The Death Crystal froze in silence as it turned around to see the one who had called it.
It was... Kaol Noah!
Lucan's pupils shrank to pin size as he said, "Golden Butterfly! Please take me to the spaceship. I can't fight him now."
The Golden Butterfly immediately shifted its gaze to see the slime, Kaol Noah.
He smirked, "Oh! Is this what people say about killing two birds with one stone? Nice! You ain't escaping, friend."
He used a move and grabbed both the Death Crystal and Lucan.
Lucan was suffocating. He was already at his weakest; now... no explanation was required.
The Golden Butterfly immediately turned silver! The Death Crystal dimmed as it said, "Kaol! You idiot! Why did you provoke the Golden Butterfly? Oh no, we are all dead meat!"
Kaol smiled, "Oh! Lucan, this artifact belongs to me! It was ours from the beginning—you actually stole it from us.
So now I am taking it back, haha!
Golden Butterfly! I order you to come and execute these two. First, the Death Crystal.
No, first kill Lucan in the cruelest way possible! Let him be my first kill! My first revenge!"
The Golden Butterfly turned silver. Lucan had fainted, unable to bear the pain anymore.
The Death Crystal saw the silver light as a feeling of death haunted him.
He muttered, "Even Death... fears death! I never thought this day would come in my life. Only the Fate Crystal can save me now."
Kaol laughed, "So you are a silver butterfly now? Good, go and kill Lu—"
He felt a formless force crushing him down. The entire abyss lit up in a dazzling silver light.
Lucan was freed from his grasp. The silver butterfly flew toward him and gently placed him aside.
Then, it created a silver barrier over his body.
A voice screamed, "Hurt Lucan? Whoever it is shall not remain alive!"
Kaol Noah stared wide-eyed as he started laughing, "Haha! You think about killing me? Kaol Noah? I am an immortal! I can never die—"
Suddenly, he was bleeding from all over his body. The blood oozed out, forming an entire pool.
His consciousness started to fade away slowly. The Death Crystal used a move and teleported Kaol Noah.
Replacing him, it shouted, "Idiot! Flee now! Let me save you! You mustn't die—Fate needs you!"
The Death Crystal started to shatter from the force. Kaol was staring in a daze. The silver butterfly found Kaol.
It attacked him. He had no time to react as he saw death flashing before his eyes. His instincts felt death approaching him, even though he was an immortal.
The Death Crystal cursed, "Damn! No, this can't be! Life Crystal, save him—"
The Death Crystal turned into fragments and vanished without a trace.
"You help the person who hurt Lucan? Die!" said the Silver Butterfly.
Kaol begged, "Forgive me! Please, I will never even think about Lucan ever again in my life! I beg—"
Before he could finish, his whole body disintegrated into fine dust as it disappeared.
The Silver Butterfly checked the surroundings and found no more danger left for Lucan.
It then turned back into the Golden Butterfly. The golden wings and falling fragments fell over Lucan's pale and tired face.
It gave him a gentle caress and took him to the spaceship.
It felt its power diminishing; it needed to rest for a long time to restore itself.
However, it ignored its own state and carried Lucan to his spaceship.
The fate guy was already there, waiting for Lucan.
The Golden Butterfly started to turn unconscious, falling down with Lucan's body.
With no more energy to spare, it still made sure Lucan didn't fall hard.
It crawled its way near the fate guy. He saw the scene and said, "What happened to both of you? Damn it! I just pretended to be the old fate guy to tease Lucan.
But... looking at your condition, it seems like I have to wait another day. Golden Butterfly, please explain!"
It signaled with its wings, informing him to take Lucan safely inside and heal him.
And to quickly take off in the spaceship to avoid confronting the Life Crystal.
He felt his entire body shaking as he heard the tale: Lucan was tortured to death multiple times, got so desperate, and lost control of his suppressed emotions.
He wasn't even conscious anymore.
He wasted no time and quickly brought the two inside.
He pulled the lever and took off in the spaceship. The spaceship blasted its way out at its highest speed.
Luckily, the Life Crystal was busy reporting to the Fate Crystal about Lucan's death and Kaol's immortality.
The fate guy saw both the Golden Butterfly and Lucan in the most terrible state possible.
He didn't know what to do, as he could only use cosmic energy for fighting, not healing.
He pondered for a while before realizing something.
"Yes! They can help us—the golden butterflies Lucan saved from the slime's planet!"
As he said that, he rushed to the room where they were all kept.
He rushed in to see the golden butterflies flying around; they were like stars glowing in space.
He smiled before realizing, "Oh shit! I don't know how to communicate with them!"
The Eternal Abyss of Life and Death.
The entire place started to crack, and countless dead souls started to fly away with no restriction.
The Death Crystal had been killed, so the dead regained their freedom.
Still, due to the abyss's powers, the souls weren't able to flee outside.
This scene became the most eye-catching topic in the entire solar system. The Organization, the Lord, the space station...
All had their eyes fixed on that location.
Zacian (Org 1000) was drinking something on one of the planets.
When he heard this news, he spat it out on two people nearby.
Both had their appearances concealed, just like Zacian. One immediately grabbed Zacian by his neck and tried to kill him.
The other freed him and shielded him.
The entire place shook as they felt two distinct auras.
One was blue in color—calm and tranquil, showing kindness and delicacy. Everyone felt a strange warmth in their hearts as they felt it.
The other was purple in color—much denser, carrying a deep killing intent alongside a suffocating coldness.
Everyone retreated several steps subconsciously. Even Zacian took cover behind the person with the blue aura.
An alien shouted, "It's the two most powerful beings in our entire solar system: the Pride God, Great Lord, and the Righteous King, Destiny's Heavenly King!"
As he said that, his heart burst open and blood sprayed out.
It dripped over the purple-aura person, who cut off that entire part of his own body and regenerated it.
He snorted, "Fools! I am no 'Great'! I am only Lord! Titles are for others, but I am beyond everything—even beyond the word 'beyond'!
And Pride God? I am supreme to God! Supreme to the word 'supreme' itself! And when you die, make sure your disgusting blood never touches me.
The one and only Lord!"
The other person revived the dead alien and asked, "Are you alright, sir? Don't worry, let me handle this!"
His appearance was revealed: he was Destiny's Heavenly King.
The first guy also revealed his appearance: he was Lord! The pride—sorry, pride's pride's pride.
The King said, "So you are the Lord? The Pride God or Pride Monster? Hmph! You shouldn't hurt weaker people!"
Lord replied, "Ah, yes! Damn me, these pests don't deserve it. Only Lucan deserves to fight me; all of you are worthless trash.
I shouldn't hit trash, because my pride would never consume disgust! And you, King!"
The King replied, "What?—"
The King was punched away by Lord. The King was hurt so badly that he started bleeding heavily.
He even started panting, "You! Attacking without warning? Isn't that a disgrace to your pride?"
He fell to the ground and frowned at Lord.
Everyone had gloomy expressions. Even the King fell to Lord; now there was no more hope.
But a purple light radiated as a voice smirked, "I know that you are not even trying, King! Hehe!"