Just as Chika's consciousness was forcibly pulled back to her inner world, outside, the body of the [Heavenly Judgment] Herrscher trembled violently!
Immediately afterwards, a destructive energy far more primal, violent, and undisguised than before, like a ferocious beast breaking free of all shackles, erupted from her petite body!
"boom--!!!"
Dark purple lightning and invisible spatial shockwaves spread wildly outwards in a ring shape from her center!
The remaining building materials, rubble, and dust on the platform, and even the AST team members who were lying on the ground with their CR-Units severely damaged and constantly sparking, were all violently blown away by this blast wave!
The scene quickly descended into chaos.
"Now! Retrieve Shido!" On Fraxinus, Kotori seized the brief gap in the spatial disturbance caused by the energy burst and decisively gave the order!
A precise beam of teleportation instantly enveloped the location of Shido's "body," and the next moment, Shido, along with the school uniform covering him, disappeared and was safely retrieved into Fraxinus's medical pod.
Although I know that Shido can heal himself, leaving him in that environment is too risky.
As the smoke slowly dissipated, the spot where Shido had been lying was now empty.
And in the air, the white figure still hovered there.
But everyone could sense that something... was different.
Previously, even when Chika expressed anger and despair, it was with a rational coldness and heaviness. But now, "she" wore a simple yet cruel smile.
Her golden eyes sparkled with the curiosity and excitement of a child playing with ants, as if the energy burst that had just crushed a person was merely a casual breath from her.
She tilted her head, looking down at the mess below, the AST team members lying scattered on the ground, seemingly finding it amusing. Then, she casually raised her hand and tapped lightly with her fingertips.
Several [Void Spears] with dangerous black-purple lightning flashing around their edges instantly materialized beside her, shooting towards the AST team members below who were temporarily incapacitated, with a shrill whistling sound that tore through space!
If this strike hits, the outcome is self-evident!
A sharp shout filled with anger and determination rang out!
The purple figure flashed by like lightning, and the enormous Aosha Gong, carrying immense spiritual power, precisely and swiftly shattered the several Void Spears in mid-air!
The explosion from the collision of spiritual energy burst into bursts of energy flames in the air.
Tohka, wielding the Executioner, stood between the AST team members and the "Celestial Judgment" in the air.
Her purple eyes were fixed on the white figure in the air, her chest heaving with anger and the memory of the previous battle.
She could sense that, although the appearance and spiritual attributes were exactly the same, the "being" in front of her was completely different from the "companion" who had shown sadness and understanding just now!
The pure malice and cruel disregard for life in those eyes sent a chill down her spine.
"Who...who are you?!" Tohka demanded loudly, her voice filled with wariness and confusion. "What did you do to her?!"
Fraxinus bridge.
Everyone was stunned by this sudden reversal.
"Spiritual...spiritual energy waveform comparison! 99.9% match with the previous data recorded by the [Heavenly Judgment] Herrscher!" the analyst reported, but his voice was full of confusion.
"But... the energy output pattern is more violent, lacking the previous restraint and precision, and the emotional spectrum analysis... is completely chaotic, filled with destruction and... pleasure?"
"A sudden change in behavior!" another crew member added, "From previous 'grief and indignation' and 'attempts to recruit,' it instantly transformed into indiscriminate aggression! This..."
Kotori stared intently at the "Chika" on the screen with a cruel smile, gritting her teeth: "Could it be... that this is the true face of the [Judgment] Herrscher? All the sadness, despair, and even that seemingly special attention to Shido before were all just a deeper disguise?"
Lingyin pushed up her glasses, her gaze behind the lenses incredibly solemn: "No... perhaps there's another possibility. Remember that abnormal mood data? If the previous 'Chika' was an act, then this one... perhaps that's her true... 'core' after all the pretense has been stripped away? A 'king' who purely pursues destruction and pleasure?"
Kannazuki had somehow come over again, looking at the screen. Surprisingly, she wasn't having a fit, but instead stroked her chin and murmured, "Hmm... this feeling is like a different 'personality' piloting the same body. Do spirits also have multiple personalities? It's... amazing! Full of mysterious and dangerous beauty!"
"Shut up, Kannazuki!" Kotori cursed, but the doubt in her eyes deepened.
The [Celestial Judgment] Herrscher before them seemed shrouded in an even deeper fog.
Every facet she revealed rendered Fraxinus's previous analysis and preparations utterly inadequate. And now, this "she," radiating pure malice, had clearly escalated to an unprecedented level of threat.
Tohka's intervention temporarily stopped her massacre of AST, but what will this awakened "King" do next?
The situation is about to rapidly veer towards an even more unpredictable direction.
