“I wonder where the Black Candle Colossus is now.”
Even Broken-Winged Butterfly was having a headache over the Black Candle Colossus.
After they defeated the Black Prison Colossus, the only thing that group of human traitors could rely on was the Black Candle Colossus. The process had gone smoothly, with no casualties, but what should they do about the Black Candle Colossus?
No one knew if this thing had changed in the four years since.
The Black Candle Colossus was indeed powerful, but with a prior experience in subjugating it, it wasn’t truly invincible. So those people must have other cards to play.
At that moment, the ultra-massive Star Ring, which had already descended to an altitude of eight thousand meters, suddenly boomed with a deafening explosion, fire shooting into the sky. Only then did they realize the ultra-massive Star Ring had come under attack.
“Return to assist immediately!” Broken-Winged Butterfly commanded sharply.
If they defeated the Black Prison Colossus but lost the ultra-massive Star Ring, this battle would still be a failure.
They left Xing Yu alone to watch over the Black Prison Colossus’s seal.
Although the seal was forged by Zero-Rank Magic, making it unlikely to be broken, nothing is ever truly certain. After such a hard-fought victory, if the monster got out again, even the best mentality would collapse.
To be safe, Manjusaka also stayed behind.
The three Ten Seats went to handle the matter on the ultra-massive Star Ring. Their combined strength was more than enough.
Soon after, Luo Zining also landed nearby.
Xing Yu valued this junior, asking with concern, “Little Red Riding Hood, are you alright?”
“I’m fine.” Luo Zining forced a smile, stumbling over her words, “Just… just… I don’t know, I’m fine, I don’t know how to describe it… it’s just… ah, the seniors were really amazing.”
Xing Yu smiled gently. “No need to say it out loud so soon. Just savor the feeling inside yourself.”
“Mm…”
Luo Zining nodded awkwardly, then her attention shifted to the seal constructed from Zero-Rank Magic.
[What’s inside… is that Light-Taker?]
“Amazing…” Luo Zining murmured in a low voice.
Before witnessing the true might of Zero-Rank Magic, she couldn’t even imagine a scene where such a terrifying monster could be defeated.
But now, that terrifying monster was sealed right here.
“Oh right, I still have to let Auntie know I’m safe.” Luo Zining suddenly remembered to contact Ji Yue, and quickly called her.
Meanwhile, Manjusaka and Xing Yu were discussing the attack on the ultra-massive Star Ring.
“Aside from us here, eight other ultra-massive Star Rings at the world-sea checkpoints have been attacked. So far, one has already been completely destroyed and fallen into the world-sea,” Manjusaka said seriously.
If guarding the Black Prison Colossus’s seal wasn’t also crucial, she would have gone to help by now.
Xing Yu was anxious too, asking, “I’m really curious, how did the enemy get in?”
Any aircraft approaching the ultra-massive Star Ring had to undergo strict inspection. Forcing their way in would only get them shot down by the anti-aircraft weapons. Even stealth planes or optical camouflage were useless; the defenses had long accounted for such things.
There could be traitors inside, but she didn’t think it was that simple.
“?!”
Manjusaka suddenly shuddered, her gaze snapping to the other end of the world-sea.
“The Black Candle Colossus’s seal has been broken!”
“For real? Only now?”
Xing Yu frowned. The Black Prison Colossus had already been defeated, yet the Black Candle Colossus’s seal only just broke? She thought it would’ve happened long ago.
She’d expected a fierce team battle, but their teammates were so weak they couldn’t hold out until the main force arrived.
“Wait, you can sense when the seal is broken?”
“No, it’s just that a familiar wind blew in from the sea,” Manjusaka shook her head.
The border world-sea checkpoint had effectively fallen, the seawater surging in. Fortunately, this was a desolate border region buried in snow, so it wouldn’t threaten the inner lands for now.
