Chapter 259 First Slay Shion, Then Destroy Mirror King (64000 words, requesting monthly votes)
They're really good at catching the pre-transformation animation.
Gazing at the falling Alice, the Golden Calamity Dragon King let out a low roar, then twisted his neck and looked around.
There were no living people around, and even the buildings had some problems.
That's not true.
But the direction should be roughly as he predicted, which is the Calamity Human Realm that Ruoyun and the others found.
When it was attacked, it changed direction and deliberately fell in this direction.
After all, he didn't want to get lost in the spatial turbulence and have to find his way again.
The dragon claw scratched its head, causing the crown to dim slightly.
To be honest, I'm experiencing phantom headaches right now.
Being pressed and rubbed against in the spatial turbulence by the opponent, who also used magic to destroy his defenses, even Jiang Si's physical body couldn't withstand such damage.
Finally, he even pressed the Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus onto his face, causing half of his head to be blown apart.
If it weren't for Helen's ring, which allows the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art to transform into a dragon form without needing to change physical form, this attack would likely have severely injured him.
Most importantly, this Alice of the Land of Mirrors was precisely tracking his movements, always keeping a hidden attack in mind.
Once she attempts to transform, she will unleash that attack, delivering an even more devastating blow.
It had certainly seen those who could catch the pre-transformation animation before.
Even when it fights magical girls, it tries to catch their transformation animations. For example, when it fought against the Dream Hatchers at the headquarters, it successfully caught the Dream Hatchers Dream Hatchers animation and defeated it before it could transform.
However, this is not a behavior that is easy to replicate.
The reason I was able to catch the enemy's attack animation last time was because they never expected anyone to be able to deal damage while they were invincible during the transformation.
Jiang Si, who had just comprehended Divine Sense at the time, was also using Divine Sense to break through the invincible transformation frame for the first time.
The Alice of the Land of Mirrors before him could interrupt his transformation much earlier, without the aid of Divine Sense, which even it found incredible.
Despite being inferior to the Mujin clone, possessing only strength around the peak of the late-stage Extreme Realm of Lush Leaves, it could occasionally unleash a transformation-interrupting ability comparable to or even surpassing that of Branching.
Rebellion against the original master...
Even Jiang Si, the Great Celestial Venerable of the Blood-Sweating Efforts, had to admit—
There's a cheat code.
No one in this world can react or seize opportunities better than themselves; to surpass oneself is simply cheating.
If he hadn't been caught, he would have fallen off a cliff on his way back and found a ring. Inside the ring was an old man who told him that this world was actually a world of cultivation, but many years ago, the war between good and evil led to the victory of the Magic Dao trainees, resulting in magical girls taking over the world and eliminating the cultivation sects. Then, before the old man died, he passed on to him a divine cultivation technique Flame Mantra, which allowed him to swallow all the Heavenly Flame in the world and ultimately achieve the Great Dao, dominating all ages...
In short, in its eyes, the opponent had obviously used some cheating methods, such as the Purple Blood Divine Ability, the Thunder Emperor's Treasured Technique, or the Haymaker Fist, specifically targeting the transformation.
Since she didn't intend to transform into Shion, Jiang Si had no choice but to drag the five passersby along to disrupt the other party's lock-on.
His judgment proved to be correct.
As his aura gradually synchronized with the five others, the opponent's lock-on began to malfunction, so he attempted to cover the entire area with a magic cannon.
They held out until the very last second before letting those five people leave.
The opponent's originally incredibly precise lock-on and interruption became subject to a tiny error.
I finally completed my transformation.
It really is just a machine.
As for why she didn't transform into Shion, after discovering that the other party was Alice, Jiang Si had already begun to consider avoiding revealing her identity— the Prince might be monitoring her, and although she didn't know what she meant by that, Jiang Si didn't want to expose her identity to her for the time being.
On the other hand, the situation is still under control, and the power of the Golden Calamity Dragon King is enough to secure victory.
He glanced at the five people by the roadside; three of them were tainted with Filthy Magic Power, which must be the Calamity Human Race Ruoyun had reported.
In fact, keeping all five people until the very end is the safest approach.
