Volume Five: Return from the Other Shore - Breaking the God's Two Wings (Part One)

A giant Lycoris radiata bloomed brilliantly before the Pope and Little Ying.

The moment it blooms, its life comes to an end.

As if to play a dirge for it, the raging Fierce Flame exploded in the sky, turning into waves of light and fire that spread in all directions!

"Xiao Ye!? Wait--Eee ..."

The sudden increase in temperature caused Little Ying to scream. She no longer cared about the lightning balls around her and desperately squeezed out her remaining power to create an insulated bubble to hide inside!

And the Pope, located two hundred meters above her—

"Huh? What is this?--Wait!!!!"

The Fierce Flame are merciless and indiscriminate.

Anything that touches it will be completely destroyed, leaving not a single trace.

Not to mention that its owner never imagined that the ultimate move he unleashed in his desperate attempt to break free from the control of the lady's "Song of Remembering the Past" would so directly affect the outcome of another battle.

Although the exploding giant Lycoris radiata was extremely powerful and had a terrifying range, it ultimately exploded more than 400 meters in the air. Its owner did not intend to completely destroy the Cathedral of the True God, so a few places at lower levels were spared and were only affected by the heat wave.

For example, where Little Ying is.

As for high places, especially in the air—

"Wait wait wait wait wait ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

A dazzling display of Blood Flame swept past.

Before the unlucky fellow could even flap his Thunder Wings and fly away, he was swept up in it.

Then it was completely swallowed up, turning into many things much smaller than ashes without even struggling, and disappearing from the world forever.

"Huh...?"

Fortunately, Little Ying was not affected by the Blood Flame tide and was hiding in the heat insulation bubble, staring blankly at the most dazzling Fireworks in the world, and the spot where the Pope had been just seconds before.

Blinking eyes.

Then it suddenly dawned on me!

"Yes, yes! That's exactly right! Actually, I knew Xiao Ye would suddenly unleash a powerful move! Everything was planned, hahaha! As expected of me, a beautiful victory!!!"

Well...

"Luck is undoubtedly a very important factor, but even so, luck is by no means everything."

That being said, well...

The reverse is also true, right?

"While luck isn't everything, it often becomes the key to victory or defeat"... What was that saying?

"Gurgle... Ugh..."

On a balcony in a certain city, a man groaned, his limp body no longer convulsing. He exhaled one last breath, and then fell silent forever.

This was the first middle-aged civilian to die.

Then, hundreds of kilometers away by the roadside, a woman's eyes gradually lost their luster, her heart beat its last with all its might, and her bloodless lips trembled as she exhaled her final breath.

This was the first middle-aged female civilian to die.

Starting from this point, not only children under seven and the elderly over seventy, but also teenagers, young adults, middle-aged people in between began to die.

His time is up.

Fifty seconds remain before everything is beyond repair.

Gloria City.

One-third of them were shattered by the initial Cross Boundary Monument Great Burial, and then they were baptized by the Myriad Wheel Heavenly Light World-Piercing Holy Spear and the Holy Flame Feather Robe. More than half of them have been completely reduced to ashes.

The remaining, less than half, intact part of the city was also lost.

"Roar ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

"Gurgle gurgle gurgle gurgle gurgle gurgle gurgle gurgle!!!!"

The monster's deformed claws and Xiao Wu's transformed, crystalline purple fists clashed head-on. The sheer explosion from the collision shattered the still intact land for kilometers around! The monstrous, blue claws pulverized with a meat-grinding sound, while the purple fist exploded into a cloud of Blood Mist. But in the next instant, a moment that couldn't even be described as a blink, both sides simultaneously healed! The knee, covered in lightning patterns, slammed into the monster's abdomen, sending it flying several kilometers away with a burst of purple lightning. As it flew backward, it flapped its wings, the countless eyes on them radiating a scorching rain of light!

"A trivial skill!"

Xiao Wu roared as she charged towards the rain of light. Without dodging or even defending, the purple lightning emanating from her roar shattered the rain of light! With each step she took, her sprinting body carved spiderweb-like cracks into the ground. Her speed was so great that it gave people the illusion that the distance on the ground shrank to zero beneath her feet!

The monster's eyes darted wildly, their color changing from silvery-white to a blinding crimson. Thin streaks of blood appeared on its shimmering blue body. Although it lacked reason, its biological instincts still drove it into a ferocious state! The cold, mechanical voice emanating from its wings became cacophonous, no longer clear, yet carrying a strange sense of danger!

"Shh... the words of liberation... 'All spirits, charge for me,' the Temple—"

"Shut up!!!!"

Before the fourth Super Divine Spell Holy Temple Heavenly Punishment Army could even activate, the lightning meteor had already slammed into it! The purple lightning transformed into a broad waterfall of light, and together with the violent impact, it turned the entire area into a sea of plasma. The monster screamed as it flew out of the sea of purple lightning, and in the next instant, Xiao Wu's heavy fist slammed into its face! The monster's wings exploded, spewing out thousands upon thousands of feathers, each with a bloodshot, scarlet eyeball containing the power to pulverize everything solid!

The Gun Blade appeared abruptly in Xiao Wu's hand. Without needing to draw energy from the space, simply filling it with Xiao Wu's own Demonic Power made its power earth-shattering! The scattered rainbow light met the incoming feathers head-on, completely crushing them with a deafening roar!

"Chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp!!!!"

