Chapter 152: The Vanishing Skill

Zhai Guangyi’s equipment instantly disintegrated due to the chaotic power within the lake water, including the bracelet on his wrist—a piece of Purple Quality Equipment that was also destroyed in an instant. Zhai Guangyi looked at the Divine Tree Sylph, who was also in the lake. Her clothing remained completely intact, even emitting a faint golden glow. This was all Divine-Rank Quality Equipment from head to toe, leaving Zhai Guangyi with nothing but envy.

Indeed, he needed a set of high-quality protective gear suited to him. Otherwise, in situations like this with such immense energy, he would be left completely exposed. If not for the fact that the power contained in the lake water shared the same origin as the Primordial Spirit, Zhai Guangyi’s body would have disintegrated as well. This was also why the Demon King and the others dared not touch this lake water.

“My ‘World’.”

The first words spoken by the awakened Divine Tree Sylph were still these, and her small face appeared somewhat distorted. It was likely the power contained in the lake water that made the Divine Tree Sylph uncomfortable. She seemed rather uneasy, looking as if she needed to be comforted.

“Your ‘World’? Why do you say that?”

Zhai Guangyi immediately activated his Demon Spirit Avatar. This rare Skill, Demon Spirit Drive, had already been evolved by Zhai Guangyi into the Special Skill Demon Spirit Avatar at level 10. After all, he currently had plenty of Skill Points.

With the activation of the max-level King Tree Domain, Zhai Guangyi’s defense and attack power instantly broke through the 100,000 threshold. Behind him, a massive Spiritual Body appeared, resembling the Divine Tree Sylph in appearance but more ethereal, with its entire body translucent and white.

Apart from Skills, Magic could not be activated within this lake water. Even max-level Spirit Magic was unusable—the moment a high-ranking Spirit appeared, it would be twisted and disintegrated.

“Why aren’t you dead yet! Why aren’t you dead yet! Sophia, why aren’t you dead yet!”

The Divine Tree Sylph’s facial expression grew even more distorted. Terrifying Magic Power erupted instantly, causing the entire lake to boil under the force of this dreadful power. Even with his massive Demon Avatar supporting him, Zhai Guangyi was blasted away by the impact.

Zhai Guangyi had no idea what she was talking about. For now, his priority was to lure her toward the Demon King. As he was pushed back, Zhai Guangyi changed direction and fled toward the Demon King.

But before Zhai Guangyi could even get a chance to run away, the Divine Tree Sylph’s eerie doll-like face appeared before him once again. She tilted her head, staring into Zhai Guangyi’s eyes.

“I’m going to devour you.”

Within the lake water, the Divine Tree Sylph’s voice made Zhai Guangyi’s Soul tremble, and his body began to shake uncontrollably. This was the innate suppression of a lower being by a higher one, a vast difference in status. Even though he also possessed a Unique Skill and his Soul was already quite powerful, he still felt fear—an instinctive belief that the Divine Tree Sylph’s words could not be disobeyed.

Nevertheless, Zhai Guangyi controlled his Demon Avatar to launch an attack against the Divine Tree Sylph. The overwhelming force, akin to a tidal wave, began to slowly disintegrate as it approached the Divine Tree Sylph, swallowed by an invisible vortex. A terrifying pulling force seemed to be devouring Zhai Guangyi’s very Soul.

This vortex tugged at Zhai Guangyi’s Demon Avatar. Using this force, Zhai Guangyi propelled himself backward in the opposite direction.

Something bizarre appeared on the skill panel of his interface—the Demon Spirit Avatar had vanished, replaced by the Tamed Magic Avatar.

Level 10, level 9…

Until the Tamed Magic Avatar completely disappeared, just like that, the skill was gone.

Zhai Guangyi felt as if a piece of his soul had been sliced away the moment it made contact. Along with this Special Skill, everything was lost.

The sensation of loss was strange yet natural. Zhai Guangyi felt as if he had never possessed this skill at all, an eerie feeling. Even a thousand Skill Points had been stripped away, leaving him with an intensely unpleasant taste.

If Zhai Guangyi hadn’t pulled away quickly, he would likely have been completely absorbed by that force.

This was the power of the ‘Abyss’—when actively wielded, devouring, separation, and distortion could all be accomplished in an instant.

Only now did Zhai Guangyi grasp the terror of a Unique Skill and the horror of a Deity. The Divine Tree Sylph’s face was flushed with joy, her entire expression glowing with pleasure as if savoring the sliver of soul she had just devoured.

“‘World’! My ‘World’! ‘World’! I’m going to devour you!”

Zhai Guangyi had no desire to experience that again. This so-called “devouring” was literal—he never wanted to endure the feeling of having his soul consumed again. It was truly unbearable. The devoured portion even seemed to carry fragments of memory, representing true death. If the Elven Body perished, Zhai Guangyi would merely lose an Avatar Body, yet this force could directly touch his soul.

Zhai Guangyi was tempted to abandon this body entirely and return to his True Body, which housed half of his soul. Even if the soul in this body were completely devoured, he wouldn’t die outright, though he would lose many Skill Points and skills. Of course, ‘World’ could only exist within his True Body, so it wouldn’t be lost, but the experience would still be agonizing.

Moreover, Zhai Guangyi still hoped to complete the mission and bring the Divine Tree Sylph to Demon King Mephistopheles.

The red glow in the Divine Tree Sylph’s eyes seemed to intensify. Then, an enlarged version of the Divine Tree Sylph appeared above the lake surface, its colossal size surpassing that of an entire island.

This was the characteristic of Zhai Guangyi’s former skill, the Demon Avatar. The terrifying blood-red Demon Avatar slightly lowered its head to gaze at the lake. This avatar appeared more substantial, identical in appearance to the Divine Tree Sylph, unlike Zhai Guangyi’s translucent form. It stood like a giant—a crimson giant.

On the shore, Demon King Mephistopheles also saw this red figure, as did Lilith, Lvqi, and the others. The towering presence emerging from the lake allowed its terrifying Magic Power to penetrate the lake’s incredibly dense energy and reach the shore, causing all the Demigod Powerhouses to feel immense pressure. The overwhelming Magic Power made it difficult for them to breathe, as if each inhalation was filled with pure Magic Power, something no ordinary body could withstand.

Demon King Mephistopheles reinforced his Domain once more.

“The distance is very close now. Prepare the formation. Lvqi, you take charge. Lilith, come to my side.”

Demon King Mephistopheles now appeared exceptionally solemn as he began channeling Magic Power into the massive Magic Circle on the ground.

This Magic Circle embodies the condensed wisdom of over a thousand years, supported not only by dozens of Demigods but also by the Demigod Rank Magic Crystals accumulated by the Demon King over the millennia. Most of these originate from the fallen Demon Race warriors on the battlefield, as well as the thousand-year heritage of the Demon Race.

Max-Level Ultimate Skill: Retrograde Light

This is one of the Demon King’s Ultimate Skills. He intends to use the thousand-year heritage of the Demon Race to teleport the Elven Divine Tree to the center of Mesopotamia Forest.