Damned Healer-Chapter 570: Show Off

"You guys, stay here." Suddenly, the cold, low voice echoed in the middle of the Spiritual Guardians' army.

Galteus choked on the attack command halfway and turned around. He stared at a human figure with green hair and red eyes. This person was from the Wube family, just like thousands of others in that army.

"Are you stupid? We need to hit them fast! You just have to use that power you call 'Blessing' to hold him down." Galteus snapped back, furious.

That human let out a dry snort. "You don't get it. Darian isn't someone you can handle with numbers. The Three-Eyed Ravens shouldn't attack him. Let the others go first, that way he'll be forced to show a bit of what he's got."

Galteus almost roared in anger. He looked ahead and saw the 700 thousand Twilight Owls charging. From the other side, more than four million from the other universe were also running, tightening the encirclement. But to his surprise, he noticed the Spiritual Guardians on both sides stayed still.

To his race, Darian's power was only his "Blessing." That was something mysterious and unknown to cultivators, which the Spiritual Guardians claimed was their core power. Because of that, they assumed Darian could be restrained by others like him.

"I'll say it again," that human's voice sounded behind Galteus, "your race can't go, because we need you. If you try, it'll count as breaking the agreement. And then every Spiritual Guardian will restrain all of you."

Galteus narrowed his eyes, boiling with rage. But seeing how serious those people were, he could only stare forward in silence.

Ahead, Caelu and the other natives noticed the Spiritual Guardians didn't move with them, but didn't care. Most of Darian's army was made up of mediocre figures that any of them could kill in one or two hits.

Even with just 700 thousand, they could burn everything they had without fear, and with ten thousand holding Darian down, the others could rack up points fast.

Since the Twilight Owls specialized in assassination and speed, killing half of the weaker ones quickly would be easy before the army from the other universe arrived. Then they would retreat instantly, since the enemy army would try to kill them to steal the points back.

"DARIAN! The weak are stepping stones for the strong! Watch all these useless people you protected die!" Caelu roared, with her allies barely a hundred meters away.

Farther back, the other army ran as fast as they could, but still needed a few seconds to reach them.

Darian heard that and smiled coldly. When his eyes locked on Caelu, she froze instantly. A crushing terror swallowed her, seeping straight into her soul.

"What a coincidence. I was about to say the same thing." he said calmly.

"!"

Darian vanished right in front of their eyes.

The next instant, a powerful suction force twisted the space around that Twilight Owl.

Seeing that, everyone nearby panicked and attacked in a hurry, slashing with their claws. But they were too late, catching only her fading afterimage.

Suddenly, Caelu disappeared, and everyone stopped.

"AH!"

A muffled scream made all the Twilight Owls look up.

Hovering just a few meters above, they saw Darian gripping Caelu's neck tightly. She was completely terrified. The moment she was caught, the power of chaos sealed her strength.

It was the worst feeling a cultivator could experience: like being thrown back to a fragile mortal. Her cultivation and Bloodline vanished entirely. She had absolutely no ability to resist.

"A mediocre, insignificant beast dares act that arrogantly? Didn't the Twilight Owls teach you how to behave?" Darian said slowly, staring at her with a sinister killing intent.

"Darian, let her go or—!" some important Twilight Owl shouted. But halfway through, he froze.

Because he saw her entire body trembling, blood leaking from every pore.

At the same time, tears of despair welled in her eyes. She struggled as if begging for her life. But instinctively, she felt this was the end.

"Oh? So, you really fear death that much? Normally, you act like some distant godness who can choose everyone's fate, but when death comes for you, you fall apart instantly." Darian's cold voice echoed in everyone's ears.

"If you're so attached to the living world, how can you take other lives so easily? Is it only your race that is 'people', and everyone else is an insect? Being stronger means you get to crush the weak? Or is that the only way you look strong? You said the weak are stepping stones for the strong. Well, I crawled up from being weak to get where I am. You think the weak are meant to be eaten by the strong, that that's the law of this world... well, how about you go fuck yourself? If that's a law, then today I'm declaring to this shitty world that I'm changing its laws."