The berserk monster roared, plunging its wings into the ground to steady itself. A burst of holy light completely cleansed the sea of purple lightning that filled the field of vision. Its twisted body caused Xiao Wu's next attack to miss, and a whistling, deformed claw slammed heavily into Xiao Wu cheek! With a piercing sound of bones cracking, Xiao Wu's cheekbone was shattered, but she completely ignored the pain, using her broken cheek to push the monster's claw back! The lightning filling her eyes overflowed with terrifying killing intent, as if the air itself was freezing!

"You—you—behave yourself!!!!"

Her left hand, wreathed in purple lightning, gripped the monster's arm tightly, her sharp fingertips sinking deep into its tough skin. This powerful defense was now completely useless; under Xiao Wu's tight grip, even the muscles in her arm twisted and deformed!

The monster's eyes emitted a blinding crimson light, and a holy light mixed with the stench of blood was about to strike Xiao Wu at point-blank range. But with a swift movement of her right hand, holding the Gun Blade, she plunged the sharp tip into the monster's chin and pulled the trigger! At the same time, her left hand, compressed to its limit, pulled in the opposite direction with all her might—

"Jiahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Two opposing forces acted simultaneously, accompanied by a sound like a cork being ejected from a bottle, as Xiao Wu ripped the monster's right arm off! The fibrous strands between the muscles twitched helplessly in the scorching air, and a bright blue liquid spurted from the severed arm, splashing dozens of meters away! The monster itself flew backward, its jaw ripped open by the Gun Blade, and its shrill scream was deafening!

Xiao Wu casually tossed aside the still-twisting arm and sheathed her Gun Blade. The sudden burst of such immense power had placed a tremendous burden on her. Her vision shifted back and forth between the crimson of blood and the bright purple of lightning. Her internal organs were churning, and a strong sense of discomfort was frantically assaulting her exhausted mind, as if she would lose consciousness forever at any moment!

"Gurgle... cough... cough... damn it... hang in there, me!"

At this moment, Xiao Wu's entire body was covered in dazzling yet ferocious purple lightning patterns. The pupils and whites of her eyes had turned completely dark purple, and even her hair seemed to have transformed into countless fine purple electric currents. This was Xiao Wu's strongest form! In one breath, she pushed everything she had to the highest limit she could reach, squeezing out her life force as fuel to power her body, and using her pure and powerful willpower to command her body and energy!

Even if all of this comes at the cost of losing ten years of life for every minute that passes.

Even so, they endured unimaginable pain, both physically and mentally.

Even if one's will relaxes even slightly, the body will be destroyed by excessive force.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

If we can't even protect hard-won friendships, if we can't even prevent such a crisis—

"--This worthless life is better off gone!!!!"

We cannot give up, we cannot stop, we cannot catch our breath, we cannot be afraid, we cannot back down, we cannot stagnate, we cannot rest, and we cannot give it a chance to launch a continuous counterattack! We must inflict as much damage as possible on it in this pitiful little less than a minute!

Next up!!!

Purple lightning erupted beneath her feet, propelling her body towards the monster at several times the speed of sound. Everything around her was obliterated in the shockwave and blast wave, while the monster opposite her—

"Urgent--Corrective-- Ascetic Thorns Bind!"

A vast swarm of thorny vines pressed down on Xiao Wu, illuminating the earth with a yellowish-green halo. Everything was covered by the divinely punished thorns! But Xiao Wu accelerated towards the thorn wave, rushing in through several larger gaps. The howling purple lightning even blasted away the thorns! The closer she got to the monster, the denser the thorns became. Even after shaking off the thinner thorns, countless thick ones would wrap around her! Peeling, tearing, slicing—wave after wave of thorns were repelled by Xiao Wu, but the onslaught seemed endless!

When Xiao Wu entire body was almost covered in thorns. Sharp thorns pierced every inch of her skin, injecting pain and stripping her of her freedom!

"Chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp!!!"

The monster let out a joyful cry. At that moment, its left arm was almost fully regenerated, and both hands simultaneously sprouted incredibly sharp claws, aiming for Xiao Wu's chest.

"Shut up!!!!!"

A heavy punch landed on its lotus-like face! Accompanied by a sound like a balloon bursting, one of its many eyes was directly blasted apart! Dark blue liquid splattered, and the monster, in pain, was about to retreat when the next punch was aimed at its next eye! Its arms, crackling with electricity, forcefully broke through the dense thorns, its forward-moving torso and legs tearing the Ascetic Thorns Bind as well. The pain inflicted by the thorny bondage was intense, but far less than what Xiao Wu endured in Extreme Mode!

"First, ruin your eyesight!"

Half a minute left!

Even if it costs me my life, I must suppress this bastard in the last half minute!!!

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Wu Ye is awesome! You're the next Super Saiyan God!

Ye Jiang: What about me? Do I have to wait until they team up and kill this incredibly tasteless monster before I can even show up? Am I just going to be stuck there, stupidly disconnected?

Author's Note: Since we're both bored anyway, you two should take this opportunity to deepen your relationship.

Madam: Hehehe~ As expected, the author understands me well! Come on, Heir of Warrenstein, let's deepen our bond!

Ye Jiang:... If you want to [beep--] with me, enduring Blood Tentacle pouring blood from [beep--] to [beep--] is just the beginning, okay?

Madam: So

Easy, right? Wait, what did you say? Wait, wait, wait, wait!!! Hey--

The next chapter is an ecological masterpiece, "The Hell of Massive Touch: The Miserable Widow with Huge Breasts"... Just kidding.