Samsara Space: They're all begging me to heal them one more time.

The night sky over Fortuna was suddenly dyed an eerie purplish-red.

Om-!

The piercing alarm sounded throughout the city.

The earth began to tremble violently, as if some enormous creature was about to burst forth from the ground. In the four directions of the city—the Misty Forest, the Great Snow Mountain, the Headquarters Port, and the former site of the Grand Opera House—four giant stone monuments shrouded in ominous black mist slowly rose, piercing the sky.

[Gates of Hell] - Fully Activated!

Countless black cracks opened around the stone tablet, and Death, wielding a giant scythe, demons covered in ice armor, and even high-level magical beasts that were originally sealed, poured into this once holy city like a flood.

"What a... grand welcoming ceremony."

Standing before the ruins of the Devil May Cry agency, Zhang Yuan gazed at the towering demonic energy in the distance. His face showed no panic, but rather an expression of connoisseurship.

He slowly and deliberately straightened the collar of his windswept trench coat, his tone flat:

"It seems our cult's mastermind is getting desperate. Is he planning to gamble everything just to buy us a few minutes?"

"Or perhaps they want to use these small fry to wear us down."

Bayonetta elegantly blew away the gunpowder smoke from her magic gun, her eyes revealing an innate arrogance. "Typical villainous thinking, boring and inefficient."

"Regardless of the reason."

Dante, carrying the greatsword of Rebellion, watched the demons roaming the streets, a wild, excited smile spreading across his face—the kind of wildness a hunter feels when he sees a mountain full of prey.

"This means... the party's starting!"

"Let's Rock!"

……

Twenty minutes later, on the central avenue leading to the headquarters of the religious order.

This place has become a purgatory... or rather, a one-sided massacre show called "Glamour".

"Woo-hoo!"

Dante let out a scream and transformed into a red whirlwind, plunging into the horde of demons. With wide, sweeping swings of his Rebellion sword, he launched a scythe-wielding Death Demon into the air, followed by a black and white barrage of bullets emanating from his twin pistols, Ebony and Ivory.

【Style: S (Savage!)】(Brutal!)

"That's so rude, Pizza Man. Don't you have any aesthetic sense?"

On the other hand, Bayonetta displayed a completely different combat aesthetic.

Instead of rushing to kill the enemy, she used [Witch Time] to dance gracefully during the gaps in the monster's attacks.

Purple magic weaves together enormous instruments of torture—the guillotine, the Iron Maiden, the Trojan Horse…

"Good children should be punished."

With a crisp snap of her fingers, a frost demon attempting a sneak attack was stomped into the ground by a giant high heel that appeared out of nowhere, instantly turning into ice shards and red souls scattered all over the ground.

【Style: S (Sadistic!)】 (Sadistic!)

The two seemed to be secretly competing to see who could kill more stylishly and efficiently.

Wherever it passed, demonic limbs flew everywhere, and red souls and halos rained down like raindrops.

At the very back of the battlefield, Zhang Yuan, like a project manager inspecting the progress of a construction site, strolled leisurely along the bloody path carved out by the two men, his hands behind his back.

He didn't try to steal the monster, because that was the job of a "laborer." (Actually, he couldn't possibly win anyway.)

He didn't bend down to pick up the halos and red souls on the ground, because the law of [Divine Grace] would automatically pocket his share of the "dividend." (Actually, it was automatically absorbed by the two of them anyway, so he couldn't pick them all up.)

"Mr. Dante, the shield of that Flame Demon on the left flank hasn't broken yet. Increase your pressure a little."

Zhang Yuan raised his hand and cast a brilliant golden [Weapon Blessing] on Dante, increasing the power of his sword swing by 30%.

"Miss Witch, your magic circulation is a bit sluggish. I suggest you switch to a different summon."

Zhang Yuan then cast another [Angel's Blessing] on Bayonetta's magic gun.

On the retina, a series of dense and pleasant notification sounds are scrolling across the screen:

[Hint: Teammate Dante defeated "Blade Reaper," Style rating S.]

Based on your kill contribution percentage, you have received 45 reward points.

[The talent "Divine Tithe" has been triggered. You gain 10.5 reward points and 1.5 Red Souls.]

[Hint: Teammate Bayoneta executed the "Frost Behemoth," Style rating SS.]

Based on your kill contribution percentage, you have received 262.5 reward points.

[The talent "Divine Tithe" has been triggered, granting you 61.25 reward points and 0.1 Elite Angel Aura.]

