In the massive Candora Empire, many people had responded to the news and arrived on the outskirts of the capital city.

However, the current situation of the city had caused everyone to be rather dumbstruck. The capital city that had been incomparably flourishing with sturdy walls was now razed to the ground. Moreover, a gigantic pit had appeared in the middle as if some fearsome force had caused this.

In the distance, there were a few ultimate contenders of the Candora Empire. From the beginning, they had witnessed the battle in the capital city. It was this earth-shattering fight that had reduced the incomparably prosperous city to this state.

"Sacred beasts... This is the might of sacred beasts. Who coul've thought that Ancestor Damon was a great sacred beast?"

"To think that a sacred beast had been hiding among us. However, Leon is the true terror. He wasn't a hidden sacred beast and the trajectory of his growth can be traced. He was an ordinary person with no inheritance of an almighty beast bloodline but through a series of incidents, he became a Host. Things got out of hand after that. Now, he has become a grand existence that could rival a sacred beast. It's difficult to tell who's winning in his battle against Ancestor Damon. He's not backing down at all."

"In that case, to become a sacred beast, the Host's path is the correct method?"

These ultimate contenders did not mourn the capital city that was razed to the ground. Conversely, they were very excited because they had seen Merlin creating a miracle as if he had opened a wide door for them. Through this door, they learned that in the journey to become a sacred beast, only Hosts could become a great existence on par with sacred beasts.

Of course, whether Merlin was a sacred beast was no longer important. What was crucial was he possessed a strength that could compare to a sacred beast, just like now where Ancestor Damon, a Sacred Dragon, could not handle Merlin.

"Hoo…"

A breeze passed by. In the gigantic pit, two almighty beasts of immense size were facing off. Currently, both of these horrifying almighty beasts had stopped, no longer continuing to fight.

Ancestor Damon's eyes were fixed steadily upon Merlin. His heart was currently caught in turbulent waves. As a sacred beast, who even possessed the world's will, naturally, he knew many secrets. The entire continent was a Latitude Cosmos and beyond it was a wider space. The Almighty Beast World was merely a drop in the ocean.

Previously, he had not encountered any "outsiders" who came to the Almighty Beast World from another place. However, after noticing Merlin's peculiar force, he knew about Merlin's true identity. Merlin was an "outsider" who had entered the Almighty Beast World.

Nonetheless, even Ancestor Damon had not expected that this outsider, Merlin, had exploited the powers of the Almighty Beast World to grow to such a formidable extent. Even Ancestor Damon was helpless against Merlin.

After a long moment, Ancestor Damon drew in a deep breath and said coldly, "Outsider, you'd better leave quickly. You've already grown to this stage. The world is huge. You can go anywhere. Why obsess over the world's will in me?"

Ancestor Damon's words showed signs of giving in but Merlin seemed to infer something and shook his head. "I'm determined to obtain the world's will!"

This concerned whether Merlin could reinstate the Illusory World. He could not give up.

Upon seeing Merlin's resolute expression, Ancestor Damon's gaze sharpened slightly as he laughed mirthlessly. "Outsider, you think you can compare to a sacred beast? What a joke. For a true sacred beast, their greatest strength isn't their physical power but how strong the world's will that they'd obtained. If I mobilized the world's will, I'll arouse the entire Almighty Beast World's will and channel the power of the entire Almighty Beast World. Can you contend against the entire Almighty Beast World?"

This was the true strength of sacred beasts. They could mobilize the power of the world's will and the world's strength. No one could resist this.

Merlin frowned but soon, his face relaxed once more. Indeed, he was unable to contend against the Almighty Beast World's power currently. Moreover, he believed that his opponent could truly mobilize the Almighty Beast World's power because sacred beasts were equivalent to avatars of the Almighty Beast World's will.

Nonetheless, Ancestor Damon had hidden in the palace of the Candora Empire for so many years. Up until now, in the key point of the battle, Merlin had merely sensed the force of the world's will in his opponent's body but he did not notice Ancestor Damon using the world's will at all.

This was not how a sacred beast should act. In some old records, each movement from the ancient sacred beasts would come with earth-shattering force for it contained the power of the world's will.

However, at present, Ancestor Damon still had not used the world's will. Merlin had roughly surmised why.

"Ancestor Damon, as a Sacred Dragon, I'm afraid it wasn't easy for you to survive until now, right? Although I don't know what happened, you're fearful, hiding from something. In the entire Almighty Beast World, the only thing that can make you fearful and evasive is the world's will.

