Chapter 377
At this moment, Dragon Flower's Wrath descended upon them.
"If so, this is the path for humanity to reach the salvation of my Lord. I, for the sake of my Lord's salvation of all beings, will hold the Heavenly Wheel to guide you."
The voice rang out again, utterly familiar to Ilya and the other two. However, even more familiar than the voice was the face— the Dragon Flower revealed beneath the discarded fabric.
It was exactly like Miyu Satsuki, with silver hair and blue eyes, completely different from her black hair and red eyes.
Chapter 408 Moon Cancer Miyu, Stars Ilya, and Chloe.
Ilya and Chloe, Miyu and Dragon Flower, the four of them like two pairs of sisters, in this dreamlike scene.
For a fleeting moment, Miyu even thought that the silver-haired girl in front of her, who looked almost exactly like her, was a being similar to Chloe.
I thought about it that way, but there wasn't time for her to continue pondering or speak.
This person is no opponent who can be defeated in a direct confrontation; this is obvious at a glance. He is a powerful being whose strength is so disparate that it is almost hopeless. The instinct of the Sapphire power is tensely warning Miyu of a strong danger, and this warning comes from his creation as the Second Magic.
Even Miyu's physical instincts were conveying the warning: 'Don't take another step forward, or you'll only die in vain.'
Presumably, the same applies to Ilya and Chloe.
Even if you had anticipated it before it arrived, you can only truly experience this despair when you confront it directly. Your Flesh trembles uncontrollably, your mind is filled with fear, and even your soul feels like it is shattering.
"My name is Dragon Flower, and I hereby convene the three assemblies for all living beings."
Dragon Flower's words fell softly once more, and then, the enormous Dragon Flower leaf began to tremble as if the world itself were shaking.
Then, it was distinctly different from the black smoke and mist of the Mirror Realm. It didn't emerge, but rather it was as if it were absorbing all the surrounding light into a single point and permeating outwards towards the Dragon Flower Tree, expanding its domain.
Divinity light enveloped the three of them, extinguishing all light in their vision, and even the sensation of the wind brushing against their skin vanished.
"Pudu? No way, you're clearly trying to kill someone!"
Chloe was experiencing a real sense of death, couldn't help but retort.
That doesn't matter.
"Killing him doesn't matter? How many people do you think can accept that? He... wouldn't agree either."
With a slight frown, Miyu said this to Dragon Flower, who remained expressionless.
On the other hand, Dragon Flower seemed genuinely incredulous upon hearing Miyu's words, tilting his head in bewilderment.
"Huh? If one cannot accept the salvation of my Lord, then one shouldn't consider the other person as a human being, Primate of this moment..."
She paused for a moment, then her expression returned to an unwavering, emotionless indifference.
"But all beings in the world have already accepted this, therefore even your evil deeds only need a slight guidance to be attributed to me, for the sake of my Lord—"
Ilya and the other two saw it instantly: when Dragon Flower uttered the word "My Lord," her eyes suddenly became fanatical.
It was a radiance akin to Faith, like the gaze of countless fervent believers who worshipped it day and night.
The Mahayana Sutra of the Original Mind-Ground Contemplation states. "One will then be reborn in Maitreya's inner palace, behold the Tuft of White Hair, and transcend birth and death."
With Thirty-Two Marks of a great man, he is the most revered among humans and gods, the king of all saints.
Originally defined as a mark that only the Righteous King Wheel-Turning King of Ancient India could possess, it was spread by enlightened Savior chose the path of enlightenment, so that even those who are not Righteous King or Buddhas can learn it through long-term virtuous deeds.
The Tuft of White Hair, one of the Thirty-Two Marks, is also known as the Tuft of White Hair Light. It refers to the presence of white hairs between the eyebrows that spiral clockwise, like the sun at its zenith. When emitted, these hairs emit light that illuminates the entire world in the east, leaving nothing untouched.
However, it is extremely difficult to acquire even one aspect of auspiciousness. It takes one hundred merits to cultivate one aspect of auspiciousness. Even Bodhisattva needs to go through one hundred great kalpas to achieve auspiciousness. One kalpa is 12 billion years, and one hundred great kalpas is the equivalent of 100 Solar System in Buddhism terms.
Therefore, Buddhism believes that only those who universally save all sentient beings can fully attain the Thirty-Two Marks.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the 'past' which has already passed and the 'Future' which is yet to Future have Thirty-Two Marks. Even without the 'past', there would still be Thirty-Two Marks, after all, ' Maitreya is the true Maitreya, with billions of incarnations, constantly showing himself to the world, but the world does not recognize him.'
"When liberation is attained, the Dragon Flower Three Assemblies."
Thus, it takes place not in a war of gods or in Hell, but in a fantastical realm akin to the 'Garden of Eden' where all beings are redeemed—
The sound of bells rang out.
A dazzling golden light shone down, and space actually twisted, just as she said—'liberation'. A huge vortex formed in the hazy Dragon Flower Tree, with surging waves. At the end of what seemed like infinite conflict, an endless chanting seemed to come.
