The starry sky made Shion's existence seem incredibly small.
Beneath my feet lies a flowing galaxy, with the surrounding gravel swirling around it in a regular pattern, like embellishments.
Is this the Mental Image of Black Keke?
After reclaiming Keke's Miracle Seed, Black Keke herself should not have the ability to transform into a magical girl.
Shion was able to tell that the other party was not using the form of a magical girl to create Mental Image.
Instead, it unfolds the Mental Image from a purely human perspective.
However, since Shion herself has done this before, it's not surprising.
Strangely, Black Keke's Mental Image is clearly different from all the Mental Image she has encountered in the past.
There are no boundaries, and the location of the Mental Image cannot even be found from the outside.
Generally speaking, in a normal Reality Marble Deployment, whether it has boundaries or not, its location can actually be found and locked from the outside.
This is also how a magical girl without Mental Image can defeat a magical girl with Mental Image.
As long as a magical girl can disrupt the Mental Image from the outside, they can gain an absolute advantage, since once the Mental Image is damaged, the Personal Reality will also be temporarily melted down, making it impossible to use magic.
However, there is no trace of Black Keke's Mental Image from the outside; in fact, they can be said to have disappeared.
Independent space?
Or perhaps it truly entered Black Keke's heart?
Or is it that after unfolding the Mental Image, the entire Mental Image is compressed to the point of being imperceptible?
There are many possibilities.
Shion looked around carefully. Under the stars, every grain of sand contained countless worlds.
In that tiny, grain-of-grain-like world, there is a pair of eyes watching you.
Before she could release her Divine Sense to examine that world within a grain of sand, the attack from behind had already arrived.
"Bang!"
Shion turned slightly to the side, looked at the bullet that wasn't moving fast in her eyes, and flicked it lightly with her finger.
The bullet exploded instantly.
Immediately, thousands of grains of sand were splashed all over him, and his magical armor made a loud cracking sound!
The world's rules within those grains of sand completely negate Shion's existence!
"There are many worlds in this world without magical girls, and the underlying rule of these worlds is to deny the miracles and magic of magical girls."
Black Keke, strolling among the stars, held a strange flintlock pistol in her hand. She casually grabbed the surrounding sand as if it were her gunpowder container, and then, in a wild manner that would drive professionals mad, she casually scattered the sand all over the bottom of the pistol. She then randomly picked up a planet and stuffed it into the mouth of the pistol as a lead bullet.
"Like this, you just need to stuff sand from different worlds into a specially made weapon."
After loading, Black Keke picked up the rather clumsy fire launcher and, with a rather awkward stance, aimed it at Shion, saying, "We can tear apart magical girls' costumes by launching different worlds."
Another bullet came flying, but in essence, it was the collision and tearing apart of countless small worlds!
Shion casually pinched the bullet again.
This time, no force was used, but the bullet exploded on its own, and thousands of grains of sand gushed out again!
Black Keke watched as Shion slowly extended her hand.
Those slender, even somewhat short, fair fingers pressed down each and every grain of sand!
Even though the fingers weren't moving very fast, and the movements were clearly visible, it was still quite fast.
But every single grain of sand that flew up was crushed by fingertips.
Even though her physical abilities were amplified after entering the Mental Image, reaching levels comparable to magical girls, and even though she had mentally prepared herself for Shion's strength, she was still taken aback by the unbelievable scene before her.
Black Keke still felt the shocking absurdity—
How did you manage to win her over, bro?
Has this already created reproductive isolation? Doesn't it feel like you're wearing a steel coil when you're dating and getting intimate? It looks small, but it's deadly when it moves.
Are you sure you won't accidentally crush my brother?
A jumble of random thoughts flashed through my mind, and for no apparent reason, I thought of Jiang Si again.
Over there, Shion gently plucked at the Milky Way.
With just a wave of his hand, the long Milky Way was like a tsunami unleashed!
All the stars, like splashing Splash, created long cracks in the night sky, and Black Keke was submerged in this roaring tsunami.
When she opened her eyes, all four of her limbs had been pierced, and she was lying in a sand pile, barely able to move.
Swish!
Another javelin was thrust into her eyes. Black Keke was lying in a garden. As the javelin struck, blood splattered everywhere, and the surrounding petals drooped under the weight of the blood droplets.
