow of endless Chaos and a flow of energy that constantly annihilated and underwent Rebirth.

A brilliant phantom bloomed with a gentle and inclusive light, embodying the Concept of the world's birth, death, and Reincarnation.

It was laboring to maintain an incredibly complex grand Seal formation composed of countless chains of world Law.

At the center of the formation, a dark purple phantom constantly twisted and roared, attempting to break free of its restraints—it was the source of pollution, Evil Nightmare, composed of the deepest filth, malice, and desire for destruction.

That brilliant phantom was the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao's will in this world, known as Yonghen.

At the moment Lin Yin used her Moonlight Divine Might to assist Lin Feng in slaying the Necromancer King, the light and shadow formed by Yonghen seemed to fluctuate slightly, transmitting a trace of "gratification" and "hope."

He looked at the struggling Evil Nightmare within the Seal, his voice of will echoing in this singular space: "Evil Nightmare, the claws you relied on have been broken, and Karl's downfall is imminent. Your erosion must end."

"End? Hahaha!"

That dark purple phantom emitted a sharp, piercing mental shriek filled with endless malice.

"Yonghen, you old thing, do you think you've won? Open your eyes and look! Look at the battlefield below; how many living beings have died? How much blood has been spilled? How many Souls have dissipated?"

Evil Nightmare's voice was full of twisted excitement and mockery:

"Slaughter, despair, fear, hatred, greed... these most delicious foods are being generated continuously, flooding into my embrace!"

"You think Karl lost? No! His downfall, and the deaths of those ants under his command, are exactly what I wanted! Hahaha!"

Following its wild laughter, the aura of the dark purple phantom actually began to skyrocket at an abnormal speed!

Strands of invisible blood-colored Evil Qi, black resentment, and gray despair were drawn from the main world battlefield below...

Like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, they crossed the spatial barriers and merged into its body.

The phantom that was originally suppressed by the Heavenly Dao's Seal began to expand violently, and its resisting force grew exponentially!

"What?"

Yonghen's light and shadow vibrated violently, transmitting waves of shock and anger.

He hadn't expected that Evil Nightmare had already laid out a plan to turn this war itself into a blood sacrifice to nourish it and allow it to break free from the Seal!

"Open for me!"

Evil Nightmare roared, and dark purple filthy energy erupted, actually making the chains formed by the Heavenly Dao's Law creak and groan as cracks appeared!

"Vile creature!"

Yonghen was both shocked and enraged, knowing he could no longer hold anything back.

The brilliant light and shadow suddenly erupted with unprecedented radiance, as if burning the very Foundation of its existence. Endless world Law power boiled, turning into a divine light of eternal Seal that pierced the heavens and earth. It suppressed the area once more, temporarily stabilizing the Seal that was about to shatter and forcibly pushing back a portion of Evil Nightmare's skyrocketing aura.

But because of this, Yonghen's light and shadow instantly dimmed by more than half, becoming illusory and unstable; he had clearly paid a massive price.

"Cough... must... immediately... find him..."

Yonghen's phantom flickered unsteadily. Without any hesitation, he suddenly tore through this singular space and turned into an imperceptible streak of light, escaping into the endless Void Realm.

In the main world, on the eastern front, before the temporary commander's tent.

Karl's final lair had been breached. This cunning pollution lord had attempted to use a life-saving artifact to escape into the shadows when the Undead Army completely collapsed, but Lin Yin used her Moonlight Domain to freeze his form. Subsequently, Lin Feng extinguished his Soul with a single sword strike, completely destroying both his form and spirit.

The pervasive mist of death began to slowly dissipate, revealing the devastated land below, rendered barren by the erosion of death energy.

The grand reward notification from the Heavenly Dao also sounded in the minds of all the allied soldiers who participated in the crusade at the appropriate time. Generous experience, contribution points, and special rewards were credited one after another.

Lin Tian clearly perceived that a full one thousand units of Divine Source and two thousand complete law crystals of his choice had been placed in his hands.

A great victory! A hearty victory with massive gains!

The soldiers began to clean up the battlefield, collect the remains of their comrades, and treat the wounded.

Xuan Yi sent people to coordinate, discussing the subsequent handover and purification of the territory.

Lin Tian temporarily handed over command to Lin Feng and took Lin Yin, Lin Yan, and the others back to the newly erected central command tent. He prepared to take a short rest and take stock of the harvest, especially the Divine Source that concerned everyone's future.

After completing the Fusion of the Divine Source with Lin Feng and Lin Yan.

He had just sat down and hadn't even had time to take a sip of water.

The space in front of him rippled without any warning.

It wasn't a tear or an opening; it was as if space itself had become like ripples on water. An extremely dim, brilliant phantom that looked as if it could be extinguished at any moment, yet contained an indescribable supreme aura, stepped out and appeared before Lin Tian.

The light in the tent seemed to be attracted and swallowed by this phantom, and both time and space experienced a momentary stagnation.

"Who is it!"

Lin Tian's hair stood on end. He practically lunged from his seat, his power instantly rising to its limit. His gaze was sharp as he locked onto the uninvited guest.

The way the other party appeared completely exceeded his perception and understanding. There were no energy fluctuations and no spatial disturbances; they just "emerged."

Danger! Extreme danger!

Almost at the same time, a moon-white figure blocked the way in front of Lin Tian as if teleporting. A cold Moonlight Domain unfolded silently, firmly protecting Lin Tian behind her.

Lin Feng, Lin Yan, Commander Lin Yu, Lin Kong, Lin Yan, and all the other core generals erupted with their strongest auras in an instant. Weapons were unsheathed, locking onto the phantom from all directions. The atmosphere in the tent instantly dropped to freezing point, and the situation was incredibly tense!

The brilliant phantom didn't seem to care about everyone's violent reaction, or rather, in His current state, He no longer had the strength to care.

The phantom's light flickered unsteadily like a candle in the wind, but that supreme, vast will that included all things yet stood above all things could not be faked.

A gentle, weary, yet incredibly familiar and grand voice sounded directly in the depths of the Souls of Lin Tian, as well as Lin Yin, Lin Feng, and the others present:

"Young lord... there is no need for alarm. My name is Yonghen."