Since Vill-V had withdrawn her precious treasure midway through the attack, it was once again the Ghostfire Syndicate president's turn.
After all, this was a turn-based game.
"Nine-Blood Slaughtering Blade!"
Asura Demon Dragon let out a furious roar. The baleful aura pouring from him surged into the sky like a mass of viscous black fog, then transformed into a massive saber with a demon's head on its hilt and chopped straight toward Vill-V's skull.
In the next second, the girl's warm head would become another one of Asura Demon Dragon's slain victims.
"Honestly, his techniques really are pathetic, and they possess absolutely no aesthetic appeal."
To the naked eye, Asura Demon Dragon's techniques truly resembled those of an untrained amateur. Even a half-baked practitioner like Vill-V, who had only learned a few moves from Hua, could see that his entire body was riddled with openings.
"But that bosonic force field is still extremely troublesome. Even a soulium shield would have difficulty blocking it. If a MOTH soldier came here without recognizing his true ability, they would probably be cut down without even understanding what had happened."
"How terrifying. He concealed himself so deeply."
"But... for me, this is perfect. If he were actually a martial arts expert skilled in overcoming a thousand pounds with four ounces, dealing with him would be much more troublesome."
Vill-V moved after him yet arrived first, lightly raising her palm to catch the unstoppable saber.
Magician said casually, "Use a little more force."
Then Magician applied the slightest pressure with her palm, and the demon-headed saber shattered between her fingers.
Yes, despite looking utterly unremarkable, the energy contained within that baleful aura rivaled an Emperor-class Honkai Beast.
And you are telling me that all you know how to do with it is cut people?
To use an analogy, it was like Superman using his heat vision solely as high-beam headlights.
To put it even more plainly, the baleful aura had given him a nuclear bomb, yet he stubbornly refused to detonate it and instead used the bomb like a brick to bludgeon people.
A nuclear bomb was certainly hard enough to kill someone when swung like a brick, but that was all.
Vill-V could not understand how he had managed to use such immense power in such a crude and simplistic manner.
If Vill-V could control that much baleful aura, she would not even need to lift a finger. A single mentally simulated Sword Formation of Immortal Slaying would obliterate even a newly born Judgment-class Honkai Beast.
That was how absurd this baleful aura was.
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"Ohhh! It's Asura Demon Dragon's Nine-Blood Slaughtering Blade! Explosive! This is the Ghostfire Syndicate president's signature technique! He once split the entire Pringles Gang headquarters apart with this single slash!" The commentator in the spectator stands enjoyed the old master's massage while roaring into his microphone. "Holy crap! Explosive, explosive, explosive, explosive! She caught it! Azure Empyrea caught it again!"
"And she caught the blade with her bare hands! Invincible! Asura Demon Dragon's second move has once again been neutralized with ease by Azure Empyrea. Even the president of the Ghostfire Syndicate amounts to nothing before her!"
"Oh, come on! That's it?" someone from the Ghostfire Syndicate mocked from afar. "Every captain in our Special Assault Squads can exchange dozens of moves with President Tenmon, with every punch striking bone. You're already getting carried away after catching only two attacks? Once the boss takes care of that woman, today will be the day you all die! Ow! Whose cane was that?!"
The blind old man bristled with rage and rebuked them. "Although this old man is blind, my ears hear everything clearly, and my heart sees even more clearly! Azure Empyrea founded the Taixu Gang so that even people with disabilities could find work. Only because of her can this old man earn enough to eat in these chaotic times! Azure Empyrea gives without seeking reward."
"And you? You know only how to pursue profit, steal other people's means of survival, and trample upon their kindness! Hmph! The Taixu Gang will not perish! You are the ones destined to perish today!"
Hearing the blind masseur's mockery, the Ghostfire Syndicate members immediately flew into a rage and began hurling insults at the Taixu Gang from across the distance.
Imitating the other side, they began throwing all kinds of objects at the Taixu Gang. Some even dismantled their own prosthetic limbs and hurled them.
"Your move is over. Now it's my turn!"
Divine light flickered in Vill-V's eyes. She stirred the air before her, gathering it into a sphere of blazing qi. "That which is divine represents the ultimate transformation, giving wondrous expression to all things, and cannot be questioned through form."
She had said it would end with the second move, so it would end with the second move.
The sphere was a profound crimson, resembling molten lava, and a terrifying presence spread from it.
Ordinary people might have been unable to sense it, but Asura Demon Dragon, who had spent years in contact with imposing auras, could perceive it with perfect clarity.
He could even see with his naked eyes an aura as vast as the sea of stars gathering within Vill-V's hand.
It was not merely aura. Every terrifying sensation Asura Demon Dragon had ever encountered, and even those he had never known, gathered around Azure Empyrea, making her body seem as though it were about to attain enlightenment and ascend.
She resembled a god!
Now that he had encountered this Azure Empyrea and felt her terrifying might, even Asura Demon Dragon, possessed by baleful aura, could not help swallowing hard.
He remembered the days when he had been a delinquent in the Far East and was caught by the police. That experience had become an eternal childhood trauma. A child could never defeat an adult.
And now, he once again felt that same vast, insurmountable difference.
"W-What... is this?"
Azure Empyrea was lifted into the air by powerful currents. The sensation she gave him was nothing like a human being, but rather the boundless heavens towering above all existence.
Even if he had become a "dragon," he still stood beneath the heavens.
Even if he had become a "dragon," he could never touch the heavens.
At that moment, Asura Demon Dragon faded away, and Tenmon Soji returned.
It resembled the final flash of clarity before death.
Upon seeing this, Conductor immediately erupted in fury. "What the hell, Magician? Why are you stealing the authority of the Herrscher of Reason?!"
Scholar: "The echoes of history shall return to nothingness."
Pure Evil: "Shut up, Conductor. It is 'my' turn now. I stole it through my own ability, so why can't I use it?"
Pure Evil was still playing along with the joke about switching identities.
Conductor: "Pure Evil, stay out of this. Id, hurry up and drag Magician back."
Id revealed a vacant expression. "Ababa." (0-0)
Lecturer nervously grabbed Id and shook her. "Id, what's wrong with you? Pull yourself together, Id!"
Pure Evil let out a triumphant laugh. "Ahahaha! Naturally, the first thing 'I' did before coming out was eliminate Id. That way, nobody would be able to restrain me!"
The moment Pure Evil said that, Conductor understood. Magician had conspired with Pure Evil. Otherwise, given Pure Evil's arrogant personality, she would never have spoken in Magician's defense. She was probably already fighting to get outside and "dispose of" Magician herself.
Conductor sighed helplessly. "Magician truly will do anything for dramatic effect. Was Pure Evil's proposal really something you should have accepted?"
After examining Id, Expert reached a conclusion. "Don't worry, Conductor. What Magician used was not the authority of the Herrscher of Reason at all. It was the simulated Eighth Divine Key, the Key of Sentience—Fenghuang Down."
In other words, everything Asura Demon Dragon sensed was a lie!
Conductor shook her head and smiled bitterly. "You really had no mercy on Id."
Id: "Makka Pakka."
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