However, Black Keke did not die; she only had a cut on her face.
Is that all?
Shion held the javelin in her palm, but did not pull it out. Instead, she squatted down, her small hand tightly gripping the purple shaft as it slowly slid down, and then she lowered her head.
Their faces were almost touching; their breaths were clearly audible.
Shion carries a fragrance that Black Keke hard to understand; it's not like a flower, but more like a spring of water, cool yet with a melodious tinkling sound.
Black Keke also felt as if her senses were out of sync, not knowing why she could smell the tinkling sound of spring water coming from Shion.
What's this called again?
Synesthesia, or some kind of holographic understanding of the world?
She had basically forgotten everything she learned in elementary school, and besides, the pain all over her body left Black Keke with little room for thought. All she could think about was whether she had any fragrance on her body.
Everyone says girls should smell nice, but Black Keke has never felt like she has any fragrance on her body; she's just grateful she doesn't have any body odor.
"Then what else do you want? Opening Mental Image Domain with your physical body is already quite remarkable, isn't it? Besides, I even broke through your demonic armor. To be on par with a god with a mortal body, you'll never forget me for the rest of your life, right?"
If that's all there is to it, I'll probably forget about you in the next second.
It's hard to say how much hatred there was.
After all, Black Keke and Shion had no real grudge against each other, although the fact that Shion had ruined the Witch Association's plans had annoyed Black Keke.
But ultimately, those plans weren't very well-thought-out, and Black Keke didn't take them to heart. Failure was failure, no big deal; after all, her goal was something like a more mysterious Magical Kingdom.
Although now, I'll probably have to slightly change my purpose again.
Are you the same as your brother?
"What?"
"I mean, you feel that after reincarnation, those people won't be you anymore," Black Keke asked in a low voice. "Even you think that way? The pinnacle of magical girls, Miss Shion."
Does my answer matter?
Shion grabbed her collar and looked up at the starry sky.
There are no gaps in this field.
In terms of mastery and control over Mental Image alone, Black Keke perhaps the strongest she has ever seen.
However, aside from the fact that it is beyond the reach of the boundary and cannot be observed from the outside world, it seems that the rules of this Mental Image are merely a repository of the rules of various worlds?
She still doesn't know what this place is for, even though she was on guard for so long.
"Of course it's important. The fact that you resolved Jade Fox's inner conflict and allowed her to die as a magical girl is widely known in the Witch Association. Magical Girl Shion, the magical girl who knows everything and can answer all questions—"
"Ignorant people always mistake those who know more for omniscient people."
"No, no, no, in everyone's eyes, you are omniscient and omnipotent, Miss Shion." Black Keke grabbed her wrist again.
Shion's wrist is very small, it feels like you could hook it with a single index finger, but when you touch it, besides the smooth feel of it.
More than anything, it's the pressure brought by an immense force.
But sometimes, this chilling pressure is also an unparalleled sense of security.
"So, can you answer the questions of the lost sheep? After reincarnation, will you no longer be yourself?"
"Your tone doesn't sound like one of confusion."
Shion glanced down at her. "I don't like answering questions that others already have answers to."
"Okay, okay."
He really does know everything.
"Of course my opinion won't change because of your answer, Shion."
If things were going to change, they would have changed long ago. He wouldn't have lasted until he saw Jiang Si, nor until Shion gave him the answer.
"However, your answer is indeed very helpful to me. After all, your strength and your omniscience, whether affirming or denying, will motivate me greatly."
However, Shion didn't rush to answer her, but instead asked, "What do you think is the most important thing in life?"
"Uh, I don't think it's appropriate to start this kind of classroom Q&A now—" That's what she said, but Black Keke still thought for a moment, "Then it'll probably be eating, drinking, and going to the toilet, right?"
"Many people would answer that way." Shion carried Black Keke to a riverbank. This area was so vast, an endless expanse with all sorts of terrain. Shion casually pushed Black Keke into the river. "How about this?"
"Damn it! Damn it!" Black Keke struggled, splashing on the water, "Give me air! Give me air!"
Hearing Black Keke's gurgling sounds, Shion lifted her up. "Only then will people realize that what they need first is air."
"Can we stop with the riddles? What does this have to do with me?----"
"You've reincarnated so many times, sacrificed so much, but most of the time you've been nothing more than air to everyone else."
