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

The sky over Fortuna darkened completely.

This was not because of the dark clouds, but because of the enormous creature called "The Savior," which blocked out all the light.

Its body stands hundreds of meters tall, entirely composed of pure white sacred marble, with intricate golden magical pathways flowing across its surface. The halo behind it rotates slowly, each turn distorting the surrounding space.

At the core of its chest, a massive red and blue gem (a fusion of Spartan magic and shadow magic) radiates a chilling light.

"This is... way too big!"

Dante stood on a floating pebble, looking up at the giant whose toes were bigger than him, and whistled, "If this thing were sold to a junkyard, it could probably buy half of New York."

"This is no time for jokes, Pizza Man."

Bayonetta gracefully landed on a rooftop not far away. The phantom of Madame Butterfly that she had summoned looked like an exquisite doll in front of the statue.

"Its energy level... while not quite at the level of the Creator (Jubileus), is enough to raze this city to the ground."

"Kiriye..."

Nero lay prone at the edge of the ruins, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at the glittering gem on the statue's chest. He could sense that Kyrie was there, being devoured bit by bit.

"Don't act impulsively."

A hand pressed down on Nero's shoulder.

Zhang Yuan pushed up his glasses; although his expression was serious, he remained calm.

The tactical data terminal is frantically alarming, with a torrent of data providing crucial information about the enemy at hand:

[Target Analysis: Savior (Incomplete)]

[Rank: B (False God - Energy Depletion)]

[Status: Due to forced activation, the energy transfer circuit is unstable, resulting in sluggish operation. The core shield is experiencing periodic fluctuations.]

[Characteristics: Absolute Defense Field (immune to all attacks below C-rank), Holy Shockwave, Soul Devouring.]

[Weakness: Energy transmission nodes (blue crystals on the surface); destroying all of them will disarm the core shield.]

"The good news is that it was premature."

Zhang Yuan quickly devised a tactic, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

"That old man Badr was too impatient. He didn't fully charge it at all. Now this thing is just a sitting duck with all its hardness and no speed."

"But... its defense is at the rule level. If we don't remove its 'battery,' we're just giving it a gua sha treatment."

"You mean those blue bumps?" Dante twirled the magic sword in his hand. "Got it, the demolition office's old trade."

"That's right."

Zhang Yuan snapped his fingers, and four wings of light unfurled behind him.

"Nero, your aerial maneuverability is insufficient, so you will be in charge of 'foot repair'. Use your ghostly hand grabbing ability to destroy all the nodes of its lower body."

"Understood!" Without saying a word, Nero jumped down from the ruins, his demonic right arm extending outwards to grab the statue's lower leg and begin to climb.

"Mr. Dante, Miss Bayonetta."

Zhang Yuan looked at the two top-tier fighters, "I'll leave the aerial combat to you. This thing's arms may be slow, but they're incredibly powerful. I think you should have a way to dismantle it, right?"

"Understood. As long as it's not invincible, there's nothing I can't destroy." Dante grinned, his body instantly enveloped in red light—a precursor to his [True Demon Form].

"She really knows how to order people around." Bayonetta complained, but the hair behind her had already begun to weave wildly, and a huge phantom of a magical beast was taking shape in the void.

"As for me..."

Zhang Yuan took a deep breath, and began to charge the dark and ferocious Fallen Knight Cross on his back, while the divine power within his body burned fiercely.

"I will take care of providing you with... unlimited 'ammunition'."

boom--!!!

The savior statue seemed to have sensed the intentions of these "insects".

It slowly raised its enormous right hand, and a golden sphere of light, powerful enough to destroy a city, condensed in its palm, but... the movement was indeed somewhat stiff and slow.

"Mortals...accept purification!"

That was the voice of Baldr, the Lumen Sage, amplified by the statue, sounding like thunder.

"Purify my ass!"

Dante transformed into a red meteor and soared into the sky. In his true demon form, he wielded the demonic sword Rebellion and directly clashed with the giant hand of the statue.

"Get back here!"

