With his body br.i.m.m.i.n.g with the influx of death essence, Konrad stepped forward. Catastrophe again morphed, returning to the greatsword shape.

　　"What's wrong? After all those bold declarations, is this all you got? Come on, show me your depth."

　　The derisive tone and smile with which Konrad said those words rekindled the remaining experts' fury. Without hesitation, they burned their life force to the limit they could endure, their hairs graying in the process, then shot toward Konrad.

　　*Bang*

　　A startling clash ensued. The more than sixteen-hundred experts acted as one man, and with their battle-power reaching the Divine Blood and Spirit Ranks, their abilities far transcended anything displayed beforehand.

　　Alas, no matter how hard they fought, they couldn't take the advantage, and the battle gradually settled into a stalemate.

　　Konrad a.s.sumed his Ascended t.i.tan Form, and each hand now wield a jade scimitar, giving him the appearance of an invincible War G.o.d. However, that wasn't enough. His opponents literally fought with their lives, betting their existence in every move.

　　The stalemate carried on across thousands of moves, without any side willing to concede. But as the Celestial and Infernal experts seemed to have reached the limits of their abilities, they resorted to a new desperate measure.

　　The legions of Holy Artifacts in their possession were summoned one after the other. Each Pure Self and True Self wielding as many as they could endure. In tandem, they hurled them all at Konrad, but before the artifacts could reach him their hands flashed in incantation gestures, and inflated by both their manipulations and full-might, the thousands of Holy Artifacts detonated!

　　The explosion releasing an unprecedented conflagration able to take the life of anyone beneath the Divine Blood or Spirit Ranks!

　　In fact, even early-stage Divine Blood and Spirit experts could not survive.

　　This time, all believed Konrad doomed. And when the conflagration swallowed him, a bright smile was plastered on all their lips.

　　…

　　"At last, the disaster is removed."

　　The Celestial and Infernal Leaders both thought upon witnessing this scene. No matter how abnormal he was, even Konrad should have a limit. This strike wasn't something he could survive.

　　After all, throughout this clash, the troops clearly managed to bring out the full might of his abilities. With what else was he going to resist?

　　Now, they should clean all his supporters, recover their people, and devise a plan to take control of the Tower…

　　…and then it clicked.

　　"Wait…why is the Tower's Screen not vanis.h.i.+ng?"

　　They wondered. According to logic, when Konrad perished, the Tower's screen should die with him. Why was it then that it remained standing?