Dulio sat on the roof of a house, looking at the purple moon of Canis Major in the sky and said, "In just an instant, most of us were knocked down."
"There is only one person who can do this, the Specter Ikuse Tobio," Griselda said, standing near Dulio.
"Are we facing a Specter again so soon? It's truly terrifying," Dulio said with a shiver, his face looking very pale.
At this time, besides Griselda, Dulio was accompanied by [Queen] Diethelm Waldseemüller: a tall, black-haired man in a priest's outfit with a sturdy build, deep facial features, and a face well-suited for a beard. He was about thirty-five years old.
[Bishop] Nero Raymondi: A young priest with golden hair that stood up like a hedgehog.
"Woof—!!!" At that moment, the sound of a dog barking rang out. The remaining members of the [Heavens Ace] team instantly gathered together, looking warily toward the source of the barking.
A massive black hound with glowing red eyes was slowly walking toward them, growling continuously and baring its teeth.
Dulio and the others huddled together like weak, pitiful, and helpless little rabbits, trembling incessantly, like lambs walking into a tiger's mouth.
Step! Step! Step! Step! Step! Step!
At this moment, the sound of footsteps approached, and the hound immediately vanished. Dulio and the others then snapped out of it; there had been no hound from the start. There was only Ikuse Tobio, holding the blade of the celestial dog and wearing the earth dog star underworld armor, walking toward them.
The hound had merely been a manifestation of Ikuse Tobio's aura. His eyes glowed red, and he looked at Dulio and the others with a ferocious expression.
"We'll handle him!!" Diethelm and Nero stepped forward. These two Sacred Gear users would face Ikuse Tobio. Their Sacred Gears, 'Resurgence of the Healing Saint' and 'Trial of the Saint', were both complementary support-type gears, so they should be able to hold out for a while.
"Woof—!!!" Another bark sounded. Ikuse Tobio was already behind Diethelm and Nero, holding the blade of the celestial dog. Blood-red X-shaped wounds appeared on both their backs and chests.
Thud! Thud!
Diethelm and Nero collapsed simultaneously, without even a chance to activate their Sacred Gears. Ikuse Tobio, his expression unchanged, walked straight toward Dulio and Griselda.
"No way! That was too fast!!" Dulio exclaimed as he looked at the two fallen men, shocked by the sheer speed.
"Flagello di Colori del Arcobaleno! Speranza di Briscola!!"
Dulio activated the Subspecies Balance Breaker of his Longinus [Zenith Tempest]. Dulio's angelic halo split into four layers, and his angelic wings increased from five pairs to six pairs.
Countless soap bubbles were released from his hands, enveloping Ikuse Tobio. Inside the bubbles, violent fire tornadoes, fierce gusts capable of tearing flesh, freezing cold air, lightning as powerful as divine wrath, and various other natural phenomena erupted.
Facing these unpredictable natural phenomena, Ikuse Tobio regained some of his senses. After shaking his head, his mind was fully restored; he had become accustomed to the earth dog star underworld armor and his identity as a Specter.
"This place is..." Ikuse Tobio looked around in confusion, then immediately began dodging the various natural disasters within. As he dodged, memories of himself wearing the earth dog star underworld armor and going on a killing spree with the blade of the celestial dog flashed through his mind.
"Seriously, you could have told me about this kind of awakening process sooner," Ikuse Tobio said, clutching his head before dodging a bolt of lightning and a tornado heading his way.
'I need to escape first,' Ikuse Tobio thought.
As he searched for an exit, Ikuse Tobio's chest suddenly tightened. He clutched his chest in pain as a voice echoed repeatedly in his mind:
"Summon me, and you shall obtain victory!"
"Who are you...?" Ikuse Tobio asked, clutching his chest with cold sweat on his forehead.
As his words fell, a card emitting a white light flew out from Ikuse Tobio's chest. On the card was a dragon he had never seen before.
"You are..."
"Ugh..."
Just as Ikuse Tobio reached out for the card in front of him, a set of words like a summoning incantation flooded into his mind, and he began to chant:
"Engrave the ominous brand upon the noble soul of the sword, seize the mind, and wield the rebel's demonic blade! Come forth, Sword of Betrayal, Swordsoul Evil Supreme - Chengying!"
Then, the card instantly transformed into countless surging and violent sword qi that swept in all directions, shattering the surrounding fire tornadoes, gales, lightning, and frost in an instant.
The surface of the outer soap bubbles was engulfed by the sword qi. With a "Bang!", the entire soap bubble burst open.
"Roar—!!!" A terrifying dragon roar erupted from within. A massive humanoid dragon appeared where the soap bubble had been. It wore black and gold armor with Eastern characteristics, with three dragon claws protruding from each shoulder plate. Its head was that of an Eastern dragon, with horns and whiskers extending out.
A flexible sword with golden patterns on it separated into countless pieces. Under the control of the sword qi, they circled around it like snakes.
[Swordsoul Evil Supreme - Chengying] (Level: 10 / Attribute: Fire / Type: Wyrm / ATK: 2900 / DEF: 2300)
Ikuse Tobio stood on Chengying's shoulder, looking down at Dulio and Griselda.
"Gulp! That is!!" Dulio swallowed hard, staring blankly at Chengying, who was many times larger than himself.
"There's no mistake! This aura is unmistakable!! It's the Guardian Dragon of the Underworld!! To think he can summon the Guardian Dragon!!" Griselda said, stepping back several paces in shock.
"Roar—!!!" With a wave of Chengying's finger, several blade fragments flew toward Dulio and Griselda. The two tried to spread their angel wings to dodge and even attempted to counterattack.
But a single sword's light could chill fourteen provinces. Countless blade fragments instantly defeated Dulio and Griselda. They fell to the ground like fallen angels with broken wings, their bodies and wings covered in sword wounds.
"[King] Dulio eliminated! Team [Blade Dog Squad] wins!!" Nado announced the result immediately, despite his shock, not forgetting his duty as the commentator.
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