Moon World Girlfriend Comes Knocking

The clarity and purity in those eyes now held a beast-like coldness.

"!~＃￥＃@%￥"

Cheers erupted from the Lahmu beside him. They rejoiced in Mother's awakening, seemingly oblivious to the fact that the Sea of Life, which had been continuously expanding, had now slowly receded.

"Mother…?" Lan Ze called out tentatively.

Tiamat merely cast a cold glance at him before raising her right hand.

Amidst their joyous cheers, the celebrating Lahmu burst like dreamlike bubbles, popping with the slightest touch.

In the next moment, the Lahmu vanished one after another, like dominoes falling.

As the Lahmu scattered into the air like dark particles, Tiamat's gaze returned to Lan Ze, her cold eyes fixed directly on him.

Frankly, being stared at by such beast-like eyes could easily instill fear; it stemmed from an innate human dread.

But Lan Ze gazed at her calmly. After a brief moment of eye contact, Tiamat let out a soft "Aaa."

Lan Ze finally relaxed at that instant.

Although Tiamat's appearance had not fully recovered, it was clear that her rationality was now in control.

"Welcome back, Mother," Lan Ze said softly.

Tiamat remained silent. After staring at Lan Ze for a long time, the coldness in her eyes finally began to melt away.

Then, she slowly brought her lips closer, pressing the young man's body onto the ground covered in flowers. Her soft curves shifted slightly under the pressure as she greedily took his kiss, as if she never wanted to let go.

Just then, a presumptuous, indifferent laugh echoed from high above. "What's wrong? Two gods, plus a few Heroic Spirits, and this is all you've got?"

The King of Magecraft, or rather, the First Beast Goetia wearing the King of Magecraft's guise, floated in mid-air. Before him were several goddesses locked in fierce battle, along with Gilgamesh, who had just been resurrected from the Underworld by the Goddess of the Underworld.

Goetia raised his right hand, his gaze sharp as he looked at them, laughing indifferently. "I had planned to wait for you in the temple, but now… I'll play with you for a while."

"Now, I'll show you the true power of Solomon!"

As his words fell, faint dark golden orbs began to shimmer in his hands.

The expressions of those opposite Goetia were extremely grim. They stared intently at the man, the culprit who had steered the situation into such a dire state.

Not only was Goetia's magecraft incredibly troublesome, but the several Demon God Pillars that had emerged from the ground at this moment also put immense pressure on them.

Merlin had entered the Sea of Life to help Lan Ze. Their own magical power had been depleted to varying degrees while trying to assist Lan Ze. Gilgamesh had suffered the most, having already died once and then returned from the Underworld.

Ishtar, riding Ma'anna, kept her eyes fixed on Goetia, gasping for breath.

Goetia swung the dark golden orb in his hand towards Ishtar. This Heavenly Goddess's ability to provide constant aerial support was somewhat troublesome for him at the moment.

If he dealt with her first, the others would be easy.

Ishtar endured the pain and urged Ma'anna to retreat, but Goetia grinned, revealing a cold smile.

"Trying to run?"

"I said it before, this time I will let all of you see the true power of the King of Magecraft!"

He raised both hands, and two more dark golden orbs appeared, floating in mid-air and slowly coalescing.

Goetia raised his hands and hurled the orbs fiercely.

He intended to utterly destroy Ishtar with this strike!

The dark golden orbs, carrying a terrifying aura, descended. Thunderclouds rolled in the sky. Compared to Tiamat, he seemed to be the true boss!

Ishtar's face was grim. Looking at the sky, which seemed to have its very space distorted, she had nowhere left to retreat. The surrounding space had been sealed by Goetia's Magic Barrier. Even if she could forcibly break through, she would still be hit by this Noble Phantasm.

Just as the orbs were about to strike, the gloomy sky seemed to be torn open by a massive, forceful rift. Sunlight poured down as a colossal claw, covering more than half of Uruk, slammed down from mid-air. To everyone's disbelief, the giant claw smashed Goetia's orbs, along with his body, into the ground!

