The Advancing Angels

"What—what is that...?"

"Gaf's Gate! He's become a god!"

"Incredible... Is this the Pioneer he was talking about...?"

Gendo Ikari and Fuyutsuki, who knew the truth, watched the black halos continuously spreading in rings above Tao Yu's head. They felt the pull emanating from them, along with the surging, invisible pressure.

Their hearts were filled with shock.

In their eyes, even the original Human Instrumentality Project, in which humanity ultimately became divine through Evangelion Unit-01, would have been no more than this!

And yet here was someone standing shoulder to shoulder with the gods in a human body!

Light flashed across Gendo Ikari's glasses. He raised a hand to adjust them.

"What made us think he was still human...?"

"Indeed..."

Beside him, Fuyutsuki sighed and nodded.

Still, it was a good thing. The more incredible the other party's abilities, the more valuable his promise became!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

As soon as Tao Yu took hold of the Spear of Longinus,

the thirteen imitation Spears of Longinus simultaneously broke free of the Evangelion Mass Production Models and flew backward, all coming to hover beside him as though drawn by a shared resonance and summoned to his side!

Apart from their different colors, they were identical in appearance to the original.

Spear of Longinus, Replica: A counterfeit, but one that possesses some of the original's functions.

"Not bad..."

Tao Yu curled his fingers slightly. The next moment, the thirteen black replicas in the sky each found their original owner and pierced them in an instant!

The Evangelion Mass Production Models, each dozens of meters tall, were pierced in an instant. The sight was utterly staggering.

Earlier, when Evangelion Unit-00 and Evangelion Unit-02 fought the Mass Production Models, the battle had been spectacular, but it was still just a clash between giant beings.

But