Shion, holding onto Black Keke's collar, looked at the soaking wet girl and said, "What you should have done was try to push her into the water first."
"Can't understand."
"No one will take your words seriously until things get too bad to get out of control."
Shion casually tossed her onto the riverbank and slowly drew her sword. "What I mean is, first create a crisis in this world that makes everyone feel despair."
A single sword strike.
The sword energy soared into the sky along the river, its dazzling light, like clear and solemn Moonlight, enveloping the entire starry sky!
The starry sky parted to both sides, and a bright light suddenly appeared in the originally dark night!
Black Keke was slightly taken aback.
This boundless Mental Image was actually cleaved open with a crack.
Is this... purple?
"Otherwise, no one would care about the air."
The purple, magical skirt slowly fell in the gale, the surging river gradually converged again, and the cracks in the Mental Image began to heal.
Taking a deep breath, Black Keke smiled. "A desperate crisis? You mean, kill you?"
"That's one way to understand it," Shion nodded. "If you succeed, Jiang Si will support you too."
"Sounds good." Black Keke's smile gradually turned menacing. "Then I'll get serious. Don't blame me if you really die."
Looking at Black Keke, who exuded an unusual aura, Shion simply nodded, "Come."
As Black Keke gradually got up and picked up her musket again, Shion became slightly more serious, waiting for her to make her move.
Let's fall into hell together.
Black Keke suddenly raised her fire weapon, Shion immediately raised her hand, ready to completely defeat her with a single move.
"Bang!"
As a result, Black Keke's firearm was aimed directly at her own forehead in an instant, and she pulled the trigger, blowing her own head off with a " Matrix Restart."
The Milky Way flows backward, the long river flows against the current, and time, accompanied by the wind, travels back from the End of the World to the place of its birth.
Just as the Mental Image began to unfold, a vast space swiftly separated the two.
Meanwhile, Shion, at the center of the Mental Image, looked around, still observing and examining the scale and capabilities of the Mental Image.
Black Keke glanced at the firearm in her hand and returned to the moment when she had loaded the first bullet.
This is her Mental Image Domain, the ability of Eternal Samsara.
When you pull in enemies, you can set a respawn timer and then keep restarting by dying.
He condensed and materialized his experiences and abilities along the way.
This is the miracle that only her Personal Reality could create.
A Mental Image Domain where you can freely control the cycle of time!
Compared to the cycle of reincarnation after the destruction of the world, the rewinding in the Mental Image Domain is much more convenient, and one can even freely set the location and time of the restart.
This is the source of her confidence to stand between Shion and the Beast of the End.
After restarting, the other party will lose the memory of the past. For Shion, it was probably the first time she stepped into the Mental Image.
Observation and review will continue as usual.
Black Keke, hidden in the shadows, found her position and launched a perfect sneak attack; it wasn't difficult for her to hit the target.
But she sighed wearily and didn't rush to make a move.
This is actually the 1461st restart.
She found an opening for a successful sneak attack in the 964th round.
Of course, it wasn't until the 1461st time that she finally got the answer from Shion.
And so, something began to Bud in my heart, gradually becoming distorted.
Let's just kill Shion right here.
From initially probing, gathering intelligence, and preparing for the next cycle, it turned into killing her in this cycle.
It's hard to say whether it was because of what Shion said.
Jiang Si will support herself.
Although I've come this far alone, I no longer care much about the support of others.
After all, it will all be for nothing in the next cycle.
But now, Black Keke suddenly wants to hear Jiang Si's support and encouragement.
There wasn't any particular reason; she was almost becoming an empty shell, having worked tirelessly towards her goal until now, her obsession and inertia even surpassing some of her emotions.
I'm just suddenly curious about how Jiang Si will encourage herself.
Therefore, they killed Shion.
Black Keke took a deep breath and mentally organized some information.
She appears in front of Shion three seconds into the game and will use the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger at the start.
It appeared in five seconds, Magical Eight Extremes Collapse.
It appeared in seven seconds: the Emperor Seal Technique.
It appears in eight seconds: Bladestorm.
No matter what move she makes, she'll always have two breaths left afterward. Then, Shion will immediately close in and use her Elbow Character Secret to leave her with only one breath left.
