With the activation of Annihilation, the "Destruction" stone disc of Tianwu Sandglass also shattered in response.

Although there was still a "Sun" stone disc, the Corona effect (providing shields for teammates) was useless in a one-on-one fight. Thus, Annihilation was Shiva's last choice...

Buzz—

In that instant, a strange black and purple light shot out from the shattered stone disc, heading straight for Gui Xiao's body.

To be honest... the attack speed of this Annihilation (i.e., the beam's flight speed) was quite mediocre. Even ordinary casual players had a chance to dodge the beam the moment they saw it. Compared to that, the Eye of Destruction, with its slightly longer "preparation time" (about two seconds) but extremely fast "attack speed," was obviously more accurate.

That was precisely why Shiva rarely used Annihilation...

The last time Shiva "sparred" with Feng Bujue, he couldn't find a suitable opportunity to use it. In the battle against Gui Xiao, he still prioritized using Soul Intent.

In the end, even Shiva himself didn't have much confidence in this move. No matter how strong Annihilation was, it was meaningless if it couldn't hit the target.

Therefore, he saved this move for the very end, using it with the mindset of "might as well use it before surrendering."

Shiva originally thought that as long as Gui Xiao slightly sidestepped and avoided the beam, the match would be over.

Unexpectedly... this kid stood there, unyielding, with no intention of dodging.

"No way..." As the saying goes, those involved are often the last to know. Shiva, being in the midst of the battle, didn't realize that Gui Xiao had consistently adhered to the principle of not moving his position and not dodging attacks. "Could it be that he doesn't know the effect of Annihilation? That's impossible... I already demonstrated it in the match, and he can see through the data..."

At this moment, Shiva, the attacker, was surprised and doubtful, because he couldn't understand his opponent's behavior.

On Gui Xiao's side, he didn't think too much. He just planned to try—whether the Right Hand of Denial could withstand Annihilation.

A stream of white light covered Gui Xiao's entire right arm. His right palm moved smoothly to meet the black and purple beam.

Instantly, palm and light connected, and the two extreme powers collided.

The white was as bright as day, and the black light was like night.

The two poles converged, and the void shattered.

The effect of the Right Hand of Denial was to "negate any destructive ability."

And Annihilation could "destroy all matter and non-matter."

Judging from the literal description, these were undoubtedly two contradictory abilities with a causal nature. Which one was stronger... only a test could tell.

Today, Gui Xiao personally tried it, and the result of his test was...

"Tch... so your move is superior after all..." After the tremors and light from the energy dissipated, Gui Xiao still stood firm, but he spat out unhappily, "A move that took the lives of six Time Officials to create still can't achieve 'absolute defense'... Hmm... it seems I need to be more careful in the future."

As he spoke, a stream of black Annihilation energy was wrapped around his right arm... jumping and raging like a flame, and constantly disintegrating and destroying his limb. But... a stream of white light was repairing his arm at almost the same, or even faster, speed...

From Shiva's perspective, Gui Xiao's arm looked like a special model generated by a bug in the game, sometimes complete, sometimes incomplete, but subtly maintaining its shape.

"Hoo..." After a few seconds, Shiva suddenly exhaled and put away his Decayed Mist, Remaining Sky, "Okay..." As he spoke, he also gathered all his fighting spirit and Battle Qi. "...I'm impressed."

"You're not fighting anymore?" Gui Xiao asked.

"Ah, it's enough." Shiva replied.

At this point, the relaxed Shiva quickly returned to a calm and peaceful state. He quickly realized the absurd principles that Gui Xiao had insisted on in the battle.

"I originally thought... within a minute, even if I couldn't kill you, you would kill me, so I said, 'If you're still standing after a minute, I'll admit defeat.'" Shiva paused and continued, "I didn't expect you to be so arrogant... daring to 'stand there and take all my attacks'..."

As he said this, the audience members who had not yet noticed this also belatedly realized it, and their shock was self-evident.

"Of course, what I didn't expect even more was... that you were so strong that you could 'survive after taking all my attacks.'" Shiva said, smiling, "Heh... what a terrifying guy."

"Didn't I say it before the fight?" Gui Xiao tilted his head, a slightly smug smile on his lips. "I will make you 'do your best, use all your skills, and then be defeated by me without any regrets.'"

"Mm." Shiva nodded. "Well said... a boast that can be realized is not a boast, but a fact..." He paused for half a second. "Since you've even done that, I'll keep my word... I surrender this round."

The system could accept "surrender" as long as the player was "truly surrendering" and not trying to deceive their opponent.

Therefore, after Shiva said this, the "Lieutenant Battle" ended, and the two players were returned to their respective spectator spaces.

At this point, the total score between Order and the Gods became two to one, with Order temporarily leading.

Although in theory, the Gods still had a chance to win, in reality... that possibility was very low.

…………

Five minutes later, the "Vice-General Battle" between Order and the Gods entered the preparation stage.

The two players from Order were Meng Jingchan and Ye Zhi, which meant... if there was a "General Battle" later, Wu Si Can Xuan would be up for the Order team.

As expected, the Gods sent Da Fantian and Yama. They were originally responsible for "ending the match," but even if they won this match, the score would only return to two to two.

Of course, they hadn't completely given up hope... In a match, no one could say for sure until it was over. Although Mahaulaga was one of the weaker players in the Gods team, a man who could make it into the seven-man lineup of the Gods couldn't be too weak. What if he surprisingly defeated Wu Si Can Xuan in the General Battle? Wouldn't the Gods advance three to two?

Therefore, Da Fantian and Yama still had to fight with all their strength in this Vice-General Battle.

Victory was the only way to continue the hope; defeat would mean that the Gods would be eliminated in the first round of this S3 competition.