But who is the sect leader of the Azure Cloud Sect? How could he do such a heinous thing, giving them enough time to escape? A difference of just a fraction of a second would have been enough for him to break free from the lock of a magical girl named Branching.
Seeing that the girl with the single horn was about to die, he turned around and spat out another breath of golden breath.
All five people were submerged!
"Spare me!"
One of the Calamity Human Race shouted, startling Ruoyun and Hyacinth. However, the golden breath was fast and urgent.
There was absolutely no room to hide!
They all raised their hands to shield their breath, huddled up, and closed their eyes tightly.
It took them a while to realize they weren't dead. They cautiously opened their eyes, only to see that under the golden breath, everyone's injuries were healing...
"Hey! I'm not dead!"
Even the one-horned girl, whose body was half blown away and who was on the verge of death, recovered quite a bit after a while.
Although still somewhat injured, he was clearly out of the woods and immediately knelt down before the Golden Calamity Dragon King.
The other two members of the Calamity Human Race also kowtowed repeatedly to the Golden Calamity Dragon King!
Hyacinth whispered to Ruoyun, "Should we kowtow?"
"A simple bow of thanks should suffice..."
Hyacinth chuckled softly, a hint of amusement in her voice, "Thanks... After all, wasn't it him who caused this injury..."
Ruoyun covered her mouth, saying, "You wouldn't dare say anything out of line."
Even if the monster himself caused the injuries, it's still an act of kindness for it to turn around and treat the wounds.
As for Ruoyun, she understood the privileges of the strong better than anyone else.
"So, shall we go avenge Shion?" Hyacinth asked the captain cheerfully, gazing at the pale purple magical girl whose plane had crashed.
Ruoyun paused for a moment, " Shion?"
Hyacinth then corrected herself, saying, "I misspoke. It was Lord ' Holy Church Walker ' who was killed by the Golden Calamity Dragon King. Our Holy Church should take revenge!"
"Tch, then go avenge her. I'll reward you with an S-rank side quest from a Main God."
"I'm not going," Hyacinth said calmly. "She wouldn't fight so badly."
Ruoyun asked curiously, "Have you witnessed the battle of the Holy Church Walker?"
"Hmm... I guess you've met him before?"
"What's all this mystery about?"
"There are some things I can't say..." Hyacinth murmured expectantly, "But I have a feeling this might be quite fun."
Ruoyun frowned. "What kind of fun is this? Can you stop with the riddles? Riddlers deserve to die!"
"Don't worry, don't worry, it might not be a good thing for you," the Hyacinth comforted her. "But I want to apologize in advance; perhaps when you're sad and crying, I'll laugh."
"Ha, absolutely not," Ruoyun said firmly, "I would never shed a tear in front of you!"
Hyacinth didn't refute, but just glanced up at them, while the Golden Calamity Dragon King ignored them.
After restoring the five people's injuries, the Golden Calamity Dragon King turned to look at Alice.
With the appearance of the Four-Colored Magic Fire Lotus, there is no doubt that one has reached the late stage of the cultivation realm.
However, it possesses numerical values and strength that have reached the peak of the Five-Colored Lush Leaves.
Within the Mental Image Remnants, the Mujin cloned in the Land of Mirrors, without the Mental Image Domain, is nothing more than Branching from a heretical sect, a captive of the Mujin Great Emperor.
It only slightly surpasses the current Alice, who is similar to Shion, in terms of numerical values and magic output efficiency.
This is also why Jiang Si is unwilling to transform into Shion.
He had to consider whether this was his only chance in his life.
It is possible to complete the achievement of defeating the arrogant " Shion ".
Following a classic trope from online novels, he habitually used his Magic Sense to scan the already fallen Alice.
No matter what form the enemy has taken, we must guard against a remnant soul.
[The system is severely compromised...]
[Warning, warning, loss of control, please restart...]
With a slight frown, the dragon's breath suddenly shot towards the remaining Alice mecha, and the Alice mecha vanished.
Wow, so fast!
The dragon's tail swiftly lashed out from behind Alice, appearing suddenly behind it!
Alice, who should have been scrapped by then, easily caught its tail.
"Give this to me—"
Alice, her tone now more human, gazed at it with blank eyes, yet a hint of appreciation flickered within them.
"Get down!"
