Battle Chi Yu, Let Life Burn! (Part 2)

Amidst the clash of swords, I managed to calm myself and quickly adapt to this new power while dealing with Chi Yu's increasingly frenzied attacks.

What exactly is the soul?

Otto spent five hundred years trying to find a concrete answer, and even the young divine messenger who now fights in the form of a soul doesn't know how to describe it.

But only one thing is certain.

Fight! At this moment, just fight. Don't think about anything else that doesn't matter. Just focus on your swords.

The broad blade of the Eye Gun Saber pressed down on Chi Yu's blade, and another sword slashed swiftly, but Chi Yu's eyes narrowed, and his long sword sliced past the Eye Gun Saber at a subtle angle. The flames wrapped around it forced Sachi to quickly drift backward to dodge.

Even in his ghost form, which is immune to physical attacks, he could still sense a threat from Chi Yu's flames.

After observing and probing, he roughly guessed Chi Yu's current state, which was very similar to his last battle with Cang Qiong. Both were controlled by an unknown black substance. Although Chi Yu was desperately resisting, her degree of corruption seemed to be much deeper than Cang Qiong's.

However, judging from the black mist constantly emanating from her body, Chi Yu's power seemed to be able to expel it to some extent, but it was negligible compared to the total amount, as could be seen from the fact that the pain in Chi Yu's eyes had not lessened at all.

Moreover, Chi Yu herself should possess self-healing abilities. Fortunately, many wounds on her body were inflicted by herself, which healed rapidly after only a brief appearance. This allowed her to fight with peace of mind... Even if Chi Yu didn't have self-healing abilities, Yuki would still fight desperately because he didn't want to die.

The Five-Dimensional Sisters' abilities are more like manipulating a specific "concept" than the Herrscher manipulate the laws of physics. Although they still need a medium to demonstrate their abilities initially, when they unleash their full power, they can ignore certain limitations.

"The flames of destruction that burn everything..."

He whispered, his figure moving like a ghost as he approached again, avoiding a direct confrontation with Chi Yu and adopting a flanking maneuver.

After all, he was not clear about the upper limit of the form he was transforming into. This was just a transitional form of the Ghost Rider in his memory. If it were the final form, Infinite Soul, he would dare to use it to fight against the Finality.

But for the current Soul Fighting mode, it's probably only good for small-scale skirmishes.

Zheng—

A surge of sword energy erupted as the Eye Gun Saber slid rapidly down Chi Yu's blade, aiming straight for her wrist. The girl made a decisive choice, releasing the knife and quickly adjusting her body. She caught the falling blade with her other hand and retaliated with a slash, but he steadily blocked it with his Sunglasses Saw Blade. Taking advantage of the opening, he successfully injured Chi Yu with another knife.

A long wound stretched from Chi Yu's lower abdomen to her left shoulder, but it quickly healed under the flames emanating from the wound, only...

In the second phase, Chi Yu's slightly revealing clothes were completely destroyed by this slash (I posted a picture in the previous chapter, just imagine it based on the description of the slash direction), exposing a large area of her fair skin. Chi Yu's murderous intent, stemming from her true nature, grew even stronger.

"It's nothing special, nothing interesting to see, what are you shy about? Even though you're a little older than my dad."

He mercilessly finished off his opponent, not forgetting to retaliate against his Fu Hua's Father, Fu. His words and actions never stopped. Taking advantage of Chi Yu's momentary daze, he pulled the handle on the driver to unleash his ultimate attack, and flames emanating from his soul instantly ignited on both swords.

"A new fighting spirit awakens within! Boost! Omega Drive!"

As the powerful double slash landed on Chi Yu, the still-dazed girl was sent flying, transforming into a blazing fireball that crashed into the sea, causing a massive explosion.

Boom!!!

Looking at the massive mushroom cloud rising in the distance, Xing subconsciously glanced down at the weapon in his hand. Holy crap, is this form really that powerful? Can it unleash a nuclear explosion in one strike? I didn't notice that when I watched Ghost in my past life.

No, it's because your soul is too strong that it indirectly amplifies the combat power of this form.

