The black sphere, or rather the fusion of the fox-girl Mevis and the 【Death Omen Star】, did not pursue Lilya.

 

The Death Omen Star’s Descent is Mevis’s ultimate trump card. With her special talent, she can draw the invisible and immaterial Death Omen, which exists like a law, into the mortal world by getting as close to “death” as possible.

 

Mevis has never used this move before, even as a fortunate being chosen by the [Death Omen]. To invoke the resonance of the spirit of death, she must descend as close to death as possible, and even a slight mistake could result in her true death.

 

Even if successful, harnessing the power of a pseudo god spirit will impose a significant burden on her body, and it will be impossible to use for several years at least.

 

Although the fox-girl’s own power is not enough, causing the Death Omen Star’s form to exhibit only pseudo god strength when it should have been more potent, in a world where myths have nearly disappeared, she is still an unstoppable force.

 

However, even after successfully invoking the Death Omen Star’s Descent, representing the power of absolute annihilation, which is inherent to death, Mevis appears to be a young girl who looks like a priest, effortlessly blocking it and even having enough power left to protect others from harm.

 

Unacceptable, incomprehensible.

 

This was a strike imbued with the laws of death, and even a mythological being would inevitably be led to eternal death. Why, why did she…?

 

The consciousness of the 【Death Omen Star】 suddenly thought of “itself” or the scenes Mevis had seen earlier.

 

Princess Lilya rejected “death,” and even “inevitable death” was resisted by this suddenly appearing girl.

 

In other words, Lilya’s “fate” had been intervened in by her.

 

A God… is not a fake, but a True God?

 

“May I know your name?”

 

“Hmm? Well, I’m Violet, the one who’s going to knock you down. Remember that.”

 

The black-haired priestess lady revealed a mouthful of white teeth, and her smile and tone seemed a bit cheeky.

 

“Violet… Well, if you are a god, then use your power to make me understand!”

 

“Apocalypse… Resonance!”

 

The semi-ethereal form of the large eyeball shivered violently, and it seemed like some invisible sound waves spread out in all directions. Wherever it passed, plants withered, the magical energy in the air, and even the ground itself, were instantly killed, plunging into absolute silence.

 

Then, this power of annihilation swept across Violet’s body.

 

Five seconds, ten seconds.

 

Nothing happened. In this several hundred-meter radius of death, the unchanging black-haired girl seemed like an anomaly.

 

“Oh my?”

 

Violet, who had been on high alert, was stunned.

 

The priestess lady, belatedly looking around, seemed to suddenly remember something and awkwardly said, “Oh, I have a passive defense ability. If the single-instance damage is too low, it won’t have any effect. So, I suggest you not use area of effect attacks and switch to single-target attacks, that would work better…”

 

One of the passive abilities of 【Feather Robe Graria】 automatically grants immunity to any attack with damage below 99,999 and its associated special effects, making it an absolute and cooldown-free immunity.

 

In other words, even if a thousand attacks with damage less than this value hit Violet simultaneously, as long as the single-instance damage can’t exceed the threshold, it won’t have any effect whatsoever.

 

Clearly, the wide-area AoE attack that the Death Omen used earlier did not reach this threshold.

 

“Why…”

 

It was bizarre, too bizarre. Even if it were a god, it shouldn’t be possible to completely withstand the 【Apocalypse Resonance】 without a scratch.

 

It was because the 【Death Omen Star】 suspected that the other party might also be a deity that it launched a direct mental attack. Only this way could they fully unleash the true power of the “Spirit of Death” and compete with the enemy.

 

Perhaps another probe was necessary.

 

“Annihilation Death Light!”

 

The closed eyeball opened again, and a jet-black beam burst forth. Under the full power of the 【Death Omen Star】, this attack was at least three times larger in scale compared to when it attacked Lilya and the others earlier.

 

“Is it this move again?”

 

Violet frowned slightly as she sensed the power. This time, she didn’t create a magical shield like the last time. Instead, she extended her fair and slender hand, fingers close together, and held it in front of her.

 

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

 

The terrifying torrent of death surged forth, and the strong wind made the girl’s black hair and white robe flutter loudly, but it couldn’t penetrate within a three-centimeter radius of her body.

