"Yahoo! Wuahahaha!" Bīng Xuě laughed as he traveled over great masses of ice.
The wind hit his face forcefully as he accelerated, creating immense masses of ice.
"Let's see if you can entertain me!" the young man exclaimed as his cyan blue hair waved in the air.
As he approached, Noelia observed him from afar.
Her ability was called [texture manipulation], an F-rank ability which was very underestimated.
It was ironic. The nobles who asked for her help were also the ones who laughed at her weak ability.
However, that ability was enough for Noelia. In fact, in her eyes, it was an impressive ability.
With sufficient training, Noelia began to achieve things as impressive as manipulating the texture of spacetime itself.
Not only that, Noelia could even interact with the quantum fields that compose reality and manipulate their texture.
With this she was capable of creating matter and energy and even manipulating the four fundamental forces.
It was clear she had become an incredibly powerful heroine, yet even so all of that was insufficient to defeat the demon king.
Why?
Simple. Being practically omnipotent with an ability was useless if the demon king had the ability to cancel abilities.
Noelia was defeated much more easily than expected, but that didn't take away from her being a fearsome enemy.
"Let's see how you do against this," the woman said as she watched the immense masses of ice approach. "[Celestial Sword Dance: Star Rain]!"
The woman exclaimed as space seemed to "unfold" to reveal multiple swords in the air.
Thanks to her texture manipulation she was capable of manipulating the electromagnetic force.
With a simple gesture she interacted with the swords and made them accelerate at subrelativistic speed.
The swords pierced through the air forcefully while their edges heated so much they became red-hot.
Those weren't common weapons. They had been forged by legendary blacksmiths in the world she came from and were prodigious weapons.
Bīng Xuě didn't even have time to react. His leg, arm, and side were pierced and mutilated by those swords which collided with the ice, generating an immense explosion.
Each explosion was incredibly massive, allowing the kilometers of ice Bīng Xuě had created to evaporate.
The boy was dismayed as he fell into the void. He was confused.
He had that curse active that prevented him from taking damage, however the damage had been so great it was enough to surpass the curse.
Bīng Xuě could only laugh as his body fell, completely maddened.
He had lost once, and that was acceptable.
But this time he had been completely massacred. They had defeated him with a simple blow, and he couldn't allow such a thing.
"This is too exciting!" Bīng Xuě assured with a shout as he reactivated his demonic form.
His veins became visible, adopting a purple color.
Oni horns began growing on his forehead as he grew.
His wounds regenerated in a flash.
Thanks to his curse he had survived the explosions, though it hadn't nullified the sword attacks themselves.
Bīng Xuě felt his heart beating forcefully. In an instant a gigantic hand formed beneath his body to catch him before he fell.
"This will be fun!" Bīng Xuě roared as he quickly stood up.
Bīng Xuě had used a lot of energy during his fight against Aku, but he wasn't afraid of running out of energy now.
After all, his ability to impose taboos didn't just serve to disable his enemies.
"[Getting exhausted is Taboo]," the man ordered. In that instant, the boy felt his energy stop falling. "This has only just begun!"
The young man affirmed as with a gesture he created two oriental ice dragons which flew toward Noelia.
The woman watched those ice constructions approach, admiring their beauty.
"I must admit you have style, but it won't be enough to defeat me," the girl assured as she extended her hand toward the dragons.
However, in that moment Ariel pierced through the air at great speed wrapped in catchy pop music.
"I've got this!" the idol exclaimed as music filled the air.
Pink flames began appearing in the place and twisting among themselves until forming a phoenix of flames.
"Go! [Rebirth of Love]," the girl exclaimed as the phoenix accelerated at great speed against the dragons.
Upon being near them, the phoenix raised its wings, sending a wave of fire.
The two dragons began melting but continued on, coiling around the pink firebird and biting it.
Feeling that, the phoenix exploded in a gigantic fire explosion, taking the two dragons with it.
"Hahaha! You want to do a two-on-one? I don't think so," Bīng Xuě laughed with a smile as the clouds began turning dark.
The sky roared as what were once clouds became a whirlwind of shadows.
Ariel and Noelia turned to see the sky.
There, a great mass of darkness was taking shape, and as soon as it had the opportunity, it fell upon them like an ominous whirlwind.
Aku had joined the fight.