Death... and me

Roan didn't think this fight would be easy. First of all, he wasn't a real Elemental Transformation Realm cultivator. He was just borrowing power to reach that level, so he definitely wasn't as strong as if he had reached that level on his own. Besides, Rimari was one of the top disciples of the Blood Path Sect.

'It's not like I can't reach her, but she probably has some life-saving treasure as well. I would need to use a lot of energy. If I can't cut her down, I'll run out of power from the Glittering Crystal first.'

Roan pondered in silence for a bit and looked at the situation of Tiffany, Rean, and Liana. Tiffany and Jax were pretty much evenly matched in their battle, so it wouldn't end anytime soon. As for Rean and Liana, they obviously had the upper hand. Trifas had quite a few injuries on his body due to Liana's icicles. If it continued on like that, Rean and Liana would definitely be victorious in the end. Of course, it would be useless if Roan couldn't deal with Rimari.

Roan then sent Rean a message through their Soul Connection. 'Do you think Liana can hold that guy on her own?'

For Roan to ask that, that meant things weren't going very well in his battle. 'She can. I already used my Light Aura Burst, so she should be able to hold on on her own for a while.'

Roan nodded, telling him, 'Alright, I'll need you to do a thing for me.'

Suddenly, Roan's attack stopped, much to Rimari's delight. 'Has the effect of his treasure finally wore off?'

However, she felt her Needle Field detecting Roan's presence a moment later.

'Death Style, Death Scythe!'

Roan attacked with his strongest individual skill. The Death Scythe soon came down, cutting many of Rimari's needles along its path.

Rimari immediately reacted and increased its defense.

'Myriad Blod Needles, Needle Shield!'

Eventually, the needles were able to stop Roan's attack. However, that was only the first one. A second Death Scythe arrived at the very next moment.

*Swish!*

Rimari's Needle Shield was soon broken, opening a path to her. It turned out that the first attack was made by one of Roan's clones. Roan used the entire clone's energy in the attack, which made it disappear as soon as the attack was over.

The second clone arrived right after, executing the same thing.

'Death Style, Death Scythe!'

This time, the clone was able to cut through the Needle Shield. In any case, Rimari was quite satisfied with that outcome. Roan was using much, much more energy than he had been so far. She was sure he was doing that right now because he didn't have much choice. It was his last struggle.

Well, Rimari wasn't wrong. That was indeed Roan's last struggle.

With the second clone gone and the path open, Roan's real body finally made a move. This time, he used all the remaining energy of the Glittering Crystal at once. Once the attack was over, he would return to his Initial Stage Saint Realm cultivation.

'Death Style, Death Scythe!'

This Death Scythe was much stronger, though, as the clones only had 80% of the original body's power and didn't really have real weapons. Let alone when Roan put everything into this attack. Roan broke through all the remaining needles along the way, much to Rimari's shock. She had been battling Roan for so long. However, none of his attacks were as strong as that.

Without much choice, she immediately jumped back while using the rest of her needles to stop Roan's assault.

*Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang...*

Roan's momentum didn't stop, though. With Rean's Enhancement Skill and his Shadow Steps, Rimari could forget about being faster than he was in such an environment.

Rimari saw how her needles continued to be broken before the scythe arrived right in front of her face. In the end, she gritted her teeth and accessed her spatial ring. What came out was something that looked like a piece of tree bark. It pulsed with Dark Element and Divine Energy.

The bark then seemed to gain life right after, as many dark roots came out of it and tried to entangle Roan's scythe and his body. Roan's scythe was definitely strong, but the bark seemed to contain power far above the Elemental Transformation Realm. Roan's scythe simply wouldn't be able to cut through it at all. Not only that, he would be completely immobilized at that point.

However, Roan faintly smiled before he lowered his head a little. From behind him, Rean suddenly jumped out and threw an item from his hand. Rimari didn't notice Rean's approach at all. She couldn't be blamed as she was inside Roan's Death World and Rean used his Light and Divine Sense bending skill. Besides, her concentration was purely on Roan.

As for the item, it was a token. One must remember when Rean got a protection treasure as a reward back in Cosec City. According to the elders back then, it could resist an attack at the Transition Realm or below. Rean hadn't used that treasure until now as he hadn't had the chance.

However, never did he think he would use it in this way. He didn't try to protect Roan with that treasure. No, that would be useless. It could definitely stop the dark tree bark's vines from capturing Roan. Unfortunately, that would mean Roan's attack would be over, and his power would return to the Initial Stage of the Saint Realm. Instead, Rean threw it at the dark tree bark itself!

The token suddenly activated and tried to 'protect' the tree bark, creating a barrier that wouldn't let anything with the power of Transition Realm of below pass through for a short moment. That also included things from inside not being able to come out. To be honest, the tree bark was much stronger than Rean's protection treasure. After all, he got this thing from the powers in Cosec City. How could they have something better than the Blood Path Sect?

*Crack, crack, crack...*

*Shatter!*

Sure enough, the dark tree bark's vines broke through the barrier almost instantly.

However, that gave Roan all the time he needed. His Death Scythe finally reached Rimari, who was already slower than him to start with.

*Swish!*

The few remaining Blood Needles were cut down, together with Rimari herself. At this point, she was dead as she could be.