If you hide at the start and ignore Shion, she will scan you with her Divine Sense after seven seconds.
It will ignite in four places after ten seconds.
If you ignore Shion for thirty seconds, Shion 'll get restless and unleash her Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus to blast the field. Is she a child?
There are corresponding countermeasures for every reaction; after more than a thousand cycles, enough intelligence has been gathered.
I'm well-prepared to deal with Shion; the next step is simply trial and error.
" Shion."
The trial began with the first cry.
This time, the target was no longer the magical armor, but at extremely close range. The Fire Armor, compressed from most of the Mental Image world, was aimed at Shion's heart.
The Mental Image Domain is imprinted on the heart.
For magical girls, the heart is actually the most vulnerable part.
Even with a damaged brain, miracles can still occur, allowing for incredible reversals of Personal Reality.
However, once the heart is destroyed, it means the destruction of the Mental Image Domain, and Personal Reality will also be disturbed as a result, which is an extremely fatal injury for a magical girl.
One thousand four hundred and sixty-one cycles, only one chance for a successful sneak attack.
The opponent simply swung his sword in a backhand motion.
" Matrix Restart."
One thousand four hundred and sixty-two times.
Black Keke, back at the Qidian, clicked her tongue and looked again at Shion, who was still gazing at the mental Mental Image, completely oblivious.
In the previous battles, Shion didn't actually try to kill anyone, but she kept committing suicide to prevent the time rewind from moving forward.
The moment he revealed even a hint of murderous intent, he was immediately met with a devastating defeat.
Their senses are too acute.
He suppressed his killing intent, concealed his aura, and regarded himself as a gentle breeze and a shadow, even erasing his own existence from his Mental Image.
A shot, intended to kill, was still stopped.
The orientation, angle, speed, timing, trigger pressure, and even the breath control all need to be readjusted.
Before Shion could speak, Black Keke shot herself in the forehead again.
South by north, downwind, magical interference, sensory blockade----
fail.
suicide.
fail.
suicide.
fail----
On the 2,766th attempt, it successfully hit the heart.
Re-anchor the backtracking point and move forward----
Taking a step forward, intending to press their advantage.
Shion plunged her right hand directly into her own chest.
Subsequently, Shion forcibly pulled out her shattered heart. The world's rules within the sand had rendered her heart almost irreversibly damaged.
But then Shion suddenly clenched her fist.
The terrifying explosion completely engulfed Black Keke!
By the time she regained her vision, the rewind timeline had been pushed back to the moment when Shion's heart had just been blown apart.
The next second, before Black Keke react, Shion had already pulled out her shattered heart again.
A sudden grip!
Black Keke opened her eyes again, looked at Shion whose heart had been smashed, and this time, without thinking, immediately backed away!
Then the explosion happened much faster than she could escape!
It's over.
Black Keke's heart sank as she was swallowed up again.
My save file is about to die!
The 4,126th time.
"Spare me!"
This is my first attempt at verbal interference.
fail.
"Ms. Shion, it's me, Keke!"
fail.
"Wait, I have something to say—"
fail.
"Sister in law----"
fail.
The 4211th time.
"Brother! Help me!"
success.
The explosion was delayed, and Shion, who had pulled out her heart, stopped and looked at her.
Black Keke immediately moved forward to the save point.
Unexpectedly, he had to shamelessly beg Jiang Si for help before the other party would stop.
She kept thinking about begging for mercy and negotiating with Shion, but instead fell into a trap. After all, she had too little time to think; once she reverted to her previous state, it would immediately explode, almost causing her to lose focus altogether.
Having barely escaped death, Black Keke looked at Shion in the distance, who was clutching her heart but showed no signs of weakening, and let out a weary sigh.
I miscalculated. Should I have brought my brother in? Brother, please help me, I'm about to be beaten to death by your thoughtful little steel coil!
" Jiang Si can't hear me," the little steel coil said.
Black Keke became delirious and babbled incoherently, saying things like, "Can you please not treat your heart like a bomb?"
"Shall we continue?"
"Of course, I will kill you."
The response was given without any hesitation.
So Shion crushed her own heart once more.
However, having gained some buffer time, Black Keke finally survived by navigating the space of the misplaced Mental Image Domain.
