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After the projection played through once, Emery laughed again:

"If our Federation diplomats took this footage to Her Majesty the Queen, I wonder how much compensation we could get? Or perhaps..."

As she spoke, Amelie waved her hand again, erasing the projection, then placed her finger near her red lips and gently shook it suggestively.

"Commander Machira wants to settle things privately? The conditions are simple... I won't take a single penny of your wealth, nor will I ask you to do anything that betrays your race. Just be my ornamental fish for two days and let me play with you, and I'll keep your secret. How about it?"

"……I kill you!"

This last seemingly private settlement became the final fuse that ignited Machira's fury.

Machira is completely out of control now.

She no longer cared about the diplomatic relations between the Merfolk and the Allen Federation; whatever happened, happened. Even Xia Sha had become somewhat adorable in her eyes.

Machira had only one thought on her mind right now.

That is to stab Amelie's body hard with a three-pointed double-edged spear, and then stir it clockwise and counterclockwise a few times, turning the hateful smile on Amelie's face into tears and wails.

That's what she thought, and that's what she did.

"Go to hell! Go to hell! Go to hell! You despicable, shameless, cunning witch!"

With her three-pointed double-edged spear swirling wildly, Machira single-handedly stirred up a storm on the Emerald Strait, and the storm's target was none other than Emerald.

"Oh dear... why are you in such a hurry? Is this what a commander of the merfolk is like?"

Emerald continued to mock him for a couple more times before responding to Machira's offensive.

Dozens of celestial wings swirled and circled around Amelite. As Amelite released a high-level holy shield after a soft chant, all the celestial wings synchronized with the Lohid Copying Technique, forming an indestructible holy light fortress with multiple shields to resist the storm's onslaught.

One side's attack is an all-encompassing storm that leaves no blind spots, while the other side's defense is a multi-layered shield that leaves no blind spots.

In such battles, skills are no longer very effective; the amount of magic power stored and its output are the key to victory.

If we only consider their individual strength, Emery is undoubtedly weaker than Machira.

Although Amelite already possesses two fused organs and her cultivation speed is enough to shock the world, she is still too young, only in her early twenties, and her foundation is still far inferior to that of an old woman like Machira who is nearly a thousand years old.

Fortunately, Emery is extremely wealthy, her equipment is made with cutting-edge technology, and she has the Lohid Replication Technique, a trump card for humanity, which makes her actual combat power much higher than her actual strength.

If Machira can remain calm, Emery's chances of winning the battle are at most around 6%, after all, the title of the strongest merfolk is well-deserved.

Unfortunately, Machira fell completely into the trap. Now, she is completely consumed by anger and has lost her reason, which has increased Emery's chances of winning to 99%. The only thing that might go wrong is that she herself went too far.

The storm stirred up by Machira seemed endless and could continue to rage, but the magical power stored in each of her celestial wings was finite.

Once the magic power within the Skywing Feather is exhausted, it will be difficult for Emerald to withstand Machira's furious onslaught using only her own magic.

Therefore, while defending, Emerald also launched a counterattack.

Her bright golden right eye lit up, her gaze fixed solely on Machira in the storm. One hand remained braced against the holy shield, while the magic flowing through the palm of her other hand instantly changed from gold to dark purple, before she clenched her fist tightly.

The Touch of Withering!

This is one of Amelie's most proficient offensive necromancy spells, and its effect is simple yet powerful—it directly erases the target's life force, equivalent to true damage in a game.

The Celestial Wings on the Celestial Maiden consist of 256 wings in total. Only half of them are currently used to construct the Fortress of Light with Emerald. The other half is a complete copy of the Withering Touch.

puff!

The biggest drawback of being in berserk mode is neglecting one's defense, not to mention that Emery's golden right eye's magic lock is impossible to defend against.

Machira completely absorbed the 128 layers of withering touch, causing her to spit out a mouthful of black blood and fall into the sea. The storm she controlled also stopped.

A direct hit from a 128-fold Withering Touch would certainly deal significant damage; even a weaker third-stage powerhouse would likely have been rendered incapacitated by this point.

But Emerald, who was just about to pursue the seawater, frowned, because she sensed that Machira's life force had indeed weakened considerably, but her magical pressure had become even more violent.

It was as if... that 128-weight Withering Touch had knocked Machira into a second-stage berserk state.

But that shouldn't be the case... The Wither Touch's life force removal should normally only cause the person hit to become listless and mentally confused, so why did it cause a second-stage berserk state?

