Chapter 182
"I'm sorry, but once 'Fate' is activated, even I cannot stop it."
As she finished speaking, even more "Stellar Power" surged around Ophelia, and the Death Hand at her feet twisted and turned like a chaotic dance of demons.
A piercing, cacophony of sounds, like the struggles of the undead, emanated from the Poison Barrier Hand beside Ophelia.
Luo Mio frowned slightly as she looked at the countless writhing Poison Barrier Hand around Ophelia.
At this moment—
"Whoosh—!"
Countless Poison Barrier Hand hurtled towards Luo Mio and Kong with incredible speed.
Seeing this, Luo Mio waved her left hand.
Three moon-colored, Shattering Fang Moon Slash slashed towards the incoming Poison Barrier Hand.
"Moon Smasher's Fang"!
"Snap! Snap! Snap!—!"
The moon-colored Zan Yue easily sliced the attacking Poison Barrier Hand in two. The space where Zan Yue went was left with sharp slash marks, and the remaining poisonous mist was instantly wiped out by the slashing energy left by the slash marks.
"Hmm..."
However, just as the Moon Slash was about to strike Ophelia, the countless Poison Barrier Hand seemed to suddenly weaken, and the Moon Slash went straight towards Ophelia.
Ophelia staggered and dodged to the side.
Luo Mio looked towards Ophelia.
Ophelia's lifeless, melancholic, and sorrowful expression was now tinged with anguish and pain.
The Poison Barrier Hand around her also vanished into thin air, disappearing from Ophelia's side.
"Ophelia...?!"
Seeing Ophelia's expression from afar, Yurith was instantly worried, and at the same time surprised.
This was the first time she had seen Ophelia with this expression since she became the "Witch of Solitude".
Seeing Ophelia's appearance from across the table, Luo Mio sighed softly and then said.
"If you continue to exert your full power, your body will not be able to withstand it and will self-destruct."
Luo Mio knew that Ophelia's body simply couldn't withstand the overwhelming power emanating from the "cave." Although she didn't know why Ophelia's ability manifested as "poison," she herself was now being corroded by the "poison." If she continued to use her full strength, her body would likely collapse first.
A slight ripple, like the surface of water, flickered in Luo Mio's azure eyes as she observed the turmoil within Ophelia's body.
"Um?"
Luo Mio let out a soft question.
Through "Spatial Perspective, "Luo Mio looked at the "hole" inside Ophelia's body. From the "hole" from which the Omni-element flowed out, he sensed a very strange gaze.
From that gaze, Luo Mio sensed a will...
It's as if they are observing this world through Ophelia's "hole".
As Luo Mio sensed it, the gaze of that will seemed to notice something and looked at Luo Mio, meeting her eyes.
A mere second felt like an eternity.
The next moment, consciousness disappeared from sight.
The power within Ophelia gradually calmed down.
Recalling the gaze she had just received... Luo Mio fell into deep thought.
Sure enough... the other side of the "cave entrance" is the hometown of "Omni-element"!
In a world different from this one, there exists a world of "gods"!
So that's it. The "fate" Ophelia spoke of was the "god" of another world?
Of course, the invisible barrier separating the two worlds was so thick and powerful that the people of this world were completely unaware of the existence of the "divine" world.
Because of the "Starfall Rain," Omni-element World Breaker and came to this world. The meteorites brought by the "Starfall Rain" opened a "gate" in this world for the "Gods" world, and endless Omni-element poured into this world from the "gate."
This so-called "hole" is now a mysterious object that the people of this world cannot observe.
However, due to the "Hercules Project," Ophelia, an alien born into the "Star Vein Generation," was created.
The "gate" opened within her body, and endless Omni-element poured into her body from the "divine" world.
In other words, as long as the "hole" exists, Ophelia possesses infinite "Stellar Power".
Thinking of this, Luo Mio couldn't help but recall the "Golden Branch Union"...
Matthias Mesa's "Acceleration"... The World of "Gods"...
Shaking her head and giving up on thinking, Luo Mio looked at Ophelia and smiled softly at her.
"Stop it. If you keep fighting like this, Diluk will say I'm abusing her students."
After hearing Luo Mio's words, Ophelia fell silent.
At this moment—
A Space Window popped up beside Ophelia.
"Ophelia ..."
Diluk's hateful voice came from the Space Window.