The chanting, sometimes near, sometimes far, its distance unclear, seemed to exist at a point of equilibrium, a point of mutual attraction between the Universe and the earth.
The bells rang again and again.
Sometimes near, sometimes far; sometimes near, sometimes far.
Then--
The three of them felt neither the impact nor the shock; they simply accepted reality in silence.
The Planet trembled, as if struck directly from beyond the Universe by dense, fine lines, a shock like lightning, but far more intense—to give an example, the density of a seemingly seamless piece of cloth.
From the perspective of the locals in Fuyuki, these dense, fine golden lines seemed to have suddenly appeared from outer Universe, without any apparent reason.
However, if you were located within the Milky Way, you would definitely see this scene--
The surrounding space had become as dark as the night sky, and the stars intensely asserted their existence, thus, outside the Earth, 'light' appeared.
The light was incredibly vast, and the Cannon Portals that appeared within Cannon Portals, in a literal sense, seemed endless at first glance. However, upon closer inspection, their number was not infinite, but rather 84,000.
Unlike the weapons thrown by Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes, the dense, randomly deformable, and homing beams of light fired from the Cannon Portals were impossible to dodge, making it a powerful weapon far beyond what could be imagined in this era.
The Cannon Portals, circulating with high-density Od, distorts the space of the Universe, bending the light rays that any Planet could shoot out to Earth and reconstructing them into part of the Cannon Portals, as if it were about to envelop and erode the Earth. If it is not stopped, it may threaten the survival of the entire real world and shake the laws of the world.
Holding the Heavenly Wheel is not an arrogant statement by Dragon Flower. This is Maitreya's Lesser Wheel Heavenly Wheel, which should only have seven gates of armor. However, this moment may be the time when Maitreya is 'in the process of transitioning from Bodhisattva to human and then to Buddha,' hence the number of eighty-four thousand gates.
If the true First Dragon Flower Assembly to conclude, its quantity would rise to the level of 9.6 billion of the Initial Gathering.
In short, there is absolutely no chance that Ilya, Chloe, Miyu can win, and even evasion is impossible, because the light formed by these thin lines is too dense and has its own tracking function.
"..."
Just seeing all this caused Ilya to feel an unusual heat within her body, and like heat itself, a numbing sensation spread throughout the girl's entire body in the blink of an eye.
She had this feeling that if she dared to move even a step, those thin threads would wrap around her like a net, and then instantly shatter her entire body, leaving not even her body behind.
Before coming here, Ilya had told herself that she had to fight no matter what, but now she couldn't even fight. At the very least, a fight requires physical contact, right? Now she couldn't even make contact.
Even the Ruby, which had just mustered its courage, trembled uncontrollably.
"... Very... very painful, right, Ruby?"
Ilya whispered softly to the Ruby.
Ruby responded by reading the following Telepathy:
When I noticed it, I couldn't even confirm it. Ilya, did you see that "Cannon Portals"? If I take a step forward with you, it means I will disappear from everything. I feel like that's the only ending I can see.
You could tell from her voice that this usually unreliable Ruby had a slight longing in her heart. In the past, Ilya would have comforted her, but now she understood that simple willpower could do very little in the face of such a disparity in strength.
"But--"
The Ruby spoke, not by Telepathy, but by making a sound as it always had.
"If it were Ilya, she could definitely reverse this outcome, because you are the strongest Magical Girl."
"Ah, of course! Magical Girl can't give up halfway!"
Ilya smiled and nodded, looking refreshed.
Then, gripping the Ruby tightly in both hands, and staring intently at the Dragon Flower ahead, he raced towards the road with its endless fine lines.
Therefore, sensing this movement, the thin lines shot from the Cannon Portals rushed towards Ilya and Chloe Miyu from all directions, like a huge beast about to snap its jaws shut, all rushing towards the three who wanted to approach.
Then, an overwhelming light enveloped the three people who were about to be shattered.
The burst of energy transformed into a dazzling aurora-like phenomenon, adorning the Universe above Fuyuki.
Bite.
At that very moment, a sound rang out, a sound like the tinkling of bells, emanating from the Plastic True Magic Wand at Ilya's waist, Jade Miyu pendant around Miyu's neck, and Chloe's body. Simultaneously, a light similar to the thin lines that enveloped the heavens and earth was emitted, bringing everything to a halt.
Dragon Flower wasn't too surprised by this scene. Although the three people in front of him were insignificant in terms of strength, they had received gifts from their master. Two of them were representatives of the Three Assemblies, so the Maitreya Armed Forces, which were meant to save all living beings, could not possibly attack them.
However, that was an unconscious judgment of Maitreya's armed forces, which, for Dragon Flower who was conscious, meant that he had already decided to eliminate them.
While she did find the three of them to have good willpower, and had to admit that even though Miyu Satsuki was incredibly annoying, but—
In the Three Thousand Great Worlds, Heavens all living beings, who wouldn't look towards the highest point with anticipation as they chant?
