'What do we have available?' Gael pondered while dodging, feeling the blade cut his back slightly at an unbelievable speed.

'We can use the main blood rune, but it will be suppressed by these infernal laws, diminishing its potential. Maybe we can defeat that elder who doesn't have a technique, but that won't change much.' Zane calmly analyzed while Gael was focused on the fight.

'We can only use a bit of the laws of the earth due to our bloodline, but it's very weak. Maybe if we explode the two drops in the same way we did against Langrum... However, that power only stunned her; against these elders, maybe it buys us thirty seconds. If we attack them during that time, they will wake up from the stun; we don't have the attack power to kill with a single blow,' Zane added.

Gael quickly responded, 'It won't help much. They have already dragged us further than we were at the beginning. It will take more than that to reach the third floor, and these two can block us and prevent our progress with their speeds.'

Zane expressed his frustration, 'Damn, if we had a technique like theirs, we would have equivalent power and would win. That bitch Langrum could have warned us about this before... She has a similar technique, after all. I knew we should have killed her at that moment. We could have read the memories and known everything.'

Gael sighed; Zane didn't want to admit it, but they both knew the blame was, in part, on them. As soon as they arrived in this prison for the first time during the entrance exam, they did various different things and ignored these infernal laws. That's because they initially thought these laws weren't as useful as they imagined.

Another reason, and probably the main one, was that they had found their brother, who filled their minds with guilt and memories of a distant past. Then, they went straight to the desert to try to train and discipline him under the pretext of getting many crystals.

If they had stopped to think more seriously, they would have remembered that small town they saved before reaching the desert. The cultivator there used the infernal laws to attack in a different way; it wasn't a clear technique, but if they had gone deeper, they could have foreseen the existence of hidden techniques that were not taught to disciples.

Ten tense seconds passed, and nothing changed. On the contrary, Langrum, in desperation, had already activated her second lineage, covering her body with white scales. She couldn't remain in this form for long, but she began to injure herself less.

'Our only other option is our divine soul. But both are seriously damaged because of the queen's will inside the abyss crystal,' Gael commented tensely. That time, when trying to absorb the crystals' powers and the sudden appearance of the queen's will had made their souls very weak.

'If we don't have weapons, we need to get one,' Zane said, analyzing the environment. 'Maybe... these laws are very similar to Yin laws... if I had access to a technique, I could learn it in a few seconds.'

Gael jumped, dodging, while the whale rolled on the ground with a bloody cut on its chest. 'And how are you going to get one at this moment?' He spoke quickly, getting up from the ground.

Zane then said seriously, 'That bitch... if we run and stab her from behind. It would be a quick death, then we put her in the inventory, and I can read the memories and...'

'No,' Gael spoke abruptly. 'But... if she gives it to us directly, it might be possible.'

'How is that possible? To transfer everything while still alive will take hours; we have to kill her,' Zane spoke sharply.

'Transfer normally, yes, but...' Gael then jumped, dodging. He could no longer focus on the fight entirely, so significant cuts and wounds were accumulating.

He spat a lot of blood, and from afar, Mira and Zanou saw it happening. Mira and Zanou already began to panic due to the situation.

Gael then calmly completed, seeming not to care about the severe injury. 'If we both open our souls and connect together, she can put that technique directly into ours, and that will take only a few seconds.'

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'Are you crazy? Our souls are injured! She doesn't have the power to destroy us, but if she attacks us with everything, we don't have so many defenses, and it can worsen our situation a lot,' Zane retorted.

'We must trust her. The same happens if we attack her at this moment. We don't have time to discuss! Contact her, and then I'll release both drops of our Behemoth Bloodline. With the extra power, we should be able to buy thirty seconds to transfer everything. Then, there will only be a few seconds left to study, kill these ancients, and run.'

'But how am I going to convince her? She even refused to use the technique earlier because of an order from her master. Even though she used it to save Mira before, leaking a technique like that is a very serious crime. Langrum certainly prefers to die with everyone than that,' Zane spoke seriously.

'If we had killed her earlier, there was a giant chance of having a block in her memories, and we would only know very little. But now, are you pretending not to have noticed? Because of our disciple, Langrum trusts us. If we give enough guarantees, she will accept. HURRY UP!!'

Indeed, Zane was counting that Langrum's memories wouldn't be blocked if they killed her, but such a thing was really hard to happen. Langrum's master most likely sealed those memories, so if Langrum doesn't want to share them of her own will, they definitely won't be able to learn that technique with the time they have.

