Two powerful attacks collided.
This time, the sturdy Susanoo exploded outright, dispersing into energy.
Ruonan shot toward the cluster of buildings like a bullet.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
He pierced through more than a dozen buildings in succession before finally coming to a stop.
The surrounding soldiers and residents stared in shock at the blood-covered man who had suddenly flown into the ruins.
Cough!
Before he could steady himself, his knees gave out, and he dropped to them.
The next second, Ruonan felt his stomach churn violently.
His throat sweetened, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The blood on the ground reflected his wretched appearance.
It was as if Ruonan had finally been knocked awake. He looked with difficulty at the four people in the sky.
"You... never intended to let me live!"
"Isn't it a little late to realize that now?"
The next moment, Ruonan felt a bone-deep chill.
Looking down, he saw that at some point, a katana had already pierced through his chest!
A familiar figure came into view.
"Black... Black Pupil?!"
The Enlightened Transmigrator
"Black... Black Pupil?!"
Ruonan's pupils shrank as he stared at that figure in disbelief.
She had the same appearance as Akame, but different eyes.
Shk!
Unmoved by the fact that he knew her name, Black Pupil slowly pulled Yatsufusa from his body and lightly flicked it toward the ground, shaking the blood from its blade.
Pfft!
This time, Ruonan's body finally gave out, and he collapsed miserably into the pool of blood.
"Is it over?" Black Pupil muttered.
"Ding! Reminder, Master: Ruonan's system has temporarily broken free from this system's control after being stimulated by the threat of death."
The system prompt made Ling Yuan raise an eyebrow.
He turned to Cecilia beside him. "Cecilia, lend me Black Abyss."
"Alright."
The innocent mother-in-law showed no suspicion whatsoever. She pulled the pitch-black lance representing annihilation—Black Abyss—from the Knight's Spear!
"Black Pupil, move aside."
Holding Black Abyss, Ling Yuan assumed a throwing stance and called down to Black Pupil below.
"!"
Upon hearing Ling Yuan's voice, Black Pupil instinctively sensed that something was wrong.
Her figure flashed, and she vanished from the spot.
"O flower blooming atop the silent ridge, gather into the choice of flames!"
Endless flames around Ling Yuan gathered into Black Abyss, the God's Key lance.
Whoosh!
The originally pitch-black lance became coated in flames that constantly burned the air.
"Pierce him, Black Abyss!"
Whoosh!
Ling Yuan hurled the lance with all his strength. Crimson flames tore through the sky, making space seem as close as an arm's reach.
The next second—
The lance pierced straight through Ruonan's body.
Boom!
Endless flames erupted.
A blazing pillar of fire soared into the heavens.
Since it could not spread outward, it could only vent into the sky.
"!"
The terrifying heat wave turned into wind blades, blowing away the surrounding buildings.
Black Pupil raised one hand to shield her eyes as she struggled to look toward the center of the flames.
The commotion here also drew the attention of Night Raid and the others.
People from all around were continuously rushing over.
High in the air, Cecilia's little mouth hung slightly open. Did Black Abyss possess such power?
Ling Yuan silently watched the flames burning below.
This was merely a test.
"Six Paths: Shinra Tensei!"
Suddenly, a furious roar sounded from the center of the sea of fire.
In an instant, all the flames were repelled.
Ling Yuan frowned and lightly clenched the air. Black Abyss, which had been embedded in the ground, instantly flew back into his hand.
Mm, it was a little hot to hold.
"Ding! Detected that the host is facing a life-threatening danger. Activating final defense mode: Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan!"
Over here, Ruonan listened to the prompt in his mind as his expression gradually twisted.
"You never intended for me to live!"
Faced with Ruonan's accusation, Ling Yuan thought for a moment, then turned to Black Pupil. "Black Pupil, this is the consequence of killing someone without finishing them off. If you encounter something like this again, cut off their head directly."
Black Pupil nodded after hearing that. "I won't make that mistake again."
"!"
A vein bulged on Ruonan's forehead, and his face darkened. "Every last one of you, whether before or now, all of you look down on me!"
"Next time? There won't be a next time for you!"
With an enraged roar and a sonic boom, Ruonan charged fiercely toward Black Pupil.
Boom!
Black Pupil only felt a gust of wind blow past her. When she looked again, Ruonan had somehow appeared right in front of her.
"Th-thank you."
Black Pupil blankly said as she looked at Laxus standing in front of her.
"You enjoyed beating me up earlier, didn't you?" Ruonan gritted his teeth as the tomoe in his eyes spun.
"It was pretty enjoyable. It was my first time seeing a punching bag voluntarily ask to be beaten," Laxus sneered.
That was practically stabbing him right in the artery.
Sure enough, Ruonan exploded in rage. "All of you, go die!"
He clenched the air with his right hand.
Golden light bloomed.
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
"Not good!"
Laxus's heart sank. The power contained within it actually made him feel a tremor of fear.
Bang!
At that moment, a fiery red streak flew over from afar and struck Ruonan's hand with perfect accuracy.
"Argh!"
Ruonan cried out in pain, and the golden light in his hand swept toward the surroundings.
Bzzzz!
In an instant, the towering Imperial Capital was sliced diagonally in half at the waist.
Rumble!
Countless buildings collapsed, burying wave after wave of people.
"Is this... the power of a god?"
Far at the edge of the Imperial Capital, Akame looked at the collapsing city with horror in her eyes.
"..."
For a moment, the entire world fell silent.
"You again!"
Ruonan turned around and glared fiercely at Ling Yuan.
The fiery red streak flew back into Ling Yuan's hand like a boomerang, transforming into a crimson pistol.
When comparing enemies, one had to discard the lesser one. When faced with a greater enemy, even an avenger would choose the greater enemy!
Without hesitation, Ruonan blasted Laxus and Black Pupil away with Eighty Divine Void Strikes.
He looked at Ling Yuan in the sky and raised his hand.
Whoosh!
Then he slammed it down!
Yet after a breeze passed, nothing happened.
Just as everyone thought Ruonan had run out of steam—
The sky began to hum.
Everyone instinctively looked up, and their pupils contracted.
A massive meteor wreathed in flames was falling toward them!
"H-Hey, this has to be fake." Lubbock collapsed to the ground in a daze.
"Are we... going to die?" Mine blurted out.
"No! I absolutely won't let you die!" Zazami, who had just joined Night Raid, roared.
"Tatsumi, don't do anything stupid!" Leone grabbed him and held him down.
Then she looked up at the sky, a hint of anticipation appearing in her eyes. "Let's see what that man does."
"Chibaku Tensei, huh? Indeed, after Susanoo, Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, Shinra Tensei, and Chibaku Tensei, only this move has enough style."
Ling Yuan looked up at the steadily approaching meteor and spoke unhurriedly.
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