"OK."
With just one sentence, the magical armor on [Iris] began to stir.
The once peaceful aura collapsed, instantly swallowed by violence and ferocity!
In an instant, he went from a composed immortal to a beast capable only of slaughter!
Immediately afterwards, [Iris] casually waved her hand.
That tyrannical power, capable of devouring the universe, instantly stained the entire flowerbed with a blood-red raging tide!
Crimson waves surged, transforming into a vast river that stretched endlessly, carrying a terrifying oppressive force as it engulfed the Witch Shion, washing over her demonic attire. Above the sky, countless eyes, like crimson bewitching lights lurking in danger, flickered wildly.
An overwhelming, suffocating pressure spread, forcing Shion to take a step back.
However, Shion raised an eyebrow, her fighting spirit and excitement not diminishing in the slightest, but rather growing even more intense!
A surge of magical power rippled outwards, and with the support of Divine Sense, he forcefully took a step forward despite the world-destroying aura of [Iris].
At the foot of the Shion, a patch of flowers crept down, turning from blood red to a deathly white.
The corrosive power of Remnants magic remains incredibly domineering, even when facing the Lord of Filthy Magic Power!
Shion pressed forward relentlessly, each step accompanied by a piercing creaking sound from her magical armor, as if it were about to collapse at any moment.
But her steps remained unwavering.
Amidst the long river of crimson flowers, the afterimages of countless defeated challengers rose and fell, a cacophony of sighs, cries, screams, and distorted faces appearing and disappearing one after another.
Only Shion remained unfazed, taking one step after another, almost crushing the sea of flowers, as she walked towards [Iris].
Even the eyes on her magical costume suddenly came to life, twinkling brightly.
"Although I really don't want to spoil the mood."
The flowers of the Beast of the End surged and burst into a great deal of laughter, and the eyes in the sky narrowed as if mocking.
"But don't you find it boring to challenge me with Filthy Magic Power?"
Even the slightest glimpse of its sharpness and fangs was enough to send chills down one's spine with its ferocity.
However, Shion merely raised the corners of her mouth in disdain.
Three magical powers began to converge and surge violently within her body!
Atop its head, a pair of transparent dragon horns slowly emerged, crystal clear, cute yet exuding an overwhelming majesty no less than that of the Beast of the End.
Behind it, the thick dragon tail stretched out through the air and slammed heavily into the flower bushes!
In an instant, withering spread, the laughter in the flowerbed turned into wailing and screaming, the narrowed pupils seemed to be pierced by something, and they all closed tightly, with only blood gushing from the depths of the pupils, staining the entire garden red.
[Iris] finally turned her head and looked directly at the girl in front of her.
"If this is all you've done?"
The Dragon Lord raised his head, looking down at [Iris] with disdain, his golden eyes filled with arrogance and disappointment. "I take back what I just said."
[Iris] lowered her head slightly, as if with a hint of apology, "I'm sorry, I'll be True One."
Subsequently, Filthy Magic Power in the world, from ancient times to the present, began to converge on the [Iris]!
With just a slight movement, the commotion caused the Dragon Lord to take notice.
Jiang Si, who was originally suppressing Tiana by transforming into the Golden Calamity Dragon King, was directly forced into her transformed state.
His hands were still prying open the mouth of Tiana's last head, preparing to unleash a breath attack.
As a result, the transformation state was lost, and the breath suddenly became an exhale.
The previously fierce atmosphere suddenly softened. Tiana's snake head blinked, as if she were laughing, and her forked tongue flicked out, licking her sect leader's face. "It tickles, sect leader, blow on it a couple more times."
Jiang Si bit down on the snake's forked tongue.
Tiana didn't care; she simply swallowed Jiang Si whole!
The snake's vertical pupils held a hint of excitement.
From the very beginning, she had been waiting, waiting for the Beast of the End to awaken and take control of the Filthy Magic Power.
Not only will all the Filthy Magic Power in the world flow towards its End, but even pure magic will be corrupted.
But she was the only one unaffected!
That's the key to victory!
