I Have Infinite Skill Points-Chapter 608: Annihilation

The intense combat filled the air with clashing sounds, like a machine gun firing ceaselessly. To Jiang Xinyu and the others, the scene was a dizzying swirl of ghostly shadows.

Whether it was La or Yulia, they both chose to combine Star Martial Skills with close combat; only Wang Lan opted for pure melee. The longer the battle waged, the more inconsequential melee strength seemed. It was like a Titled Strongman and a peak Star-Sea realm expert fighting hand-to-hand; their strengths would be roughly equal.

Therefore, Jiang Xinyu couldn’t understand why Wang Lan would employ such a seemingly disadvantageous strategy. However, Wang Lan quickly swung his blade, forcing the four men in black to retreat.

Suddenly, Wang Lan brought his hands together, and a surge of Star Power burst forth. "Manjusaka—"

BOOM—

A violent tremor shook the area within a three-hundred-meter radius as countless Manjusaka bloomed, their crystal-clear stalks and leaves rising like frost. In an instant, the battlefield where Wang Lan stood transformed into a sea of Manjusakas.

"Blossom, Paradise."

The Manjusakas bloomed profusely, their crystalline leaves shattering in an instant. When the diamond-ranked Manjusaka deployed its Illusion Technique, it no longer relied on pollen; in fact, it had no pollen at all. The blossoming itself signified the Six Reincarnations. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

The twelve dark figures enveloped within it all froze, as if they had become statues, motionless. Then, they were entwined and cocooned by the Manjusaka.

Witnessing this sudden reversal, Yulia and La were utterly puzzled. The abilities of these twelve were beyond their imagination. Every time they were hit with a deadly attack, every time they were seemingly scattered to the winds, they would soon reappear unharmed.

This led Yulia and the others to believe that the dark figures they were fighting were actually just insubstantial Shadows. But the harm inflicted by these Shadows was real, which made it all the more difficult for them to accept.

And now, with a single move, Wang Lan had immobilized all the men in black. Wasn’t that a bit too sudden?

Wang Lan walked slowly toward one of the men in black, gently pulling back the man’s cloak to reveal a weathered, brown-haired man. Over a dozen scars crisscrossed his face, and his pupils were a faint white.

"A blind man?" Yulia asked in surprise.

"This isn’t blindness. It’s the color their pupils turn after being subjected to my Manjusaka’s Illusion Technique. They are now so deeply immersed in that blissful world they cannot extricate themselves."

"Illusion Technique?" La exclaimed in surprise, looking at Wang Lan. "Why is there no record of you mastering Illusion Technique in your profile?"

"Please don’t get caught up in such details." Wang Lan lifted another cloak, revealing a woman underneath. Despite the frightening scars on her face, they luckily hadn’t marred her features. Aside from the scars, she was still quite attractive.

"They must be the core combat strength of the Hell Monarch," Wang Lan said indifferently. "Those granted access to the Hell Monarch’s personal space must be the forces he relies on most."

"What do you mean?" Jiang Xinyu was also a bit lost.

"Do you know why they remain unscathed every time you hit them?"

"You’ve already figured it out? This ability is a real headache. I dare say if I were here alone, I might have been worn down and killed," Yulia said with a grave expression. She was a top-tier expert whose combat prowess surpassed the Titled level, reaching Half-step Star Soul. Normally, even a dozen Titled Strongmen wouldn’t be able to scratch her.

"Indeed. If I weren’t aware of their abilities, not just you, but even I might have been exhausted to death here. Fortunately, I’ve seen through their skills. Yulia, remember when I asked you about the Hell Monarch’s abilities, about whether the Hell Monarch could refine a personal space?"

"I remember! Do their abilities have something to do with that personal space?" Yulia asked curiously.

"Their ability is the application of that personal space. I call this ability Divine Might. Actually, ever since I learned the Void Storing Star Martial Skill, I had also conceived of Divine Might. Unfortunately, I’ve been unable to transform Void Storing into a Different Dimensional Space capable of housing living beings. Thus, despite having the theory, I was unable to actualize it.

"Throughout our battle, I’ve struck them seventeen times, but each time it was as though I had struck a Shadow. After numerous probes, I finally confirmed that they were using the very Divine Might I had researched.

"Their bodies can freely travel through that personal Different Dimensional Space. So, whenever fatal attacks come their way, they hide inside that space. Since we’re not in the same dimension, our attacks are naturally ineffective.

"When you used your Star Martial Skills, their apparent Annihilation into dust was merely a visual illusion. In reality, they had retreated into their personal space, and the energy from your Star Martial Skill had distorted the visual perception of that space.

"Afterward, they simply step out of the space. With Divine Might, all attacks can be negated."

After hearing Wang Lan’s explanation, expressions of horror etched themselves onto Yulia’s and La’s faces. A Star Martial Skill that could negate all attacks? Did such a heaven-defying thing actually exist in the world?

"This is the formidable nature of Space-time Attributes. Once you master Space-time Attributes, even a Star Martial Warrior at the Star Shine Stage can instantly leap to the pinnacle. And that’s them only using Divine Might for defense. If they used it for offense..." Wang Lan’s words trailed off as he shook his head slightly.

