Chapter 74: Asmir

By the time Hiro wanted to react, it was already too late. Even if he was quick on his feet, this fragment was too valuable; he didn't have the required achievement points to store it in the system's inventory.

Hiro grabbed the fragment firmly in his hands without hesitation, exerted force on his waist, and spun around with great momentum.

Bang!

Hiro tossed the fragment with all his might, crashing it through the building's structure and sending it sailing through the air—out in the open.

"No…"

The woman stretched her hand weakly, a hint of resentment in her eyes. Hiro didn't give a damn about her reaction, as holding onto that fragment right now was no different from courting death.

…

"How unexpected," a voice resounded in a dark room, and a pair of crimson eyes flicked gently. "This commotion is too great, she's going to sense it and return. Abort the operation quickly."

"Sigh," another voice sounded as a pair of hazy green eyes appeared. "How unlucky, I didn't expect that girl to be hiding something like that. Her family should have arranged it in a last-ditch effort."

"No matter," a purple pair of mesmerizing eyes joined the conversation. "I'm curious about the little guy who discovered it, he was decisive enough alright. Such talent and quick thinking reminds me of humans."

"Haha," the green eyes smiled. "They have that saying; Man Proposes, God Disposes, I take it this is a similar case? What a pity, seems like we need to push back our plans a little."

The dark room soon descended into silence, as one pair of eyes disappeared after the other.

…

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Somewhere very far away in a special, sealed space.

Violent shockwaves shook the sky as the indistinct shadow of a massive nine-tailed blue fox flashed with a multicolored, brilliant light.

On the other end stood a giant without a neck.

Five heads expressing joy, sorrow, anger, indifference, and pity levitated above his shoulders, spinning irregularly while keeping an eye on the movements of the fox.

Suddenly, an invisible ripple—ill-timed if one were to say—passed through both their bodies.

The huge illusory fox paused for a moment before it shook violently. Then, the projection shattered like a sprinkle of fluorescence in the night, coagulating into the humanoid shape of a woman with fox ears and a sky-blue fluffy tail.

"Haha, that little sparrow was right, there's truly a fire in my backyard," as she laughed, she reached with her hand.

Buzz!

A paper fan appeared in her hand, and when she was about to cover her smile, she remembered that not just anyone could see her face.

The five faces of the giant stopped spinning and quickly merged into the indifferent expression, seemingly intent on retreating.

"Why the hurry?" Asked the beautiful woman as her left hand pointed forward with one finger.

The giant didn't seem worried at all, speaking in a relaxed tone. "Consider yourself lucky this time, Asmir."

As he spoke, his body slowly dissolved into misty fog, like a spoiled oil painting, melting away into space.

Asmir's finger didn't stop as it tapped out into space, her voice echoing melodiously.

"Do you know? It's truly rude to leave without properly greeting a lady. Since you've already come all the way here, why leave empty-handed? Do you look down on my hospitality?"

No one responded, as though the giant was already gone.

…

Space twisted.

Below was a raging ocean and above, a floating Iron Citedal.

A huge giant dropped into the ocean, his body sinking gradually. About half an hour later, his feet hit the seabed below, splintering the ground.

Then, huge tides swept past, and a few kilometers high tsunami rose in the distance.

Slowly it approached the giant, crashing into his waist, though it barely swept past his abdomen.

The giant looked up to the stronghold in the sky and his mouth to speak, but as the words left his mouth, his expression turned pale.

"Do you know? It's truly rude to leave without properly greeting a lady. Since you've already come all the way here, why leave empty-handed? Do you look down on my hospitality?"

The giant knew that these words weren't his, as he was very familiar with this voice.

In his shock, the giant saw a pure white, illusory finger appearing out of nowhere and tapping in the direction of the stronghold in the sky.

"NO!"

The giant shouted, his deep voice rippling out in waves to cancel out the attack. However, it was too late—the finger seemed to carry a sliver of both his and Asmir's aura.

The giant's pupils constricted as he thought about something terrifying—laws of causality.

