Emperor Lawrence

After receiving healing from Lawrence, she returns to the battlefield and summons a tree with a white trunk, followed by a gigantic flower that consumes the surrounding mana and ends with the Illusory Aura Flower. She uses the latter to fight against the illusions of the butterfly, while the rest are used in both battles.

With the help of Sky Petal, both Coldness Divine and Serene Will reach a critical point in their battles. The butterfly and the dragon imoogi are able to sense this and show signs of making a suicidal attack just as the giant wolf did.

But this is nothing more than a blessing in disguise.

They all head towards Eminent Greed and manifest their Way in fullness. Eminent Greed frowns because the strength they currently show is superior, they had been reserving their strength for this attack!

“Ha!”

Eminent Greed snorts arrogantly, if she does not end them now, she will regret it later. “The outcome is written, why can't you see it?”

“Everything has an end, even immortality.”

To Coldness Divine's response, she simply shakes her head.

The suicidal attacks of the butterfly and the dragon imoogi head towards them all, regardless of their master's position, as if she herself had asked them not to hold back.

A strange illusion hits along with a gentle breeze.

In the blink of an eye, Sky Petal, Serene Will, and Coldness Divine use their Way to attack everything around them, destroying all threats and with it, the life of Eminent Greed.

Then something incredible happens. Beneath Eminent Greed's feet, a giant snake emerges, which swallows its master and hides in the ground.

At that moment, the allied and enemy attacks collide, creating a shockwave that damages Lawrence. Such is the magnitude that even he, who was away from the battle, suffered some mishaps.

“Level 758…”

At the words of Sky Petal, everyone holds their breath.

A thunderous noise emerges from the previous position of Eminent Greed and then the snake reveals its huge body. Like the previous summoned beasts, this one only has golden lines as its body, but that is not what makes them hold their breath.

Level 758, that is the level of the snake.

“It's true, we all witness the end someday, but…”

A beautiful voice comes from above. More than ten meters high and above the head of the snake, Eminent Greed looks down at them with a smile on her face.

“Don’t be arrogant, level 699s, did you really think you had a chance?”

“Watch out!”

Sky Petal notices something and immediately commands her plants to hold the bodies of Serene Will and Coldness Divine to move them away from the place… but this attack was meant to be unavoidable. Because this attack is none other than the Way of the snake.

Dozens of snakes emerge from the ground, all level 699, each with the illusion of a blurred Way behind them.

Sky Petal's vines do their best to protect them and get them out of there as soon as possible, but she never thought the snakes near her would not hesitate to commit suicide.

“AAAGH!”

Sky Petal is sent flying, dragging along with her Serene Will and Coldness Divine. Other snakes also committed suicide, but thanks to Sky Petal's prompt help, both women were unharmed.

Coldness Divine sees the body of Sky Petal and clenches her teeth. After hearing Lawrence heading to this place, she does not hesitate to use her Way and run towards Eminent Greed.

“Eminent Greed, I will make you fall from that place!”

Lawrence arrives where Sky Petal is and sees her lamentable state. There are two large holes in her body, one in her heart and another in her belly. Hundreds of vines emerge from her wounds and try to join each other, like the veins of a human. Anyone else in her place would have died on the spot, it is uncertain if she will be able to regenerate without external help, but he is not going to wait for that to happen!

“Sky Petal will no longer be able to fight, go with Coldness Divine and finish that bitch now. But do not think of using this opportunity to ascend to level 700! There are still more opportunities to fight her!”

Even if today we all die.

Serene Will understands the hidden meaning of his words and looks at Sky Petal before departing.

Slowly the wounds of Sky Petal heal, but she is different from a human. Not because her wounds disappear means that the worst case scenario has passed, no, that is not how it works. Because she has extraordinary regeneration, she has to draw strength from somewhere, and her source comes from her own body.

Lawrence looks towards the dozens of level 699 snakes, the pawns of that giant snake, and then directs his gaze towards Eminent Greed. His heart beats fast when their eyes meet and that woman… smiles.

“Won’t you attack me? Even when all this time you wanted to kill me?”

