This is not the date I wanted.

Therefore, the battle that could be decided with just one strike has yet to be decided.

"Then ban it."

Mio declared softly. She mentally ordered "Paradise of Samsara" to invalidate Meng Yue's "Sage of the Dawn" power.

"..."

However, to Mio's surprise, the Tree Angel behind her did not emit the divine light that distorted the laws as it had just done.

(The order...didn't work?)

Mio's eyes widened in surprise.

"The thunder and lightning spear."

At this moment, a blue-white electric light passed through the gap between the light band and the branch sword, accurately aiming at Mio's face.

Wow—there was a flash of white light, and the lightning was blocked by Mio's spiritual outfit, turning into tiny electric arcs and dissipating.

"whispering sound."

Meng Yue only let out an unhappy smack of the tongue and immediately moved from where he was, avoiding Mio's attack.

However, just as Meng Yue was worried about not being able to break Mio's spiritual outfit, Mio also felt a little annoyed.

Just now, she tried to have "Samsara Paradise" seize control of "Sage of Dawn", but failed unexpectedly.

And in fact, it was not just that. Just now, when "Paradise of Samsara" hit "Angel of Extinction", it did not follow Mio's request to take control from Meng Yue. In desperation, she chose to destroy it.

(what happened?)

Mio couldn't help but feel confused.

The "Paradise of Reincarnation" did not fail. In fact, when she issued orders such as "no escape", "distortion of space coordinates", and "double gravity", the angel did respond to her wishes.

However, when the target was locked on Mengyue, "Samsara Paradise" fell into silence.

This reaction is not so much a rejection as it is a confusion caused by not being able to understand the intention of the master's command.

(Liang Yi Meng Yue...cannot be locked in concept?)

"Paradise of Reincarnation" is an angel that has an effect on a conceptual level. However, when the target is locked on the individual Liangyi Mengyue, the feedback information from the angels under her control is always blank.

After receiving this incredible answer, Mio seemed a little overwhelmed.

"never mind."

Although it was a cause for concern, now was clearly not the time to think about it. Soon, Mio gave up worrying about it and focused her attention on the battle in front of her.

"Edict."

Mio once again gave orders to the "Angel of Reincarnation".

Although it is impossible to directly lock Mengyue, Mio can still modify the laws within the neighborhood through the "Samsara Paradise" and indirectly put pressure on Mengyue.

No matter how good Meng Yue's adaptability is, there is always a limit. Faced with such a continuously changing environment, the spiritual power consumed is also enormous.

Sure enough, faced with the rules that Mio kept adding, Mengyue began to feel stretched, like a doll being played with.

(Win.)

Although they had unexpectedly reached a stalemate, Meng Yue would definitely be exhausted before her if they continued to engage in such a war of attrition.

However, unlike Mio's original expectation that it would take a day or two, the stalemate only lasted half an hour.

"puff--"

A mouthful of blood came out of Mengyue's mouth. The next moment, Mengyue, who was flying rapidly, fell down like a migratory bird with broken wings and landed heavily on the ground.

"what happened?"

Faced with the sudden change, Mio was full of doubts. Worried that it was a trick played by Meng Yue, she did not rush to attack, but instead watched her movements with caution.

“Cough! Ugh—cough! Cough, cough—ah—ah—ah—ah—”

However, what she worried about did not happen.

Meng Yue fell to the ground, coughing heart-wrenchingly. With every cough, a pool of blood splattered on the ground.

Mio clearly saw that hideous light patterns like cracks appeared all over Mengyue's skin, just like a glass bottle full of cracks.

"I see... This is why you can absorb spirit crystals."

Seeing Mengyue's symptoms, Mio couldn't help but realize.

Unlike Shidou who was designed from the beginning to absorb and contain the spiritual power of elves, as an elf, although Ryougi Yumezuki's physical strength far exceeds that of ordinary people, it is not yet enough to withstand so many spiritual crystals.

The most deadly thing is undoubtedly the filtering of reverse crystallization.

Reverse crystals are energy bodies that humans cannot absorb, and Mio knows this better than anyone else. More than a decade ago, she had used countless innocent lives as consumables to complete the filtration of nine spirit crystals.

However, Meng Yue used her body as a container to complete this arduous task. The crack-like light patterns were the incurable hidden injuries left on Meng Yue's body when filtering the reverse crystals.

To be honest, in Mio's eyes, this is self-destruction close to suicide.

"Do you know what you are doing, Meng Yue?"

Instead of taking advantage of the situation to attack, Mio looked at Mengyue with some pity.

If Meng Yue persists and, after filtering and absorbing a reverse crystal, recuperates for a period of time before absorbing the next crystal, perhaps after twenty or thirty years, she will be able to overcome the damage to her body caused by filtering the reverse crystals and use all the crystals for herself, becoming the same existence as Mio.

However, she chose to use the shortest time possible, just three months, to absorb all the spirit crystals into her body.

Excessive intake of ginseng, a tonic, can also become deadly toxic.

Even if Mio hadn't taken action, Mengyue would have died in the near future.

"Ahem - of course... I understand..."

After a long time, the light patterns on Meng Yue's body finally faded, and her trembling body gradually stabilized. She slowly stood up, with blood flowing out of her mouth, nose, eyes, and ears.

After wiping the blood off her face, Meng Yue said calmly.

"I've known for a long time... this body won't last for a few more years... but using it to save everyone... is enough."

"Why... do you have to go to this extent?"

Looking at Mengyue's shaky but still unwilling to admit defeat attitude, Mio couldn't help but be moved.

