Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 552

Roots.

Dark, ethereal roots burst from the emptiness beneath Neo's feet.

They shimmered in and out of existence, half-spiritual, half-physical. They didn't just grow—they devoured.

They were Ethereal World-Devouring Roots Neo took from the Protector of Floor 1.

The roots lashed outward with terrifying hunger, sinking into the fabric of the Outer Gods' Worlds.

The effects were immediate.

Velgrath's void-threads began unraveling. Myzrul's stars flickered and dimmed. Lurial's gears jammed, unable to spin properly.

"What is this?!" Myzrul shouted, reeling back.

The roots writhed and dug deeper, feasting on the Divinities and Concepts that formed the Outer Gods' Worlds.

Their once-mighty Worlds, so vast and terrifying, began to decay from the inside.

But it wasn't over.

Dark blue flames erupted around Neo. They roared up into a towering inferno of pure devastation.

World Ender Flames.

Neo raised his free hand. A sphere of dark blue fire condensed above his palm. It pulsed with an intensity that set even the distant stars trembling.

He controlled the flames and wrapped them around his sword.

Alarms rang in the Outer Gods' mind, but they were slow to react.

Neo used the technique, he had created just now.

Divine Swordsmanship Tenth Form: Endflame Cleave

The flames exploded outward, washing over the battlefield like a tidal wave.

They didn't burn like normal fire. They devoured. They tore apart energy, concepts, laws—anything unfortunate enough to exist in their path.

The Outer Gods screamed.

Velgrath's silky threads burned to ash.

Myzrul's lattice shattered.

Vaedrex recoiled, entire chunks of his body eaten away.

Lurial tried to hide behind her clockwork prison, but even that began to melt under the onslaught.

The effect of World Ender Flames was far stronger than Ethereal World-Devouring Roots.

Neo had expected this.

When he had fought High General Baryon Flamejaw, creator of the World Ender Flames and Protector of Zone 4, these flames had nearly destroyed his 'Eternal'.

It hadn't made sense at the time.

But now, Neo understood.

The World Ender Flames wasn't an ordinary Concept of Fire.

It was on the verge of ascending into a Divinity.

That's why his Eternal had not been able to stop it properly.

With the Ethereal Roots eating away at the Outer Gods' Worlds, the World Ender Flames consuming their defenses, and the Death Sword Firmament in his hand, Neo launched himself into battle.

He didn't hesitate.

The first target was Velgrath.

Neo appeared above the Weaver in an instant.

His sword slashed downward, cutting through the collapsing void-threads.

Velgrath tried to weave more defenses, but the roots had weakened him too much. His body unraveled, thread by thread, as Neo carved him apart.

Velgrath's scream faded into nothingness.

Next was Myzrul.

The Shepherd of Stars roared, pulling collapsed suns into his body, trying to explode himself in one final act of defiance.

Neo used the fourth stance of his swordsmanship along with Pseudo Gap.

The blade split apart into countless mirrored reflections, each one cutting through a different sun.

Myzrul's self-destruction failed.

Neo appeared before him and drove his hand into Myzrul's chest.

The World Ender Flames detonated from within.

Myzrul's body imploded, folding into a single collapsing point before vanishing.

Vaedrex, full of rage and desperation, attacked Neo while his focus was on Myzrul.

He opened his Maw of Silence wide, unleashing a pulse of erasure meant to wipe Neo's soul clean from existence.

Neo cleaved the Outer Gods' Divinity with his Tenth Technique.