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"——"
An oppressive atmosphere spread throughout the ruins that resembled a shopping mall.
Fang Li and Arcueid stood facing each other, locked in a standoff, both with their heads lowered, and their expressions obscured. Only the surging power radiating from their bodies disturbed the air, making the surrounding pressure grow heavier.
This tense scene persisted for an unknown length of time.
"Pa..."
After a moment, Fang Li suddenly dropped to one knee on the ground.
"Ha... Ha… Ha…"
Ragged breaths escaped his body.
The white phosphorescent light and blue starlight that had enveloped him gradually dimmed, like a fire burning out.
Even Bo Xie seemed to have exhausted its power and the Urm Manadyte lost its luster, turning dull.
Clearly, Fang Li was heavily drained.
His soul had begun to feel a sharp pain and the Prana within his body was nearly depleted.
Even his stamina had been significantly consumed, leaving his body feeling weak.
But that was only natural.
After all, just moments ago, Fang Li had engaged in a direct battle against an entire world and emerged victorious.
Even though it was only a fantasy world, the toll it took on him was real.
And Fang Li wasn't the only one exhausted.
"Hū... Hū… Hū..."
In front of him, Arcueid with her head still lowered, was breathing heavily. Her entire body radiated a chaotic aura, her shoulders and chest rising and falling rapidly.
The strain of breaking through Fang Li's violent assault using her out-of-the-ordinary ability, Marble Phantasm Manifestation, had undoubtedly taken its toll on her as well.
Thus, the two who had just engaged in a terrifying battle that no outsider could imagine were now catching their breath in the darkened ruins of the mall, making the air around them seem almost warm.
But soon, that warmth dissipated rapidly, turning into a chilling cold.
The reason was, of course, the True Ancestor Princess.
Arcueid finally raised her head, her gaze locking onto Fang Li.
Her golden eyes, now completely bloodshot from her berserk state, no longer held just raw savagery and violence; they were now filled with a thick, intense killing intent.
That killing intent permeated the space, creating a suffocating pressure that enveloped Fang Li.
"…Are you angry now?"
Fang Li muttered to himself. Despite the exhaustion showing in his eyes and his face growing pale, he still withstood Arcueid's killing intent and oppressive aura, his ice-blue Mystic Eyes flickering faintly.
"Even in a berserk state, your pride remains as strong as ever."
The world she had manifested had been sliced apart and utterly destroyed by Fang Li.
For someone hailed as the strongest True Ancestor Princess, this was clearly an intolerable outcome.
So, even in her berserk state, Arcueid was furious.
The oppressive aura around her grew more terrifying by the moment.
"Kill..."
A low, suppressed voice came from Arcueid's mouth.
"Kill..."
It was like the growl of a wild beast.
"Kill..."
It was the rage of a creature at the top of the food chain.
"Kill..."
It was the hatred of someone who could not forgive herself for losing control.
"Kill..."
It was the final ultimatum given to a doomed target.
"Die..."
With those words, Arcueid's body began to slowly rise, ascending into the air at a painfully slow pace.
At the same time, a terrifying surge of power began to emanate from Arcueid's body.
Fang Li recognized that power all too well.
It was the manifestation of Marble Phantasm Manifestation.
Arcueid was using Marble Phantasm Manifestation once more.
However, this time, she wasn't trying to recreate that world.
Fang Li simply raised his head and looked up at the airborne Arcueid.
Fang Li's ice-blue Mystic Eyes contracted to the size of a needle's point, unable to restrain themselves.
At that moment, Fang Li saw it.
The moon.
And not just any moon— it was a full moon.
But it wasn't a normal, gentle moon.
It was a moon stained with crimson color, and it looked as if it had been drenched in blood.
In other words—
—**"Crimson Moon."**
**BOOM...**
The air trembled.
No.
The entire world trembled.
Arcueid, hovering high in the air, gazed down at Fang Li with eyes filled with savage brutality, but now those eyes were also brimming with a bone-chilling coldness. Slowly, she raised one hand toward the sky.
**BOOM...**
The trembling intensified.
And that was only natural, because...
**"The moon... is falling..."**
Once again, this was not a normal, gentle moon; it was a crimson **Crimson Moon**.
This moon seemed to be plummeting from the night sky, its outline scraping against the atmosphere, igniting flames, and causing the very space around it to wail in agony.
In this instant, perhaps everyone in Misaki Town could witness this scene.
They could see that crimson moon descending from the sky.
Fang Li didn't know how many people in Misaki Town were still alive.
But regardless of how many remained, anyone who saw this scene would be overwhelmed by despair and terror, unable to muster any hope.
"…I really wish someone would tell me this is just a fantasy."
Unfortunately, this was reality.
Because not long ago, Fang Li had personally killed a fantasy world, dragging himself and Arcueid back into this harsh reality.
And now, it was Arcueid's turn for revenge.
Using her ultimate form of Marble Phantasm Manifestation, she had materialized the moon itself and brought it crashing down.
This was Arcueid's most powerful move.
—**"Moon Fall."**
Just hearing the name was enough to understand what kind of move it was.
Even if you didn't fully understand it, witnessing that vermilion moon descending from the night sky told you everything you needed to know about what was coming.
Once that crimson **Moon Fall** hit, not just the surrounding area but likely all of Misaki Town would be completely obliterated.
In the wake of the most terrifying impact in history, it would be reduced to mere remnants of the world.
If despair had a form, it was right before him.
Indeed.
"This is despair, isn't it?"
Gazing at the crimson moon tearing through the atmosphere, stirring up explosive currents, and accelerating with an ear-splitting roar as it fell toward Misaki Town, Fang Li smiled.
It was a calm, peaceful smile.
"If this is despair..."
Struggling to his feet, Fang Li gripped his pure white Ogre Lux, and phosphorescent light and starlight once again erupted from his body.
His ice-blue Mystic Eyes locked onto the crimson moon above.
"Then this time, I'll kill despair!"
With those words—
**BOOM—!**
With a burst of force, Fang Li unleashed a fierce wind, his figure transforming into a white comet as he soared into the sky.
He flew straight toward that crimson full moon.
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