Chapter 708: Chapter 14: Clash—and No One Can Defeat Me!

The battle commenced in an instant!

Lynch was the first to strike. With a thought, the power of the [Space Domain] precisely concentrated beside Alfred—

Buzz!

A pitch-black hole, only the size of a fist but exuding an aura that sent chills down one’s spine, appeared out of thin air!

It was like the deepest darkness in the universe, and the moment it appeared, it erupted with a terrifying devouring power. The surrounding light, dust, and even the pervasive Death Energy were madly sucked into it. Even the hard ground of the canyon was torn apart, massive rocks silently obliterated, disappearing into nothingness!

Alfred’s figure was violently pulled by this tremendous force, stumbling towards the deadly black hole!

However, Alfred’s gray eyes showed no panic; instead, a trace of sarcasm flashed through them. He didn’t even turn around as an icy white flame suddenly ignited around him!

The flame didn’t spread outwards but surged towards that all-consuming black hole as if it had a life of its own!

Sss—!

A sound that was both teeth-grinding and bizarre, like cold water being poured onto boiling oil mixed with the crackling of space, erupted!

The domain-level black hole, capable of obliterating matter, was frozen and withered the moment it touched the icy white flame. Its stable space structure was forcibly destroyed, becoming unstable like paper burned through, and with a puff, it completely dissipated into nothing!

As the black hole was dissolved, the icy white flame didn’t extinguish; instead, it suddenly gathered and transformed mid-air, forming a gigantic serpent entirely composed of this eerie flame! It opened its massive maw wide enough to swallow a giant bear, carrying a chill that could freeze souls as it lunged fiercely towards Lynch, its speed nearly instantaneous!

Seeing the Flame Giant Python about to engulf Lynch—

Dong!

A deep and clear ticking sound, as if from an ancient belfry, suddenly rang out!

Above the head of the Flame Giant Python, a phantom of twisted clocks and gears flashed and disappeared!

[Time Domain·Instantaneous Stasis]!

The fiercely lunging Flame Giant Python, its violent posture, the flickering flame, and even the destructive energy within, were forcibly paused at this moment! It bizarrely solidified in mid-air, as if becoming a carefully sculpted ice crystal artwork, mere inches from Lynch’s forehead!

Yet, at the same instant that Lynch used the Time Domain to freeze the Flame Giant Python—

A soundless, pitch-black claw, completely blending into the shadow, silently appeared behind Lynch like a specter! It didn’t cause any energy fluctuations, even evading Lynch’s powerful Spirit Perception, as it silently and deadly aimed for Lynch’s back!

This was Alfred’s true killing move! Using a frontal assault to attract attention, the truly fatal strike came from the unsuspected [Shadow of Death God]!

An icy smile of triumph appeared on Alfred’s pale face, his lips moving slightly, the unfinished sneer seemingly already out: ’In the end, I still win, my dear brother…’

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However, the curvature of his lips had not fully spread when he suddenly froze! His expression changed dramatically!

Because on the shadow claw that was about to touch Lynch’s robe, a complex and sinister dark green rune mark appeared without warning!

Upon its appearance, the shadow claw, composed of pure Death Energy and supposed to be intangible, seemed to encounter sunlight on snow or like being washed over by millions of years in an instant, visibly growing dim, decaying, and disintegrating!

The Death Energy forming the claw let out a silent wail, quickly turning into countless pitch-black fragments that scattered silently!

Even more bizarre —

“Crack… puff!”

At the very moment the shadow claw decayed and crumbled, Alfred’s right hand, which had been hidden in his sleeve, controlling the shadow in secret from afar, underwent a terrifying mutation at the same time!

His palm and even his forearm instantly shriveled, turning black, covered in rotten spots. The skin and flesh peeled off like withered bark, revealing the bones beneath, which were decaying rapidly as well! A dense aura of decay and death exuded from his arm!

“Ugh!” Alfred let out a muffled grunt of pain, his eyes filled with disbelief.

[Decay Rune]!

Lynch’s long-prepared counterattack trap! He had quietly laid a highly condensed Decay Law Power around himself, triggering the rune upon any energy-based attack that touched him. The decay effect would backfire along the energy link, directly onto the caster’s body!

