My mom is waiting for treatment, and you're summoning me to be a hero?

In the following days, time gradually slowed down.

The dessert shop's small wooden building became the only corner in this empty space still lit by warm yellow lights.

Every morning, Yin Xue would brew a pot of flower tea that she had somehow found, sit on the wooden chair by the door, and drink it for half an hour while gazing at the hazy void, saying that she was taking care of her skin.

Mianmian and Gao Tiantian spend their days rummaging through drawers and cabinets in the store.

I took out all the cookies, macarons, and chiffon cakes from Renai Bakery and ate them all.

Ren'ai felt no emotion about it, but was simply very happy.

Gao Tiantian has already learned to use a fork, while Mianmian still insists on grabbing things directly with her paws.

It was like a kind elder watching two younger people cause trouble.

Judgment would occasionally work with Benevolence in the kitchen on dessert recipes, while War would squat by the door, whittling wood with his Soul Axe, leaving a mess of sawdust but accomplishing nothing.

As for Lin Mo, he remained seated in the small room by the window, his eyes closed, with two black swords resting on his lap.

His consciousness was completely immersed in the depths of his soul's ocean, and all the noise outside was irrelevant to him.

Under this intense emotional concentration, his soul, which remained in the lower level of the rift, was no longer bound, and the avatars responsible for hunting down the gods also disappeared.

The entire rift space seemed to fall into complete silence.

Of course, besides eating and resting, Yin Xue and his group did not forget the most important thing.

After having lunch that day, consisting of crème brûlée and cream puffs baked by Ren'ai herself, the judge put down his fork, wiped his fingers with a napkin, and turned his gray eyes to Ren'ai sitting opposite him.

His tone returned to the usual calm and methodical manner he displayed in the dock.

"How much do you know about the fourth guard?"

Ren'ai was cutting a freshly baked apple pie for Gao Tiantian when she heard this and paused in her hand.

He put down the knife, pushed the apple pie in front of Gao Tiantian, leaned back in his chair, his brows furrowed slightly, and remained silent for a while before speaking.

"The fourth guard, we don't actually know where he is, let alone who he is."

Upon hearing this, Yin Xue put down his teacup, the judge narrowed his eyes, and even Mianmian looked up from a plate of macarons, all eight of their eyes turning to Ren'ai.

Ren'ai shrugged, his tone tinged with helplessness.

"The fourth guardian has always been mysterious. Some say he does some shady things for Gao Yang. Xue Nian is responsible for crushing everything, Huan Yu is responsible for trapping the gods with rules, and I am responsible for watching over those sweet spirits on the top floor. But the fourth guardian never participates in any direct battles, and we have never seen him. We even doubt whether he exists at all."

He reached for the fork on the table and drew a line on the tablecloth.

"His whereabouts are even more mysterious. We have never seen him since we were separated from him by Gao Yang. We don't know where he is, or what emotion of Gao Yang he was extracted from. No one has even called him by his name."

Everyone fell silent.

The realm of gods is divided into three layers. Above that is only the void, and below that, Lin Mo has already swept away all the floating islands.

If the fourth guard is neither on any of the upper, middle, or lower levels, nor on any known floating island, where else could he be hiding?

The judge tapped his fingers lightly on the table a few times, about to say something, when he suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the stairs.

Lin Mo stood at the top of the stairs.

He didn't know when he opened his eyes, nor when he walked out of the room.

His pace remained unhurried, the soles of his boots creaking softly on the wooden stairs.

However, he was enveloped in a faint halo of law.

It wasn't the previous ghostly blue light of the killing domain, but a more restrained, calmer, and almost seamlessly integrated dark golden glow with his skin.

That was a new form that the Law of Slaughter evolved on its own after it devoured the soul and fragments of the entire blunt sword.

His breathing was more than twice as heavy as before.

If the previous Lin Mo was a sharp sword drawn from its sheath, its edge fully revealed, making one feel danger at a glance, then now he is more like a mountain shrouded in mist, its height unclear, only its depth unfathomable.

Yin Xue was the first to fly over, his wings leaving two dark red afterimages behind him.

She hovered in front of Lin Mo, her tone urgent: "How is it?"

Lin Mo nodded: "Yes. Everything has been moved."

He raised his right hand, clenched his fist, and his knuckles made a crisp cracking sound.

The shockwave from the fist caused the hand-painted watercolor painting on the dessert shop wall to sway gently.

He could sense that his strength had reached a completely new level.

It's not just the attributes, but the Law of Slaughter itself, after devouring the fragments of the law left by the Demon King on that timeline, began to transform itself into the level of a primordial god.

Previously, he needed to use Thousand Eyes Cage to lock on, use Death Arena to amplify his power, and use Sacrifice to burn his soul in order to unleash an attack that threatened the gods.

Now he only needs one sword strike.

Ren'ai also stood up and walked to Lin Mo.

He took a small wooden box out of his apron pocket, opened the lid, and inside lay a blessed crystal, its surface a pale gold color.

The laws within the crystal flowed slowly, each line radiating a warm light completely different from that of the crystal on the Island of Indulgence.

"This is a blessed crystal. I kept a piece for myself. It wasn't taken from Gao Yang; I condensed it myself using the law of benevolence. It can help you advance another level."

Lin Mo looked at the pale golden crystal in Ren'ai's palm and reached out to take it.

The crystal glowed faintly in his palm, and the warm light reflected on his face, giving his eternally indifferent eyes a touch of warmth.

If I remember correctly, I'm already level 99.

Simply refine this Blessing Crystal to completely break through level 100.

All you need to do is defeat the fourth guard, then you can leave and go home.

Just as Lin Mo was thinking this, Ren Ai took another step forward.

This step was taken without warning, and his body crashed directly into the tip of the black sword that Lin Mo was still holding.

The sword tip pierced through the apron, through the skin, through the ribs, and emerged from the back of benevolence.

"you!"

Lin Mo suddenly widened his eyes, staring at the unexpected scene before him.

The judge suddenly stood up, his chair tipping over to the ground.

Yin Xue froze in mid-air, his scarlet eyes churning with extremely complex emotions.

Gao Tiantian jumped off the chair and tried to run over, but was gently stopped by Mianmian with her front paws.

Mianmian didn't say anything, but just rubbed her fluffy head against Gao Tiantian's shoulder.

Ren'ai looked down at the black sword stuck in her chest, then looked up at Lin Mo.

His body began to emit pale golden light from the edges of his wounds, but he did not retreat, dodge, or use any laws to resist it.

His expression remained gentle and calm, the fine smile lines at the corners of his eyes appearing particularly soft in the pale golden light.

"Kill us. I can't leave here, and you'll eventually take Tian Tian home with you. This is my last chance to escape."

Seeing Ren'ai's desire to die, Lin Mo's heart stirred slightly, and he thought of Xue Nian and Huan Yu.

They are the masters of this space, but also the prisoners Gao Yang left here.

"I see."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Mo began to activate the Law of Slaughter.

Ren'ai smiled and looked at Gao Tiantian.

At this moment, Gao Tiantian's soul tears slowly flowed down.

"Thank you for giving us these last few days together."