Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 441 Mission: 03-3 Coming and Going Like the Wind
"Shadow of the God of Destruction!"

Arjuna unleashed his most powerful Noble Phantasm without hesitation, and a bright aurora flickered in his raised palm.

A magical weapon gifted by Shiva, one of the three deities of Hindu mythology, this shimmering palm light, wielding divine punishment of destruction, locked onto Arjuna in a desperate attempt. The pure light carried a destructive power, and any enemy caught within it, if unable to resist, would be annihilated.

In other words, death was granted by God. Death was equal, regardless of strength, status, or anything else. Within the universe, everything will die, and the power of the God of Destruction brought it here early.

Unfortunately, for Nero...Arjuna's move did not seem to have the effect he expected.

The destructive radiance collapsed, exploded, and slowly dissipated. Arjuna completely vanished as his Noble Phantasm was released, and Nero's figure vanished as well. Although the clone that had been attacking him just now also vanished simultaneously, Karna did not rashly assume that Nero had been defeated.

On the contrary, this situation is absolutely impossible. Because Nero has already recovered two magical beasts, and those "creatures" - let's call them creatures, they cannot be defeated by "death".

Otherwise, these heroic spirits wouldn't have to seal the monster away.

So, yes. In Karna's view, Nero only needed to summon the demon beast He, allowing this beast head, which was part of him, to take the blow on his behalf. Even if Arjuna successfully used his Noble Phantasm to bring death to the demon beast He, he probably wouldn't be able to get past the demon beast He and injure Nero himself.

The dead monsters will then begin to regenerate, just like "that thing" that has happened countless times in this singularity.

Similarly, if Karna wants to defeat Nero, he must also bypass the demon beast He and use his treasure to hit Nero head-on.

So, was Arjuna's final blow completely useless? Of course not—at least from Karna's perspective, Arjuna's Noble Phantasm's release should have temporarily destroyed at least one of the demon beasts, so now his dream of defeating Nero one-on-one didn't seem so far-fetched.

But where is Nero now?

Karna instinctively shot his spear behind him, and as he turned, his sight caught sight of Nero. But Nero repeated his old trick, his clone advancing to meet the spear tip, dodging the thrust while accelerating, his phantom blade pressing against the spear to push it away.

She herself took a step back and disappeared from Karna's sight again.

Karna immediately sheathed his spear, swung it around, and struck the clone's waist, instantly sending it flying. He maintained a stance ready to attack in any direction, waiting for Nero to reappear.

Whether it was Nero's Yama Blade or Karna's Brahma Spear, a single hit was enough to determine the outcome of this battle. Because of this, each of them retreated immediately after a single blow, leaving no room for pursuit. This meant the battle remained undecided for a long time.

If neither side wanted to get hurt, the fight would be limited to testing. This battle seemed to be getting boring.

“…I’m tired of it.”

Then Nero, who appeared again, uttered these words.

Several attacks were ineffective, and in direct confrontation, the weapon's length disadvantage was a real nuisance. However, it was undeniable that there was indeed a chasm between the spear and the sword. It was even exaggerated to say that in such close combat, the spear's length could even eliminate a tenfold difference in combat effectiveness, including both skill and physical fitness.

Nero's martial arts skills were obviously not much different from the great hero in front of him, so if she wanted to win this battle of guns and swords, she would have to show physical strength ten times that of Karna, or at least make him completely unable to react to Nero's attacks.

The disadvantage was too great. As long as Karna could react the moment Nero attacked, she could simply hold her weapon in front of her to prevent her from getting close, because a stabbing attack is the smallest and fastest attack.

Unfortunately, Nero's attacks, which he was confident could penetrate the Sun Disc Armor and injure his opponent, could only be performed within close combat range. This meant that Karna's equipment configuration was completely cheating. Possessing both the Sun Disc Armor and the Brahma Spear, two conflicting treasures, was sheer absurdity. No, it should be said that he was cheating in the first place. In the epic, Karna never wielded both treasures simultaneously.

So facing this kind of cheating player...it's about time for Nero to end this boring exhibition match.

She had originally wanted to try to defeat the so-called Indian hero head-on, but since she was sure the other side was "cheating", she decided not to act. Wasn't it just a surprise attack when Karna couldn't react?

She said it as if she couldn't do it.

As soon as he finished speaking, Nero swung his sword and cut off time.

Cheating? There's probably no more deceptive ability in this world than time control. If Karna could react to a sudden attack through space, why not try reacting to this one?

In just a blink of an eye, a moment, or even less than a thought, the outcome of the battle has been decided.

Nero came in front of Karna who was still in the attacking posture, held his breath, concentrated his mind, and swung his sword to cut down.

A scar that pierced the world pierced Karna's body. This was the first time he was truly injured in this battle. After a moment of time, Karna felt a pain in his heart, and was pierced by the shattered crack in the air.

"Pfft, what?!"

"Shh..." Nero suddenly appeared in front of the startled Karna, raised a finger, blinked, tilted his head and smiled, "Be careful not to vomit up the contents of your stomach, okay?"

Of course, this only wounded him. For him, clad in the indestructible golden armor, this wasn't truly fatal. So Nero allowed the world to heal, the cracks vanishing. Then, after saying this, he cut through time once more, raising his Yama Blade and aiming it at Karna's fresh wound.

"Because the operation is about to begin."

These words, which Karna could not hear, drifted away silently in the stagnant time, and Nero thrust the blade forcefully into Karna's body.

Then, pull hard.

At the moment when the Sun Wheel Armor was separated from Karna by the Yama Sword, the blade tore through the armor that no longer protected its master and ripped open the heroic spirit in front of it.

Time began to flow again, and just as Karna was about to raise the Spear of Victory in his hand to release his true name, he spat out a mouthful of hot blood.

He no longer has that opportunity.

Behind Nero, who had put away his sword and turned away without a speck of dust, Karna collapsed to the ground.

Dissipate slowly.

(End of this chapter)