Golden-red electric arcs raged wildly across the sky. Accompanied by a deafening shattering sound, a violent explosion erupted above Boulder Town.
"BOOM—!!"
Countless fragments scattered like celestial maidens scattering flowers.
They shot downward in all directions.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!
Everyone below panicked. Under the frenzied barrage of fragments, they fled in every direction.
Serval found an old house to use as cover, quietly poked her head out, and stared at the scene above.
She swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice:
"My heavens, that guy actually got blasted into pieces. This lady is so fierce!"
Cocolia leaned out from behind her and looked up together, saying in a deep voice:
"She really is very strong. It seems she's also a member from the Astral Express."
"Doesn't seem like it?"
Serval recalled Fu Hua's initial attire—that plain, ancient-looking white robe made her look like an antique.
Although Dan Heng had a similar aura, his clothes were actually quite modern; only the patterns had an ancient style.
Fu Hua's was genuine plain white robes.
"You better not forget—she could touch the Executor's sword without issue."
"Right, I forgot about that. You couldn't even get close to that sword earlier. When Svarog sent Automatons to force their way in, one mechanical arm got melted right off."
…
Countless fragments flew everywhere and crashed to the ground.
Among them, a dark-yellow energy mass fell awkwardly to the earth with a dull thud.
Some vagrants poked their heads out, staring at that Stellaron in shock:
"My god, the Stellaron got knocked out! That guy didn't actually get beaten to death, did he?!"
He was naturally referring to the ice giant—the previous vessel of the Stellaron.
A Silvermane Guard wiped the blood from his face and sneered coldly:
"Heh, that kind of beast deserved to die! If this lady hadn't stepped in to help, we probably would've all been done for here."
He couldn't help touching the frost-covered earthen wall in front of him. A bone-chilling cold flowed into his fingertips.
It was so freezing that he hurriedly pulled his hand back and breathed warm air onto his fingers.
Boulder Town's buildings had all been completely frozen by that thing.
The relatively warmer area of Belobog in the past had now become a freezer.
Waves of cold air blew over, making everyone involuntarily shrink their necks.
Bang.
Fu Hua landed in a narrow alley and slowly stood up, advancing toward the Stellaron not far away.
At this moment, the Stellaron had lost its former brilliance. Its entire body was dark yellow, in a dying, barely-breathing state.
This time, its appearance had already been an extremely risky move. It had originally planned to just find any vessel, then hide and secretly control the ice storms.
But it never expected that vessel to be so useless.
Forget combat skills—even its mentality was of the lowest quality.
Even if it had fused with the most ordinary Silvermane Guard, the final result would have been far better than this.
As Fu Hua approached the Stellaron step by step, suddenly several vagrants rushed out!
Their faces were filled with madness as they roared anxiously: "Hero, please wait!! Please don't harm it!! Stellaron, Stellaron!! Can you hear me!! Choose me, choose me!! I have wishes too, I have…!!"
"Me me me, pick me!! I'll help you rule everything!! As long as you let me have one good time…"
"Choose me!! I guarantee I'll perform no worse than that guy earlier…!!"
Pfft—!!
Before they could finish speaking, flying ice spears pierced through their bodies. Blood sprayed, droplets pattering to the ground.
Several of them lost balance in disbelief and collapsed, their vision gradually blurring.
Everything happened too suddenly, startling everyone.
Fu Hua glanced toward the position behind the vagrants.
Cocolia walked out from the darkness with a cold face.
The ice spears just now had clearly been thrown by her.
Cocolia glanced at those people and said sternly:
"Guards! Carry these criminals away. If they die, throw them outside the city! If they're still alive, lock them in prison! Terrorists who attempt to endanger Belobog's safety will not be tolerated any longer!"
"Yes ma'am!"
Several Silvermane Guards quickly rushed forward and dragged the unconscious vagrants away.
Cocolia took a deep breath and walked up to Fu Hua.
At this moment, Fu Hua was clutching the Stellaron, her gaze distant.
