As the Blood Moon reached its peak, a hundred-meter-wide pillar of crimson light pierced through the heavens and earth.
Within the light pillar, a more terrifying shadow was vaguely seen condensing.
With the Blood Moon overhead, the entire sea area was dyed dark red.
In the crimson light pillar that pierced through the heavens and earth, the shadow gradually condensed into form—first, three pairs of twisted bat wings, then a massive scaled body, and finally, a pair of scarlet vertical pupils like an abyss.
The light pillar exploded with a roar, and the shockwave pushed all the seawater within a thousand-meter radius away.
Floating in the air was a twenty-meter-tall Demon—it resembled a giant bat but had six sharp claws, with three sharp hooked digits at the end of each arm.
The most horrifying part was its head: no facial features, only a giant mouth filled with spiral teeth, occupying its entire face.
"The Moon Demon…" Ezreal's face was solemn, and all the ancient runes on his bracers lit up, "This is big trouble."
Cana's face was a little pale, "This guy's aura is even stronger than the Guild Master's…"
The Demon had no vocal organs, but its mental fluctuations resonated directly in everyone's minds: "Ants… offer your lives…"
With this thought, its six arms simultaneously spread open.
The moonlight suddenly twisted, transforming into countless crimson light arrows that rained down from the sky!
"Defense!" Cana shouted, throwing out seven defensive cards, which burst into seven-colored halos, forming seven overlapping protective shields.
"Sand Bulwark!" Marcus clapped his hands on the sea surface, and gold sand formed a hemispherical shield.
Evil Wolf and Flamingo simultaneously blocked in front of Ezreal.
However, the moment the crimson light arrows touched an object—
"Splat!"
Cana's seven-layered elemental barrier was torn apart like thin paper, and Marcus's gold sand shield was corroded with countless holes.
Evil Wolf let out a painful howl, his back pierced by three bloody holes from the light arrows; Flamingo's left wing was mostly cut off, and lava-like blood splattered onto the sea.
"This attack can corrode magic power!" Ezreal's pupils contracted sharply.
He bit his finger sharply and drew a blood rune on his bracer: "Dimensional · Blood Law Amplification, come out—Marsh Frog!"
A white energy vortex opened on the sea surface, accompanied by a muffled "thump," and a ten-meter-long dark green giant frog emerged from the water.
Its bloated abdomen gleamed with a toxic luster, its back glowed with a deep black-green light, and its massive magical aura actually reached S-class directly.
Ezreal's Dimensional Amplification temporarily elevated the Marsh Frog to S-class.
"Poisonous Mist Eruption!"
The Marsh Frog opened its giant mouth, spraying dark green poisonous mist in a fan shape.
When these poisonous mists contacted the crimson light arrows, they actually made a "sizzling" neutralizing sound.
"Well done!" Marcus exclaimed in surprise.
But the Demon's next wave of attack had already arrived.
Its six arms suddenly elongated, stretching like rubber across a hundred-meter distance, its sharp claws aiming directly for the trio's throats!
"Ice Make · Absolute Zero!"
An ice-blue figure suddenly entered the battlefield.
Gray had arrived at some point, and the freezing air released from his hands froze three of the arms in mid-air.
However, the other three arms continued their momentum unabated—
"Clang!"
Ikaruga's Libra Star Spirit suddenly flashed, and the golden scales transformed into a giant shield, blocking the fatal blow.
But the terrifying impact still sent Libra flying backward, crashing into the distant reef cluster.
"Are you all alright?" Ikaruga stepped over the waves from the direction of the port, clutching two Star Spirit keys in her hands.
"Just in time!" Cana wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, "We need to restrict its movements!"
The Demon retracted its arms, and the three frozen limbs shook slightly, causing cracks to appear in the absolute zero ice.
Gray grunted, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth: "Damn it… even my ice…"
His injuries from Jupiter's sneak attack hadn't fully healed, and after being awakened by Ikaruga, he immediately came to support them when he saw the situation here; his condition was not good at the moment.
"Ridiculous struggle…" The Demon's mental fluctuations resonated again.
It suddenly opened its giant mouth, and a crimson light glowed deep within its throat—
Ezreal's expression changed slightly.
"It's an area attack!" Ezreal shouted, "Everyone gather!"
"Open, Gate of Pisces · Pisces!" Ikaruga quickly summoned the Pisces Star Spirit.
Within the azure magic circle, two giant ribbon-fish-shaped Star Spirits, one black and one white, appeared, twisting their bodies to stir up huge waves, forming a barrier.
At the same time, the Marsh Frog swelled its abdomen, Evil Wolf and Flamingo separately released dark and flame magic power, and Gray and Marcus also released their respective magic power—
"Composite Defense · Seven-layered Barrier!"
The water flow unleashed by Pisces formed the first layer of water curtain, the Marsh Frog's poisonous mist formed the second layer of mist shroud, and Evil Wolf's dark energy transformed into the third layer of black crystal barrier.
Flamingo's flames formed the fourth lava fire wall, Gray's ice crystals constructed the fifth layer of ice shield, Marcus's gold sand formed the sixth layer of protective shield, and finally, the seventh layer of colorful light film was composed of all the defensive cards thrown by Cana.
"Boom—!!!"
The crimson torrent from the Demon's mouth crashed against the barrier.
