The strength of the Ghost Swordsman Elfa was by no means something ordinary people could match.
Among those present, apart from Hell Dragon Knight Restiev and the Heaven-Earth Mage Wolong who barely possessed strength to fight against him, no one else was qualified.
Even including the three strongest of Dragon Nation: Ice Emperor, Moon Mark, and Seraph.
With Elfa's help, Kloster completely restrained Restiev using the Demon World Ancestral Dragon, rendering Restiev immobile.
The three, Ice Emperor, Moon Mark, and Seraph were also easily defeated by Ghost Swordsman Elfa and Frost Mage King Kwon Jihyun working together.
Elfa still had his eyes on the remaining Resurrection God Stone on Zhang Yue.
And he grasped Zhang Yue's weakness.
After going all out to defeat Wolong, his ghost sword was directly placed at Wolong's neck.
Turning to face the other side, toward Zhang Yue who was still trapped within the ice formation, he said, "The Resurrection God Stone, or his life. You choose one."
Faced with this threat, Zhang Yue pretended to ponder, "Both of these are very important to me. Can you give me some time to think it over?"
"Don't worry, not long, just give me a day to consider, and that'll be enough."
Elfa said coldly, "Trying to stall for time?"
"It's useless. I've already calculated the time. Based on when you activated the Resurrection God Stone, there are still two hours remaining until the 24-hour continuous guidance period ends."
"No matter how you delay, you won't last two more hours."
Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Fine, if two hours won't work, then just give me one hour and fifty-nine minutes."
Elfa's gaze was filled with killing intent, "You think I'm joking with you?"
"I know, this old mage is very important to you. I'll give you ten seconds. If you can't decide, then I'll decide for you."
Inside and outside the battlefield, the atmosphere was heavy.
In Dragon Nation's livestream room, countless citizens sighed.
["It's over, this time our Dragon Nation is really finished!"]
["Elfa still wants to kill and rob. Even if he gets the Resurrection God Stone, he won't spare anyone!"]
["But if it were you, what could you do at this moment? Whether you hand over the Resurrection God Stone or not, it's death either way…"]
["Damn it, why does the resurrection time of the Resurrection God Stone take so long? Still needs two more hours to fully complete. If it activates and revives all five of Dragon Nation's top experts, maybe we could still fight them!"]
["Don't even think about it. Two hours? Given the current situation, how could we possibly last that long!"]
———
On the battlefield.
Faced with Elfa's threat, Zhang Yue had no choice but to make a decision, "Alright then. If you insist on pushing so urgently, then of course, I choose to save him."
"Very good. I knew you'd do that," Elfa signaled to Inoue Amano with a glance, indicating him to retrieve the Resurrection God Stone.
At that moment, Zhang Yue suddenly said, "However, the God Stone is not on me."
"What do you mean?", Elfa's expression turned fierce, "I think I've already reminded you, no matter how you try to delay, you can't stall for two hours. You won't live to see the Resurrection God Stone activate."
"Is that so?", Zhang Yue replied calmly, "Then maybe… you're going to be disappointed."
As soon as Zhang Yue's voice fell, in the distance behind them, several golden beams of light suddenly burst forth.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Six consecutive golden lights shot up to the sky, linking heaven and earth, forming a magnificent sight.
Everyone was drawn to this distant spectacle.
Their first reaction was all surprise.
"What phenomenon is this again? What's happening over there?"
"There have been so many anomalies today!"
"Oh my god, what the hell is going on!"
Only Elfa, upon seeing the distant scene, suddenly felt a shock in his heart.
Because he knew: this was the sight of the Resurrection God Stone having completed the entire process and about to execute the final resurrection.
"IMPOSSIBLE!", Elfa looked at the time and said, "They activated the Resurrection God Stone at ten o'clock last night. It's only eight now. There should be two more hours left, why would the God Stone activate early…"
"Could it be…", Elfa suddenly seemed to realize something, and abruptly turned to Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue, as if to deliberately provoke Elfa, spoke frankly, "Didn't you ask me where the last Resurrection God Stone went?"
"That God Stone, was used as a catalyst."
Elfa's heart jolted once more.
Because, that was exactly what he had guessed.
The Resurrection God Stone was originally supposed to take 24 hours of guidance, but after dying and reviving, on the way here, Zhang Yue had deliberately gone to the location of the God Stones.
He had already predicted that Elfa would return after dying once, and that the one-for-one exchange wouldn't work anymore during their next confrontation.
Which meant, he could no longer handle Elfa.
So, he directly used the last Resurrection God Stone on his person as a catalyst, accelerating the guidance process of the other six God Stones.
Thus, the originally remaining two-hour guidance time was reduced to just two minutes.
Elfa looked at Zhang Yue with an incredulous gaze, "You used a Resurrection God Stone worth ten trillion… as a catalyst?"
Zhang Yue shrugged, "Why not?"
"You're insane!"
"Weren't you the one who forced me?", Zhang Yue said, "Originally it didn't have to be this wasteful, but I knew you were eyeing that God Stone. I had no choice, rather than let you have it, I'd rather destroy it."
Elfa was furious.
But the next second, he calmed down again.
Looking into the distance, at the gradually dimming golden beams, he said coldly, "You think just because they're revived, your Dragon Nation can stop me?"
Zhang Yue replied casually, "How do you know we can't?"
Elfa said coldly, "Since the Resurrection God Stone is gone, then he no longer has any value to be kept alive."
As he spoke, Elfa raised his ghost sword.
His cold gaze fixed on Wolong.
"Die!"
Slash!
Just as Elfa swung his sword—
Suddenly, a beam of golden light descended from the sky, landing on Wolong's body, making him disappear instantly from where he stood, perfectly dodging Elfa's fatal strike.
In the blink of an eye, Wolong teleported to a safe place a few meters away from his original position.
"You think I can't kill you?"
Just as Elfa prepared to raise his sword again and strike at Wolong—
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A sky full of golden arrows rained down. Elfa quickly swung his sword to block them.
With precise swordsmanship, he perfectly deflected all the incoming arrows.
However, the broken arrows that hit the ground suddenly emitted a "beep beep beep" alarm sound.
The next second—
BOOM!
Like a pile of bombs going off together, those arrows exploded fiercely, a thick cloud of smoke engulfing Elfa.
When the smoke cleared, Elfa, still with 80% of his health bar remaining, looked ahead.
Only to see several silhouettes slowly approaching step by step…
[T/N: Imagine the Endgame scene where everyone walks out of potal towards Thanos.]
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