I, Matou Sakura, Third of the Flame-Chasers!

Mission Reward: Advanced Lottery

Mission Two: Revenge Must Be Taken

Mission Objective: Defeat, kill, or subdue Matou Zouken

Mission Reward: Advanced Lottery (Completed)

It was that simple and brutal.

She felt this mandatory mission was probably similar to the Bounty System, though she still needed some experiments to confirm it.

She then claimed the reward for Mission Two and immediately drew the lottery.

Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the King of Wrath!

Elysia's voice sounded by her ear. Even though she knew it was not truly Elysia, hearing that voice still made Elysia's smile appear in her mind.

Elysia...

King of Wrath: All your energy will become infinite, and your strength will be enhanced without limit alongside your rage!

In an instant, Matou Sakura found her vision turning blood-red. Her heart pounded violently, and crimson light even more vivid than blood formed intricate red magical patterns over her hammering heart.

When the blood-red haze faded from her eyes, the back of the seat was no longer before her. All she could see was a field of ruins, and when she raised her head slightly, she saw the azure sky.

The instant she fused with the King of Wrath, the infinite energy granted by this talent leaked out ever so slightly, killing everyone on the train and destroying the entire train itself.

The surroundings were a complete mess as well.

She felt no sorrow. Her heart was utterly calm; she was only troubled by the fact that she would now have to fly to Misaki City.

With a sonic boom, the ground beneath her feet shattered, and she shot into the clouds at a terrifying speed beyond the speed of sound.

And with the infinite energy granted by the King of Wrath, her speed continued to break through new limits!

On a mountain near Misaki City, everything was peaceful. No one knew that the Fifth Magic User was hiding here.

Not even Aozaki Touko, who had once joined forces with others to kill her own grandfather—the Fifth Magic User—knew!

A thunderous boom shook the mountain, instantly shattering the tranquility that had once filled the place.

Inside a cave hidden within the mountain, the Fifth Magic User abruptly opened his eyes, his face filled with shock.

"Who is it?!"

Before he could think further, a distinct energy fluctuation came rushing toward him.

Who could possess energy fluctuations of this magnitude?!

The mountain shook even more violently. Outside the cave where the Fifth Magic User hid, Matou Sakura's eyes had already lit up with crimson radiance. Heat Vision burst from her eyes, with the infinite energy granted by the King of Wrath serving as its unwavering foundation.

Under the powerful energy supply, the temperature of the Heat Vision continued to rise!

Bzz!

A surge of Magic Power suddenly emerged, transforming into countless motes of light that shot out from a collapsed section of the mountain.

Matou Sakura smiled faintly, withdrew her Heat Vision, and charged straight toward it.

A biological field covered her entire body, and with her infinite energy supply, she ignored the magecraft motes flying at her.

If her Steel Body had been strong enough, she would have simply dived in with her flesh and blood and unleashed a Dragon God Dive.

Damn, I forgot that I can't undergo Artificial Collapse right now.

Boom!

Matou Sakura slammed directly into the mountain, and the tremendous impact left the already crumbling mountain on the verge of collapse.

"Found you!"

Her sharp gaze instantly locked onto the terrified old man, while a feverish smile spread uncontrollably across her youthful, pretty face.

Fifth Magic User, don't disappoint me!

Light of Hope

The First gave rise to the Second.

The Third came from fantasy, bearing the concept of changing the fate of the world.

The meaning of the Fourth was unknown, yet it undeniably existed, passed down orally among the elders.

The Fifth was born from an accident. It was an anomaly, incomplete and flawed.

This was the general concept of the five great magics of the Nasuverse!

"What a weak little thing."

Looking at the barely breathing Fifth Magic User in her hand, Matou Sakura's expression was cold, though traces of disappointment could be seen in her eyes.

She had thought he would be a decent opponent, but she had never expected him to be so weak.

Even a Sanctuary Level Honkai Beast could take more of a beating than this guy.

The dying Fifth Magic User said nothing. At this moment, he did not even have the strength to speak.

Every inch of his body had shattered. If the Fifth Magic had not been keeping a final breath in him, he would have died long ago.

Right now, he was nothing but a good-for-nothing, a piece of trash!

Matou Sakura glanced into the distance. The surroundings were already in ruins and could collapse at any moment.

But that was not what worried her. Her enhanced intuition might not have reached the level of foreseeing the future, but paired with the mental stimulation of Divine Sound, she could still briefly glimpse the future. Still, there was little use in doing so.

What could not be avoided would ultimately remain unavoidable. Rather than think of a way to evade it, it was better to face it and solve it.

Gripping the Fifth Magic User's bloodied neck, she connected with the system.

The extraction of the Fifth Magic still required the system's intervention. She did not possess the ability to strip the Fifth Magic away herself.

According to the Nasuverse's rules regarding Magic, once its wielder died, the Magic would return to the Root. The same applied to all Five Magics, since their existence had been birthed by the Root.

"Ahhhhhh!!!!!!"

Intense pain flooded his entire body. The Fifth Magic User, who had already lost the ability to speak, let out a piercing scream at that moment!

He could feel the Magic within his body vanishing, stripped from him by an invisible force!

No!

He could not lose the Fifth Magic!

Without the Fifth Magic, he would not even survive a single breath in his current state!