The enormous dragon's body was slammed to the ground with terrifying force by the tiny Alice girl, as if it were a light toy!
The whole city jolted.
The reinforced concrete churned up wave after wave, and countless glittering glass fragments and other transparent debris exploded into a noisy downpour in the twilight. The body of the Golden Calamity Dragon King lay across the ruins of the city, its golden scales stained with dust and dimmed a little, but still reflecting the firelight.
The enormous body struggled, and its tail swept involuntarily, leveling buildings one after another.
Dust billowed up, and a deafening dragon's roar, accompanied by its breath, shot into the sky!
"What a ruthless Si Motu!"
But then Alice suddenly said something, and then her figure dodged the breath like a ghost.
As the Golden Calamity Dragon King breathed out its blazing golden breath, it flapped its wings and flew, its scorching golden breath relentlessly pursuing Alice. Finally, it successfully struck Alice above a hill!
However, Alice simply used one hand to conjure layer upon layer of lotus flowers to block the breath attack.
Although her breath was rapidly melting each petal, Alice was creating petals even faster, making it impossible for her to break through for a time.
"Don't be so agitated. I'm not here to fight you to the death; on the contrary, I'm here to seek cooperation."
"I am the Mirror King... Oh, no, I should say I am the former Mirror King. The current Mirror King is your fiancée, Yitaen, and I am her mother. Logically, you should call me mother-in-law."
Long Tong paused slightly, then stopped exhaling.
Nalan Yanran probably doesn't have a mother. After all, in the Battle Through the Heavens world, a mother is a luxury. The only two exceptions are the Queen becoming a mother and Little Fairy Doctor becoming a foster mother. Generally speaking, in Battle Through the Heavens, only those without mothers are qualified to compete for the Great Dao.
Therefore, Nalan Yanran's marriage was arranged by her grandfather. However, Jiang Si is a different person, so it doesn't matter if their identities are changed.
During the three-year agreement, Nalan Yanran's grandfather witnessed firsthand how his granddaughter lost and was divorced by Flame Emperor.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to have someone else take on that role...
Seeing that the Golden Calamity Dragon King had actually stopped, Alice —or rather, the former Mirror King —revealed a somewhat subtle expression. "Didn't she tell you about me?"
"No."
The former Mirror King chuckled softly, " Return to Truth like before, such a stubborn and proud little girl. Wouldn't it have been safer to bring you along...? My dear daughter, you'll suffer for this sooner or later."
Having said that, he looked up again and extended his hand to the Golden Calamity Dragon King, "How about cooperating with me, esteemed Si Motu?"
"I am already engaged to Prince Nalan..."
The former Mirror King shook his head. "It's just a marriage agreement."
That's right, it's just an engagement.
"Work with me, and you can still marry her, and I'll be yours too."
Yes, so you can help me get rid of it...
"Ah?"
The Golden Calamity Dragon King tilted its head. If human... Calamity Beast emotions could manifest as symbols, then a big question mark would surely be hanging on its forehead at this moment.
"What she can give you is no more than half of the Land of Mirrors Land of Mirrors, perhaps not even half," the former Mirror King said frankly. "Moreover, given her possessiveness and arrogance, she will absolutely not allow you to have contact with other women."
The Golden Calamity Dragon King remained silent.
Because it could no longer understand what the other person was saying.
What does this have to do with their cooperation?
"But it's different for me. I will give you the entire Land of Mirrors, and you will become the Mirror King. I only want the position of Queen. If you like Prince, you can take her as your concubine after you seize her authority. As for the others, you can marry as many as you want."
Who can fill in the missing part of the engagement annulment storyline for me?
The former Mirror King looked at it, seemingly sensing its worry, and laughed, "As the Mirror King, one shouldn't be bound by worldly morality. Marrying a mother and daughter is nothing shameful. Besides, I'm already dead, and I've been severed from the true Mirror King who was sealed in the Mental Image Remnants for a hundred years. All that's left is a string of data, so there's no need for me to feel guilty about it. The Land of Mirrors needs a king like you to rule..."
This is her only chance to turn things around.
With the Prince having taken away almost all of her permissions, she uploaded some of her data to Alice's base code at the last moment.
Interfering with Alice's operation, the search shifted from finding Shion to finding Si Motu.