 

This scene more resembled a grand black beam being split in two by the slender girl, crushing and tearing it apart.

 

Yes, she used her hand to tear apart “death.”

 

“So, I’ve been saying to use single-target attacks. Energy dispersed like this can’t break through my defense limit at all. Can you understand human language?”

 

The girl, strolling casually in the “deathlight”, even had the leisure to speak.

 

Is she not just putting on a show? Is she really teaching herself how to inflict damage?

 

Humiliation! Even without a self, the rule of the spirit of death, the Death Omen, was thoroughly enraged by this disdain and confidence!

 

“Noisy! Prohibit · World-Annihilating Sevenfold Ring!”

 

The “deathlight” subsided, and the large eyeball, like mist and a solid form, burst apart in the air, transforming into seven black ring-like objects, each independent yet smoothly connected like spiral stairs.

 

These rings, from back to front, became smaller and smaller, starting almost with the same diameter as the original large eyeball. The last one was less than half a meter in diameter, seemingly containing a form that was difficult for mortals to understand.

 

Condensed black particles rapidly gathered in the rearmost ring, like the main cannon port in some space battles, the already black light grew even more profound, exuding a terrifying energy fluctuation.

 

Finally, it shot out with a deafening roar!

 

The black light passed through the rings in the back, and with each pass, new energy fused with it, further reducing its size. It precisely matched the width of the next ring and repeated the previous steps.

 

In the end, when it emerged from the half-meter diameter miniature black ring, it was only as thick as an adult’s arm.

 

But it was this fine beam of light that gave Violet her first sense of danger since arriving in this world.

 

The threshold was exceeded, and it couldn’t be stopped.

 

If she relied on the passive defense of 【Feather Robe Graria】 and her physical qualities to take the attack head-on as she had done before, she would definitely get hurt.

 

Moreover, because the damage exceeded the immunity limit, Violet felt for the first time the power contained in the opponent’s attack, the power called “Death.”

 

It might sound unbelievable, but Violet had encountered similar things, not just once.

 

This was an “additional effect” that could be attached to certain attacks, apart from regular damage, in the 【Illusory World】.

 

The one in front of her should be 【Instant Death】.

 

“Instant Death” was one of the special effects that could be attached to certain attacks in the 【Illusory World】, besides regular damage. There were many similar effects, such as Burn, Freeze, Slow, Confuse, Mana Drain, Healing Prevention, and many more, at least dozens of them.

 

The effect of 【Instant Death】 was that there was a chance during an attack to ignore the opponent’s health and deliver a one-hit kill. The greater the level difference between the two parties, the higher the probability.

 

It might sound impressive at first, but in reality, when used, it was just average, and sometimes not as effective as several more common additional effects.

 

First of all, the probability of triggering 【Instant Death】 against enemies of the same level is very low, generally around 0.2-0.3 percent, and although there’s a probability boost against lower-level targets, does it really matter if it triggers or not on low-level enemies?

 

Moreover, it has a fatal flaw.

 

Against enemies much higher in level—around 20 levels or so higher, and against boss-type units, 【Instant Death】 is directly nullified, reduced to dealing a certain fixed amount of true damage.

 

Even low-level players can weaken 【Instant Death】 through enchantments, passive skills, or equipment that provides resistance, and this applies to other special effects as well.

 

While Violet wasn’t the type of player who was passionate about player versus player combat, due to the fact that many dungeon bosses and monsters in the game also had similar attack effects, and the 【Illusory World】 was not such that if you didn’t fight, you wouldn’t be attacked by others.

 

Violet had prepared means to counter status effects early on, learned specific resistance skills, so she wasn’t too afraid of these things.

 

However, fixed damage couldn’t be avoided, and it wasn’t clear how powerful this attack was. It was better to be cautious in response.

 

Shaking her head, Violet stopped a certain dragon lady who had been invisible and hidden since earlier, and was now even more eager to jump out and protect her. Violet had a solemn expression as she raised her artifact, the 【Eternal Scepter of the World’s Heart】 and whispered.

 

With an ethereal and dream-like tone, as if echoing the world.

 

“I said, let there be light.”

 

And so, there was light.