The Power of Miracles

A phantom over three meters tall appeared behind Bai Cangshu. It wore a long robe and a crown. As Yellow Springs surged, Myriad Death Intent and murky yellow springwater churned together, surrounding Reinhardt alongside boundless killing intent.

Reinhardt’s body instantly turned cold. Even he could not see that his radiant, godly body was rapidly turning pale, like a corpse that had been soaked for a long time.

Bai Cangshu vanished in an instant. Satsui no Hado and fist force spread throughout the entire space.

[One Instant Thousand Strikes: Shun Goku Satsu]!

Thud thud thud thud…

Amid countless fist shadows, Brunhilde, who had just used Full Counter to block Artoria’s slash, felt a chill run through her heart. She instinctively wanted to activate Support again, but the pitch-black space suffused with killing intent seemed to cut off everything. For a moment, she could not sense Reinhardt’s presence at all.

Boom!

The magnificent violet-red sword force slashed in from the sea once more. As a spirit body resurrected through [All the World’s Evil], she possessed nearly endless magical energy. She could unleash such slashes infinitely and without interruption, each one powerful enough to cleave open a city.

Brunhilde held her shield with both hands and countered the slash once again. She looked at Loman behind her, then at Reinhardt, wrapped within the black barrier. Farther away, Sen Xia’s terrifying slash seemed capable of tearing apart the heavens and the world, yet the enemy also had someone whose Spiritual Pressure was terrifyingly powerful…

What should she do? Brunhilde, think quickly. What should she do at a time like this to save everyone?!

In that instant, Brunhilde recalled the people who had left or died over Azure Sky’s journey. The Heart Light Pulse behind her began to shine.

"Big Sis Brun, don’t worry about me. I’m not that weak!"

The gentle voice contained unwavering resolve. Loman lightly pushed Brunhilde. She knew very well that Big Sis Brun had joined Azure Sky because of the words, "You will become the strongest shield for everyone in Azure Sky," and had found the meaning of her existence because of them. Of all of them, she was the one most afraid of seeing her companions die again.

Her Heart Light Pulse contained the determination to sacrifice herself and save everyone.

Loman did not want to become a burden to the others, even though everyone seemed to feel guilty toward her because of Roland’s death.

Yet she also understood that Roland had not belonged to her alone. Everyone had been saddened by Roland’s death, and she had even less right to make others do more for her because of it.

Besides… she was not weak. She… was very strong!

The Heart Light Pulse behind Loman spread outward in rings. The next moment, intense spiritual power surged from behind her. She leaped off the Soul-Devouring Worms, and a powerful sense of presence began to erupt.

Loman pointed from afar at Black Saber, who was continuously launching slashes at her.

Buzz!

Blue-white spiritual power instantly condensed before her fingertip. It was a [Spirit Orb], but its intensity and scale were utterly exaggerated. In terms of energy intensity alone, Loman ranked among the strongest in Azure Sky.

The Spirit Orb rapidly changed shape at her fingertip. The next moment, it stretched into a slender form. Rather than a Spirit Orb, it was more like a spear, a gigantic arrow.

With a thought from Loman, the arrow shot through the air.

Pfft!

Artoria held the black holy sword with both hands. When she swung it fiercely, the excessive magical power reinforcing the blade made it seem to weigh a thousand pounds. Yet this time, before she had even completed half the swing, a blue-white spear abruptly appeared before her as if from nowhere.

Only then did rings of blue-white light explode through the air, reflected in Black Saber’s platinum eyes like halos upon halos.

This strike was so fast that, in the instant before Artoria’s slash was launched, it had not yet appeared. Yet the moment her slash left her hand, the blue-white spear was already before her.

Artoria’s heart jolted, but her naturally powerful intuition still made her instinctively tilt her head aside.

With a muffled pfft, Artoria’s shoulder and left arm vanished outright. The blue-white spear had nearly pinned her to the rock behind her.

Without making a sound, Artoria stepped forward, gripped the holy sword one-handed, and slashed horizontally once more…

Thud thud thud thud…

Countless attacks came in rapid succession. Reinhardt was wrapped in dense death intent, and the concept of [death] instinctively appeared in his mind. His instincts were telling him that after this strike, he would die!

Fist force continuously slammed into him. At first, Reinhardt tried to imitate [Crystal Wall] to defend himself, but there were no blind spots in this space. Countless attacks struck his body almost simultaneously.

The divine power covering his body was rapidly consumed, while frigid and bizarre power invaded him.

