The moment the heavenly judgment core was fully activated and Chinatsu completed her transformation.
An indescribable, terrifying energy shockwave, mixing Spacequake vibrations and thunderous roars, violently spread out from her center like a supernova explosion!
"Boom—!!!"
A visible dark purple energy blast swept across the entire battlefield like a ring of destruction!
The earth was ripped up and torn layer by layer like a fragile cookie!
The remaining factory buildings collapsed like sandcastles before this absolute power, turning into dust!
Merely a natural leakage of energy had transformed the entire area from an abandoned factory into a completely exposed, cracked wasteland!
Shido, who was closest, was as tiny as an ant before this world-shattering blast and was about to be utterly torn apart by the force—
However, the instant the energy reached him, a gentle yet irresistible spatial force quietly enveloped him, forming an invisible shield that tossed him out softly yet swiftly.
As if carried by an unseen giant hand, he landed steadily on the edge of the ruins, far from the core battlefield, completely unharmed save for being covered in dust and utterly shocked.
(Chinatsu... she... protected me?)
Shido gazed disbelievingly at the rapidly receding zone of destruction.
But others were not so lucky.
Takamiya Mana and her squad, who were searching for Kurumi inside the factory, along with the DEM Wizards and Bandersnatch robots.
They were violently blown away without any resistance, like leaves caught in a gale, smashing into the distant broken walls and ruins, causing chaos and scattering their formation.
Even Ellen Mathers, suspended in mid-air, staggered from the sudden, far greater than anticipated energy eruption.
She had to activate her thrusters to rapidly retreat and stabilize herself; for the first time, a clear expression of seriousness appeared on her perpetually cold face.
Only the Mistress of Shadows—Tokisaki Kurumi—had elegantly retreated into her own [Devouring Time City] just before the blast hit.
Perfectly evading the indiscriminate impact. The next moment, her figure appeared silently, like a phantom, in the shadow not far from Chinatsu's side.
She looked at the "Herrscher of Reason" before her, whose appearance and demeanor had undergone a complete transformation and who radiated a chilling pressure, her golden clock eye flashing with undisguised surprise and deep interest.
"Oh dear~" She lightly covered her mouth with her fan, letting out a genuine sigh of amazement.
"That is truly... astonishing power. Is this the 'Herrscher of Reason'... No, this seems to have surpassed the scope of 'Reason'... Is this your true form?"
However, facing Kurumi's inquiry, Chinatsu... or rather, the Herrscher of Heavenly Judgment at this moment, did not even spare her a glance.
The fully activated heavenly judgment core, carrying the arrogance of the Herrscher of the Void and the immoderation of the Herrscher of Thunder, had begun to profoundly influence her mind.
She completely ignored Kurumi beside her, acting as if the other woman was merely an insignificant speck of dust. In her eyes, there was only herself, and... everything that needed to be judged.
She tilted her head slightly, gazing toward the sky, her expression filled with indifference that surpassed all things and the desire to dominate everything.
She slowly raised her left hand, and the samurai behind her followed suit, raising its greatsword, the tip pointing directly at the slightly frowning Ellen Mathers in the air.
In her eyes, burning with golden rhombus light, there was only cold killing intent, like the judgment of thunder.
"Ellen Mathers... ☆"
Her voice, seemingly mixed with ten thousand thunders, resonated across the battlefield shrouded in death.
"The time for judgment... has arrived ☆"
The moment her voice fell, the spectral blood-red samurai behind her let out a silent roar, and the massive katana in its hand erupted with thunderlight capable of annihilating everything!
The Herrscher of Heavenly Judgment hereby displayed Her true might!
She did not fly; instead, like someone taking a leisurely stroll, she lifted her right foot, encased in a black and orange high-heeled battle boot, and lightly stepped forward.
Just as her heel was about to descend into the empty air—
The space beneath her foot instantly solidified and compressed as if by an invisible force, transforming into a transparent step, smooth as a mirror, its edges flowing with purple thunderlight and spatial ripples!
"Tap."
A crisp, resonant footstep, seemingly capable of penetrating the soul, clearly echoed above the silent wasteland, entering the ears of everyone on the battlefield.
The sound was not loud, yet it carried a strange magic, as if directly striking the rhythm of a heartbeat.
Under the stunned gaze of everyone, she placed her foot firmly, then lifted her left foot and brought it down again.
"Tap."
A second spatial mirror step silently condensed beneath her foot.
In this manner, ignoring gravity and defying common sense, step by step, she walked slowly upward, elegantly and calmly, along the mirror staircase leading to the sky, constructed by her own authority.
"Tap... Tap... Tap..."
Each crisp sound of the high heel meeting the spatial mirror surface was like the beating of a war drum, announcing the advent of an existence transcending the mortal realm.
The sound echoed across the desolate battlefield, carrying a suffocating majesty and beauty.
Her pace was neither hurried nor slow; the black skirt and the six massive coattails swayed behind her, the spectral blood-red samurai stood silently, and the halo woven from thunderlight and spatial rifts slowly rotated.
Thus, under the gaze and vigilance of everyone, she walked step by step toward the high sky, moving to a position even higher than Ellen Mathers.
Like a queen ascending her throne.
When she finally stopped, facing Ellen from afar, the massive katana in her hand was slightly raised, its dark purple blade reflecting destructive thunderlight.
She did not speak, but that absolute arrogance and the will to conquer everything required no words.
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