Chapter 250

A sound like cracking glass came out.

"What!"

Hiruko Kageyasu watched as fragile cracks appeared inch by inch on his once-proud defensive shield.

"Iron Strike - Flying Falcon"!

"Whoosh!"

The instant the defensive shield cracked, Hiruko Kohina wielded her kodachi with both hands and slashed at Luo Mio.

Faced with the swift slash, Luo Mio remained calm, withdrew her right hand, and dodged Hiruko Kohina's attack at the limit of its range.

Just as Hiruko Kohina was preparing for her next attack, Luo Mio reached out her hand first.

"Clang!"

A tremendous force traveled through the hilt of the sword into Hiruko Kohina's hand, and then Hiruko Kohina's body was sent flying backwards into a house to the side.

Then Luo Mio looked at Hiruko Kageyasu.

"Your His Highness is so gentle." Hiruko Kageyasu looked at Luo Mio and said with a light laugh behind his mask.

"Your His Highness, you could have seriously injured Kohina with that attack just now, but you held back your strength at the end."

"..."

Luo Mio raised an eyebrow.

So what are you trying to say?

"Hehe..." Hiruko Kageyasu chuckled, then looked at Luo Mio and spoke.

"Your His Highness, do you really think this world is like a river? The Tokyo Area, the Osaka Area, or even other parts of the world..."

"No matter how well you help them, in the end... they will still betray you and the children you cherish."

Luo Mio knew that the "they" that Hiruko Kageyasu was referring to were those people.

Upon hearing his words, Luo Mio also sighed slightly, a strange expression appearing in her azure eyes.

Then—

"——"

Luo Mio moved her toes slightly, and her figure appeared in front of Hiruko Kageyasu with lightning speed.

"Varied...!"

The speed is even faster than before!

Just as Hiruko Kageyasu was in shock, Luo Mio gently struck Hiruko Kageyasu's abdomen with her palm.

"..."

Luo Mio whispered something in Hiruko Kageyasu's ear, Hiruko Kageyasu's eyes, hidden behind his mask, slowly widened, revealing an incredulous look as he stared at Luo Mio.

"Only..."

Luo Mio slowly released power from her palm.

"Not now!"

Then a powerful force emanated from Luo Mio's palm and struck Hiruko Kageyasu heavily in the abdomen.

"——"

Hiruko Kageyasu's body flew backward uncontrollably, crashing heavily into a house. The walls of the house were cracked, and eventually, the cracks spread throughout the entire house.

"Boom!"

The house was instantly reduced to ruins, and the stones completely buried Hiruko Kageyasu underneath.

"Dad!"

Upon seeing this, Hiruko Kohina immediately dropped her twin swords and ran towards the ruins, tears streaming from her crimson eyes as she tirelessly moved the stones aside with her hands.

After seeing Hiruko Kohina's appearance, Chizuru Kaseyo Hiruko Kohina figure as he pondered something.

After glancing at the ruins that had buried Hiruko Kageyasu and his daughter Hiruko Kohina frantically digging through the rubble, Luo Mio turned and walked toward the church. Chizuru Kaseyo also turned her gaze away and followed Luo Mio into the church.

Step into the dimly lit church, illuminated only by the faint glow of oil lamps.

Upon entering, both Luo Mio and Chizuru Kaseyo looked directly ahead.

In the center of the church pulpit, there was a silver-white four-cornered table, on which was placed a long silver veil.

Above, a rectangular, silver-gray box sat quietly, its lid already open...

Arriving at the silver-gray box, Luo Mio's azure eyes looked inside. Beside Luo Mio, Chizuru Kaseyo used a stone that had fallen from the top of the church to stand on and look at the box.

"!"

Upon seeing this, a look of astonishment, confusion, and shock instantly appeared on Chizuru Kaseyo's usually calm and collected expressionless face.

Inside the box was a damaged tricycle.

Pink... a child-sized tricycle.

Chizuru Kaseyo said, her voice trembling slightly.

"Is this the catalyst that summons 'Scorpio'...?"

Chizuru Kaseyo stared in disbelief at the wrecked tricycle in the box, for such a damaged tricycle could become the "Scorpio" among the eleven Gastrea of the "Zodiac" that had nearly destroyed the world.

Luo Mio sighed softly, her azure eyes looking at the damaged tricycle with a hint of heartache, and she reached out to stroke the wrecked vehicle.

"The last time I saw you was eight years ago, wasn't it..." she whispered, as if only Luo Mio herself could hear.

Looking at Luo Mio's appearance, Chizuru Kaseyo fell silent.

Judging from Luo Mio's expression, Chizuru Kaseyo guessed that Luo Mio should know the contents of the box, and also know that it would become the catalyst for summoning "Scorpio".

"Um?"

"Mio boy."

At this moment, Luo Mio raised her head, her azure eyes looking out through the broken windows of the church. At the same time, the voice of the Book of Cang Xuan echoed in Luo Mio's mind in her Consciousness Space.

"I know, it seems that Rentaro and the others have already started."

Luo Mio looked out the window.

Because in Luo Mio's perception, there was a huge amount of electromagnetic energy gathering there.

Then—

"Boom------!"

The moment she sensed the electromagnetic force erupting from the "The Stairway," Luo Mio's azure eyes flashed with a bewitching pure purple light, her eyes rippling like the surface of a turbulent sea.

Instantly, the space around Luo Mio, and even along the coast, the entire world began to ripple subtly as if being replaced.

Then, in the next instant.