After creating distance and avoiding sight again, I didn't rush to the save point. I had to make sure everything was okay before saving. Facing Shion, recklessly saving would result in a lost save file.
Then, using the misaligned space, he looked at Shion again.
The petite girl strolled leisurely across the Starry Sands, ignoring the large hole in her chest. What seemed fatal to a magical girl was nothing to her— Shion even looked up at her location just from the gaze she felt.
Tranquil, colossal, majestic—the oppressive and unfamiliar aura that, despite being reopened countless times, still terrified Black Keke and made it increasingly difficult to breathe.
Shion may not be a magical girl.
Black Keke let out a long sigh, "To be honest, you monster are even harder to deal with than the Beast of the End— "
"Should we give up?" Shion tilted her head.
"But your luck doesn't seem to be very good today."
As Black Keke regulated her breathing, she leaned against the mountainside and pointed to the sky, "Have you looked at today's constellations?"
I am a materialist.
"Wow, someone who uses magic claims to be a materialist?"
"If something can exist, then it is materialistic."
"If that's the case..."
As Shion's earth-shattering magic surged forth, Black Keke, who had been thrown out, tumbled and scrambled into the water.
Peeking out from underwater, the calm surface of the water reflects the stars in the sky.
"The astrological aspects aren't good, but that's just how things are. Miss Shion, Mercury is currently retrograde and stationary at the end of the 26° Cancer range. Hmm, that's what they call Mercury retrograde."
Black Keke stretched out her wet hand, "Your jinx is shining."
When Shion swung her sword again, she staggered slightly.
The once overwhelming and magnificent magical power suddenly became sparse, and the sword strike even made her unsteady on her feet.
"It seems the prediction came true; the stars are really bad today."
Black Keke drew her fire weapon and aimed it at Shion, who had lost her magic.
However, in the next second, even with the magic power depleted, the small blade still pierced through the muzzle in an instant.
The fire exploded instantly!
" Matrix Restart."
The 4,212th death.
I opened my eyes; the river water was icy cold.
Black Keke, soaking in the water, stretched out her wet hands and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Am I right? The celestial signs are not good----"
No problem, it's a perfectly safe save point.
She looked up at Shion, who had suddenly become even shorter. It wasn't that her body had actually shrunk, but rather that she had lost her immense magic, giving her a miniature appearance.
[Magic Replacement], finally successful.
What makes Shion most terrifying is her seemingly endless magical power.
One of the main reasons why Black Keke no longer considers becoming stronger is one of the rule-based abilities she possesses when she is in the Mental Image Domain.
Ability Swap.
By being repeatedly killed, one of one of one's attributes is swapped with that of the enemy.
This is one of the trump cards that can be effective even against the Beast of the End; even the most powerful enemy can be weakened step by step through this method.
But this time it really took much longer than the battle against the End, and the Beast of the End was replaced on the 3,664th time.
Shion's magic replacement took a total of 4,212 deaths to succeed.
Perhaps in terms of rank, the Beast of the End is very strong, but in terms of pure magical power, Shion is still superior.
After possessing Shion's magic.
Black Keke's power instantly flooded her brain, magic replacing thought.
Unleash your magic directly, attacking Shion head-on!
Having a wheelchair like this is no different from actually sitting in one; you'd be drooling if you saw it.
However, when Shion, possessing magical power surpassing that of Shion, attempted to defeat her head-on, Shion's figure moved like a ghost, precisely traversing through Shion's vast magical energy.
Then he passed by her.
Fresh blood suddenly splattered from his neck!
One fatal blow to the throat!
In the cycle that began again, Black Keke, still soaking in the water, wiped her face and looked at Shion with a somewhat questioning expression.
Then he got up again and rushed forward!
A sword pierced through the heart.
The 8,643rd time.
Black Keke, whose belly was instantly ripped open and whose internal organs spilled out onto the ground, finally took a breath.
When the cycle repeated, looking up at Shion, Black Keke wiped the river water stuck to the corner of her mouth and gave up on a direct attack.
She was a little intoxicated.
The difference in their magical power was clearly beyond comprehension.
However, Shion skillfully evaded all her magical attacks and seas of magic, and then delivered a precise and fatal blow.
After this guy got the data, he didn't end up drooling in a wheelchair.
Or are they desperately honing their skills?
How could there be such a person?
