Morgana's wild and arrogant laughter still echoed over Juxia City, as if she had successfully used the lives of millions of civilians as a shield to checkmate Holy Keisha, forcing "Justice" into a dead end of "Carnage."
Her hideous Demon Throne projection, like the Sword of Damocles hanging over the city, formed a deadly standoff with the increasingly intense and terrifying golden light of judgment outside the atmosphere.
On the deck, Ge Xiaolun's desperate shout of "Access Denied," faced with Morgana's ruthless mockery and the unwavering charging of the Heavens Blade Judgment, seemed so pale, ridiculous, and powerless.
He slumped on the deck, his face ashen. The fleeting sense of mission he had just felt was completely shattered, leaving only bone-deep fear, humiliation, and a massive sense of confusion about the impending disaster.
Du Kao, Old Huang, and the others were anxious but helpless. They could neither stop the demonic threat above nor influence the judgment process in outer space. They could only watch as two destructive forces stood in a standoff over Earth, each passing second cutting into their nerves.
However, neither the despairing Earthlings, the laughing Demon Queen, nor the various forces secretly observing had noticed that deep within the "Heavens Blade Department" flagship, which seemed to be quietly suspended in outer orbit, beneath Holy Keisha's throne, the ultimate crystallization of the Angel Civilization's tens of thousands of years of knowledge, technology, and wisdom—the "Sacred Knowledge Vault"—and its linked "Sky-based Computing Cluster" were currently performing a delicate calculation that transcended conventional concepts of space and energy, operating at an unprecedented load.
Holy Keisha still sat on her throne, her golden eyes calmly reflecting the starlight outside the porthole and the glow of judgment. But if anyone could see into the depths of her consciousness, they would find a torrent of data surging like a galactic storm. She had not been disturbed in the slightest by Morgana's threat, and in fact... it seemed that all of this was within her expectations and calculations.
"The conjecture brought by Artoria regarding 'Higher-Dimensional Information Mapping and Local Spatial Structure Redefinition,' combined with the Sky-based Computing Cluster's extreme expansion of micro-wormhole theory..." In Holy Keisha's consciousness, calculation instructions and parameters flowed calmly.
"Target: Lock onto the real coordinates of Morgana and her Demon One flagship, define a spherical space with a radius of 3.5 kilometers around it as an 'Independent Package.' Strip its conventional connection anchors to Earth's main material space, and establish a temporary higher-dimensional information mapping channel..."
This was not simply transporting people or objects. This was transporting space itself! It was "cutting" a defined "space bubble," containing the target and its surrounding environment, from the original cosmic "canvas" and "pasting" it to another designated coordinate via a higher-dimensional information mapping channel.
This was a deeper manipulation of the rules of space, one of the taboo applications still in the experimental stage that emerged from the collision between Artoria's unique knowledge system and the Angels' top-tier spatial technology. The computing power, energy, and requirements for spatial stability it consumed were terrifyingly high, and it carried huge risks. But at this moment, supported by the Knowledge Treasury and the Sky-based Computing Cluster, and guided by Holy Keisha's god-level willpower, this grand and precise "spatial trick" was quietly approaching its end.
Demon One, main control hall.
Although Morgana was laughing wildly and arrogantly on the surface, deep within her scarlet eyes, she remained highly vigilant. She was calculating, observing, and evaluating Holy Keisha's reaction. She did not believe that Holy Keisha would truly launch the judgment regardless of the millions of civilians below, but she dared not underestimate the coldness and decisiveness of this old rival. She was waiting, waiting for Holy Keisha to show a flaw, waiting for the light of judgment to hesitate due to the constraints of "Justice," or... waiting for internal chaos among the Earthlings due to fear, giving her an opportunity.
"Queen, the humans below are on the verge of emotional collapse, and large-scale riots have already broken out in some areas. The Angel judgment energy reading continues to climb, reaching nearly seventy percent of the theoretical saturation threshold. No signs of large-scale Angel fleet mobilization have been detected in Earth's outer orbit." Ato's voice sounded in the channel, reporting calmly.
"Very good, keep monitoring. That bitch Keisha, she wouldn't dare..." Morgana sneered, but before she could finish.
The anomaly struck!
There was no warning, no spatial fluctuations, not even any energy anomalies! Just within Demon One and the space for several kilometers around it, all detectors, sensors, including Morgana's own perception of space, transmitted an indescribable sense of "weightlessness" and "stripping" within a ten-thousandth of a second, as if the foundation of their very existence had been instantly emptied!
It was as if... the solid Earth beneath their feet had suddenly vanished, and the space they were in had been "dug out" from its original position in the Universe in an instant!
