Death… And Me

Chapter 3223: I Changed My Mind

*Swish, swish, swish, swish!*

Dark and Light Element slashed through Duereʼs body, cutting him into five different parts. Rean and Roan made sure to target his Dantian and vital organs as well. Light Element fueled Dark Element, which immediately began to corrode the split parts as they began to fall from the skies.

In the distance, Rean and Roanʼs bodies transformed into specs of Dark and White lights, dissipating completely a moment later. As one might have imagined, those two bodies werenʼt the real Rean and Roan. Instead, they were their clones, created with the Mirage Assault Skill.

With Roan commanding the experts of the planet, the twins were certain that they would eventually force their way to the station, even if it kept releasing more and more experts. When that moment arrived, there was a good chance the one in charge of this operation would make an appearance.

With that in mind, Rean and Roan hid themselves right after they used the Sun and Moon Obliteration, swapping their bodies with the Mirage Assault Skill. Then, all they had to do was wait. Even if nothing happened, it would be fine since that meant their forces would enter the station.

Sure enough, Duere appeared just as the over a thousand Transition Realm Experts were about to invade the floating building. Since Rean, Roan, and Kentucky created such a big commotion with their strength alone, they knew Duere would definitely focus on them at some point.

From there onwards, Rean and Roan just had to move carefully, avoiding getting too close to any expert from the Inquisition Hall or Duere himself. Reanʼs Light and Divine Sense Bending Skill showed its full power in this exact situation.

Finally, when Duere succeeded in taking down the clones, Rean and Roan acted. If there was a moment Duere would leave his guard down, it would be that moment when he thought he got rid of Rean and Roan. Sure enough, it happened as the twins predicted.

Following that, the tins attacked, and Duere simply didnʼt have time to defend. He tried to use his Spatial Powers to save himself, but Rean and Roanʼs Spatial Power Control wasnʼt any worse than Duereʼs. With such a sudden and close attack, Duere was ultimately taken down.

Rean then moved to catch the falling parts of Duereʼs body. According to the system, someone was controlling all the formations, and it had to be Duere. Ran had to get Duereʼs Spatial Ring and see if he could stop the formation with its controlling device. Besides, Rean and Roan felt it from the very moment they saw Duere. The guy definitely didnʼt have a Pocket Dimensional Realm.

Rean quickly approached, and just as he was about to catch Duereʼs body pieces, Roan flashed and grabbed his hand, pulling Rean back at full speed.

”What?!” Rean was taken aback. ”What are you doing?!”

Roan pointed out below. ”Take a look, idiot.”

Reanʼs eyes turned to Duereʼs falling body parts. At first, he didnʼt see anything wrong, nor did his Spiritual Sense detect anything out of the norm. Then...

...*

*Druuuuuu...ʼ

A black fog began to come out of those body parts. That black fog seemed to create some kind of connection between the different body parts, attracting them to each other.

Rean took a deep breath. He could finally feel it. His Spiritual Sense wasnʼt accusing anything, as if that event wasnʼt even happening. However, that sensation was unmistakable. It was the same sensation he felt when fighting the Cocoon Monster. The fog was Chaos Energy and laws.

Rean looked at Roan, who nodded back. They definitely would simply wait to see what would happen to Duere. They once again shot down, taking their weapons and attacking. ”Kentucky!”

”Already here!” Kentucky flew to their side. Now that Duere was taken down momentarily, Kentucky was free to move, so he immediately joined the twins.

Kentucky, Rean, and Roan didnʼt hold back. While the fog worked on Duereʼs body, they used that little time to deliver their strongest attacks once again.

ʼDeath Style, Seventh Form, Sun and Moon Obliteration!ʼ

ʼKawa Blade Domain!ʼ

Kentuckyʼs Feather and the twinsʼ Sun and Moon immediately reached Duereʼs body, which was being pulled together. Yet, the explosion they were expecting didnʼt happen.

*ROAR!*

A primal roar came out of that fog made of Chaos Laws and Energy, and it instantly expanded hundreds of meters. Rean, Roan, and Kentuckyʼs attacks were instantly swallowed, and their power disappeared inside. The fogʼs power was being used to nullify the attacks.

The Sun and Moon Obliteration takes some time to prepare, so the twins couldnʼt use it straight away again. Unless, of course, they merge their bodies. In that case, the work they need to do together wonʼt be necessary anymore. Rean and Roan wonʼt use that skill unless extremely necessary, though. They just hate it too much.

The fog that had expanded to defend against the twinsʼ attacks quickly began to disappear again.

Meanwhile, the various experts who were fighting the Inquisition Hall observed those events with their Spiritual Senses. The twins kept receiving Spiritual Sense Messages nonstop, asking what was happening. Rean tried to resume what he could, but even his group wasnʼt entirely sure about what was happening to Duere.

All Rean could say was that they should not get close to that Dark Fog. As for the Inquisition Hall experts, they were all under the Second Stratum Contractʼs influence, so none of them paid any attention to the developments. All they did was fight back against the experts trying to invade the station.

ʼThe few of you,ʼ Roan turned to some of the Transition Realm experts that survived Duereʼs first assault. ʼKeep the Inquisition Hall idiots away from us.ʼ

Those guys didnʼt know what was happening either, but they could only grit their teeth and accept the order. If even the twinsʼ group, with their strength, couldnʼt do anything against that Dark Fog, let alone them. All they could do now was prevent the Inquisition Hall from bothering the twinsʼ group.

Finally, the fog retreated completely, but Duereʼs body wasnʼt split into five different parts anymore. It was pulled back together, and his expression was terrible. ”Who the hell are

you?!”

”What a coincidence,” Rean commented back. ”I also want to know who you are, and Iʼm talking about the one controlling the body. Would you mind telling me more about... Abyssal

Souls?”

Duereʼs expression immediately changed. Those words were something he never expected to hear in this place. ”I changed my mind. You must die here today.”