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At that moment—

Crack!

A deafening rupture suddenly came from behind the three of them.

The churning sphere of black energy above the altar abruptly plummeted.

Boom!

The black sphere crashed into the altar.

The gray-white stone platform instantly shattered into pieces.

Dense black mist erupted in every direction, forcing Zoey and Nonoa back several steps.

A towering figure slowly rose from the ruins of the altar.

He wore a suit of shattered black heavy armor.

His body stood nearly three meters tall.

Surging black mist enveloped him from head to toe.

There was no face inside his helmet.

Only two flames of dark-purple fire.

He slowly pulled a cracked black greatblade from the depths of the altar.

[Charon, Exiled General of the Shadow Realm]

[Level: Lv.25.]

[Rank: Ten-Thousand-Player-Tier Boss.]

[HP: 300,000/300,000.]

[MP: 160,000/160,000.]

[Physical Attack: 3,100.]

[Spell Power: 2,800.]

[Physical Defense: 2,200.]

[Magic Defense: 2,600.]

[Skills: Shadow Realm Teleportation, Faceless Clones, Phantom Beheading, Legion Recall.]

[Description: A former legion commander of the Shadow Realm. After defying the orders of the Lord of Shadows, he was exiled to the edge of the world and ordered to guard this place alongside his former subordinate, the Shadow Archer.]

The moment Zoey saw the Boss’s information, she drew the Bloodfeather Longbow.

Nonoa also raised her staff and instinctively cast a sustained healing spell.

[Prayer of Life!]

The white light had barely appeared when the surrounding darkness swallowed it.

[Healing failed!]

Nonoa froze.

Only then did she remember the Land of Fading Silhouettes’ healing prohibition.

"I forgot we can’t recover HP here..."

She immediately switched skills.

[Holy Light Barrier!]

A golden shield enveloped the three of them.

Zoey lowered her stance and aimed an arrow at Charon.

Only John remained behind the two of them without attacking immediately.

The golden patterns on the Void Staff gradually lit up.

[Overcharge activated!]

[Current charge stacks: 1.]

Charon stepped out of the altar’s ruins.

His black greatblade dragged across the ground, carving a deep trench behind it.

He slowly raised his head.

The purple flames inside his helmet burned even more violently.

"Humans..."

"You are nothing more than nourishment for the Shadow Realm."

"Do not think that defeating those unfinished failures outside and a few incompetent mages gives you the right to feel proud."

"You know nothing of the Shadow Realm’s true power."

He took another step forward as black mist surged around him.

"No matter how fast you are, you can no longer stop the monster tide from advanc—"

John raised the Void Staff.

"Void Spear."

Hum!

Black-and-gold light compressed instantly at the tip of the staff.

The next second, a black-and-gold spear nearly ten meters long shot forward with a thunderous roar.

Boom!

The Void Spear appeared directly in front of Charon’s chest.

It pierced through his heavy armor and erupted from his back.

[Projectile Amplification activated!]

[Overcharge activated!]

[Forerunner remains active!]

[Cleave activated!]

[-224,664!]

[Impact Guard activated!]

[You have obtained a dual-resistance shield: 112,332!]

[Target has been inflicted with Healing Prohibition for 10 seconds!]

[Your Agility has increased by 30% for 10 seconds!]

Charon’s voice stopped abruptly.

His HP instantly plummeted until only around one-quarter remained.

The overwhelming impact sent his enormous body sliding backward more than ten meters before he crashed down onto one knee.

The Void Spear did not stop.

After piercing through Charon’s body, it continued into the stone wall behind him.

Boom—!

A massive hole dozens of meters wide exploded through the entire wall.

Broken rocks poured down like a torrential rain.

Charon lowered his head and stared at the enormous hole piercing his chest.

The two purple flames inside his helmet flickered violently.

The sentence he had failed to finish would forever remain stuck on the word "advanc."

Zoey remained frozen in her firing stance, unable to release her bowstring for a long time.

Nonoa looked at the Ten-Thousand-Player-Tier Boss kneeling on the ground, then at the Void Staff in John’s hand.

"Did he just..."

"Take off more than two hundred thousand HP with one attack?"

Charon knelt amid the ruined altar.

The black heavy armor covering his chest had completely disappeared.

Large amounts of black mist continuously poured from the gaping wound, attempting to repair his damaged body.

He slowly raised his head.

The two purple flames inside his helmet suddenly contracted.

Although he had no visible eyes, the reaction was practically identical to his pupils undergoing an earthquake.

"The Void..."

"That is the power of the Void!"

For the first time, obvious fear appeared in Charon’s voice.

He stared fixedly at the Void Staff in John’s hand.

"Where did you learn that skill?"

"No one in the human world could possibly possess such pure Void power!"

"Who exactly are you?!"

John did not answer.

The golden patterns on the Void Staff lit up once more.

[Overcharge remains active!]

[Current charge stacks: 2.]

[Current charge stacks: 3.]

Charon had clearly realized that John was preparing a second attack.

He let out an enraged roar, and his damaged body suddenly exploded into a vast cloud of black mist.

[Faceless Clones!]

One.

Two.

Five.

A total of eight identical Charons emerged from the surging black mist.

Eight greatblades rose simultaneously.

Numerous purple-black teleportation arrays appeared throughout the underground chamber.

"Lowly human!"

"I was merely careless just now!"

"As long as I remain within the Shadow Realm, this general possesses an inexhaustible—"

One of the Charons suddenly stopped.

He lowered his head and looked at his chest.

The black mist was dispersing.

Yet the wound showed no sign of healing.

[Shadow Realm Rebirth failed!]

[You are currently under the effects of Healing Prohibition!]

Charon: "..."

He tried again.

[Shadow Realm Rebirth failed!]

[You are currently under the effects of Healing Prohibition!]

The purple flames inside his helmet trembled violently.

"Why can’t I recover?"

"Why has my Shadow Realm Rebirth stopped working?!"

Standing nearby, Zoey could not resist adding,

"Because your healing was prohibited."

"Silence!"

All eight Charons roared simultaneously.

[Current charge stacks: 10!]

[Overcharge has reached its maximum stacks!]

John finally raised the Void Staff.

"Are you finished?"

Charon whipped his head around.

"You—"

"Void Spear."

Hum!

The space in front of the staff’s tip instantly collapsed.

A black-and-gold spear even more solid than the previous one erupted from the Void.

All eight Charons activated teleportation simultaneously.

However, the moment the spear left the staff, it changed direction in midair and flew directly toward one of the figures.

That one was the real body.

"Impossible!"

Charon passed through three teleportation arrays in rapid succession.

The Void Spear repeatedly tore through space, following closely behind him.

No matter how he changed direction, the distance between them did not increase in the slightest.

The next second—

The black-and-gold spear pierced directly through Charon’s back.

[Projectile Amplification activated!]

[Overcharge activated!]

[Forerunner remains active!]

[Coldblooded Strike activated!]

[Cleave activated!]

[-612,720!]

Boom—!

Charon’s remaining seventy thousand HP was instantly erased.

His body and the seven clones surrounding him exploded into countless black fragments.

The entire underground chamber shook violently.

The Void impact tore the black mist in half.

[You have successfully killed Charon, Exiled General of the Shadow Realm!]

[God-Rank Affix "Reality Merge" activated!]

[Effect: Your maximum HP in the real world has permanently increased by 1,000.]