Amphoreus, " Dome Stronghold " Eye of Dawn and Dusk
Senios's past seems quite different from what is told in the story, and with the help of her two former companion beasts, the group is about to uncover the ancient truth that has been hidden.
"Oh my god... My heart is pounding with excitement, my hands are trembling! Is the final battle about to begin?!"
Hyacine manipulates the " Celestial Mural " to recreate the truths of the past one by one:
"Ha... look who we've caught, an old-fashioned and pedantic believer in the old gods!"
"Your weak Titan has long been conquered by the mighty Valkyrie; it now looks no different from the scrap that has accumulated in the forge over the years."
"Convert to us, you poor soul living in the traditions of the past! We will help you correct your dulled understanding, so that you can share the glory of Senios with your fellow countrymen..."
The helpless former believer looked up and said, "Isn't your so-called 'restoration' nothing more than a double torment of the mind and body?"
"No... I would rather die than submit to you despicable dogs and rats who feign faith and act with impunity..."
The group of vicious new believers burst into laughter. "Ha... hahahaha! Look, do you all see that? -- This corrupt woman, what a hypocrite she is, so good at making people laugh!"
"You are People of the Sun, aren't you...?"
"Tell me, when you oppress your fellow countrymen in the name of faith, plunging all beings into endless suffering under the scorching sun—did you ever consider that even that blazing sun would eventually set?"
"I... I once thought..."
"Stop your useless sophistry, you worthless cowards living in the old world. I'd rather die than submit to you despicable dogs and rats who feign faith and act with impunity."
"--You've already sentenced yourself to death; all we have to do is go with the flow."
"Do it, and do it cleanly. Give her a clean, neat cut on the neck."
"No... no, no!"
Xing instinctively covered her Mimi eyes, saying, "Little kids shouldn't look!"
"... Kephale sculpted his creations from his own image, yet failed to inherit his compassion and inclusiveness."
Hyacine, are you alright?
"I'm fine, Phainon. I... I roughly expected this outcome."
"But considering the simple vision that Senios held before declaring war on the Titan, this scene is particularly heartbreaking..."
"... Let's continue."
Before the words were even finished, another strange event occurred!
Aegle " Eye of Dawn and Dusk " above the dome emitted a scarlet light, and countless Black Tide creations surged out from the center of the arena.
"What's going on...?"
The moment the dome trembled, the Black Tide surged out like lava bursting from a breached dam.
Viscous dark matter coalesced into distorted claws, and crimson veins pulsated on the surface of the creation, swallowing the glow of the Titan ruins into a blood-red curtain.
Hyacine urged the painting to stop it, but was instead swallowed up by the surging rainbow light— the Celestial Mural transformed into an amber cocoon, sealing her and the two winged beasts within the flowing crystal wall.
Without any hesitation, Dan Heng charged out first, his Cloud-Piercer Spear unleashing a blue-green dragon shadow, the tip of the spear leaving Permanence star trail as it sliced through the air.
The three-headed spider-shaped Black Tide creature pounced into the air, and the dragon-patterned spear suddenly split into thousands of phantom images. The ink-splashing spear force nailed the Black Tide's body into a dissipating cloud of mist.
Phainon's heavy sword followed closely behind, cleaving through the mist and miasma. The sword wind whipped up rubble and debris, which then slammed into the skulls of the following beast horde, exploding into crystallized black liquid amidst the clash of metal and stone.
"Is this... an encounter battle?"
Xing murmured, then spun around and shattered the remaining altar pillars. The Flame Spear summoned an amber shield that swelled from his left hand all the way to the dome, forcefully blocking the corrupted limbs that resembled a giant hammer.
With his right hand loosely gripping a mimicry baseball bat, a blinding divine lightning bolt lashed back along the edge of the shield, reducing the several-meter-tall stitched monster to a charred skeleton.
call out!
A pink light suddenly brushed past her ear, "Watch out behind you--!"
As the " Remembrance " light dust fell, the serpentine creation, which was about to launch a sneak attack, suddenly froze, and hundreds of superimposed images were reflected in its compound eyes.
Wow~ Mimi knows this trick too?
On March 7th, the icy arrow pierced the snake's head. The six phases of frost spread along the spear shaft, condensing the struggling Black Tide into an ice-sculpted spiral staircase.
The girl nimbly leaped onto the ice steps, and a crystal lotus bloomed where her toes touched the ground.
The next second, the ice bow in her hand transformed into a heavy hammer, smashing the entire row of ice sculptures to pieces. Bone spikes suddenly emerged from the flying crystal shards!
clang!
Dan Heng's gun barrel blocked the fatal sneak attack, and his pupils reflected the strange changes in the dome— Aegle's scarlet eye was splitting open, and countless crimson prisms poured down like blood rain.
The pierced Black Tide creatures emitted a metallic hiss, and the dissipated black mist reformed into heavy cavalry clad in crystal armor.
"They... are evolving?!"
Phainon, panting heavily, shattered the crystal armor, but the cracks instantly healed. The newly formed Black Tide Iron Cavalry charged in a wedge formation, and lava-like blood-red patterns appeared on the ground.
As Xing retreated hastily, he stepped on a strange emblem, and the lightning belonging to " Eternity " was swallowed by the dark emblem.
"These monstrous things can absorb energy!"
In the center of the crimson array, four Black Tide Creatures suddenly merged into a ten-meter-tall colossus.
Its chest prism, resembling the " Eye of Dawn and Dusk," spun rapidly, refracting the ice arrows shot on March 7th into a sky full of fire.
The moment Dan Heng's dragon-shaped spear energy collided with the prism, it was distorted and blasted towards the ruins' dome!
"This is a tough one..."
Xing dragged March 7th into the ruins, where they had stood, but the recoil from the gunfire created a deep crater.
Phainon's greatsword was stuck in the giant's ankle armor and was about to be crushed by its falling body.
At the critical moment, Mimi suddenly rushed towards the Celestial Mural: "Lift the veil of Remembrance... stir up Ripples of the Past!"
The moment the pink light disappeared into the light curtain, the giant statue's crystalline fist, which had been swinging down, suddenly stopped.
Countless strands of " Remembrance " light seeped from the cracks in the painted wall, entwining the veins within the crystalline armor's fissures.
The Black Tide Colossus emitted a confused hum, and the prism on its chest flickered with faded dawn light and shattered moonlight.
Xing paused, " Lunabis and Sorabis?"
"Now!"
Dan Heng's Cloud-Piercer Spear unleashed an unprecedented clear roar. The power of Permanence transformed into a physical dragon soul.
Hoshino seized the opportunity, swung his bat, and delivered the final blow to the giant Black Tide creation!