Luo Mio's figure then disappeared from Chizuru Kaseyo's sight.

"Huh?"

Chizuru Kaseyo exclaimed in surprise.

In the blink of an eye, Luo Mio's figure... even his presence, suddenly vanished from her senses.

Meanwhile, after Luo Mio and Chizuru Kaseyo entered the church, Luo Mio unmanned aerial vehicle monitoring them in the Tokyo Area 1 Operations Headquarters seemed to be interfered with, with the screen remaining blank and even the communicator connected to Luo Mio's headset constantly emitting static.

However, at the same time, in another Space Window, the powerful explosion that occurred the instant "Scorpio" was struck by "The Stairway" was displayed.

——

In a void, Luo Mio's figure slowly emerged from the Void Fissures.

Imaginary Space

After entering, Luo Mio looked around at the dark space of purple and black. The last time she entered the "Imaginary Space" was in the Chivalry of a Failed Knight World.

After looking around, Luo Mio's gaze finally settled in one direction.

There, there was a gigantic monster over four hundred meters tall.

Scorpio!

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Light of the Finality, the Smile Before Fading Away

Scorpio!

That's right, at the very moment the "The Stairway" was launched, Luo Mio calculated the timing perfectly and moved the Scorpio "Scorpio into the " Imaginary Space " the instant the ultra-holomium metal struck it.

The "The Stairway" can indeed eliminate "Scorpio," but...

Looking at the massive body of "Scorpio", Luo Mio's azure ocean-like eyes completely turned into a radiant gold, and the center of her eyes became a deep, ethereal black hole.

The moment the Eye of Finality appeared, Luo Mio's aura underwent a complete transformation.

At the same time, the entire silent and peaceful Imaginary Space suddenly became noisy. The originally transparent purple energy field materialized like a subject, welcoming Luo Mio's arrival.

Then, Luo Mio walked towards "Scorpio". Similarly, "Scorpio" was observing the surrounding Imaginary Space when it suddenly discovered an indescribable aura coming from the side. Its biological instincts instantly made it feel a strong sense of crisis towards Luo Mio.

As Luo Mio gets closer, the appearance of "Scorpio" gradually becomes clearer.

The dark brown skin was covered in cracks and scars, like those of smallpox, with strange protrusions growing on top of the scars. Eight bizarre, sickle-shaped things with barbs pierced through the skin from the neck, head, and right eye.

Its head is abnormally large, with a curved beak and an eerie, unnatural look from the corner of its mouth. Its left eye is so small that it is not visible to the naked eye.

What's even more surprising is that it walks and stands on two legs, and its height far exceeds that of the "megalith," reaching approximately 400 meters.

If we disregard its appearance, its enormous size inevitably evokes images of the Titans from Greek mythology.

With such a terrifying appearance, "Scorpio" probably absorbed the genes of tens of thousands of creatures.

The black pupil in the golden eyes calmly looked at the left eye of "Scorpio".

"Whoosh whoo..."

"Scorpio" let out an uneasy roar at Luo Mio, and driven by biological instinct, it subconsciously launched an attack on Luo Mio.

Eight scythe-shaped tentacles swung down at Luo Mio.

However, the moment "Scorpio" launched its attack on Luo Mio with hostility, the Honkai Energy within the Imaginary Space went berserk.

Tiny, invisible purple squares of energy gathered together, transforming into a torrent of energy that rushed towards "Scorpio".

In the eyes of "Scorpio", those purple energy torrents were no different from the sea, but just as it was about to use its huge body to separate the energy torrents.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"

The roar instantly turned into a scream.

The moment the Honkai Energy torrent touched Scorpio's body, it was as if ice had met molten lava. Scorpio's hard skin, which even missiles could not penetrate, was instantly Honkai Energy by the Honkai energy torrent, and the Honkai Energy gradually flowed into Scorpio's body through the wound.

"Whoosh whoo..."

Scorpio's tentacles frantically pounded against the Honkai Energy torrent, and its body was retreating as if trying to get away from the Honkai Energy torrent. Its unimaginable molecular regeneration ability, which far exceeded Stage IV, was completely useless at this moment, even if it was thrown into extremely low temperatures, a vacuum, or magma of thousands of degrees. The wounds Honkai Energy not be healed at all.

Currently, within its body, Honkai Energy is clashing with the Gastrea virus within it.

Although it was a clash, it was a one-sided Honkai Energy...

Now, the purple Honkai Energy patterns are clearly visible on the body of "Scorpio".

Scorpio can feel its body being devoured bit by bit... just like a carnivorous pack tearing apart every drop of its flesh.

"Alright, come back now."

Luo Mio's voice rang out at this moment.

As if responding to Luo Mio's command, the Honkai Energy torrent instantly ceased its attack, Honkai Energy within "Scorpio" also stopped absorbing, then emerged from "Scorpio's" body and transformed into particles of Honkai Energy floating in the Imaginary Space.

The disappearance of Honkai Energy caused the Honkai patterns on the "Scorpio" skin to dim somewhat.

However, the dissipation of Honkai Energy did not restore "Scorpio". The skin around the burns caused by Honkai Energy writhed as if trying to repair the wounds, but was assimilated by Honkai Energy moment it touched it.

Similarly, within the body, traces of Honkai Energy erosion were found, and the Gastrea virus was even assimilated into Honkai Energy.

Luo Mio looked calmly at "Scorpio" with her eyes Finality.

Scorpio, however, dragged her body, Honkai Energy, and looked weakly at Luo Mio.