A scorching ruin ghost several times larger than its original size.
This scene clearly stunned joyism, and then the mask on its face turned into a crying expression.
Damn, the probability is off!
But March 7th's scorching ruin ghost had already arrived overhead, so they could only brace themselves to withstand it.
Just kidding... 'Guess which one is me~'
In an instant, joyism split into a circle of clones surrounding the entire stage.
Thud—
March 7th's strike passed through one of joyism's bodies and smashed onto the icy crystal floor of the stage.
'Think you can dodge like that? Watch this, girl!'
The scorching ruin ghost's axe body surged with heat energy, and the icy crystal floor of the stage began to crack.
Within the cracks, crimson flames flowed, painting an exquisite artwork in the fissures of the floor.
Boom—
The flames within the cracks erupted, forming an unstoppable wall of fire, and joyism's clones dissipated because of the fiery wall.
Snap—
joyism stood in the middle of the flames, lightly snapping its fingers, and those flames instantly turned into a fountain of flower petals.
Dan Heng's gaze sharpened, seizing the moment to draw his bow and shoot an arrow, aiming straight for joyism's back, while he himself swiftly leaped above joyism with cloud-piercer in hand, thrusting downward fiercely.
But the attacks underwent strange transformations before they could even get close.
cloud-piercer turned into a flower, and the arrow turned into a bird.
The flower in Dan Heng's hand burst into laughter, then sprayed a cloud of pollen onto Dan Heng's face.
Dan Heng immediately felt his mind grow somewhat confused, and a sense of joy spontaneously arose in his heart.
'Hahaha... hahahaha...!'
Dan Heng fell from the air and was kicked away by joyism.
Even with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and sustaining significant injuries after falling to the ground, Dan Heng was still laughing.
For some reason, he just felt happy.
Star gripped her lance, concentrating all the fragments of the throne onto it, then the lance ignited with flames as Star raised it high.
'I'll help you!'
Seeing this, March 7th came to Star's side, placing one hand on the lance's handle and channeling her own power into it.
Whoosh—
The lance's flames instantly shot up to the sky. Star glanced upward, then looked back at joyism, who maintained a leisurely and composed attitude.
Suddenly, a skill name popped into Star's mind.
'Skyfire Outburst!'
Star hurled the lance fiercely toward joyism, and in just an instant, joyism was sliced in half.
Flames burned at joyism's severed sections, continuously consuming it.
But... in an instant, the two halves of its body turned into two identical joyisms.
'This... this thing just can't be killed...'
Seeing joyism split into two and still toying with them in that same mocking manner, March 7th felt a wave of helplessness rise in her heart.
Star nodded.
Indeed, from start to finish, the opponent had been using bizarre moves to toy with them, never engaging in a direct fight.
Dan Heng walked over, laughing while carrying the Hurricane Knight, looking utterly ridiculous.
'Hahaha... this opponent has already exceeded, hahaha, our current, hahahaha, ability to handle, hahahaha!'
He felt that even using his Dragon Lord's power wouldn't be enough; this Stellaron had inexplicably mutated into an Emanator.
And judging by its behavior, there's an eighty percent chance that the God of Merriment is watching nearby; otherwise, such a dramatic scene wouldn't have occurred.
'Uh... maybe you should keep laughing for now...?'
Looking at Dan Heng's maniacal smiling face, March 7th found it somewhat creepy.
Dan Heng laughed heartily, shaking his mature lady-like face to indicate he was fine.
It was just a laughing mania; it shouldn't affect his combat ability too much, probably...'Seriously, if you have something happy to share, tell me so I can be happy too?'
Star looked at Dan Heng with a teasing tone.
Although she was teasing Dan Heng, paired with Star's innocent little expression, it seemed as if she genuinely thought Dan Heng had a happy story to tell.
joyism lay sideways on an ice bed, making a yawning gesture as it waited for Star and the other two.
Kiana, flying in the sky, looked down at joyism below, then glanced at Aha beside her.
'Just how much power from the Path of Joy did you infuse into the Stellaron?'
This joyism completely overwhelmed the three of them in terms of scale.
Logically, if it were the former Stellaron, even with Cocolia as a vessel, it wouldn't be enough for the current Star and the others to fight.
Now, this was a bit absurd; joyism was like a max-level boss suddenly appearing in a beginner village, toying with the newbies.
And since it's named joyism, it likely contains a significant portion of Aha's own power.
'Just a tiny bit~ Aha didn't give too~ much!'
A mini-hand appeared beside Aha's mask, gesturing at Kiana.
'I don't believe a word of it. Take back the Stellaron's power, or I'll have to take action.'
Kiana extended her palm, aiming it at joyism, as a purple Destruction sphere floated steadily in front of her hand.
The critical energy threshold this joyism could withstand was about to peak. In a little while, although it would self-destruct... the energy released from the disintegration wouldn't be something this small planet could handle.
If Aha didn't withdraw the power, she would have to destroy that portion of power along with it.
Aha's mask stared directly at the Destruction sphere in Kiana's hand.
'This is truly remarkable; the destructive power within rivals that of that madman! Why don't you take over as 'Destruction'!'
Aha began to incite Kiana to compete with Nanook for the position, feeling that this would lead to an epic divine battle!
He wouldn't mind joining in either; the universe had been too quiet for too long, and it was time to find some major fun.
Seeing that Aha didn't seem to care much about that power, Kiana ignored his words and flashed to appear in front of joyism... joyism's leisurely demeanor clearly paused, then it blankly looked up at Kiana.
'Destruction...'
Destruction energy entered joyism's body and began to destroy it. By the time it reacted, it was too late.
'Joyful Trick!'
'Carnival Moment!'
joyism's survival instinct made it apply several random fun buffs to itself, but they seemed to have little effect.
The Destruction energy continued to ravage its body until the Stellaron inside was exposed. Kiana quickly reached out and extracted the Stellaron.
Although she could directly destroy the Stellaron, it would be too wasteful; perhaps this thing might be useful for the Astral Express Crew in the future.
On the other side, March 7th and the other two breathed a deep sigh of relief upon seeing Kiana appear and resolve the enemy.
Dan Heng also returned to normal after joyism's body dissipated, but the tears at the corners of his eyes, the drool at his mouth, and his delicate, exhausted face from all the maniacal laughter couldn't help but make one's imagination run wild.
Now, Dan Heng had completely lost any trace of his former appearance, having fully transformed into a different demeanor.
Even his chest had slightly swelled, clearly showing the characteristics of a girl.
However, since the crisis had just been resolved, Dan Heng hadn't noticed the changes in himself.
March 7th and Star didn't look at Dan Heng either, so they hadn't noticed either.
Kiana walked over to the three, holding the Stellaron in one hand. When she saw Dan Heng, Kiana's eyes widened slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.
Why had Dan Heng put on women's clothing—no, why had he turned himself into a girl???
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