Volume Five: Return from the Other Shore - Breaking the God's Two Wings (Part 2)

"Soul Chisel!"

After the purple lightning that had been raging around her body exploded again, it receded back into her body. In that instant Xiao Wu seemed to return to normal. This was an extreme stillness, where all power was contained and contained, like the sky before a storm.

"Extreme Night Style II - A Thousand Strikes in an Instant!"

In that instant—about 0.36 seconds— Xiao Wu, poised to strike the monster's lotus-like face, blurred, like hundreds or thousands of film reels stacked together.

The sound of the wind generated by each thousand punches overlapped, creating a piercing shriek. If someone happened to be nearby, their eardrums would surely burst.

Mixed in with the crackling sounds were the sounds of bones breaking and then healing, sounds that even Xiao Wu's own arm couldn't withstand.

"Chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp!!!!???"

Finally, there was the monster's howl, and a disgusting dark blue liquid splattered on its face, as if paint had been splashed all over it.

A thousand strikes in an instant, just as its name suggests. In that instant, a flurry of punches, beyond description, rained down on the lotus-shaped face, all aimed at the eyes in the holes of its face! A full thousand heavy blows, each one containing the destructive Demonic Power, each punch truly hitting its target! All the eyeballs on that repulsive lotus-shaped face exploded, not a single one remaining!

But Xiao Wu didn't stop! Despite the burden of delivering a thousand punches in an instant and the excruciating pain of Extreme Mode simultaneously ravaging her arm, she showed no intention of halting her pursuit! Her other hand went straight for the heart of the matter, piercing through the sticky slurry and directly plunging into the twisted crack on the monster's face—its mouth!

(It can work!)

Another major weakness of the monster is its intolerance to pain. Having been born for only ten minutes, it is no different from an infant in its internal structure and is extremely sensitive to pain! Although "Order" can drive it to launch wave after wave of powerful attacks, it cannot control its physical instincts. Therefore, as long as its body can be severely damaged in a short period of time, even if it can heal quickly, the intense pain can still interfere with its mobility for a short time!

(This is the biggest gap it has shown so far! If we can grab onto it--)

The lightning patterns on the rest of his body dimmed, but the hand inserted into the monster's mouth still shone with purple light.

All his strength was concentrated in his hand, and he unleashed this single strike—

"--Smash your head!!! Extreme Night Flow Style One - Devouring Blast!!!!"

Twenty-three left.

Haoyue's legs and one arm have begun to regenerate and are otherwise fine.

At this moment, a sky full of stars was above her, and the gray-yellow earth was beneath her.

Her location was, of course, on the moon. Staying in Gloria would be far too dangerous; she could easily get caught up in the battle between Xiao Wu and the monsters and be turned into mush.

An extremely bright rune floated on her forehead, with strands of extremely pure moonlight constantly flowing into it.

(Okay... almost there, almost done in a few more seconds, but...)

This attack was powerful enough to destroy the entire Gloria, but to kill the monster, it had to hit it head-on; the aftershocks alone would not be enough.

One can only pray that by the time she launches her attack, Xiao Wu has already rendered the monster almost immobile.

(Xiao Wu...)

The moment she thought of that name, a strange sense of unease rose in her heart, a mixture of 80% nausea and 20% warmth.

(Suddenly calling me by my first name... I really can't underestimate this guy. He claims to be straight but goes around trying to seduce innocent girls. Tsk tsk, if he thinks he can get along with me this way, he's too naive. In Xiao Ye's words, he's just naive!)

Thinking of this, Haoyue narrowed her eyes and looked at the golden light screen in front of her.

The image above shows Xiao Wu and the monster in the distance.

She witnessed Xiao Wu shoving her hand into the monster's mouth, and the monster's head exploding the next instant.

"Wait, wait, wait, no way? She was only told to stall for time and she was wiped out? In Xiao Ye's words, it's like... a cheat code!?"

It can't be that simple, can it?

However... judging from how Xiao Wu held her knee and gasped for breath after delivering that attack, and how the purple lightning around her body weakened, it was clear that the burden she was under was unimaginably heavy.

"One minute can shorten one's lifespan by ten years...? She's really suffered... huh!?"

Haoyue suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Before Xiao Wu, who was temporarily in a slump, lay the headless corpse of a monster.

But the body did not fall down.

"Xiao Wu --!!!!"

She opened her mouth and roared, but there was no air on the golden moon, so even Xiao Wu, who was on the Spirit Star, couldn't hear her.

The headless monster suddenly moved, its wings shimmering with holy light slapping directly at Xiao Wu's unsuspecting body.

"Cough--"

The sudden sensation of foreign objects in her chest and abdomen stunned Xiao Wu.

The tip of the feathers, covered with countless eyeballs, pierced her body. The moment her muscles were torn apart, a surge of violent holy light rushed in, like countless bloodthirsty ants crawling and tearing at her internal organs!

The monster's body twisted grotesquely, its eyes blinking as if mocking Xiao Wu's exhaustion and underestimation of her opponent in the final moments. On its bare shoulder, the severed head spewed out streams of viscous fluid, but it seemed to be unharmed.

(It can still move!? It hasn't even grown a head... or is a 'head' not even a necessity for it?)

Damn it!!!!

Xiao Wu gritted her teeth, her previously waning strength igniting once more. The lightning patterns on her arms shone brightly as she gripped the tips of the wings and exerted force—

Boom!!!