[You have been affected by the trait: Death Intent Senluo. An instant death check is now being performed.]

This notification appeared dozens of times in an instant. Although he passed the check every time, Reinhardt could feel his body growing colder and colder, and the sensation of life gradually draining away emerged.

And… once his divine power dissipated, this terrifying fist force alone would probably pulverize him.

Mercenary Tao’s attributes were extremely high. All four of his basic attributes were frighteningly high, and aside from the terrifying Kaio-ken, Mercenary Tao had also mastered other abilities that multiplied his attributes.

Reinhardt instinctively analyzed Mercenary Tao’s strength. Before he died, he hoped to use telepathy to send Mercenary Tao’s information to the others.

Send it to… Cao Qi…

Crash!

That illusory door opened.

[You have been affected by the trait: Yama. An instant death check is now being performed.]

[Check failed. You are about to die.]

The illusory Gate of Life and Death swung open. Reinhardt’s entire body stiffened as he felt himself flying backward into the gate. He saw the terrifying phantom over three meters tall behind Mercenary Tao.

That phantom carried a feeling similar to when he imitated the abilities of a Golden Saint Seiya. It was probably some kind of higher existence as well. Mercenary Tao’s power was borrowing Its strength…

Reinhardt still maintained his instinct to analyze. He was willing to devote everything to his teammates. Whatever they needed, he would learn it. For those people, he was willing to change his personality, habits, and even hobbies…

Thus, at the final moment of his life, he still had to tell the others everything about Mercenary Tao’s abilities.

Cao Qi…

That name appeared in his mind again. He felt large portions of his body dying. His heart began to stop beating, oxygen could no longer reach him, and even his divine power could not drive away the power of death taking hold of him.

But at that moment, he suddenly remembered meeting Cao Qi for the first time in Attack on Titan World. Back then, the other man had not possessed much power either.

Yes. Contrary to everyone’s current guesses, Reinhardt was absolutely certain that Cao Qi, the [King of Miracles], was not some remnant of the previous Infinite Space or someone left behind from the last infinite era.

Cao Qi had been a reincarnator who entered Infinite Dimensional Space in the same batch as him.

Yet he had surpassed everyone at the most unbelievable speed.

That was related to his wildly unconventional thinking in mission worlds.

Reinhardt remembered how Cao Qi had repeatedly tried to counsel and guide Eren in Attack on Titan World, then attempted to launch a technological revolution there to reduce ordinary people’s fear of Titans. In the end, he had drastically changed that world, only to encounter even greater danger…

In One Piece World, he had forced Reinhardt to disguise themselves as treasure chest monsters so they could board the Straw Hat Pirates’ ship…

In Fate World, he had pursued [The Root] and successfully created a so-called perfect world line for the first time, saving every kind person who should have died. He had entered The Root with his fate unknown, and when he returned again, he had already obtained the magic known as [Miracle].

"Hahahaha! Only thinking of me now? Chen Lailai, you’re still the same as before, an idiot!"

A rough laugh rang out in Reinhardt’s mind. The voice contained the power of miracles. In an instant, his dead brain cells seemed to receive electricity once more, and that current flowed from his brain to every corner of his body.

Before that power, Myriad Death Intent could not block anything. It completely dispersed in an instant.

Bai Cangshu had his back to Reinhardt. The scarlet Satsui no Hado behind him condensed into the clear character [Calamity], but the next moment, Bai Cangshu paused.

He turned around, and Satoru Gojo sensed something as well.

Thump!

The heart that should have stopped began to beat again. The illusory Gate of Life and Death slowly disappeared, unable to guide its target away now that the dead man had become living once more.

Reinhardt’s backward fall also stopped in midair.

Golden light erupted from within him.

In an instant, divine power burned once more. Brilliant divine power seemed to dress Reinhardt’s body in a magnificent suit of armor.

His eyes opened, and a terrifying sense of presence emerged.

"To return from death is a miracle~"

A voice full of laughter sounded beside Bai Cangshu’s ear.

The curve of Bai Cangshu’s grin became increasingly horrifying.

Of course, he knew Cao Qi’s ability was not the kind of miracle from [Lord of Mysteries], but the other man had indeed reversed life and death.

Since obtaining the [Death Intent Senluo] trait, this was the first time Bai Cangshu had successfully inflicted instant death on an enemy without killing the target.

So this was the power of [Miracles]…

Bai Cangshu reached behind him, grasping at the flag that had no physical form.

Of course, he knew Ouroboros harbored ill intent. There was no need for logical judgment in such a matter. That woman had not concealed her malice toward him in the slightest.

