"Her voice?"
Claire felt puzzled, and not just her; the other team members were equally confused.
"Don't think about it. My power is limited; I can only possess one person at a time, and your strength is too great. Just you alone nearly consumes all of my remaining divine power."
The Wind Elemental Lord's clear voice came through. Roa remained silent, watching the bewildered expressions on everyone's faces.
Not only were they confused about why they were here, but they were also puzzled about why Roa wanted to assassinate the Elemental Lord.
Everything felt like a mystery shrouded over them; they did not understand, but that did not hinder their attitudes.
"Forget it; although it's confusing, I believe you must have your reasons," Ellis said.
Rinslet nodded, reached out, and patted Roa's shoulder, smiling, "In any case, I will help you."
Ren Ashbelll remained expressionless but also slightly nodded at Roa.
Roa did not hold back; although the current situation was unexpected, to be honest, the appearance of the four spirit users indeed provided Roa with assistance.
Not lingering on this topic, Roa voiced his doubts.
Roa directly asked, "What is the Infinite Corridor?"
However, Roa's question did not receive an answer from the Wind Elemental Lord; the voice merely said, "Open the door and walk in."
Roa hesitated for a moment, then followed the instructions and opened the door.
The Wind Elemental Lord's voice came again: "Please proceed along the corridor behind this door, but be careful not to step into any forks or turn back; otherwise, you will be trapped in the 'Infinite Corridor' forever."
Roa nodded to indicate he understood, relaying the Wind Elemental Lord's words to the others, and he took the lead, walking towards the distance.
What lay before him was a corridor that extended infinitely.
Roa stepped forward, continuously moving ahead.
As he walked through the corridor, Roa could feel the space distorting; clearly, there was only one corridor, but as he walked, inexplicably, forks appeared, leading to other places.
He did not know how long he had walked, but finally, he saw another large door at the end.
"This is the audience door. What you need to do is prepare yourself and then push it open. Be careful; once you push it open, there will be no turning back. You must be ready."
Perhaps the Wind Elemental Lord did not even realize that her tone carried a hint of tension.
A thought flashed through Roa's mind: Is this guy serious?
To be honest, he still did not fully trust what the Wind Elemental Lord had said.
The reason he followed her instructions was that he wanted to see where the remaining Elemental Lords were.
"Then, I will give you the rest of my power."
As the words fell, a gentle breeze entered Roa's body. He felt his body become much lighter, his movements more agile, and even the sword in his hand no longer felt so heavy.
Almost instantly, a system prompt appeared:
You have received the blessing of the Wind Elemental Lord.
Wind's Whisper
Duration: 60 minutes
During this time, you will gain the following statuses: Lightness (III), Agility (III)
Your speed becomes more responsive.
At this moment, Roa truly realized that he had indeed received the other party's help.
"Wind's Whisper?" Roa's expression turned serious.
The door was right in front of him; pushing it open would lead to a whole new world.
He tightened his grip on Est's hand, and his aura became heavier than ever.
The dragon blood within him surged to its peak, every cell in his body roaring, and his bones crackled as Roa felt better than ever.
As his bones stretched, Roa's height increased, and beneath his clothes lay a physique stronger than anyone could imagine.
With an expressionless face, Roa reached out and pushed open the audience door.
What met his eyes was a massive staircase, stretching all the way to the throne at the top.
The throne at the top was enveloped in dazzling light, making it impossible for anyone to look directly at it.
Roa took a deep breath, turned to look at his companions behind him, and simply said, "Protect yourselves, and follow my instructions."
Everyone nodded, and Roa took the lead, stepping onto the stairs.
As his first step landed, ripples spread across the staircase, illuminating the path to the throne above.
And everyone concealed invisible blades within their arms.
The blades of regicide, the spears of kingslaying.
The deities had gone mad, and humanity pointed their blades at the deities.
In the middle of the staircase was an altar, and in front of the altar, there were no more steps; their path could only reach this point.
