"Rumble!"
Because of Takao, a hundred-meter-wide crater immediately appeared in the ground of the island.
Golden Land had a thirty-minute time limit. Once the thirty minutes passed, she would lose all her strength for a day. To avoid being beaten like a dog by Takao after thirty minutes, Lilith decided to beat Takao like a dog first.
Looking toward the island, Lilith's form turned into a streak of light, attacking Takao like lightning.
Standing up from the ruins, Takao looked indifferently at the Lilith charging through the air. She said calmly, "I have long heard that Golden Land provides a massive boost; it seems it truly lives up to its reputation! However, I believe this power of yours won't last long. As long as I stall you and enter a battle of attrition, the final Victory will be mine."
"You won't get that chance, die!" Lilith had already arrived in front of Takao. She gripped the golden sword and slashed down with all her might.
Facing such a terrifying strike, Takao did not block it, nor was there any need to. As long as she kept dodging Lilith, the result would be her win.
When the golden sword was only half a foot away from hitting her, Takao flashed away from the ground and reappeared on the peak of a nearby mountain.
The golden sword, having lost its target, slammed heavily into the earth. The powerful slashing force cut the small island directly in half and kicked up waves a thousand layers high.
Using Precognition Prayer Qi to predict Takao's position, Lilith slashed at her again. "Stop hiding! If you're a hero, take my sword head-on!"
"Sorry! I am no hero; I am merely a peerless beauty." Takao expressionlessly flashed away from her spot again.
The golden sword missed again, and the mountain peak was instantly turned into ruins by Lilith's strike. "You really have the nerve to say that. Even I don't dare call myself a peerless beauty, yet an ugly woman like you has the gall to say it."
Appearing in mid-air, Takao looked at the again-attacking Lilith and said calmly, "No, no, no! Strictly speaking, you are indeed not a peerless beauty, because your appearance can at most be described as a Legal Loli with Dwarfism."
Upon hearing the word 'dwarfism', Lilith's face immediately darkened. "A person like you is absolutely unforgivable! Ha-ah!"
Lilith increased her speed, flashing behind Takao with incredible velocity and swinging her sword down.
"So fast! You exploded with anger just because of that? Are you an idiot?"
"You're the idiot, now go down!"
Takao was struck by Lilith's sword and sent crashing into the ground like a streak of light.
"Pfft!"
Spitting out a mouthful of blood and experiencing the immense power of Lilith's strike, Takao's eyes were filled with shock. "What incredible strength. Is this Lilith's true power? She is truly as formidable as they say."
"Great, I finally hit you. One more strike and I guarantee you'll go to hell." Lilith slashed at Takao again.
Having suffered a minor injury and witnessed Lilith's power, Takao planned to avoid her sharp edge for now, adopting hit-and-run tactics to stall for time.
Just as Lilith was about to hit her, Takao flashed and disappeared again.
Seeing Takao disappear once more, Lilith became frustrated. "Tsk! Always hiding. Can't you just take my sword like a good girl?"
Lilith turned into a streak of light and slashed at Takao, who had appeared on top of a tree.
Takao said plainly, "Take your sword? Don't be ridiculous. I want to live a bit longer! I don't want to be sunk so soon."
Lilith questioned, "What exactly is your purpose for attacking my Governor-General's Mansion?"
Takao said softly, "Our purpose is simple. The Holy Lord has taken a fancy to your eisnor great diamond. Since the Holy Lord wants it, we shall take it for her."
Lilith said coldly, "In your dreams! Your Holy Lord must want the eisnor great diamond for something evil. I won't let you succeed."
Takao said disdainfully, "That's not up to you, because you can't stop us."
Takao flashed and disappeared again, and Lilith's strike missed once more, instantly turning the tree into powder.
Appearing above Lilith, Takao lightly raised her right hand, and a black orb of light manifested.
"Thousand-Fold Gravity!"
With a cold shout, the gravity in the surrounding space was instantly increased a thousand times. Because of this gravity, Lilith's strength and speed dropped rapidly.
Seeing that Lilith's strength was now comparable to her own, Takao immediately erupted with a powerful aura. Countless golden Aura wrapped around her body like flames. Reaching into the void, a ship-slaying great sword appeared in her hand. With a forceful diagonal swing, a crisp sword hum rang out from the blade, spreading in all directions.
Kicking off the air, Takao flashed in front of Lilith and swung her blade down.
Lilith, quick of eye and hand, immediately used her golden sword to block. However, she wasn't used to this gravity environment yet, so she didn't have much strength. As a result, she was struck by the blade and sent crashing toward the island like a streak of light.
Another hundred-meter crater appeared on the island. Lilith couldn't help but spit out some blood. Wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, she slowly stood up.
However, before she could stand firmly, she sensed danger from behind. She hurriedly gripped her golden sword and performed a spinning slash.
"Clang!"
The golden sword slammed hard against the ship-slaying great sword. Looking at Takao who had flashed into view, Lilith shouted coldly, "You shameless thing, actually trying a sneak attack! Die!"
Realizing her sneak attack had failed, Takao felt a secret pang of regret. Facing Lilith's incoming slash, she immediately gripped her ship-slaying great sword to counter-slash.
Since their strengths were now roughly equal, Lilith and Takao fell into a battle of attrition.
The power of the two was too great, and the island they were on was being smashed to pieces.
On the other side, Atago, seeing that she was the only one without an opponent, began to take over Takao's task of destroying the barrier of the Pacific Governor-General's Mansion.
A powerful aura erupted from her body. Atago reached into the void, and a ship-slaying great sword manifested in her hand.
She swung her hand continuously. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of sword qi strikes shot like lightning toward the Pacific Governor-General's Mansion below.
"Bang bang bang!..."
Ripples began to spread across the surface of the attacked barrier, as if it might shatter at any moment.
Seeing the barrier wavering, Atago continued her assault.
Ten minutes later, after ten consecutive waves of hundreds of sword qi strikes, the 5-star legendary barrier of the Pacific Governor-General's Mansion finally shattered with a bang.
"It's finally broken." Atago said happily, panting for breath.
According to the report from the Deep Sea Cult's intelligence organization, Blue Star, the eisnor great diamond was located in an underground research facility of a library within the Pacific Governor-General's Mansion.
After scanning the area from mid-air, Atago spotted the library.
Having found her target, Atago planned to destroy the library to reveal the underground research facility.
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