Kukulkan landed with the battleship on the skywalk of ME Corp.
The two behemoths, Kukulkan and the Hyperion, were not small targets in the sky. The moment they arrived at ME Corp, Raiden Mei appeared before them.
Raiden Mei looked at the members of Fire Moth, confused, and said as if to herself.
"Why...? Why did you come back? I clearly gave you a chance to survive, so why come back to die..."
Ryn, Penglaiji Ryn, Himeko, Seele, Bronya, Emisha, Yiselian, and the others disembarked from the battleship one after another, standing before Raiden Mei.
Ryn and Penglaiji Ryn exchanged a glance, then said to Raiden Mei:
"Because this world can no longer be saved. Even if we escape from here and continue to struggle to survive, it will only increase our suffering."
"It seems you also understand that no matter what you do, the outcome cannot be changed. So, have you chosen to come back and let me grant you release?"
"No, it's to take you down with us!"
As soon as Ryn's voice fell, the people behind him immediately raised their guns and opened fire on Raiden Mei.
Although these guns had been enhanced and modified by Yiselian and were extremely powerful, they were still not powerful enough to penetrate the Honkai field, let alone break through Raiden Mei's defense.
The bullets all disintegrated into atoms and vanished a meter away from Raiden Mei, not even managing to touch the hem of her clothes.
Mei raised her hand, gathering a bowl-sized ball of lightning in her palm.
"It's all in vain... You all..."
Bang—
A gunshot interrupted Raiden Mei's monologue and shattered the lightning ball she was about to release.
"In vain? Not necessarily. I'm sorry, Big Sis Mei... This time, I won't hold back."
Bronya stood before the crowd, holding a long rifle, her cold eyes fixed on Raiden Mei in the air. White smoke was still rising from the cold barrel of the rifle.
"I have to admire your drive..."
Raiden Mei waved her hand, sending out three bolts of lightning. One shot towards Bronya, one towards Kukulkan, and the last towards the rest of the people.
Bronya didn't dodge, simply raising her rifle and firing at Raiden Mei again. As for the lightning bolt heading towards her... Seele flashed in front of Bronya and split it with a single slash of her blade. The lightning landed on either side of them, exploding violently.
The lightning bolt struck Kukulkan directly. Kukulkan didn't dodge, merely spreading its wings to protect the Hyperion, preventing the lightning's shockwave from hitting it.
Kukulkan let out a roar, gathering energy from its chest to its throat, and unleashed a breath of energy at Raiden Mei.
The lightning bolt aimed at the main group was caught directly by Ryn using the Grips of Taixuan, and then thrown back at Raiden Mei.
At the same time, Ryn, Himeko, and Penglaiji Ryn, all wielding greatswords, charged towards Raiden Mei together.
Raiden Mei unhurriedly raised her left hand to form a shield, blocking Bronya's shots and Kukulkan's dragon breath. Then, with her right hand, she drew her Lightning Soul katana and used a drawing slash against Penglaiji Ryn and Himeko, knocking them back.
Then, Raiden Mei gripped her sword with both hands to meet Ryn's overhead chop, but it was clear she couldn't block this strike.
A heavy sword has no edge; great skill appears artless.
With absolute strength, Ryn smashed Raiden Mei from the skywalk of ME Corp, through hundreds of meters of its sturdy roof, and drove her deep into the ground.
"Chibaku Tensei."
The rocks and soil underground were mobilized by Ryn, wrapping around Raiden Mei layer by layer. Tens of kilometers of earth from underground were compressed by Ryn into a solid spherical celestial body with a diameter of five hundred meters.
With Ryn's Honkai energy suppression, Mei wouldn't be able to escape from the celestial body for the time being.
At this moment, Kukulkan rushed over, wrapped its hundreds-of-meters-long tail around the celestial body formed by Chibaku Tensei, and pulled it, hurtling towards the sky at super speed.
Ryn reached out his hand to change Kukulkan's gravity, making its speed increase faster and faster. Finally, as it exited the atmosphere, Kukulkan rotated 360 degrees around the sphere and fiercely flung the celestial body containing Raiden Mei back towards the surface.
Ryn once again altered the surrounding gravitational field, increasing the speed of the celestial body's descent by several dozen times. Then, Ryn had everyone board the Hyperion and threw the Hyperion into the sky to prevent Penglaiji Ryn and the others from being affected by the aftershock of the meteorite's impact.
The 20,000-ton TNT explosion of an atomic bomb could flatten a city in the Far East. A meteorite with a diameter of 370m crashing into a certain island in the Far East would be equivalent to 150 Little Boy bombs exploding simultaneously...
Ryn didn't know how powerful this 500m-diameter meteorite thrown by his and Kukulkan's 'Seismic Toss' would be, but the Far East region would probably return to the bottom of the sea.
Boom—
Well, the anticipated explosion didn't happen.
The meteorite was stopped mid-air, five hundred meters from Nagazora City, by the light touch of a pristine white hand.
Kukulkan's eyes widened, and it began to flap its wings desperately, wanting to flee for its life.
But with Ryn standing on its head and the Hyperion beneath it, it couldn't escape...
"Sigh... Stop this."
The girl who had stopped the meteorite sighed with sadness and helplessness, then reached out and tapped the meteorite again.
The meteorite, which Ryn had compressed using his Authority over the facility's soil, instantly dispersed back into its original soil and returned to the ground beneath Nagazora City.
"I'm sorry... for making you endure so much pain. Come back with me. Even if you kill them, or are killed by them, nothing will change..."
Kiana held the unconscious Raiden Mei from within the celestial body in her arms, looking at Mei's face with heartache as she transferred Honkai energy to her.
"Kiana..."
Ryn hovered in front of Kiana, calling out her name.
Kiana looked up, her gaze falling on Ryn, Penglaiji Ryn behind him, and Bronya, Himeko, and the others.
"It's been a long time, everyone..."
Kiana's eyes lowered slightly. She was a sinner and had long lost the face to see Bronya and the others.
"Kiana..."
Himeko's grip on her greatsword tightened, but now it trembled slightly, unable to hold firm. So she was just like Bronya before, unable to bring herself to strike Kiana down in her heart...!
While Ryn and the others were still hesitating about what to do, the people of Fire Moth had already given their answer.
The Gray Moth squad and the ordinary members angrily cursed at Kiana and threw the Star of Eden grenades Ryn had given them earlier at Kiana and Mei.
But for Kiana, it was obvious these grenades had no effect. Yet, Kiana didn't dodge, letting the Stars of Eden hit her body and then roll off into the air.
The mere presence of the being named Kiana, just by standing before everyone, was enough to cause traces of Honkai energy corrosion to appear on the bodies of the Fire Moth members.
Feeling the Honkai energy corrosion on their bodies, knowing that their time was short, everyone pulled the pins on their explosives and charged towards Kiana with furious roars.