Spectre Yaxiu

The calm Sword Rain Pool suddenly boiled and rapidly evaporated, sharp sword qi churning and surging through the air. The four demigods' offensive did not pause in the slightest—instead, it grew even more frantic. They all realized the six-winged angel was preparing for a desperate, life-or-death struggle, which meant his source power was close to exhaustion! The girls could wait no longer. For the first time ever, the four had reached an unprecedented consensus: the Witch would be responsible for carving his flesh to ribbons, the torment of his soul would undoubtedly be left to the Spectre Prophet, the Silver Lantern intended to test some miracle effects on the angel's physical body, and the Sword Princess, having little experience with torture, could only handle the final step—slaying the angel! Sword Law could even feel a stinging ache across his soul body. It was not merely from their suffocating killing intent, but because Vichy had torn a tiny breach through the Curtain of Sorrow—her soul wonder was about to seep inside! "Magnificent," Sword Law marveled from the bottom of his heart. "You are the most brilliant sorcerers I have ever seen. Not being able to work alongside you is the greatest regret of my life. "Therefore... forgive me." Sword Law once again proudly spread his six wings. He glanced at his own gorgeous void wings, sighed, and said with absolute resolve: "Pity you and me, destined to sleep forever within the Coffin of Weeping Rain. "First Coffin: Silver." Sword Law's silver void wings quietly dissipated, and rainwater suddenly gathered around Sonia, forming a colossal water coffin. Her void wings were frozen stiff by the sword rain, unable to move, and even the Shattered Lake god drowned within the water coffin, helpless to resist! The Witch and the others immediately attempted to shatter the water coffin, but the moment their attacks struck its surface, they were completely absorbed, and the coffin shot forth an even denser barrage of sword rain. This was the first wonder unleashed by the Sword Rain Pool: 'Realm of Suffering'! All damage was absorbed by the Sword Rain Pool—unless the pool's water was drained dry, it could never be broken! "Second Coffin: Gold. Third Coffin: Rainbow. Fourth Coffin: Sovereign Color." As the sword rain filling the sky converged upon the Witch, the Silver Lantern, and Vichy to form three completely sealed water coffins, Sword Law was left with only his fifth void wing. The first four had vanished without a trace, leaving only the fifth and sixth void wings behind. Even his fifth void wing had dimmed considerably, reduced to a faint, solitary layer. This was the celestial-tier wonder formed by combining the three wonders of 'Realm of Suffering', 'Curtain of Sorrow', and 'Prison of Self-Harm'—the 'Coffin of Weeping Rain'! To activate the Coffin of Weeping Rain, one had to first deploy the three preceding wonders and mark the target with the Prison of Self-Harm. But ordinary demigods caught by the Prison of Self-Harm were basically already doomed, so the Coffin of Weeping Rain was actually a wonder prepared for God-Leaders. However, to activate the Coffin of Weeping Rain, the caster had to sacrifice a void wing and a layer of hell wings! The void wings were used to form the coffins, while the hell wings were used to suppress the targets' void wings! In the past, when Hell secret poison was available, consumed void wings could be quickly replenished. But now, with no telling when the Six Layers of Hell would return, Sword Law's void wings could not be restored for the time being. Furthermore, even if the four void wings could be restored, his hell wings were genuinely expended, causing him to instantly regress from a five-layer angel to a one-layer angel! Yet it was all worth it. Sword Law raised his eyes and saw Yaxiu, who was impaled with nine shadow swords, trying to break their water coffins. Even Felix and Daedalose were desperately searching for a way, but for those two Sanctuary sorcerers, leaving even a mark on the water coffins proved arduous. Inside the water coffins, the Sword Princess, the Witch, the Silver Lantern, and Vichy struggled with near frenzy, but no matter what they did, they could not budge the water coffins in the slightest. This was only natural; after all, their void wings were currently suppressed, and standing before them was an entire Sword Rain Pool! Unless the water of the Sword Rain Pool was drained in an instant, the water coffins would never break! This was one of the few wonders that allowed an angel to harm or kill a God-Leader. It was said that the Star Law Angel had once used this very wonder to assist the Sovereign in executing a God-Leader. How could a group of newly ascended demigods possibly contend against a legacy accumulated over thousands of years? "W-wait..." Yaxiu's voice had never sounded so weak. He had not had it as easy as he claimed; even if his soul could bear it, his senses were being tormented near to death by the nine shadow swords. He felt as though he were no longer himself, longing for nothing more than to faint into sleep to escape the agony. Yet... He could not run. This was his battle... and should only be his battle! Having cast Heart Hunt dozens of times in an instant without