The monster gave her no chance to escape! The pulsating energy flowed through her body via her wings, making her originally extremely enhanced body as limp as a boneless eel! She struggled to throw a punch at the monster's chest, but before she could even touch her arm, it was snapped in two by the monster's single hand, while its other hand suddenly reached out towards Xiao Wu, covering her face from the front!

"Gurgle... Ugh... Mmm...!"

Xiao Wu tried to shake her head to break free, but the monster's hand gripped her face like a suction cup. The monster's body trembled slightly; although it couldn't make any strange cries without its head, the disgusting trembling sounded like a maniacal laugh of joy. Suddenly, the hand exerted upward force, and Xiao Wu's body stiffened, her neck emitting a strange crackling sound!

"Ugh... Guh...!!!"

(It was thinking, "Should I rip off my head? As revenge?")

The side effects of the Soul-Piercing Technique—"temporary loss of self-healing ability"—still lingered, preventing her from immediately recovering and breaking free! The strange hand pulled her head upwards like pulling a cork, the groans from her cervical spine growing louder and louder, even stretching the skin of her neck—

"Don't touch Xiao Wu!!!"

Clang--!!!

The sound of a blade slicing down, a sticky sound, the sound of something falling—the strange hand covering Xiao Wu's face finally released its grip. She groaned, letting the outside light fill her vision.

Half of the monster's arm flew off.

What severed it was a snake-belly sword, its shape reminiscent of a spine, crawling with blood vessels and nerves.

At the other end of the sword was the gray-haired girl who had finally arrived.

Without saying a word, she grabbed Xiao Wu and pushed herself to the limit to get away from the monster!

"Sin Annihilation!?"

"Offering a heart—a feathered serpent egg!"

With her claw-like hands, Zimei ripped open the chest and forcefully pulled out the still-beating heart! The heart turned a vibrant light green the instant it left the body, with veins like plant vines spreading across its surface, radiating vitality! Sin Annihilation the blood splattering everywhere, she forcefully shoved it into Xiao Wu—

"Xiao Wu! Eat this, quick!!!"

Xiao Wu instinctively caught the green heart, its powerful pulse coursing through her palm into her body. This sudden turn of events stunned her; no matter how you looked at it, having to devour this girl's heart was simply too much...

"Believe me! It's too late!"

"--Tsk! Ah, I get it!!!"

Xiao Wu a snap decision, stuffed the entire heart into her mouth, chewed it haphazardly a few times, and swallowed it whole!

"Huh--Ooh!?"

The next instant, a surge of energy exploded in her abdomen, like a new seedling in early spring, full of vitality! Her body, which had just been overdrawn, regained its energy, and the previous fatigue and weakness vanished as if deceiving her, even the extreme pain brought on by the extreme mode was suppressed!

"Wow, amazing... You can actually do something like that? -- Wait a minute!"

Without saying much, Sin Annihilation threw herself into Xiao Wu's arms.

The moment it touched Xiao Wu's skin, Sin Annihilation Destroyed itself into countless cellular filaments, stretching each cell into an extremely fine needle.

--Then it penetrated through the skin and entered Xiao Wu's body.

"Hello... hello?"

That's too surreal.

Xiao Wu's brain almost completely shut down.

A vague, foreign sensation filled my body, but it wasn't uncomfortable; instead, it felt warm and fulfilling.

The foreigner's cells merged into her body, with extremely fine cells forming threads that interwoven between her own cells, a perfect fit, a perfect coexistence, without even the slightest rejection reaction.

Before she could feel confused, the feeling of "becoming stronger" sent a jolt through Xiao Wu; she had never experienced such a powerful feeling before!

"Saki... Xiao Wu... can you hear me...?"

"Sin Annihilation!?"

A soft, girlish voice rang in her mind, startling Xiao Wu.

"What's going on? You—"

"Just think of this as some kind of enhancement equipment! Compared to that, time! Only fourteen seconds left!"

"Depend on!!!"

Xiao Wu kicked through the air, turning to face the pursuing monster. With just that simple movement, the shockwave leveled hundreds of houses! The purple lightning around her had never been so dazzling, the purple lightning patterns flowing merrily, every cell releasing its full power!

Maybe--

This state--

It really can--

"Let's go, Xiao Wu, together!!!"

"No need for you to tell me!!! Extreme mode, full power!!!!!!"

Lightning condensed into plasma, radiating from her entire body, converting all energy into extreme speed! On the other side, a monster whose head and arms had already regenerated let out a piercing roar. For the first time, it landed completely on the ground, its wings growing to a thousand meters long, each flap unleashing a violent hurricane! The holy light radiating from its entire body condensed to its extreme, transforming into torrents of light flowing through the earth and sky, causing the entire space to groan in unbearable agony!

"Liberation speech: 'Shatter, O Void!'"

The holy light, condensed into liquid, all coalesced, and with a thunderous roar resounding throughout heaven and earth, it coalesced into a giant hand of light hundreds of kilometers wide under the gaze of countless eyes that stretched from wings into the void!

"Second Super Divine Spell, Sovereign's Grasp!"

This is the monster's strongest skill.

At the same time, aside from the first Super Divine Spell, Divine Descent, which serves as the switch for the final defense mechanism, this is the strongest Super Divine Spell born in the 1,500-year history of the Divine Law Cult.

And Xiao Wu--

"Li Bai Si Shi - Separation of Light and Shadow!"

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God and TM unite!

Ye Jiang: I admit defeat 66666

Yue-chan: Ee-ya~~~~hentai~~~~ (Dull pronunciation)

Sin Annihilation: I... entered Xiao Wu's body... (shy emoji)

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Xiao Wu: Don't use such misleading language! You bunch of lesbians are really something else!