After devouring the sect leader, Tiana immediately immersed him in a viscous acidic liquid. Tiny white snakes, like her hands, burrowed into the sect leader's body, continuously injecting venom and anesthetic effects, binding the sect leader tightly and rendering him immobile. Multiple layers of restraint were completed in an instant.
Tiana won!
As the Filthy Magic Power of [Iris] grew stronger, even the Dragon Lord Shion became serious.
The dragon claw gently waved in the air, writing out the four large characters "[ Beast of the End ]".
[Iris] glanced at it, slightly surprised, "What beautiful handwriting."
"Generally."
When Keke was little, he practiced writing a lot to teach her, but unfortunately, Keke's handwriting was still not very legible.
However, her handwriting in standard Song typeface was masterful.
Then, Shion flicked her sleeve.
The name of the [ Beast of the End ] was hidden.
The gathered Filthy Magic Power dissipated in an instant!
Even [Iris] looked somewhat incredulous. "What is this?"
" Cognitive Obstruction," Dragon Lord Shion said calmly. "Do you still remember your name?"
" Iris."
"Yes, keep it up."
The supreme ruler of Filthy Magic Power in the world is the Beast of the End.
Therefore, it can forcibly strip away all the Filthy Magic Power from ancient times to the present to strengthen itself. And now, with the help of the [ Cognitive Obstruction ], Dragon Lord Shion has hidden the name of the [ Beast of the End ].
Now even the Beast of the End has forgotten its own name, and under Shion's guidance, it has personally acknowledged it.
Thus, the Filthy Magic Power that should have gathered at the Beast of the End, unable to find its master, naturally dissipated.
Not only has the world Filthy Magic Power, but even Tiana, the agent who summoned the Beast of the End, has forgotten the source of her power!
When Jiang Si, who had crawled out of Tiana's belly, punched the giant snake that Tiana had transformed into, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed true disciple revealed his true form, and the punch landed squarely on her chest.
The excess fat cushioned her fall, allowing Tiana to only take a few steps back.
Tiana immediately clutched her right chest and raised her hand, "I'm going to tell Lady Bingtang!"
"First, make sure that what you do won't get Bingtang kicked out of Azure Cloud!"
Having lost their magic, the two engaged in direct physical combat!
Jiang Si was quite surprised by Tiana's ground skills, even her Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
This girl actually went and learned some martial arts.
As Tiana wrapped her legs and arms around his neck, trying to use a locking technique to block his counterattack, Jiang Si directly used the principle of overcoming softness with strength, stood up and smashed Tiana through the ground!
Meanwhile, in the Beihai of the original world, Black Keke, who was still thinking about how to rescue Jiang Si, kept slapping her forehead.
"No, no, what was I doing just now? Filthy Magic Power, whose source was that Filthy Magic Power? Jiang Si, what did Jiang Si go looking for? Iris? No, tsk, how could my memory be wrong----"
The influence of Shion [ Cognitive Obstruction ] on those below was naturally not limited to this. Many people, including those from the World Weavers and the Witch Association, who knew the name of the Beast of the End, could not remember it for a while.
So much so that the power of the Beast of the End couldn't even reach the New World below.
Among them, the one most affected was actually the World Weavers.
Just as Tiana turned all the magical girls to stone, the World Weavers naturally also mobilized.
Although Tiana's lowered gaze when summoning the Beast of the End was somewhat unexpected, the fact that the magical girls simultaneously lost their powers was ultimately within the plan.
Some of the World Weavers were not in a hurry to reclaim the world. Having been asleep in the seal for a long time, they were finally able to come out and were naturally flying around freely, cheering and jumping for joy!
Then, all the Filthy Magic Power was drained away.
Of course, it's not a big problem if it's taken away. As long as the Beast of the End is still there, it's easy to reuse the Grief Seed to produce Filthy Magic Power.
The problem is that the name of the Beast of the End has been hidden.
As a result, the Grief Seed could not find Filthy Magic Power to convert, and thus became ineffective!
As is widely known, most witches, magical girls, and even those who use Filthy Magic Power are actually not physically strong enough.
