Chapter 501: God-Slaying Backstab

The colossal black blade cleaved the sphere of concentrated void energy in two before sweeping horizontally. The sheer magnitude of void energy contained within it was far beyond what a single tower of the Utopia organization could withstand; upon contact, the structure was pierced and pulverized, its main frame shattered and left to disintegrate.

Avia wielded the power of the Night Sky Tree with effortless grace, barely needing to tap into the strength of the Chariot, which allowed Wang Yu to unleash his destructive potential with even greater abandon.

The Lady of Night’s divine power had been refined by the girl, Wang Yu, and the Lady herself. Among the three, Avia, possessing the sharpest intellect, perhaps held the deepest understanding of this force.

The pitch-black greatsword was merely the form this power assumed once shaped and channeled; its essence remained the vast, oceanic void energy drawn from the Night Sky Tree, gathered continuously from the followers of the Night.

To the Utopia organization, which also commanded void power, this near-infinite reservoir of energy—divine in the eyes of mortals—served as the most potent of weapons.

"Hum!"

Just as they had during their previous invasion of the material world, the towers emitted a silent vibration, linking themselves together in an instant. The only difference was that in the material world, the chains connecting these towers were invisible; here, within the void, these links—or rather, the chains binding the Utopia members within the towers—were clearly visible to Wang Yu and Avia.

The Utopia towers, filling the void ahead, were interconnected by a complex, web-like network of chains. This instantly imbued the already oppressive enemy formation with a more formidable presence; the fused towers seemed to coalesce into a singular, dangerous, and powerful void beast, its collective strength now unified and ready for deployment.

A massive shield composed of countless layers of void energy crashed into the path of the greatsword forged from the Lady of Night’s power. As the two forces collided, the void energy at the point of impact dissipated like a tide, filling the surrounding space with a strange, nebula-like splendor.

"Boom!"

The power of the Lady of Night, channeled by Avia, remained in a brief stalemate with the unified strength of the Utopia towers. It was difficult to discern if either side had fully committed their power, yet the balance was shattered almost immediately.

A chain used by Utopia to link their towers was snapped without warning. The person who had broken it seized the chain embedded within the tower, his physical strength surging outward. With a simple, brutal, and cruel display of violence, he swung the tower like a meteor hammer, smashing it into the surrounding structures.

"Bang! Crack-crack-crack!"

The nearest tower was struck head-on. Under the immense force, the identical material of the tower shattered and collapsed, only to be pressed further forward by the tower Wang Yu was still swinging, dragging more structures into the wreckage.

The deafening roar of the collision—felt through vision rather than sound—echoed through the void. Several towers were destroyed by Wang Yu’s sudden appearance, their debris scattering across the gaps between the remaining structures, leaving behind a scene of utter devastation.

At some point, Wang Yu’s form had been shrouded by the unique power of the Lady of Night, vanishing from the sensors of the Utopia towers. By the time he struck again, several more towers had already been overturned and destroyed.

Though these losses were minimal compared to the total number of Utopia towers, the chains linking them transmitted the shock of the damage in a chain reaction. In an instant, the void energy shield between the towers and the black greatsword was gashed; a massive wound appeared, deepening rapidly until it was soon split asunder.

In the area where Wang Yu stood, massive amounts of void energy converged. Ignoring the possibility that he might once again use the Lady of Night’s power to conceal himself, they chose to form a black cubic prison, wide enough to surround the entire sector where Wang Yu was located.

The black cube began to shrink, pressing down upon Wang Yu. Unless they eliminated him, they had no way to contend with the girl wielding the power of the Night deity.

"Bang!"

A strange yet distinct thud echoed as the black cube stopped shrinking at a certain point. No matter how much power the Utopia towers poured into increasing the inward pressure, it was useless; the cube merely emitted the sound of colliding with something immovable.

"Boom!"

With a violent tremor, the black cage was breached before it could do anything else. A fist shimmering with golden light punched out from within, and then Wang Yu’s hands gripped the edges of the gap. Power surged through his body as he began to exert force.

"Crack-crack-crack!"

The attack, formed by the combined power of numerous Utopia towers, was forcibly torn apart by its target—the monster of a man. Wang Yu seized the wreckage of the cage, using the power of the Chariot to grasp the highly compressed void energy within. He reshaped it into two chains tipped with blades, which swayed and rotated behind him, as cunning and agile as if they possessed a life of their own.

"Bang!"

On the other side, the shield Utopia had fashioned to block the black greatsword was being carved with ever-deeper gashes due to the dissipation of their power. Finally, it was cleaved in two by the greatsword, which then bore down upon the cluster of towers linked by chains.

