Chapter 1284 Kishinami's Exit
She intensified her magical energy output, attempting to repair the damaged golden ring, but the Dragon and Snake's Mercury suddenly widened its jaws and bit off half of the golden ring in one gulp!
No matter how she struggled, the fused familiar beast thwarted her with a variety of methods!
Although none of its attacks were particularly powerful, its techniques were overwhelmingly complex and could be freely combined, leaving Kishinami dazzled and exhausted from coping.
In the end, she could only watch in utter frustration as the Purple Mantis steadily drained a massive amount of her magical energy.
Ten percent.
Twenty percent.
Thirty percent.
In just half a minute.
By the time Kishinami completely gave up struggling, only half of the magical energy within her remained.
In contrast, the aura of the fused familiar beast grew increasingly stronger, its body brimming with so much magical energy that it could no longer contain it, causing it to overflow dramatically!
"Whoosh—!"
Butterfly-like wings abruptly unfurled from the back of the massive luminous entity.
Flapping her wings, she lifted her enormous body from the ground and flew unhesitatingly toward the edge of the cyber world!
Once she left the area covered by the cyber domain, it would be considered an automatic forfeit!
This was a rule BB had declared from the very beginning.
But at this point, Kishinami could no longer afford to care about that!
If she stayed any longer, not only would she have no chance of competing for the UO position, but she might even lose her life here!
Even the Beast Spirit Origin she had painstakingly achieved would become nothing more than nourishment for someone else's growth!
By escaping now, although she would lose the qualification to contend for UO, at least her life would be spared!
Later, she could seek out other cyber spaces, absorb their resources, and restore herself to peak condition. Then, she could simply leave this Singularity and cause trouble wherever she went—she would still be a formidable force!
"A mere circus troupe—I never took them seriously. Who would have thought every one of those pets would possess such extraordinary skills?"
Kishinami's heart was filled with complex emotions.
She hadn't lost due to a lack of power; in fact, her strength overwhelmingly surpassed that of the fused familiar beast, as evidenced by the fact that it took three familiar beasts joining forces just to counter one of her minor skills.
Yet, the abilities of that fused familiar beast were simply too numerous, and each one was more absurd than the last!
Of course, the most critical factor was that secret technique that traversed space and ignored distance!
It was utterly impossible to guard against!
"Just a few steps away!"
Kishinami gazed into the distance at the boundary, now only two kilometers away. Her heartbeat quickened, and her tension mounted.
As long as she could escape, there would still be a chance!
The church was originally located near the outskirts. For her, a few flaps of her wings would be enough to escape this domain—it would take only a few seconds at most!
"Thud—!A pitch-black giant sword descended from the sky.
Without hesitation, the sword pierced straight through her heart, pinning the massive luminous entity firmly to the forest floor as if she could never escape for eternity!
"Knowing you couldn't win, yet you still turned your back to me—isn't that just inviting me to commit a crime?"
Eiji muttered under his breath.
This sword had effortlessly pierced through Kishinami's Spirit Core!
A wound appeared on the colossal luminous body, followed by a second, a third... In the blink of an eye, the form had become like a fragile porcelain doll, crisscrossed with lines of death.
"Ah... ah... My body, my body is breaking! Something inside is turning strange, something, something is about to burst through! Ah—ahhhhh!!"
Amid the high-pitched cries—whether screams of agony or moans of ecstasy—the massive luminous body shattered spectacularly!
No expression could be discerned on the luminous form.
Yet it felt as though Kishinami had rather enjoyed her final moments!
Typical of you!
Eiji sighed inwardly, acknowledging his own inadequacy by comparison.
In the sky,
Eiji dissolved the fusion of his familiars, allowing them to disperse into particles of magical energy.
Meanwhile, where Kishinami's true form had exploded, a lake-sized white Spirit Origin remained, which immediately surged toward Eiji like rivers flowing to the sea, pouring into his body!
"Such immense power!"
Eiji gasped as he absorbed the Spirit Origin.
He hadn't gained Kishinami's abilities—neither the Beast class nor any enhancement to his charm power.
But his magical energy, output efficiency, physical strength, and more had skyrocketed, far more than doubling in a short time!
This wasn't merely an improvement—it was sublimation!
Especially his magical energy, which had increased over tenfold!
"A complete Beast Spirit Origin, even if blank, is unimaginably powerful in scale!"
Eiji was thoroughly satisfied with this windfall.
If not for this reward, why would he have chosen to confront Kishinami head-on at this time?
"As long as humanity endures, Beasts never truly die. I'm sure you'll emerge again somewhere in history soon enough. We'll have that detailed talk you mentioned then—in bed, as you said!"
Eiji bid a mental farewell to the ever-accommodating Kishinami.
"Whoosh—!"
Suddenly, the wind shifted violently!
A fluffy tail over a hundred meters long whipped through the sky toward Eiji like a lash.
An ambusher?
Seriously?
Couldn't they tell he hadn't expended any energy and had instead greatly enhanced his state by absorbing Kishinami's power and Spirit Origin?
No, this tail is...?
Eiji gazed at the descending tail with thoughtful recognition.
Just as the tail was about to strike,
"Hey!!"
A massive figure dropped from the sky, delivering a powerful kick to the tail!
The fluffy tail was sent flying instantly, vanishing kilometers away.
The large figure then retracted its true form, transforming into a golden-haired, crimson-eyed girl who landed before Eiji.
"How was that? Did I do well?"
Arcueid beamed radiantly, her face full of expectation—practically screaming "Praise me, praise me!"—her eyes sparkling brightly.
She had been drawn by the commotion when Eiji and Kishinami began their battle. Though she initially wanted to jump in and help Eiji, seeing him hold his own against Kishinami, she chose to stay hidden and provide cover.
The moment she saw the tail attacking Eiji post-battle, she leaped into action without hesitation.
"That was a splendid kick!"
Eiji patted Arcueid's head and gave her a thumbs-up of approval.
Truth be told, her help wasn't needed at all—a mere tail like that, he could have sliced it apart with a single backhanded strike.
"Ehehe!"
Arcueid touched her flushed cheeks and let out an embarrassed laugh.
Around them.
The contestants who had originally planned to play the role of the oriole (waiting to snatch victory from the victor) all quietly withdrew after witnessing this scene.
Good heavens, that contestant emerged completely unscathed after such an intense battle?
And he even has the Earth Princess guarding him?
Such a formidable mantis—without three or five top-tier orioles joining forces, they wouldn't even stand a chance against him!