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Probably realizing what Asakura was about to do, the light sphere… or rather, Kuri Tia, the Evil God within the light sphere, stopped pretending.
The 'shell' that originally covered It began to vitalize, emitting an oppressive aura. Even the flames on Its body were instantly deprived of control, becoming part of the opponent.
That was a flame that defied the laws of nature. Its light was no longer the pale silver that Asakura used to hunt enemy chiefs, but presented a morbid, eerie green. That was the result of mixing death, malice, and madness into the flames.
The fireball floated in the air, neither rising nor falling, just quietly burning, with black patterns like blood vessels flowing on its surface, occasionally erupting in a low hum, as if chanting something in a unique voice incomprehensible to mortals.
Turbid black viscous matter spread out, seemingly giving up resistance at first glance, even exposing its core, but in reality, it used laws from a corner of the universe in super ancient times that humans still could not understand, making its own structure more stable and unshakeable.
Its core vaguely showed a distorted outline, as if countless tentacles were wriggling within, trying to break free from the flame's restraint. Whenever the fireball trembled slightly, the surrounding air distorted with it, and light was swallowed, leaving behind a suffocating darkness.
The ground began to crack under its illumination, and the flesh attached to the walls seeped out viscous, putrid liquid, as if the earth itself was festering in fear.
Just by gazing at this eerie green fireball, one could already feel their sanity being greatly burdened.
Asakura tried to regain control of the flames, but quickly failed. After all, the essence of the Curse [Candle] was to turn the target into fuel, and flames were merely a derivative effect, so his control over the flames themselves was not very strong.
So Asakura decisively gave up this meaningless action and began to try to turn his attention to the opponent's exposed core, which was Kuri Tia's embryo, and activate [Candle]. However, he was blocked by the turbid black viscous matter of the outer shell, which was constructed differently from life force.
This time, Asakura already knew the essence of that turbid blackness: it was a ritual foundation constructed from the mystery of Gokou stolen by Human-Faced Sore, a kind of 'concept' like existence.
It could not resist the power of [Candle], but the 'ritual' itself could be repaired. As long as enough life force or other power was invested, the ritual foundation would continuously proliferate, like continuously adding fuel to a candle, obstructing [Candle] in a precarious state.
And the negligible time it bought had already begun to change the direction of the battle—the embryo's presence suddenly intensified. Even without using Truth Vision, Asakura could guess what Kuri Tia was trying to do.
It gave up the method of 'birth' to sneak in, but instead used the embryo as an anchor, planning to forcibly descend into this world.
Asakura gritted his teeth: Is this guy not afraid of being rejected and exiled by the world?
But then he immediately realized that Kuri Tia's embryo was not in the real world at this moment, but had been dragged into the Mirror space. This place did not belong to the real world, but was a different space similar to a demonic realm!
Compared to the real world, which is quite sensitive to extraordinary powers from different dimensions, the Mirror space has much lower resistance to different dimensions. Kuri Tia intends to directly seize ownership of the Mirror space, take it for Itself, and turn it into a bridgehead adjacent to the real world, used for invading and distorting reality!
Even if this space cannot withstand the Evil God's power and shatters, Its full-power strike can leave a wound on the real world sufficient to serve as a beacon, so that It can invade this world again in countless dimensions next time using other methods.
The fireball slowly rose, flying into mid-air, like an eerie green sun, beginning to emit an abnormal glow.
"You won't get your way—"
Asakura gritted his teeth, preparing to unleash the true trump card for the abortion surgery.
However, Kuri Tia's embryo seemed to know that he was about to launch a powerful attack, and suddenly let out a roar.
No, rather than a roar, it was closer to an indescribable psychic scream directly hitting Asakura, causing his movements to halt for a moment.
Even if he only lost consciousness for a brief moment, when his sanity regained clarity, he already felt as if it was too late—
But almost at the same moment, Yuigahama Yui, who was being protected by the dessert golem on the Mirror-like sea surface, continued to hold the Mirror pendant from Chihaya Anon in one hand, maintaining the existence of the Mirror space, while extending her other hand into Napoleon's body and taking out a camera from within.
