Volume Three: The Academy's Rampage - Chapter 209: Black Wings' Pursuer (Six)

A few minutes ago--

Rumble rumble rumble rumble!!!!!!

Brilliant Blood Flame exploded continuously in the air, blocking the falling black feathers. Between the clashes of red and black, streaks of light, some orange-yellow, some silver-white, darted through, bypassing the Blood Flame and black feathers, soaring upwards—

Ding!!!

Just as the light was about to reach its zenith, countless tiny black feathers enveloped it, causing it to perish along with the light.

"Oh dear, what an impenetrable defense!"

"This can't go on forever..."

I focused all my attention on defending against the Black Feathers' relentless bombardment, while Haoyue took the opportunity to attack the Black Crystal itself. As a result, I was already exhausted just defending against all the Black Feathers, and Haoyue's attacks were barely able to reach them.

A superpower that combines offense and defense.

However, the relentless bombardment from the Black Crystal above showed no signs of abating; on the contrary, it intensified. Didn't she get tired? Her Black Wings had expanded to nearly twice their original size, and the bombardment range had increased exponentially!

"This isn't good, and this constant ranged attack and defense is getting boring." Haoyue manipulated runes to launch agile ranged attacks, though they had no real effect.

"Then what should we do?"

"I'll create an opening, then you can use that opportunity to close the distance and finish them off in one go!"

"Learn!"

Haoyue stomped her foot, and instantly, dazzling light gathered beneath her feet—three orange rings, three silver rings, and then beyond that—

The dazzling golden light drew a beautiful circle, and the concentrated moonlight, like flowing liquid gold, drew three extremely complex and obscure runes within the golden halo.

"Golden Moon--"

The first golden rune floated up gently, scattering into dozens of small fragments that adhered to the longsword Snow Moon.

"--Moon Wheel Spear!"

With a wave of Snow Moon's hand, the rune fragments instantly transformed into dozens of golden spears, aimed at the Black Crystal at the center of the Black Wings.

"Emission!"

Then, I didn't even feel the time difference at all.

It happened completely simultaneously; the golden Light Gun disappeared from my sight the instant the dazzling golden light illuminated the sky.

Countless black feathers exploded in the golden light, turning into ashes and disappearing. At the same time, four holes were opened in the Black Crystal.

Three holes appeared near the base of the wings, three small holes emitting golden light on the jet-black feathers.

There was another one, cut on the Black Crystal foot; even from this distance, you could see blood streaming down the trouser leg.

When did we arrive? Even with my fast reaction time, I didn't notice.

That's too fast.

Black Crystal was probably taken aback; for a moment, her fierce attack stopped.

"How could the fastest attack be blocked from a vital point? This is impressive!"

Taking advantage of that instant, Haoyue unleashed her true killing move.

"The Profound Meaning of the Silver Moon - Silver Moon: Scattered White Moon!!!"

That instant--

The world has turned colorless.

A mere few seconds' gap.

Light and shadow shift, black and white are reversed.

Only the illusory moon that rises from the void illuminates everything.

It's as if the world itself has transformed into a cocoon.

Or perhaps the world was frozen by thin, silvery ice.

Then, everything became riddled with cracks.

In the silence, the world of contrasting colors shatters...

Click!!!

I woke up to the sound of shattering glass.

Looking up,

The sky full of black feathers has disappeared.

It crumbled and disappeared along with the shattering of the inverted color world.

And those enormous wings—

I was dumbfounded.

It shattered.

The enormous wings, which were originally three or four hundred meters long, are now less than ten meters long.

The cross-section of the wing showed cracks resembling shards of glass.

For the first time, Black Crystal showed signs of pain; she writhed in the air, new feathers sprouting from the broken ends, slowly repairing her wings...

Beside me, Haoyue was leaning on her sword, panting heavily.

"Huff... huff... hurry up, Xiao Ye, let's go!"

"Uh-- Ah, okay!"

Void Greatsword! Reinforced Skeleton! Thermal Drive!

I kicked off my shoes with force, and a large amount of blood gushed from the soles of my feet. A small explosion occurred the moment it touched the air, and I used the force of the explosion to propel myself into the sky, using Flame Step to rapidly approach the Black Crystal! The Void Greatsword shimmered with crystalline light, and an incomparably sharp band of light slashed towards the still-recovering Black Crystal—

"Black Feather Sword!"

Clang!!!!

Several extremely long feathers shot out from the broken surface, sweeping towards me like swords and colliding fiercely with the crystalline light! Upon impact, my crystalline light instantly vanished, and her black feather sword shattered! I dared not be careless. Although Haoyue's ultimate move, which was like a screen-clearing attack, had wiped out the countless black feathers and most of the Black Wings, it hadn't directly damaged the Black Crystal itself...

Several blood bubbles surrounded me, arranged in a hexagonal pattern, tightly locking the Black Crystal in place!

"Fire Surge - Pillar of Fire!"

Six dazzling pillars of fire shot into the sky, like greedy beasts engulfing the Black Crystal! But the next second, a huge black cocoon broke through the encirclement of the fire pillars—it was the Black Crystal! She wrapped herself completely with her wings, and the fire pillars could not burn through her defenses!

