203: Chapter 23: The Eternal Silence Erupts!

The Will of Athena bathed in holy flames, her golden eyes calmly reflecting Lu Yin's figure.

Illuminated by the fire, the contours of her visage appeared even more majestic, as if all struggles were within her expectations.

Lu Yin tightened his grip on the blade of annihilation in his hand, due to the number of times he had previously struck the target.

The Eternal Silence Mark was now fully stacked, increasing his attack power by 10%.

If he converted all his attribute points into Strength, a single basic attack from him now could achieve a terrifying damage output of 160 million.

However, the Will of Athena possessed damage reduction passives, so the actual damage definitely couldn't be that high.

Moreover, her defensive blocking ability was far more troublesome than her damage reduction passives.

"It seems the skills of the dream god set of three will have to be used here."

Lu Yin thought to himself.

After all, to hit her, he needed the help of control skills.

Otherwise, no matter how high his attack power was, it would be meaningless.

Having come to this realization, Lu Yin hesitated no longer.

At the same time, the Will of Athena made her move once more.

"Light of Judgment!"

Both lunged forward simultaneously, the spear of victory in the Will of Athena's hand shining brilliantly.

Although this move had been used by the previous projection as well, the imposing aura between the two was not on the same level at all.

The Light of Judgment erupting from around the Will of Athena was like liquid golden lightning, instantly filling the entire field of vision.

Lu Yin's pupils reflected the surging, destructive golden light.

Not only did he not retreat, but instead, facing the Light of Judgment, he activated the skill attached to the dream god earring.

"Three Thousand Realms of Illusionary Dreams!"

Immediately after, he also used the skill from the dream god ring.

"Aggressive Nightmare Melody!"

Lu Yin's already terrifying attributes increased by another 10%, his attack power directly reaching a horrifying 320 million.

The effect of Three Thousand Realms of Illusionary Dreams pulled the Will of Athena into a dream, causing her offensive to pause slightly. Lu Yin seized the chance to swing his blade of annihilation.

"Space-Time Severance!"

"Dimensional Cut!"

Two spatial-temporal slashes intersected, directly inflicting terrifying damage upon the Will of Athena.

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The instant she was attacked, the Will of Athena instantly regained clarity, the terrifying golden divine light engulfing Lu Yin.

[Undying and Indestructible activated!]

A multitude of souls of death churned over Lu Yin's body, the darkness of death and the light of rebirth alternating in an instant.

Lu Yin's figure solidified once more from the embers of the Light of Judgment.

He didn't even glance at his health bar, which had just been emptied and then refilled.

"Dream Weaver!"

The Dream God Necklace skill activated, clearing all his own cooldowns.

"Eternal Nightmare Dream Reading!"

Then, he unleashed the set skill of the Three Divine Artifacts. This could be said to be Lu Yin's strongest control skill at the moment, aside from Momentary Eternity.

Taking advantage of the Will of Athena being trapped in the nightmare, Lu Yin unleashed his skills without reservation.

"Chaotic Dance of Time and Space!"

The pitch-black long sword trailed elusive afterimages, sword flashes flickering within countless fragments of time.

From all directions, from the past and the future, they slashed towards the golden figure bound by the nightmare.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The sound of blades cutting into divine flesh was as dense as raindrops hitting lotus leaves. Upon the Will of Athena's golden armor,

countless dazzling golden sparks instantly erupted, and deep slash marks nearly submerged her.

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Crimson damage numbers danced wildly, converging into a scarlet torrent.

The Will of Athena's health plummeted like an avalanche, sharply decreasing from 7% and breaking past 50% in the blink of an eye.

But just at this moment, light returned to the Will of Athena's eyes. With merely a slight shift of her body, she perfectly blocked the next two slashes.

-1! -1!

"Momentary Eternity!"

During this time, Lu Yin's eyes suddenly focused. He knew he only had one chance; missing it would mean losing victory.

Silver temporal power, like the most resilient shackles,

once again tightly imprisoned the Will of Athena's movements and divine majesty, which were about to revive.

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Within 0.3 seconds, the Will of Athena's health dropped below 3%.

This was the closest Lu Yin had come to victory.

And just after the next slash landed, the Will of Athena's health reached the critical point of 2%.

In that instant, all the hairs on Lu Yin's body stood on end.

A lethal pressure far surpassing anything before, like a tangible tsunami, erupted from the depths of the Will of Athena's form.

"Entering the final phase, huh."

Lu Yin's heart tightened. He only needed a few more hits to secure victory now; he absolutely could not retreat.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

However, the recovered Will of Athena, with astonishing speed, perfectly blocked all the remaining spatial slashes.

"Time Reversal!"

Lu Yin gambled everything, reversing his own state while continuing his frenzied assault.

"Momentary Eternity!"

Silver radiance swept forth again, but this time, the space-time imprisonment only caused the Will of Athena's movements to stiffen slightly.

The effect was drastically compressed, failing to maintain even 0.1 second before shattering.

"Oracle: Heavenly Punishment!"

Tens of millions of divine swords radiating golden light hung high in the sky, like a constellation of judgment.

Not a trace of fear showed in Lu Yin's eyes. Instead of retreating, he advanced, charging upstream against that torrent of destructive golden sword rain.

He knew this was the final decisive moment.

"Space-Time Severance!"

A pitch-black sword light swept upward, cleaving space while also shredding the first few dozen descending divine swords into scattered golden motes.

But more divine swords followed closely, each containing the power of divine punishment sufficient to instantly empty a health bar.

"Dimensional Cut!"

A diagonally slashing sword arc tore open a distorted void rift before him, like a greedy maw, devouring another wave of the sword rain.

Yet, the range of this skill was simply too vast, covering the entire battlefield, leaving almost no room for evasion.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Several stray divine swords pierced through Lu Yin's body, crimson damage numbers leaping up violently.

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His health bar instantly evaporated, the ashen-gray hue of death crawling over his vision.

[Undying and Indestructible activated!]

The surging souls of death boiled once more, completing a nirvana amidst the flames of divine punishment.

Lu Yin's figure coalesced again from the golden tide of flames. The instant his health bar refilled, deathly aura seethed all over him.

At the cost of death, Lu Yin finally closed in to the front of the Will of Athena.

Raising the blade of annihilation in his hand, he decisively swung the victory-deciding strike.

Clang!

The Will of Athena raised her shield, effortlessly blocking Lu Yin's attack.

"Eternal Silence Eruption!"

But just as she was about to prepare her counterattack, the Eternal Silence Marks were all ignited.

Transforming into the most profound power of termination, they coiled around the edge of the blade of annihilation.

Boom!

The next second, ten surging waves of death energy erupted, causing the Will of Athena's form to tremble violently.

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A full ten instances of diminishing damage floated out in succession, completely zeroing out the Will of Athena's health!