Aemdo slowly rose into the air. The flames on his body burned fiercely, making him look like a miniature sun at this moment.
He raised his hand, and a speck of light slowly flew out from his palm. That point of light was only the size of a thumb, but it contained terrifying energy within.
Everyone could feel the threat from that tiny light. Mr. Yang, Dan Heng, and Jing Yuan immediately reacted.
Almost in an instant, a pseudo black hole appeared beside Aemdo. Enormous gravitational force crushed and tore at his body continuously.
However, one could see that the flames on Aemdo's body kept trembling, and his form began to distort under the pull of gravity, yet that small point of light remained completely unaffected.
Dan Heng drove the azure dragon forward, letting it swallow the point of light. But the light remained unmoved.
Its extreme heat even evaporated the water-formed azure dragon that Dan Heng had conjured.
Whether it was the black hole Mr. Yang created or the dragon Dan Heng formed, neither seemed able to have any real effect on that point of light.
At this moment, Jing Yuan also commanded the Divine Spirit to strike down with a blade.
In an instant, countless golden lightning bolts surged, the momentum rolling forward, upright and imposing, like a celestial deity descending to vanquish evil.
As that golden blade fell, just before it made contact with the point of light, a massive force burst outward from within it.
That outward shock forced the Divine Spirit's blade to halt in place, unable to advance even an inch. Even the Divine Spirit's form itself flickered and wavered under that impact.
Dan Heng and Mr. Yang used their strength to steady themselves, but they were still pushed back several steps.
March and Stelle were directly knocked over by the shockwave. Fortunately, midway through, Stelle pulled out her flaming lance, stabbed its tip into the ground, and grabbed March at the same time.
Only then did the two avoid being blown off to some strange edge of the mirror world.
As for Nero, he simply stabbed Black Cutter into the ground, then crouched down behind it, hugging his knees into a ball.
The sturdy and broad blade of Black Cutter blocked most of the impact for him, and only the leftover wind stirred his hair.
"Bleeeh~!" Black Cutter let out a strange cry amid the shockwave. "Such strong wind! It's blowing my face out of shape! Nero! Are you okay?"
Crouched behind Black Cutter, Nero narrowed his eyes. When he heard that first weird cry, he really wanted to complain, like pointing out that Black Cutter didn't even have a face.
But the pain in his body made him not want to speak at all. Still, after hearing Black Cutter's concern, he shook his head and quietly said, "I'm fine."
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[In Real Life]
"Haha, Black Cutter is killing me! How did the voice actor even make that sound? It's like Donald Duck throwing up!" Siberian Duck couldn't help but laugh after hearing Black Cutter's strange cry.
[Aha Emanator: Honestly, it makes sense. The moment the shockwave hit, Nero's first reaction was to hide behind Black Cutter without hesitation. Then Black Cutter follows up with that weird cry. The comedic effect is maxed out.]
[Hunt Aeon, Lan: I think it's fine. That's exactly how a weapon should be used.]
[Aha Isn't Here: What do you mean your face got blown out of shape? I declare that just based on that one weird cry, Black Cutter has secured a spot as an Emanator of Elation in the future!]
[Pom Pom: That said, Black Cutter prioritized worrying about Nero. It's already been completely tamed by him. Quite a contrast compared to Cocolia's Stellaron.]
[Nero's Sword: What a joke. As a weapon, if you don't care about your master, what else are you supposed to care about?]
[Losing Hair Daily: Honestly, the sword and the fish look pretty good together too!]
[Glue Man: Have you finally reached this stage?]
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[In The Game]
"Have any of you heard of a starquake?" While everyone was struggling to resist the terrifying shock erupting from that tiny point of light, Aemdo's voice rang out.
"In the universe, there exists a type of star called a 'magnetar.' It has extremely high density, and a hard shell encases a strange liquid core."
