[As Hanami's shrill screams finally died away in your mind, a sudden change swept across the previously rather quiet battlefield.]
[From within Dagon's bloated, cumbersome body, which had resembled a gigantic red octopus, came the sound of flesh tearing. It set teeth on edge, like thick, waterlogged cowhide being ripped apart.]
[Then that heavy shell was violently torn open from the inside, like a cocoon splitting.]
[A dark red humanoid body with thick limbs and powerful muscles abruptly emerged from the discarded skin, coated in sticky bodily fluids.]
[It had completed its metamorphosis.]
[Perhaps because it had personally witnessed Jogo and Hanami suffer crushing defeats without any power to resist, even though the newly transformed Dagon was filled with endless rage and grief, its combat instincts as a special grade cursed spirit still kept its judgment clear.]
[It wasted no words and did not even attempt a conventional physical attack. Instead, its hands instantly formed an extremely intricate sign before its chest, decisively unleashing its ultimate trump card.]
["Domain Expansion: Horizon of the Captivating Skandha!"]
[As Dagon's low, furious voice fell, the barren, parched volcanic wilderness was instantly swallowed by an immense surge of azure cursed energy.]
[Centered on Dagon, an illusion filled with tropical scenery, an endless horizon, and soft beaches forcibly unfurled across reality like a painting.]
[Yet the azure seawater failed to take complete control of the space.]
[Because at that same moment, the Coffin of the Iron Mountain, barely sustained by Jogo's battered body, was still operating.]
[In an instant, bone-chilling seawater and dark red, boiling lava collided with savage violence inside the cramped barrier.]
[Hiss, hiss, hiss-]
[The instant water met fire, temperatures of several thousand degrees immediately vaporized vast quantities of seawater.]
[Deafening explosions shook the sky as thick, scalding white steam surged upward