Amelie was slightly puzzled, but even more curious.

"Aimee! Litte!"

Soon, Machira leaped out of the sea again, and the large amount of seawater she brought with her was evaporated by magic before it could even fall back into the water.

At this moment, Machira's voice was distorted and her expression was extremely ferocious, making her beautiful face look terrifying.

"You really are a witch! You also wield demonic power! And it's even purer than that traitor Xia Sha's demonic power... Don't try to fool me!"

Machira roared and raised her three-pointed double-edged spear high once more, beginning to gather magic power.

...I used demonic power? How come I didn't know that?

Emery was initially full of questions, but then suddenly seemed to be deep in thought.

The power of the Abyss is indeed a kind of death power, and Amelie even suspects that the Abyss itself was once the product of a powerful necromancer.

It's understandable that Machira, who always believed that Shasha was colluding with demons, would mistake Emerald's necromancy for demonic power.

The question is, why would Machira consider necromancy to be demonic power? Judging from Machira's hatred of this power, she must have once been terrified of it.

Considering Machira's age... the answer is obvious.

Amelie really wanted to complain, but she didn't have time.

Because Machira's new spell had been completed, and this spell looked exactly like her strongest move... she was completely intent on killing Emery and no longer considered the consequences.

This time, what rises from the sea is a new full moon.

"Sea Moonlight Killing Cannon!"

With a furious roar, Machira unleashed all the magic she had gathered, transforming it into a massive, silver-white cannonball that looked like the bright moon from afar, along with thousands of ultra-high-speed water blades surrounding it.

This is definitely Machira's strongest attack, and it's also the one she's given her all to. After unleashing this attack, Machira will be at her weakest.

However, this attack was also incredibly powerful. No one would dare to ignore it and forcefully attack Machira herself at this moment. The only normal choice would be to try to defend or simply unleash a powerful counterattack.

But when faced with the oncoming moon, Emerald showed no intention of unleashing a powerful attack in return; her golden right eye remained fixed on Machira herself.

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Normally, when facing Machira's most powerful attack, Emerald should be able to defend or counter with magic of similar strength and withstand the attack.

However, this would also greatly deplete Emerald's energy, and by the time she recovers, Machira will have almost fully recovered as well, causing the battle to fall into a new cycle.

In the end, Emerald may still be able to achieve victory as planned, but it will be time-consuming and laborious, and anything can change over time.

So after careful calculation, Emery chose a playing style that seemed very bold and even crazy to normal people.

She still used only half of the Heavenly Wing Feathers to construct multiple shields for defense, but such defense certainly could not withstand Machira's strongest attack.

However, during the period immediately following her strongest attack, Machira will also be in her most vulnerable state due to releasing all her magic power at once.

Therefore, while using only half of her power for defense, Emerald relied on the power of her golden right eye to allow the other half of her power to bypass Machira's ultimate attack and directly attack Machira's main body.

As a result, after Machira unleashed her ultimate attack, she immediately became covered in scorching and sharp light spears like a hedgehog, her scales fell off, and her fish flesh was burned to a fragrant aroma. She then fell from the sky again and plunged into the sea with a splash.

The defense constructed by Emerald using multiple divine shields was shattered by the moonlight blast from Machira's ultimate move, "Sea Moon Light Kill Cannon," after only 5 seconds, striking Emerald directly.

For the first time, the Celestial Maiden's defensive capabilities were perfectly utilized, absorbing almost all of the magic impact that dealt the most damage.

However, this also reached the performance limit of the Celestial Wing Saintess. After the giant moon exploded, the Celestial Wing Saintess, like the defeated magical girl's costume, turned into specks of starlight and dissipated from Emerald's body, returning to Emerald's storage space. She could no longer be used until she was repaired.

Then, all the high-speed compressed water blades surrounding the bright moon also hit Emerald, almost tearing apart her second layer of protection—the black silk bodysuit she wore underneath—causing numerous wounds and splattering blood, causing Emerald to fall from the sky very quickly.

It seemed like this was a lose-lose situation with no winners, but about half a minute later, Machira stood up on the sea, dragging her three-pointed double-edged spear, and laughed as she looked at Emerald, who was still kneeling on the sea panting:

"You're too arrogant! Witch! My strongest attack isn't something you can easily defend against. You bypassed my ultimate move and attacked my true form, so you'll be more seriously injured than I am! Besides, I'm a veteran of many battles, and my willpower is stronger than yours. No matter how you look at it, you've lost!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

After delivering her victory speech ahead of time, Machira laughed heartily, then walked step by step across the water towards Emerald:

"Wait until you get to hell to repent for your arrogance, witch!"