Once the protection of magic is lost, there is not much difference between them and ordinary people.
When all the Filthy Magic Power was drained away, the World Weavers had been soaring freely in the sky fell to the ground like ordinary people, scattering in all directions.
Some of the World Weavers found Xilan and questioned her about why she wouldn't become the Enemy of the End. When she said that Si Motu wouldn't allow it...
These World Weavers, oblivious to their own mortality, mocked Si Motu, saying, "You could have easily crushed that thing with a single stomp once you became the Enemy of the End, yet you acted like a stray dog's dog—"
Xilan was naturally furious, but when the fight broke out, she found that she was no match for him.
Unchanging Enemy of the End, he was kicked around by the World Weavers, just when Xilan felt wronged.
All the World Weavers have lost their Filthy Magic Power.
And there is no way to regain the Filthy Magic Power.
Of course, even so, the World Weavers were not afraid - because Xilan had also lost his Filthy Magic Power.
But there was one thing they hadn't anticipated.
That's because of Xilan's witch abilities all along.
He was armed.
When he realized that no one was capable of doing anything, Xilan grinned and pulled out his pistol.
One shot, one kid.
These once-powerful World Weavers were instantly routed by Xilan's small pistol!
Then he shouted excitedly, "Although I don't know what happened, it must be thanks to Si Motu! Si Motu is awesome!"
Besides, some World Weavers mocked the Land of Mirrors for being useless, failing to conquer South China for so long. Taking advantage of the fact that all the magical girls had lost their powers, they went to South China first, intending to use the Calamity Beast created by the Filthy Magic Power to conquer South China together with the witches.
The original plan was to destroy the magical girl statue in South China first.
As a result, the people of South China, despite losing their magical girl, still resisted them with incredible tenacity, protecting the statue of the magical girl.
Just as the World Weavers were about to laugh at the group's overestimation of their abilities and the incompetence of the Land of Mirrors...
The witches and Calamity Beast, stripped of their Filthy Magic Power, were easily felled by pistols and shovels.
The laughter from the World Weavers vanished instantly, replaced by a stunned silence.
Then, the people of South China, armed with shovels and hammers, overwhelmed the defenseless World Weavers in a vast sea of people.
The Prince was observing all of this from his private space, couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
"They really think South China is some easy nut to crack? A bunch of suicidal good-for-nothings."
However, seeing this group of useless trash crumble on their own, she couldn't be bothered to pay any more attention to them.
No wonder the magical girls from the Azure Cloud Sect who hadn't yet turned to stone remained silent.
Was this within his expectations?
Just how far did those eyes see?
While the Filthy Magic Power is being absorbed, it also affects a person's emotions.
After the Prince realized that Keke and the New World were not in any danger, he couldn't help but chat with the system.
"Si, are you there?"
[I'm here, darling.]
"Honestly, if you had a physical body, what would you be doing right now?"
[I'll praise you lavishly, kiss you, darling, I really love you so much.]
"Why are you bowing like that?"
[Because you're so attractive, Prince. You're attractive inside and out.]
Where exactly are they hiring?
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Shut up!
Idiot System.
The Prince sighed, thought for a moment, and still couldn't bear to change Jiang Si's AI voice.
In the distance, another World Weavers, stripped of his Filthy Magic Power, fell from the sky and shattered into pieces. The Prince snorted coldly, glanced at the sleeping White Fox beside him, and got up, intending to check on the situation at the Holy Church first.
The New World was in chaos after losing its Filthy Magic Power.
In the Land of the End, Shion and [Iris] sat facing each other, their silence as quiet as a tea party.
" Iris, how are you feeling now?"
[Iris], now nameless, wasn't in a hurry. She simply smiled and said, "Hmm, not good. Although I really like Iris, it's still a bit wrong to take her name away."
Shion paused, seemingly as she had expected.
So it really had no effect on her?
All the eyeballs above the [Iris] were open.
The cries of beings from other worlds echoed, " Beast of the End! Descend!"
--
The name that Shion had hidden was gradually resurfacing.
