"Phantom Show!!"
A bright, full moon flew out from the palm of the Persona Raoul, casting a cold and enchanting light on the distant Diabolic Kevin SIM.
However, bathed in the moonlight of Phantom Show, the Diabolic Kevin SIM showed no signs of falling into a trance. His ice-blue eyes remained fixed on Ren.
"I have long since abandoned the right to dream. Such a trick is useless against me."
After saying this, the Diabolic Kevin SIM once again raised the Judgment of Shamash greatsword in his hand. With a surge of Honkai energy, the blade, wreathed in raging flames, transformed, entering its overclocked, Annihilation form in an instant.
"Immune to sleep again? I'm getting used to this... Raoul, Maeigaon!!"
Ren had started with his exclusive skill, Phantom Show. Seeing that the Diabolic Kevin SIM had not fallen asleep, he was not disappointed. He immediately issued the command to attack to the Persona Raoul.
A terrifying flame, like a calamitous fire from the heavens, burst forth from the descending Judgment of Shamash. Almost at the same moment that the Diabolic Kevin SIM swung his sword, the crimson-black cursed spear in the Persona Raoul's hand slashed towards the other end with a thunderous roar. The crimson flame sword and the surging crimson-black pillar of fire clashed violently, resulting in a stalemate.
The red and black flames intertwined fiercely, and the raging sea of purgatorial fire obscured their vision. Ren did not dare to relax for a moment, constantly on guard against any slight movement on the other side of the red-and-black sea of fire.
Sure enough, in the next moment, Ren noticed a figure rushing towards him at high speed, breaking through the intertwining red and black pillars of fire. It flew towards him with a clear purpose, and the hellish sea of fire it had forced its way through seemed to have caused it no significant damage, only a few wisps of white steam rising from its demonic, humanoid body.
"Miracle Punch!!"
The Persona Raoul clenched its fist, and a surge of palpable energy burst forth. A giant's arm suddenly appeared from the void, its massive, clenched fist containing the power to shatter space, and it rushed towards the relatively small Diabolic Kevin SIM with an unstoppable force.
The massive fist, constructed of magical energy, charged towards the Diabolic Kevin SIM's body. In an instant, he unleashed a thousand slashes at the miracle fist that blocked his path, finely slicing the energy fist into a sky full of magical light points. And at the moment the miracle fist shattered, a rain of golden bullets, imbued with the light of the stars, suddenly rained down on the Diabolic Kevin SIM.
The spatial bullets, which had been previously unstoppable, were now no different from ordinary bullets against the Diabolic Kevin SIM. They were either blocked or dodged by him, or they managed to hit his body after overcoming numerous obstacles, but they failed to display their defense-ignoring properties, only exploding in a shower of golden sparks upon impact before disappearing.
However, Ren had not expected to be able to injure the strongest enemy he had ever encountered with a barrage of spatial bullets from the very beginning.
Click—
Under Ren's deliberate offensive, the ammunition in the Key of the Void pistol was quickly depleted, and the safety mechanism was automatically activated.
"And now for the second time—Persona!!"
The trigger was pulled again at his temple. Amidst the bursting, cerulean spatial fragments, a Persona girl with purple hair, golden eyes, and a deep purple, gold-trimmed dress appeared in response to the summons, floating gracefully and gently in the void behind Ren.
"Sirin, I'll leave the cover to you."
Ren gave the command to the Persona Sirin behind him. Among all his Personas, Sirin, who controlled the authority of space, was the most suitable choice for cover and delay tactics.
The Persona Sirin nodded expressionlessly. After a covert glance at Ren, she extended her palm towards the Diabolic Kevin SIM, who was entangled with the Persona Raoul.
Fists crossed. The Persona Raoul opened its palm as it passed by the Diabolic Kevin SIM, and its sharp, gleaming claws slashed across his chest, leaving three claw marks that barely drew blood on his half-exposed chest.
Although only his upper body appeared to have retained its human form, his seemingly weak chest actually possessed the same defensive capabilities as the rest of his body. The damage from the Persona Raoul's claw attack was minimal, and in a flash, the three bloody wounds had completely healed.
And as the Diabolic Kevin SIM drove the tattered Diabolic wing on his back to turn and face the Persona Raoul's next wave of attacks, hundreds of dark voids suddenly opened up in the space around him. The lances of the void, gleaming with a purplish light, looked like the eyes of some unknown, malevolent beast, and they maliciously locked onto the Diabolic Kevin SIM's figure.
"Herrscher of the Void..."
Faced with the thousands of lances of the void that were shooting towards him from all sorts of strange and tricky angles from the dark voids, the Diabolic Kevin SIM remained calm and composed.
He let the thousands of golden spatial lances shoot towards him, and only when they were about to hit him did he swing the Judgment of Shamash in his hand. A raging tornado of flames erupted, instantly detonating all the incoming lances of the void.
After dodging the harassing attacks from the Herrscher of the Void, Sirin, he scanned his surroundings and soon noticed the figure of the Persona Raoul flying past him at high speed like a free bird.
The Persona Raoul raised its arm towards him, its demonic claws accurately aimed at the Diabolic Kevin SIM's position. A crimson-black spectral fire began to dance at its fingertips.
Based on his previous combat experience, the Diabolic Kevin SIM instantly judged that the Persona Raoul was about to use that cursed move called Maeigaon again. So he drove the Diabolic wing on his back to move and evade, while at the same time, the Judgment of Shamash shot out another flaming sword slash towards the Persona Raoul in an attempt to interrupt it.
