Who hid My Corpse!

He lowered his head and saw Isaiah's head turning to dust in the wind, with nothing left in his hand soon after.

Lair was a bit dazed, and before he could make sense of it, the shattered rocks on the ground and the scattered energy around began to converge again.

Everything in front of him seemed to rewind rapidly, like pressing the reverse button.

The previously collapsed Starfall Space also reassembled, and Lair once again found himself in the Star Sea from reality.

Lair sharply turned his head and saw Isaiah standing behind him, intact, just like before... No, something was off.

That eye!

Lair saw Isaiah's right eye, now releasing endless energy like a black hole.

"Truly a powerful rule," Isaiah said softly, "Trying to rely only on my own strength, I really would have been killed by you... Ah, there's no need to try again, I've blocked my ears and won't hear a single word you say."

Isaiah pointed to his ear with his finger and then sighed.

"Indeed, Visas's power reigns above all, whether it's stars or divine power, it pales in comparison to a few words from him."

"Such power, how could one not yearn for it."

"Fortunately, rules have different levels and strengths, the rule I possess..." Isaiah's right eye's Star Sea began to flow, "is still superior to yours."

"Remember, the name of my rule is..."

"[Eternity]."

...

"He really came back to life." Carter murmured, looking at the rebuilt Starfall Space in the distance, "How was it done? In that situation, he must have died, I didn't sense any magic power or divine power fluctuations."

Diana didn't speak, but she was also very serious.

Because she was sure that Isaiah was definitely dead just now, devoid of any vitality.

No matter what method Isaiah used, it couldn't escape her gaze.

Nor could it be any magic or divine arts, at least Diana didn't know of any magic or divine arts capable of bringing someone back to life when vital energy is completely gone.

Unless it was…

Diana could only think of one possibility.

At this moment, Carter sensed something, turned his head to look at the other side.

"Master, someone is coming."

...

To actually be forced to this extent.

Isaiah was in a bad mood, because he didn't want to expose the existence of his right eye, especially in such a public setting.

That's why he had been fighting using the Star Relic Mage's power, in line with everyone's perception, just to hide this eye.

Yet he was too arrogant and got killed by Lair in an instant.

Yes, he was indeed dead just now, but the right eye pulled him back.

This was not resurrection, nor any advanced healing spell, but the rule of the right eye—[Eternity].

Isaiah used this eye to freeze and replicate the most brilliant starry sky of a hundred years, allowing himself to eternally battle under such a sky.

But what this eye preserved wasn't just that starry sky, but also Isaiah who was gazing at the sky.

This is the true meaning of eternity.

Of course, it wasn't without a price.

Black blood oozed from Isaiah's eye, and his already frail body paid an additional price.

But that was not the critical issue, the key was that Isaiah never wanted to expose the existence of this eye, or he would have had ten thousand ways to kill Lair.

Fortunately, before Isaiah and Lair's battle, Lair had almost killed everyone here, except for one or two clueless Black Merchants, so there shouldn't have been many who saw that scene earlier.

Otherwise, Isaiah would have had no choice but to eliminate witnesses personally after the battle.

So what now?

Isaiah could feel that many people were approaching now, probably reinforcements from other churches or the Contract Land.

So Isaiah couldn't expose the existence of the eye even more, thus he needed to continue to hide his abilities.

Fortunately, Isaiah also noticed a problem with Lair—he was nearly dead.

Isaiah confirmed Lair's current strength was indeed from burning his soul, though he didn't know why Lair was doing it, he knew Lair wouldn't hold on for long.

If nothing went wrong, by the time the reinforcements arrived, Lair would die from his soul being burned out.

So Isaiah only needed to hold on until then, then strike at a level matching his current power, and he could take the credit for killing the Tongue without arousing anyone's suspicion.

Thinking of this, Isaiah slowly retreated, his body quickly merging into the Star Sea.

"It should end now." Isaiah said to Lair, "You can help me complete this last performance."

At this moment, Lair had indeed reached his limit, he couldn't even hear what Isaiah was saying clearly, he was merely fixated on taking that last Black Merchant.

So he charged towards Isaiah, moving swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, reached Isaiah.

But he lunged at empty air as Isaiah vanished.

Before him was a boundless Star Sea.

"I have transformed into a star," Isaiah's voice came from all directions, "With your sight, there's no way to find me in this Star Sea."

Indeed, just as Isaiah said, before Lair were countless stars.

How many were there? Thousands, or tens of thousands?

Lair didn't know; he could only attack aimlessly in this Star Sea, to no avail.