Pointed at by Shinji's golden sword, the giant black snake froze for a moment, seemingly trying to understand Shinji's intention.
Shinji didn't give it a chance to weigh the pros and cons. The 'Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion' in his hand slashed towards the giant black snake, and with a boom, cut a notch in its huge head.
Roar!
The giant black snake let out a painful roar, its body swinging frantically, spraying a large amount of black liquid.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle...
Instantly, the sound of corrosion resounded all around.
Whatever the areas covered by the black liquid were, they were rapidly corroded and melted, becoming part of the black liquid.
"Quick!"
Shinji pointed the sword at the injured giant black snake again, signaling it with his eyes to swallow 'Nighthawk' possessed by the grayish-white mist.
The giant black snake didn't hesitate this time. Following its instinct, it revealed a ferocious face, and with a swoop, swallowed 'Nighthawk' possessed by the grayish-white mist whole into its stomach.
In the next instant, the giant black snake stiffened, as if frozen by something. However, as the black liquid continuously oozed from its body surface, its stiffness gradually lifted, and its aura also rose rapidly. In just the blink of an eye, not only did the horrifying wound on its head heal, but its body size also grew by a whole circle!
Rumble...
Almost simultaneously, a thunderclap exploded in the firmament above Shinji's head!
"Heh!"
Shinji chuckled lightly.
Having the giant black snake formed by the Reproductive Hegemon's remnant body swallow 'Nighthawk' possessed by the Plague Hegemon was an arrangement he had planned long ago, and also his only chance to turn the tables!
Because even if he slashed 'Nighthawk' possessed by the Plague Hegemon with one sword strike, it would at most only clear the Plague Hegemon's power invading the Six Rings World this time.
Such a loss, to the Plague Hegemon's main body entrenched outside the spatial barrier, although not small, was not a crippling blow. As long as it patiently continued to erode slowly, the Six Rings World would still be in its bag.
So Shinji couldn't let it leave the card table so easily. Thus, the giant black snake formed by the Reproductive Hegemon's remnant body came in handy at this time.
If the giant black snake was possessed by the Plague Hegemon's grayish-white mist, no matter how unwilling the Reproductive Hegemon was, it could only accept defeat. By then, only the Plague Hegemon and Shinji would remain on the card table of the Six Rings World. But if the giant black snake swallowed the Plague Hegemon's grayish-white mist and reversely absorbed the Plague Hegemon's power, then the Reproductive Hegemon lingering in the universe would likely sit on the card table of the Six Rings World again.
At the same time, the Plague Hegemon's grayish-white mist being captured by the giant black snake formed by the Reproductive Hegemon's remnant body was equivalent to a part of itself being swallowed by the Reproductive Hegemon. This was something it could not tolerate no matter what. So even if it didn't want the Six Rings World anymore, it absolutely couldn't let the giant black snake that swallowed its power escape.
The two sides would fight to the death!
Sure enough, accompanied by the deafening thunder, a large amount of grayish-white mist penetrated the spatial barrier of the Six Rings World and invaded into the Six Rings World.
"So much..."
Shinji frowned slightly.
The grayish-white mist invading at this time was almost a hundred times more than just now, blotting out the sky and sun!
Although he was very certain that the Plague Hegemon would not let the matter rest, seeing the exaggerated scale of the invading grayish-white mist, he found he still somewhat underestimated the Plague Hegemon's determination to eradicate the giant black snake!
It should be known that the grayish-white mist just now was enough to deal with eight 'Lampbearers' in an instant. If not for Shinji's timely warning and the rich experience of Alice and the others, Shinji's 'Lampbearers' might have been wiped out at the beginning of the battle.
And now the scale of the invading grayish-white mist was a hundred times that of just now. In other words, except for Shinji, all living beings in the Six Rings World, from Supreme Mages and 'Lampbearers' to ordinary snakes, insects, rats, and ants, could not escape the possession of the grayish-white mist.
Soon, the grayish-white mist in the air turned into countless clusters, surging in all directions. Many of them pounced directly towards Shinji and the giant black snake.
Looking at the sky-filling grayish-white mist pouncing over, the giant black snake's eyes were full of apprehension, shrinking its huge body.
Obviously, even swallowing part of the Plague Hegemon's power and significantly improving its strength, the giant black snake, being merely a remnant body of the Reproductive Hegemon, still lacked the confidence to confront the Plague Hegemon head-on. However, it knew Shinji was also the Plague Hegemon's target and could barely count as a helper in the current situation, so it wasn't overly afraid of the incoming grayish-white mist.
However, just then, Shinji dropped a sentence: "You're on your own!"
With that, Shinji opened several space portals in succession, split into several shadow clones, and instantly drilled into different space portals with his main body, disappearing from the battlefield.
Seeing Shinji slip away in the blink of an eye, the giant black snake was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned around and ran!
On Shinji's side.
He had to leave because once the remaining 'Lampbearers' or Supreme Mages were possessed by the Plague Hegemon, the situation in the Six Rings World would collapse completely.
So he immediately opened ten space portals. Four led directly to the areas where the four 'Lampbearers' were located, and the remaining six led directly to the fronts of the Mage Towers where the six Supreme Mages were located.
Because the grayish-white mist in the air turned into countless clusters, he had no way to accurately pursue every cluster of grayish-white mist, so he could only guard the ten core targets.
Seeing Shinji's main body or shadow clones suddenly descend beside them, whether it was the 'Lampbearers' like Alice or the Supreme Mages, all were startled.
While being vigilant of the surroundings, Shinji informed them of the current situation using 'Naobi'.
"This..."
Hearing this, Alice and the others were shocked.
Previously, just eight clusters of grayish-white mist nearly wiped them out. Now hundreds and thousands of grayish-white mist clusters roamed within the Six Rings World. A moment of inattention, and they might not even leave a corpse behind.
On the Supreme Mages' side, they weren't too surprised after learning the news.
This was mainly because their magic barrier had been reinforcing the spatial barrier all along. Just now, they were doing their best to stop the Plague Hegemon's large-scale invasion, so they were already aware.
Shion ran to the terrace at the top of the Mage Tower and shouted to Shinji in the air: "Shinji, we blocked the Hegemon's invasion just now. It suffered heavy losses invading this time!"
Shinji, who was guarding the surroundings in the air, raised his hand to indicate he knew.
His strategy succeeded. With 'Arcane', the 'Lampbearer' of the Six Rings World, repairing the spatial barrier at all costs, and the six Supreme Mages fully reinforcing the spatial barrier with the magic barrier, even the powerful Plague Hegemon paid a huge price to forcibly invade!