"What?! Spatial anchoring failure?!" The grin on Morgana's face froze instantly, replaced by extreme shock and disbelief! She desperately tried to mobilize Dark Energy, trying to stabilize her connection with the surrounding space, trying to initiate Demon One's emergency jump protocol—
But it was too late.
"Independent space package definition complete... Mapping channel established... Execute 'Displacement'."
As that calm command fell within Holy Keisha's consciousness.
Over Juxia City, that hideous Demon Throne projection, along with the airspace below that should have been city buildings, became—transparent, blurred, and then, completely vanished, as if "cut out" by the most advanced PS tool!
It was not invisibility, nor was it a jump. It was that piece of space, along with everything within it—Morgana's throne, part of the Demon One flagship's main body, and all the demons, equipment, and energy inside the flagship—all had their physical existence "erased" from the sky over Earth's Juxia City in the same instant!
The city area below, which had been shrouded in the shadow of death, was instantly exposed to the normal sky. Only the lingering, thick aura of corruption in the air and the turbulent airflow caused by the previous energy fluctuations proved that the terrifying presence just now was not an illusion. Countless citizens who had been looking up, waiting in despair for death, were all stunned as they looked at the suddenly empty sky.
The next second, in outer space about 0.5 astronomical units away from Earth, a barren airspace far from any Planet, with only cold radiation and small meteorites.
Space rippled violently like water, and a "space bubble" with a diameter of several kilometers, with strange silver runes flowing on its edges, emerged out of thin air, then shattered and dissipated like a soap bubble, "spitting out" everything it had wrapped inside, intact and violently!
It was Morgana's Demon One flagship, and Morgana herself, who sat on the throne with the look of shock yet to fade! They were instantly transferred from Earth's atmosphere to this absolute void, far from any life-bearing Planet!
"No—!!!" Morgana let out a scream of extreme shock and fury. She instantly understood what had happened! Spatial transportation! And such a large-scale, precise, and silent spatial transportation! This was definitely not a method Holy Keisha usually used! What kind of new technology was this?!
However, the demon's scream of shock and fury had just sounded in the vacuum when it was completely drowned out by another, more grand, more intense, more ruthless "sound"—
The "Heavens Blade Judgment," which had already finished charging and was standing by in outer orbit, had completed its final lock the moment Demon One was precisely "delivered" to the predetermined coordinates! Angel Yan's eyes were as cold as ten thousand years of ice, and her hands, forming a seal, pushed forward violently!
"Judgment, descend!"
Boom—!!! A brilliant golden light, indescribable in words, exploded from the core of the judgment like a supernova! A beam of light with a diameter comparable to a small Planet, composed purely of destructive holy energy, pierced through the cold cosmic void. At the true speed of light, it instantly crossed that 0.5 astronomical unit distance, completely engulfing the Demon One flagship, which had just appeared and was still in the violent turbulence and shock brought by the spatial transfer, along with a large area of airspace around it!
There was no sound, only extreme light, and the absolute silence of matter being instantly evaporated and energy structures being completely torn apart within the light. Wherever the light of judgment passed, even space itself seemed to be moaning and twisting. Several small escort ships or reconnaissance boats belonging to the demons that happened to be near the "delivery" coordinates didn't even have time to react before they were turned into basic particle streams in the golden light.
The sturdy dark alloy armor of the Demon One flagship and the energy shields capable of withstanding bombardment from interstellar main guns were like ice and snow under the scorching sun, rapidly melting and vaporizing under the full-power direct hit of the Heavens Blade Judgment, one of the Angel Civilization's ultimate strike means! The flagship's massive hull trembled violently and disintegrated in the golden light, with continuous explosions and the short, desperate screams of demon soldiers coming from within.
The moment the light of judgment touched it, Morgana's throne erupted with thick Dark Energy, carrying an aura of corruption and death, forming a thick purple-black shield that desperately resisted the destructive golden light. But the shield fluctuated violently under the scouring of the golden light and rapidly thinned. Morgana herself let out a muffled groan of pain, clearly bearing immense pressure. The Heavens Blade Judgment posed a fatal threat, even to a fourth generation divine body!
"Keisha—!!!" Morgana's scream sounded twisted and crazy in the energy frenzy, filled with endless resentment and fury. She knew she had been tricked! Holy Keisha had prepared this move long ago! That so-called "need for authorization," that so-called standoff, were all to paralyze her, to buy time to complete this precise spatial transportation and judgment lock!
"Bitch! Do you think you can kill me like this?! Dream on!"
