She was the current guardian of the Yata Mirror, the head of the Kagura clan—Maki Kagura!
"Sister! Be careful!"
Maki Kagura turned to her younger sister with a smile so warm it could outshine a hundred flowers.
"You've worked hard, Chizuru."
"Leave the rest... to your big sister."
With that, she slowly rose to her feet. She positioned her younger sister safely behind her, then fixed her cold gaze on the equally surprised apostle of God.
"Goenitz..."
Her voice remained gentle, yet carried the authority of a thousand-year miko.
"Today, you will pay the price..."
The instant those words fell—
Power more vast and overwhelming than Chizuru had displayed erupted from her seemingly frail body like a cosmic explosion!
Absolute Domain 85%!!!
"Wh-what?!"
"Another... another monster at 85%?!"
The fighters who could still maintain consciousness stared at this woman descending like a true goddess. They were...
Completely stupefied.
They felt like their worldview had been crushed and ground into the dirt countless times today.
As for Goenitz—looking at this woman who had not only fully recovered from her injuries but had grown strong enough to be considered "troublesome" even to him—a hint of gravity appeared on his usually composed face.
"Maki... Kagura? Your power..."
"I have you to thank for that."
Maki Kagura gave him a mysterious smile full of wisdom.
"If you hadn't pushed me to the brink of death..."
"How could I have achieved enlightenment between life and death?"
"So, to show my gratitude..."
Her hands formed a seal a hundred times more complex than before, brimming with the dual essence of "sealing" and "destruction."
"...please experience the most powerful gift of my Kagura clan with your own body!"
"Ura Style 185: Foundation of Zero!"
In that instant, the entire Yata Mirror Barrier transformed into a massive pure-white sealing formation!
Countless white chains formed from the purest "purifying power," covered in mystical runes, materialized from every direction!
They surged toward Goenitz as if possessed with a will of their own!
"Damn it! This woman... she's trying to seal me?!"
Goenitz's expression shifted!
Though fighters below 90% Absolute Domain couldn't harm him, that rule applied to normal fighters. The Three Sacred Treasure families couldn't be judged by normal standards.
From those seemingly harmless white chains, he sensed a deadly threat to his very "divine essence"!
He roared and tried to unleash "Yami Doukoku" to shred these annoying seal chains!
But it was too late.
Maki Kagura's attack was devastatingly swift!
The sky-covering white chains bound his body tight in an instant!
Then they began to constrict!
"AAAAHHH—!!!"
Goenitz roared in disbelief!
He could feel his "divine power" being forcibly sealed away by those eerie white chains—nearly half of it!
After thirty seconds of intense struggling...
Goenitz managed to break free of most of the bindings through his overwhelming power that far exceeded Maki Kagura's.
But his right hand—the hand he used to release his divine power—remained bound by several white chains that had dug deep into his flesh!
He was wounded!
And it was a wound that touched his very essence!
Having been combo'd by Maki Kagura—this "risen from the dead" hidden boss—and having his arm "disarmed" in front of the entire world, Goenitz's mental state... completely collapsed.
He felt like a max-level, fully-geared main account who'd wandered into the starter village expecting to stomp some noobs, only to run into a smurf using a "lock HP + silence" cheat that slapped him right back. This was absolute humiliation!
"Mortals... you have... truly angered me!"
Goenitz's face—which had maintained a "holy" smile until now—twisted into something hideous.
He stopped playing his "God loves all" cosplay and completely dropped his cat-playing-with-mice act.
He slowly raised his undamaged left hand, fingers spread wide, pointing at every fighter still breathing around him.
"Let me deliver God's final judgment in your despair!"
"Excessive Killing!"
"Yami Doukoku!"
This wasn't the "clearing" area attack from before.
This was a concentrated tempest of pure destruction and despair!
Within that storm, it seemed like billions of tormented souls were howling and raging—just hearing it was enough to shatter one's sanity!
"No! Get ready to defend!"
Kyo Kusanagi, Ryo Sakazaki, Terry, and the others' faces went pale. They could feel this attack was at least ten times stronger than before! This was a true killing move!
They poured every last ounce of power into attempting to block this apocalyptic storm.
The Kagura sisters joined hands to channel the Yata Mirror, projecting a barrier of light before everyone.
But before absolute power, all resistance was futile.
BOOM—!!!
The black storm rolled over them like a bulldozer crushing building blocks, shredding all defenses in an instant!
Pfft—!
Kyo Kusanagi's flames were extinguished.
Ryo Sakazaki's energy scattered.
Terry's Power Geyser was blown back at him.
The Kagura sisters' light barrier lasted less than two seconds before shattering like glass.
Every standing fighter—except Maki Kagura—was blasted away like rocks battered by a tsunami. They crashed to the ground vomiting blood, injuries three times worse than before.
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