Alfred decisively pointed his left hand like a knife, a flash of shadow energy passing through!

Shhh!

Without hesitation, he severed his rapidly decaying right arm at the shoulder! The severed arm fell to the ground, turning into a puddle of foul, blackened pus within a mere second or two.

The two of them swiftly retreated in unison, creating a distance of several hundred meters once more.

Lynch did not take the opportunity to pursue, instead watching Alfred’s severed arm gravely, wary of any possible follow-up.

Alfred glanced down at his empty right shoulder, his brow furrowed, a flash of pain and brutality crossing his face. He then lifted his left hand, swiftly tracing several bizarre, negative-energy-ridden runes over the severed arm while uttering a brief, obscure spell.

The next moment, a chilling scene unfolded!

Countless shadowy energies as thick as ink frantically surged from the wound of his severed arm, interweaving, entangling, and constructing! Bones, nerves, blood vessels, muscles… even skin, all regenerated at a speed defying logic!

In the blink of an eye, a perfectly intact, still pale arm regrew! He even moved his newly formed fingers, as if brushing away a speck of dust.

The carefree, devil-may-care smile on Alfred’s face vanished entirely, replaced by profound gravity and incomprehensible confusion. His newly grown hand clenched slightly, with pale knuckles accentuating the turmoil in his heart.

He stared intently at Lynch, his voice low and filled with confusion: “Space… Time… and that power just now, the one that causes everything to decay… is it the rumored Decay Law? Triple Domain… you actually have mastered the power of three completely different domains simultaneously?!”

His tone carried incredulity, his grey eyes sharp as a knife, as if trying to dissect Lynch completely: “That’s simply impossible! Even the most outstanding genius would find it hard to cultivate a single domain to its peak despite a lifetime of effort! Every domain requires endless dedication and time to comprehend and accumulate…”

“How did you manage it? From where did you… steal so much time?!”

Facing Alfred’s torrent of questions, Lynch merely shrugged indifferently, a slightly playful, relaxed smile incongruent with the life-and-death struggle atmosphere appearing on his face: “You guess? But unfortunately—”

He elongated the tone, grey eyes glinting with teasing light: “I’m not telling you.”

This nonchalant attitude completely infuriated Alfred. The somber look on his face nearly dripped water, and the ghastly white flames around him flared uncontrollably, the surrounding temperature plummeting.

“In the Wizard World, it adheres to the cruelest yet fairest principle of equivalent exchange!” Alfred’s voice turned bone-chillingly cold, filled with an almost obsessive belief, “No one can gain everything without cost in this world!”

“To reach where I am today, with the power I possess…” His voice suddenly rose, containing a faint trace of unnoticeable distortion and madness, “is because I paid a price unimaginable and unbearable for ordinary people!”

“Plots, schemes, betrayal, slaughter… I betrayed my soul, defiled my faith, abandoned myself, sacrificing everything I could to the Abyss to finally earn the right to stand here!”

“On this path to the pinnacle of power…” He stared fiercely at Lynch, asserting word by word like declaring a universal truth, “no one can advance faster than me! And absolutely no one can surpass me without a price!”

“Especially you—Lynch!” He almost roared the last name.

After a moment’s pause, the somber look on his face transformed into extreme coldness and confidence, his mouth curling into a cruel sneer: “So, you can’t beat me! Never ever!”

As the words fell, a profoundly deep light burst in Alfred’s grey eyes! Following that, a complex, ancient, and endlessly deathly and eternal mysterious symbol slowly emerged and condensed from the depths of his pupils, eventually clearly engraved into his eyes!

The instant the symbol appeared, a far more terrifying, primordial, soul-chilling aura than when summoning the “Shadow of Death God” began to spread slowly from within Alfred like an awakening primordial beast!

The space around him started to distort slightly, light seemingly swallowed up by him, and an invisible “death” force field targeting all living beings began to spread rapidly!

Alfred’s voice turned hollow and majestic, as if carrying murmurs of billions of dead souls:

“The true power contained in these eyes…”

“You haven’t truly witnessed it, have you?”

“Today…”

“Let you have a good look!”

“What truly is…”

“Power derived from death…”

“Mighty!”

The final words exploded like thunder, the mysterious symbol in those eyes bursting forth with an all-consuming brilliance!

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