On the contrary, Black Keke relies somewhat on reincarnation, which makes her ineffective in combat, even when facing overwhelming power.
Then, with the cycle of reincarnation, the magic began to wax and wane.
Is the other person's Personal Reality transcending reincarnation?
It's okay, though.
The 16,024th cycle.
[Magic replacement successful.]
The immense magical power that Shion initially possessed returned to Black Keke's body.
The second attempt to strip away her magic took considerable effort, and all her previous efforts to restore Shion's magic beyond reincarnation were in vain.
The 24,068th cycle.
[Magic, Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus successfully replaced]
What replaced it was the ability that Black Keke and Lu Ya had researched together: the curse of magic insulation.
It takes effect passively.
The 37,041st cycle of reincarnation.
[Magic, Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger successfully replaced.]
What replaced it was Black Keke's research achievement from the Witch Association: the Curse of Shrinking Personal Reality.
It takes effect passively.
The 66,021st cycle of reincarnation.
[Magic and Cognitive Obstruction successfully replaced]
The magic that Black Keke stole from the magical girl is replaced with a healing aura.
It is the only passive magic that does not affect its owner.
The 84,699th cycle of reincarnation.
[Magic and sword aura successfully replaced.]
What replaced it was a spell that Black Keke herself had learned: Double Personal Gravity.
It takes effect passively.
The 1064th reincarnation.
[Magic, Clone Magic Puppet replacement successful.]
The curse that Black Keke found in the Calamity Curse Realm is replaced: double mana consumption.
It takes effect proactively.
The 102,624th cycle of reincarnation.
[Magic: Absolute Zero successfully replaced.]
Black Keke stared blankly at the Shion in front of her.
She could hardly discern what exactly made the person in front of her so powerful.
She thought it was magic.
However, after the magic was replaced, she, lacking combat experience, found it difficult to even gain an advantage.
She thought it was magic.
But with so many spells replaced, the effect of using them on myself is vastly different from that on the opponent.
--
The Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus exploded and killed itself hundreds of times; the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger was almost impossible to hit; the effect of the Cognitive Obstruction was extremely useless; the attack range of the sword energy was not even as good as the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger; Clone Magic Puppet was just more cannon fodder to be beaten up, and it took a lot of time.
When Absolute Zero is deployed, the first to die is oneself.
Others specialize in one area, or they have a wide range of skills and knowledge.
Magical Girl Shion achieved both quantity and quality.
This will take a lot of time; simply replacing it won't work properly.
Moreover, in these hundreds of thousands of encounters, the actual combat time when clashing with Shion is basically measured in seconds.
The slowest time was four seconds before he was killed.
Black Keke has used Eternal Samsara to kill countless powerful beings.
Most of the agents who obtained most of the power of the Beast of the End Beast of the End, including many of its agents, died at her hands.
He even personally fought the Beast of the End, ultimately persuading Beast of the End to close its eyes and cease looking towards the future.
Even the Beast of the End, when stripped of their magic, spells, and other strange abilities, will be weakened, at least not to the point of being instantly killed again.
Shion was the only exception.
Hundreds of thousands of attempts, each ending in a 100-second sell-out.
Whether it's losing magic, losing spells, or losing the Mental Image Domain.
Even Shion could kill herself with a single blow.
It wasn't through magic or spells, but simply through her own existence; her body naturally absorbed all the magic around her to strengthen itself.
Even without magical enhancement, its bodily functions are already exaggerated to an incomprehensible degree.
This means that the other person's daily use of magic is not only for practicing the application of magic and magical power, but also for training their physical body.
Is she a fitness-themed magical girl?
An unusual feeling of irritability arose in my heart.
She had died many times in her battles against the Beast of the End, but she had never felt this frustrated.
The despair that seems to have no end, and the resulting weariness, is almost unbearable.
Advancing through the save points was extremely difficult.
One hundred and thirty-six thousand seven hundred and twelve cycles of reincarnation.
The Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus and the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger, perfectly controlled, were exquisitely fused together.
Then, using Absolute Zero, a momentary lock-on was achieved, resulting in a forced hit.
A stream of purple light pierced through the ice and the Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus formed by the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger, passing through his forehead once again.
Reincarnation begins again!
On the 280,000th restart, just as Shion burst out from the flames and ice, appearing behind him like a demon, Black Keke finally seized the opening she had found earlier.