Although the "head count" of a single monster has been weakened to the extreme by the dimensional rules, the slaughter efficiency of these two laborers is simply too high.

As the saying goes, little by little, great things are achieved; in just a few hundred meters of street, Zhang Yuan has amassed over a thousand reward points, and the number continues to grow!

"This is the power of capital."

Zhang Yuan pushed up his glasses and watched as the reward points in his account steadily increased at a delightful pace. An indescribable joy welled up in his heart—the pleasure of "winning without effort."

Looking back on the days when I teamed up with A-Qiang and Lin Qingyue, although those guys were also good "potential stocks", in terms of harvesting efficiency, compared with the two "industry giants" in front of me who were fully equipped, it was like the difference between a handicraft workshop and a fully automated assembly line.

"In the past, we had to keep an eye on the health bar and carefully calculate every drop of milk, for fear that an employee's sudden death would cause the project to fail."

Zhang Yuan sighed contentedly, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Unlike now, all you have to do is tap a finger to get a buff, and you can stand in the safe zone listening to the crisp sound of gold coins going into your pocket, watching Uncle Ding and Sister Bay put on a slaughter show... This is the right way to experience 'God's grace'."

Just then, the ground in front of them suddenly cracked open.

Caw—!!!

A nauseatingly loud croaking frog shattered all the glass on both sides of the street.

A giant toad monster, the size of a heavy truck, with two glowing tentacles on its back and the tips of the tentacles resembling ice sculptures of beautiful women, emerged from the ground.

The guardian of the gates of hell—[Belial].

The giant toad opened its blood-red maw, its long tongue lashing out at the three of them like a whip, its foul breath suffocating them.

"You insects... will all become Lord Belial's dinner!"

Dante and Bayonetta both stopped in their tracks.

The two exchanged a glance, and sparks seemed to fly in the air.

"This big guy is mine." Dante twirled his pistol with a wicked grin. "My pizza is just missing some seafood toppings. Frog legs are a bit disgusting, but they'll do."

"Dream on." Bayonetta frowned in disgust, her hair behind her writhing wildly. "This ugly, even somewhat vulgar thing only deserves to be stuffed down the drain and flushed away."

It looked like the two were about to fight over the monster again.

"You two."

Zhang Yuan's gentle voice was inserted at the right time.

Instead of stopping the competition, he took out two bottles of alchemical potions to restore mana from his pocket and tossed them to the two men.

"Since you two are both in the mood, how about... we have a competition to see whose 'performance' is more spectacular?"

Zhang Yuan smiled and took a step back, his platinum trench coat fluttering even without wind.

"The previous buff duration is almost over."

"To be fair, I'll add the same... accelerant to you all."

[Honor and Blessing!]

boom!

Two golden beams of light shot into the sky simultaneously, instantly boosting the two of them to their maximum power.

"Ha! Father, you really know your stuff!"

Dante laughed loudly and immediately activated [Demon Transformation].

A red magical cloak instantly covered his entire body, and he shot straight into the toad's gaping maw like a red meteor.

"Rising Dragon Fist!!"

boom!

Belial's enormous chin was smashed apart by a single punch, and his massive body was sent flying into the air.

"It's not over yet!"

Bayonetta was even more brutal. She formed hand seals and, using the immense magical power provided by Zhang Yuan, directly summoned the complete form of the hellish monster.

"Devour it! Gomorrah!"

Click!

A giant monstrous dragon head emerged from the void, biting the still-floating toad and smashing it wildly on the ground like a rag doll.

Poor BOSS Belial, he appeared for less than a minute, and didn't even finish a single complete line before being used as a volleyball by these two overpowered guys, dying repeatedly between the sky and the ground.

At last……

Dante and Bayonetta simultaneously unleashed their finishing moves.

"Jackpot!"

"Avavago!"

The black and white twin pistol storm and the purple magic punch simultaneously slammed into Belial's already deformed head.

boom--! ! !

The giant toad exploded into a dazzling firework, with fragments and debris raining down from the sky.

Zhang Yuan calmly erected a barrier of holy light, blocking the splashing slime.

He reached out and precisely caught the complete [Abyssal Frost Core], then calmly pocketed it.

"Perfect coordination."

Zhang Yuan turned off his skills and clapped at the two panting but satisfied thugs.

He looked toward the direction of the cult's headquarters, where the light was becoming increasingly blinding.

"Warm-up complete. Next... it's time to meet the main character."