However, in the next moment, before Kevin's attack could do anything, the Persona Raoul's figure blurred and disappeared, leaving only a few wisps of bluish-green flames, tinged with crimson, in the air, which were then completely engulfed by the belated crimson flame sword.
"...What?"
The target in his line of sight had actually disappeared. Even the Diabolic Kevin SIM was stunned for a moment. With his eyesight, he could naturally tell that the Persona Raoul had not moved away at high speed, but had disappeared directly from this Elysian Realm space.
"One-Shot Kill—Mara!!"
After dismissing the Persona Raoul, Ren immediately summoned the next new Persona to the stage.
The dark green figure, riding on a golden chariot, danced with its tentacle-like appendages, exuding a strong sense of blasphemy. Its extremely strange appearance stunned the Diabolic Kevin SIM for a moment again.
And the Persona Mara, who had appeared in response to Ren's summons, took advantage of this precious moment to open its bloody maw and shoot a strange, ominous, dark green light bullet at the enemy.
The Diabolic Kevin SIM instantly came to his senses. He dodged the dark green light bullet shot by the Persona Mara from a distance, and without even evading, he counterattacked.
"Megidolaon!!"
A dark, six-pointed star of the void opened up in front of the Diabolic Kevin SIM, instantly engulfing his figure. When he reappeared, he had not retreated but had instead closed the distance with the Persona Mara, taking its Megidolaon attack almost at point-blank range.
Visible, pinkish-purple ripples spread out in the void, rapidly extending towards the Diabolic Kevin SIM and successfully hitting his body.
The Persona Mara's full-power, psychokinetic attack, unleashed at point-blank range, caused the Diabolic Kevin SIM's body to stiffen. His rock-solid consciousness did not waver or become dazed from the impact of the mental energy, but his brow furrowed tightly from the mental shock.
"Sakura!!"
The Persona Mara's figure suddenly disappeared, replaced by a familiar, cherry blossom-colored figure.
The cherry blossom-colored miko in a red and white miko outfit drew the crimson spirit blade from her waist, which was as enchanting as her haori. Time seemed to freeze for a moment. When the Diabolic Kevin SIM's consciousness began to flow again, the complex sword light, dyed crimson by the mental power, had already hit his body, leaving long, narrow sword marks.
"Aren't you going to help your companion? If you're just going to stand there and watch, why don't you give me all your power and let me help Joker fight instead?"
Mobius had recovered by now. She looked at Raiden Mei, who had not made a move since the Persona Kurikara had been destroyed. After squinting her eyes for a moment, Mobius took the initiative to talk to her.
To fight against Kevin, who had unleashed his true power, it was not enough to not be prepared to die dozens of times.
To speed up the frequency and number of judgments, Mobius had her eyes on Raiden Mei... Although she was just a half-baked Herrscher of Thunder, her Herrscher Core was undoubtedly the real deal.
With the Honkai energy of an entire Herrscher Core as a supply, it would be enough for Mobius to squander her life in this support battle.
To be honest, the strength Ren had displayed had far exceeded Mobius's expectations.
To be able to defeat the enraged, Active Honkai Reaction Kalpas with such a crushing victory was already a miraculous feat.
And what was even more unimaginable was that this Phantom Thief Joker could hold his own against the pillar of the Previous Era, who had gotten serious, for so long... Mobius even began to doubt her own eyes. She felt as if Ren was still accumulating small advantages, gradually overpowering the strongest of their Thirteen Flame-Chasers.
She had to admit, looking at Ren's black figure with his back to her, Mobius's heart, which had already given up hope, began to become active again. The fire of desire was rekindled in her heart.
If it's this Phantom Thief Joker... maybe he can really win!!
"...Give all my power to you? You humble crawler. The only thing you're good at is telling jokes."
Faced with Mobius's request for Honkai energy, Raiden Mei, who had been hanging her head, fell silent for a moment. Then, a playful, mocking smile slowly appeared on her lips. When she looked up again, her amethyst-like eyes had turned a brilliant gold, and a look of arrogance appeared on her delicate face.
"A Herrscher's consciousness... Hmm? No, that's not right."
Faced with Mei's aggressive and sarcastic words, Mobius did not get angry. She looked at Mei, who seemed to have become a different person, and soon noticed that something was wrong.
The brilliant gold in Mei's pupils gradually faded, but it did not disappear completely. Instead, it naturally merged with the clear purple of her original eyes, finally becoming one with her amethyst-like eyes.
However, even though the golden eyes that symbolized the Herrscher's consciousness had disappeared, the arrogant expression on Mei's face did not. Compared to her previous, wary but gentle gaze, her current gaze was clearly colder and more detached.
"You don't need to take my place. I am Joker's true companion. I will fight alongside him!!"
A voice like a cold, clear spring rang out, filled with a firm and decisive tone.
Crimson lightning wrapped around the tachi, Raikiri, in her hand. The sound of thunder was like the hammering of a god. When the lightning dissipated, the Raikiri in her hand had been completely transformed. Through the authority of the Herrscher of Thunder, it had been reconstructed into a magnificent and dangerous purple tachi.
"Lend me your power, my other self... Persona!!"
Thunder boomed, and lightning raged. Behind the resolute Raiden Mei, a slender figure with the same appearance as her appeared amidst the thunder.
The Persona figure, with a purple halo on its back and red Diabolic horns on its forehead, slowly opened its eyes. A giant, red Diabolic arm suddenly drew a massive tachi and swung a thunderous slash at the Diabolic Kevin SIM, who was gradually being suppressed in the sky, as if to tear the very edge of the sky.