Because she knew that a man who could catch the Prince's eye must have extraordinary qualities—at the very least, he would be a great help to the Prince.
Although she was just a young girl with little experience in love, and had endured a long period of loneliness—ever since the Land of Mirrors was sealed away, the Prince, caught in the cracks, had been searching alone for a way to restore the Land of Mirrors.
She is easily won over by men who can accompany and help her, but in essence, she is the most important element in Prince's love affair.
Or is it about value?
If it doesn't demonstrate enough value, even if it's played in the most elaborate way, the Prince won't give it a second glance.
Because something is valuable, one is touched by a certain action of the other party, and that is why one's heart is moved.
And this has indeed proven to be true.
Si Motu's strength is enough to crush the vast majority of the Old World.
Irisviel Zero is the highest-level product created by the Mirror Country after collecting a large amount of data on the magical girl Shion.
However, they still couldn't quickly defeat Si Motu in front of them, which meant that the opponent was at least on par with Shion!
Just as rumored, she truly lives up to her reputation Witch Association who emerged from the Beihai Demon Cave...
That's why she wanted to take him away from the Prince.
Whether it's for revenge or to make a comeback, whether as a king or as a woman.
The Prince was utterly humiliated and defeated, leaving her with a look of utter despair!
"However, I am already engaged to the Prince, and I will never break my engagement unless he takes the initiative."
The Golden Calamity Dragon King spoke coldly, his breath gathering, "Furthermore, I have no interest in becoming Qi Xiu."
In this world, young people do young things for the sake of youthful spirit, to cleanse the world!
The other party actually wanted to drag me down to become a mediocre Qi Xiu; their intentions are utterly despicable!
He once saw someone boasting about " The Sect Leader's Path Sect Leader," calling it a cultivation version of " To Live," where the protagonist To Live and To Live and marries a mother and daughter—that's certainly a remarkable feat.
A middle-aged cultivator, Qi Refinement stage had stagnated for twenty years at the second level, successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage at the age of fifty-nine.
Who exactly is capable of identifying with this persona?
He always saw people treating those niche and meaningless books like treasures. Every time he was tricked into reading them, he gained a deeper understanding of the excellence of "Battle Through the Heavens the Douluo" and the true greatness of "Shrouding the Heavens "!
Real men should watch this!
"Really? Then there's nothing we can do."
"Thank you, Si Motu."
"Thanks to your earlier action, the Phil AI that had been restricting my ability to unleash the full power of my machine has finally disappeared." Mirror King touched his neck, fiddling with the data interface at the back. " The Prince should arrive in a minute; after all, Alice has been missing for so long, she should have noticed."
"One minute from now, I'll make her see your dead body and be filled with regret!"
Breath, dragon claws, dragon tail, and curses from the Curse Realm, including some probability manipulation.
We have analyzed almost all of the opponent's capabilities.
For the former Mirror King, it wasn't just about forming an alliance, but also about buying time.
Irisviel Zero possesses exceptional analytical and adaptability skills. She devised countermeasures for all of the Calamity Dragon's abilities and then pre-input them...
First is the Golden Breath, which possesses the strongest destructive power. Once it hits, even Irisviel No. Zero will lose her combat ability for a period of time. The recovery process is very long because the curse problem must first be cleared.
However, after calculating the speed, direction, and destructive power of the Golden Breath, Mirror King controlled Irisviel Zero, hovering lightly and nimbly around the breath. Even if hit, it had a magic shield that simulated the magical girl Ruri.
Each petal could artificially prolong the time she was blocked, giving her enough time to escape safely.
The dragon claws are not much of a threat because they are too short; the front claws are too short, and the hind claws are not flexible enough.
The dragon's tail poses a significant threat, but as long as it's prioritized as the primary defensive target, it's not a major problem.
Curses, and those that manipulate probability, are something I can completely withstand. I have a special program to cleanse curses— the Land of Mirrors has never given up on analyzing and targeting the abilities of the various Old World!
In addition, it allows for maximum output without interference.
We can kill him!
Amidst the dense attacks of dragon breath and tail, Mirror King astutely seized an opening and pierced through the dragon's wing with a single shot!