Just as the power of the light of judgment reached its peak, the Demon One flagship was on the verge of complete collapse, and Morgana's shield was crumbling, another anomaly occurred!
"Silver Wings, deploy." Holy Keisha's calm voice seemed to ring out from the roots of the Universe. Her figure had appeared on the periphery of this battlefield at some point, still in her simple white dress, her long golden hair hanging peacefully in the violent energy turbulence. She didn't even look at Morgana struggling in the light of judgment, just gently raised her right hand.
Hum—!!! Four, eight, sixteen... countless slender, elegant, yet extremely sharp and cold silver metal wings, like blooming flowers of death, quietly emerged, extended, and deployed from the void behind Holy Keisha! The edge of every Silver Wing flowed with cold light that could cut through space, its surface reflecting the golden brilliance of judgment and the flames of destruction—beautiful, and deadly.
Silver Wings! One of the most famous melee and rule-suppression weapons in Holy Keisha's arsenal! At this moment, under Holy Keisha's will, like a living silver storm, they instantly crossed space, coming from all directions, piercing into the core area shrouded by the light of judgment and stabbing at Morgana in a bizarre way that transcended physical speed and was almost "simultaneously present"!
This was not a simple physical attack. The attack of the Silver Wings contained Holy Keisha's vast, star-sea-like understanding and control of matter, energy, and even partial rules. They were not only extremely sharp, but could also interfere with, suppress, and even briefly "define" the energy fields and physical constants around the target!
Morgana, who had just withstood the full force of the Heavens Blade Judgment, had her divine body energy severely depleted, and her shield was on the verge of breaking. Facing this sudden, tricky, vicious, and strongly rule-suppressing Silver Wing siege, it was adding insult to injury!
"Damn it!" Morgana cursed, desperately mobilizing Dark Energy, trying to block and dodge. But the Silver Wings' attacks were too dense, too fast, and formed a bizarre coordination with the residual energy of the light of judgment. The light of judgment suppressed, weakened, and scorched, while the Silver Wings accurately found the weak points of her defense, cutting, piercing, and interfering!
Swoosh! A Silver Wing grazed her shoulder armor, bringing up a trail of dazzling sparks and a shred of divine body tissue.
Clang! Another Silver Wing was barely parried by her Demon Claws, but the huge impact made her stagger.
More Silver Wings clung to her like maggots on a bone, sealing her dodging space and constantly consuming her defense and energy.
Holy Keisha herself still floated peacefully outside the battlefield, data streams flashing silently in her golden eyes. She didn't even participate in the close combat directly, just by manipulating the Silver Wings and precisely guiding the aftermath of the "Heavens Blade Judgment," combined with her own terrifying computing power that could crush the vast majority of existences in the Known Universe, she was conducting an all-around, suffocating data suppression and tactical blockade on Morgana!
She was not competing with Morgana in brute force; she was using absolute technology, computing power, and control of the rhythm of battle to weave a death net from which Morgana could not escape! Every step was predicted, every counterattack was neutralized, every attempt to break free was bound even tighter!
This was Holy Keisha's way of fighting—elegant, precise, controlling everything, crushing all resistance with absolute superiority.
Meanwhile, as the Demon One flagship suffered heavy damage, spatial turbulence, and the suppression of judgment and Silver Wings, the remaining demon soldiers and low-level officers inside the flagship who had not been directly vaporized by the judgment also fell into great chaos. Several Angel elite squads that had been lying in ambush nearby in a stealth state, led by high-level guards like Angel Leng and Angel Yan, cut into the battlefield like golden lightning, launching a ruthless purge on the routed demons!
The roars of demons, the shouts of Angels, the shrieks of energy weapons, and the crisp sounds of metal collisions intertwined in this cold cosmic void. But the tone of the battle had been set from the very beginning.
The Demon Queen was completely suppressed by Holy Keisha with absolute superiority in computing power and tactics; the flagship was on the verge of destruction, and her subordinates were being slaughtered.
And the starting point of all this stemmed from that unknown, exquisite "spatial trick" that "transported" the demons from Earth to space, followed by the ruthless "Judgment Glow" and "Silver Wing Verdict."
Holy Keisha's gaze fell calmly on Morgana, who was disheveled and roaring repeatedly in the Silver Wing storm, as if looking at a moth that had fallen into a web and was struggling in vain.
"Morganas true name," her voice rang out calmly, penetrating the roar of energy and clearly reaching Morgana's ears, "Your corruption, your madness, your schemes... in the face of true power and order, are ultimately just futile clamor."
"Today, you will pay the price for your sins."
The light of the Silver Wings and the afterglow of judgment illuminated this starry sky, making it look solemn and murderous.
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