The first time, one of Shion's little fingers was severed!
Then, his head was smashed.
When the time came to rewind, I opened my eyes.
Shion slapped her hand down.
His head exploded again.
Another dead file.
There wasn't even any time to react.
After that, it was basically a matter of blinking an eye, and the world would cycle again.
The cycle of reincarnation continues, and consciousness begins to blur.
Just when Black Keke was starting to lose her ability to think.
The 700,000th reincarnation.
The eyes of the Beast of the End opened in the sky above the domain.
Then, all the stars in the sky transformed into the pupils of the Beast of the End, and they all looked down!
Shion's palm finally missed its mark.
Having gotten a chance to catch her breath, Black Keke, though still in a daze, instinctively backed away from Shion.
Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger, Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus, Swift Wind Walk Critical Strike, Clone Magic Puppet, Absolute Zero, Blue Silver Bind, Guanyin's Tears, Bodhi Blood, Seven Bans Seven Absolutes Curse, Nine Nether Character Techniques, Arcing Sword Qi, Several Cuts of the Waning Moon —countless spells engulfed the Shion in front of her.
Finally, Black Keke escaped the deadly barrier and created some distance. She covered her forehead and breathed heavily.
Seven hundred thousand reincarnations, roughly the same as the last one.
The limit of the Beast of the End's endurance.
"You Return to Truth are an annoying guy." The voice of the End, filled with disgust, rang in my ears.
"Oh dear, don't say that, my dear friend, it's just an insurance policy."
This is a small insurance policy that allows you to get yourself out of a dead end when Shion forces you into a corner.
The starry sky in this Mental Image Domain is neither a real starry sky nor a texture.
Those stars were actually all within the vision of the Beast of the End.
By shifting the gaze of the Beast of the End from all worlds to this place, once a certain threshold is exceeded, the Beast of the End will inevitably take action on its own.
But what exactly happened with that frozen save file?
Shion, did she control time?
So much so that he killed himself without even realizing it.
Have you begun to master the power of the Time Branch?
No wonder the effects of reincarnation are getting weaker and weaker.
We need to finish this quickly.
Even after losing her magic and spells, and only having a physical body, Shion remained unfazed by the gaze of the many eyes of the Beast of the End, and her fighting spirit only grew stronger.
"Come."
The Beast of the End flatly refused Shion's invitation. "This is your battle; I have no interest in it."
"Yes, and it's not over yet, Miss Shion. Let me show you something good."
As Black Keke spoke, she reached out and touched the sky.
Or perhaps it should be said that the sky itself fell down, allowing her to touch it.
Then, the pupils formed from the countless stars, like glass beads covered by a black cloth, rushed towards Black Keke with a whooshing sound!
Those eyes slid down from the night sky, landing on Black Keke, constantly shifting and darting around, like whirlpools in the deep sea, before finally settling on Black Keke.
Countless eyes opened and closed continuously, appearing ferocious and terrifying.
Six enormous white wings unfurled from its back, and amidst the falling feathers, Black Keke stretched its body.
Those pupils covered its entire body, eventually converging on its six pairs of white wings.
As a result, even Black Keke's true form began to distort, with white light constantly enveloping her head and body, making her look like a monster formed from a convergence of white light.
" Keke."
The Beast of the End's voice carried a hint of displeasure.
"Don't be so stingy, okay?"
Black Keke simply opened all her eyes and looked at Shion, saying, "I'm just borrowing your body for a little while."
Since arriving here for reincarnation, Black Keke been constantly preparing a plan.
He borrowed the body of the Beast of the End as his own perfect form.
Now, with Shion's help, they have finally succeeded.
Although it was only half the body of the true Beast of the End, the essence of its power was already completely different.
"Although the Beast of the End cannot fight you."
"But you still have me. I can fulfill your expectations as the Beast of the End."
Shion tilted her head slightly.
With fingers joined like a sword, a light stroke is made.
The wings and Black Keke's body became dislodged, spraying blood, and then the creature instantly died.
"Although the Beast of the End is unwilling to fight you—"
Another death.
"Although End— "
His head exploded.
He continued to provoke Shion, and Shion, without hesitation, ruthlessly killed him.
Each time should not exceed one second.
A total of 990,000 times.