She aimed the camera at the eerie green fireball and pressed the shutter without hesitation.
Immediately, this cursed camera from Nukumizu Kazuhiko's house made a sizzling sound and emitted a pungent smell of burning plastic.
But even so, the camera's effect successfully activated.
Thus, Kuri Tia, the Evil God who was about to break out of Its shell, got stuck. After all, the ritual foundation used for Its birth was gender-swapped from 'mother' to 'father,' causing a bug in the entire descent ritual from its root, directly stalling it.
And Asakura finally seized this opportunity.
Curse flowed through his already riddled body, circulating repeatedly, circulating repeatedly, circulating repeatedly;
He forcibly roused his exhausted spirit, concentrating his attention on a single point;
Asakura did not simply accept the power from the Nameless Magic Book; he also continuously enhanced its power and effect through his own understanding.
From merely using Curse at first, to beginning to understand Curse, and then to creatively utilizing Curse's effectiveness.
From Cursed Flame Scale Armor to Scale Flash Pattern, continuously pursuing the essence of Curse, and what was finally developed after countless refinements was the power shining at his fingertips at this moment—
"The compound Curse of [Candle] and [Scale]…"
That was a transparent scale, crafted like a gemstone, emitting a peculiar glow.
It was no longer just the effect of simply piecing two Curse together like Cursed Flame Scale Armor, but a true, brand-new 'Curse' created by Asakura, formed by complementing the two after understanding their essence.
[Phosphorus]—!"
The brilliant bullet transformed into a stream of light, easily piercing through the life force shell entangled with the Evil God's flames and the continuously self-repairing ritual foundation, directly hitting Kuri Tia's embryo.
The next moment, the eerie green fireball expanded in silence, and Kuri Tia's embryo became the fuel for [Phosphorus].
Its surface initially only trembled slightly, like a thin membrane trying to contain the internal frenzy.
Then, a pitch-black crack opened in the center, as if the universe had opened its eye.
Immediately after, a silent explosion began.
What gushed out from the core was not flames, but a viscous substance like liquid light, spreading outwards with a suffocating sense of oppression.
The eerie green light distorted in the air, forming countless spiral patterns, like ancient runes burning in the void.
The shockwave of the explosion made no sound, yet it made the surrounding air viscous, as if time itself had been torn apart.
Chiba Port Tower completely collapsed in silence, with rubble suspended in mid-air, made transparent by the green light.
The Mirror-like ocean in the distance, upon contact with the light, was uniformly covered in cracks, turning into countless fragments, only to be swallowed by green flames the next second, re-forming into distorted shapes.
The center of the fireball seemed to connect to another dimension, faintly revealing countless tentacle-like dark shadows dancing within it, emitting a low hum, like a call from the abyss, as if proclaiming the unwillingness of the otherworldly god.
When the explosion reached its peak, the emerald green light suddenly contracted, forming a giant vortex that sucked everything around it into its core.
The center of the vortex was an absolute darkness, as if even light could not escape.
Finally, the fireball dissipated with a low hum, leaving behind only scorched earth burned by green flames, the air filled with a pungent smell of metal mixed with decay.
And then, the dilapidated Mirror space finally could no longer hold up.
The sky began to emit faint crisp sounds, as if someone was gently tapping a huge pane of glass in the distance.
At first, it was just a barely visible crack, spanning between the clouds, like an invisible wound.
Then, the crack spread rapidly, radiating like a spiderweb, dividing the originally complete sky into countless irregular fragments.
An ear-splitting roar tore through the sky, and the sky collapsed like a shattered Mirror. Huge fragments began to fall, their edges flashing with dazzling light, like countless sharp blades cutting through the air.
The fragments of the sky crashed heavily into the sea, stirring up huge waves, and the broken Mirror surface, like sequins on clothing, revealed a beautiful iridescent color under the shattered sky light.
