Every collision between Shinji and the possessed 'Lampbearers' caused the heavens to collapse and the earth to crack. The sky gradually dimmed, the ground shattered into pieces, creating a scene of doomsday.
If one paid attention to the surveillance satellites still operating normally at this time, they would find that not only in the war zone but throughout the Six Rings World, natural disasters were occurring everywhere—earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, etc., the list went on!
Rumble...
Another collision. Amidst bursts of rumbling, Shinji flew backwards.
He looked down at his body and found his left shoulder completely missing, as if directly erased by something.
"Tch!"
Spat lightly, he looked a bit depressed.
He was not the main body but a shadow clone. Precisely because of this, he had no way to repair his body.
Shifting his gaze from his left shoulder, he looked at the possessed 'Ghost' opposite him.
After being possessed by the Plague Hegemon's grayish-white mist, 'Ghost's' strength approached that of the Bewitching Hegemon he had fought before.
Of course, referring to the Bewitching Hegemon within the spatial barrier.
This wasn't the problem. What truly made Shinji feel tricky was that 'Ghost' in puppet state could still activate the 'Lamp'.
Being illuminated by the ghostly white light emitted by the polluted 'Lamp' not only made one feel bone-chilling cold but also dispelled Shinji's chakra. So Shinji could only rely on 'Divine Sovereign Mode' to forcibly engage in a battle of attrition with 'Ghost'. Therefore, he was not only facing the Plague Hegemon but also the mutated 'Lampbearer'!
Fortunately, the 'Embers' in the lamp vessel were not infinite!
Gathering his scattered thoughts, Shinji's expression hardened, and he swung the 'Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion' in his hand again to slash.
Swish...
Dazzling golden light fell, slashing straight towards 'Ghost'.
'Ghost' raised the 'Lamp' in his hand high, and ghostly white light instantly spilled out, meeting the dazzling golden light!
Both sides collided like two streams of water meeting, quickly becoming intermingled.
"Like this again..."
Shinji muttered inwardly.
Every time he slashed out, the sword would be blunted by the ghostly white light and eventually merge with it. So he had to pull out the 'Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion' violently before it melted!
The aftershocks rippled, stirring up bursts of smoke and dust, creating rolling thunder.
Shinji flew back several kilometers, then glanced at the golden sword in his hand.
This golden sword, formed by nine 'Truth-Seeking Balls' plus the enhancement of 'Divine Sovereign Mode', was now missing more than half its length.
As for the missing part, it was undoubtedly blunted and dispelled by the ghostly white light.
Then, Shinji looked around again.
The aftermath of the great battle caused the surrounding heaven and earth to collapse, and this impact was continuously spreading. He began to worry that before he exhausted the 'Embers' in 'Ghost's' lamp vessel, the Six Rings World wouldn't be able to hold on and would collapse.
Just then, the shaking of the earth suddenly slowed down a bit.
Shinji concentrated on sensing for a moment, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Alice, Hengo, the Old Warrior, and 'Arcane' had just set up the instruments to stabilize the world in the four re-planned node areas. So with the activation of these instruments, the collapse of the earth began to slow down.
Immediately after, the chaotic sky also cleared up a lot.
This was 'Arcane' activating the 'Lamp', consuming 'Embers' regardless of cost, repairing the spatial barrier of the Six Rings World.
Instruments stabilizing the continental plates, the 'Lamp' repairing the spatial barrier, plus the magic barrier of the six Supreme Mages jointly reinforcing the spatial barrier—this set of combined punches completely curbed the collapse of the Six Rings World!
Shinji's spirit was instantly lifted upon seeing this.
Because the Six Rings World was accelerating towards collapse just now, he held back some strength, daring not to go all out. Now that the collapse was alleviated, he had no more scruples and prepared for a quick victory.
With a thought, Shinji poured all the remaining chakra in his body into the 'Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion' in his hand, then turned into a streak of rainbow light, stabbing straight towards 'Ghost'.
Crack...
Accompanied by a shattering sound, the 'Lamp' held in 'Ghost's' hand shattered!
When Shinji threw caution to the wind, the 'Embers' in 'Ghost's' lamp vessel were rapidly consumed, then exhausted in an instant. Without the ghostly white light emitted by the 'Lamp', the 'Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion' in Shinji's hand finally slashed onto 'Ghost's' body.
'Ghost' protected his chest with both hands at this time, grayish-white mist continuously surging from his body to resist Shinji's dazzling golden sword.
"Hmph!"
Shinji snorted coldly, pushing 'Divine Sovereign Mode' to the limit.
Instantly, the 'Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion' in his hand became incomparably dazzling, flashing golden light that made it impossible to look directly at!
Shinji erupted again. The erupting golden light gradually suppressed the grayish-white mist on 'Ghost', and the blade of the golden sword slowly approached 'Ghost's' arms.
'Ghost', possessed by the Plague Hegemon and coldly staring at Shinji, suddenly grinned at this moment.
Shinji shouted angrily: "Die!"
Swish...
In the next instant, dazzling golden light swallowed 'Ghost'!
"Huff huff..."
Hovering in mid-air, Shinji panted heavily while observing the surroundings.
With the sword strike just now, he completely hit 'Ghost', annihilating the 'Ghost' possessed by the Plague Hegemon along with the grayish-white mist all over his body.
Looking around and confirming no fish slipped through the net, Shinji breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, his body was also dilapidated. Not to mention the damaged left shoulder, his lower body was completely erased by the grayish-white mist in the contest just now. So from a distance, he only had half a body left.
If it were an ordinary person's shadow clone, being beaten like this would have dissipated long ago. Fortunately, Shinji had now become a 'Kekkei Shinra' (Bloodline of All Creation). The strength of the shadow clone, or rather the strength of the chakra, had reached an incredible level. So even with only half a body left, it could still persist.
Poof...
With a light sound, the dilapidated shadow clone turned into a puff of white smoke and dispelled itself.
On Shinji's main body's side.
With the dispelling of the shadow clone, the memory of the shadow clone and the remaining chakra instantly merged into the main body.
However, Shinji's main body didn't show much joy.
Among the four battlefields, apart from him personally dealing with the possessed 'Gladiator', only the shadow clone dealing with 'Ghost' won. The other two shadow clones were defeated by their opponents.
This was not an accident.
It was natural for his main body to win. The shadow clone dealing with the possessed 'Ghost' won mainly because 'Ghost' activated the 'Lamp' while alive, blocking the grayish-white mist for a moment. In that process, a large amount of 'Embers' was consumed. So compared to 'Whitebeard' and 'Nighthawk' who were possessed directly, the 'Embers' in the lamp vessels of 'Ghost' and 'Gladiator' were much less...