Chapter 206: The God-Slaying Strike, Unleashed!
No, it wasn't the card itself reacting.
Yasaka discovered that a teleportation magic circle had been attached to the card, and it was now activating.
Something was about to be summoned.
In the next instant, with a flash from the magic circle, a figure appeared, nearly pressed against her.
Their faces were especially close—so close that the tips of their noses almost touched, and their lips were mere centimeters apart.
Realizing this, Yasaka's cheeks flushed slightly.
"Hmm? Has this become a magic-sealing space?"
After muttering this to himself, an explosive surge of magical power erupted from his body.
In an instant, the enveloping sphere of light was forcibly shattered, and the residual shockwave of the released magic ravaged the surrounding buildings, as if struck by a hurricane, leaving them in a devastating state.
Then, Yasaka found herself being carried in his arms, princess-style.
Originally trapped inside the sphere, she had been levitated along with it.
Thus, as the sphere vanished, before she could react and while she was still momentarily weakened, she would have fallen to the ground—but he caught her in a princess carry.
This gesture made her heart skip a beat.
"Cao Cao, it seems a very dangerous individual has arrived."
The speaker was a silver-haired man, the vice-captain of the Hero Faction, a top-tier warrior originally created using the genetic material of the church's hero Siegfried, and inheriting his name—Siegfried.
This mysterious youth who had suddenly appeared exuded an aura that instinctively made Siegfried sense danger.
"Hmm, it looks like an interesting person!"
As Cao Cao said this, his amused expression gradually turned serious.
This person had actually used raw magical power to forcefully shatter his seal. To accomplish such a feat, they had to be at least a god-tier being.
But even for a god-tier, using brute magical force to break through like that would incur significant strain due to the immense consumption.
Yet the magical power released by the person before him seemed to have no effect on him whatsoever, as if he had barely lost any of his own magic.
"Balance Breaker!"
With Cao Cao's whisper, his body underwent a transformation. A sacred, glowing wheel manifested behind his back.
Simultaneously, six additional spheres appeared, joining the original one, floating and orbiting around him.
This was his Balance Breaker.
And the so-called Balance Breaker is the ultimate domain form of a Sacred Gear.
"One of the Seven Treasures—Cakkaratana"
The moment he spoke, one of the spheres vanished.
Without hesitation, he struck first!
"What—!"
Cao Cao's expression shifted dramatically, revealing an unprecedented look of shock.
Although he hadn't expected this move to instantly inflict serious injury on the opponent or for them to detect and evade it, he had never seen anything like this before.
The other party had forcibly grabbed the Wheel Treasure—an ability that could shatter Sacred Gears as easily as porcelain. Even a Longinus would suffer greatly if struck by it.
Yet, the person before him had seized it with his bare hands. Though those hands were now torn and bleeding, this defied Cao Cao's understanding.
Had the opponent's physical strength surpassed that of a Sacred Gear? Of course not. Instead, the other had coated his hands with magical power to grasp it.
To be able to seize it like this was unimaginable—the density of that magical power must be terrifyingly high.
"This is really bad!"
Sweat dripped down Siegfried's face as well.
Someone who could catch Cao Cao's Wheel Treasure attack was no ordinary god-level being—they were likely a high-ranking god, or even a chief god.
This was not an opponent they could challenge at their current level!
Thus, Siegfried, holding the Demon Emperor Sword Gram, infused it with immense power, raising its sharpness to the highest degree.
Now was not the time for Cao Cao to fight alone. The others, realizing the situation, prepared to go all out in battle.
"Georg! Leonardo!"
Siegfried called out to the two.
The former, Georg, possessed the Longinus "Dimension Lost," a barrier-type Sacred Gear that could expand an endless fog centered on the user, trapping all objects within it and even sending them to another dimension.
So, Georg was releasing more fog to envelop the area.
Leonardo, on the other hand, possessed the Longinus "Annihilation Maker," whose ability allowed him to create various monsters based on his imagination. The stronger his imagination, the more diverse and powerful the monsters he could create.
Thus, Leonardo conjured more and stronger monsters, using the fog as cover to approach the opponent.
At the same time—
"Maniratana!"
Cao Cao activated a new ability. Multiple humanoid figures of light appeared beside him, brandishing spears that shot like lightning toward the mysterious man before them.
The other made no attempt to dodge, allowing the light spears to pierce through...
"What!"
Cao Cao was stunned once more. The light spears had not struck the opponent—before impact, the other had deployed a spatial magic, redirecting the spears through a spatial transfer to pierce the light figures themselves.
In an instant, all the light figures vanished!
This ability was exactly like that of his "Maniratana," skillfully transferring enemy attacks to other targets.
And the activation speed was comparable to that of his Maniratana.
This meant that this person could achieve the same effect as his Sacred Gear using mere magic—a truly unimaginable feat.
Thus, Cao Cao's expression grew even grimmer.
His pupils contracted as he saw the other raise a hand high above his head. A crimson magic circle unfolded in the sky, covering the entire space.
Not good!
The next moment, red light erupted, engulfing the world in flames. The entire space turned into a fiery hell, melting everything in sight.
Witnessing this, Yasaka and the group of youkai blocked by the barrier watched in terror.
To make the flames cover a larger area and burn with such intensity that even high-level demons like upper-class youkai could be incinerated—and across the entire expanse of Kyoto, no less—how terrifyingly immense must the magical power required be!
It seemed as though screams of agony could be heard.
At that moment, this fiery hellscape emitted an ominous sound, like the cracking of glass.
In the next instant, the illusory alternate space of Kyoto faded away like a mirage, and the flames vanished along with it, returning everyone to reality.
The self-proclaimed Hero Faction of the Khaos Brigade was in a pitiful state.
One of them lay motionless, their body charred like coal.
The remaining three were still alive but severely burned, each appearing drained of strength.
They had likely exhausted most of their power in a desperate attempt to resist the terrifying flames, leaving them weakened.
Two of the three were kneeling, while the one standing was Cao Cao.
He took a shallow breath and began chanting an incantation.
"O spear! The true holy spear that pierces gods!"
"Draw upon the conqueror's ideal slumbering within me, and tear open the rift between blessing and destruction."
"You, who speak of legacy, become radiance!"
The ultimate technique, said to be capable of killing gods, was unleashed from the tip of the holy spear!