Heaven, Earth, Me

Chapter 1062: Frantic Battle With Mythical Core Realm Beast.

"RAHH!"

The powerful scream of the beast echoed in the hall with incredible energy. The presence of the creature seemed to expand infinitely as the group felt their muscles tensing in preparation for its attacks. 

Even when they were looking, almost everyone lost sight of the beast when it moved for the first time. 

BOOM!

The place where it reappeared was to their right, striking the maids there with brutal violence that sent three of them flying and crashing against the walls.

The beast, using its powerful limbs, jumped upward, landing on the ceiling, and then, it jumped straight at Cecile. 

Four people appeared in front of it. Tatyana, Valeria, Mirrory, and Yasenia, holding their weapons and with cold faces, released their powerful strikes simultaneously.

"SCRAM!"

BOOOM!

The beast received the four attacks head on, its body flying against the ceiling again, this time without control and slamming against it with enough strength to make its eyesight blur for a second.

Right then, Cecile released her string, and her arrows burst outward, exploding with the might of a meteor.

Fwoosh! 

BANG!

"GRAAAH!"

The arrows hit their target, sending another strange shock through the beast. Cecile's eyes were more focused on the core this time around, and she noticed that while the beast was screaming in pain, her arrows just nicked the core. 

This made her heart feel heavy. 'At this pace, I'll need thousands of strikes before I manage to do some serious damage.'

The Spirit Beast was in the corner of the room, thoughtfully gazing at Cecile and the Dark Beast. 'I hope you can overcome this challenge.'

The ongoing fight was intense. With the hall being a closed space, the beast was able to move in extremely complicated movements. It would jump from one wall to another, using its tails to attack while in midair and its multiple legs to brutally attack the defensive line.

The beast's focus was on Cecile, so the fight became a defend-the-phoenix game. This was both an advantage and a disadvantage. 

Thankfully, the maids, seniors, and our girls had plenty of defending moves to protect against the heavy-hitting beast. Yasenia, in the meantime, was acting as Cecile, so that everyone knew where the Phoenix was. She would only attack when the beast was rushing at Cecile as a last line of defense.

With her body surrounded by hurricanes of pure energy, Yasenia shouted. "This place is too closed for us to act with freedom! Cecile has landed a few hits on it, and it doesn't seem like it is getting weaker!"

Yasenia's comment was followed by Tatyana's. "Our energy reserves are plenty, and the beast is getting consistently damaged. Be patient."

Yasenia raised her sword and summoned a river of stars that quickly bombarded the eight-legged beast. The explosions made it flinch, but they didn't even scratch its skin.

Angel frowned as she painted a formation on the ground. "Why is it so strong?"

Mirrory answered, her hand surrounded by a gentle white light. "That's the defense of a Mythical Core Realm Beast, Angel. It is not that the beast is invulnerable because of the trial; it's that we can't hurt it at all because our attacks are just too weak."

The beast suddenly moved in, ramming into the maids' defensive arc, sending several of them flying sideways. At this moment, Mirrory blinked forward and placed her palm on the beast's forehead. "[Stop]."

A sharp but melodic ring echoed, and the beast completely froze for a second. 

Cecile saw the core stop and didn't lose her chance. "[Moon Freezing Catastrophe]!"

A massive bow appeared behind her as she released her bow's string. The three massive arrows combined and rushed forward, landing on the beast's core. 

BOOOM!

The terrifying explosion and hurricane of destructive energies swallowed the beast's core, creating several cracks in the core. The beast screeched sharply in pain and swung its arms.

Mirrory was a step too slow and received the blow head-on.

BANG!

"Mirrory!"

Angel shouted, but Tatyana ordered with a deep tone. "Don't get distracted! She is fine!"

The blonde woman nodded, swallowing her worries. She wasn't expecting that the beast would be able to attack Mirrory's spirit-like state. 

After receiving the damaging attack, the beast's anger increased several times over, making its attacks much more erratic and violent. Instead of just focusing on Cecile, it began attacking everyone around it without a shred of mercy.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

People flew as the beast rampaged, showcasing might that transcended the mortal realms. Each of its blows, unless more than one person blocked it, was guaranteed to send someone flying with internal injuries. Even then, Valeria, Kali, Flora, and the other healing maids continued sending wave after wave of healing waves all around, keeping everyone off the ground.

Tatyana used her extreme speed, appearing right below the beast at the same time as swordmaster Eira. Both women glanced at each other and then swung their swords simultaneously.

"[Abyss Slicer]."

"[Sky Splitter]."

SLASH!

BANG!

Everyone saw the beast's eyes actually widen slightly as its limbs left the ground. The brutal two sword strikes sent it skyward against the ceiling, slamming it with tremendous force. Below the beast, they all could see two lines of slight red, the attacks having very faintly pierced the beast's defenses.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Looking at the black-wearing woman and white-wearing maid, everyone's lips couldn't help but twitch. 'Crazy attack power.'

Even Cecile couldn't help but feel shock as she fired at the beast. 'Did they just fling it skyward?'

The beast landed back down and jumped backward, looking at Tatyana and Eira with a strange human-like intelligence. Tatyana's lips arched in an elegant but cold smile. "What? Did you think that you were actually untouchable? Continue acting rampant, and I'll slice your head off before Cecile destroys your core."