"More importantly, this magnetar possesses a powerful magnetic field. The movement of that magnetic field heats the surface of the star until it reaches immense pressure, causing the magnetar to fracture. That is what is called a starquake.
"During my travels in the past, I encountered such a disaster and faced it directly. I nearly lost my life in the terrifying shock of a neutron star explosion, until His radiance descended and pulled me back from death."
"My mirror was damaged at that time, but it also recorded that moment. This is my final method, a… 'neutron star bomb.'"
As Aemdo's voice fell, the energy within that point of light swelled even more, already nearing the edge of detonation. Gamma radiation had begun to spread outward.
Crouching behind Black Cutter, Nero was completely confused… 'What starquake? What neutron star explosion? What even are those things? I don't remember learning any of this back in school?'
Clearly, Nero didn't understand anything Aemdo was talking about. Before transmigrating, he hadn't studied it in school, and after transmigrating, he hadn't gone to school at all.
The little sword immortal had apparently exposed himself as a poor student.
But that wasn't the point. The point was, judging from the current display of power, and from the expressions of the others, especially Jing Yuan, Mr. Yang, and Teacher Dan Heng, who all looked like the smartest ones, this so-called neutron star bomb was clearly something insanely terrifying and powerful.
While Nero's mind was filled with questions like "what is this thing" and "what do I do," Jing Yuan and Dan Heng had already begun to act.
They tried to use the power of the Divine Spirit and the Dragon Sovereign to construct a barrier, hoping to block the terrifying force of the neutron star explosion.
Meanwhile, Mr. Yang's mind was racing. This reliable elder might look like he was just standing still, but in reality, he had already begun trying to understand and reconstruct the spatial structure and form of existence of the mirror world after it had been altered by Skyfall, if he could comprehend it before Aemdo's mirror released the recorded explosion, he could then activate "Singularity Reconstruction", and everyone would be able to safely survive this crisis.
But the mirror world created by the power of an Aeon, and the space forcibly shattered and reassembled by Nero's rule-breaking sword strike, were both incredibly difficult to perceive and understand.
"Bleeeh~!" Black Cutter let out another strange cry. "It's getting kind of hot, Nero… tsk… okay, yeah, it actually hurts a bit now!"
Nero didn't have the spare attention to care about Black Cutter's emotional expression right now. He was thinking about what to do next. But no matter how he thought about it, it seemed like the only option was to charge in head-on.
But if he attacked directly like Jing Yuan just did, it would only accelerate this thing's explosion.
If that happened, how many of them could actually withstand such an attack?
Jing Yuan had the Divine Spirit, which as a blessing from the Hunt Aeon could probably block the explosion.
As for himself, his "background" was somewhat solid, so he should be fine. Phantylia was originally a heliobus anyway, so at worst she would just lose a physical body… and as for Aemdo, since he was the one who released this move, he should have a way to protect himself.
Then what about the others?
BOOM!
The shockwave from that point of light expanded again. Jing Yuan and Dan Heng, who stood at the front, clenched their teeth, their expressions turning fierce.
The barrier formed by their combined strength dimmed under the impact.
Phantylia lay off to the side, feeling the constantly expanding energy.
Even as one of the Lord Ravagers, she couldn't help but curse Aemdo as a madman.
Only Aemdo knelt on the ground at this moment. He had already returned to his human form. Though he looked far more battered than before, his golden eyes still shone with unwavering determination.
He watched the explosion slowly expand, quietly waiting for the final outcome.
'System, do you have any way?' Nero asked in his mind.
[Ding! No]
[Ding! Suggest host try on your own. This is a good opportunity to gain popularity. For example, perform a self-sacrifice scene.]
'That kind of thing isn't something you can just casually perform, is it?'
Nero instinctively complained to the system, but then he froze.
…Actually, it kind of is.
Back when he was first teleported near Herta Space Station and flew on a sword for the first time, the system had already helped quite a bit…
"I've got it.", Nero's eyes lit up as he said.
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