The monster fighting the four Sanctuary powerhouses became increasingly frantic.
Its several pairs of blood-red eyes left only one pair to watch the flies surrounding and attacking it; the rest were fixed on the pale purple light slowly brightening in the distance.
A threat.
A true threat.
A threat sufficient to completely erase it from The World.
It had to kill that threat before it became a reality.
It began to fight even more crazily, hoping to force back the annoying flies around it and give it a chance to kill the purple light that made its heart tremble.
But it failed.
As it became more frantic, the four Sanctuary powerhouses besieging it also began to risk their lives to stop its movements.
The reason was simple: the monster’s emotions were too exposed. It had written its intention to “destroy that purple light” all over its face.
Whatever it wanted to do, they could not let it do it. The Sanctuary powerhouses understood this very well.
They didn’t know why the monster cared so much about Xia Mo, but they knew that they had to protect an existence that made the monster go to such great lengths to kill.
The monster was afraid of that girl, so they would protect that girl.
Moreover, the aura coming from that direction was so sharp and terrifying that even a little thought made it clear an extremely powerful attack was being prepared.
And the target of this attack would not be them.
Naturally, they would work hard to buy time and opportunity for the other side. Whether for themselves or for the Sanctuary, they would choose to do so.
Rumble…
The sky seemed to darken because of the impending strike. Continuous muffled thunder came from high above, turning into invisible boulders pressing against everyone’s chests.
Would this strike succeed? Could it destroy this monster?
No one knew the answer.
Everyone had discarded all distractions and concentrated all their attention on the battle before them. They forgot time, they forgot everything; everything was for the sake of the battle and victory.
“It’s almost time. If we keep charging, Ye Lin won’t be able to hold on.”
Xia Mo’s Weapon was letting out a silent scream of agony. Cracks had already spread across the entire body of the Magic Artillery.
If this continued, this Floating Cannon would completely shatter.
Although this cannon was a creation of Magic Power, if it truly shattered, it would take Xia Mo a lot of time and effort to piece it back together.
This was not a light price to pay; it was even more serious than the Magical Girl herself being heavily injured.
“Don’t worry about me, I can hold on until this shot is finished!”
Before Xia Mo could reply, Ye Lin, whose scales were breaking, turned her head and shouted at Luo Shuangyue.
“It’s not like I’ll die! It just hurts a bit, I’m not afraid at all!”
“But…”
“Since Ye Lin said so, let’s follow her lead. We need to kill that guy completely and not give it even a slight chance to escape.” Xia Mo interrupted Luo Shuangyue. Her thoughts were the same as Ye Lin’s.
Since they had already come this far, they naturally had to give their all to do their best.
As long as they could completely kill that monster, she was willing to pay the price.
It was just a temporary shattering of a Weapon; it was no big deal.
“Alright!”
Their thoughts exchanged countless times in a single instant. Telepathy Magic made communication between the two of them incredibly simple and direct.
Xia Mo convinced Luo Shuangyue, and Luo Shuangyue agreed with Xia Mo.
Their wills merged once again, pouring all their power into the Crossbow Cannon.
The shaking of the Crossbow Cannon became increasingly violent, more and more cracks appeared, and the Black Thorns stabilizing the Crossbow Cannon snapped one by one before the powerful Magic Power.
Before everything reached the point of irreparable destruction, Luo Shuangyue and Xia Mo looked toward the sky together.
They saw an opportunity at the same time.
Thus, they sent the last bit of Magic Power into the giant cannon before them.
A beam of pale purple Light flew silently into the distance.
A Crossbow Cannon that had fulfilled its mission turned into countless fragments at the same moment.
“Ugh…” A moment before the Crossbow Cannon shattered, Xia Mo erased the Sensory Link Rune in her Hand, bearing the backlash brought by the Weapon’s destruction alone.
A streak of striking crimson overflowed from the corner of her mouth, and her aura instantly plummeted, nearly making it impossible for her to maintain her Transformed State.
“Why?”
She fell into a soft embrace. A cold Hand wiped the crimson from the corner of her mouth, followed by a voice mixed with confusion and irritation.
Clearly, if the two of them bore the cost together, neither would suffer any serious injury. So why did Xia Mo make that choice in the first place?