She paid no attention whatsoever to Cocolia's approach.
She simply formed hand seals on her own, and a complex array enveloped the dark-yellow Stellaron.
Binding it tightly within.
"Miss, thank you for saving our lives. How do you plan to handle this Stellaron?" Cocolia asked.
Fu Hua's strength was plain for all to see. Cocolia's tone had become much more polite.
"I have only temporarily sealed its movements. To completely seal it away, we'll still need someone specialized to handle it," Fu Hua replied courteously.
She pulled up the Judgment of Shamash greatsword.
In the next moment, blazing light once again illuminated the entire Boulder Town.
It was so bright that Cocolia couldn't help closing her eyes.
The snow on the ground melted rapidly. Water dripped from the frozen buildings. The entire Boulder Town was quickly warming up.
Once the temperature returned to normal, Fu Hua casually tossed the Judgment of Shamash into a suddenly appearing white light curtain.
She looked around.
After confirming that nearly all the Fragmentum creatures had been killed off, she handed the Stellaron to Cocolia.
Fu Hua showed a slight smile:
"For now, keep the Stellaron with you. Someone will come to deal with it shortly."
Cocolia carefully clutched the Stellaron in her palm and couldn't help asking:
"Then, miss, would you like to rest a bit? We have plenty of food here to treat you with."
She glanced at the box Serval came running over with—inside were only Kinder Surprise eggs and Shuangwaiwai.
"Uh…"
Seeing Cocolia's puzzled look, Serval gave an awkward smile and explained:
"Uh, well… that very expensive wine and the other supplies… somehow got completely finished off by someone during the chaos just now. Only these are left."
This news made Cocolia's brows furrow tightly. She didn't need to think to know who was responsible.
But in front of Fu Hua, she couldn't lose her temper, so she swallowed her anger and planned to settle the score later.
"My apologies, miss. These are all we have left right now." Cocolia took a few Kinder Surprise eggs and stuffed them into Fu Hua's hands.
"But once we get to the Overworld, you can have anything you want. As long as Belobog has it, I swear on my name as Supreme Guardian—I will do everything in my power to get it for you."
What Cocolia said came straight from the heart.
Without Fu Hua's help, she as Supreme Guardian—and everyone in the Underworld—would have died here.
If the Stellaron escaped again and hid in the shadows, Belobog would fall into unprecedented danger.
"No need, really."
Fu Hua quickly waved her hands, politely returned the Kinder Surprise eggs, then—to show sincerity—took a bottle of Shuangwaiwai from Serval.
She inserted the straw and took a few sips.
Then said:
"The situation here should be settled for now, right? Then I won't stay any longer."
She smiled, and her body gradually turned into golden light particles that slowly faded away.
This sight made everyone's hearts tighten. Though they didn't know what was happening, Fu Hua's body was visibly disappearing before their eyes.
"The longer I stay active, the greater the burden on the Captain. If fate allows, we will meet again."
With those words, Fu Hua completely dissipated into light particles before everyone's eyes.
At the same time, in the place where she vanished.
A white light curtain appeared.
A white lance shot out with a whoosh and embedded itself straight into the ground.
It emitted a cyan-green glow. A massive, complex array flew toward the sky, rapidly expanding and enveloping the entire Boulder Town.
"Huh?" "What's that array in the sky?" "Don't freak out—that lance belongs to the Executor." "Oh oh, right, it does look familiar."
The array in the sky rained down healing nectar like droplets, slowly pouring into everyone's bodies.
Cocolia curiously examined herself—her body was now emitting a cyan-green glow.
Her stamina and injuries recovered rapidly, soon returning to perfect health.
"Truly miraculous…!"
"My god, my severed right leg actually grew back!"
"Mommy! My hemorrhoids are gone forever!"
"My foreskin doesn't hurt anymore!"
"I-I actually regained my youthful vigor?! Ever since it broke off, I haven't been able to perform for three years! Three years! I never thought today would be the turning point of my life!"
"Hahahaha…!"
Cocolia:
"…"
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