As long as there are people in other timelines who remember the name of the [ Beast of the End ] and call upon it, it will naturally be impossible to hide it any longer.
The existence of this single certificate is eternal and unique across different times and spaces.
Using this characteristic to forcibly break through the Cognitive Obstruction was indeed beyond Shion's expectations.
Immediately afterwards, [Iris] touched the dragon horn of Dragon Lord Shion, her fingertips gently sliding down the tip of the horn to land on Dragon Lord Shion's heart. "I said, anyone who uses Filthy Magic Power should not challenge me. Only magical girls are worthy to be my opponents."
[Iris]'s voice was still smug and arrogant, only now somewhat more reserved.
Having reclaimed the name of the Beast of the End, it once again became the calamity from which the Filthy Magic Power originated, and forcibly seized the Filthy Magic Power within the Dragon Lord Shion!
The once perfect Golden Core developed cracks, from which Filthy Magic Power continuously surged and converged upon the Beast of the End.
Even the Remnants magic and pure magic are gradually being corrupted, becoming Filthy Magic Power, which is then used by the Beast of the End!
[Iris] looked up and saw that Shion's expression was normal, allowing it to absorb the Filthy Magic Power until the Golden Core completely cracked!
The outcome is decided.
Just as a thought flashed through my mind and I felt a little regretful, I saw a miniature Shion, like a rag doll, pop out from the cracked Golden Core!
" The Golden Core shatters, the Nascent Soul emerges."
Shion said calmly, " The Primordial Golden Core, when perfected without any flaws, doesn't actually affect the transformation; it's merely a facade."
After all, the transformation anchored in Personal Reality has nothing to do with the Golden Core; it's just a ball of energy.
Cultivating immortality is cultivating immortality, and magic is magic; use whichever is more convenient.
"But guess why I'm letting you absorb my magic?"
Upon hearing Shion's question, [Iris] paused slightly, then noticed something amiss.
The Shion Magic absorbed into the body has a strong Personal Reality!
"This usage is called the extension of Mental Image."
Generally speaking, it's impossible to attach one's Personal Reality to magic; it's like turning the world upside down.
But by using Mental Image, one can accomplish such incredible things!
Just as [Iris] was about to unleash its magic, Shion channeled her profound power once more.
The name of the [ Beast of the End ] has been erased once again!
[Iris] looked disappointed: "It's pointless—"
Then they noticed something was wrong.
This time, it's not just names that have disappeared.
Everything he had done, his appearance, and all the abilities associated with it were hidden away.
The Filthy Magic Power, the Calamity Beast, and even the witches have vanished from the world!
"This time it's not a matter of Cognitive Obstruction," Shion said calmly.
"This is [ Kui Wood Conceals Azure ]!"
What does it mean to not wait for [Iris] to ask?
The next second, it discovered that the name [ Beast of the End ] had appeared on Shion's body!
[ Reject Abdication and Usurp ].
Since the method of obtaining a permanent certificate can expose the concealed means.
Then they would forcibly attach the name to themselves, dethroning the [ Beast of the End ] from its Supreme position.
The Lord of Filthy Magic Power possessed the virtue of abdication, but [ The End ] was a ferocious beast, therefore Reject Abdication and Usurp!
She, Dragon Lord Shion, will become the new Lord of Filthy Magic Power!
From this moment forward, the [ Beast of the End ] will no longer be a taboo name, and the true Beast of the End cannot be summoned.
May it never again be able to be delivered through the four rituals!
[Iris] couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Why does the same magic still work?"
Do you know how many ways to write the word ""?"
"Isn't it just one kind?" [Iris] rested her chin on her hand, staring blankly at her.
Twenty-four kinds.
"There are twenty-four ways of writing wood, and naturally there are twenty-four central methods of writing, [Jiamu], [Yimu], [Cornwood], [Doumu], [Pine and Cypress], [Yangliu] - taking two of the two methods [Big Forest Wood] and [Kuimu], they are both methods of [Calamity]. The method of usurping also points to [Calamity]. This is the path of calamity! It is naturally different from before."