Gael finished, then was thrown rolling on the ground. There were already so many deep cuts on his body that it was hard to count. Well, that's where their fat showed to be somewhat useful. The elders had to penetrate much deeper into the whale's body to cause serious damage.

At this moment, Zane took a deep breath and sent a message to Langrum. She was in a much worse state than theirs; her scales were brutally ripped off, and she was covered in red.

'Brat, I can win if you hand me that technique. I have a method to hold everyone for a few seconds, and you can give it directly to my soul.' Zane spoke as simply as possible, not to disturb her.

But to his surprise, the response was straightforward. 'If you say you can, I believe. But my master gave only one condition beforehand.'

Zane took a deep breath, and in the next second came the continuation from Langrum. 'You must enter the abyss and find her.'

The third minute of the battle unfolded quickly, and at this point, the five elders fighting Goku's group already sensed the approach of the other five, led by Dyen. Although Dyen was considerably weaker than those elders, he assured them that they would have the primacy in choosing the resources of this young team, in addition to offering an astronomical amount of crystals as payment.

With less than a minute before the reinforcements arrived, the whale and the green girl made a sudden decision, running simultaneously towards the center, where the other two members of the group were.

"Have they given up and chosen to die together?" laughed sinisterly one of the elders. In response, the five elders quickly closed the distance between them.

Now, positioned just a few meters from each other, they formed a closed circle. At that moment, a strange sensation hung in the air, their instincts warning them, but it was already too late.

The entire third level of the Abyss Prison plunged into an overwhelming pressure as if a god had decided to descend into that world. The crimson mist was swept away, the sky opened, and the very earth seemed to tilt.

The elders immediately froze. Blood ran from their eyes and ears, and their bodies trembled as if they were having spasms.

"Now!" Zane shouted to Langrum, who jumped to their side.

Her green arm stretched out, touching the forehead of the giant whale. Then, she closed her eyes in total concentration, causing her soul to come into direct contact with theirs.

Langrum's consciousness found itself immersed in a black world, and she hurriedly ran in search of something. Then, a voice echoed, "Down here."

Surprised, Langrum looked down and witnessed a sight she would never forget in her entire life.

There were two small and opaque shadows, joined by a delicate thread that seemed to contain all the balance of the universe. Their bodies were completely cracked along every inch of this mysterious link.

The first shadow, black as darkness itself, exuded an intense malevolence that made Langrum feel as if she were facing the worst demon in the world. Just its gaze in her direction made her sense limitless malice.

The second shadow stood about a meter away, its color gray, with a presence reminiscent of a candle about to be extinguished. However, even with its faint glow, it emanated a comforting power, strangely warming Langrum's soul.

Within the cracks running through both shadows, she noticed something that transcended the simple essence of a soul. It was a feeling that made her experience boundless insignificance as if she were a helpless ant.

Langrum groaned. "A... a god..."

'Quick, brat!' A roar echoed, shaking her mind back to reality. However, her consciousness was still paralyzed, immersed in fear before that imposing presence.

'Don't be so rough, idiot!'

The voice of the gray soul sounded, reprimanding the other, which cursed in response. An indescribable feeling made Langrum interrupt her tremors. She was certain she was in front of the true form of those who had guided her in the past days. Everything began to make sense...

'God of Evil Talent? Even a real one would still be a mortal. Yet, these souls are above that... if true gods exist, it can only be something like this... although they are clearly injured.' Langrum reflected and advanced decisively toward them, now endowed with unwavering confidence.

Fifteen seconds passed, and outside, all five elders seemed to regain sanity in their eyes.

Before them, only the figures of the whale and the green woman touching its forehead remained clear. They struggled with all their might, but their bodies did not obey. Another ten seconds passed, finally regaining control of their movements.

They exchanged messages immediately and decided to attack the five together, not giving a chance for any hidden tricks.

The five advanced with all weapons pointed, but when they were three meters from the whale... the whale opened its eyes!

The air in the lungs of the five elders solidified like blocks of ice. Their bodies and minds froze, and even their heart almost stopped beating. It was death! The blade of death was so close they could smell the blood coming from their throats.

The whale lifted his right arm slightly, and suddenly, the green woman placed the black sword in the whale's fat hands. Zane and Gael were finally able to use the sword they had initially forged for themselves.

The whale raised the gigantic sword with one hand, and the entire blade suddenly ignited with a black flame, similar to purgatory fire.

SLASH!!

It was a single spinning motion of the sword. Yet, the infernal laws, along with space, were split. There were no loud booms, just the sound of metal cutting through flesh. Just like that, all five elders were split in half without being able to muster any kind of defense.

It all took only five seconds, then they gathered the elders' bodies and ran south as fast as they could.