Facing the descending blade, the Utopia towers chose to retreat. The linked cluster moved through the void as quickly as it had arrived, pulling back in unison, attempting to evade the inestimable power of the Night deity’s strike.

However, Avia had no intention of using such a "fixed" form of attack against the Utopia cluster. The massive black greatsword began to disintegrate as it descended, transforming in an instant into a sea of mist composed of the Lady of Night’s power.

The boundless black mist surged forward at high speed, engulfing the Utopia towers entirely. The power of concealment permeated the space; within this sea of divine mist, even those standing face-to-face or touching might fail to perceive one another.

Because they were linked by iron chains, the Utopia towers were not subject to these limitations. Reacting swiftly, they vibrated the surrounding space, preparing to disperse the less "solid" mist of void energy with their own oscillating power.

"Snap! Boom!"

Yet Wang Yu was not merely watching. Covered by the black mist, he had become a true demon within the fog, completely erased from Utopia’s perception. He acted with impunity, while Utopia could mount no effective counterattack.

Driven by the power of the Chariot, the chains rapidly drove their bladed tips into the walls of the Utopia towers. Pulling the chains taut, Wang Yu used them to traverse the space between the towers at high speed. With this astonishing momentum, every chain he crossed that linked the towers was snapped and destroyed, while the towers themselves were smashed through by his own reinforced frame.

These core forces of the Utopia organization were pathetically fragile before Wang Yu. Perhaps in the material world, there were many constraints, such as physical laws, but this was the void. All of Wang Yu’s chaotic powers were converted into the strength of his physical form, making his already absurd stats even more terrifying. The destruction he wrought now exceeded even that of the divine power wielded by Avia.

As Wang Yu leaped and charged between the towers, expanding the scope of the destruction, Utopia’s attempts to disperse the black mist were interrupted as the damage spread through the chains.

Realizing that the chains used to link their power had become a liability, the Utopia towers finally chose to sever them, reverting to independent entities to deal with the threats in their respective areas.

However, this played right into Avia’s hands. When the towers’ power was no longer unified, and they became individual specks of starlight, the sea of dark mist—previously unable to erode the whole—became lethal.

From the power of the Lady of Night, black arms reached out silently, dragging and pulling at the towers that attempted to flee the mist to avoid having their senses obscured and being hunted by Wang Yu.

With their power dispersed, the towers no longer had the capital to contend with divine strength. In their death throes, they were dragged into the depths of the black mist, disappearing without a sound.

Two people and one deity had indeed fulfilled their promise, completely intercepting the Utopia legion invading from the void and even launching a large-scale counter-offensive of destruction.

"Remember what I said? We must handle this Night deity. She is special; she can mobilize power with free will, unlike other deities who can only release divine power according to the guidance of their believers."

"Therefore, even if she is not a particularly powerful deity, she poses the greatest threat to us. To achieve our true goal, we must eliminate her at the right moment. That moment is now. However, because of your recklessness, we have lost a significant portion of our forces, Domino."

At a certain location in the void, Sura spoke to the new executor, Domino, beside her. Domino’s expression was truly grim; she had completely misjudged the strength of the two humans and the deity. The destruction of so much of Utopia’s combat power was indeed entirely her failure.

"Do not dwell on it. Now, it is time for the Lightless Secret Cult, who are responsible for dealing with the Night deity, to fulfill their final duty. We must seize the gap when her divine power falters. While I do not believe this will kill her, banishing her to the space we have prepared is entirely feasible. Do not make any more mistakes."

Sura did not mind the failure; she spoke while touching a mark on her arm.

In Alastair, Damian, who was preparing the town’s defenses alongside the caravan members, felt the mark suddenly become searingly hot, the pain piercing his heart. The time had come.

Without hesitation, he had made his decision the moment he let his two wavering companions sink into eternal slumber. The current comfort was but a brief and false illusion; what they pursued was the true, eternal Utopia. It was a great cause that had taken long ages to prepare; he could not abandon it.

Closing his eyes, he followed the channel of faith between himself and the Lady of Night, raised the dagger that existed simultaneously in the material world and the void, and thrust it forward.

The vast will within flowed upstream, surging entirely toward the location of the Night Sky Tree, merging into the power of the Night deity, and then influencing the divine kingdom in reverse.

The figure of the ancient Night deity, acting as the librarian, flickered abruptly. When she reappeared, she was already at the location of the Lady of Night’s true essence, plunging the dagger in her hand into the other’s heart.