However, Chihaya Anon and Yuigahama Yui probably weren't in the mood to appreciate this beautiful scenery.
On the contrary, if they didn't run away quickly, those falling fragments of the sky would be enough to pose a sufficient threat to the weak, pitiful, and helpless duo of pink-haired girls.
"What do we do now?!"
Chihaya Anon shouted to Yuigahama Yui in a tearful voice, "I can't hold on much longer..."
"Wait a little longer... I'm sorry, Anon, just hold on!"
Yuigahama Yui was extremely anxious. Black smoke billowed from her hand, and the Curse Camera, which reeked of a pungent burning smell, was temporarily unusable. The explosion from Chiba Port Tower stirred up a sky full of dust. Although she saw the emerald green fireball also disappear in the explosion, she had no idea about the specifics of the battle situation.
Please be safe, Takkun. The girl prayed desperately in her heart, even though her Curse was almost exhausted, she was still trying her best to maintain the remaining stability of the Mirror space.
Suddenly, the dessert giant that had been protecting them stopped, carefully placing the two girls onto the Mirror-like sea. Immediately after, with a 'thump', it transformed back into the fluffy little dog Snake, protecting them on its back with its tail.
And then, Asakura's voice came from the mouth of the little dog Snake, Napoleon.
"Hello, can you hear me?"
"Takkun?!"
"Asakura-kun!"
The two pink-haired girls shouted in surprise together.
Yuigahama Yui finally relaxed.
"Oh, it seems your spirits are still quite good."
"No way, Anon is almost exhausted~"
Chihaya Anon grinned, revealing her small fangs, complaining in an almost spoiled tone.
"How are things on your end, Takkun?"
Yuigahama Yui asked with concern.
"Not so good."
Asakura replied.
Immediately, the girls' hearts leaped up again.
"Do you need our help?"
Yuigahama Yui asked uneasily.
Chihaya Anon's face turned pale. After all, even from a distance, without a clear view of the specific scene, the Chiba Port Tower had been split in two, there were green flames everywhere, and that super big explosion that seemed to blast the entire space away. The intensity of the battle far exceeded a first-year high school girl's imagination.
However, even though she was scared, the girl did not say anything about retreating.
"No, you probably won't make it in time."
Asakura said, "If possible, just try to maintain this space for a bit longer... Quack?!"
"Takkun?"
Hearing Asakura emit that sound, which was either a gasp or a scream, Yuigahama Yui couldn't help but ask worriedly, "What's wrong?"
"No, nothing... It's just that the child I just rescued seems to have woken up..."
"The child you rescued?"
Yuigahama Yui tilted her head curiously.
"Didn't the news say some children had gone missing? Many of them were victims of this incident. I'm heading to the lower half of Chiba Port Tower, the part on land... Wait, don't move around, and don't touch..."
"Um, Asakura-kun?"
Chihaya Anon couldn't help but show a questioning look: "Why does the atmosphere on your end seem to have become a bit strange? What about those monsters?"
"The monsters have all been dealt with, yes, this is not a dream..." Asakura said softly, not knowing whether he was comforting Chihaya Anon or the girl he had rescued who was next to him, "Don't worry, everything is fine now..."
"Indeed, otherwise, we should still go and help!"
Yuigahama Yui immediately said with righteous indignation.
"Huh? It's fine if you don't come over, I'll use Great Blessing to bring them all back to Round Table Hall later..."
"It's fine, what's there to be polite about now!"
Ignoring Asakura's puzzled "Huh, I'm not being polite?" sound, she reached out and patted the head of the little dog Snake (enlarged version) she was sitting on: "Napoleon, let's go!"
So Napoleon arched its body like a mantis shrimp, then with a sudden thrust, it sped across the sea where fragments of the sky were constantly falling, accompanied by Chihaya Anon's Doppler effect-laden screams, rushing towards the ruins of Chiba Port Tower on the shore at a considerable speed.
Those fragments of the sky floating on the sea still refracted shattered light and shadows, as if telling a story where love and courage ultimately triumphed.
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