Abyssal Chronicles

"Give up, Lady Yumo. If I die again, those who’ll be destroyed in my place might be the children you cherish. But please believe me, my only goal is to complete the trial objective. After I extract the Judgment Temple from you, I won’t harm your children anymore."

Asar forced herself to calm her restless heart and spoke with feigned composure.

To be honest, as a Child of Destiny, a member of the Barolin family, and a ninth-level powerhouse who inherited the Radiant Emperor’s legacy, Asar didn’t want to use such despicable tactics. Using others’ lives as leverage was undoubtedly a disgrace to the strong.

Therefore, from the start of the battle until now, Asar had been trying to achieve victory using her four major advantages.

However, now that she couldn’t win through direct confrontation, Asar had no choice. Although she herself strongly rejected it, for the sake of ultimate victory, she still spoke these words. The dignity of the strong and the glory of the family were all thrown aside.

After all, if she lost, everything would be gone.

Having come this far, she absolutely couldn’t lose.

"Lady Yumo, you wouldn’t want the Black Rose members and those Demon children of yours to become sacrifices in this battle, would you?"

As she spoke, Asar tightly gripped the giant scythe that had expanded to tens of meters in length, vigilantly watching the black-haired girl. Her platinum cross-shaped pupils didn’t dare show even a hint of relaxation. Not just Asar, but Eos also went all out, using her magic mirror to summon dozens of hideous abyssal creatures, ready to coordinate with Asar against any possible attack from the black-haired girl.

For a moment, everything fell silent, and the scene was dragged into a terrifying silence.

In this quiet atmosphere, Asar’s hands began to tremble, as if she couldn’t control her emotions. That deep sense of tension was like an invisible snake, tightly coiling around her heart.

Without doubt, whether she could use the Black Rose family and Yumo’s children to restrain her would determine who claimed the fruits of victory.

Fortunately, luck seemed to be on Asar’s side.

The next moment, under Asar’s breathlessly tense gaze, the black-haired girl slowly opened those crimson eyes, the beautiful jewel-like pupils now devoid of any fighting spirit.

"I understand..."

Yumo spoke weakly.

As these words left her mouth, the girl’s tightly clenched hands slowly relaxed, and the last of the Shadow Power gathered around her suddenly collapsed. Even the bloody butterflies that had been surrounding and protecting her from beginning to end trembled and disintegrated into nothingness.

In that instant, the crimson aura powerful enough to make heaven and earth tremble crumbled, and the dark domain sealing the space dissipated with it.

Obviously, Yumo had given up the idea of continuing to fight.

Seeing this scene, the mountain pressing down on Asar’s heart suddenly lifted, and she couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, looking at the Abyssal Lord in the distance with mixed emotions.

An Abyssal Lord who possessed emotions and cared for children.

Honestly, after recovering all her memories, Asar had always felt uncomfortable about this.

After all, in Asar’s memories, all known Abyssal Lords were symbols of cruelty, violence, and ruthlessness. To eliminate enemies, they would use any means necessary. If needed, they would even sacrifice or betray their companions. If they treated companions like this, there was no need to mention the Abyssal Demons mass-produced from their blood.

They were just disposable consumables.

Therefore, after confirming that Yumo genuinely cared about her children and the humans of the Black Rose family, Asar felt incredibly confused, and even involuntarily developed feelings of disgust in her heart.

"An Abyssal Lord actually having emotions? How disgusting... it must be an act, right?"

That was what Asar thought when she first regained her memories.

However, now it seemed this emotion had become her greatest weakness.

"Lady Yumo, it’s really fortunate that you, as the Abyssal Lord, are the final boss of this trial."

If someone possessing such powerful abilities had been a genuinely cruel Abyssal Demon, even with Eos’s help, she probably wouldn’t have had any chance of winning.

"Rest assured, I’ll keep my promise from earlier... I won’t harm your children. So..."

Before she could finish speaking,

"BOOM!!!"

A thunderous roar shook the earth, making the air vibrate deafeningly.

Against this imposing background sound, the divine power in heaven and earth surged once again, flowing like a torrential flood, unstoppable. Then, when Asar’s eyes burst with golden light, the vast divine power rushed like a rapid current toward the scythe in her hand, concentrating power incomparable enough to grind the world to dust within the battle scythe.

Then, during Asar’s high-speed chanting, the forty-meter-long battle scythe began to twist and deform, rapidly compressing and breaking down, transforming into highly concentrated divine power and attaching to Asar’s fingertip.

"Divine Holy Sword - Subelio"

This was Asar’s strongest technique inherited from the Radiant Emperor.

Concentrating all power into a single point, generating extreme heat.

Everything touched would be reduced to nothingness.

Even divine bodies were no exception.

The next instant, propelled by Eos’s Shadow Power, Asar transformed into a beam of holy light, charging toward Yumo with an aura that could annihilate everything.

Although Yumo had given up resistance,

To avoid any unexpected developments,

Asar decided to end the battle immediately and unhesitatingly used her final trump card.

Watching that beautiful face rapidly expanding in her view, Asar thrust forward with her finger that had transformed into the strongest holy sword:

"So... please die!!!"

Ah...

This power,

If I’m hit, my body will probably vaporize instantly, right?

Watching Asar rapidly approaching, Yumo whispered with complex emotions.

Such a powerful attack?

She didn’t need to fear it at all,

She just needed to use Causal Reversal, and all attacks would be returned to the enemy.

But this time,

Just as she had said earlier, she no longer wanted to resist.

What was the point of reflecting it back?

Asar wouldn’t die anyway?

Even if she destroyed the world and managed to kill Asar, so what? my children would all die with her, including that silly Mengxi. In that case... what was the point of resisting?

Under normal circumstances, Yumo’s ability ’Causal Reversal’ would automatically activate when its master’s life was threatened, returning attacks to the enemy. But at this moment, under Yumo’s conscious control, the ability power that had just leaked from her body was forcibly suppressed.

Seeing this situation, Momo in the consciousness space let out a hysterical roar.

Unfortunately, Momo’s calls were directly ignored by Yumo, and her resistance was suppressed by Yumo’s powerful will.

At this moment, Yumo used her own will to suppress the urge of the Abyssal Demon power to go berserk, looking at the holy sword concentrated in Asar’s hand with an indescribably calm gaze.

Sigh,

Am I,

Going to die?

But,

It doesn’t seem so scary... after all, I’ve already died once on Earth.

Sigh,

I finally made the decision that I didn’t want to die, but in the end, I still can’t escape this fate. Oh well... I was sent to this world by the Goddess as the final boss in the first place, meant to be killed by the chosen one... nothing... has changed at all.

I’m just following the original script.

After I die,

That silly Mengxi should protect Yuan’er and the others... With Mengxi’s protection, Asar probably won’t make a move.

This, perhaps, is not such a bad ending.

Since death is inevitable, at least they should be safe,

I just wonder if my children will cry after I’m gone...

"I’m sorry..."

After softly speaking these words of apology, Yumo resolutely closed her eyes, undid all her defenses, and loosened her grip on the thin sword... She who had completely given up resistance opened her arms, ready to receive Asar’s final strike.

Everything seemed about to end in the next moment.

"BAKA!!!!!!! WHO GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO KILL YOURSELF?!!!!!!!!!!"