Chapter 1256: Swiftly Arrive, My Familiars!
"Ugh!"
By the time he regained his senses, Kijima Kojou found himself plunged into the ocean.
The fortieth underground floor at the very bottom of Itogami Island had been completely destroyed by the destructive healing power of the Water Spirit's White Steel, reducing the entire room to its most primitive building materials like metal and stone, instantly exposing it to the sea.
"Tch!"
Surrounded by seawater with no foothold to be found, the air had completely dissipated.
Left with no choice, Kijima Kojou activated the power of the Holy Annihilation.
The crimson glow enveloping him suddenly burst forth, and the flowing seawater around him instantly transformed into a large, slime-like pink substance, soft and wobbly, just like jelly.
No, it was jelly.
The seawater around him, under the influence of the crimson light, had turned into an equivalent amount of jelly.
Kijima Kojou swung his spear, tearing through the jelly, and the crimson light flashed once more. The torn jelly gradually transformed into a transparent leather balloon under the glow.
"Is this all you can do with the power of the Holy Annihilation?"
A mocking voice rang out.
Kijima Kojou looked up with a grim expression.
Eiji floated in the seawater, surrounded by an impenetrable shield of gemstones that completely isolated him from the ocean.
"That power is meant to alter the laws governing the world, yet you use it so amateurishly. You've obtained the altar and the shrine maiden, but with such mediocre skill, it's hard for me to be satisfied!"
The essence of the Holy Annihilation is to rewrite the laws of the world.
Altering matter and creating life are merely superficial functions; Kijima Kojou had not even scratched the surface of the Holy Annihilation's true nature.
Like Cain, who cast down gods into demons and created the True Ancestors—beings with infinite vitality—that is the greatest achievement of the Holy Annihilation ritual, the true meaning of rewriting the world's laws!
"Then come and taste the power of this amateurish Holy Annihilation yourself!"
Gritting his teeth, Kijima Kojou roared in anger.
The crimson glow expanded once more.
The water beneath his feet suddenly turned into a metallic platform, and the transparent leather surrounding him expanded greatly, forming a spherical arena over two hundred meters deep in the ocean.
"Bzzz—!"
In the blink of an eye, the crimson light condensed into a sphere, humming as it shot toward Eiji like a bullet.
It was a sphere of light condensed from the power of the Holy Annihilation.
Flying at high speed, it reached Eiji in an instant, crashing into the gemstone shield.
In mere moments, the gemstone shield shattered like foam.
Without offering the slightest resistance, the sphere's momentum didn't slow in the least, striking toward Eiji's forehead like a beam of light!
Eiji tilted his head, dodging the attack with perfect timing.
"Hah!"
At the same time, Kijima Kojou raised his black double-edged spear, leaping straight upward to thrust it directly at Eiji!
The spear carried no trace of magical or spiritual energy; the jet-black weapon seemed only exceptionally sharp.
Eiji reached out, precisely gripping the tip of the spear.
With a forceful swing of his arm, a tremendous power surged forth, sending Kijima Kojika flying uncontrollably until he crashed against a leather balloon, barely managing to halt his momentum.
"He didn't use his Beast Vassals? Could it be that he knows about the ability of my Meigaro?"
Kijima Kojika steadied himself, suppressing the urge to vomit blood as his thoughts raced.
The jet-black double-tipped spear in his hand was formally known as the Zero-Type Assault Anti-Demon Twin Spears, named Meigaro—the predecessor of Yukikaze.
This spear's ability was far more domineering than Yukikaze's. While Yukikaze merely erased magical power, Meigaro could eliminate both magical and spiritual energy simultaneously!
In other words, in the face of this spear, not only were Beast Vassals useless, but even Spirit Furnaces were rendered ineffective!
However, the reason this spear was considered even more tyrannical than Yukikaze was that it didn't just erase the opponent's magical and spiritual energy—it also completely nullified the user's own magical and spiritual energy!
It was important to note that any sentient life form inherently possessed a central nervous system for either magical or spiritual energy—some relied on a magical system, others on a spiritual system.
Once these systems were erased, the life form would perish!
In other words, a living person could not wield Meigaro!
This was why the Lion King Organization had deemed this spear a "failed creation," keeping it sealed away until Kijima Kojima rediscovered it.
Kijima Kojika was a Zombie Vampire.
An artificially created being similar to a vampire, neither fully alive nor dead, but existing in the boundary between life and death.
The weapon Meigaro seemed tailor-made for him.
No.
Meigaro had, in fact, been forged by Kijima Kojika himself. So, saying it was tailor-made for him wasn't incorrect.
"Go!"
In the brief exchange, Kijima Kojika realized he was no match for his opponent in close combat and immediately shifted his strategy.
The crimson glow around him intensified, coalescing into three additional orbs of light that shot toward Eiji like lightning.
With a total of four red orbs, they formed a deadly encirclement from four directions.
"To think you've used the power of the Holy Annihilation like this…"
Eiji shook his head regretfully.
With a flicker of movement, his figure vanished from Kijima Kojika's sight, and the four orbs struck empty air.
"Where did he go?"
Kijima Kojika's expression tightened instantly.
"Bam!"
A tremendous force struck him from behind.
Before he could react, Kijima Kojika was sent flying by a punch.
As if hit by a power drill, violent tremors shattered every muscle and bone in his body, leaving him collapsed on the ground like a boneless fish.
"Uwaaah—!"
A scream tore from Kijima Kojika as excruciating pain seized him.
He quickly activated the power of the Holy Annihilation, a crimson glow flaring around him as his injuries healed in the blink of an eye.
"Impossible! I specifically set it so any attack touching my body would turn into flour!"
He struggled to his feet.
There was no trace of flour on his back, and even in the areas where the pain lingered, not a single sign of the attack remained.
"Do you really think I need to make contact to hit you?"
Eiji remarked indifferently, a faint smile playing on his lips.
"Do you understand the concept of striking through a mountain to hit an ox? It wasn't my fist that hit you just now—it was the air. Unless you can transform the air into another substance, you won't be able to block me."
Using the air as a medium, the force was transmitted to Kengami Meika's body.
"Oh? Did you also deploy colorless, odorless poison gas in the air?"
Eiji suddenly raised an eyebrow.
Purple flames abruptly ignited around his body, instantly incinerating all the poison gas in the vicinity.
Preparing poison gas in advance within an enclosed space—one had to admit, it was a rather forward-thinking tactic.
However.
"Still too dull. Let's end this."
Eiji let out a long sigh.
"Come forth swiftly, my familiars!"