However, Xing did not let his guard down. He could sense that Chi Yu's energy reaction had not weakened, but instead became more vigorous.

Boom!!!

Another earth-shattering roar erupted, and several pillars of flame rose from the sea, along with a large amount of steam. Countless unfortunate grilled fish and shrimp floated to the surface. At the heart of this catastrophe, a crimson figure rose from the evaporating seawater, flames swirling around her exquisite body, forming a brand-new combat suit.

They ruined my clothes, looked at my body... and they still dare to complain?!

Don't I have any dignity?!

You brat, you're dead meat! I'll kill you a hundred million trillion times over!!!

With his excellent eyesight, he took in the furious Little Firebird, and thankfully exclaimed "Oh dear!" as he pondered how to write his will.

Stage Three: Chi Yu, come on!

A solemn crimson armor enveloped her body, and a red triangular cube condensed in her hand, unfolding and extending into a blade and hilt, transforming into her exclusive weapon, Embers of Karmic Fire. Two divine halos appeared behind Chi Yu, and several alien armors floated around her, adding to her sacred aura, making her seem like a goddess descending to deliver judgment.

Enraged, Chi Yu finally revealed her true colors. Forget about manipulation; all she wanted now was to burn this daredevil to ashes! No, not even ashes!

Chi Yu flew through the air, her stilt-clad legs taking light steps as she traversed air steps toward the ground. The crimson blade rubbed fiercely against the empty space, as if it were burning away the very fabric of space.

The seawater evaporated, revealing a seabed littered with the carcasses of fish and shrimp, and the area was still expanding. The ground cracked, and the active volcano, already on the verge of eruption, suddenly erupted, spreading lava covering the entire land, burning vegetation, and leaving no trace of life, not even bones. The sky, which had been dotted with white clouds, was instantly cleared, a scene of utter cloudlessness.

Having just pulled her body from the seabed, Xing looked at everything before her and couldn't help but shudder. Angry girls are so scary. Suddenly, she understood why Kane was so afraid of her.

Hmm, is something wrong?

Fortunately, he neither retreated nor dodged, storing his physical body in Fourth-Dimensional Pocket and facing Akabane head-on, wielding twin Chi Yu. It must be said, with that kind of appearance, it's a real shame he didn't become the Herrscher of Flame.

Large wisps of black mist drifted out from the unprecedentedly intense flames on Chi Yu's body. It seemed that Plan A was a great success. Now, he just needed to think carefully about how to survive Chi Yu's rampage.

"Human, you are the bravest of all the civilizations I have encountered on this planet, if not the most powerful. Before I burn you to death, tell me your name!"

Chi Yu slowly walked up to the sky in front of Sachi, the tip of his sword pointing directly at Sachi, who was mentally slapping Stardust's butt, and a hint of admiration appeared in his eyes.

To dare to fight her already takes immense courage, but to dare to flirt with her... I, Chi Yu, would call you the bravest!

After all, even her jellyfish-skinned sister doesn't dare to provoke her.

"Um, may I say a few more words?" Seeing that Chi Yu seemed to have regained his senses, he timidly raised his hand and asked.

"Speak, and I will listen carefully to your last words." Chi Yu chuckled, lightly stroking the blade, his fingertips scraping against the weapon and sending sparks flying.

"Actually, it was your sisters who asked me to call you back for dinner. Christmas is coming soon, you know~" Xing took out her phone, pulled up a picture of Brother Jie to cook a big meal, and respectfully handed it to Chi Yu.

"Huh, this is the only level of civilization we've evolved to this? Let me see..." Chi Yu waved her hand, and her phone flew into her hand automatically. Her gaze quickly swept over the phone, and a hint of warmth appeared in her eyes.

Ha, these guys seem to be doing well. I was worried when I woke up that they might be being controlled like me... Wait a minute, what is Haiyi holding?

Chi Yu's expression suddenly darkened, and he crushed the phone with a snap, the flames erupting from his body cleaning up the fragments as he did so.

The four members of Star Sea Wind were still having a snowball fight in the distance.

"Let's go, let's go!" Little Jellyfish excitedly pulled her two older sisters and one younger sister straight back. "I specifically asked that grumpy uncle to make sure we have roasted Chi Yu... no, I mean, turkey today!"

