"Remember, I can only hold Sirin for three seconds. Within those three seconds, she will lose her external ideal fluid shield and her ability to teleport."
"However, the last two seconds are for firing the Silver Bullet and executing scorched-earth tactics."
"You only have one second to attack. If you cannot kill the defenseless Second Herrscher within that one second, Einstein and Tesla will commence a thermonuclear strike on this location."
Welt's instructions echoed in Siegfried's ears.
If I can't kill the Second Herrscher in one second, Anti-Entropy will include me and Welt as targets for the nuclear strike to ensure she is killed?
They really are a ruthless bunch.
Siegfried, learning that everything was developing in the best possible direction, laughed. An unprecedented fighting spirit surged in his heart.
He tightened his grip on the greatsword in his hands. As if responding to his will, the greatsword of heavenly fire ignited with molten-gold flames.
"Finally looking a little decent?"
The Second Herrscher, who had been completely dominating from beginning to end, looked at the man raising his greatsword and spoke with great interest.
A little decent?
Those words, falling on the ears of a man who was practically burning his own life force away, made his half-bestial face sting with shame.
So until now, all my attacks were nothing in the Second Herrscher's eyes?
"We'll see if it's decent or not once we try."
"Is that so?"
The Second Herrscher floated above the crater that had been blasted open, feet treading on the void. 'It' rolled up the sleeves on both arms, looking like a boxer about to enter the ring for a match.
"Then let me see what you're made of."
The flat words were like a sharp blade, piercing Siegfried's ears with a great impact.
Before the words had even faded, the very delicate-looking Herrscher vanished from Siegfried's vision!
!?
The very instant the enemy disappeared from his sight, Siegfried understood.
Damn it, this thing is the master of space! It has the highest level of mobility in the world and will always have the advantage in close combat!
Without hesitation, Siegfried roared.
The super-transformation genes from Kevin ran wild, freezing all the surrounding moisture. A cold air and sharp frost surged outwards like a crashing tide, seeking to envelop the enemy and freeze them into an ice sculpture.
But—
All this cold current received in return was 'God's' extremely impatient voice.
"Annoying."
A fist wreathed in a gale smashed down.
The terrifying tide of frost was churned into fragments of ice and snow by the fist's wind pressure, as transparent as thin ice, as vivid as cherry blossoms. Then, the countless fragments exploded as if they had been packed with explosives.
The icy blast generated by the explosion contained the power to easily freeze anything solid.
Yet, this formidable force was blown away and scattered by the gale in a mere instant.
Then, that terrifying hand grabbed his arm, fingers digging deep into the Honkai Beast carapace that was far harder than steel.
This thing's strength is practically that of a Judgment-class Honkai Beast!
Instinctively, Siegfried swung his own fist, which was wreathed in a cold tide, at the Herrscher who had deigned to engage him in close combat.
If that tide of frost were to hit, the target would surely be turned into an ice sculpture in an instant.
But—
It was meaningless.
Practically ignoring the sound barrier, the Second Herrscher's right leg shot up from below like a spring, kicking the incoming frost and sending it flying back in the opposite direction. The shattered ice shards stabbed into Siegfried's face and body, causing his blood to fly out.
However, before he could even cry out in pain, the shockwave from the Second Herrscher's kick swept over him, sending him crashing into the broken earth, dragging a deep trench and kicking up a high plume of dust.
"Is it over just like that?"
The transmigrator who had descended in the guise of the Second Herrscher shook his head, looking at Siegfried, who had once again been swatted around like a rubber ball and smashed into the distance.
"No, it's you who's finished!"
A third person's voice rang out.
The source of that voice was Welt!
As if everything was disintegrating, the nearly indestructible wind wall beside the Second Herrscher collapsed.
The power of the Herrscher of Reason was dissipating from the Second Herrscher's body.
"High and mighty god, it is time for you to accept judgment from mortals!"
As if a projection had become reality, he, wielding the Authority of Reason, manifested once more in the mortal world and roared in fury.
A terrifying black and red torrent gathered around him, expanding outwards without limit, distorting the surrounding gravitational field to its extreme.
Reason Simulation: Herrscher of Rock. Ten-thousand-fold Gravity!
"The time has come! This is the day to devour the tyrant of the heavens!"
"Traitor, you don't really think this will work on me, do you?"
The Second Herrscher's voice held no trace of shock. A terrifying Honkai energy shield materialized around 'It', resisting everything.
'It' narrowed 'Its' eyes and began to chant a spell.
On the moon, there existed a divine sword named Ea.
——In an age older than man or planet, it was wielded by the gods to cleave the world, a treasure among treasures that manifested pure power itself, the thing that split heaven and earth at the very beginning of all things.
And the essence of that sword was to inflict indiscriminate destruction upon everything within a space by destroying space itself.
Unfortunately for them, Li Zihan possessed that sword, had analyzed the essence of its ability, and with the Authority of the Void, could perfectly replicate it.
"I speak of the beginning. Heaven and Earth are sundered, the gospel that opens the void—That which opens the world is my Rupture."
Dark red lightning danced across the world. Countless cracks, like shattered glass, appeared upon space itself, displaying the world's fragility.
"The vortex that engulfs the stars, the so-called 'heaven-like hell' is the finale on the eve of creation."
"To silently accept death is sufficient."
The world seemed to freeze. Silently, crisscrossing lines of red lightning filled the entire field of vision.
Slicing the void to create the sky, piercing the sky to return to the void—the Authority of the great god Ea was being unfurled.
When this attack was complete, everything within this space would meet its end!
An unprecedented sense of crisis washed over Welt's heart.
He could feel the world wailing.
The Second Herrscher was going to shatter everything within this space, along with space itself!!
I absolutely cannot let 'It' fully unleash this technique!
The man, who was already exhausting his mental energy just preventing the Herrscher core from being taken back and distorting the surrounding gravitational field, threw a fierce punch at the Herrscher of the Void, shattering the spatial barrier beside 'It', and then roared.
"Siegfried, now!!"
As if hearing a command, an unprecedented blaze of fire rose from the distance.
It was the Sword of Judgment.
The weapon named Judgment launched its attack against the god who had lost all of its defenses.
Like the sun itself was falling, heaven and earth were dyed crimson.