In the moment of intersection, the naked eye couldn't even catch the opponent's trace. Durandal could only intuitively feel the terror of the approaching threat.
Then, the fire was infinitely magnified in Durandal's eyes.
"Boom!!!"
Upon contact, the burning, power, and pain all emerged. Durandal saw only the calm indifference in Shamash's glass-like blue eyes.
Then, she was repelled to a distant corner of the world.
"Hmph!"
The sweet and fishy smell rushed to her throat. Durandal gritted her teeth to hold it back, but blood still dripped from her lips.
As the impact subsided and she stabilized in the air, Durandal noticed a tearing pain in her palms, and blood slid down the handle of Abyss Flower.
How is this possible?
Durandal's eyes were shaken.
She's not invincible—long before the powerful Angel clones appeared one after another, Durandal, who had always completed difficult tasks without injury, had already been humbled. She used this to motivate herself to constantly strengthen her training and move towards a stronger and more perfect state.
But she will never be easily defeated—as someone publicly rated as the strongest S-rank Valkyrie, Durandal naturally had this confidence.
But this confidence was completely broken today.
"I can't see it, I can't catch it, I'm as weak as a baby... Is there really such a huge gap between energy exhaustion from before and its completely victorious stance now?"
Durandal was a little dazed. The experience of competing with Shamash in front of Cosmic Juggernaut suddenly seemed so distant and illusory.
Did she really defeat this ELF before?
Or was that duel just a dream?
Before Durandal could come out of her brief trance, she suddenly felt a palpitation. She looked up and saw the terrifying little doll that looked like a god or demon standing in front of her, holding a flaming sword with a cold and indifferent look.
"You are still immature, but your future may be worth looking forward to," Shamash commented calmly, raised his hand, and the flames crossed the sky.
Durandal knew she could not stop it because she had failed countless times in the previous battles.
Or was it really a battle?
It seemed that Shamash was just teaching her, letting her experience what a real strong person is like.
Durandal showed a bit of a bitter smile and tried her best to activate the healing power of the black abyss white flower to quickly recover from her injuries. She had no intention of fighting back. Now, every second she could hold on was a blessing.
Sakura, don't come over. This is not an opponent we can defeat, Durandal prayed in her heart, hoping that her friend could avoid this disaster and suffer less. But a familiar cold and beautiful cry made her prayer fall in vain.
"No thoughts, no end!"
Durandal looked back subconsciously and saw Yae Sakura, who was like a human-shaped nine-tailed fox demon, flying at high speed with thick black flames. The long sword was pulled out from the surging and majestic chest and rushed straight into the flames in front.
"Sakura!"
Durandal was not afraid of getting into trouble but feared seeing this friend who had just become familiar with die in front of her eyes. She rushed forward with all her strength, hoping to share more power with Yae Sakura.
Then the sky and the earth lost their color, the sea surface surged, and huge waves rolled up.
"Boom!!!"
After the unstoppable swallowing flames, Yae Sakura and Durandal met in the distant sky.
"Sakura, are you okay?"
"It's... okay, but I didn't expect that Delta was injured so badly by a force beyond imagination."
"Who said it wasn't? How is Delta?"
"The injury has stabilized, but she can't move for the time being."
Yae Sakura explained simply, looking at the Shamash that had appeared in front of the two, and tightly grasped the blade in her hand.
Hearing that Delta was fine, Durandal relaxed a little.
"Sakura, be careful not to fight head-on, her power is too strong—although I say so, it's actually difficult to dodge."
Durandal pursed her dry lips, probably for the first time in her life, she felt what it was like to be truly helpless.
"I have experienced it firsthand, Durandal."
Yae Sakura smiled reluctantly, holding the blade with both hands.
The black nine-tails floating behind her continued to expand, and the beastly characteristics of her body gradually became more obvious and ferocious, as if she was about to fight with all her strength.
However, Shamash appeared to be not in a hurry to take action but quietly stared at the blade in Yae Sakura's hand.
"Is this Jizo Mitama?"
Yae Sakura was stunned for a moment and nodded slowly.
Shamash seemed to understand something, her eyes slowly lowered, and she said lightly.
"In that case, that child is finally free."
"Do you also know Higokumaru?"
"No, I knew her before that, when she was still human."
Yae Sakura blinked as if she understood and looked at Durandal.
Durandal was eager to catch her breath for a while, so she explained to Yae Sakura.
"She, like Mr. Su, came from the previous civilization and did know the Herrscher in the Key of Corruption."
"This era has given me many surprises, the Herrscher who has returned to humanity, the formed Jizo Mitama, and the warrior with unlimited potential. But it is far from enough. At least you have to surpass me and my level of power before you are qualified to face that person."
Shamash seemed to have thought of something. As she changed the subject, the first burning light flashed in her raised ice-blue eyes.
The function of Mini-Shamash, the energy of Chiyou, the power of the gem, the foundation of Su, come on, my accumulation all the time!
The beasts of Brahma, add them to my body, this is the power of the mini version of the Diabolic Kevin - Angel Version!
Yae Sakura listened to Shamash's shouting in the internal channel, and her face suddenly turned pale amid her own cheers.
Boss, I'm one of you!
"Boom!!!"
A black and red nine-tailed fox that covered the sky and the sun appeared in the sky, and together with the dazzling golden light, it faced the flaming sword that was clearly visible in space.
Then, the giant sword fell like a divine punishment. Before it could fully show its power, the atmosphere was already agitated, and half of the planet's clouds evaporated and disappeared rapidly in the scorching heat.
At this moment, Otto walked to the window, clenched his fists as he looked at the changing sky.
The Gray Serpent clones watched the screen directly through satellites or mechanical eyes, in awe and excitement.
A certain raven who was nearby to support, hiding in a shaking invisible submarine, looked at the Seven Thunders of Retribution in her hand, and her big watery eyes were filled with big question marks—No, do you really need me here? What can I do to support?
As for the people in the East Shenzou Sea base closest to this scene, they were naturally shocked and terrified.
Shamash controlled the power and most of it was directed into the air, instead of directly destroying Yae Sakura and the growing Durandal.
Even so, after this sword, in the sky above the divided and boiling sea, Shamash still successfully lifted the unconscious Durandal in her hand, while holding the already dimmed Jizo Mitama, ending this halftime show. She looked at her crumbling body and made a statement.
"It's the first time I've used such a large scale of power, and my body can't bear it.'
Take a break, Finality is still far, there's no rush to start so soon.
Shamash stayed in the air, relying on the repair function of the dominance power on the clones and puppets, slowly restoring the damaged body.
While panting, she maintained an expressionless and cold mask, lowered her head, and looked down at the East Shenzou Sea base below. She seemed to see that the stage was ready and raised the corners of her mouth.
As for a certain sleeping Yae Sakura who did not want to reveal her name, the last sentence "***!!!" was not an important matter.