Chapter 2126: Two Stars, One Flame
The Silent One staggered, its body buckling beneath Jasmine's palm strike.
Reality screamed.
Cracks splintered the air, radiating outward like veins of ruptured glass. The creature—so unmovable just moments ago—had been pushed back.
By her.
Jasmine floated above it like a specter of vengeance, her scarlet aura howling like a storm devouring the sky.
Yun Che, still grounded and wounded, couldn't help but watch with a mix of awe and—
> "She's stronger than before…"
He could barely recognize her power. It was deeper, sharper, older.
> "It's not just Star God power… It's something else now."
The Silent One shifted.
No voice this time. Just movement—a blur, a distortion.
It launched dozens of tendrils from its body, shadow-laced and writhing like thoughts turned physical. They curled around the realm, aiming to engulf both of them.
Jasmine didn't move.
Yun Che did.
With a roar, he flared his profound veins one more time, lightning and fire igniting his blood as he leapt into the fray, slamming into the tendrils with his battered arm still crackling with Sky Poison.
> "Move," he growled.
Jasmine blinked.
And smiled.
> "Still reckless," she said. "But this time…"
> "We fight together."
She extended her hand toward him. He met it.
Their palms touched.
And in that moment—their auras merged.
Heavenly Slaughter Star God.
Evil God Inheritor.
Two beings the universe had never meant to coexist… combined.
The air shimmered. Not from heat or energy—but from contradiction.
A divine malevolence pulsed outward, neither good nor evil, but absolute.
A power that defied fate itself.
> "Jasmine," Yun Che murmured. "What is this?"
She looked at him sideways, eyes glowing with ancient fury.
> "Something we were never allowed to use."
"The Celestial Sin Resonance."
FLASH—
The sky burned white.
Jasmine and Yun Che vanished into light and reappeared together, above the Silent One.
And then—
They descended.
> "Heavenly Annihilation: Red Eclipse Form!"
Their voices overlapped as one.
The impact was not a strike—it was an event.
Time fractured.
A massive vortex exploded across the realm, one so immense it swallowed mountains, clouds, and light itself. The Silent One was caught dead-center.
And for the first time since awakening…
It screamed.
Not a physical sound—but a mental rupture. A broadcast of pain across dimensions.
It shattered three nearby pocket realms instantly.
Its golden eye cracked.
But it didn't die.
It retreated.
Space bent, warped, and the monster folded into itself, vanishing into a collapsing point of nothingness.
Gone.
Not dead.
But wounded.
Jasmine landed silently. Yun Che dropped beside her, gasping, his legs giving out as he fell to his knees.
> "It'll return," she said.
Yun Che looked up, blood streaking his chin. "We'll kill it next time."
Jasmine didn't nod.
She looked at the sky.
And whispered,
> "No, Yun Che… next time…"
"It'll bring the others."