His eyes suddenly widened as though they were about to burst from their sockets—but they did not.

How could he possibly contend against the system's power!

Five percent!

Hearing the system prompt, Matou Sakura frowned.

Though she had expected it, getting such a result still left her displeased.

Sure enough, incomplete Magic was worth only half as much.

It was also because the Magic he possessed was incomplete that this so-called Fifth Magic User had been so weak.

But it did not matter. Aside from this old man, there was another unawakened wielder of the Fifth Magic in this world: Aozaki Akiko!

As long as she awakened the Fifth Magic, the incomplete Magic would be completed!

As if throwing away garbage, she tossed the old man in her hand into the fissure that had split open beneath her feet. Once the system extracted the Fifth Magic, the old man was already dead!

With an explosive burst of air, Matou Sakura vanished from the spot. And with her disappearance, the precarious mountaintop collapsed with a thunderous crash!

In Misaki City, with the death of the Fifth Magic User, Aozaki Akiko, who was in class, suddenly felt her heart jolt. The arm engraved with the Fifth Magic's crest gave off astonishing heat!

The sudden change startled her, but since class was in session, she suppressed the urge to cry out.

What happened?

It came quickly and vanished even faster, as though nothing had happened at all.

She stroked her right arm with her left hand. The arm engraved with the Fifth Magic's crest seemed to retain lingering warmth.

What exactly had happened?

Meanwhile, at Kuzuki Residence.

Kuzuki Alice, the guardian of Misaki City's Ley Lines, suddenly changed expression. A breach had appeared in the ritual protecting the Ley Lines.

She closed her eyes and connected herself to the ritual, quickly discovering where the breach was.

Just as she wondered why a breach had suddenly appeared, the floor beneath her feet began to shake.

It was not just here. The entire Misaki City was trembling due to the collapse of the mountain where the Fifth Magic User had been hiding.

A breach had appeared in the ritual protecting the Ley Lines, and the tremors caused by the mountain's collapse had affected the underground Ley Lines. The once-calm Ley Lines erupted violently, and under their upheaval, Misaki City's tremors were developing into an earthquake.

Nor would it stop there. The earthquake triggered by the Ley Lines' upheaval was spreading outward, and several cities closest to Misaki City would also be affected. If anything went wrong along the way, the earthquake caused by the Ley Lines' upheaval could trigger an eruption of Mount Fuji, further expanding the disaster across the entire Japanese archipelago and causing an unprecedented great earthquake!

Meanwhile, Matou Sakura, the source of it all, had arrived at the summit of another mountain.

This was where sunlight gathered, and where Solar Energy was at its most abundant.

Divine Sound was used once more. Every cell and every drop of blood within her seemed like ravenous beasts, continuously devouring the dense Solar Energy around her.

The ground beneath her feet was also shaking, growing increasingly violent, but it did not affect Matou Sakura in the slightest.

She opened the system and smiled as she looked at the newly completed mission.

Sure enough, the system's mandatory missions were like bounties. As long as there was enmity, a mission would be generated. But not just anyone could generate one; they had to possess a certain degree of strength, or be someone relatively important to this world.

There were quite a few such people in this world.

She claimed the reward and immediately began the draw.

The familiar voice rang out again, and whenever this happened, Elysia's smile always surfaced in her mind.

Her fists clenched involuntarily. Elysia's death was an obstacle she could not overcome.

In the end, she had failed to save her!

The system's voice had already stopped, but she had not noticed at all. Still, this could be checked on its own.

Wait! Was I seeing this right?!

Matou Sakura's eyes widened slightly, unable to believe that she had actually drawn something like this!

Light of Trigger

Light of Trigger: The core radiance of Ultraman Triga. After fusion, one can obtain the Light of Trigger and transform into Ultraman Triga's Composite Form!

(Note: Ultraman Triga's strength and duration after transformation depend on the host's own strength. This light only possesses the Composite Form. The Power Type, Sky Type, and Dark Form must be unlocked by absorbing corresponding energy. Glitter Eternity can only be unlocked once the host obtains the power of the Eternity Core. Trigger Truth requires both the Eternity Core and a darkness equal to light in order to unlock.)

Looking at the description of the Light of Trigger, Matou Sakura fell silent.

What she was thinking about at that moment was not the power the Light of Trigger could bring her, but whether this system of hers had come from some Lu.

The Immortal Saintess

The fusion with the light did not bring the slightest bit of pain.

Perhaps it was because her Kryptonian Bloodline was powerful enough—powerful enough to easily contain the Light of Trigger.

Or perhaps that was simply the nature of light.

A warm sensation flowed through her entire body. Looking inward, she could clearly see Triga's light spreading throughout her body, splitting into countless motes of light that gradually fused with every cell and every drop of blood.

Not even her heart was an exception.

The mark belonging to the King of Wrath was no longer such a brilliant red. After merging with the light, its vivid crimson had turned into a noble dark gold, and the inexhaustible energy bestowed by the King of Wrath had become even more powerful.

Outside, dark golden Radiant completely enveloped Matou Sakura. At that moment, she was like a tiny sun, constantly giving off light and heat.

What should we do?

The mountain was whispering. It was a sound wave that ordinary people could neither detect nor catch.