Abyssal Chronicles-Chapter 1016: Eyes of Judgment

When Yumo opened her eyes again, her demeanor underwent a complete transformation. The hesitation and inner conflict in her eyes vanished, replaced by a bone-chilling decisiveness and a murderous aura that sent shivers down one’s spine.

Especially those golden runes in her eyes - they exerted an unprecedented pressure on Asar’s soul. Even though she had reached the Ninth level, she still felt an urge to kneel in submission.

Moreover, although it seemed strange... Asar vaguely sensed a holy aura emanating from Yumo at this moment.

How could an Abyssal Lord whose soul had been stained black possess such a sacred aura?!

What nonsense?!

"What’s going on with you?!!!"

Faced with this sudden anomaly, Asar blanched in shock. Her eyes flickered with terror as she panted heavily, small beads of sweat forming on her forehead as her body involuntarily retreated. When the black-haired girl’s cold gaze locked onto her, Asar couldn’t suppress her fear.

The opponent’s aura wasn’t particularly strong, and she should still have had an overwhelming advantage.

But following her instincts, Asar abandoned her broken finger and, surrounded by platinum light, suddenly retreated to put distance between herself and Yumo.

What the hell is going on?!

How did her aura suddenly change?!

Wh-what... huh?!!

However, before she could figure out the situation, Asar suddenly discovered an even more serious problem - her surroundings had completely transformed. Just moments ago she had been in empty sky, but now she inexplicably found herself in a great hall?!!

This was a majestic and ancient hall filled with solemn and sacred energy.

The hall was supported by twelve towering pillars, each hundreds of meters tall and carved with various extraordinary creatures - angelic women, soaring phoenixes, and lifelike coiling dragons... Each creature was particularly magnificent, giving off a soul-deep pressure.

The walls were adorned with exquisite murals. Though Asar didn’t understand their content, she could sense the ancient history they contained.

There was no ceiling.

Looking up, one saw an endless expanse of brilliant stars.

Of course, Asar had no time to notice these details.

She quickly turned her attention forward,

There stood the hall’s core existence,

A glorious throne atop a high platform.

And above this throne floated a giant golden-red eye.

This eye was constructed of pure divine power, different from Asar’s own power. This divine energy was more concentrated, filled with an imposing might that commanded reverence without anger, a holy presence that made one want to kneel. Within the giant energy eye floated the same unknown golden runes that appeared in Yumo’s eyes.

The moment this eye fixed upon her, Asar felt her whole body trembling, every muscle and bone twitching, her teeth chattering uncontrollably. Her heart nearly leapt from her chest from nervousness.

Although Asar’s entire body constantly emitted powerful divine energy due to the World Power’s blessing, at this moment,

In this hall, under the gaze of that golden-red eye, Asar could only feel her own insignificance and worthlessness. Moreover,

To her horror, Asar discovered that her internal divine power was inexplicably beginning to collapse and dissipate under the energy eye’s gaze.

"What is this place?! Why is my power continuously draining away?!!"

The continuous loss of her most relied-upon power undoubtedly pushed Asar’s mind to the extreme of panic.

"Before you stands the ’Eye of the Judge.’ Under its gaze, the power of the guilty will be rapidly stripped away."

Hearing these familiar words, Asar’s pupils suddenly contracted as she looked up in terror toward the front.

At this moment,

Surrounded by red light and several crimson figures, the stunning young girl in a black formal dress slowly descended before the energy eye, looking down at Asar from above.

Staring intently at Yumo’s face, Asar angrily said:

"Guilty?! You mean me?!! Me? Ridiculous?! What crime could I have?!"

"Attempting to harm the Holy Maiden."

"Hah?!!"

As these words reached her ears, Asar’s eyebrows twitched involuntarily, and the anger in her heart expanded rapidly like an erupting volcano.

"What nonsense!! When did I try to harm the Holy Maiden?!! I was just trying to complete the trial!! Just eliminating an Abyssal Lord!! What damn crime is that?!!"

Obviously, Asar completely disbelieved Yumo’s words.

To this, Yumo showed complete indifference, having no intention of further explanation.

"It ends now."

"End?"

In an instant, every muscle in Asar’s body tensed up. She could feel the ice-cold intent contained in Yumo’s words.

She didn’t understand why the girl who had just seemed ready to be killed suddenly burst forth with such powerful strength and summoned such an eerie temple, but having finally reached the Ninth level, she absolutely wouldn’t submit easily!

"How could it end?!!! You’ve just used some weird method to suppress my power!! You think this is enough to make me surrender?! NO WAY!"

The next moment,

Accompanied by Asar’s hysterical roar, violent divine power burst forth from her body, with the "Dawn Blade" once again condensing at her fingertips.

She planned to break through this ’prison’ Yumo had summoned with overwhelming destructive power.

Unfortunately, the moment the energy burst forth, that golden energy suddenly collapsed, and an unprecedented weakness abruptly engulfed Asar, causing her to stumble and drop to one knee.

?????!!!!

"W-why?!!"

"I told you, it ends now."

Looking up in terror at the black-haired girl whose eyes now rippled with red light, unprecedented anxiety and fear suddenly gripped Asar’s heart like demonic claws from hell.

She was certain - Yumo truly intended to kill her.

"Hey!! Wait, wait!! You, you can’t do this recklessly!! Have you forgotten?!! Everyone in the world shares my soul - you can’t kill me!! If you kill me, they’ll die!! I’ll make your children die in my place! Understand?!! Don’t try to resist! Surrender!! You don’t want your children to die, right?!"

Unable to summon her power, Asar immediately resorted to her old tactics, threatening Yumo with the lives of the Black Rose family members across the continent and the Demon kings.

But contrary to Asar’s expectations, this time upon hearing these words, Yumo didn’t show her previous conflicted expression. Instead, she carelessly said in a low voice:

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"In that case, first release your contracts with all other beings, especially that soul-sharing contract."

"Hah?!"

Hearing this, Asar felt like laughing and crying at the same time.

The soul-sharing contract?! That was her trump card! It was precisely because of this trump card that she had been able to contend with Yumo until now! How could she just release it? What a joke?!

Had she lost her mind?! To make such a demand... Huh?!!!

Wait?!

My, my body?!! What’s it doing?!!

However, just as Asar made this judgment and felt a trace of contempt, she suddenly discovered in horror that her right hand had somehow pressed against her chest. As an invisible force rippled, under her questioning gaze, her connections with all soul-sharing partners were suddenly severed?!

Severed by herself?!

"Eh? This... this can’t be real?"

At this moment, a flood of fear spread uncontrollably through Asar’s heart. The entire strange situation pushed her to the brink of breakdown. After all, the blood price was her greatest reliance, using the lives on the continent as threats was her only way to victory. When this sole hope was inexplicably stripped away, Asar’s expression began to twist uncontrollably.

She immediately cried out heartrendingly to Yumo:

"What, what did you do!!! What did you do to my body!!!!"

Unfortunately, the black-haired girl still had no intention of answering, her eyes flickering with golden runes slightly narrowed.

The next moment, Yumo issued another command.

"In the name of the Judgment Saint, I hereby deliver the verdict... Take your own life, heir of the Radiant Emperor."

As the words were spoken, Asar’s consciousness suddenly blurred, her fingertips uncontrollably emitting platinum light and condensing into an energy sword.

Then, with dilated pupils and a face full of despair, the trembling Asar placed the energy sword against her slender neck, blood beginning to drip along the blade...

Unwilling and emotionless words floated out from the Child of Destiny:

"As you command... Holy Maiden..."