BOOM!

A massive crater instantly formed on the ground, followed by dozens of Noble Phantasms raining down from the sky.

Immediately after, a gentle "Aaa" sound echoed from mid-air, along with a voice filled with rage.

"Now, I'll show you the power of a group attack!"

"Lan Ze?!" Ishtar's eyes suddenly lit up. She saw the young man flying in the sky on the Celestial Boat, and Tiamat, who was calmly gazing at Goetia with a blank expression.

The Celestial Boat dissolved into light particles and slowly drifted away. As Tiamat floated down, the woman's usually gentle eyes burned with a tangible flame for the first time.

The Tide of Chaos gently lifted her. She slowly approached Goetia, her clear, pure eyes radiating a chilling intensity that was terrifying.

Even without speaking, one could tell from her gaze that this Creation Mother Goddess had experienced an unprecedented, astonishing rage.

This time… it was time for a proper reckoning.

"Mother?!"

Ishtar exclaimed in surprise, her beautiful eyes glistening with moisture.

Lan Ze actually succeeded. He brought Tiamat back from the Sea of Life…

At this moment, the usually arrogant Heavenly Goddess was so excited that she almost jumped off Ma'anna. If the situation weren't still so perilous, she probably would have rushed over to give Lan Ze a big hug.

Meanwhile, the Heroic Spirits not far away also kept their eyes fixed on the woman whose body was covered in dark greenish-black scales.

These scales did not make Tiamat look ugly; instead, they added a chilling aura that was absent from her usual demeanor.

But that wasn't the main point.

The most crucial question was... how did the awakened Beast manage to suppress its own Spirit Core?

"He actually succeeded?" Siduri's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief as she stared intently at Tiamat.

"Hmph, as expected, you didn't disappoint this King." Gilgamesh merely let out a cold snort. He was the most composed among them, calmly gazing at Tiamat as if he had seen through everything.

"My King, do you know how he managed it?" Siduri couldn't help but ask.

Gilgamesh's brow twitched slightly, and he said indifferently, "Think for yourself. Don't ask this King about everything!"

His body was still injured, a result of his recent battle with Goetia.

Gilgamesh had indeed died once before, but it wasn't a death that led him to the Underworld. Ereshkigal had pulled him into the Underworld just before he died, and with her help, he was able to stand on this land once more.

This was one of the few benefits of the Age of Gods. Since the Underworld was underground, it was easy to reach and naturally, one could be revived... but this was an exception. Ereshkigal couldn't be so lenient with everyone. It was just that with the great war imminent, she could only do her best to help those on the surface as much as possible.

Siduri mused, her gaze fixed on Tiamat's figure.

At that moment, from the massive pit that Tiamat had forcefully created, a cold voice filled with disbelief suddenly echoed:

"This is truly surprising."

Goetia slammed his hand onto the edge of the pit and slowly floated up from the enormous crater.

"An awakened Beast, yet it can still suppress its own sanity, and even its Spirit Core."

Goetia's gaze fell coldly upon Tiamat. The surrounding Demon God Pillars danced ecstatically as Goetia slowly landed, their black forms suddenly opening crimson beast-like eyes, looking exceptionally terrifying.

Goetia's eyes truly held surprise. Even the First Beast, seeing Tiamat suppress her Spirit Core at this moment, found it unbelievable.

...She had even controlled the Sea of Life.

This was something almost impossible to achieve, yet she had done it...

And the reason for all of this likely rested on this one person.

Goetia's gaze shifted to Lan Ze, and then, he suddenly smiled.

"Although I don't know exactly what happened in between, but--"

"A Creation Mother Goddess who has suppressed her Spirit Core to this extent, what can you use to fight me?!"

The next moment, Goetia accelerated abruptly. He shot up from mid-air, and the Demon God Pillars behind him danced and attacked Tiamat in unison. Simultaneously, the magical energy in the entire space instantly became incredibly chaotic.