PS: For unknown reasons, Chi Yu Thief hates bird dishes, but he doesn't usually react when he sees someone eating them. However, if you ask him to roast a bird, eat it in front of him, and deliberately call it a dish... if you're not that tough jellyfish, you'd better prepare your own cenotaph.

The spirit form of Xing broke out in a cold sweat. Although spirits don't sweat, what was wrong with this red-grass chicken? I had a strange premonition that I was about to get a beating.

"Human, you're dead!!!"

With a roar, Chi Yu swung his sword forward, unleashing a pillar of flame from the tip of the blade that created a wide-ranging arc that dealt massive fire damage to all enemies within its area.

Flame Storm!

In a furious strike, the poor little island was wiped off the map, leaving only a bare, rocky base on the dried-up seabed as proof that an island once existed there.

Somewhere--

"What?! The volcanic island I just bought, which I planned to develop into a tourist attraction, is suddenly gone?!"

—Those who know, know—

"Holy crap, this girl is so irritable..." Xing managed to dodge the attack by taking off in time, and just as she was feeling the afterglow, a ball of flame rushed toward her. She could vaguely see the figure of Chi Yu in it. Xing didn't dare to take the hit head-on and retreated quickly, but Chi Yu was faster than her.

Chi Yu emerged from the flames and slashed heavily at Sachi, who was in the middle of a downward strike. Sachi immediately raised her twin swords to parry. After a loud bang, the knight's figure shot through the reef like a missile and sank into the seabed. One of her weapons, the Sunglasses Saw Blade, was thrown from her hand and landed on a protruding rock.

"Stop hiding, come out!" Chi Yu roared, and the six alien-shaped armors floating around her detached and flew out, transforming into Floating Cannon that fired wildly at the place where Sachi had disappeared. If you didn't know better, you would think she was going to blow the earth apart.

The knight, wielding his remaining Eye Gun Saber, floated out from the seabed. He swiftly swung his weapon to deflect the incoming beam cannons. As he turned to parry, he slightly relaxed his grip, allowing the handle to rotate in his hand, switching to a reverse grip. As he swung the sword to the side, his free hand swept across the blade, removing half of the blade. A grip automatically popped out from the bottom, activating the Eye Gun Saber dual-wielding mode.

Although the name contains the word "sword," Japanese swords are not distinguished by their names. The initial form of this detachable and transforming weapon is a sturdy greatsword.

Having an extra sword made parrying much easier, but Chi Yu also increased the intensity of his shots. Fortunately, he managed to quickly join the bases of the two swords together during the gaps in his attacks, and the high-speed spinning double-edged swords withstood the dense beam of light.

While managing to maneuver, he didn't become obsessed with defense. While one hand spun the double-edged sword to defend against attacks, his free right hand frantically pulled the driver's grip to accumulate energy for his ultimate move. The ultimate move, which originally only needed to be pulled once, was now pulled countless times.

A bright red magic circle appeared behind the Crimson Knight. Fortunately, he calmed his mind, withstood the attack of the Chi Yu, and forcibly broke through the dense area of light cannons to reach the area below the Chi Yu.

Without the slightest hesitation, he threw his Eye Gun Saber Chi Yu distract her, and at the same time, he leaped into a knight's kick stance and charged towards her.

"Life is an eye-opener!" Boost! Grand Omega Drive!"

The sound effects of the belt, whose performance had been forcibly overdrawn, became frenzied, and a few cracks appeared on the fighting spirit eye placed inside.

Chi Yu caught the rapidly spinning Eye Gun Saber with one hand, and with a gentle squeeze, burned it to ashes. Facing the crimson knight charging towards her, she simply raised her hand, and a barrier of flames appeared in front of her, making intimate contact with the soles of Sachi's feet.

"Drink up!"

Fortunately, he desperately mustered all his energy, and the magic array behind him burst forth with a dazzling red light, all of which was poured into this attack.

In stark contrast to Sachi's all-out effort, Chi Yu was nonchalant. She glanced at the knight who was exerting more and more force with a half-smile, and tapped the barrier with her jade finger, as if to say, "Put in a little more force, and maybe you can break it?"