"Blood Crystal Barrier - Thorns!!"

The sharp, thorny blood crystals exploded in the air, tearing through the air as they chased after the Black Crystal! The thorns surrounded her, and the moment they touched the Black Wings, countless Crystal Spike pierced her!

However--

"Break!"

The Black Wings suddenly unfurled, unleashing an extremely surging wave of air. Countless small black feathers burst forth, forcefully breaking through the encirclement of thorns!

"Impressive, you guys... are stronger than I imagined."

But.

For the first time, she adopted a fighting stance.

Actually, I prefer close combat--

Wow!!!

In an instant, that eerie white mask was right in front of me!

"A thousand needles!"

" --Flame Wings!!!!!"

At the critical moment, the wing-shaped Blood Flame propelled me to the side, narrowly avoiding the torrent of thousands of tiny black feathers! Hearing the sound of the air being torn apart, I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine—if I had been hit head-on by this seemingly simple move, even with the protection of the blood crystal, I would have been riddled with holes!

Her attacks grew increasingly fierce. Several enormous black feathers formed a two-meter-long Greatsword that slashed down heavily, a blow that even the Void Greatsword could not easily destroy! A large amount of blood crystals and Blood Flame enveloped the Void Greatsword, making its already massive blade even larger! The red and black Greatsword collided head-on, and the intense wind pressure could be clearly felt even by those on the ground!

After the attack, we immediately separated. My hand was slightly numb, and the black feather Greatsword opposite me had shattered. Just as I was about to give chase, the Black Wings behind her released a scattering of giant black feathers! At such close range, the destructive power of this kinetic weapon was immeasurable. I immediately activated my Flame Wings to the maximum!

"--Ooh!"

Ultimately, I was a bit too slow. The explosive shockwave tore a large chunk of flesh from my shoulder. I quickly increased the power of my Blood Flame eruption, creating distance between myself and her as fast as I could.

"Giant Blood Hammer!!!"

I roared, blood gushing from my body, and the spiritual energy in the air was continuously absorbed into my body and transformed into new blood! A giant blood mass, tens of cubic meters in size, transformed into a raging, burning fist, scorching the void, stirring the air, and blasting towards the approaching Black Crystal!

There's no way she can escape! Even if we can't kill her, we can at least cripple half of her wings.

I was too excited during the life-or-death struggle.

Or rather, their attention was so drawn to the Black Crystal in front of them that they barely noticed their surroundings—especially the situation above their heads.

In that instant, the Black Crystal's icy voice reached my ears.

"... arrive."

What's here?

At the same time, I seemed to hear Haoyue screaming below.

What exactly happened?

The answer lies in the sky.

It's probably due to an overproduction of adrenaline; although my physical reactions are normal, my thinking has become much faster.

My first thought about the rapidly expanding black object in my field of vision was that it was a meteorite, but then again, it wasn't.

I remembered the military magazines I read when I was on Earth.

Orbital kinetic energy weapon.

Similar to a satellite, it usually waits in orbit around the Earth and can launch giant tungsten bars or similar objects from hundreds of kilometers away to carry out high-precision, high-penetration, and high-destructive bombing when needed.

This thing in front of us undoubtedly belongs to this category.

It was probably arranged beforehand by the Black Crystal.

Launch massive, heavy black feathers into space, positioning them outside the atmosphere of the Spirit Star to await orders. When needed, control their descent to penetrate the atmosphere and strike ground targets.

Those moves were downright childish.

It's so exaggerated that it completely lacks any sense of reality.

This must be fake.

But that sword-shaped object engulfed in flames mercilessly shattered my last glimmer of hope.

The world has become a place of suffering.

The world is beautiful.

The white cathedral gleamed.

The devout people prostrated themselves in worship.

Warm sunshine shines upon the world.

Birds soar in the sky.

Everything was so blissful.

But this happiness is an illusion.

God does not exist.

The Goddess is merely a tool.

The Saintess is just an empty shell.

Everything is based on falsehood.

Look, these scarlet runes.

How ferocious, how insane, how brutal.

It climbs all over churches, all over the earth, all over the sky.

The church was covered in bloodstains, Blood Rain rained down on the earth, and crimson filled the sky.

The Rakshasa's mantra points directly to the essence of life.

That is the bloodlust and violence hidden deep within every soul.

Reason was replaced by instinct.

Gentleness has been replaced by ferocity.

Beauty has been replaced by grotesqueness.

Humans have been replaced by monsters.

"Ha... Hiss..."

The container was not strong enough to contain the power of the Divine Item.

"Ahhh... Ahhhh..."

Therefore, its contents overflowed.

"Hahaha... Hahahaha..."

The overwhelming, malevolent aura broke through all obstacles and seized control of the body.

"Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Worm-like crimson runes filled the field of vision, the surging power mutated the body, and extreme madness drove away the last shred of reason.

"Ouch!"

"What's this--"

Black Crystal had not anticipated this sudden change at all.

"Xiao Ye! Damn it, not again..."

Haoyue recalled everything that had happened in the capital and clenched her fists.

On the shattered land,

A monster has appeared.