CRACK!Another one of Shang's swords broke.SHING!One of Shang's tentacles was cut off by the Archivist's floating sword and torn apart.As Shang's weapons slowly started to vanish, more and more attacks hit him.With fewer weapons, Shang couldn't defend himself as well anymore.Kali glanced at Gregorio.Gregorio didn't show any reaction.By now, Kali wasn't certain anymore whether or not she had judged Gregorio's demeanor correctly.She had thought that Gregorio trusted Shang's power, but maybe he had just grown apathetic to the outcome.Kali knew Gregorio, and she could imagine that Gregorio felt quite some regret regarding supporting such a monster.Gregorio was not telling Kali to watch, but he also wasn't telling her to interfere.If Gregorio trusted Shang's power, he should have told Kali and Linastra that they didn't need to worry.Yet, he wasjust doing nothing.Kali looked back at Shang and noticed that his speed of regeneration wasn't nearly fast enough to keep up with the new images.Then, Kali looked at Abaddon and realized that he was about 70% done.At this moment, plans formed in Kali's mind.The Archivist didn't care who won.
He only cared about killing the Child of Calamity.So, when Shang died, the Archivist would also leave.This meant that they would only need to fight five Emperors.And when Abaddon became a Mage Emperor, that wouldn't be a problem.Even more, Shang, this ridiculous monster, would be dead, giving Abaddon sole power over Aterium!After some calculations, Kali realized that Shang would die when Abaddon was only 80% done.At that moment, all the Emperors would immediately attack them, and with Gregorio's apathetic mindset, it was very likely that he would only watch.'The warrior needs to survive for longer,' Kali thoughtThe next moment, Kali looked at Linastra, who nodded back.BANG! BANG!Kali and Linastra shot towards the Emperors and attacked them.With fury and hatred, the Emperors stopped attacking Shang in order to deal with Kali and Linastra's attacks.The Archivist glanced over, but he wasn't worried.The Child of Calamity had lost over half its limbs, and it couldn't defend itself from the Archivist's attacks anymore.The only thing Kali's and Linastra's interference accomplished was to give Shang a bit more time to live.Naturally, the Archivist knew that this was exactly their goal, but he didn't care.The Child of Calamity would die, and that would be all that's important.As Shang grew weaker and weaker, the Archivist glanced at Abaddon.'A new hegemon will be born,' the Archivist thought.
'Will another period of suppression follow?'The Archivist had always been incredibly powerful.In fact, most of the time, he was the strongest being in Aterium.Yet, whenever a true hegemon appeared, he became helpless.The last hegemon had been Lucius Volstad, and the next one would be Abaddon.'A restart wouldn't be so bad,' the Archivist thought.CRACK!Part of Shang's torso broke off, and he gritted his teeth with aggression.ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm The next moment, Shang screamed in unwillingness and rage."You did this!" Shang shouted at the Archivist."You are the reason why I can't attain world domination!"The Archivist only looked at Shang with a serious expression.The next moment, a malicious smirk appeared on Shang's face."If! can't have it, no one can!"At that moment, the instincts of all the present Emperors screamed at them.The Archivist narrowed his eyes, and the intensity of the Horn's sound multiplied.Cracks appeared on the Horn.
Obviously, it couldn't withstand so much Mana."I hope you all die!" Shang screamed.BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!Shang's body exploded.The Emperors did their best to resist the strike, but they quickly noticed that they didn't need to.The Archivist somehow managed to divert the explosion.Instead of destroying everything around Shang, it exploded towards the south as a wave.Beside the Archivist, his I-Iorn turned into dust.A legendary and ancient artifact was destroyed just like that.This artifact had contained the powers of the most powerful beast that had ever lived.But the Archivist didn't regret the loss of his artifact.If he hadn't sacrificed his Horn, nearly 20% of Aterium would have vanished.Now, only the middle southern edge and some water from the Eternal Ocean vanished.This was far better than the alternative.Some moments later, the explosion vanished.Shang had died.The Child of Calamity had finally died!The Archivist took a deep breath and threw another glance at the future hegemon, Abaddon.Abaddon glanced back.