As for going further up, there was no path left.
Following the instructions of the priestess, Ellis knelt down.
Roa did not move, but the moment Ellis knelt, the hall seemed to receive some kind of signal.
A majestic voice echoed from above.
—Your Blade Dance is truly commendable.
The voice was grand, but it was impossible to distinguish between male and female; it was a neutral voice.
—We shall repay your fine offerings with miracles from beyond this world.
—What is your wish?
Roa raised his gaze to the throne hanging above, his divine power coalescing, the transparent world opening, and the heart of the sword awakening.
At the same time, his right hand had already grasped Est hanging at his waist, and the light in his eyes grew even hotter.
Roa spoke his wish: "My wish is… to kill the Elemental Lords.'"
Almost instantly, the throne, filled with light, erupted with darkness.
This was not the peaceful night but a darkness from another world that should not belong here.
A large amount of darkness spilled from the throne like blood, continuously flowing down the staircase.
The steps leading upward appeared in the air, and almost instantly, Roa turned to the three behind him and said, "Unleash your strongest spirit magic; I will go first."
The otherworldly darkness surged like a tide, rushing towards them.
Rinslet summoned her spirit and shouted forward, "Come forth! Beast of Frozen Fangs, Fenrir."
A massive white wolf with snow-white fur appeared right in front of Rinslet. The white wolf used its powerful legs to leap beside Roa and galloped forward.
Awoooooo!
Fenrir let out a roar and unleashed a fierce blizzard from its wide-open mouth.
The blizzard, carrying wind and frost, swept towards the otherworldly darkness, but the moment it collided with the darkness, it quickly melted away.
At this moment, Roa had already grasped the Demon Slayer Holy Sword and leaped onto the staircase, charging towards the throne at a terrifying speed.
The lightness from Wind's Whisper had nearly increased Roa's speed by twenty percent, and with his terrifying physical speed, this increase created an afterimage.
Above the throne, the otherworldly darkness had completely enveloped the area, and the astonishing darkness surged towards Roa like a tide.
However, this force could not harm Roa.
It felt like a spring breeze brushing against him, like a light rain; the otherworldly darkness rushed towards Roa but could not inflict any damage.
Almost in the next moment, a similarly powerful dark divine power surged from Roa, intertwining with the otherworldly darkness, beginning to devour each other.
Although both were of the same source of divine power, the different attributes of the divine powers would not merge; to be precise, the divine power released by the Elemental Lord was a kind of inferior product.
The two waves of darkness collided, and Roa maintained the output power of his dark divine power, directly pushing forward to the throne.
And before Roa's eyes, beneath the throne, what was hidden was a flame.
The Fire Elemental Lord was within it.
Without any hesitation, the Demon Slayer Holy Sword was drawn.
Its speed was nearly that of light.
"Sword of Light!!!"
Roa's right arm muscles bulged, and the power throughout his body coalesced into one. With the support of the transparent world and the heart of the sword, nothing could escape his sight.
The snow-white blade had unknowingly pierced through the pitch-black darkness, and through the thick black mist, Roa saw the figure of the opponent.
It was a blazing flame.
Roa clearly saw the opponent's appearance: a girl dressed in a bright red gown, with waist-length deep red hair and ruby-like eyes that housed brilliant flames, with two long, curved horns on her head.
She was the Fire Elemental Lord, Volcanicus.
However, at this moment, the Fire Elemental Lord was completely entangled in pitch-black threads, the otherworldly darkness had thoroughly eroded her mind, and the brilliant flames in her eyes had dimmed.
Almost the moment they saw each other, the Demon Slayer Holy Sword had already slashed towards her throat.
The silver-white sword blade swiftly sliced through the opponent's white neck, then pierced through.
As it touched the opponent's neck, brilliant flames instantly enveloped the Fire Elemental Lord.
Yet even so, the speed of the Fire Elemental Lord was still slow.