When the magical energy was compressed to its limit, it actually produced a violent explosion. He truly lived up to his title as the King of Magecraft; even borrowing someone else's body, he still displayed extremely high-level magecraft.

But Tiamat merely stood in place, her mouth slightly agape.

"--Aaaaa--"

The moment the song began, the explosions caused by the surrounding magical energy seemed to reverse, quietly returning to calm. The Demon God Pillars that were about to attack Tiamat now circled around her, appearing hesitant to strike.

They danced around Tiamat, looking somewhat like a video clip Lan Ze had seen before: on a rainy day, two men were awkwardly dancing, and a girl nearby shouted, "Please stop fighting!"

Goetia's expression turned even colder. He raised his hand, and a light ring in the sky peeled off, exploding on the ground.

This was a Noble Phantasm release no less potent than a single Excalibur, and each layer of the massive light ring that peeled off in mid-air was equivalent to one Excalibur.

Goetia knew from the start that he couldn't restrain Tiamat with just a few Demon God Pillars. The subsequent explosion from compressed magical energy was merely a test.

They were both Beasts. Even though neither had revealed their true Beast form yet, they were still more powerful than most Heroic Spirits or even Grand Servants.

Even if he couldn't defeat Tiamat, he still had the light ring.

If he wished, he could even unleash such a massive light ring onto the ground!

But this involved a problem--

Tiamat possessed immortality.

Even if such immense heat were unleashed onto the ground, even if all other living beings were annihilated, she would not die.

Therefore, his target from the beginning was not Tiamat, but Lan Ze!

All problems ultimately led to that single variable. Eliminating him was the best course of action!

But at this moment, as the light cannon, no less potent than Excalibur, peeled off from the light ring and shot down, a dazzling light erupted from the ground, rivaling that of the light ring.

Lan Ze had unleashed the true Excalibur. The light cannon and the light ring collided in mid-air.

And whenever Goetia tried to create a chaotic magical explosion near Lan Ze, Tiamat would easily neutralize it with her song.

Lan Ze was now virtually invincible.

"What's the point of this?" Goetia stood on the ground and sneered, "I can't do anything to you now, but can you do anything to me?!"

He slowly spread his hands. "Besides, if I can't deal with you, can't I deal with others?!"

As more light bands peeled off from high in the sky, Goetia suddenly heard the sound of chains by his ear.

Golden chains shot out from all directions, instantly binding Goetia.

The man tilted his head slightly to look at the golden chains on his body but merely shook his head and chuckled, "Chains of Heaven, huh?"

"Even the real Chains of Heaven wouldn't affect me. How can a mere imitation restrain me!"

"Aaaaa."

Tiamat's song began to echo, as if even the dark clouds beneath the sky were collapsing in a corner with her singing. Each time her song fell, the surrounding magical turbulence hindered Goetia's actions. The Demon God Pillars nearby dared not attack them, wanting only to flee in fear.

Goetia was right; if Tiamat suppressed her Spirit Core to this extent, it would indeed be difficult to defeat him.

But she didn't need to defeat Goetia, she only needed to restrain him... No, she only needed to stand here, and most of Goetia's magic would be unusable.

"Do you really think this broken chain alone can restrict my movements?!" Goetia struggled with all his might to break free from the Chains of Heaven, but this thing couldn't be easily broken free from, even by someone without divinity.

He suddenly looked up at Lan Ze, only to see the youth slowly raising the Sacred Sword.

"Star Sacred Sword?" Goetia's gaze suddenly froze.

After a brief stare, he suddenly burst into laughter.

"Useless, useless! An unsealed Sacred Sword is equally useless to me! What does it matter if I stand here and take your blow?!"

Lan Ze paid him no mind. As the light of the Sacred Sword slowly gathered, he looked at the contemptuously sneering Goetia and suddenly smiled back.

"Look behind you!"

As Lan Ze's voice fell, the Chains of Heaven tightened even further.