The first layer of water curtain instantly evaporated, the second layer of poisonous mist was dispersed, and cracks appeared in the third layer of dark barrier… By the time it broke through to the sixth layer, the gold sand shield was already on the verge of collapse.
"Hold on!" Ezreal's eyes were bloodshot, and his bracers began to heat up from excessive magic power output.
Just as the seventh layer of light film was about to shatter, a white meteor suddenly streaked across the night sky—
"Mugetsu Style · Lion Manifestation!"
Ikaruga's figure descended from the sky, wearing a white kimono embroidered with cherry blossoms, holding a white tachi that emitted dazzling light.
The sword light struck the Demon's back, splattering dark black blood.
"Ikaruga?!" Ezreal and the others exclaimed in surprise.
"I guessed that only you guys could cause such big trouble near my home," Ikaruga said indifferently, her gaze fixed on the Demon in the air, "It seems I arrived just in time."
Ikaruga turned around, and pure white sword energy erupted around her, briefly supporting her to float in the air, "We'll chat later, just in time to try out my new tachi."
Ikaruga lightly raised her tachi, which was entirely snow-white, even the hilt was white, and its mirror-like blade reflected her cold eyes.
"Mugetsu Style · Empty Cicada."
Her figure suddenly blurred, and the next second, all six of the Demon's arms simultaneously broke!
No one saw how she attacked, as if time had been stolen the moment she made her move.
The Moon Demon only felt a sharp pain, and its body began to tremble.
"Now!" Ezreal seized the opportunity, "Evil Wolf, Demon Eye!"
Evil Wolf flapped his wings and charged straight in front of the Moon Demon, his scarlet eyes suddenly brightening to the extreme, meeting the Demon's gaze.
In an instant, the Demon's movements clearly paused—it had fallen into the fear illusion created by Evil Wolf.
"Ikaruga!" Ezreal shouted.
Ikaruga simultaneously raised both keys: "Libra!"
Libra appeared above the Demon's head, holding golden scales, and a violent downward gravity pressed down as the scales tilted.
The Moon Demon's body immediately began to fall rapidly towards the sea.
And on the sea, the two ribbon-fish stirred up dozens of meters high waves, transforming into sharp cones that pierced directly through the Demon's chest, instantly splattering blood.
Ikaruga once again raised her tachi, and a white sword energy slashed out!
"Mugetsu Style · Two-Stage!"
The brilliant sword light struck the Demon's chest and abdomen, almost splitting it entirely in half.
The Demon let out a silent roar; under the intense pain, it broke free from the illusion magic and was about to flap its bat wings to escape.
"It's not over yet!" Marcus plunged his hands into the sea, "Sandstorm · Underworld Swamp!"
The seawater beneath the Demon suddenly turned into quicksand, and countless gold sand wrapped around its lower limbs like tentacles.
Gray took the opportunity to release freezing air, and ice-blue cold air spread along the sea: "Ice Make · Northern Prison!"
Solid ice rapidly spread along the gold sand, instantly freezing the Demon's lower body.
"Final blow!" Cana threw all her attack cards into the air, "Fairy's Resolve!"
Seven elements—fire, ice, lightning, wind, water, earth, and light—merged in the air, transforming into a ten-meter-diameter rainbow tornado.
Ezreal simultaneously commanded his three Summoned Beasts: "Full output!"
Evil Wolf's dark breath, Flamingo's fiery torrent, and the Marsh Frog's toxic spray, these three attacks and the elemental tornado simultaneously struck the Demon's chest.
"Rumble—!!!"
The light of the explosion illuminated the entire sea area.
When the bright light dissipated, a huge hole was blasted in the Demon's chest, and black-red blood poured out like a waterfall.
"Not enough!" Ikaruga suddenly leaped high into the sky, her tachi gleaming with dazzling silver light, "Mugetsu Style · Divine Might!"
Space was cut open with a dark black crack, and the Demon's body was split in two.
At the same time, Ezreal clasped his hands together, and all the runes on his bracers lit up to the extreme: "Super·Destruction Death Ray!"
Above Ezreal's head, nine layers of pure white magic circles bloomed successively in the night sky, each intricately carved with ancient runes.
The magic circles spun wildly clockwise, the moonlight paled before the array, and all shadows within a hundred-meter radius were completely dispelled.
The nine layers of magic circles simultaneously collapsed into a pinpoint-sized speck of light, then expanded in a thousandth of a second into a light pillar that pierced through the heavens and earth.
In the strong light, the Demon's body melted like a wax figure, eventually being completely swallowed by the spatial crack.
The sea surface returned to calm, and the Blood Moon also reverted to its normal silvery-white color.
Evil Wolf transformed into a dark cloud, taking all the members onto himself.
Exhausted, the group sat or knelt, with only heavy breathing remaining.
Ikaruga sheathed her tachi, her face slightly pale.
Continuously using high-level sword techniques had greatly depleted her.
Just then, another mental fluctuation resonated within the minds of the few people.
"Wherever moonlight shines… Moon Demon… countless projections…"
Ezreal and the others had just let out a sigh of relief, but upon hearing this, their expressions all changed.
"Projections?" Gray frowned, "Does that mean the main body is still somewhere?"
Ikaruga stood up straight, leaning on her sword hilt, "You all seem to have provoked something formidable."
Ezreal looked towards the horizon, which was already turning a fish-belly white, and said softly, "It seems we're going to be busy."
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