To be precise, it was Roa's speed that was too fast, so fast that almost no one could react. Even she, as the Fire Elemental Lord, had never seen a sword move this quickly.
Even after having her throat slit and pierced by the Demon Slayer Holy Sword, the Fire Elemental Lord still maintained the expression from the moment before.
No one knew how Roa had drawn his sword, nor how he had struck.
Compared to a Blade Dance, it was purely born for killing; the extreme speed was the only characteristic of the Sword of Light.
Brilliant flames surged, and without a moment's hesitation, Roa kicked out with a force that was terrifying, sweeping from the Fire Elemental Lord's lower abdomen upward, sending her crashing down to the ground.
After doing all this, the Demon Slayer Holy Sword continued to stab toward the other side of the throne with unrelenting momentum.
Almost instantly, a powerful divine might erupted from the throne, and a violent wind element gathered into a spear, crashing down toward Roa's position.
The long spear, carrying an unstoppable terrifying force, collided with the Demon Slayer Holy Sword.
The snow-white sword blade rippled slightly as it collided with the Wind King's spear, and a terrifying shockwave erupted around Roa. The howling wind roared, and Roa seemed to see a roaring wind dragon on the spear, its dragon head fierce, baring its teeth at him.
"—The cold and ruthless Steel Queen, the holy sword that slays demons!"
"—Transform here into the Steel Sword, grant me divine power."
Roa quickly recited the spirit incantation, and in an instant, a silver-white moonlight stained the surface of his body.
At this moment, Roa's power actually surged even higher.
The long spear, which had barely been able to hold its ground, was shattered by the Demon Slayer Holy Sword in that instant, turning into a gust of wind and vanishing.
Roa's gaze turned toward the direction from which the spear had been thrown, his eyes flickering.
To be honest, even Roa was slightly surprised by the force from earlier.
Even with the enhancement of dragon blood, the spear was still able to contend with Roa for a while.
Roa was no longer the Roa who had just entered this world; the current Roa was a true complete form. Yet even so, he had still been delayed by that wind spear for a moment.
A girl with emerald-colored hair, around twenty years old, expressionless, gathered a second wind spear in her right hand, aiming it at Roa's position, preparing to throw it again.
Just as she made the throwing motion, a voice echoed across the chaotic battlefield.
"Elemental Lord! If you still have a shred of rationality, please listen to my voice…!"
This voice was unmistakably that of the Wind Elemental Lord.
And this voice seemed to create ripples, like a stone dropped into the ocean.
The hand raised by the Wind Elemental Lord paused, her emerald eyes seemed to recall something, and a glimmer of light appeared in her dim gaze.
At the same time, the Wind Elemental Lord's voice echoed in Roa's ears again: "Quick, quickly deal with the Holy Elemental Lord! Our consciousness cannot remain clear for too long."
The situation on the battlefield changed rapidly, and taking advantage of the opponent's moment of distraction, Roa quickly locked his gaze onto the Elemental Lord sitting at the top.
Just that one glance almost left Roa in shock.
The Holy Elemental Lord, Alexander, also known as Alexandros, the Holy King, the King of Light, the Light Elemental Lord, the leader of the five great Elemental Lords.
Logically, Roa had never seen the Holy Elemental Lord, yet that face was one he was all too familiar with.
That face belonged to a girl with dazzling golden hair, around sixteen years old, clad in armor, and it was unmistakably the face of the Savior Saint, Areishia.
Her icy blue eyes met Roa's, and all he saw in the girl's gaze was coldness and indifference.
This was in stark contrast to the carefree girl in Roa's mind; her face bore no expression.
Almost the moment he saw her, Est's will was shaken, and she stammered, calling out to the girl in front of her: "Master, my master?"
However, the response they received was that of the expressionless, unparalleled beauty.
She simply spoke softly: "Light of Destruction—〈Fallen Radiant Star〉"