"Why do you insist on this future even though you have harmed yourself to this extent? Don't you like Shin too? You should want Shin to live, right? Why? Why do you want to indulge Kurumi's depravity? Why do you want to give this world meaningless hope?!"

"Why...?"

Hearing Mio's questions one after another, Mengyue raised her head and answered as if recalling the past.

"At first, I didn't really like Shidou. I was just very happy when I heard him say that he was willing to become my family."

As she spoke, a happy smile appeared on Mengyue's face.

Looking back, the memory of the six months I spent with Shidao is so clear, but at the same time, it seems so distant.

"In order to save elves like me, he has to put himself in danger again and again. This scares me. I am afraid of losing my hard-earned family."

Gradually, there was a hint of helplessness in Mengyue's voice.

"I didn't persuade him to give up, nor did I want him to give up. His attitude of saving others at all costs is my ideal and admiration. So, I just let him learn to protect himself and remind him to value his own life from time to time."

Speaking of this, Meng Yue couldn't help but grit her teeth in anger.

"But! That idiot only takes my words seriously on the surface! In fact, whenever others are in danger, he always puts his own life aside without hesitation, and doesn't take other people's worries to heart at all! Every time! Every time!"

Unconsciously, tears overflowed from Meng Yue's eyes, and her words of scolding gradually trembled.

"He couldn't stand other people crying, couldn't stand seeing people in despair. In the end, he lost his life for someone else because of this boring obsession. And before he died, guess what he said?"

Looking at Mio's figure with tears in her eyes, Mengyue gave a helpless and sad smile.

[Everyone… I’ll leave it to you…]

"It's not the fear of death... nor the prayer for survival... That bastard... is still thinking about others..."

At this moment, it was as if the dam that blocked the emotions collapsed, and Mengyue roared at Mio desperately.

"What do you want me to do?! What should I do? I'm left behind! Left in this future with nothing! If I don't stay, who can fulfill Shidou's long-cherished wish!?"

"...Liang Yi Meng Yue."

Faced with the emotions expressed by Meng Yue, Mio no longer felt pure anger in her heart, but a bit more complicated sadness.

At the same time, she also understood that she and Liangyi Mengyue were absolutely incompatible.

In order to revive the dead Shin, Mio chose to deny this future.

In order to fulfill Shidao's long-cherished wish, Mengyue chose to accept the present situation.

The paths chosen by the two people did not just accidentally diverge at a certain point, but were completely opposite. If they wanted to move forward, they had to trample on everything of the other party.

Perhaps Liang Yi Meng Yue had understood this from the very beginning, which is why she absorbed all the spiritual crystals and qualified to fight Mio.

"Well...thank you for giving me the time to adjust, Mio."

Standing up slowly, Meng Yue took a deep breath and spoke softly with an ugly smile.

"It seems... we have gained enough time."

"—?!"

Boom boom boom boom————————————

Before Mio could understand what Mengyue meant, the next moment, the chessboard world made up of black and white squares began to shake violently.

17 AI Petitions the World

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Time goes back. While Ryougi Yumezuki and Takamiya Mio are fighting fiercely, outside the neighboring world covered by "Samsara Paradise", the crew of Fraxinus EX are also fighting their own battles.

"Report, all airborne ships have arrived at designated locations and are on standby."

"All magic generators have reached their maximum output values, and have reached the target value."

"The collection of spells is ready. Let's start building the simulated spirit ritual."

"Leaves of the World Tree, launch them all."

Tensed reports continued to ring out in the command room.

At this time, including Fraxinus EX, a total of more than sixty aerial ships maintained a horizontal altitude, suspended in the air one hundred meters above the ground, like a key stone fixing the sky, arranged in a circle, surrounding the area covered by the "Samsara Paradise".

"How is Bilijiang doing?"

"Report, still unconfirmed. Radio waves cannot reach the area where Commander Liangyi is located."

"Yeah……"

Erya's face was full of worry and anxiety.

[It's no use for you to worry here, just do your own thing. ]

Ju Ya's urging voice came from the headphones. Although her words were very cold, she still distracted herself and talked to Erya at this anxious moment. Perhaps she was comforting Erya in her own way.

"Yeah, I know. Bili-chan must still be fighting."

Nodding slightly, Erya turned his gaze to the computer and continued to confirm the task progress of each combat unit and correct the steps that appeared in its technique construction.

"Kannazuki, the construction of the spirit ritual has been completed."

"Ah."

Kanbutsuki nodded slightly and gave the order in a loud and powerful voice.

"Operation codename 'God Slayer', first phase, begins!"

Just like a turbo engine running at full power, with Kannazuki's order, a low roar began to sound throughout the bridge. The manifestation devices used to generate magic power were running at full speed, and huge amounts of magic power began to be continuously injected into the random area.

At the same time, the other airships mobilized all their magic power, and dark green shields appeared on the outer layer of the ship.

Between each airship, there is a "World Tree Leaf" floating. When the expanding random domains collide with each other, these "World Tree Leaves" will act as a fusion agent, analyzing the nature and strength of each random domain and adjusting it.

It was a very incredible scene. The random areas of the aerial ships were like huge soap bubbles. After contacting each other, they merged into a larger semicircular bubble, enveloping the neighboring area of ​​​​"Samsara Paradise".

[Random domain docking, synchronization completed. Spiritual ritual - activated.]

Or the voices of the sisters echoed in the space.

Countless flowing mysterious lines appeared on the surface of the random area, and then bubbles began to sink from the top, reducing the dimension from a three-dimensional semicircle to a plane.