Chapter 1040: Chapter 721: The Final Battle

Apart from the mental exhaustion, Kana’s status had recovered by ninety percent.

However, the situation for the Evil Rat was entirely different. At this moment, it was covered in debuffs, deeply affected from body to soul.

Kana’s declaration of a duel instilled fear in the Evil Rat, making it hesitate, but now it had no way to escape.

"In my name, the Evil Rat shall be punished!"

Kana declared loudly.

As soon as the words were spoken, the six long spears on his body seemed to respond to this declaration, shooting out like pillars of light from the sky, smashing heavily down.

The six spears formed a circle, trapping Kana and the Evil Rat within.

The power of the world transmitted through the spears, forming a protective circle of six-colored light beams, completely isolating this area from the outside world.

The Evil Rat had nowhere to escape now, having been forced into a desperate situation.

"Frost, bring the witness!"

Saying that, Kana even tossed away the [Frost Lord] in his hand.

The sword blade instantly transformed into a massive Frost Dragon, carrying a fierce cold wind, flying up to the sky and floating there, like a judge at the dome of the sky.

Its true purpose was to prevent the Evil Rat from escaping.

Was there any meaning to doing so?

The answer was yes.

Kana knew exactly how to deal with the Evil Rat.

He understood well that there was a gap in the essence of strength between him and the Evil Rat.

So, how could he narrow, or even reverse this gap, to overpower the opponent? The answer was oppression—targeted at the rat’s mind.

Oppression, again and again, until the Evil Rat revealed its cowardly nature completely.

The final declaration and absolute confinement were like the last straw that broke the camel’s back.

"Kana, you damned human, cursed! Cursed!..." The Evil Rat’s voice became extremely sharp and frantic.

"The evil of this world will never dissipate, the filth in your hearts will always exist!" It began to curse.

But all of this was meaningless.

Because what it said was merely a certain essence of the world, also the root of its birth.

However, at this moment, the Evil Rat’s power was gradually fading.

It clutched a handful of various Creation Stone Fragments in its hands, and under Kana’s puzzled gaze, the Evil Rat suddenly swallowed these Creation Stones.

"I curse this world, curse all living beings on this world. Your malice is unending, your filth is boundless. All your degeneration will give birth to a beast of sin, a mad beast that will carry all about you, just like the Ratman before, like me before."

Even though the Creation Stones were in its stomach, it leveraged the properties of the Creation Stones to channel and attempt to spread its curse throughout the world.

Yet, Kana still stood there quietly, showing no intention to stop it.

"In the face of a god, how dare you be so arrogant!"

Kana’s lack of response both annoyed the Evil Rat and deeply hurt its pride.

At this point, having consumed a large amount of power in casting the curse, the Evil Rat’s status was possibly only half left.

And this half-status was almost on par with Kana’s current state.

In other words, the Evil Rat had weakened its energy level to match Kana’s.

And the curse it had just cast had already succeeded.

"Why don’t you stop it?"

After cursing for a while, the Evil Rat spoke again.

Seeing its power gradually fading away, Kana felt waiting a bit longer was fine.

The longer the time dragged on, the more advantageous it would be to him.

As for why he didn’t stop it, should Kana reveal that, in the game, he had said the same words and made the same curse?

It was just that back when Kana was playing the game, he merely regarded it as a futile rage from the opponent upon dying.

But now, right here, Kana genuinely felt the curse from the Evil Rat was real. This made him a bit awkward for a moment.

Actually, he had already prepared for this, which was the [Adventurer’s House] plan.

He originally thought that after the Evil Rat died, its power would influence the decadent forces in the world, like in the game, giving birth to various mad beasts and wild monsters.

However, it turned out, he had mistaken the sequence of events.

It turned out that it was the death and curse of the Evil Rat that triggered such an evil gathering, rather than the world having such evil gathering rules initially.

This situation was somewhat of a fortunate coincidence.

"Whether it’s your curse, you, or those few bastards in the sky, I will resolve each one, and then bring this world back to life from the Void!" Kana’s words were powerful, filled with unwavering determination.

"Then you can drown with me in the Abyss of this world!" the Evil Rat finally couldn’t hold back and let out the last mad roar.

Massive curses surged towards Kana like a raging tide.

These curses were nearly impossible to block.

However, at this moment, Kana completely disregarded it, wielding a blade composed of silver weapons, charged straight at the Evil Rat.

Streams of silver liquid gushed from the ground, transforming into leaves and vines, becoming Kana’s most reliable assistants.

One puppet after another appeared in front of Kana, and using the traits of the puppets, they bore one curse after another for him.

But the curses were too many and too frenzied, ultimately a few still fell on Kana.

His face and body began to show unidentifiable scars, and a dirty, decrepit aura emanated from his body.

Some peculiar eyes and mouths emerged on his body.

"Die for me!"

Enduring these curses, Kana rushed to the Evil Rat, slashing down fiercely with the war axe in his hand.

The Evil Rat had fallen into madness, losing its mind.

Grabbing the filthy power, it lunged at Kana’s attack.

The polluted place in the Evil Rat’s hand shattered instantly, the silver war axe directly cut into its flesh, and dark green corrosive blood spurted out.

"Ahhh!" The Evil Rat screamed repeatedly.

The war axe in Kana’s hand wrapped around the Evil Rat like a vine, showcasing its god-slaying nature.

The Evil Rat extended its claw, shrouded in intense filth, clawing towards Kana.

"Powerless!" Kana bellowed, and the greatsword in his other hand directly pierced through the Evil Rat’s body.

The Evil Rat’s claw scratched Kana’s arm, pulling out a few deep gashes, and the filthy power instantly spread, rapidly withering Kana’s entire left arm, shaping it like a dried corpse.

The intertwining of silver liquid and blood reformed the shape of the arm, the front end morphing into entwined vines, once again penetrating the Evil Rat’s body.

Most of the Evil Rat’s body was penetrated by silver branches, suffering the severe injuries dealt by the god-slaying force.

"Hahaha!" Yet the Evil Rat let out a burst of manic laughter.

The two fought back and forth, completely ignoring the severe injuries on their bodies, as if plunged into a frenzied battle.

Meanwhile, the Blood God, returning to the sky, was thrilled at what it saw, shouting loudly within its domain.

It wished desperately to unleash its power, but at this moment the world’s rules barred it, allowing no participation.

Numerous curses piled up puppet remnants around Kana.

Even with these puppets sharing the burden, Kana still carried quite a few curses on him.

His face was covered in wrinkles, and even one of his eyes had turned gray-white.

The evidence of repair with interwoven silver liquid and blood was all over his body, with not a hair left on his head.

And the Evil Rat’s condition was even more miserable.

From its right shoulder to its entire left arm had completely disappeared, and its lower body was nowhere to be seen, covered in silver blood holes.

"It’s useless, your god-slaying power is still insufficient, you can’t kill me! You can only be buried with me in this place!" The Evil Rat had sensed the predicament Kana was facing.

It believed Kana would either choose to perish with it or give up the attack.

Even if giving up in the end meant sustaining severe injuries itself, as long as its life was preserved, there was still a chance for a turnaround. It thought it had regained the advantage.

"Haha, you really are as dense as a wooden head!"

Kana insulted without hesitation.

"I’ve oppressed and dismantled your strategies time and again, do you really think I’d be unprepared with the power to ensure your annihilation?"

Even though Kana’s body was in a wretched state, his confidence remained undiminished.

The silver ground under his feet started to churn and boil like water.

A weapon slowly emerged from it.

"To deal with a rat like you, I should skewer you with a fork!"

All I need is an elaborate execution.