In every sense, Lewis made the right call.
By ambushing someone who'd been entirely unaware until then, Daoist Lingyang had already taken this trap to the extreme, utilizing every condition that could be utilized.
With the Skeletal Sage's magic circle to trap him, Daoist Lingyang's Daoist talisman as a killing move, and Xue Ren as a trump card to prevent Lewis from making any last-ditch moves—this was a very strict plan.
In other words, Lewis only needed to cut off one link in the entire plan to escape.
The only difficulty was that Lewis had almost no cards left in his hand.
After failing to persuade Stevenson, and with Karina's disinterest in intervening and his own counterattack being blocked, the only card left in his hand was the Dark Warrior "Goro."
Goro was truly a very promising young man, and to Lewis, he was even a direct descendant.
Because Goro was the son-in-law of the current Dark Emperor. As early as when Goro first started showing potential, the Dark Emperor keenly discovered his potential and decided to marry his favorite daughter to him.
But even Goro, who rose as abruptly as the rising sun, still lacked time. The current him was only a Tier 6 god who had just ignited his divine fire.
Perhaps using some of his trump cards, he had the ability to threaten even Tier 7 gods, but to say that he could oppose the likes of the Skeletal Sage was still too much.
However, it was enough to have him interfere with Stevenson's grand spell.
As long as even the slightest flaw appeared in the magic circle, the Blacksmith God undead, who was no longer being held back by Karina, would immediately expand the flaw indefinitely, and the entire grand spell would be broken without Lewis having to attack.
Hearing Lewis's reminder, Goro's greatsword changed direction and pointed decisively at the magic circle under his feet.
The tangle of relationships here was quite complicated, but it was as clear as day in the eyes of the several parties involved.
But Stevenson couldn't free himself while operating the magic circle, Daoist Lingyang also couldn't free himself, and in order to block Lewis's attack, Xue Ren could no longer stop this in time…
Many times, the fight between two sides was like playing cards. Whoever has more cards and whoever hides their cards better will be the final victor.
Daoist Lingyang felt that he had forced out all of his opponent's trump cards, but he never imagined that Lewis still had a mere Tier 6 card, which at this point was more than enough to determine victory or defeat.
Of course, Lewis similarly couldn't have imagined that he wouldn't actually be able to play this card.
Just when the jet black sword was about to break through the magic circle, a hand appeared out of thin air and held the sword's blade, trapping it in place.
Goro was slightly stunned, and in an instant, his sword changed direction as black flames quickly flared up on his black armor, and he swung the sword with all his might at the newcomer.
Although he only experienced a few decades of life, Goro's combat experience was already incomparably rich.
He concluded that as long as he forced his opponent back a step, the aftershock from this blow would be enough to interfere with the grand spell… 'And even a Tier 7 god has to avoid a strike at my full power, so there's no reason I'll fail.'
Gu Nan's figure slowly stepped out from the void, and after blocking the greatsword with one hand, he didn't even raise his head in the face of a renewed attack from the same sword.
He allowed the sword to hit his arm, then nonchalantly dusted off the place that just got hit—the sword didn't even leave a mark; all Gu Nan dusted off was some dust.
The next second, Gu Nan casually raised his foot and threw a kick. The terrifyingly monstrous force instantly extinguished all the black flames, and even the sound of armor breaking could be heard.
Goro was like a meteor that cut through the sky, then slammed heavily into the ground, smashing a deep hole in the ground.
Daoist Lingyang and Xue Ren exchanged a glance, relief clear in each other's eyes.
Of course they knew Gu Nan was nearby, but they weren't sure at all if Gu Nan would step in to help, or even which side he would help if he did.
Mad Fist was crazy, and Karina was also crazy, but there was a method to their madness.
Gu Nan, on the other hand, was even crazier, and his madness was something that others couldn't understand. Or rather, neither Xue Ren nor Daoist Lingyang had found what Gu Nan actually wanted yet.
"And who are you…?" Lewis asked, fixing Gu Nan with a deathly glare. His voice was a little hoarse, because he knew he was most likely going to die this time.
"You don't recognize me?" Some surprise seemed to surface on Gu Nan's face.
Lewis shook his head very honestly.
"That's great," Gu Nan said with satisfaction.
...
Lewis died.
For a god of this level, even the description of "falling" couldn't do justice to his power, but he died so easily.
As he neared his death, this God of Tenebrosity thought of every possible method to survive.
He tried to persuade every god present, even Daoist Lingyang, all to find even the slightest chance of survival, but unfortunately, only Karina chatted with him for a few moments.
He tried to use his own power to break out of the situation, but unfortunately, both Stevenson and Daoist Lingyang were all too familiar with his methods, and there was absolutely no chance of success.
"Since you dared to enter a main plane, you're already prepared to fall, right?" Karina was a little puzzled that the God of Tenebrosity tried so many tactics. The phrase "pleading for one's life" never even existed in her dictionary.
When a god's true body entered a main plane and lost the protection of their Divine Kingdom, it was tantamount to giving up their greatest advantage.
That was why main planes were the most common place of death for powerful gods who'd fallen throughout the ages. This was true even for the several Great Wars.
Since they took this step for the sake of benefits, they shouldn't expect to come back unharmed every time.
The fall of the God of Tenebrosity was too fast, and Daoist Lingyang was also way too prepared, not giving anyone the slightest time to react.
By the time all the gods in the World of Gods came back to their senses, all traces of gods had long since vanished from Atalante, and even Lewis's corpse had been taken away by the Skeletal Sage.
"No matter what, I still have to thank you this time," Daoist Lingyang stood in front of Gu Nan and said with the most official Daoist bow.
Gu Nan looked at the old Daoist and thought for a long time. "You don't seem to have anything you can thank me with, so let's talk about it later."
Daoist Lingyang was probably shocked by Gu Nan's bluntness and didn't say anything for a while, but Karina spoke up, disgruntled, "You killed that undead, so will you fight with me in the future?"
The Blacksmith God undead was naturally also dead, and the remains it left behind were held in Gu Nan's hand, which was an odd-looking finger bone.
"Didn't someone guarantee you a completely intact undead?" Gu Nan pointed his head towards Stevenson and said quite rudely, "Go find him!"
The Skeletal Sage almost choked to death; this was the first time he experienced Gu Nan's shamelessness, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Based on his previous agreement with Daoist Lingyang, this Blacksmith God undead that unexpectedly appeared should've been his as well.
It was only because of Gu Nan's critical intervention and his long acquaintance with Daoist Lingyang that Stevenson allowed the spoils from the Blacksmith God undead to go to Gu Nan, yet now he actually had the face to say such a thing?
Then he saw Karina walk up to him.
"He has a point," Karina said seriously.