Rod snapped out of a strange daze; the state of the Red War God was completely lifted. In the Dream Realm, its gray shadow had vanished, the statue in the Eternal Square had lost its luster, becoming dull and worn as if weathered for millennia.

In the distance, barely audible, he heard the voice of the Book of Knowledge.

"Master, quickly use [Sacrifice]!"

His thoughts rapidly cleared up, memories flooding back into his mind like a tide—the majestic Red War God fighting beside the King, the incredibly formidable power, and the innate, masterful combat skills—all left indelible marks in his memory.

Finally, the image froze on the soaring black aura, and the colossal shadow akin to the cosmos.

Rod’s heart trembled, awakening swiftly, knowing they had reached the critical juncture between life and death. Almost instantly, he activated [Sacrifice]. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

The mightiest star instantly burst into an infinite red glow, its Star Energy flickering, and a strange craving arose within his Soul, Rod knew what it wanted.

With a thought, the tendril of his Soul touched the star, and a powerful oppressive force immediately squeezed in from all directions.

He felt a heaving suffocation, as if invisible giant hands clenched his heart, his life Source subjected to intense extraction, a peculiar shiver traveling up from his tailbone, spreading throughout his body.

The next second, Rod sensed something departing from his body forever, leaving him somewhat weak and weary, with an odd feeling of limpness.

This was the price of extracting "Active Blood."

As this Life Essence was absorbed into the star, its red glow became more radiant.

Invisible, a deep Mist seemed to appear, suppressing the red light, restraining its burst, but already on the brink of limit, the red light was close to piercing through it.

The Book of Knowledge shouted: "Not enough, Master, another one!"

Rod, enduring the limp weakness, squeezed again the Source of life, expelling the Life Essence.

Another drop of "Active Blood" was entered into [Sacrifice],a deeper, stronger red light burst forth from [Sacrifice], the Mist couldn’t withstand it, beams of red light pierced through it, yet its entirety was not torn open.

The Book of Knowledge urgently shouted: "Continue, Master, one more!"

The intense weakness brought some dizziness, the consecutive extractions in a short time overwhelming him, but Rod didn’t pause for a second—after all, I’m a tough guy with 12 portions of "Active Blood," mere 3 portions, how can it challenge me!

Gritting his teeth, he squeezed out the third portion of "Active Blood."

When this portion entered [Sacrifice],the red light suddenly became exceedingly bright, like countless red blades, instantly tearing through the Mist.

That moment, Rod seemed to break through some barrier, opened an invisible door, stepped into a broader space.

[Sacrifice] released radiant and joyful ripples, ready for use.

Rod gently touched it, and its Star Energy activated.

Boom!

The entire world trembled, within the endless river of time, invisible forces were gathering.

On the cosmic Spirit fog, infinite Spirits were shining, the twisted "Undefined Thing" couldn’t stop its spreading.

Sea of Source surged with towering tides, invisible Source Laws crazily glittered, the Spirit Realm began to boil, the vast ocean of Spiritual Energy rapidly moved, changes appeared in the deepest layer of the Spirit Realm, flowing toward one direction.

In the White Tower, Iyeta shouted: "Oh heavens, what is this? The world, no, the universe, the universe is glowing!"

"[Sacrifice]!" The Book of Knowledge laughed madly:"This is [Sacrifice]! It is the supreme will throughout time! A fusion of the strongest who ever existed since the birth of the universe!"

In the sky, endless invisible ripples converged into an unprecedented giant Phantom.

In that instant, Rod felt the world grow brighter, the twisted power vanished, the black shadow was blocked.

It roared thunderously, the entire sky turned black, not the black of night, but a deeply oppressive, almost tangible darkness, like the most powerful Source Black Fog, as if the entire universe’s darkness was pressing down on them.

The Phantom also exploded with an earth-shattering roar, a pair of even more gigantic invisible hands pressed against the sky, like forcibly closing something.

Crash Crash Crash!

The world shook, Space tore apart, Sea of Source erupted into a new climax, countless Source Laws collided.

"The door!"

In the White Tower, Iyeta shouted frantically.

"It’s closing a door!"

Under the city wall, Human Demons shook violently, surreal substances blasted onto the ground, the soaring black aura became intermittent.

Rod suddenly realized, the supreme will is severing the connection between Human Demons and that unknown terror.

It was summoned by Human Demons.

In that instant, Rod knew what that colossal black shadow was, it was a legendary existence.

"The Primeval Ancestor!"

Rod and the Book of Knowledge blurted out simultaneously.

At that moment they realized, truly, this was the greatest threat posed by Human Demons, the real horror of the sinister disaster.

Without [Sacrifice], they were absolutely incapable of contending with such indescribable terror.