The beast lowered its body and gathered strength, increasing the pressure on the surroundings severalfold. 

Tatyana and Eira jumped backward into the ground, and everyone prepared their defensive skills. Tatyana frowned. "A big attack is incoming! Don't hold back!"

Angel shouted. "Finished!"

Tatyana's eyes lit up. "Perfect! Yasenia!"

"On it!"

The dragoness's energy went berserk, pushing against the transcendental might of the creature to such an extent that both the Spirit Beast and the Dark Beast looked over. 

Yasenia's eyes changed colors, slowly gaining a starry blue color as [Celestial Energy] flooded her meridians.

Meanwhile, the beast opened its beastly mouth, and in front of it, a ball of dark energy materialized, sucking in the air in the surrounding.

Yasenia's body dragonified as the Celestial Energy moved around her body, her two massive wings sprouting behind her. Then, she palmed the ground and transferred all her energy into the formation. 

GONG~!

A resounding sound followed as Angel's eyes and hair shifted colors to green and red. "[Crimson Crystal Heart]... [Celestial Mirror World Formation]!"

"RAHH!"

The attack of the beast rushed forward, swallowing everything in its way in complete darkness. At that instant, Mirrory reappeared in the middle of the formation and clapped her palms together. "[Defend]."

BOOOOM!

The Spirit Beast saw the darkness completely swallow their group, and a sigh escaped its mouth. 'It seems that not even her descendants can overcome this godforsaken trial… Why did she make it this difficult?...' The Spirit Beast was about to turn and leave when it noticed a faint energy signal between the absolute darkness of the attack. 'Hm?'

Looking over, as the attack dissipated, the beast was stunned to see all of them completely intact. Then, the floating red-haired and green eyed woman opened her joined palms and a small ball of dark energy appeared there. 

Mirrory spoke softly, her figure ethereal and shining with gorgeous lights. "Angel is out after this, so take care of her." Then, she gracefully stepped forward on the air and gently palmed forward. "[Return]."

WHOOOM!

"GRAAAAH!!!!"

A scream of agony echoed in the hall as the beam of black light was enhanced and returned to the beast. 

The Spirit Beast's eyes widened with shock at the aftermath. The beast that had barely been damaged was bleeding everywhere as several parts of its body had been mangled.

Looking at the group of women, the Spirit Beast noticed that the armored woman was carrying the blonde woman. '... That's ridiculous. Did they just injure a Sixth Realm beast as a group of Fifth Realm people?'

Meanwhile, Cecile had not been idle. When the beast prepared the powerful attack, Cecile fully trusted the others and started charging her attack.

Taking advantage of the beast's situation, who was severely injured and immobile for a second, she released her attack. "[Moon Hell Arrow]."

Swoosh!

The arrow crossed the distance in an instant, landing on the beast's core head-on. A crisp clinging sound was heard first when the tip of the silver arrow and the core crashed, followed by the beast's agonizing scream echoing once more through the hall.

"GRAAAHHH!?"

The arrow didn't explode violently and made a sound. Instead, it dissolved and permeated into the beast's core, freezing it and making it extremely brittle. For the creature, it felt as if its own soul had been frozen. 

Yasenia squinted and spoke. "It's not done yet."

Tatyana chuckled. "If killing a Sixth Realm beast was this easy, then why would I be scared of us meeting with one? We only have a chance because Cecile can attack its core directly. That's like you fighting with your [Reverse Scale] completely exposed." 

The dragoness muttered. "How can we- Hm?"

Twang~.

A melodic sound from a chord instrument echoed in Yasenia's mind, and her eyes widened slightly. Then, she ordered. "Prepare to attack it with everything you have!"

Everyone was confused, and then they saw Yasenia storing Draheart and summoning another thing. The instrument that appeared was a gorgeous pipa, its body looking like the cosmos had taken the shape of it, and as if the stars themselves forged its strings.

The instrument was different from the past, but its beauty was empyrean. Yasenia looked as the beast stood up, its eyes angered, but she felt a sense of peace and tranquility while holding the pipa close to her body. 

Twarang~.

Her fingers moved softly, creating a beautiful but quick melody. As she did so, she took a step and moved sideways, her step creating a captivating star. 

Meanwhile, the beast recovered from its shock and rushed forward. Tatyana shouted. "Defend! Save your energy until Yasenia finishes!"

BANG!

The maids that received the first impact from the beast shot far enough to hit the walls and ceiling, expelling all the air from their lungs.

The dragoness continued touching the strings, an ethereal and soft melody spreading throughout the hall. The sound was so profound that everyone could hear it over the loud noise created by their frantic battle.

What was surprising was that not only them, but Cecile also heard the melody. The sound was penetrating so deep into reality that even someone in a parallel spatial dimension could listen to it!

Yasenia's figure, graceful and gorgeous like a swan, stopped, and her tempting lips opened with a smile. "[Heavenly Constellation Steps, Fourth Sky: Lyra's Harmony]."

Then, everyone felt a soundwave that enveloped their bodies and increased their strength several times over. Not only that, the melody around them felt special, as if it were… 

Tatyana muttered. "Celestial Energy…?"