Due to the distance between them, she does not respond. Even though Lawrence successfully conveyed his words to her.

‘You will regret it.’

He dares not tell her those words aloud. Because if there was a common cause of death in this world, it is arrogance. Inciting the enemy to fight with all their strength.

On the battlefield, it's hell.

The magma surrounds the entire surface eternally, it's not just fire, it's time. Although the snakes counterattack and eliminate its effect, the magma reappears as if nothing had happened. If that was all, there might still be hope, but Coldness Divine is not alone.

At the slightest oversight, a sword cuts the heads of the snakes. This sword is mysterious, appearing suddenly near them and with its blade surrounded by sand, it is possible to defend against it for a moment but not against successive attacks.

Eminent Greed sees this from the head of the giant snake and cannot help but admire the strength of these two women. Enough time has passed to understand that they do not belong to one of the major sects, rather they are resources of Lawrence himself. How did a man like him manage to make those women follow him?

But still, it is not enough.

"You're only postponing your death, what you're doing is no different from stalling for time--"

Before she finishes her words, she sees the arrogant smile of that dragon girl.

Eminent Greed's eyes tremble, she unconsciously turns around and looks into the distance… unable to believe what her eyes are seeing.

“A second Coldness Divine?”

That's right. Hidden in the distance, a second Coldness Divine looks her in the eye and smiles. It's a calm smile, very different from the woman she has been fighting all this time. But what she holds in her hands is far from anything she could have imagined.

In her hands shines a sphere of light so beautiful that anyone would be blinded by seeing it.

White Sun, that is its name.

When her secret is revealed, the laughter of the main body of Coldness Divine is heard.

“I have been compressing it throughout the course of this battle, I hope you like it.”

“Snake! Attack!”

Eminent Greed forgets the mental commands and shouts her order to her summoned beast, which opens its jaw and for the first time performs an attack. A dark mist emanates from its snout, anything that comes in contact with this mist disintegrates without leaving a trace.

The second Coldness Divine dodges its attack so skillfully that it surprises even her main body, who was prepared to support her and give her time to reach the giant snake.

Eminent Greed hastily begins preparations to summon another beast, but it's too late.

BOOM.

As soon as the White Sun magic impacts the giant snake, its body splits without any impediment and all its pawns disappear along with it. The longer the compression time, the greater its power. Until now, Coldness Divine had always relied on herself to buy time, but since obtaining her Way, it is no longer necessary.

Eminent Greed falls from the snake and forgets to breathe when she sees a change in the sky. It was only temporary, an event that lasted a few seconds, but all the clouds were divided by a sword cut. And there, a fissure reflected… a world beyond the sky.

“Heaven’s Division.”

This is none other than the manifestation of the Way of Serene Will.

‘How is it possible that a level 699 hunter could--?’

Her thoughts are interrupted by a deep pain, she would soon cough up blood.

“Cough!”

Serene Will's intention was to divide Eminent Greed's body in two, but the vitality of a level 700 ranker should not be underestimated. A cut emerges from Eminent Greed's shoulder to her belly, a few centimeters from touching her heart, but she is still alive! And in her eyes reveals the intention to continue fighting!

‘I can't let her recover!’

Even at the cost of sacrificing her lifespan, Serene Will moves her sword a second time, even knowing the consequences.

“How long will you keep watching...?”

The voice of Eminent Greed echoes in the place.

“Father.”

The sword that was about to end her life is stopped by the hand of a man.

By the father of Eminent Greed.

“You...!”

Who is more impressed is not Serene Will, but Lawrence. Because that man is...!

“Hah...” The man sighs, allowing the woman in front of him to retreat. “Lawrence, if you had heeded my warning, this would not have happened.”

Gate of Torment, the old man who revealed his resentment towards him at the Violet Twilight auction house, right after speaking with Eminent Greed. He is an elderly man with blue eyes, white hair and beard, who dresses entirely in white, but at this moment he looks very different.

Because only golden lines denote his outline, no different from a summoned beast.

As for his level...

Level 800.

“I didn't want this to happen. I didn't wish to tarnish the memory of my daughter.”

Their preparations to fight against Eminent Greed were wrong.