Xing Yu stretched out her hand, took a deep breath, and slowly opened her eyes. “Yes… that’s the aura of that monster.”
Her hand trembled.
What they had to face next was a monster even greater than the Black Prison Colossus.
“What should we do with the Black Prison Colossus’s seal?”
“…I’ll seal it deep within the world-sea,” Manjusaka said.
“There’s no time, is there?”
“We can’t just leave it here, and there’s no way we can entrust it to the unreliable Government of Humanity. This is the only way.”
So the final disposal of the Black Prison Colossus was decided.
Right now, Xing Yu’s mind was full of how to deal with the Black Candle Colossus afterward.
[Ahhh, if only Xing Yue were here!] she thought in frustration.
Actually, the Ten Seats also had different affinities with Zero-Rank Magic. The higher the affinity, the more adept one was at controlling it. Xing Yue was the best at hosting and controlling Zero-Rank Magic among them.
If she were here, and with Zero-Rank Magic, maybe they could fight the Black Candle Colossus to a standstill.
Manjusaka wasn’t anywhere near her peak right now, either. The so-called ‘flawless defeat of the Black Prison Colossus’ just meant no one was in mortal danger; using Zero-Rank Magic was basically suicidal and would certainly injure the body, requiring a long time to recover.
Xing Yu herself had just hosted the final blow, and now felt her whole body aching, with no strength left. Even circulating magic made her body throb with pain.
Now the Black Candle Colossus was right on their heels, and they also had to deal with the enemy’s ambush. She really didn’t know how they were going to fight.
On the other side, Luo Zining had already tried approaching the Zero-Rank Magic seal.
“Whoa, whoa–! Amazing, I can feel it pulsing!” Luo Zining reached out cautiously and curiously, as if touching a pregnant woman’s belly.
She was about to touch Zero-Rank Magic with her own hands!
“Idiot, don’t touch it!”
Xing Yu suddenly shouted, startling Luo Zining so much that her hand jerked forward and touched it.
Then she was promptly pulled back by the rushing Xing Yu.
“Are you alright?! You can’t touch Zero-Rank Magic with your body, you’ll die!” Xing Yu blamed herself for not warning her in advance, but since Luo Zining had only touched it for a moment, she should be able to recover.
“Don’t panic, does she look like anything’s wrong?” Manjusaka drawled.
“…Little Red Riding Hood, do you feel any discomfort?”
Luo Zining was still dazed, feeling as if she’d stubbed her toe but was being rushed to the ICU.
“I’m fine, really!”
Xing Yu mused.
Did this mean Little Red Riding Hood had pretty good affinity with Zero-Rank Magic?
“…How about letting you host the Zero-Rank Magic then?”
“Eh, eh, eh, eh?!”
Luo Zining shrieked.
She did long for the power to move mountains and fill seas, but to suddenly take the role herself…
“Alert!” Manjusaka suddenly shouted.
The two had barely reacted when shadows of surging tides appeared around them, the sound of the rising and falling sea roaring like a storm!
Xing Yu’s expression changed drastically.
It was exactly the same as when Xing Yue and the others had been ambushed before!
The only difference was that last time there was the sound of the tide, but this time, being right beside the world-sea, they hadn’t noticed.
“I knew they’d target the Black Prison Colossus’s seal!”
Xing Yu gritted her teeth, pushing through the pain to channel her magic.
She wanted to see just what trickery was at play here!
Both of them instantly summoned their Pillar of the Mind from Sidheim—a Kaleidoscope that Covers the Heavens and a Faint Golden Bubble, respectively.
“Let me see what you’re made of!”
Within the shadowy tides, a giant claw appeared, slicing the air and churning the waves, its momentum overwhelming!
Then, beyond the sea-tide, hidden within the mountain range, another terrifying aura emerged, thick with murderous intent.
“Dragon-level! More than one!” Xing Yu’s face changed dramatically.
If only they let our Witch learn zero tier magic, she could’ve handled it.