"Who are you to decide all this?!" Snehwal said.
Still kneeling, Snehwal raised his right hand and declared,
"The battle is not over yet!"
Spiritual energy began to gather around Snehwal's body, forming a ring of energy around him.
"No!" Lily screamed.
She had already understood what he intended to do. Snehwal wanted to transfer all his spiritual energy to her so that she could become powerful enough to fight Humbha, even if only for a short time.
A faint smile appeared on Snehwal's face.
"The time has come."
Humbha's eyes widened in shock.
"If a Host willingly gives their power to a Yakshini, it becomes impossible to stand against that power!"
King Omas's face turned pale once again. He was utterly stunned.
Master Jins remained calm. He understood that this was how a Host's life came to an end.
But this sacrifice will not be in vain.
Lily tried to stop Snehwal, but he refused to listen to her.
Liora's hands slowly fell to her sides. Looking at Snehwal, she lowered her head.
"Please, don't do this."
Lily's spiritual energy began to rise. Suddenly, an explosion erupted from her body, and the oppressive spiritual pressure Humbha had unleashed vanished from everyone.
Liora immediately rushed toward Snehwal.
"Stop right there!"
With a mere gesture of his hand, a powerful gust of wind pushed Liora backward.
Snehwal murmured his final words.
"I once told you that I would give you the chance to rule over this Consciousness Land. And that moment has finally arrived."
Snehwal's body began to disintegrate into countless particles that drifted away into the air. All his spiritual energy flowed into Lily, filling her body with immense power. Her wounds healed completely, leaving no trace of her injuries.
"Eighth Stage…"
Lily whispered as she looked at her hands.
But the sight of Snehwal's death filled her eyes with tears. Her eyes glistened with grief, yet the tears refused to fall.
At that very moment, Liora was overwhelmed by the same sorrow.
Humbha stared at Lily and muttered inwardly, I must escape from here. Otherwise, my death is certain.
Her body trembled with fear.
She vanished from her spot, attempting to flee. But a sharp crack echoed through the air, and Humbha came crashing down to the ground.
"Trying to run away?" Lily growled.
Everyone stood frozen, watching the scene in shock.
King Omas began to feel dizzy.
Master Jins vanished from his spot and reappeared in front of King Omas.
Omas's eyes widened, and his body began to tremble. Master Jins conjured a sword in his hand and drove it straight into Omas's stomach.
Without wasting a moment, Master Jins twisted the blade and pulled it out.
King Omas groaned and collapsed to the ground, his body flying backward through the air.
On the other side, Lith Yakshini restrained Lela and Arjun with an invisible pressure. Their bodies stiffened, and every bone in their bodies began to tremble as though they were about to break.
Both groaned in agony and begged for their lives.
Lith Yakshini looked at them.
"Fine, but I'm going to play a game ~ one that I absolutely love."
Lith Yakshini's eyes gleamed, and Arjun fell under her spell. Lith burst into loud laughter.
"Arjun, go and kill Lela!"
Arjun was now under Lith's control.
"Arjun, come to your senses!" Lela screamed. "It's me, your Lela!"
But Arjun didn't listen. He advanced toward Lela, stretched out his hand, conjured a sword, and lunged at her.
Lith closed her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief, as though doing this had brought her a deep sense of satisfaction.
Meanwhile, the Shadow Messenger began fleeing with his tail between his legs. Liora didn't pursue him. With her head bowed and her heart shattered by grief, she touched the soil where Snehwal's particles had scattered.
Blood had spread across the ground in every direction. Thousands of soldiers had been killed by Humbha, thousands had fled to save their lives, and thousands more had died fighting among themselves.
Humbha and Lily stood facing each other in the sky. The two Yakshinis were still standing before one another, but the situation had completely reversed. Humbha, who had once been in a position of overwhelming strength, now desperately wanted to flee for her life.
Lily took a single step forward in the air.
The entire sky trembled.
Humbha frantically looked around, her entire body shaking uncontrollably.
Lily raised her right hand and clenched her fist. Humbha's legs buckled, and her knees were forced to bend.
"I never had any enmity with you, but you repeatedly plotted against me, trying to kill me," Lily said as she walked through the air toward Humbha.
Sweat began to trickle down Humbha's face. In her thousands of years of existence, she had never experienced anything like this. She had never imagined that her end would come at the hands of such a young Yakshini.
She glanced around.
Her ally, King Omas, had been killed. Then she looked down and witnessed Arjun killing Lela with his sword right before her eyes.
The Shadow Messenger was nowhere to be seen.
Humbha murmured to herself, "Is this really the end? Today, not a single ally is here with me. I am all alone…"