The flying organ malfunctioned, causing the Golden Calamity Dragon King Golden Calamity Dragon King react a beat slower. However, with the curse of manipulating probability covering its entire body, a rapid recovery was not difficult.
But in a battle of this magnitude, even a slight pause or loss of balance can be fatal!
Its body squeezed through the gap in the dragon's claws and slammed into the Golden Calamity Dragon King's jaw like a cannonball!
That was its weakest point. With the slightest breath, the spinning crimson spear tip pierced through the flesh, and warm dragon blood, wrapped in a curse, flowed down the shaft, soaking Irisviel Zero's hand that held the spear.
The dark curse spread rapidly along the back of his hand, but vanished just as it reached his face.
Not only do they now have curse resistance, but the speed at which curses are cleared has also increased.
So the Mirror King laughed wildly, bathed in golden dragon blood, and continued to thrust his spear forward.
The Golden Calamity Dragon King's head trembled slightly on the tip of the spear, and a muffled thud came from its throat. The entire spear shaft, along with Alice's body, vibrated and hummed.
The spear tip pierced the top of the skull, shattering the scales of the Golden Calamity Dragon King and pinning his head firmly in place.
However, just as she was about to draw her gun and retreat, she saw a mocking look in the eyes of the Golden Calamity Dragon King.
He sensed something was amiss, but at that moment, all of the Calamity Dragon King's power was concentrated on the tip of his spear.
The dragon was struggling to restrain her with its claws and tail, which was already an all-out effort and posed no real threat.
Mirror King showed no mercy. With a fierce expression, he spun his spear, and the Calamity Dragon King's head exploded!
Is it really that difficult to kill a corpse?
Mirror King's expression stiffened slightly.
"They've both reached the Branching Realm, and both possess the Heavenly Rank Battle Technique ' Ghost Possession,' yet they're far inferior to Mujin."
Her smile vanished quickly, and she turned around abruptly.
The handsome young man had a blank expression on his blood-stained face.
"It looks like it won't even take a minute."
The voice was exactly the same as the one uttered by the Golden Calamity Dragon King just now, and the aura was almost identical. At this moment, the boy was holding a lotus flower in his right hand.
A seven-colored Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus.
"Impossible!"
Once transformed into Calamity Beast, it's impossible for the original body to separate from the Calamity Beast!
How could a human possibly manipulate magic to create a seven-colored Fire Lotus! With such powerful control over magic, the four-colored Fire Lotus was already the limit for Alice she controlled!
More importantly, she actually sensed the purple magic.
As Alice's target, she knew perfectly well whose purple magic it was.
Shion!
"Who exactly are you...?"
Before he could say much, the Golden Calamity Dragon King's belly suddenly split open, swallowing Alice and the Seven-Colored Fire Lotus whole.
Then Jiang Si grabbed the Golden Calamity Dragon King and hurled it violently into the crack in the sky.
After a moment of silence.
The whole world began to shake. Then, what was originally just a small crack in the sky quickly began to spread to the whole world. In the blink of an eye, the sky was torn apart by countless cracks!
Flames overflowed from the cracks, only to be forcibly absorbed back by something unknown.
The entire Old World was like a volcano erupting, constantly shaking and trembling, with waves of intense heat spreading again and again, yet the world never collapsed.
It's unclear how long it lasted, but the cracks in the sky finally stopped spreading, and the intense heat that had made the whole world so fiery red began to gradually dissipate.
It felt like the end of the world had finally passed.
Mirror World, an independent space.
Just as the Prince discovered that Irisviel had gone out of control, he was chasing after the latest Alice jump space towards the Calamity Human Realm.
Then they saw the Golden Calamity Dragon King being thrown out of that Calamity Human Realm.
His body was covered in wounds, and even his head had disappeared.
His pupils contracted slightly, and the Prince quickly activated the system.
"Immediate assistance..."
However, before the order was even finished, the Calamity Dragon King stirred things up.
Then she saw her Irisviel No. Zero emerge from the belly of the Calamity Dragon King...
The next moment, a world-destroying flame engulfed the world.
Turn Irisviel No. Zero and the Calamity Dragon King into dust!
" Si Motu!"
If you feel something doesn't match up, you can go back and look at the end of the previous chapter. I made some revisions last night.