Darian's voice grew louder and louder until it thundered.

All the cultivators widened their eyes. Nobody was crazy enough to say something like that, because everyone knew the laws of the world sent Heavenly Tribulations and Heavenly Punishments according to each individual. Everything you did or said was being watched by the laws. Saying something like that was basically a challenge to the laws of the world, and afterward, the laws would come to collect for such audacity.

"KILL!!"

In that instant, the army from the other universe, coming from the opposite direction, closed in on Darian's army.

At the same second, a distorted light wrapped around all four million who were standing still.

"Move!" Lucy roared, activating a mobility inscription.

"!"

Suddenly, it was like everyone had stepped into the void. Then, at a great distance away, almost on the edge of the crater, they all reappeared. You couldn't even see them, only sense where they were.

The attacking army froze in place, everyone completely stunned.

How was this possible? There had been no fluctuation beforehand, and once it triggered, in a single second, they were gone. That was absurd even for cultivators.

In truth, that was a unique inscription that used the power of Supreme Artifacts to work. It was impossible to replicate normally, even for the greatest space manipulators.

Suddenly…

Everyone felt something terrifying. The world fell silent.

Up in the sky, Runar, who had only been watching quietly, suddenly focused his gaze intently on Darian.

Darian's eyes changed. A red light with a terrifying flame aura burst out from one side, and on the other, a purple glow emerged, carrying frightening lightning fluctuations.

Darian felt an overwhelming force surge through his body and smiled.

Those weren't normal Fire and Lightning elements, but the power of Fire Annihilation and Lightning Annihilation he had absorbed in the past.

Meru had also taught him and helped him use it better. She moved that power, which had been sealed inside his Gaia core, and created two *Annihilation Runes*. With them, Darian could unleash both powers at once.

It was all or nothing; once he used it, everything would be gone. But the Annihilation Runes would stay inside him and slowly recover their energy over time. This way, he always had them available.

Back then, his Master had been very direct. The power coming from an Annihilation was something only an immortal could fully control. Even with the mastery granted by the curse, it was impossible for him to use that power perfectly.

But Darian didn't need perfection. Fire and Lightning were Yang elements, infamous for their raw destructive power, and when used together… they became a disaster.

It took only one second for the world to change color. It felt like everything had been split between red and purple.

Up in the sky, Runar's eyes widened, recognizing the origin of that power within Darian.

Darian activated his domain and pushed the two forces out of his body. It was like two dragons—one of fire and one of lightning—burst out from within him.

They twisted, then… moved in perfect sync toward the ground.

Only then did the two armies, who were barely a few hundred meters apart, feel death wrapping around them.

"Annihilation Burst!"

**KBOOOOOOM!!**

Everyone inside the crater felt an apocalyptic impact.

The Spiritual Guardians and the Three-Eyed Ravens, even though they were far away, were violently thrown to the opposite side, coughing blood.

As for Darian's army, which was right at the edge of the battlefield, they saw the Golems rush forward and roar, pushing their Earth power to the absolute limit.

A colossal wall rose before them, but it was destroyed almost instantly.

Then they created another, and another, and another…

Several walls nonstop, until they had absorbed everything and kept the energy from reaching the others.

After that, everything was covered in black dust, mixed with chaotic space.

Slowly, everything began settling.

Until, finally, everyone managed to see the center of it all. Their hearts seemed to stop at the sight.

Empty…

A deep crater had formed in the middle of that already massive crater.

There wasn't even a shadow left of those millions of people. Only…

A completely calm and indifferent figure emerged, gently floating up from the new crater. Around him, there were millions of tiny points of light.

"Heh… Dan really knows how to show off." Niara laughed, her eyes shining.