Right at this moment,

a hulking figure plummeted like a meteorite, smashing heavily beside Caesar.

Snow flew in all directions, and the frozen earth cracked open.

Holding a giant shield and bathed in blood, Xiang Yu still harbored unyielding Battle Intent within his double pupils. His chest heaved violently, and scorching white breath sprayed from his nose and mouth.

The moment he landed, a memory sequence flooded into Zhou Huai's mind via a soul link.

In the vision, the golden-bodied giant named Bhadra paused upon sensing the golden divine light erupting from the peak.

Then, he unhesitatingly retracted his fists and kicks.

Without even sparing Xiang Yu another glance, he turned and leaped toward the foot of the snow-capped mountain, found the Man in White Suit buried in the snow, and rushed out of the ruin's entrance in a few bounds.

His departure was clean and decisive.

Their task seemed to be merely buying time to ensure Kujo Naruya's smooth resurrection.

Now that Kujo Naruya had awakened, their objective was achieved, and they had no intention whatsoever of meddling in this life-and-death game belonging to Sakura Country and Daxia.

Zhou Huai let out a secret sigh of relief in his heart.

It was better that they left.

If they were allowed to participate further, the pressure on him would only be greater.

Now he only needed to focus on dealing with Amaterasu before him.

However, this entity was the strongest Professional Zhou Huai had ever encountered thus far.

"It seems your helpers have all arrived."

Kujo Naruya stood with his hands behind his back and spoke calmly.

He had not stopped Xiang Yu from regrouping, and even looked down with keen interest at the various powerhouses of different forms below.

"So many SS-Rank Professionals..."

"Daxia truly is vast and abundant, producing generation after generation of talents."

"No wonder they could drive my descendants to such a state."

Speaking to this point, his tone shifted.

On his originally kindly and gentle face, those light golden eyes suddenly turned indifferent.

He was like a deity sitting high in the clouds, overlooking the ignorant ants at his feet.

"Very well."

"Taking advantage of my resurrection and rebirth this time, I shall leave all you top combat forces of Daxia right here."

"To save trouble in the future."

Before his voice faded,

Kujo Naruya raised his right hand.

Palm facing upward, his five fingers slightly spread.

Hum—

A ball of light only the size of a ping-pong ball condensed out of thin air in his palm.

At first, it was unremarkable.

But in just the blink of an eye, that ball of light began to expand violently.

A dazzling white light erupted, illuminating the entire peak of the snow-capped mountain as bright as day, and everyone's vision was dyed a stark white.

Following closely behind was a terrifyingly high temperature.

Sizzle, sizzle—

The moisture in the air was evaporated, making a sizzling sound.

The eternal mysterious ice beneath their feet that never melted all year round began to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into rolling torrents rushing down.

The ball of light rose higher and higher, and its volume grew larger and larger.

In the blink of an eye, it had transformed into a huge fireball with a diameter of a hundred meters, hanging high above the firmament.

Resembling a miniature sun!

Rolling heat waves rushed toward their faces.

Zhou Huai only felt a stinging pain in his skin, as if he were beside a steel-making furnace, and even the air he breathed carried a temperature that burned his lungs.

"This is..."

Zhou Huai's pupils constricted.

He quickly reviewed the information regarding this Amaterasu in his mind.

Although it was ages ago, much of the information had long since been blurred in the dust of history.

But one record was exceptionally clear.

【Amaterasu is the darling of the sun.】

【Wherever the sunlight shines, her body is immortal, and her power is endless.】

【As long as she is under the sunlight, her mana value is inexhaustible, and she can even borrow the power of the sun to reshape her physical body, making her immortal and indestructible!】

Zhou Huai's heart sank.

Originally, there were no sun, moon, or stars within this ruin, which was one of Zhou Huai's sources of confidence in daring to stay and fight.

But he never expected,

this old monster could actually conjure a sun with bare hands!

Under the illumination of this artificial sun, Kujo Naruya's originally somewhat illusory aura began to climb at an astonishing speed.

Zhou Huai could clearly perceive that the stray fire elements and light elements around were crazily surging into the old man's body.

He absolutely could not let him continue!

He must sever his connection with this sun!

Since you want to create a sun, then I shall send you an eternal night!

"Moria!"

Zhou Huai let out a low shout in his heart.

Amidst the shadows, a slender figure quietly emerged.

Moria's face was pale, raising his head to glance at the dazzling sun overhead, a flash of disgust crossed his eyes.

That was the biological instinct's rejection of a natural enemy.

But he didn't hesitate in the slightest.

Spreading his arms, the vast shadow energy within his body poured out like a breached flood.

Finishing Move—【Eternal Night Domain】!

Centered around Moria, a thick, impenetrable darkness soared into the sky.

Within a radius of one kilometer, the light was forcibly devoured.

The originally stark white peak of the snow-capped mountain was shrouded in endless night.

That was an extreme blackness.

There was no starlight, no moonlight.

Only a depressing silence and coldness remained.

Even the light emitted by the artificial sun overhead, upon entering this Domain, was weakened layer by layer, and ultimately could only barely illuminate the range of a few meters around Kujo Naruya.

The ice and snow that had been melting crazily re-condensed in this bitterly cold darkness.

The high temperature that was peerless just moments ago was replaced by a bone-chilling cold.

"Oh?"

Kujo Naruya, positioned at the center of the darkness, raised an eyebrow.

Looking at the darkness surging like a tide all around, a look of keen interest appeared on his face.

"A Domain?"

"And it's an extremely pure shadow-type Domain."

He gently shook his head, a faint sneer curling the corner of his mouth.

"It seems you have some understanding of me."

"Wanting to use this method to sever my connection with the sun?"

"Not a bad idea."

"It's just a pity..."

Kujo Naruya raised his hand, his fingertips gently tapping into the the void.

"A brief darkness cannot conceal permanent light."

"In front of a true sun, all shadows are merely fuel."

Zhou Huai didn't want to listen to his nonsense at all.

Taking advantage of the moment when the Eternal Night Domain suppressed the opponent's perception,

"Do it!"

With an order given,

all the Avatars, who had long been primed and ready, erupted simultaneously!

"Meteor Fire Rain!"

Gandalf waved his staff, and dozens of meteors burning with the Soul-Devouring Netherflame tore through the darkness, fiercely smashing down with a destructive aura.

"Starry Firmament Shatter!"

Da Yi drew his longbow to the limit, starlight gathering into an arrow sufficient to pierce mountains, whistling out and pointing straight at Kujo Naruya's glabella.

"Divine Judgment!"

Gabriel raised his holy sword high, and a thick pillar of Holy Light descended from the sky.

"Wrath of the Thunder God!"

As an Incarnation of thunder, Yasuo, with a long sword carrying ten thousand jun of thunder light, instantly teleported behind Kujo Naruya and slashed towards his neck with a single sword stroke.

Even Xiang Yu, who was responsible for tanking, waved his giant shield, stirring up thousands of piles of snow, and smashed it down right at his head.