"I see."
Upon hearing Diluk's voice, Ophelia responded with a deathly tone, then withdrew her power back into her body.
After speaking, he looked at Luo Mio and Kong beside him in front of him, and then turned his gaze to Yurith in the corner.
Then he looked away and turned to leave.
Chapter 103: The Rankings Change Again.
As Ophelia left, Luo Mio also took Sora and headed towards Bella, Amagiri Ayato, and Yurith.
"Are you alright?"
Luo Mio looked at Amagiri Ayato Yurith and said.
Upon hearing Luo Mio's question, both of them shook their heads.
Amagiri Ayato said, "I'm fine."
When he confronted Ophelia, he simply severed the Poison Barrier Hand that was attacking him.
"Only..."
After saying that, Amagiri Ayato looked at Yurith beside him.
During her confrontation with Ophelia, Yurith was struck head-on by the Poison Barrier Hand, and Ophelia's miasma remained on her body.
Noticing Amagiri Ayato's gaze, Yurith shook her head in response.
"The miasma is no longer a problem."
"But..."
Yurith looked at Luo Mio.
How did you know we were here?
Then his pale blue eyes looked at Bella beside him and the empty space behind Luo Mio.
Seeing Yurith's gaze, Luo Mio shrugged and remained silent.
Only--
Her azure eyes looked toward the empty space behind her.
Noticing Luo Mio's gaze, Kong nodded slightly and then raised his hand.
"Smack!"
He snapped his fingers crisply.
Just as Amagiri Ayato Yurith were wondering.
Luo Mio smiled gently at them and said, "You'll find out soon enough."
Then Kong moved his index finger again.
Before them, a Void Fissures appeared.
Then--
"Ouch!"
A male figure fell out of the Void Fissures, and something resembling a camera fell out beside him.
The man winced in pain, rubbing his buttocks and raising his head.
"Huh?!"
He opened his eyes wide and looked at the people around him.
Amagiri Ayato looked at the man with a puzzled expression and asked, "Who is he...?"
Luo Mio explained, "This person..."
"It's a streamer from a website. He was hiding in the dead wood at the edge of the area, secretly filming your battle with 'The Witch of Solitude.' I heard there were millions of viewers watching the stream. That's when I saw it and rushed over."
Then Kong, who was behind Luo Mio, added, "This person has been following you ever since Sister Yurith chased the car at the street corner. After Bella and I spotted him, we followed him here."
Luo Mio also said, "I guess he's the one who filmed last night."
As Luo Mio explained to Amagiri Ayato and Yurith, the man also hurriedly looked at the camera that had fallen beside him.
The screen was completely black.
The man thought it was broken, so he quickly turned on the switch and tried to restart it.
Luo Mio said from the side, "Don't worry, your camera isn't broken. I just had Kong temporarily block its space."
——
Amagiri Ayato stood beside Luo Mio and said.
"When I saw you and Ophelia making eye contact, I thought you were going to fight her."
Luo Mio shrugged after hearing this.
"You're overthinking it. I don't want to fight her."
"Um?"
Amagiri Ayato asked in confusion, "Why? With your strength, you shouldn't be able to lose to Ophelia, right?"
Amagiri Ayato well aware of Luo Mio's strength, and coupled with her awe-inspiring and powerful entrance just now, he believed that Luo Mio's strength was equal to, or even surpassed, Ophelia's.
Luo Mio scratched his head and explained, "It's not that I don't want to fight her, but if I do, Ophelia Rundel's body will collapse."
"Collapse?"
Luo Mio glanced at Yurith on the other side and said to Amagiri Ayato, "You must know about Ophelia's abilities, right?"
"Mm." Amagiri Ayato nodded.
"The ability to manipulate toxic fumes and gas."
Luo Mio controlled her voice and said to Amagiri Ayato, "Let me be frank, Ophelia's 'poison' is constantly eroding her body."
"!"
Upon hearing Luo Mio's words, Amagiri Ayato's expression instantly changed to one of surprise.
Luo Mio looked into his eyes and said.
"You probably know that Yurith and Ophelia were once the best of friends."
"Hmm." Amagiri Ayato nodded with a grim expression.
Luo Mio looked toward the spot where she had just confronted Ophelia.
"If I had forced myself to fight her just now, her body would probably have collapsed during the fight."