Emerald was indeed too weak to even stand up, because she had just unleashed all her magic in one go.

Even if two fused organs can generate magic to replenish the energy, this replenishment still takes time, and Machira certainly won't give Emerald that time.

But Emery remained completely calm, and even the way she covered the hole in her black bodysuit with one hand still looked elegant.

She smiled, a smile that still held the confidence of certain victory.

"That's not necessarily true."

After laughing, Ameliete caught fire.

It literally burst into flames, a vibrant fire enveloping her, rapidly healing her horrific wounds and replenishing her magic.

It's as if Ameliete also possesses a third fusion organ.

But how is that possible?

Machira was dumbfounded. She was very confident that Emeryte must only have two powerful sources of magic, which meant she should only have two fused organs.

But what is this now?

Now it was Machira's turn to be drenched in sweat, and even the pain she had been enduring became even more intense.

Upon closer inspection, she realized that Amelie's magic source this time was located in her mouth, but it didn't come from herself. Instead, she connected with another powerful magic source in the distance through a magical device hidden in her mouth, drawing upon that source's vast reserves to replenish her magic consumption and heal her injuries.

"This is not your power!"

Having noticed the problem, Machira angrily said:

"Shameless witch! You have no sportsmanship whatsoever! I should be the winner of this duel!"

"puff!"

Emerald chuckled immediately, stood up amidst the burning flames, and stretched comfortably over her now fully recovered body:

"Putting aside the fact that this is not a duel at all and there is no need to talk about martial ethics... the power I am using is my own power, so why isn't my maid's power my own power?"

Machira was right. The source of the fire that caused Emerald to burn and restore her life force and magic to their best state was inside Emerald's mouth.

After Emery healed Kerry, she received an invitation from Rei.

To prevent Rei from harming her, Amelite once removed one of her teeth and replaced it with a small crystal that sealed the Divine Thunder.

After fulfilling her promise to Rei, Emerald put away the sealing crystal and planned to put her teeth back in.

But at that moment, Marcy took the initiative to approach Emerald and made a suggestion.

Marcy hopes that Emerald can commission a set of magical artifacts, divided into two pieces. One piece will be installed on Marcy's undergarments, and the other will be disguised as Emerald's teeth. The two magical artifacts will be connected by spatial magic and establish a deeper connection through a contract.

In this way, even if Marcy is not by Emerald's side, when Emerald needs the essence of liquid life flame to heal herself or needs to fuse organs to replenish her magic power, she can directly absorb it from Marcy through the magic device hidden in her mouth.

"I know I don't have much talent in combat. You could say I have great magical power, but I can't help the young lady in battle."

Marcy said this at the time, her face full of happiness and satisfaction:

"So this is the only way I can support you, Miss... Just consider me your third fusion organ. Use my power whenever you need it. All my power is yours."

The same is true.

After being severely injured and depleted of magic by Machira's ultimate move, Emerald used the magical tooth in her mouth to draw upon Machi's power.

Meanwhile, Marcy, who was at home in Locke City, offered up all her magic and the essence of liquid life flames without any hesitation after sensing Amelie's need.

So, Emerald, who was originally doomed to defeat, was reborn from the ashes in just a few breaths, recovering to almost full health and mana.

"Phew~~ My Sisi is so amazing~~"

After comfortably exhaling a flame, the fire that had healed Emerald did not dissipate. Instead, under her control, it transformed into a magnificent crimson gown, enveloping her now fully restored body. Only then did Emerald smile radiantly at Machira:

"Who lost this time? Little Seafood?"

"...Don't get too cocky, witch!"

After a moment of silence, Machira roared in a low voice, launching a desperate charge like a warrior prepared to sacrifice herself:

"Never underestimate a soldier's iron will and steel-like resilience... Kill!"

Dragging her already battered body, Machira launched another attack.

"...What an inelegant guy. Can't he just accept defeat honestly?"

Amelie pouted, took out a small fan and fanned herself twice, but instead of attacking, she lightly snapped her fingers.

A purplish-black crack appeared, and all of Emerald's elite undead appeared, launching a siege against Machira like an adventurer's party would when defeating a boss.

The swordswoman serves as the main tank. Although she has lost her innate abilities and spells, her superb swordsmanship as a sword cultivator remains... She definitely can't stop Machira in her prime, but she can still withstand Machira's current exhausted charge.