Yet Bai Cangshu could also tell that the woman truly wanted to kill Azure Sky’s so-called King of Miracles.

That woman was a madwoman, an idiot. Bai Cangshu was also a madman. Rather than letting one of [The Three Supreme Kings] die to some Destined Death, he would rather take that person’s head himself!

Reverse good and evil…

The terrifying staircase behind Bai Cangshu, reaching as high as the thirteenth level, appeared. On the first step, good and evil resembled the two pans of a scale. They now turned black and white, echoing the colors of Bai Cangshu’s hair.

The flag behind Bai Cangshu that symbolized [Absolute Good] began to flutter.

Boom!

Bai Cangshu suddenly felt the heavens and earth shake violently!

The next moment, Bai Cangshu suddenly felt all buoyancy beneath his feet vanish. The same happened to Reinhardt, thousands of meters before him. Though Reinhardt shone with the dual radiance of miracles and divinity, he still fell straight downward.

From the corner of his eye, Bai Cangshu saw Satoru Gojo still standing in the air.

Yet in the sky, a vast black sea unfolded from nowhere. This Sea of Life was boundlessly vast, sweeping out from a range of several hundred kilometers and covering the entire sky in an instant.

Moonlight, starlight, everything was obscured.

[The time of birth has arrived. With this, all things shall be corrected.]!

The demonic dragon raised its head and roared. Terrifying vibrations, along with horrifying magical power capable of drowning people, completely occupied heaven and earth.

Bai Cangshu’s Ki could not even control the air, because everything had already fallen under the control of that magical power.

And…

[Based on your status as a womb-born species, you cannot exempt yourself from the effects of Beast Tiamat's abilities.]

Womb-born species… because Tiamat possessed the Spiritual Status of the Creation Mother Goddess and the legend of creating all life, all life born from a mother’s womb would be suppressed by Tiamat.

This included humans and God Species.

Instead, Satoru Gojo, due to currently being the King of Curses and having been resurrected with Black Mud, was no longer fundamentally a womb-born species, allowing him to avoid this special suppression.

Bai Cangshu fell from an altitude of ten thousand meters, accelerating faster and faster. Magical power and Three Parts Return to Origin Force rubbed against one another around him, producing brilliant flames.

Below, terrifying slash marks stretched across tens of thousands of meters. Bai Cangshu crashed directly into the black sea of demonic creatures.

Meanwhile, Brunhilde used Support twice in succession to bring Reinhardt to the exhausted, panting Loman.

Above the enormous black sea of demonic creatures, the incomparably huge demonic dragon, Tiamat, questioned the three people below once more.

"Was my love… wrong?!"

Human Evil itself was something twisted, and Tiamat was no exception.

As the Mother of Creation, she had been abandoned by humanity, her descendants.

The life She created would destroy the balanced environment She had created.

Thus, Her creation itself had become something unwanted.

Tiamat repeated that question again and again.

Below, Gilgamesh, king of the Age of Gods, could not provide an answer.

But he could not stand by and watch his world, his people, everything, be destroyed by the demonic dragon.

As for the problem child Reverse Uchiha Izayoi, he stared at this excessively powerful demonic dragon, his eyes gleaming with intense curiosity and battle lust.

Only Cao Qi had taken a moment to glance at his Azure Sky companions, saving Reinhardt, who had nearly been the first devoured by the beast.

A cigarette appeared in his hand. He calmly lit it, gazing at the overwhelmingly huge and powerful demonic dragon above him. Unexpectedly, he felt sympathy for her.

From the perspective of human order, Tiamat had to be banished. Her existence had become a threat to humanity.

But from her perspective, the anger of being abandoned by her children was indeed understandable.

Cao Qi did not care whether this world was real or whether Ye Zi had distorted and created it.

He only knew that the Mother Goddess before him was so sorrowful, so furious, that she now wanted to destroy every living thing in the world.

She had created everything, and now she would weep by destroying everything.

"Mother Goddess, could you let me return a miracle to you?"

Boom!

Before Cao Qi could finish speaking, an explosively powerful Ki erupted. A golden Ki Blast tore through layer upon layer of the Sea of Life and struck Tiamat directly.

Cao Qi covered his forehead. A beast was a beast. There was no communicating with her at all. The next moment, he turned around and punched downward. Heaven and earth suddenly collapsed, and a gigantic fist imprint pierced through the Sea of Life in an instant, sinking the rainforest and beach.

The monster with golden Ki soaring into the sky was also smashed straight into the ground.