Finally, after 9.9 million attempts, Black Keke stopped provoking Shion.
Shion didn't rush to kill her; she simply gazed at her.
"That's about right, is that alright?"
In response to Black Keke's mutterings, Shion simply smiled faintly, "What, has Samsara found a way to defeat me?"
Black Keke wasn't surprised, and looked at Shion, "You guessed very accurately."
"No need to guess, your ability itself is reincarnation, plus this Mental Image that allows you to predict my every move—how many times have you reincarnated?"
Exactly 990,000 times.
Shion remained silent for a long time.
Black Keke tilted her head. "What's wrong? Are you shocked? Actually, it's nothing serious. I'm already used to it—"
"No, I just feel that you don't have a concrete concept of numbers. Nine hundred and ninety thousand times is an exaggeration. Human memory can't hold that many things. Numbers that are too big lose their sense of reality, understand?"
"----So how many times do you think is believable?"
"Ninety thousand times is already an exaggeration, nine hundred times would seem rubbish, nine thousand times is about right."
Black Keke was both amused and exasperated. "What's the evidence?"
"A reasonable inference."
"That's completely inconsistent with the facts."
Black Keke rubbed her forehead wearily, then pointed to the bottom of the river, "You can see for yourself."
Shion looked down.
The riverbed was littered with Black Keke's corpses!
Burned, frozen, decapitated, exploded----
Tragic corpses littered the riverbed, yet the water remained crystal clear.
"This water is undrinkable."
"The water in my Mental Image is just an image!" Black Keke, somewhat exhausted.
Shion finally nodded. "Okay, does every death create a corpse? I don't think there will be enough for 990,000, right?"
"Of course, not every death results in the creation of a corpse, but in most cycles of reincarnation, corpses accumulate."
"So the corpses in the Land of the End are the same?"
"That's right, it's the corpses I accumulated throughout Eternal Samsara that I dumped there. In reality, persuading the Beast of the End was accomplished in one reincarnation."
Shion showed a slight admiration.
I never expected that the other party could actually withstand so many tens of thousands of reincarnations.
Black Keke's abilities far exceeded her expectations.
"So you're laying your cards on the table now because you've found a way to defeat me?"
"More or less."
In the pitch-black Mental Image Domain, there are no stars, no moon, and no sun.
Only Black Keke, with its six pairs of white wings spread out, was as holy as an angel, its white holy light illuminating the Mental Image space.
Its face was blurred, and its entire body was covered in pupils, making it look slightly eerie.
Do you know why this body is considered perfect?
Black Keke answered her own question without waiting for Shion's reply, "It's not because it's powerful. It's only half the shell of the Beast of the End, so it doesn't actually have much power. At least it's not enough against you."
Shion watched as Black Keke took flight, then reached out and grabbed a longbow.
The bow is drawn as full as a full moon!
"The important thing is that this body has a high tolerance for certain things because it is not human, and each pupil represents a brain, capable of processing and judging information simultaneously."
The six-winged angel Black Keke looked down at the Magical Girl Shion, "This Mental Image Domain doesn't erase memories during each cycle; instead, it compresses and hides them. However, as the master of this Mental Image, I can read and process them at any time."
Shion's brows furrowed slightly.
"It seems you've already realized that."
Black Keke tapped her temple. "Your memories have all been compressed and hidden. A total of 990,000 reincarnations, yet you have no idea what happened. Now, I'll return those 990,000 reincarnation memories to you."
Shion suddenly drew her sword, its magnificent light blazing forth, ready to completely engulf Black Keke!
However, Black Keke simply flapped its wings slowly and deliberately.
The celestial signs are really bad today.
Avoid the dawn and refrain from looking back.
" Matrix Overwrite."
All the memories from 990,000 reincarnations exploded in Shion's mind in an instant!
Even with Shion's super brain, she crashed the moment she was hit by the information deluge!
His pupils were slightly dilated, and saliva slowly trickled down the corners of his mouth.
The magnificent sword light in Shion's hand dissipated with a "bang".
Black Keke walked over to the little girl, who was so beautiful and adorable even when she was absent-minded, and reached out to touch her soft face.
Then, the six wings covered Shion's body, gradually enveloping and swallowing her.
"This is Eternal Samsara. Goodnight, dear Shion- sensei."