Hoping for salvation in the Future, hoping for mercy from the master.
Even just a glance at oneself is enough to become unique, to become the first among countless others.
Under my Lord, I alone represent all living things.
Thus, although Dragon Flower appeared to make no move in the face of the three attackers, a deafening tremor could be heard in the distance.
Accumulating ferocious potential energy and inherent power over a short distance, without any slowing down or retreating, it all appeared before Ilya along with Dragon Flower's figure. At that moment, Ilya, who suddenly looked up, saw Dragon Flower dressed exactly like herself, wielding the 'Ruby' towards her—
Deafening Crash erupted, accompanied by the thunderous sound of the Dragon Flower Tree.
The girl's body was pierced by a force that resembled something else entirely, and she was slammed to the ground, spitting out blood, which then seeped all over her body.
At the same moment, Ilya wasn't the only one struck; Chloe Miyu were also hit. In Chloe's mind, Dragon Flower dressed like her, wielding similar Twin Blades, suddenly sent her flying to the ground. Amidst this senseless Violence, Chloe vaguely heard these words:
"My Lord's mercy resides within you, hence this scent... However, it is truly disrespectful for the Greece Deity to intervene; how dare a pile of scrap metal trespass into the Pure Land? The so-called elder and younger sisters are merely meaningless and false names; within me, all is one, Dragon Flower is the true reality."
Dragon Flower's words sounded strange at first, but the pain from being hit to the ground made it difficult for Chloe to think about it. Unlike Ilya, who was vomiting blood, Chloe's soul and spirit were trembling rapidly because her Flesh was not yet fully recovered.
It was something utterly empty that Chloe had never experienced before; her heart trembled as she shook, as if her will were about to crumble.
"Kuro, does it hurt a lot? Me too..."
"I knew I shouldn't have come. I feel awful. I want to leave. I don't want to stay here anymore. I want to go back. I'm a little scared..."
"As expected, Kuro, you're very scared, unlike me, I'm not afraid."
"You're still arguing like a child at a time like this, you're really too immature..."
However, neither of the two people having this conversation saw Miyu fall.
In that instant, Ilya and Chloe were both startled and looked up without thinking, thus hearing the second roar.
Compared to the two who were defeated in one blow, Dragon Flower's attacks on Miyu were much more persistent, as if he wanted to bind her before delivering the final blow.
Wearing clothes similar to Miyu's, Dragon Flower's gaze was fixed on Miyu, filled with intense Wrath.
Instead of using True Magic, she danced across the sky, transforming the sky enveloped by the Dragon Flower Tree into her weapon.
Instantly, the echo spread throughout the sky, as if the sky had been clenched by invisible five fingers, turning it into Iron Fist. As a result, Miyu target, felt immense pressure and was unable to move at all. Her arms hung limply, twitching and dazed.
With a blood-curdling scream from her throat, Miyu used all her strength to say this.
"Dragon Flower, why did I forget the wish my mother made to Ivia He!"
Just then--
Miyu suddenly realized that everything had fallen silent, even Ilya and Chloe below were silent.
Dragon Flower also abandoned his attack, keeping his eyes fixed on Miyu. His gaze was as if he were searching for something behind the Black-Haired Girl that was driving her, but in the end, he found nothing.
So, Dragon Flower squinted his eyes:
"... Indeed, your very power of desire dares to defy me and send you here without my permission. Well, if the power of a wish granted by someone approved by my lord dares to do this, then as his sole servant, I can only choose to forgive him."
"... What?"
Judging from Dragon Flower's words, it seems that Miyu was rejected from entering this world from the very beginning, but somehow she overcame the 'rejection' and arrived in this world.
"Since you despise my Lord so much, why don't you just leave obediently? After all, what you want is happiness, right? I can easily fulfill your desires in my Lord's place."
Dragon Flower laughed, and then from Miyu's perspective, everything around her turned into darkness, as if she were in some hidden place in Universe Space, a place where light could not reach, the Dark Side of the Universe.
Staying here for a second could feel like a year, or even a thousand years. In an instant, Miyu saw something flickering around her, like bubbles.
Before she even saw it, the content spontaneously jumped into Miyu's mind. It contained several different worlds, among which the most eye-catching was the scene of 'Miyu being happy in it'.
"How is the world now? The Sakatsuki has lost its power, so you and Yoshiko can live a peaceful life forever."
Only then did Miyu notice that those were actually round bubbles floating from Dragon Flower's hands, arranged in an orderly fashion around her.
"How is that possible...?"
Miyu said in a low voice, forcing back the pain.
"How could such an absurd thing happen..."
"Yes, yes, there are too many worlds in the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and many have already been destroyed. Creation is not impossible. Although it's just about taking a certain aspect and recreating it from destruction, the Future is already here, so there's no need to worry."
"For example, in this world, the Sakatsuki possesses power but has not suffered any disasters, and can still live happily."