Celestia was running wild, trying to kill Life Crystal and Death Crystal. She had lost her sanity and attacked savagely.
Life Crystal dodged, "Huh, barbarians! You can never beat us."
Death Crystal replied, "If you say so, Life! Do we kill her?"
Life Crystal laughed, "Kill? No, let's capture her along with the Crystal of Betrayal. You go for him, and I will handle this on my own!"
Death Crystal nodded, "But... what if you..."
Life Crystal frowned, "What the heck do you mean? You think I am that weak, Death?"
Death Crystal sighed, "No, never mind. I will take care of him."
Now, Life Crystal faced Celestia alone.
She suddenly smirked and waved her hands; a pink blast blew away the entire land they both were standing on.
When Life Crystal opened its eyes, it saw Celestia floating in the sky—and itself chained to the ground...
But they weren't inside Fate's domain! It smirked, "Huh? Tricks won't work on me—"
Celestia started punching it crazily, each punch draining its life energy! Its heart sank to rock bottom.
"MY LIFE ENERGY! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!"
Celestia grinned, "King... Just a bit more and it will be enough for you."
Life Crystal frowned, "King? He is already dead! Holy moly, you are so obsessed with King! Love Crystal, surrender—"
Suddenly, Celestia grabbed it, "Don't move! I will kill you if you do."
Life Crystal unleashed its powers. As Celestia's lifespan continuously decreased, she aged rapidly.
Wrinkles appeared across her face, "It can't be... how is this possible—"
Life Crystal glowed with white brilliance, forcing Celestia to close her eyes.
However, she heard, "Look, Fate wants both of you alive! If not for that, you wouldn't be alive right now. Just surrender, and I will let you live!"
She tried to attack it... but her powers disappeared instantly.
She gasped, "My powers... impossible!"
Life Crystal sighed, "All of you call me Life Crystal, but I am the creator of everything! I don't just have the power of life; I have the power of creation itself. And Death has the power of destruction itself."
With her eyes still shut, she clenched her fists, "But then... how did you destroy my powers?"
Life Crystal replied, "Oh... hehe, it's because both Death and I—"
In Fate's domain...
Death Crystal spoke at the exact same time, "It's because both Life and I—"
They finished together, "Have connected our powers with each other, hahahaha!"
Back where Celestia and Life Crystal were...
Celestia was utterly defeated. Life Crystal erased her consciousness from existence!
She fell unconscious.
Life Crystal grinned, "Hehe, erasing anything from existence is truly a great power! Good thing it's in the hands of Life and Death."
Meanwhile, in Fate's domain...
Death Crystal grabbed the Crystal of Betrayal, "You ain't going anywhere, bro! Stay here!"
It created an indestructible cage! It was brought into existence using Life Crystal's power, meaning it was made of a completely new metal—a material that had just been created from nothing!
The Crystal of Betrayal couldn't break through, "This... I know the weaknesses of almost all types of metal that have ever existed!"
Death Crystal smirked, "Well, my dear friend, it was just created! Which means it has never existed until now... Life's powers are truly incredible! Good thing it's in the hands of Life Crystal."
Fate gazed through every nook and cranny of the solar system...
"Looks like we have won! An outcome I had already predicted... no, an outcome I had already determined! Haha. But... now the only person left is Lucan! He isn't much to be feared—just a golden butterfly! Looks like I will have to use my powers to change fate! I will have to rewrite... Hmph! No! I won't; that wouldn't be fair, hehe. Let me see what that kid can do! Hahaha..."
Fate vanished from the domain, positioning himself above the entire solar system—watching everything happening in the world as if through a CCTV camera.
Due to the absence of Life Crystal and Death Crystal on the battlefield, all the other crystals fell hard. Moreover, they were just regular crystals that hadn't even unlocked their speaking and thinking abilities. So the mortals overpowered them. Since Life Crystal was away, they were unable to respawn.
Death Crystal was finished with the Crystal of Betrayal, but before it could re-enter, an invisible force pulled it in.
Death Crystal didn't lower its guard, "Who are you! Show yourself, and please don't make me kill you; I really hate doing that."
There was no answer...
Suddenly, a hand struck it from behind! Death Crystal was too late to react.
It was the silent alien from the space station.
He was still the same, maintaining an expressionless face with a stern gaze.
Death Crystal tried to erase him from existence, but... it failed.
It was stunned, "Impossible! Even if you are from another solar system, you should be dead right now. Who the hell are you?"
The alien didn't answer and instead started absorbing Death Crystal's powers.
Death Crystal felt it and frowned, "Then so be it! You have asked for your own death."
The alien felt his heart stand still for a moment; he coughed up blood and turned motionless.
Death Crystal sighed, "Strange, he was too powerful to have died so easily!"
Then it noticed a small light flying out of the alien's body.
Death Crystal realized, "Universal powers... universal beings!!! I get it! Fate must be informed of this—"
The light trapped it, "Stay here. Don't try escaping—it's impossible! The rumors were true, huh? This is the reason why, in the eternal abyss of life and death, you both are seen as fearful figures... Irrespective of your power levels, you can kill anyone, and Life can create anyone. Hehe, too bad for you! I am just a power entity created by one of the universal beings. My job was to join the space station and assassinate Lucan and the King... Although both of them are safe right now, it won't last long! Oh, and I copied your powers. One last thing: you can never escape this place unless someone comes searching for you, and they must be close to you—a friend, family, or anyone... Hehe, but that's impossible. As Death Crystal, you are actually the most hated being for killing everyone. That means no one is there for you!"
The light instantly disappeared from the place.
Death Crystal was in a daze, "Universal beings? They wanted to kill Lucan and the King? Why? And how am I supposed to leave this place?!"
In Fate's domain, all the crystals had been destroyed and shattered to death.
Tired and exhausted, everyone fell down... Freol, the space station members, Kaol, Noah, and the black figure.
Kaol returned to his normal form, "Finally, all of those have been killed! Yay, I killed all of them!"
The black figure said, "You literally stole all of our kills; we weakened them!"
Dleona frowned, "Yeah, acting so cocky, huh?"
Kaol glared at all of them, "It's my goal to create endless slaughter! I must kill you all, so don't kill others or try to flee from me."
Dleona smirked, "Kaol! I heard you have been used a lot by others, and your whole life was used to refine a crystal. I have also heard about the Ocean! Remember? The Sun and the Ocean, hahaha."
The black figure thought, "How is this possible? Kaol's life was only known to very few—how do these space station members know about it? Oh no... wait! I shouldn't be pondering right now; Kaol's about to go berserk on her! I will have to hide—"
Kaol grinned, "You simply know talk than you should, and I feel like killing you now."
Before Dleona could react, her head rolled on the ground.
Kaol grabbed it, "I was used by others, huh? Let me use this as my hat! Hehe, now I will use you..."