Mantle felt strange energy rampaging through its body. Unbelievable spaceti magic wreaked endless havoc on organs, actually showing collapse sensations. Even with Catastrophic Disaster Beast's powerful physique, it suffered considerable damage.
"Good, but still lacking so fire."
With loud laughter, origin actively destroyed parts affected by spaceti then regenerated, while this energy also forcibly suppressed the mirror-shattering scenery.
It used unreasonable origin to forcibly resist effects, even counter-attacking with breath—lightning speed.
Not good!
Hibiscus, who'd just struck with full force, couldn't dodge in ti or use slice avatars for immunity. Fortunately the King acted to deflect the leading energy portion's trajectory. This gave her a chance to organize defense—regalia at full speed plus maximized protective origin, eting it head-on.
The aftershock from both sides' offense and defense evaporated a layer of sea surface steam reaching the clouds.
Behind the smoke was the silver-haired girl in defensive posture, regalia showing considerable damage, burns covering her body.
"You're dead..."
Just as Mantle felt smug, the Causality and Mythology magic fragnts around her glowed together. Fortune's blessing plus survival of the fittest forcibly pulled life force back from danger's edge. The Catastrophic Disaster Beast's breath was indeed formidable—even two elents stacked weren't enough, still leaving Hibiscus hanging by a thread. Fortunately she was prepared—Salvation Church companions had saved this life.
Though magic owners weren't present, the intentions contained within were real. Otherwise another person absolutely couldn't harmonize such disparate energies—tantamount to suicide.
Unfortunately, the gifts from Jin Yulu and Jin Ruochu gradually dimd, efficiency rapidly declining.
Using them to directly counter Catastrophic Disaster Beast's full strike was truly demanding. Temporarily couldn't use World Serpent or Fortune and Misfortune, but just basic attribute enhancent was sufficient. Now pain told her she'd probably reached six thousand average.
With such physical qualities, regeneration was so strong that Hyacinth was perfectly fine the next mont, as if nothing had happened.
"Projection."
She wouldn't miss Mantle's dazed mont, imdiately unleashing domain magic to project solar electromagnetic storms plus pseudo-magnetic fields.
Both skills deployed quite decisively.
Caught off guard, the Catastrophic Disaster Beast actually took the strongest magic combination attack head-on. Unlike earlier when it could temporarily resist with turtle shell, this ti it directly shattered a piece.
Terrifying energy thunderously penetrated, tearing open gaps. Life force rapidly leaked beyond prevention, while it also quickly countered this power, even condensing projected origin to the extre.
"Do you think true catastrophic beings are what existence?" The roar broke through the firepower.
But next mont it discovered Hyacinth's form continuously flickering, moving freely through the sky-filling light rain it had sprayed. Though the sea surface had evaporated into a depression, the silver-haired girl remained unhard... and wasn't soone missing?
"—You're the one who doesn't understand us Holy Relics."
The man wearing Crown of Thorns walked on the sea surface, making waves calm. Toxicity spreading throughout his body caused blood tears even without direct viewing.
How many years? When had mighty Catastrophic Disaster Beast ever thought of being wounded internally—by the world's first killing chanism, Knowledge Poison.
Sohow the King had made zero-distance contact, linking with Knowledge Poison through his body and using psychic stabs to viciously penetrate the wound. Turns out that thing wasn't just for throwing—could also use the body as striking tool!
Maximum toxicity!
Magic power capable of shaking this decaying body's survival ability poured out completely, carrying determination, full of curses, vowing to drive away this most threatening monster.
Heart-piercing sensations made Mantle can't help but start rolling, even wailing skyward. Casual movents overturned the sea, tornadoes passed through, submarine volcanic eruptions increased another level as if its life force was one with nature. The fairies repairing spatial passages were affected—casualties appeared and had to withdraw. Anxious Edwina and Julius still saw no signs of completion.
Waiting Magical Girls and Ancient Holy Relics in the distance were equally worried.
"We should consider providing support."
But just as Jin Yulu stepped forward, Dandelion grabbed her. "We're already showing physical exhaustion with casualties—don't have offensive capability."
"I understand the logic, of course, but are just Hyacinth and the King enough? Don't you worry?"
"I'm worried sick, but can't beco soone hindering her. I understand you, understand everyone, but Catastrophic Disaster Beast combat levels are beyond our intervention. Wait with confidence maintained. Besides, we still have periter vigilance."
