Thanks for the invitation. I'm in Type-Moon, inheriting the legacy of Zi-O.

"Huh? What's wrong—" Nian Zhuo turned around and looked, but he also froze in place, even forgetting to withdraw the hand that was pointing at Mordred's forehead.

The original thick fog turned black and spread outwards, making the entire underground space appear even darker.

Instead of Zorgen, what appeared was a writhing, white-red tentacle-like lump of flesh.

It was something that Nian Zhuo and the others were all too familiar with—the Demon God Pillar.

"What...?" Mordred's eyes trembled uncontrollably, and she even felt a weakness in her limbs. She stared blankly at the demon god pillar that stood about ten meters tall on the ground. "This aura, magic power, and mass...!!"

"It's...it's a demon god summoning! Mr. Nianzhuo!" Ritsuka also turned to look at Nianzhuo, even waving her hand in front of him. "Just like the previous two!"

"Hahaha...hahahahahahahahahahaha!" A distorted, corrupted male voice, like a chaotic bellows, emanated from the mouth of the enormous lump of flesh standing on the earth. "One of the seventy-two demon gods, the demon god Barbatos—this is the form of my evil!"

"My king, you have seen through my evil." The tentacles writhed, even shielding the massive steam engine Angorboda behind them. "You have seen through the ugly evil within me, who tried to save humanity. With my ultimate ugliness—disappear! You who, like me, once wore the guise of good!"

"Damn it, it's Barbatos—!" Nian Zhuo gritted his teeth, extremely familiar with the name Barbatos—"The eighth pillar of Solomon's seventy-two demons—"

In the previous world, I often heard news of Barbatos being destroyed, so Nian Zhuo even went to look up information about that guy.

Barbatos, the eighth of the seventy-two demons of Solomon, is ranked in the first tier as a duke.

He commands 30 legions.

Legend has it that when the sun moves into Sagittarius, he will appear on earth along with four other great kings of the underworld.

He understands the languages ​​of all animals. He was even originally a fallen angel who became a demon.

In other words...

"This guy, without a doubt, is a genuine combat-type Demon Pillar. He even has corresponding legends to back him up." Mary looked at the information on the screen, her face turning deathly pale.

The enormous tentacles writhed, emitting an incomparably arrogant shriek, constantly attacking Nian Zhuo and the others' psychological defenses.

"You're really... noisy." With his head down, white streams of air emanated from under his visor, and his turbid purple eye armor glowed.

The defeat of Demon God Barbatos Zi-O II

Deep underground, on an endless plain.

White and red tentacles, more than ten meters tall, are wreaking havoc on this land.

Thump thump thump thump—each attack leaves scars on the earth, yet those few humans and Servants, whom he considers mere ants, persist on.

"Ugh...!" Even Nencho, who had switched to Zi-O II, seemed a little overwhelmed by the enormous tentacles that almost blotted out the sky. "This magic power... and this strength are just too unfair!"

Before he could finish speaking, the black mist surrounding Barbatos transformed into spikes and attacked Nian Zhuo, forcing Nian Zhuo to quickly raise his strongest ultimate sword.

"—Ahhh!" Holding the sword horizontally in front of his chest, Nianzhuo gripped the hilt tightly with both hands, but he was still forced to retreat by the opponent's attacks. "Damn it... I can't hold on much longer!"

Suddenly, a flash of crimson lightning severed the black mist spikes that were locked in a stalemate with Nian Zhuo, and the golden hair of the armored girl fluttered in the wind.

"Hey, is this all you're going to do, Nian Zhuo?" As if mocking, Mordred immediately charged toward Barbatos after severing the spikes of the black mist, wielding her sword to slice through the oncoming black mist.

"Ha, little brat..." Nian Zhuo shook his head disdainfully, but his free right hand also gripped the Time Limit Sword, bringing the two blades together. Nian Zhuo then flipped the driver at his waist.

"Saikyo! Finish Time—!"

Gradually, golden light gathered on the blade.

At the same time, the clock hand above Nianzhuo's head began to turn again.

The scene kept changing, and Nian Zhuo noticed all of the demon god pillar's next movements.

"The future is in my hands!" As the golden light shone brightly, Nian Zhuo rushed towards Barbatos.

“…You ant-like benevolent beings! Vanish!” Barbatos’s twisted words were filled with rage, and the surrounding black mist rushed towards Nian Zhuo and the others from all directions like serpents.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! Slow down, you giant octopus!" Momotaros was wielding his sword, cutting through streams of black mist, but the increasing amount of black mist around him was starting to overwhelm him.

