What greeted Phantylia was not words, but Jing Yuan's earth-shaking offensive.
"Heh heh ha ha ha… General of Luofu… come, be fiercer."
Seeing Jing Yuan's desperate fighting style, Phantylia was first stunned, then let out a soft laugh.
The two colossal entities clashed once more.
Welt and Dan Heng were both in poor condition; battling an Emanator consumed immensely.
On any ordinary day, the mere shockwaves of the fight would have been too much for them.
Yet now, with Leon's help, they could ignore the effects of the rank disparity.
But the longer it dragged on, the more uneasy they became.
Neither had forgotten that Leon's wounds from Jarilo-VI had not fully healed.
"Leon, how much longer can you hold?"
"Not much longer. End it quickly."
"But our attacks can't even touch Phantylia… you—"
Dan Heng's words cut off; his facial expression suddenly froze.
He clearly sensed that his body, which had been gradually weakening from the intense battle, instantly returned to peak condition.
Welt beside him, Stelle, March 7th—even Jing Yuan—all felt the same.
Leon smiled as he scanned his companions, perfectly concealing the trace of gloom in his eyes.
A warm, gentle breeze brushed their faces.
Leon crossed his two fingers in an intricate seal; arcs of lightning flickered between his fingertips, flashing like bolts as they drilled into everyone's bodies.
"Everyone's been enhanced—go!"
Hearing his deliberately light tone, Dan Heng's arm trembled for an instant, his eyes reddening slightly.
He said nothing. Asked nothing.
An azure afterimage surged with rainbow momentum, radiating dense dragon majesty, summoning towering waves to crash toward Phantylia.
"You three, go too," Leon urged the others. "Now."
Welt inexplicably felt something was off with Leon, but trust drove him to act immediately.
"Nice work, doctor! Leave the rest to us!"
Stelle charged at Phantylia, baseball bat in one hand, flame spear in the other, flames wreathing her body.
March 7th only had time to add a shield to Stelle and did not join the others.
"What are you standing there for, March? Go!"
"Huh…? Me too?"
March 7th's eyes widened; she showed an awkward smile.
"Didn't I try shooting Phantylia a few times earlier? It didn't work—my arrows didn't even leave a mark on her thigh."
"I just said it—everyone's been enhanced by me. You can hurt Phantylia now."
"For real? That's a Destruction Ema—fine, this girl's going all in!!"
Meeting Leon's serious gaze, March 7th's hesitation quickly sank.
A heroic surge rose from her heart; her expression turned to one of oh, so you want a chance to poison Phantylia.
"Heroes can't desert the field! Take this girl's Six-Phased Ultimate Invincible Frost Explosion—hey↘↗ya↘↓—"
The moment March 7th turned, another strand of Leon's hair turned to flying ash.
His hair, already not purely white, rapidly shifted toward silver-white, even deathly pale.
"Brother, when will you finally put down that damn duty?!"
Noticing the abnormality on Leon, a red-hot, smoke-spewing mask popped out.
"He's dead—dead!!"
"You can't become Him, and He won't revive. Haven't all these years made it clear?"
"Shush! Be good and stand aside to watch your fun." Leon coldly shot Aha a glance.
"The Elation god has a heart too. Why must you torture yourself lifetime after lifetime, brother?"
"Aha thought that in this life, as a Nameless, you could finally be yourself—yet here you are again!!"
"The mistake back then wasn't yours. Life needs dignity bestowed upon it. When will you finally let go and leave yourself a shred of dignity?"
"Aha has watched for so many years—it hurts!"
To Aha's heartfelt words, Leon merely smiled.
"Do I live without dignity? Tsk…"
"You say it nicely, but you just want to turn me into a complete Emanator of Elation, eternally slaving away as your black-market entertainer for performance metrics, right?"
"Waaah… understanding Aha like that is foul play… no—"
Aha flailed chaotically in frustration.
"Don't change the subject! Hurry—use the power Aha gave you! You're our Emanator—a mere Phantylia should be a toy for you to play with as you please!"
"I refuse."
"AAAAAHHH, you're killing me!"
"Be good, old friend. Listen. I'll spoil you later."
"Nyaa!! Darling's playing dirty—I won't be able to resist devouring you~~"
The red mask turned pink, radiating bashfulness inside and out.
Leon nearly choked.
Wanted to puke.
Always a pro at being disgusting.
Seeing Aha quiet down, Leon looked at the hourglass in the Candle Dragon's mouth, a weak smile tugging at his lips.
Just about one-fifth left—the sand would soon fill half.
Almost there…
"You must hold on… Everyone, deal as much damage to Phantylia as possible, so that…"
The moment everyone's condition returned to peak, Phantylia sensed it immediately.
Her gaze, tinged with gloom, fell on Leon.
Abundance power?
No…
Permanence?
Even less so!
Only unfamiliar—unfamiliar, unfamiliar, unfamiliar.
But when she saw Leon unable to steady himself, dropping to one knee yet trembling as he rose again, the gloom in her eyes turned to amusement.
Mortals were mortals after all. Even with strange abilities, there was always an end.
Just playing with a few ants a little longer—nothing to worry about.
Player perspective.
Leon, who in the action bar only repeated skills, finally—after Phantylia restored full health yet again—used a new skill players had never seen.
"The firmament endures; the mortal realm is half a verse."
A resolute skill voice rang out. Every character's ultimate activated, HP restored to 100%, and all advanced to the top of the action order.
Witnessing the full skill animation and effects, Ah Xian was stunned; Katiya gasped.
Countless players, streamers, and strategy bloggers froze on the spot.
This had to be a plot-exclusive skill… right… right…
[Full team action advance + full ultimates—what kind of terrifying Harmony that combines Duck's E and Tingyun's ultimate into an AOE version?]
"Most likely plot-exclusive, enhancing Leon's talent."
Katiya calmed her shock and explained to the stream.
"In the Belobog plot trial, Leon used skill and ultimate—action advance is his talent."
"All core mechanics are there, and full HP restore is an Abundance role's job, not something Harmony should handle."
"Though Leon's 4-star is Abundance, his 5-star is still Harmony, after all."
As she spoke, she opened the combat info panel.
Seeing the BUFF inside, she let out a told you so.
"Look—clearly labeled as a plot-special BUFF: attacks against Phantylia deal double damage."
[Then we're good.]
With Leon's support, Phantylia's HP was quickly reduced to 1%.
Just when everyone thought the battle was finally ending—who would've thought—she once again restored to full HP!!
"Poisonous?!"
Ah Xian's mouth twitched hard.
Then she saw Phantylia act immediately, complete with dialogue.
"Hahahaha, no matter. The death throes of ants appear especially tragic and beautiful…"
"In the next act, I shall forge you all into void soldiers."
Wait.
This seems to trigger a plot kill!
"Yesss! Finally gonna smash Phantylia~~"
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