Boom!!!

Before Yuki could continue her efforts, Chi Yu raised Ryujin Jakka, and the flames around him instantly condensed on the blade, delivering a side slash that landed directly on the knight.

Boom!!!

The knight's figure flew backward like a deflated balloon, sparks flying from all over his body. Even so, he gritted his teeth and persevered, quickly pulling out the Sunglasses Saw Blade that was right in his flight path. Before he hit the ground, he swiftly took out the Fighting Spirit Eye Soul from his belt, opened the sunglasses-shaped cover on the hilt to reveal two slots for holding Eye Souls, quickly placed the Fighting Spirit Eye Soul into one of them, then closed the cover and pressed the trigger on the hilt to charge up his ultimate attack.

All of the above happened in less than a second.

Just as he expected, Chi Yu, pressing his advantage, attacked instantly, his downward slash filling his entire field of vision.

——Divider——

There are many things that you can only truly understand when you experience them yourself; otherwise, it's useless to hear the person involved tell you a thousand times.

What you learn from books is never enough; you must put it into practice to truly understand.

When a person faces death, their perception of time is stretched infinitely, and their thoughts will come to mind in that instant, with all their life experiences flashing before their eyes like a fleeting glimpse.

My thoughts are a jumbled mess, with random ideas constantly popping into my head, just like this passage.

It has been said that there will always be creatures on earth that dare to face the might of thunder.

After he uttered these words, his friend fulfilled the great wish he had not been able to achieve in his lifetime, and together the two challenged the gods who were obsessed with eternity.

And now—

Chi Yu stared wide-eyed in astonishment at the knight who had actually taken his blow. How could this be? Judging from the attack just now, this guy's strength shouldn't be this great!

The knight held the sword in one hand and pressed the other hand against the blade, desperately trying to block Chi Yu's attack.

Fortunately, he didn't know how he managed to block the attack. The moment their weapons clashed, he only felt a white light before his eyes. After regaining his senses, his body automatically assumed this posture, barely managing to block the blow.

Sizzle!

The two blades clashed and rubbed against each other, sparks falling onto the knight's body and burning craters into his armor. Soon, some oncoming sparks struck his visor, shattering the left side and revealing a bloodshot, bright red eye that stared intently at the Chi Yu, which was now slashing down with increasing force.

I'm sorry, I did say something inappropriate just now, and I apologize for that. But... you've been hitting me for so long, to be honest, I—

Clang!

Under Chi Yu's astonished gaze, Yu let out a low roar, and the power fed back and transmitted from Ryujin Jakka suddenly increased. A pure white "8"-shaped ring appeared behind him, faintly visible, like a pair of invisible wings. At the same time, a transparent eye soul also appeared inside the empty Ghost Drive.

"I'm a little angry too!!!"

Chi Yu felt a numbness in her hand as Ryujin Jakka was lifted high into the air, tracing a graceful arc before falling to the ground. The sword, burning with fury, landed squarely on her body.

"Life opens my eyes! My True Self! Luck Omega Drive!"

With a single, powerful strike, Wei Xin severely injured Chi Yu. The seabed was torn apart by the blow, and Chi Yu himself was sent flying onto the low-lying area of the volcanic island, where he became deeply embedded and remained motionless for a time.

After delivering that slash, Xing collapsed to the ground as if his oil had run out, his armor disintegrated, and the flesh of a child was revealed.

With her body and soul united, Luming, upon waking, felt a deep weariness wash over her. This was not a normal physiological need, but rather an excessive depletion of her soul. However, she knew she could not fall asleep yet.

So, Luming gritted her teeth, took out a toothpick, and stuck it into her fingernail to force herself to stay awake.

She transforms back into Magical Girl, and under the healing magic, her wounds heal rapidly. Meanwhile, Chi Yu makes a new move in the distance.

Dark purple crystals had condensed on her body at some point. With her eyes filled with rage, Chi Yu suddenly raised Ryujin Jakka, and a pillar of fire shot into the sky, as if it were some kind of signal.