Theoretically the person most concerned about Hibiscus still chose the big picture. Domain magic indeed represented leadership-type thinkers—only she could completely suppress the Church's restlessness.
"I've never seen the King activate this level of liberation in mory," Snow Maiden suddenly murmured. "I thought he couldn't do it anymore, or only had one last chance. What do you think?"
The Pope spoke wistfully: "Perhaps both."
Holy City Association was equally anxious. Originally they'd already lost several old friends, now even their leader was precarious.
Only waiting remained.
Ancient Holy Relics had long felt tired of the increasingly strange world. Unexpectedly today's battle had such farewell feelings—quite moving. But whether them or the Magical Girls weren't idle. Once discovering Intelligent Subspecies, they delivered head-on strikes. The elite squad had rejoined logistics forces, receiving healing magic enhancent to return to 80% strength—absolutely crushing against remnant defeated forces.
anwhile, wailing from the Catastrophic Disaster Beast stopped, replaced by an even larger round of indiscriminate breath attacks.
Boom!
The explosion cloud surpassed the initial thermonuclear weapons bombardnt, terrifying people. Then two life auras rapidly slid toward freezing point.
Hibiscus, under fierce assault, could still resist with ti magic's flexibility, but controlling 4 major magics brought increasing damage.
"Just a little bit more..."
Continuous high-intensity Sands of Ti operation plus regalia and origin breakthroughs had made her touch new levels. Since she already understood the fourth stage skill was called Spaceti Exile, it should be smooth, but Mantle's massive attack pressure exceeded Obsidian's, giving no chance for careful comprehension.
Suddenly the psychic barrier always protecting the King shattered. Just one encounter left him covered in wounds, strangely without any blood flow or life aura.
"I see, so that was the last Holy Spear just now?"
"No, now is." He smiled and threw over the strongest relic.
Hibiscus hurriedly caught it, imdiately discovering that only a trace of weak aura remained closely connected to the King. So the two who'd been mutually eroding and fusing were long indistinguishable. The user's lifeti devoted to power's pinnacle—yet not personally trying it?
"My life held only friends' deaths and solitude. The final Holy Spear should be entrusted to a comrade. You will live, and I won't die lonely."
"King, so you're not planning to stop the Catastrophic Disaster Beast?"
"Right. If our goal isn't killing it, we don't deserve victory. Fate won't favor us. A strong person like you understands, Hyacinth."
"It's a deal."
"I heard you have universal relic compatibility qualifications. Let see it, let the Disaster Beast see it."
Before finishing, his remaining form completely transford into Knowledge Poison, fusing into the crimson spear. The relic in hand seed heavier—that was the soul's weight. That speech didn't sound like farewell at all, more like old friends catching up then promising to et again, leaving with carefree determination.
Crack crack crack! Now Magical Girl Hyacinth's origin projection shattered layer by layer, rapidly dissipating. Even protective origin was nearly exhausted.
For strong combatants, this ant hanging by a thread.
Mantle sneered: "Curses and resentnts that fell silent during previous era destruction are like ore deposits in your world, mixed with humans, Disaster Beasts, even fairies—everything, then fused into relics to be excavated by the gifted. But those are rely external objects, aningless. The strong erge from within, superior to externals. Hyacinth, with your pride would you use it as trump card?"
"Well said, but we Magical Girls are who bestowed strongest nas upon magic. Holy Relic wills are what made relics shine. You understand nothing—"
The silver-haired girl gripped the Holy Spear tightly and assud stance, suddenly hurling it under the Catastrophic Disaster Beast's horrified gaze.
"You can really use it?"
Drowning out confused voices was infinite magic power transford into crimson rainbow, penetrating the sky.
Furious breath was directly pushed back, brilliant light even shattering the Disaster Beast's origin projection, visibly about to wound fundantals.
For the first ti in its life, the impregnable Mantle moved its body trying to dodge, but everything was so heavy. Looking up, Ring of Levitation lit up again at the crucial mont, binding the target. "Damn gravity!"
Next mont the Holy Spear viciously stabbed into its head, drilling straight through to carve out a passage inside, then excavating tunnels. The relic's main body didn't leave but released all curses.
In a trance, Mantle saw a young man smiling as he removed sunglasses—blood-red eyes with sharp gazes that made souls tremble. Now infection seeped from the body, drilling out from every piece of skin, scales, then returning.
Death by a thousand cuts!
Such torture made even mighty Catastrophic Disaster Beast cry endlessly.
It constantly rolled and roared, blood staining the sea, yet couldn't resist rampaging contamination power.