diminishing the water coffins in the least, Yaxiu disregarded the gazes of the Sword Princess and the others and shouted at Sword Law, "I agree! I'll go with you, alright?!" Sword Law gave no response. The liquid inside the water coffins suddenly gleamed with sword light. Even though the Sword Princess and the others defended in time, brutal bloody gashes were still carved across their skin! "Sword Law!" Yaxiu threw himself directly against the barrier, so violently that even the Curtain of Sorrow was struck into forming a spell sword. Glaring fiercely at Sword Law, he bellowed, "Am I not your Deputy Sovereign of Heaven?! Release them, and I'll go with you!" Sword Law looked at him, feeling almost compelled to offer him a mirror so he could see how anguished his expression was. Yes, you are our Deputy Sovereign of Heaven. I believe that with your assistance, the Sovereign will become even more powerful, more merciful, and kinder to this world. You are the first person capable of making the Sovereign shirk responsibility, and the first to awaken the Sovereign's emotional warmth. No one is more suited for the position of Deputy Sovereign of Heaven than you. Therefore, they must die here. Since the Sovereign has already harbored killing intent toward them, they must die; the only difference is who takes the blame... If things reach the point where the Sovereign cannot resist taking action, their deaths will become an insurmountable rift between the Sovereign and the Deputy Sovereign. Rather than letting that happen, it is better for me to erase these hidden dangers in advance, right here. Even if you execute me in the future, it will be worth it. I shall endure it; I shall bear the blame; I shall suffer. If someone must pay the price, I hope that price is me. "Take one last look at them, Deputy Sovereign," Sword Law said softly. Yet Yaxiu did not turn around. With head bowed, he stared at his hands, seemingly plunged into despair. Sword Law did not slow his rhythm for him. Once the Coffin of Weeping Rain was completely finalized, the rainwater inside the coffins would surge with sword radiance, annihilating every physical form trapped within— Boom! Sword Law was smashed against the wall, creating a humanoid crater. Excruciating pain clearly informed him that all his ribs were broken. Looking down, he saw a fist plunged deep into his chest, nearly bursting through his back. The angel's mind was in utter turmoil: wasn't Yaxiu pierced by nine shadow swords? How could he still possess combat capability? And how had the Curtain of Sorrow been breached when his source power had not even run out?! Even more critically... Sword Law saw that Yaxiu's left hand was clutching four chains, each bound to one of the girls' shadows. And the girls, who should have already dissolved into mists of blood, were safe and sound under the protection of 'Refraction Guard'. 'Refraction Guard' was Yaxiu's wonder, but it was impossible for him to cast it on them across the water coffins. There had to be a medium for casting... so he had used 'Shadow Lock', connecting to their soul bodies through their shadows. The problem was that 'Shadow Lock' was formed from the Soul Lock god combined with the wonder Soul Reflection—and both of those were housed in the Spectre Prophet's Temple of Sorcery! How could Yaxiu use the Spectre Prophet's wonder and god— Sword Law raised his head. A chill crept up his spine, his heart plummeted, and frost seemed to freeze the blood in his veins. "Didn't I tell you..." Half of Yaxiu's face was still the man Sword Law recognized, but the other half had contorted into that of a savage, tyrannical demon king! "...to let them go?!" Boom! With a dull explosion, the entire wall behind Sword Law cracked and crumbled. He was driven even deeper, nearly touching the outermost Realm of Suffering! Though he managed to maneuver spell swords to block this blow, his soul flared with agony as if it were being torn apart... It was 'Soul Screaming Sonic Wave'! Yaxiu had actually woven the power of a wonder seamlessly into his physical strike?! At this moment, Yaxiu unfurled his void wings. Sword Law looked up and discovered that his void wings seemed to have two layers: two layers of silver, two layers of gold, two layers of rainbow, two layers of... sword-colored void wings and soul-colored void wings?! This was practically like... Boom! As Sword Law was sent flying and skidded across the ground for over a dozen meters, he suddenly recalled something. Yaxiu was not the first person capable of nullifying the Prison of Self-Harm. The shadows of certain beings were exceedingly difficult to materialize. For instance, God-Leaders: the Prison of Self-Harm could at most materialize a single corresponding shadow sword, because the shadow of a God-Leader possessed the might of a God-Leader in its own right. Therefore, for those whose shadow swords could not be materialized, either they harbored no shadows in their hearts, or... The shadow concealed within his heart far exceeded the limits of what the Prison of Self-Harm could ever manifest! Arresting his momentum, Sword Law turned around, only to see Yaxiu—four chains coiled around his left hand, his entire body shrouded in dark gauze, charging forward like a vengeful spectre!