Suddenly, a black mist wrapped around Momotaros's right leg and pulled hard.

"Damn it—" Momotaros couldn't help but sway as he fell. Using the force of the fall, he turned around and cut off the black mist that was wrapped around his feet. However, several more strands of black mist appeared in front of him.

"Mr. Ryotaro!" Mash arrived shortly after, dispelling the black mist and helping Momotaros, who was about to fall to the ground.

"Oh! Thanks, little girl!" Standing back to back with Mashu, Momotaros looked at the several wisps of black mist swirling around them, the blade of her sword gradually emitting a blazing red light.

“Mr. Ryotaro! Mash, Nencho and Mordred have already launched an attack on the Demon God Pillar Barbatos! At least... at least we need to buy them some time!” On the other side, Ritsuka, hiding behind a rock, was communicating with Mash and Ryotaro through a communication device, while anxiously watching Barbatos, where Mordred and Nencho were frantically closing in.

"Understood!" Momotaros replied simply, then the blade in his hand transformed into a crimson light blade. "Come on, come on! Taste my ultimate move, part 1!"

"Extreme Slash—!"

The red light blade transformed into a series of continuous slashes, which, under Momotaros's control, shot towards the surrounding black mist.

The sword blade sizzled as it struck the black mist, which fled frantically in all directions as if it had encountered its natural enemy, only to be completely annihilated by Momotaros.

"...Yes! Master!" Mash forcefully raised her shield and slammed it into the ground, creating a huge crater before she could even fully strike it. Mash then gripped the shield with both hands and spun it around, sending the flying debris hurtling towards the surrounding black mist.

Even with such a wide-ranging and highly efficient attack, the black mist continued to grow like a persistent leech, surrounding Momotaros and Mash.

On the other side of the battlefield, the situation is also not optimistic.

"Hoo... Ha...!" Running, running, Mordred had lost count of how many times he had swung his sword.

But all she could see was that enormous chunk of flesh, and with the help of her magic, she was even able to ignore the attacks of the surrounding black mist.

"Stop getting cocky, you bastard!" Mordred roared, taking a forceful step forward.

Instantly closing the distance with Barbatos, Mordred gripped the hilt of her sword with both hands. The crimson lightning no longer scattered but gradually began to gather on the blade.

"—Unable to understand, unable to understand! What awaits you is only the baptism of Barbatos, the embodiment of our evil!" The black mist surrounding his body surged again, forming a huge barrier in front of Mordred.

"Ha—ah!!" At this moment, the sword transformed into an indestructible lightning blade, and Mordred raised the blade high above his head with both hands and slashed down forcefully at the barrier of black mist in front of him.

The converging crimson lightning transformed into a torrent, crashing into the dark barrier and instantly creating a massive crater.

"It's not over yet!" Barbatos grinned ferociously. The huge hole that had been blasted open was instantly filled with new black mist, which resisted and stalemated the sweeping crimson lightning.

The scattered black mist remained as sharp as a blade, grazing Mordred's cheek and leaving a bloody mark.

With both hands, he desperately suppressed the counterattack of the black mist, but the lightning on Mordred's blade was rapidly dissipating to a degree visible to the naked eye.

Even though releasing magic itself doesn't consume much, such a high-intensity attack greatly slows down Mordred's magic supply.

"Ugh—!" With the last bit of magic power on her blade, Mordred gritted her teeth and launched a final attack on the black mist.

The crimson lightning shone brilliantly, its final rays illuminating Mordred's face as the black mist that had been blocking the blade rapidly dissipated.

Immediately afterwards, the light gradually dimmed, and the black mist in front of them also disappeared.

Mordred lost his momentum in mid-air and his body plummeted downwards.

"Hahaha... Hahahahaha!" Barbatos was laughing ferociously, and he mobilized the black mist around his body, attacking the unsuspecting Mordred as if he could see the black mist pierce through Mordred's body in the next moment.

"Die, you rebellious knight!"

"Haha, hahahahaha!" However, Mordred, who was falling from mid-air, seemed completely unaware of the danger he was in, and gave Barbatos a triumphant smile as well. "Hey! Flesh worm, didn't you notice... there's someone on our side who hasn't shown up yet?"

"What—" Barbatos realized something instantly and quickly looked down at the ground.

Golden glints shone from the many eyes on his body.