No wonder she was passively enduring the entire fight! I thought I was holding her back…

As this thought surfaced, an explosion of magnificence proportions swept out, hurtling the entire stronghold into the distance.

A thin yet sturdy barrier of demonic energy appeared around the stronghold, but it soon gave way as cracks webbed out.

Then… Bang!

It shattered into fragments.

The stronghold seemed to lose its ability to maintain flight, crashing toward the vast ocean.

The giant roared in anger, rushing through the high waves. Luckily or unlucky, he arrived beneath the stronghold in the neck of time.

Tens of millions of demons felt the ground shaking, experiencing an illusion as though the sky was collapsing. Powerful auras exploded in the stronghold, and six figures appeared outside.

What they saw shocked them, as they hadn't expected the defensive formation of their stronghold to be obliterated under one attack.

They didn't know that this attack was the accumulation of their lord's attacks over the span of a few days compressed into a single point.

"ASMIR! I'LL KILL YOU MYSELF!"

A furious roar struck like thunder on a stormy night. The stronghold shook, stopping in place.

Not because of its formation, but because the giant stood beneath the stronghold, carrying it on his back lest it fell into the ocean, to forever disappear.

He could only brace himself and hold onto the stronghold, pinned beneath its weight as he roared in great anger and humiliation.

For a proud Great Demon like himself, this was a great shame! Who was worthy to be carried on his back?!

However, he was also helpless!

…

In the sealed space, Asmir smiled.

Covering her smile with the paper fan, she chuckled lightly before turning into a thin streak of white light that shot away.

…

The barrier of demonic energy that locked down the raven couldn't do the same to a Minro Realm's fragment.

It easily tore through the layers of restrictions, shattering the fragile barrier and shooting through the sky.

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No one among the Great Demons in the stronghold was slow to react.

An invisible energy wave swept out, and the dark night sky was suddenly illuminated by a brilliant domain, but it was gone just as abruptly as it appeared. Stay updated via m-v l|-NovelFire

The fragment, too, was gone.

However, the powerful ones knew that the Great Demons brought the fight to an independent space lest they incur the world's retaliation.

Otherwise, how could the giant watch helplessly as Asmir sunk his stronghold?

Thanks to the laws of casualties, the cause of her attack was in the independent space while the effect was in the real space, with the giant as the medium for cause and effect.

Thus, her sneak attack succeeded with minimal repercussions.

As for these Great Demons, they didn't dare act brazenly. Nonetheless, who didn't have one or two pocket dimensions?

How tempting was the fragment from a destroyed Minor Realm?

Who didn't wish to plan for a rainy day in the future?

Since they destroyed many worlds civilizations, they also understood how fragile these worlds were.

The moment a world's coordinates were exposed to a civilization of equal if not greater power, it was already a countdown to damnation.

With that in mind, no one would refuse a backup plan.

As the barrier was destroyed, the least of everyone's worries was the phenomenon in the sky as blazing hot flames spilled over.

Screech!

A high-pitched cry caused the buildings to shake.

"The 4th general has gone mad!"

A voice sounded through the entire stronghold, hoping to rile the emotions of the demons below.

"Haha, how lively," a gentle, harmonious voice dwarfed the anxiety and chaos.

The voice alone seemed to push back against the flames, stunning everyone. No, they weren't just stunned, they were absolutely dazed.

Whether they were standing, running, kneeling, laughing, crying, etc.

Their emotions were suppressed, beyond their control.

Hiro looked up from the ruined house, his expression solemn. He couldn't even sense where the voice originated from.

However, he could sense the volatile faith energy in the air, swirling around the raven and pushing back his flames.

Hiro then noticed the silhouette of a person shrouded in light, that figure suddenly appeared in front of the raving mad firebird.

"Little sparrow, you've created such a big mess this time," her tone was both admonishing and smiling.

"Let me see," she tapped his beak, and although no one could see her eyes, scenes of what happened with the black raven as a focal point rolled past her vision.

Suddenly, her gaze shifted, and Hiro's figure was reflected in her pure eyes. However, she couldn't see his past prior to his appearance in the stronghold, which caught her attention.