At the same time, the monster "Hecatoncles (Hundred-Handed Giant)" summoned by Bayonetta stretched out countless arms and tightly hugged the other hand of the statue.

"Now!"

Zhang Yuan hovered in mid-air, skillfully wielding his skills, his fingertips dancing like he was playing the piano, and the cross radiating a dazzling, sacred light.

[A homophone for "heaven"!]

【Holy Guardian Badge】!

[Revenge of Light]!

[Weapon Blessing]!

[Angel's Blessing]!

And the most solemn... [Honorary Blessing]!

Golden light instantly enveloped the entire battlefield.

That wasn't defense, but the clarion call for attack.

The real hunt... has begun!

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High above, the clouds churned.

The colossal statue of the Savior, as majestic as a mountain, floated between heaven and earth, its halo slowly rotating behind it, radiating a breathtaking divine power.

Every time it swung its massive arm, powerful enough to sweep across the entire block, it created a hurricane that tore through the air, as if to smash these arrogant "insects" into dust.

But these insects not only didn't die, they started to fight back.

"This is... way too hard!"

Nero was now climbing back and forth on the statue's broad right leg, like a nimble mountain ape.

The surrounding area was filled with dense laser defense towers, and a deadly beam of light would shoot out every few meters.

"Get out of the way!!"

Nero roared, and the Crimson Queen in his hand emitted an overloaded roar.

[Exceed Level 3 (Three Red Knives)]!

The sword instantly turned crimson, spewing out scorching flames.

Nero ducked to avoid a sweeping laser beam, then swung his sword upwards in a backhand motion.

boom!

Flames soared into the sky like a giant dragon, uprooting a laser turret.

Immediately afterwards, he used the unreasonable grabbing ability of the demon's right arm to grab the base of another turret.

"Get up!"

He actually pulled out the crystal turret, which was as big as a car, and then smashed it like a bowling ball into the energy node at the knee joint of the statue.

boom! ! !

The blue crystal shattered, the statue's right leg trembled violently, and its movements became noticeably sluggish.

"Well done, kid!"

A red shooting star streaked across the sky; it was Dante in his [True Demon] form.

At this moment, his entire body was covered in lava-like crimson armor, four pairs of demonic wings on his back spewed flames, and the demonic sword in his hand emitted a destructive red light.

"However, I'm better at— than demolishing houses."

Dante abruptly stopped in mid-air, and instead of dodging the idol's massive, overwhelming left palm as it slammed down, he adopted an extremely stylish defensive stance.

"—Royal Guard!"

clang!!!

A deafening metallic clang echoed through the sky.

That enormous hand, powerful enough to shatter an aircraft carrier, actually stopped in front of Dante!

A thin layer of red light shield forcefully blocked the impact of this landslide and tsunami.

"Release!"

boom--!!!

The accumulated energy erupted instantly. A thick red laser beam shot out in the opposite direction, piercing directly through the statue's palm and leaving a large hole emitting black smoke in its center.

"Chaihoo—!!!"

The statue let out a painful roar, its massive body arching backward.

"It would be a shame not to use such a big target to practice."

On the other side, Bayonetta stood on the halo atop the statue's head, gracefully performing a dance of death.

The four magical guns she carried on her hands and feet, "Scarborough Fair," continuously spewed purple magic bullets. Each bullet had a tracking effect, accurately blinding the auxiliary cameras around the statue's eye sockets.

"Is this what you call 'God'? His movements are so stiff."

Bayonetta dodged the statue's grasping fingers with a backflip, and her long black hair behind her instantly wriggled wildly, opening a huge gate to hell in the void.

"Come out, my little darling! Let's teach it a lesson!"

【Warcraft Summoning: Hecatoncheir】!

Six enormous purple arms emerged from the void, each wielding a different large instrument of torture—a chainsaw, a hammer, a spiked club…

Bang bang bang bang!

It was practically a one-sided beating. The six arms, like pile drivers, relentlessly bombarded the statue's head, each blow leaving a deep crack in the statue's pristine white mask.