"Since you know I'm an outsider, then surely you know that a Latitude Cosmos' will is a unified whole. Nevertheless, the Almighty Beast World's will had been divided into many sacred beasts. This was far too strange. However, the sacred beasts gradually disappeared, probably dead. As sacred beasts, what power could be a threat to them?

"Only the world's will itself. It wanted to become a complete will, the strongest will. Therefore, after the end of an ancient era, when the sacred beasts lost their value, the world's will took back the sacred beasts' will. With that, it slowly fulfilled its own will to its strongest state, to better maintain the entire Almighty Beast World.

"Ancestor Damon, you were unwilling to give up your own world's will. I don't know how you did it but you escaped the pursuit of the world's will and hid in the Candora Empire for so many years. If you mobilize the world's will, the first one who will be troubled by the world's will would be yourself! I wonder if I've guessed correctly?"

Many thoughts had emerged in Merlin's mind. This conjecture had been going on for more than one or two days. However, Merlin had been rather bold for he had no evidence since he had never seen a true sacred beast.

However, now he had encountered a true sacred beast from the legends and had learned about the relationship between the world's will and sacred beasts. Thus, his initial assumptions were confirmed and he became more certain of his conjecture.

After listening to Merlin's composed and unhurried reasoning, Ancestor Damon's expression turned increasingly hostile. It was not that he could not conceal his thoughts but that there was no need to. He knew that Merlin had guessed correctly – he dared not mobilized the world's will now.

Once Ancestor Damon had used the world's will and was noticed by the Almighty Beast World's will, it would no longer target Merlin but him instead. His world's will would be seized first.

A sacred beast without the world's will was just an ordinary almighty beast. In the past, many sacred beasts had had their world's will stripped away and thus, vanished without a trace. Almost all had died.

Only Ancestor Damon had used some special methods to evade that disaster. Unexpectedly, he had encountered an "outsider" like Merlin, leaving him with no way out.

"What do you want?"

Damon asked with a furrowed brow.

"The world's will. I just want the world's will!"

Merlin said in a steely voice. Other than the world's will, other things were useless to him.

"Haha, the world's will and I are now one. How can I give it to you without a good cause? Even if I do, I won't be a sacred beast anymore. If you force my hand and even if I risk being discovered by the world's will, I'll mobilize the world's will within me."

Ancestor Damon's voice was firm as well. He could not hand over the world's will.

"Oh, I'm determined to get that world's will!"

With that, Merlin dashed forward, heading directly toward Ancestor Damon.

"Must I take that step?"

Ancestor Damon knew that this time, he had no way out. Therefore, he took a deep breath. A force familiar to Merlin began to appear over his body – the force of the world's will!

"Outsider, even if I'm stripped of my world's will, before that happens, you'll surely die!"

Ancestor Damon's eyes were bulging wildly. He truly could not understand why Merlin must obtain the world's will. A life and death struggle like this benefitted no one.

Even so, Merlin did not hold back at all, racing toward Ancestor Damon. Seeing that the situation could not be redeemed, Ancestor Damon could only sigh heavily then cried out, "Come, the world's will!"

"Boom."

A matchless shocking will seemed to bore down from the darkness. At once, Merlin felt a momentous threat. This was the true will of the world that being mobilized by Ancestor Damon.

"World Projection!"

Damon lowered his voice as he squeezed out each word. This was a power that all sacred beasts possessed. With their own world's will as the foundation, they brought down the World Projection of the entire Almighty Beast World, crushing anyone other than sacred beasts.

Even sacred beasts were only unaffected by the World Projection because they possessed the world's will. If one was an outsider like Merlin who did not have the world's will and who was not an avatar of the world's will, one must face a portion of the entire Almighty Beast World's power.

Although this was just a portion, it was already enough for Merlin to be caught in a difficult situation.

"Buzz buzz buzz."

The entire sky turned into a sweep of shadow and swiftly plunged into the ground. This was the World Projection. Merlin was too familiar with it. Even the Illusory World in his body was about to be suppressed.

This was the true Almighty Beast World's will!

A sharp glint flashed in Merlin's eyes. He perceived that in the darkness, the world's will that had made him endlessly fearful was slowly descending. Its goal was to take back the only remaining will of the world in Ancestor Damon's body.

Once it succeeded, the Almighty Beast World's will would truly reach a state of perfection. If Merlin wished to devour the world's will, it would be impossible.

Therefore, what Merlin could do now was seize the moment to preemptively devour the world's will in Ancestor Damon's body.