A gap was blasted open in the silent, desolate land. Shekh leaped across several worlds, and as he passed through the spatial passage, he grabbed every single anchor point of the black mist he saw.

She tossed the corpse aside. Anyone who could be parasitized by the black mist couldn't be a good person; death was no excuse.

A blue-purple nebula was visible outside the gap, suggesting a lifeless planet. Thick black fog enveloped the area, wisps of mist rising from it. The blasted gap was insignificant compared to the rest of the planet and showed signs of being covered up again.

A hoarse, aged voice rang out, "...You should merge with me, and we will possess even greater power...With you and me united, no one can withstand us..."

"Without you, no one can stop me now."

"Ha, my returning clone tells me that your attack was just intercepted..."

"Not counting people."

To try and drive a wedge between her and Shi Jinzhe is utterly delusional.

Shech transformed into mist, using more refined perception to probe the depths of the black fog.

It was truly a malevolent entity; as soon as its body dispersed, a bone-chilling cold attacked, attempting to seize her consciousness.

"You should believe me... Evil can never be completely eradicated; only by possessing it can you obtain true power. Hatred... resentment... loathing... Everyone possesses these; they are the true, inexhaustible source of power..."

"You think evil is inexhaustible because you can only see evil. I have no interest in manipulating others to incite malice. There is indeed a lot of evil, but so what? The reason you haven't devoured me yet is because good has protected me."

The time Bai Weishuang bought for her to grow was crucial. If it were six months later, she might not have been so confident, but now, she definitely would!

Shekh's voice also echoed in the mist, an invisible hand sweeping through the black fog. She said, "Are you wasting your time telling me this? Were you seriously injured by that attack just now?"

She chased it all the way to the black mist's territory, but it only talked and didn't attack immediately; there must be a reason for that.

Shekh firmly believed that her full-force attack couldn't have caused so little damage. The black mist had previously dared to chase after her all over the world, requiring the system to find ways to hide her tracks in order to evade it. Now that she had delivered herself to its doorstep, it had retreated. There must be something wrong.

Even without injury, it had to team up with the red flesh and blood in the dungeon; now it should be even more afraid of her.

So the black fog is just bluffing; it's stalling for time.

Having figured out the problem, Shekh immediately launched an offensive, with mist particles colliding and creating starlight as she relentlessly attacked inwards. The closer she got to the center, the more severe the stagnation of the mist became.

She smashed a hole in the core of the black mist, and it could no longer retain its energy.

Her serpentine body coiled around the core of the black mist. She tightened her body and squeezed the core, but the black mist said, "Even if you absorb me now... without enough purification power, your emotions will be wiped away. What will you use to bear my power? If you absorb me without leaving a trace, you will surely become the next me."

Shekh remained unmoved, focusing all his efforts on squeezing the core.

"I am the embodiment of all evil. As long as I have a wisp of body left, as long as this wisp of body can still incite malice, I can regenerate endlessly. You cannot kill me..."

"Nothing to fear."

Countless golden-purple energy streams resembling snake tails flew out from the thick fog, tightly binding the core of the black fog and continuously exerting their power.

The divine aspect reappeared, and the core was simultaneously squeezed towards the center by two hands. The crack in the black mist core widened, and purple vertical pupils appeared on Shekh's human face for the first time. Purple light surrounded the iris, casting a shadow on her eyelids.

The overwhelming control was completely irresistible. The black mist recalled its clones left behind in other worlds, only to find that all connections between the main body and them had been severed.

The power overflowing from the core began to be absorbed by Shekh. The black mist struggled and took on a simple humanoid form. It raised its blurry head and said, "Once you start absorbing, you can't stop. Are you really going to give up everything?!"

“The dark, garbage must be cleared away. Who gave you permission to look up and talk to me?”

Despair pervaded the air as the snake's tail coiled around the black mist's "neck," pulling and snapping it off.

The black mist never expected that she would actually dare to absorb it directly. Shi Jinzhe had clearly used all his power on the counter-impact formation, and even if he arrived now, he wouldn't have the strength to activate the purification again. How could Shehe have no concerns at all...

The solidified core was exceptionally sharp, and the fragments cut through Sheh's palm. She saw black energy seep into her skin, and before the black mist could even rejoice, two platinum-gold arrays appeared in Sheh's palm.

"...No...impossible."

"It's just impossible for you."

Shi Jinzhe emerged from Shehe's shadow, clutching a black keychain. In his hand was a shattered mirror, which sealed within all the severed clones of the black mist.

"The root of all evil is indeed inexhaustible."

He extracted the black mist clone sealed in the mirror, purified it, and made it his own. He didn't need to drain any of his other life force; this was enough to give Shekh a perfect layer of defense.

【Auspicious】The vitality of the mixed and cleansed card fell on Shekh like a spotless white-gold veil.

Shi Jinzhe disappeared back into her shadow, leaving behind the scepter before opening a spatial passage to leave, saying: "I give you a will unaffected by all things, may you be invincible."

To give Shekh room to maneuver, he withdrew from the battlefield to avoid affecting her.

The purple scepter floating in the shadows created an illusion for the black mist, and Shi Jinzhe wandered in her shadow, waiting for an opportunity to seize its power.

It dared not release its power easily again, and Shekh was happy to see it happen, turning its two palms counterclockwise across the core.

The core she held deformed and cracked, and countless golden-purple fluids simultaneously exerted extreme pressure.

"...No...I can give you a portion of your power..."

"Shut up."

Shekh rapidly absorbed the power belonging to the black mist, and soon, its core began to rot, like a withered fruit.

"Please, please! I can give you all my strength!"

Click—

The crack that ran through the core suddenly shifted out of place.

"This body is nothingness, and the illusion is in harmony with it."

Shekh unleashed all his power, enough to completely destroy the dormant power of nothingness. With the core breach and the added boost of his will to win, the black mist core was shattered into pieces by primal brute force!

Farewell!

She transformed into a complete snake, coiling and slithering through the black mist, devouring all its power.

Her body continued to grow, and gradually, the destroyed pure black planet could no longer support her enormous body. She could only circle around it. When the blackness completely disappeared, Shekh opened her eyes and saw her own snake tail, just like the world serpent in mythology.

Her serpentine body reflected the shimmering starlight as she plummeted amidst a sky full of stars, her eyes filled with an endless future.

The spatial passage opened automatically behind Shekh. She turned around, opened her arms, and fell headfirst into the air.

She traversed the turbulent flow of time and space, only to find someone already waiting for her on the other side.

Shi Jinzhe welcomed her back with a hug, saying, "Congratulations on your triumphant return."