Observing Magical Girls, Ancient Holy Relics, and even more distant military forces were shocked beyond asure. As if heaven would weep with it, dark clouds dropped black tears washing the sea. Life's end—the prolonged sound of suffering made many bleed from seven orifices and go still. Curses were unprecedentedly intense.
"Co then, ti for you to help , my swarm."
Suddenly Mantle moved violently, withdrawing from turtle shell. That island surface's vegetation rapidly disappeared—clearly an ugly tumor, extending hundreds of tentacles to devour all Disaster Beasts.
This separation greatly reduced Knowledge Poison's continuous damage effects. Conversely, flesh nutrition transford back into turtle shell armor for the main body—compared to before, like a slimming exercise. Everyone had seen similar principles in tumors commonly carried by Fallen Zone Disaster Beasts. Hearts imdiately went cold realizing that truly facing a complete Catastrophic Disaster Beast ant dealing with enemy's endless thods. War was always full of variables.
Thud!
After unleashing the Holy Spear, Hibiscus knelt on one knee on broken reef, entire right arm turned black, bleeding all over, vision blurred.
She was too familiar with Knowledge Poison's side effects. But having done all this still hadn't achieved complete victory. Fortunately the reward [Relic Erosion Resistance] she'd worked hard for—otherwise she'd be dead.
"Hey, you fairies, don't move."
Mantle pressured the fairies urgently repairing spatial passages, incidentally splitting off magic power to continuously bombard barriers trapping redith and others, obviously planning to rescue teammates and eliminate everyone together.
Of course it hadn't forgotten to completely kill Hyacinth. Those Disaster Beast swarms turned into flesh puppets after being devoured roared as they charged to dismber her.
"Knowledge Poison? Strongest magic? The current alone suppresses the entire battlefield. You all must die."
All frustration since battle began was swept away—now unstoppable.
Even in its ho world, Catastrophic Disaster Beasts had dominance, let alone fragile Planet Gaia. Victory was so natural.
Bang!
Suddenly the Disaster Beast swarms sent to finish her all exploded. The 4 magic crystals around the silver-haired girl released their last wisps of energy before shattering—protective talismans protecting their master to the final mont. Sensing this energy, Church mbers who'd been waiting finally couldn't wait, everyone continuously approaching.
"Don't even have strength left to stop them? I'll let them see your dismbered corpse."
"My audience has arrived." Hibiscus shed skin and regenerated, aura exceeding before. "Everyone ca to witness—witness this era's first Fruition Stage Magical Girl's birth!"
"Hey, I never showed rcy. You're all tenacious though." Mantle revealed an extrely human disgusted expression, fear showing in its eyes.
"So I must thank you."
Besides fragnts swirling around her, she grabbed another handful of Magic Advancent Stones, all turning to dust flowing and disappearing from her fingertips—clearing everything at once.
All enhancent potions consud, burning life force, offering everything, all-in gamble.
System notification sounds frequently flashing in her mind no longer mattered. Three major elents' dium advancent stones completely shattered and fused into her body.
Sands of Ti climbed to new levels. Breathing was smooth, body light, those pains vanishing. Now Hyacinth's magic power showed constantly blooming then gathering into new energy—representing Fruition Stage's absolute endless vitality state. Three elents advancing brought greater感触 than ordinary breakthroughs. Origin projection and regalia protection both had improvents.
Magical Girl power's fourth stage, symbolizing all past resonance then condensing to one point, reaching perfection. This body could traverse world barriers freely.
"Wrong, why did world magic level advance early? No change at all."
"Didn't Your Excellency say? The strong erge from within, superior to externals. Then what do you think counts as mastering ti sufficient to break fate's magic? How could this world limit ?"
"Impossible."
Hibiscus didn't intend to waste words. In ti suspension's gap she'd already disappeared in place, next second appearing before Mantle, raising her hand for origin projection's massive punch!
Thunder echoed between heaven and earth from one punch. Sea waves surged, clouds parted and mist scattered. That island-sized form was actually sent flying backward.
The first attack since battle began capable of forcing Catastrophic Disaster Beast movent.
Slowed down? Just now consciousness clearly reacted but wouldn't obey commands. Only now did it discover the Holy Spear remained inside, growing together with flesh. Contamination still maintained penetration. Even shedding shell and devouring kindred couldn't change contamination eroding life force's outco. Even surviving today was destined to invite early death.
"Damn redith, why did I listen to you coming to this broken place? Dark Fairies—a bunch of trash."
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