Shaking his head, Gwen put away the terminal in his hand. His aura spilled forth, and a gentle radiance dispersed the dark clouds in the sky:
"You are not Finality. You are Kevin, a warrior bearing the name of salvation.
"And what lies between us is a battle that will decide where this civilization's future will lead."
The light illuminated the gloomy sky beneath the sudden cold wave. Solid ice covered the sea beneath its glow, and neither side yielded, yet they strangely coexisted. Only their intertwined auras had driven away every marine creature.
In Sea Abyss City, the Honkai Energy detection equipment had already maxed out.
"..."
Emerging once more from the flames blooming from Fire of Annihilation, Kevin, already in Mara form, looked at Gwen holding the Spark Gun and spoke his final words—
"No matter the price, humanity will defeat the Honkai!"
Before his words had even faded, the blade wrapped in endless flames slashed at Gwen with resolute intent.
Clang!
With a crisp ring, the Spark Gun's side blade blocked the unstoppable greatsword, preventing it from advancing even an inch.
The next moment, the sea surface, which had become an icy wasteland due to Kevin's unleashed power, no longer retained even a trace of chill. The soaring heat instantly melted the thick ice.
The vapor that should have risen to blanket the sea was also completely dispersed by the increasingly powerful radiance.
Neither side chose to keep probing at this point. Instead, they tacitly raised the stakes together. The terrifying figures represented by the phenomena between heaven and earth made everyone watching this battle turn pale.
Finally, just as the underwater Sea Abyss City showed faint signs of melting, the clashing red and blue lights spun into the sky.
Turning every piece of space debris along