[Iris] denies. "I feel it's the same; the second time it was hidden, it was just an amplified [ Cognitive Obstruction ], right?"
"Ignorance." Dragon Lord Shion smiled arrogantly. In a good mood after winning, she naturally offered an explanation.
One is a method from the [ Dao Lord ] Bureau, and the other is a method from the [ Year Ruler ] Bureau. The names are not exactly the same, so how can they be the same?
[Iris] could only sigh, as if giving up in despair, "I don't understand, you decide."
Below, Jiang Si, who could only fight with his bare hands, immediately stripped Tiana of the power of the Beast of the End's descent after Shion obtained the name of the [ Beast of the End ]!
Countless eyes appeared on his body, but a golden light flashed, engulfing the thousands of eyes. Jiang Si transformed into the Three-Headed Golden Calamity Dragon King!
Tiana, now reduced to her magical girl transformation, stood before the Golden Calamity Dragon King like a naked little girl. Looking up at her sect leader's imposing figure, she smiled slightly, "What a load of rubbish!"
Although everything is still being calculated, there are some things you just can't play even if you've calculated them all!
As Tiana was engulfed by the breath, the eye of the Beast of the End finally shattered, and Jiang Si, Tiana, and Jiegeng were all sent back to the New World.
So, Dragon Lord Shion stood up. "Let's end this probing. A contest of magic is not a real battle."
To put it bluntly, in a battle of rank and status, it's all about who has what abilities and what my abilities are, like playing cards.
In her opinion, it was far inferior to the underworld's cultivation of immortality, where a magic weapon could spin around and a head would fall to the ground much more quickly.
Sitting here, I'll say my piece, you'll say yours, and once we're done talking, it's over.
If you didn't know better, you'd think it was a microwave and an air fryer fighting. If they were fighting, either the fill light would be flashing or the air would be releasing gas, a turn-based system where each person uses one skill.
Let's just go for hand-to-hand combat.
However, the [Iris] sighed, "I lost."
"Don't you want your name anymore?" Shion reminded her again, "If you lose the name of the Beast of the End, you will never be able to descend again."
No, we only released a few light beams, we haven't even landed a punch yet, and you're saying you're not going to fight anymore.
Get up!
"It's nothing."
[Iris] laughed nonchalantly, "I'll give you this name. Even if we really fight now, I probably wouldn't be a match for you. You can attack me as you please."
Shion looked at her coldly, "Because you couldn't descend completely?"
[Iris] sat down. "That's right. Although I also want to fight you with all my might, either to prove that I am the strongest, or to make me realize my weakness, unfortunately, now is not the time."
It's here, but it's not the right time for the classics yet.
I think it's time to send your parents to their graves.
"After all, in order to ensure that an opponent like you can emerge, I have to seal away a portion of my power."
Shion paused slightly.
So that's how it is. By severing himself, he sealed away the power of eternal proof?
For a moment, Shion began to look at him in a different light.
She said she was unaware of her own strength and weakness, yet she so easily gave up even greater power.
Isn't that enough? Invincible spirit.
"Can't we reach the pinnacle of sublimation?" Dragon Lord Shion sat down as well, "To reclaim our power."
[Iris] shook her head slightly, "That would mean all our efforts would be in vain. You don't want this world to disappear in an instant, do you? The final outcome is already decided; Infinity possibilities only exist within the cycle of reincarnation. Only when you change the past can I regain my power and fight you to my heart's content."
Shion frowned. "Not changing the future, but changing the past?"
[Iris] pulled casually.
It was like lifting a curtain.
Then, the countless twinkling eyeballs were instantly enveloped in a filter.
Transformed into a dense, surging mass of leaves!
Shion looked down and saw that on the desolate land littered with Keke's corpse, the intertwined roots of old trees stretched out into the distance.
A colossal, magnificent World Tree came into view!
"It's not that the future is destined for destruction, but that the future has already been destroyed. The World Tree? Is that what you call it? Actually, I prefer to call it the Graveyard of Worlds."
"It carries worlds that have already perished, including you."