Upon seeing this, Luming secretly groaned, glancing at her phone which now displayed "You are not in service area," and gave a wry smile.

Stardust, if you don't come soon, you won't even have a chance to collect my corpse...

The knife came slashing down again, pausing slightly at the moment it touched the Force Field before continuing its downward trajectory. Luming struggled to move her body, hoping to barely dodge it.

Fortunately, the attack missed. But it wasn't that Luming dodged it herself.

Under Luming's bewildered gaze, Chi Yu gasped for breath, tossing aside his weapon and clutching his head in anguish. He muttered to himself, "Why, why is she still a child? Has the same person been fighting me since I awoke? Ha, you must be joking, shorter than Shian... Her life has only just begun. I can't, I can't just take away her rightful future..."

Luming instinctively stepped back. Although according to the script of the anime, she should now go up and check on Chi Yu's condition like a servant, it would be suicide to rashly approach Chi Yu was in an unstable state.

"Aaaaaah!!!" Chi Yu roared to the sky in agony, and the rising pillars of fire became even more intense, emitting an even stronger summoning signal.

Boom!!!

The base of the original volcanic island erupted again, and a huge falcon flew out from it, flapping its enormous wings. After sleeping for countless years, it was finally awakened by its master's summons and vowed to clear away all obstacles for its master.

Gao Icarus, reporting for duty!!!

Why is it this guy...?

Seeing Icarus's Luming expression, her face darkened further, but she still drew the Beast Emperor Sword, her face pale. "Everyone, this time we will face an old friend of yours..."

Before she could finish speaking, the volcano erupted again, and a beautiful firebird flew out from it. Its body was engulfed in flames, and its feathers were as red as fire. It landed beside Chi Yu along with Gao Icarus, like guards, protecting her on the left and right.

Phoenix, the Gao Phoenix, has arrived!

"Ah, it's two of you. You're very strong. You might get injured or even die. If you're afraid... you can pretend you didn't hear my summons. After all, Shian said it himself, didn't he? Don't participate in battles you can't win."

As expected, after she sent the message, she did not connect with the souls of the Power Beast as usual; it was as if the message had sunk into the sea, and no one responded.

Luming smiled with relief. She didn't regret it, after all, the contract had been drafted from the beginning.

She glanced at the Omnitrix on her wrist, which had finished cooling down, and muttered to herself, "I should be able to try a completely Artificial Honkai Eruption. I remember it being quite powerful..."

Just as Luming was preparing for a desperate fight, the earth suddenly trembled. She instinctively turned her head to look behind her, where the Megamorph, GaoRed Lion roared at her in displeasure:

"Roar!!!"

Power Beast Language Translator: Don't underestimate beasts! Who told you we can't beat those two roast chickens? Except for those hibernating, I've called all the brothers I could!

Behind the GaoRed Lion, numerous wormholes opened, and familiar Power Beast rushed out, along with some new faces.

"Everyone..." Luming choked up, tears falling, only then realizing that the jewel inlaid in the center of the Beast Emperor Sword in her hand was filled with different colors and was now emitting an unprecedentedly strong resonance.

So it turns out there was no summons, but everyone followed their own will to help me?

Luming wiped away her tears, but couldn't stop crying. Several fiery breaths came at her. The Gao Gorilla and swung its fist in front of her, punching the powerful breaths aside and creating a large crater!

"Roar!!!" Before three seconds had passed since the handsome man had shown off his power Gao Gorilla had been displaying his might, shouted exaggeratedly and waved his arms, looking extremely distressed.

Power Beast Language Translator: "Damn! It's burning me!"

Pfft~

Seeing this comical scene, Luming burst into laughter through her tears, apologized to the Gao Gorilla in her heart, and then raised the Beast Emperor Sword to give orders to the Power Beast.

"Thank you to everyone who volunteered... Multiple Beast Fusion!"

Author's Note—

The combat skills of the five-dimensional sisters in this book are referenced from the Kirby beast of Station B UP, which has been authorized by the author~

Additionally, Gao Phoenix is Power Beast created by the Silly Loli, belonging to the category of single-transformation, and can also be combined with Gao Icarus, possessing power surpassing that of ordinary Power Beast.