This was his secret. He possessed Space-time Attributes and had mastered Void Storing. At present, his Diamond-level Void Storing merely expanded his personal space by N times, but he believed that one day, his personal space would become a Divine Might Space.

Yulia looked at the twelve men in black, frozen in time, and the panic on her face quickly faded. "No matter how powerful a Star Martial Skill is, there’s always a flaw, isn’t there? Even with their inscrutable Divine Might, didn’t you subdue them with one move?"

"There’s no perfect skill in the world. They need to return to this space to launch an attack. I also took a bit of a shortcut; they were unaware that my Star Martial Skill possessed such a powerful Illusion Technique. By the time they realized it, it was already too late."

"What about them?"

"Let’s look at their memories." Wang Lan and the others each found an assassin and slapped their palms onto their foreheads. Their spiritual power surged, instantly invading their minds.

After a long time, Wang Lan and the others released their hands. The few who had been subjected to Spirit Engraving had turned into imbeciles, while the rest were still immersed in the illusions. Wang Lan raised his knife and swiftly severed their heads. There was no longer any possibility of them surviving.

"What terrifying people... They have no thoughts of their own, only battle and obedience to orders."

"It’s hard to believe they could survive such brutal training."

"But the mortality rate is also terrifying. Out of nearly a hundred thousand children, fewer than two thousand survived. And there were only twelve high-level experts like them."

"Tomorrow, after dawn, when the Papacy completes the Pope’s transition, they were to immediately launch the City of Angels Collapse Plan. However, their plans will never have the chance to be executed."

These men in black were tools, trained from a young age to be mindless. But they were also breeding grounds—breeding grounds for the twelve apostles of the Hell Monarch. The Hell Monarch had originally intended to cultivate these twelve into his apostles. It was only due to Wang Lan’s unexpected interference that the plan was ruined before it even began.

Apart from the inhuman training, there was nothing else of note in the memories they invaded. For example, they had no idea who the spy hiding in the upper echelons of the Papacy was, nor did they know the Hell Monarch’s true plan.

"AH—" Suddenly, Yulia screamed, her face paling as she let go of a man’s head. The man’s mind had been destroyed; he had turned into an imbecile and collapsed to the ground.

"Yulia, what happened?"

"The Sin Evil Bishop... He was framed," Yulia said, shaking her head in pain. "In that person’s memory, I saw the culprit use a transformation Star Martial Skill to disguise herself as the Sin Evil Bishop’s wife. Then, while the Sin Evil Bishop was out, she took the opportunity to set up an evil ritual in the basement. All the evidence we found was orchestrated by them."

"Where’s the Sin Evil Bishop?" Wang Lan quickly asked. "Isn’t he said to be locked up in the Thorn Prison?"

"The Sin Evil Bishop has been... secretly executed," Yulia said, her face etched with unbearable pain. Another Bishop, dead due to the Hell Monarch’s sinister schemes.

We originally thought the target this time was the Archbishop of Light, but now it seems the Hell Monarch’s target was always the Sin Evil Bishop. First, the Archbishop of Light died due to rumors and slander, and now the Sin Evil Bishop had died because he was framed. The Papacy was being manipulated so easily.

"Right now, the most important thing is to barge in and destroy this base," Wang Lan declared.

The group of six charged deeper. After the twelve experts were killed, the Hell Monarch’s hidden forces in this Different Dimensional Space all made their move. Wave after wave engaged in a deadly battle with Wang Lan and his team. Though they might be considered elite in the outside world, compared to Wang Lan and his companions, they were insignificant and easily dispatched—a disorganized mob.

Almost effortlessly, Wang Lan reached the core area of the Different Dimensional Space. Murraku and a person wearing a Gold mask appeared before him, their backs against the spatial node, displaying their last shred of unyielding defiance.

"Murraku, you, the son of the Unparalleled Knight, have betrayed God’s Country and joined forces with the Hell Monarch! How can you face the Unparalleled Knight?" Yulia demanded.

"Yulia... It seems all this originates from my ’wondrous’ daughter Jiali, eh?" the false Murraku sneered. "If I had known she would cause such trouble, I should have arranged for her ’accidental’ death much sooner... I was afraid Jiali’s death might alert the Unparalleled Knight, but in the end, the problem still arose because of that damn girl."

"You’re not Uncle Murraku?" Yulia stated suddenly.

"Murraku? HAHAHA... He’s been dead for many days. Of course, I’m not him."

"Then this fellow in the Gold mask must be the one who impersonated the Sin Evil Bishop?" Wang Lan said, realization dawning on him as he looked at the masked man.

"Trespassers will die!" The Gold-masked figure flashed forward, attacking Wang Lan and the others with ghostly speed. The imposter Murraku also charged, his Star Power surging.

Even knowing they were no match, what else could they do? The exit to the space was behind Wang Lan. They had nowhere to run, a spatial node to their backs, a dead end behind, and a formidable enemy in front. They had no choice but to fight a battle of desperation.