Above Tokyo City, two streaks of light transformed into two intertwined, fighting dragons, colliding across the horizon.

A series of deafening explosions echoed continuously!

The tachi in Yasuo's hand channeled thunderous lightning, setting off sonic booms in the air with every slash.

His figure was fast to the extreme, dragging behind countless golden afterimages in the air, giving the illusion that hundreds or thousands of him were attacking simultaneously from all directions.

Facing Yasuo's tempestuous offensive, Wada Hirayama's aged and gloomy face grew terrifyingly dark.

Though he had only one arm, he could still swing the long saber in his hand airtightly, blocking Yasuo's lightning-fast slashes every single time.

"Clang——!!!"

It was another unadorned, direct clash.

Golden arcs of lightning and pale Sword Qi exploded in the air, bursting with power akin to colliding meteorites.

The terrifying shockwave swept downward, and several thirty-story abandoned buildings below were actually snapped in half by an invisible force, collapsing with a loud rumble and kicking up dust across the sky.

...

On the ground.

Great Xia agents were desperately organizing the crowd to evacuate toward the breach.

"Hurry! Keep up! Don't fall behind!"

"Elderly and children in the middle! Young adults on the sides!"

However, facing this panicked crowd numbering in the tens of thousands, the evacuation speed was ultimately far too slow.

Several main streets leading to the West Gate were already packed tight with a dense sea of people.

Cries, curses, and shouts of parents calling for their children intertwined in utter chaos.

Behind and on both sides of the crowd, the City Guard reinforcements arriving from the direction of Takamagahara had already set up heavy machine guns and Magical Cannons, opening fire indiscriminately on these defenseless civilians.

"Da da da da da!"

Muzzle flashes spewed fire, and people fell in pools of blood with every passing second.

"Damn it! There are too many people! We can't move fast at all!"

Watching this scene, a Great Xia agent grew bloodshot-eyed with anxiety.

"If only the breach were a bit bigger!"

Just at that moment.

The originally dim sky suddenly turned an eerie dark green without warning.

A scorching heat quickly enveloped the entire West Gate area.

Everyone subconsciously looked up.

They saw the clouds rolling as a massive rift opened in the firmament.

Immediately after.

One, two, three...

Over a dozen massive meteorites burning with dark green flames, dragging long fiery tails and bearing the wrath of the Heavenly God and an aura of complete destruction, fell from the sky!

"What is... that?!"

The commander of the City Guard stared in horror, his command saber falling to the ground with a clatter.

No one answered him.

There was only the howling of the Grim Reaper.

Forbidden Spell: Meteor Rain!

Boom——!!!

The first meteorite slammed heavily onto the already precarious section of the city wall.

The earth trembled, causing the ground to shake violently.

That incredibly hard alloy-concrete city wall, claimed to be able to withstand the impact of an S-class beast, was utterly fragile before this meteorite.

It shattered in an instant!

Countless massive pieces of debris carrying dark green flames splattered in all directions.

But this was only the beginning.

Loud explosions echoed continuously!

One meteorite after another struck as rapidly as drumbeats, slamming into the City Guard's positions and that towering city wall.

Comparable to a cataclysmic disaster!

The breach, which was originally only a few dozen meters wide, was directly expanded by force to several hundred meters under this round of bombardment!

What was even more terrifying was that dark green flame.

That was the 【Soul-Devouring Netherflame】 originating from the Nine Nether Underworld!

A City Guard soldier had only a splash of sparks touch his arm, yet the green fire clung and spread, covering his whole body in an instant.

"AAAAAH!"

Shrill, agonizing screams echoed through the sky.

He rolled madly on the ground, attempting to extinguish the flames on his body, while comrades beside him sprayed him wildly with fire extinguishers.

It was useless!

No matter how much they tried to pat it out, the dark green fire not only failed to go out but burned even more fiercely, using human flesh and soul as fuel.

In just a few seconds, that soldier turned into a pile of ashes amidst extreme agony, with even his soul burned to ashes.

"Demons... This is the devil's flame!"

The remaining City Guard were scared out of their wits by this terrifying sight, their formation instantly falling into chaos.

However, the figure in the sky had no intention of stopping there.

Gandalf floated high above in the vault of heaven, raising his staff high as his Star-Moon Robe burst with dazzling arcane radiance.

Set Skill — 【Arcane Duplication】!

Activate!

The clouds that had settled down began to roll wildly once more.

Meteor Fire Rain, refreshed!

"One more round."

Gandalf's voice echoed in the air.

The next second.

Another even denser rain of dark green meteorites descended once more with despair-inducing howls!

"NOOO!!!"

The City Guard commander let out a desperate howl.

"Rumble——"

Under this round of bombardment, the entire towering wall of the West Gate, along with the hundreds of soldiers stationed atop it, was completely wiped off the map.

The tall wall collapsed outward, throwing up dust a hundred meters high and forming a giant dirt Dragon.

The originally severely congested escape route turned into an open, smooth path!

...

High up in the air.

Wada Hirayama, who was still engaged in a fierce battle with Yasuo, felt the world-destroying magic fluctuations below, his brows furrowing tightly.

Pushing Yasuo back with a forceful slash, he retreated several hundred meters and stared somberly down at the sea of fire below.

Such terrifying skill power.

Such large-scale destructive force.

There's another SS-Rank Professional below!

And it's a mage class with the strongest destructive power!

The answer was obvious.

Great Xia Nation's newly ascended SS-Rank mage, Gandalf, was here too!

"Good! Very good!"

"To disrupt Lord Nariya's resurrection plan, your Great Xia actually deployed two SS-Ranks at once—you really went all out!"

At this moment, Wada Hirayama was somewhat shocked deep down.

After all, most of Great Xia Nation was currently attacking Cloud Port and Nagato Port.

Even so, they still sent two SS-Ranks inside Sakura Country to Tokyo City.

"However..."

Wada Hirayama tightened his grip on his long saber.

"Do you really think that relying on just the two of you, you can stir up any storm in the capital of our Great Sakura Empire?"

"This is Tokyo!"

"Since you've come, then stay here forever!"

"It just so happens I can chop off both your heads to serve as the finest sacrifice to welcome the return of Amaterasu!"

As long as he could stall these two for a moment...

Once the reinforcements from Takamagahara arrived, this would become an absolute death trap!

However...

Facing Wada Hirayama's threat...

Yasuo merely flicked the long sword in his hand lightly, a sneer appearing on his face as if looking at a fool.

"Ignorant."

"Who told you there are only two of us?"

As his words fell...

Wada Hirayama's pupils shrank.

An intense sense of crisis caused the hair all over his body to stand on end.

"Swoosh——!!!"

In the distant sky, a dazzling light suddenly ignited.

That wasn't sunlight.

It was a long serpent formed by the convergence of countless spots of light!

The long serpent coiled and soared through the air at an unbelievable speed, bearing a sharp sound of breaking air as it charged toward Wada Hirayama's location and the Akagi below.

Looking closely...

That was no serpent at all.

Those were clearly arrows radiating brilliant starlight!