An unprecedented golden light gathered on the blade, and the air currents stirred the ground around Nianzhuo as Nianzhuo attacked Barbatos's massive body.

"No... how could this be—!" he roared in disbelief, but the black mist attacking Mordred had been reduced by more than half, transforming into sharp spikes that shot towards Nian Zhuo's body.

"—Hmph." With a disdainful snort, Nian Zhuo first raised his sword and swung it upwards in the direction Mordred had fallen, dispelling the remaining half of the black mist. Then, he gripped the sword with both hands and slashed at the flying spikes.

The golden light made a scorching sound as soon as it touched the black spikes. The black mist fled in all directions as if it had encountered its natural enemy, and faint screams could even be heard.

"What! It's actually a high-density magic blade...!" Barbatos's huge eyes narrowed, staring at the golden blade in Nian Zhuo's hand that had so easily neutralized his attack.

"Don't come any closer—!" As if in fear, he condensed the black mist around his body into an almost tangible, wriggling snake, and lunged at Nianzhuo.

"Get up!" Nian Zhuo shouted, his body turning into golden stars under the blade of his sword, cleaving the huge black snake that attacked him in two from the middle of its head.

Before them lay Barbatos' enormous body, now completely defenseless.

In his hand was the strongest attack of Zi-O II, transformed into the power of a meteor.

"King Giri Giri Slash—!"

The sound effect from the waist indicated that Nian Zhuo's attack had reached its maximum power.

"Drink!" With a roar, Nian Zhuo slashed the golden light horizontally towards Barbatos's massive body.

Thus, whether it was Momotaros and Ryotaro, who were fighting against the black mist, or Mash.

Ritsuka, who was directing the battle from behind a rock, and Mordred, who was crouching on the ground recovering her magic power, both saw it—

Golden light burst forth from the waist of Barbatos' enormous body.

"Ah ...

"It hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts so much!" The entire giant tentacle began to writhe wildly, and all the eyes on Barbatos's body were repeatedly shrinking and enlarging. The intense pain almost caused his sanity to collapse.

...No, not all the eyes.

Nian Zhuo's sword blade sliced ​​Barbatos's body in half horizontally, including the outermost eyeball.

The golden blade remained within Barbatos's writhing body, and Nian Zhuo was now gritting his teeth, attempting to cut Barbatos in half at the waist.

However, the flesh around the wound had begun to wriggle and grow at a visible speed, filling in the gaps left by Nian Zhuo's attack.

This is the effect of the massive amount of magic power, which is rapidly repairing Barbatos's body.

Purple blood flowed from the severed wound, dripping onto the ground with a corrosive sound.

However, to everyone's dismay, the light emanating from the greatsword in Nian Zhuo's hand, composed of the strongest limit sword and the time limit sword, was gradually fading.

"Ugh... Ugh...! I can't pull it out?!" He wanted to retreat temporarily, but Nianzhuo found that the writhing flesh around the wound was firmly wrapped around his sword blade, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it out.

"Hahaha... Hahahahaha!" The pain he had just felt gradually turned into maniacal laughter as the wound healed. The half of Barbatos' body that had been cut horizontally by Nian Zhuo actually healed under the blessing of its enormous magical power. The eyes on Barbatos' massive body stared at the tiny Nian Zhuo, trembling with excitement.

"Tch..." After glancing at the blade that was being tightly gripped by the writhing flesh, Nian Zhuo gritted his teeth, let go, and kicked the hilt, sending the weapon flying into Barbatos's massive body.

Then he quickly retreated. After all, for Nian Zhuo, even if the Time Limit Sword and the Strongest Limit Sword were swallowed by the opponent, they could return to his hands. It would be unwise to fight Barbatos, who had recovered to his full strength, with his bare hands.

"Pfft—!" Barbatos hadn't even finished laughing when he felt a sharp pain from being pierced deep inside his body, not expecting Nian Zhuo to be so decisive. "Damn it, damn it, damn it! You bastard, you ant!"

Excessive rage gradually consumed Barbatos's mind, and his eyes were fixed on Nian Zhuo, who was retreating.

"Insects, bastards! You think you can escape like this!" The black mist that reappeared around his body due to the healing process shot towards Nian Zhuo like a swarm of snakes, while the remaining black mist began to condense in front of Barbatos's eyes.

"Hey! Nianzhuo! Watch out!" Seeing the black mist shooting towards Nianzhuo, Mordred gripped his sword and was about to rush towards him.