Chapter 161 An Out-of-Control Trial and an Inner Struggle
Faced with Tohka's wary and angry questioning, the "Celestial Judge" in the air simply tossed his long white hair lazily, his golden eyes filled with disdain and mockery.
She let out a disdainful nasal sound, looking down at Tohka with a condescending gaze.
"A mere half-baked individual who can't even maintain his own stance has no right to question me, the King! ~☆" (Emperor Yan's tone)
She seemed to have completely lost patience, or rather, the desire to destroy had taken over. She gracefully raised her right hand and snapped her fingers crisply.
"This is the moment of judgment!"
As her words fell, the vast expanse of space behind her suddenly distorted, and several spatial gates with ominous purple lightning flashing at their edges opened abruptly like the pupils of a demon!
Inside the door, raging lightning and the energy of distorted space converged and compressed wildly, emitting a terrifying wave of destruction, aimed directly at the immobilized AST members below and the ready-to-fight Tohka!
If this attack lands, the consequences will be unimaginable!
Tohka's pupils constricted as she gripped the weapon tightly, preparing to fight to the death.
However, just as that destructive energy was about to erupt—
The arrogant and cruel expression on the face of "Celestial Judge" in the air suddenly froze, as if the program had encountered an incomprehensible error.
Her raised arm, which was about to swing down to command an attack, suddenly became extremely uncoordinated and began to tremble violently, as if pulled by invisible threads.
Then, to everyone's astonishment, the spatial gates that were already poised to open were suddenly twisted by an invisible hand, all turning ninety degrees in unison!
“Rumble——!!!”
The destructive energy torrent that should have shot towards the ground was now like out-of-control fireworks, violently shooting straight towards the empty sky!
The violent energy exploded in the night sky, turning into a dazzling yet deathly light pollution that illuminated the entire Tiangong City as if it were daytime.
The inner world of a shut-in.
"Tianchai Consciousness" was comfortably nestled in a gaming chair, her long, black-stockinged legs crossed and propped up on the table, her hands skillfully manipulating a game controller.
On the computer screen in front of her, everything happening in the outside world was being played in real time from a first-person perspective, as if she were treating her external body as a character she could control.
"Yes, yes, yes~☆That's it! First, I'll make a big threat, then I'll unleash my ultimate move and wipe them out~☆This king is so cool!"
She swung her leg triumphantly, about to press a "kill button" on the controller.
"Stop it, you idiot!!!"
When Chika's consciousness saw the preview of the next step on the screen, she was so scared that her soul almost flew out of her body!
She pounced forward like a hungry tiger, desperately trying to seize the handle that determined life and death in the outside world!
"Huh?! What do you want to do?! You weakling, don't interfere with my execution of justice (destruction)! ~☆"
"Heavenly Judgment" was clearly not expected that the main body would suddenly "rebel," and it gripped the handle tightly in shock and anger.
"Justice my ass! That's my brother's target (for picking up girls)! And we can't kill all those ASTs! It'll start a world war! Let go of them!"
"Hmph! Coward! They bullied you, so it's only right that I crush them for you! Let go! Let me finish this magnificent performance~☆!"
"Performance my foot! This is called indiscriminate killing! Give me back control!"
"No way! I am the strongest! Get out of my way!"
In an instant, in this inner room filled with the atmosphere of anime, two "beautiful girls" who looked exactly alike, with long white hair and long legs in black stockings, started wrestling together without any regard for their image.
Their goal is singular—that seemingly ordinary game controller that is connected to the destructive forces of the outside world.
They tugged and pulled at each other, their long white hair intertwined, their black-stockinged legs rubbing against each other in the entanglement, accompanied by occasional cries of "Ouch!", "You're pressing on my hair!", and "Let go of me, you idiot!"—a lively argument that seemed out of place with the somber atmosphere outside.
The powerful Herrscher, outwardly powerful, was frozen in mid-air due to the fierce struggle between the two inner consciousnesses for control of the "handle," her arms twitching strangely, the spatial gate behind her appearing and disappearing intermittently, and the energy flow flickering extremely unstablely, like a television screen with a poor signal.
This extremely bizarre scene plunged Tohka and the AST team members, who had just experienced a brush with death, as well as the observers on Fraxinus, into even deeper bewilderment and confusion.
(What... what's going on here?!)
Just as everyone was stunned by this strange turn of events, the "Heavenly Judgment" in the air underwent another change!
Her violently trembling arm suddenly swung downwards, as if breaking free from some kind of restraint, but the movement was full of uncoordinated abruptness.
The spatial gate behind her, which had been pointing towards the sky, suddenly closed and disappeared. But immediately afterward, new, smaller spatial ripples appeared and disappeared around her, unstablely spewing out tiny arcs of electricity and spatial fragments.
