When the scene of the special episode cut back, the bizarre composition, split between ice and a sea of blood, reappeared before the dimension audience.
Tendo stood amidst a mountain of corpses and a river of blood, staring at the Ice Queen standing in the blizzard nearby.
Looking at the grotesque sea of blood surrounding Tendo, the faces of Shuang Yuan and Shuang Hang twisted with disbelief.
They clearly sensed the presence of a 'Domain' within this perfect ritual—the 'Purgatory Rashomon!'
"H-how is that possible..."
The Domain that two high-level Tier 3 Stargazers could only barely simulate by combining all their power was now being created by Tendo, a single Tier 2 Stargazer. This completely shattered their common sense.
In a sense, Tendo's 'Purgatory Rashomon' was identical to their combined Domain, the 'Frost Snowstorm.' Both used special artifacts and rituals to simulate a Catastrophe-level Domain before reaching the Catastrophe tier.
However, they needed two high-level Tier 3 Stargazers to accomplish this, while Tendo was alone and only a Tier 2 Stargazer.
This only proved that the completeness and complexity of Tendo's ritual were far superior to their fused Domain. Only this could allow Tendo to bridge the huge gap in Star Energy value, enabling him to leverage his power to contend with, and even briefly suppress, their Domain.
"What kind of monster are you?"
The voices of the brothers Shuang Yuan and Shuang Hang trembled, their pupils contracting sharply.
Tendo offered no reply, simply stating, "Cut."
A cold glint flashed in Tendo's cyan-blue eyes. Countless invisible slashes suddenly appeared, surrounding the Ice Queen and the two brothers.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
There was no flash of steel or loud clang. Yet, the ice crystal spears suspended around the Ice Queen exploded, shattering into a shower of ice chips.
Even more bizarrely, the brothers Shuang Yuan and Shuang Hang suddenly cried out, clutching their heads, their masks cracking as if they had suffered a heavy blow.
Tendo's invisible slashes, fused with 'Vector Control' and the 'Star Eclipse Eye,' achieved horrifying results with a single simple move, severely wounding two high-level Tier 3 Stargazers.
This was because these slashes could sever not only visible ice and snow but also invisible Star Energy.
The reason was that Tendo's 'slashes' were not purely physical. They also incorporated part of the 'Rule Power' from the 'Miracle Stone: Law.'
'??? What happened? Why are they suddenly screaming?'
'I didn't see any slashes! Are they invisible?'
'Quick, switch to the Heavens' First-Person View! I need to see what happened! Hurry, hurry!'
Because the slashes were invisible, the dimension viewers only heard Tendo say "Cut" and saw no other special visuals, leaving them completely unaware of what Tendo had done.
To help them understand and further highlight Tendo's unique nature, the production team first zoomed in on Tendo's cyan-blue eyes, then switched to Tendo's first-person perspective.
In Tendo's view, countless transparent 'threads' connected the Ice Queen to the brothers Shuang Yuan and Shuang Hang. One end of these threads was attached to the Queen's brow, and the other was connected to the crystal balls in the brothers' hands.
The two brothers relied on these 'anchors' and the Ice Queen's crystal ball to briefly allow the Queen's Frost God phantom to descend here. Simultaneously, Tendo's invisible slashes became visible in the viewers' new perspective.
The audience finally understood what Tendo had done: his unique slashes had precisely severed these 'anchor' threads!
'So that's it! The Heavens never intended to fight the Queen head-on!'
'He cut off Shuang Yuan and Shuang Hang's power source! That is too clever!'
'No wonder the two brothers screamed! Cutting the anchor point causes a Star Energy backlash!'
Although the brothers quickly realized what Tendo had done, they had no good way to counter it. How could a mere human sever the 'faith' connection between them and their god?
Tendo Simei was absolutely far more unique than outsiders believed!
Looking at the figure standing in the Purgatory, the brothers, despite having tried their best to anticipate his strength, found they had still underestimated him when he truly made his move.
This being, who could arouse the Chief President's intense interest and make the Iron Dome Family demand 'their presence alive or dead,' was indeed as powerful as the rumors claimed—powerful beyond all reason.
"Go!"
Without hesitation, Shuang Yuan endured his throbbing headache, grabbed his brother's wrist, and decisively activated a teleportation artifact in his hand.
In the next second, both he and Shuang Hang became illusory, and the entire ice-bound space began to collapse...
When the ice mist dispersed and the sea of blood faded, Tendo stood alone in the empty grounds of the amusement park.
Looking at the place where the two brothers had vanished, Tendo smiled, shook his head, and put away his 'Quantum Cube.'
"Consider yourselves lucky. If I wasn't afraid of missing the fireworks I promised Carolin, I would never have let you leave so easily."
With that, Tendo brushed the residual ice chips off his clothes and walked toward the fireworks display. His steps were unhurried, not a hair out of place, as if the Domain-level battle had never occurred.
Only a faint wisp of black mist clinging to Tendo's fingertips proved that the 'Frost Snowstorm' and 'Purgatory Rashomon' were not an illusion in the eyes of the dimension viewers.
Tendo's final statement seemed to explain why he let the two brothers go. In reality, it was just another move to further reinforce his strategy of 'criticize one to elevate one' concerning the protagonist group.
After all, in the original script of the special episode, the first appearance of the brothers Shuang Yuan and Shuang Hang was in the latter half, where they immediately caused immense trouble for the protagonist group.
Tendo's purpose for preserving these two was to let them brutally crush the protagonist group, thereby highlighting the immense power of the two brothers and, by extension, Tendo's power.
Because only when the 'ants' Tendo could effortlessly crush turned around and effortlessly crushed the protagonist group could the gap between Tendo and people like Chen Kong be truly visualized.
As the saying goes, in the Stars anime world, popularity is what Tendo truly desires!
When Tendo reached the amusement park's viewing platform, Liuli was skipping and waving a cotton candy at him. Carolin stood nearby, holding two cups of hot cocoa, her expression blank but with a subtle tenderness in her eyes.
"Tendo, you're right on time. Didn't you run into any trouble?" Liuli asked.
Tendo chuckled. "Two clueless blocks of ice. What trouble could they be?"
With that, Tendo snatched the cotton candy from Liuli's hand.
"Gimme that!"
"Tendo!"
"Don't yell. Why should I give you back something I took through my own skill?"
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Carolin shook her head helplessly, watching Tendo and Liuli start their bickering again. They were truly two people who would never grow up, or perhaps Tendo only became like his younger self when he was with them.
After all, in this world, the only people he would value and tease were the people he cared about.
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