Chapter 580 - It’s All Over

The light disappeared from the eyes of the second guard, perishing from the dissolution of his genes. The other guards were already thinking of retreating when they saw the second guard die.

Even the eldest guard, the strongest, realized that he was at a disadvantage against the twice-powered-up Origin of Mutation. The Origin of Mutation was simply too bizarre and unpredictable for him to pinpoint its weakness.

In fact, it didn’t matter whether he figured out its weak point, as the Origin of Mutation could always just mutate to eliminate or change it. The Origin of Mutation was constantly evolving, slowly becoming the perfect life form.

It wasn’t just the Origin of Mutation either. Even the previously cornered Xu Hai was now attacking back. His Great Enlightenment Ring was constantly evolving his Skills to amplify their damage. Even a weak Skill could become powerful enough to harm even a World life form with enough iterations.

The eldest guard had thought this mission would be a breeze, but was quickly confronted with the reality that it would be more difficult to complete than expected.

At that moment, he noticed a person approaching them. It was the eleventh guard! The eldest guard sighed in relief. The eleventh guard came from the Malevolent Civilization and could use curses to kill his target. He was the best candidate to stop the Origin of Mutation!

“Eleventh brother, you came back just in time. Use your curse to kill that bastard!” called the eldest guard.

The eleventh guard wordlessly ran toward them.

Perplexed, the eldest guard urged once more, “Use your curse to kill it quickly!”

The eleventh guard raised his head to reveal pitch-black eyes that were devoid of life and stabbed the eldest guard with a shiv imbued with a curse.

This sudden betrayal caught the eldest guard unaware, and he didn’t manage to avoid the blow. The shiv sank an inch into his chest. The infused curse surged through his body and veins.

Black curse runes slowly crawled up his body. The eldest guard had to use all his powers to suppress the curse and prevent it from spreading further. If not, he would’ve died from the curse, even despite being a World life form.

The other guards noticed something amiss and kept their distance from the eleventh guard. They soon realized that the eleventh guard had actually perished, becoming a puppet under someone else’s control.

They had failed to realize this earlier because of their barrier, which hid their presence. It had unexpectedly worked against them!

“Quick! Retreat!” called the eldest guard.

At the moment, he was using 70% of his power to suppress the volatile curse, leaving him at a severe disadvantage in battle. He never expected that the tiny Imperial College could kill some of them here!

“Do you really think you can escape?” asked a domineering voice.

The God Kings appeared alongside their powerful units. Their mighty presence almost ripped through the barrier.

Xu Hai relaxed. The sight of the other God Kings lifted a heavy burden off his shoulders.

“Do you think you can stop us from leaving?” The eighth guard scoffed, still oblivious to the reality of their situation. Even if they were equally matched, he believed they could escape.

Death chuckled and pointed at him. “Kneel and kowtow until you die.”

The eighth guard lost control of his body. Dropping to his knees, he repeatedly smashed his head on the ground, even using some of his powers to turn the floor hard so he couldn’t break it. He kowtowed so fast he left afterimages in the air.

“What did you do to me?! What’s going on? Let me go...” the eighth guard wailed, still kowtowing.

His head hit the ground like the steady rhythm of drums. Every impact struck fear into the hearts of the other guards.

After one minute, the eighth guard’s head exploded like a rotten watermelon. His brain and cerebrospinal fluid were scattered everywhere.

Death gazed at the scene with a casual air, but secretly, he had expended yet another third of his power. He only had a third left, enough to kill one more World life form with his Proclamation. If the fight didn’t end by then, he would have to fight hands-on.

Both Blaze and Commerce felt their hearts jolt from fear. They had assumed that the gap between God Kings was small, but it appeared that Death could kill the two of them with ease if he so wished. The two could die before they even comprehended what was happening. It was a terrifying thought.

This intimidation from Death also worked on the Thirteen Guards.

The eighth guard’s death was both bizarre and terrifying. In their eyes, it was far scarier than the eleventh guard’s curse. One needed a medium to kill someone with a curse. Meanwhile, Death had only uttered six words to kill a World life form. This simply didn’t happen within the realm of World life forms.

But the surprises from the Divine Civilization didn’t stop there. Everyone watched as a shadow extended from Darkness and entered the eighth guard’s corpse. Under the power of Darkness, the corpse shuffled itself upright.

The Divine Ring behind the corpse activated. Another World Dark Undead had been born.

The eldest guard looked between the corpse of the eighth guard and the eleventh guard with dawning realization.

Their enemies had increased. They had lost their chance of victory. None of them dared to run since Death had proved that he could kill them with his words alone. They could either surrender or die. It was over.

At the same time, two more battles were happening elsewhere on the college grounds.

The Xia Tian trio faced the ninth guard. The three had used Three as One: Primal Beast, relying on their powerful physical body to fight against the ninth guard’s stacked layers of Runic Lexicons.

It was a close battle, with either side having the potential to emerge victorious.

Unfortunately, the Primal Beast lost more energy. Though the Skill fused the powers of three Gods, it was still a little lacking.

After a long match, the Primal Beast was defeated. Xia Tian and the other two fell to the ground, exhausted to the point of not even being able to stand. Still unaware of the loss his fellow guards were faced with, the ninth guard openly reveled in his success.

“I like you three. If you recognize me as your master, I won’t kill you,” he proposed, extending them an olive branch.

The trio exchanged glances. It was rare for someone of such power to take disciples, but they still had principles.

“We won’t do anything that betrays the Divine Civilization. Forget it,” Xia Tian answered on behalf of the trio.

“You have guts!” The ninth guard grinned. “I like it. In that case, die.”

Runic Lexicons covered his fist. Raising it, he punched forward. The wind from the attack was enough to kill anyone beneath the Sage rank.

The trio closed their eyes against the incoming death blow when they suddenly felt the wind stop. Cautiously peeking, they saw that a powerful figure had shielded them from the blow.

“Brother Meng, you alright?” Han Wu’s voice floated into their ears.

Replicate had granted Han Wu six powerful Adamantine arms, which he used to block the massive fist.

The trio stared in awe. This sight would forever be engraved into their minds.