"Damn it...! Behave yourself... for me! ~☆" She growled through gritted teeth, her voice filled with noticeable static and intermittent sounds, like a poorly received broadcast.
Clearly, the internal struggle was not over; on the contrary, it intensified due to Chika's fierce resistance.
"Roar--!"
Although Tohka below was confused, she keenly noticed the "flaw" revealed by the powerful enemy in the air.
The instinct to protect her companions and herself overwhelmed her confusion about the unknown situation. She let out a battle roar, stomped her feet on the ground, and, wielding the Executioner, transformed into a purple meteor that shot into the sky, slashing straight at the stiff "Heavenly Judgment"!
"Hmph! How dare an ant be so presumptuous! ~☆"
Faced with Tohka's sudden attack, the "Heavenly Judgment" consciousness forcefully suppressed the internal interference, and a fierce glint flashed in its golden eyes.
She didn't even use any complex powers; she simply raised her left hand, and instantly a transparent shield composed of hexagonal energy lattices, shimmering with lightning, formed in front of her palm.
"Qiang!!!"
The sword of the slayer slammed into the lightning shield, unleashing a deafening roar and scattering energy shockwaves! Tohka's all-out attack was blocked so easily!
"Ugh, so annoying...like a fly! I'll just swat this nuisance to death! ~☆"
Her golden eyes locked onto Tohka below, and several small spatial portals opened behind her again, unleashing a barrage of dense purple lightning bolts like a torrential rain!
However, this time, Tohka did not choose to fight back. During that strange pause, she keenly sensed the instability in her opponent's condition.
"Hmph! All you do is hide in the distance and shoot arrows!"
With a sharp cry, Tohka's spirit dress shone even brighter. She pushed off with her feet, and her figure instantly transformed into a purple gust of wind!
She moved at high speed in a zigzag pattern, skillfully weaving through the gaps between the lightning bolts. Each time her toes touched the ground, she burst out with astonishing speed, closing the distance with "Heavenly Judgment"!
"Tianjue" clicked her tongue. The other party's agility exceeded her expectations, especially since she needed to be distracted to suppress the resistance within her body.
She could only keep fine-tuning the direction of the portal, trying to predict where Tohka would land, but she was always a step too slow!
Tohka's figure was like a ghost, sometimes suddenly rushing in front of her, and then fiercely slashing down with the power to tear the air apart, forcing her to hastily construct a spatial barrier or lightning shield to block; at other times, she would disappear into the distance the moment she succeeded, leaving her prepared counterattack empty-handed.
The sounds of metal clashing and energy explosions filled the air. With her superior speed and close-combat skills, Tohka launched a series of fierce attacks, like a storm.
"Tianji" appeared quite disheveled, spending most of its time on the defensive. The defensive barrier it constructed rippled under the fierce attacks of the Slaughtering Duke, and even cracks appeared.
A barely perceptible hint of anxiety flashed across the outwardly "divine" face.
In the instant that Tohka tried to get away again using the recoil from a lightning strike, a glint of light flashed in her eyes!
"Now's the time! Got you! ~☆"
She stopped trying to track Tohka's fleeting figure and instead instantly concentrated her immense spiritual power into a tiny point in front of her!
Just as Tohka's fierce attack struck again, at that very moment—when her old power was exhausted and new power had not yet arisen—
A small, diamond-shaped shield, solidified to almost black with dark purple lightning crackling around its edges, appeared precisely in the path that the Slaughtering Duke was bound to take!
"Qiang——!!!"
A dull, resounding boom, as if striking the very soul, exploded out!
Tohka's determined sword strike seemed to have struck the hardest substance in the world. All the impact and kinetic energy not only failed to break through the defense, but were instead completely absorbed by that strange shield!
Immediately afterwards, a terrifying recoil force far exceeding her attack power, like a volcano full of energy, slammed into her body along the sword!
"Too weak! ~☆"
"Heavenly Judgment" sneered and suddenly clenched his left hand!
"puff--!"
As if struck by lightning, Tohka coughed up a mouthful of blood and flew backward like a kite with a broken string, almost losing her grip on the Executioner's Blade!
The chest area of the spirit costume showed obvious damage, and its aura instantly weakened.
"Heavenly Judgment" gracefully withdrew her hand, and the shield that had absorbed and reflected the damage dissipated into specks of purple light.
She watched as Tohka was sent flying by her severe injuries, a smug smile of mockery and complete control spreading across her face. Imitating the red-clad figure from a fragment of memory, she snapped her fingers with a flourish.
"Royalguard, kid~☆"
His flippant yet absolutely confident words resonated clearly throughout the battlefield.
"Damn it..." Tohka endured the excruciating pain and barely managed to steady herself in mid-air, her amethyst eyes filled with resentment and anger.
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