Upon seeing Zephyro’s ever-present composure, as if he hadn’t even unleashed his true power, the hatred in Phainon’s heart surged wildly like oil set ablaze!

"Heh... heh... How could you... how dare you!" He gritted his teeth, forcing out these words, his voice twisted and trembling with extreme rage.

No unnecessary movements—at this moment, his hatred had already reached its boiling point!

The golden blood within his body seemed to gain a will of its own, surging and seething wildly!

The next second, without Phainon needing to tear open his own chest, searing golden blood erupted from his flesh, bursting forth in torrents!

In an instant, brilliant and blazing golden blood engulfed his entire body!

"The fury of ten thousand Coreflames, burn this vessel to ashes!!!"

He unleashed a roar that poured everything into it, pushing all his hatred and power to the absolute limit!

In that moment, the cosmic void above his head abruptly changed color! An endless rain of meteors materialized from nothing, each burning with a tail of annihilation, cascading down upon Zephyro below like an inverted heavenly river! This scene was nothing short of an apocalyptic divine punishment!

And this was merely the beginning!

Behind the meteor rain, a massive celestial body wreathed in black and crimson flames tore through the void, plummeting with the terrifying momentum of crushing everything in its path!

Before it had even touched the ground, the immense gravitational force of its approach caused the earth below already ravaged by their battle to split apart. Bottomless chasms spiderwebbed across the land like a tangled net, the entire foundation nearly shattered to pieces!

Faced with this world-ending onslaught, Zephyro remained rooted in place.

The long sword in his hand danced into a dizzying storm of death, precisely and efficiently deflecting, shattering, or annihilating every meteor that came near.

Then, he let out a soft snort, tinged with disdain.

His form blurred, seemingly merging with space itself, and by the time Phainon could barely refocus on him—

Zephyro had already materialized beside the falling minor planet. The blade of his sword of annihilation wove a crisscross of light, cutting through it like a hot knife through butter. In the span of a heartbeat, he carved the better part of the small celestial body into a cloud of scattered cosmic debris!

So strong!

Was this the true power of an Emanator of Destruction?

Yet, no trace of despair appeared on Phainon’s face. Only an exhilaration that burned ever brighter.

**BOOM!!!!!!**

Just as the first planetoid was being demolished, a second, larger asteroid burning with even more ferocious energy slammed into the remnants of the first with precisely calculated timing and trajectory!

The violent collision unleashed a terrifying explosion and a massive transfer of kinetic energy. While it did accelerate the disintegration of the stellar wreckage, the combined instantaneous impact force of two destructive powers created an unprecedented torrent, a cosmic tsunami that surged downward!

This combined force finally caused the ever-composed Zephyro to falter slightly, his form sinking, pressed down by several degrees!

In that moment, as Zephyro was engulfed by the twin fallen stars—

The wings on Phainon’s back suddenly flared with immense force! Ignoring the strain on his body, he pushed his speed to its absolute limit.

He shot forward like a streak of light tearing through space, angling Dawnmaker, his own sword in an extremely treacherous arc. Bypassing the meteor remnants, he swung it in a horizontal slash toward Zephyro, who was at the center of the asteroid debris!!!

However, the anticipated sensation of his blade tearing through its target never came.

Just as Dawnmaker was about to make contact with Zephyro’s form, a purity of "white," absolute and extreme, instantly consumed all color and sound from the surroundings.

It wasn’t light; it was closer to the essence of Destruction itself—"Nothingness." A prelude to the end of all things.

Within this chilling domain of pure white, time itself seemed to stretch and freeze.

The two destructive meteorites Phainon had summoned with all his hatred, were silently assimilated and decomposed the moment they touched the white light, returning to the most fundamental state of "nothingness."

**BOOM——!!!**

A dull roar, heavy enough to shatter souls, exploded within the frozen time!

Zephyro’s right fist, wreathed in that annihilating white light, struck the very tip of Dawnmaker with unerring, brutal force!

An unimaginable tremendous force, like a dam bursting, traveled down the length of the blade! The sheer weight of this blow not only instantly shattered Phainon’s entire offensive but also left him completely defenseless, his stance in ruins!

The web of his thumb, gripping the hilt, was torn apart, golden blood spraying forth. Dawnmaker itself let out a metallic "scream" as it was wrenched from his grasp, spinning uncontrollably through the air, tracing a mournful arc.

Zephyro clearly intended to grant no respite. The long sword of nothingness in his left hand didn’t pause for an instant. He pressed the attack, his blade, imbued with absolute death, aimed directly at Phainon’s now weaponless and exposed right arm—the intent was unmistakable: to completely sever the limb that had dared to swing a blade at him!

**CLANG——!!!!!!**

Another deafening explosion rang out! But this time, it didn’t come from Phainon’s direction!

At the very last moment, Zephyro’s left-handed sword of nothingness spun around, just barely parrying a massive, blazing orange blade that had descended abruptly from behind him!

The force transmitted through the greatsword was fierce and scorching, its nature a stark contrast to Zephyro’s own power of nothingness, forcing him to momentarily abandon his pursuit of Phainon and shift his stance to counter this sudden assault.

However, the attacker seemed unwilling to retreat after a single strike. That blazing orange greatsword, imbued with an indomitable will, pursued Zephyro once more like a burning meteor, its edge force him to continue the engagement.

Zephyro’s inhuman visage betrayed no flicker of emotion, but the frigid, bone-deep aura of destruction surrounding him suddenly turned markedly colder.

It wasn’t just because this intruder had interrupted his execution of a foe he found worthy of "appreciation." It was also because, emanating from this newcomer, he sensed a will that instinctively disgusted him.

It was a will... one that clung to the "existence" of life, to the "continuation" of civilization. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

In his eyes, life—so fleeting, fragile, and filled with suffering—was meant to be utterly annihilated within the ultimate "nothingness" of Destruction, returning to eternal silence. Any attempt to sustain its existence was a defiance of the universe’s ultimate truth.

**CRASH——!**

The blades clashed again with devastating force! The moment the blazing orange greatsword met the sword of annihilation, crystalline amber crystal began to spread rapidly up the length of the blade of destruction, as if attempting to freeze it solid!

Yet, Zephyro’s power of destruction was equally tyrannical. The amber crystal barely spread a few centimeters before it was completely consumed and dispersed by the concept of "nothingness" flowing along his blade, failing to have any meaningful effect.