Did Xia Mo think this was cool or something?
“You need that power, but I don’t.” Xia Mo’s eyes were still bright.
“You should leave.” Behind them, that beam of pale purple Light had already pierced the monster’s chest.
Magic Power belonging to the Magical Girl bloomed within its body, causing it to gradually turn into a wisp of blue smoke amidst a silent wail of pain.
This strike made no sound. No one saw clearly how the light appeared or how it pierced the monster’s body.
Everyone’s memory seemed to cut out at that moment. One second they were still fighting a hard battle with the monster, and the next second, the monster was meeting its end.
The battle with the monster was over, but the fighting was not completely finished.
Xia Mo was right; Luo Shuangyue had to leave.
She was the Demon Emperor, and on the other side were the four Sanctuary powerhouses whose strength was relatively well-preserved.
If she didn’t leave while these people hadn’t reacted yet, she feared she wouldn’t be able to leave later…
Before Luo Shuangyue could finish her thought, a sudden clap of thunder exploded in the sky.
Dark clouds were slowly pressing down toward the Surface.
“What is this now?!” Luo Shuangyue looked up at the sky and couldn’t help but gasp.
A pair of blood-red eyes appeared in the dark clouds, coldly and heartlessly watching the silver glow rising from the distant Bifang.
At this moment, Luo Shuangyue felt her own insignificance very clearly.
The monster she had just exhausted herself to defeat and kill was nothing.
What they had just done was like children playing house.
“Sanctuary? Oh no, its target is the Sanctuary!”
“Quickly, go back and help! This is a trap!”
“Luring the tiger away from the mountain, damn it!”
The four powerhouses from the Sanctuary completely ignored Luo Xiangyue, who was staying with Xia Mo on the ground, ignoring this newly born Demon Emperor.
This was easy to understand. After all, compared to the Sanctuary, a Demon Emperor really wasn’t much.
If something happened to the Sanctuary or if the Holy Sovereign met with disaster, what use would it be for them to kill one more Demon Emperor here?
It would be useless.
A Demon Emperor could be killed at any time, but the Holy Sovereign and the Sanctuary must never have anything happen to them. This was everyone’s consensus.
“Um…” Watching the four of them leave in a hurry, Luo Shuangyue turned her head back to Xia Mo with an expression that was hard to describe.
Well, now we don’t have to think about running away.
“If I had known, I wouldn’t have tried to be so brave.” Xia Mo’s eyes were also full of helplessness.
Who could have expected such an accident at the end, making her sacrifice completely worthless?
Coughing hard twice, she exited her Transformed State. This could slightly speed up the recovery of her strength.
However, with damage of the level of a Weapon being burst, it would take at least a month to recover. During this month, her combat power would drop significantly.
Luo Shuangyue was also feeling a bit weak right now.
Xia Mo had shouldered the damage to the Weapon, but that last shot had used all of her demonic energy.
That single shot had drained her dry.
However, it hadn’t damaged her foundation. She just needed to rest peacefully for a few days to restore her status.
In this situation, she naturally chose to enter an energy-saving state.
With a soft puff, a layer of black smoke exploded around her, which was then inhaled into her body as she shrunk in size, not wasting a single bit of demonic energy.
It wasn’t until this moment that Luo Xiangyue realized this was the first time she had shown this form in front of Xia Mo.
This made her suddenly feel a little nervous.
“You can turn small?” Xia Mo’s eyes widened, and a light lit up in her eyes that were originally full of fatigue.
She grabbed the smaller Luo Shuangyue and pulled her into her arms, letting out an exceptionally joyful voice. “So cute!”
She had never seen Luo Shuangyue like this before!
When she was a little over ten years old, Luo Shuangyue actually didn’t look that much like a girl; at most, her features were just a bit feminine.
But the current shrunken Luo Xiangyue was worlds apart from how she had been at that age. The current Luo Shuangyue was a truly top-tier loli!
And a special edition with white hair and red eyes at that!
Xia Mo naturally liked cute and beautiful things. Now that she found Luo Shuangyue had turned into such a cute little girl, she liked her even more.
“Calm down, calm down!”