With a forceful tug, Lin Ran snapped the blood elf's throat, silencing its cry.
He then endured the incoming talismans, meteorite strikes, and the Great Flame Explosion spell cast by the blood elf, but it didn't matter.
Lin Ran had achieved his ultimate goal.
The Almighty Pull, which appeared to target the blood elf's neck, was actually intended to extract something.
In Lin Ran's grasp now was a translucent, dark gray crystal, freshly pulled from the blood elf's heart.
Even holding it, one could sense its strangeness and power.
It pulsed with an ominous aura of calamity, an impossibly vast reservoir of energy, and a vibrant, pulsating soul.
It was difficult to imagine such disparate forces coexisting within a single object.
The blood elf, recovering from the pain of its severed neck, noticed this but showed no panic. Instead, it smirked defiantly.
"Oh? I thought you'd discovered something significant... is that all?"
"Since you enjoy playing so much, feel free to keep this."
"After all, no matter where it is, it still provides me with energy. What difference does it make?"
"To reclaim it would only require a mere thought!"
Lin Ran nodded noncommittally.
"I see."
"In that case, I suppose I'll have to confiscate it then!"
With that, Lin Ran decisively activated the divine power of his Eternal Kaleidoscope, sealing the crystal within.
It was true that the blood elf's miniature universe exerted a significant influence, making the activation of divine power more challenging.
It took a full five seconds to tear open the spatial structure and condense a vortex.
But he succeeded!
Under the blood elf's disbelieving gaze, Lin Ran repeated his tactic, brazenly absorbing the gray crystal.
The moment the gray crystal was drawn into the divine power space, the blood elf's steadily rising aura halted.
In its place, its miniature universe, and its own body, began to disintegrate.
"Impossible! This is impossible!!!" the blood elf shrieked hysterically, its face contorted in sudden terror.
"How could you possibly perform spatial severance within my Purgatory of Intermediacy?!"
"And even if you could trigger spatial severance, you shouldn't be able to contain my Crystal of Calamity..."
"The dimensional barrier should be under the influence of the calamity power; this is simply impossible!"
Lin Ran laughed heartily.
"Alas... you were too arrogant, attempting to fuse the crystal right under my nose."
"If I didn't strike you down, what would be the point?"
"Still crying out about impossibility?"
"What a pity, your grandfather here excels at creating the so-called impossible!"
Facing the nearly vanquished blood elf, Lin Ran showed no mercy. He charged forward, unleashing Amaterasu followed by a decisive slash.
Deprived of its energy core, the blood elf had lost almost all its ability to resist. It was no match for Lin Ran in his full power.
The dual assault of ice and fire annihilated its form, reducing it to mere dross with no remains, which then dissipated into the air.
"Twelfth Brother!"
On the other side, the demon, sensing the blood elf's demise, flew into a rage and, losing all reason, charged towards Lin Ran's true body.
But the Black Dragon's body, locked in close combat with him, did not hesitate. It drove a cursed sword straight through him.
The immense power of curses, coupled with the Black Dragon's destructive flames, surged in, paralyzing the demon on the spot.
This time, without the obstruction of a small universe, Lin Ran found it much easier. He directed divine power at the demon's chest, directly targeting the Crystal of Calamity that represented him.
Without any resistance, the Crystal of Calamity was twisted out by Lin Ran, and the demon's body consequently disintegrated.
The fairy, still locked in a struggle with Luo Qingyan, only then realized that both its companions were dead. It also became enraged and prepared to activate its own super abilities, pushing its attributes to the tenth tier.
Unfortunately, Lin Ran's hand was always a step faster. Before the fairy could unleash its secret technique, Lin Ran had already extracted its crystal.
Luo Qingyan, noticing her opponent's sudden demise, gaped.
"These... these so-called Forgotten Ones, do they actually possess such a significant weakness?"
"Then aren't you invincible against them? A single skill at first sight can instantly kill them, they're like professional assassins!"
Lin Ran shook his head.
"You're oversimplifying things..."
"The reason they disintegrated on the spot, their entire bodies vanishing without a trace, is because their energy core, the thing they call the Crystal of Calamity, was severed into my divine power space."
"And my divine power space's isolation effect is far beyond that of ordinary dimensional space techniques. They cannot transmit even a trace of energy across it, and thus cannot maintain their physical bodies."
"Speaking of which, do you see the problem?"
Luo Qingyan, who had some understanding of divine power space, suddenly realized.
"You mean, the reason they were instantly killed in the outside world wasn't because they truly died..."
"But because their true selves went to another world, and thus their presence in this world appeared to have perished!"
"However, in reality, in that other world, which is my divine power space, they are still alive in the form of Crystals of Calamity and can reshape their bodies!"
Lin Ran nodded.
"Something like that..."
"So if they wish, they can resurrect within the divine power space at any time."
Luo Qingyan, hearing this, became anxious.
"Then shouldn't we hurry back and capture them?"
"If they start messing around in the divine power space, won't they damage many things inside?"
"And more importantly, doesn't this expose our biggest secret to their view?"