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This was once the most opulent city, but now it has become a necropolis. The incessant drizzle has lasted for days, mixing with the dried blood staining the ground, emitting a pungent, metallic stench. The entire city is shrouded under a grim, heavy sky… The former Snow City, now a true terrestrial hell!
Many people, upon learning of the city's transformation, rushed to investigate. However, before they even neared the perimeter, they were struck with terror by the darkness that blotted out the heavens. Moreover, the spectral howls that occasionally echoed from within the city were enough to turn the blood to ice. Only a handful of exceptionally skilled and daring individuals managed to penetrate the city’s depths, and they invariably retreated in haste.
This earthly purgatory was now a place no one dared approach!
Yet, in such a desolate location, perched atop a towering hill built from countless ruins, sat a young girl of about eleven or twelve. The dense rain left not a single trace upon her. Judging by her looks alone, she possessed the kind of innocent charm that made one yearn to embrace her, but!
The palpable aura of malevolence emanating from her was enough to scare off ninety-nine percent of Loli enthusiasts. Merely sitting there induced an involuntary shiver of dread.
Drip! Drip! Drip…
The only sounds audible here were the soft patter of the ceaseless rain and the rhythmic dripping from the fractured rooftops. But suddenly, an incongruous sound sliced through the air from above—a sound like… a dragon’s roar?
The girl’s previously closed eyes snapped open. She tilted her head slightly, a cold smirk curving her lips. “You’ve finally arrived. I’ve been waiting a long time for you.”
A burst of yellow light pierced the inky clouds, and the dreary rain abruptly ceased. A young woman dressed in plain robes descended from the sky, floating gently until her feet met the ground.
“You knew I was coming?” The robed woman seemed entirely unfazed by the city’s horror. She fixed her gaze upon the Great Loli figure hundreds of meters away, her calm face betraying no emotion. “Evil King.”
The so-called Evil King remained unmoved by the change in environment. The cold smile vanished from her face, replaced by an air of natural arrogance. “I knew you would seek me out. Since you’ve discovered my location, you certainly wouldn’t pass up this opportunity, would you? Dark King.”
Her arrogance stemmed not from disdain for the approaching girl, but from a deep-seated belief that nothing truly mattered.
The Dark King nodded, her sharp gaze locking onto the other. “You speak the truth. This one obsession is something I cannot set aside. Regardless, a battle between us is inevitable today.”
As she spoke, a fierce battle intent ignited within her.
The First Generation Dark King had been slain by the First Generation Evil King. With the first Evil King now dead, she theoretically had no direct vengeance to seek. But… the human heart is inscrutable.
Take Xixi, for instance. She lived an ordinary, carefree life. But upon learning of the fate that befell the one she loved—the one who loved her just as deeply—an obsession took root in her heart. She could not find peace unless she did something for that person; she could not be content without contributing in some small way to that person’s dying wish.
This obsession was the driving force that sustained her, allowing her to grow step by step to her current level.
Since the First Generation Evil King was gone, she would find the Second Generation. This wasn't misplaced anger, but the heaviest of convictions rising from the depths of her soul. Though it might seem unfair to the current Evil King, this was the only remaining meaning in her life!
“It is merely a battle; excuses and reasons are unnecessary.” The Evil King rose to her feet, and in the same motion, pointed a finger forward. Instantly, a bolt of black light shot from her fingertip.
The black light tore through the air, sounding like millions of nuclear detonations compressed and suppressed to an extreme degree, emitting a piercing roar as it hurtled toward the Dark King.
The Dark King did not flinch. But just as the black light was about to strike her, a semi-transparent dragon claw suddenly materialized before her, intercepting the Evil King’s attack. The terrifying black light vanished like a stone sinking into the sea, gone in an instant.
The Dark King reined in her battle intent, glancing left and right. “This place is rather inconvenient. Neither of us can truly unleash our full potential here. Let’s relocate the battlefield.”
“This location is indeed too small. It would be an insult to your demise,” the Evil King replied calmly, showing no sign of pre-battle tension. “To the Outer Star Domain.”
Boom!
She thrust off the ground with both feet, and her small body shot upward like a rocket, though its speed was infinitely greater than any rocket’s. Within seconds, she had burst through the constraints of the atmosphere and soared toward the endless star-field beyond.
Behind her, the Dark King stood atop the back of a yellow dragon, tearing through nebulas. Though she was only one person and one dragon, their movement conveyed the force of a thousand charging armies.
Moments later, the Evil King stopped in a specific sector of space, surrounded by countless, glittering stars.
“The lighting is excellent, and the air feels good too. A fine battlefield,” the Evil King declared, glancing around at nothing in particular. In the vacuum of the cosmos, how could one perceive light or air? But to her, these elements clearly existed. She turned to face the pursuing Dark King, her arrogance undisguised. “You actually dared to come. This is my home ground.”
The Dark King remained composed. “At the level you and I have reached, every place is home ground.”
“If that’s the case, then we need no more empty talk… Cosmic Map!” The Evil King was direct and wastes no time. She gestured upwards, and instantly, a colossal rendition of the Cosmic Map burst forth with dazzling starlight, descending directly upon the Dark King.
She opened with a supreme technique.
The Dark King was equally decisive. As the enemy attacked, the thousand-meter-long yellow dragon roared violently, utterly disregarding the terrifying pressure of the Cosmic Map, and slammed directly into it.
Boom!
Amidst the earth-shattering impact, the two massive entities collided. In the initial clash, the Cosmic Map gained a slight advantage, sending the yellow dragon recoiling. But just as it was forced backward, its thick tail swept forward, striking the Cosmic Map heavily.
The map shuddered from the blow and was also knocked back.
However, the nebulae within the map immediately began to spin faster, instantly erupting with countless threads of silvery ‘water’ that tightly enveloped nearly half of the yellow dragon’s body before it could retract its attack.
The silver water began to compress furiously. The dragon’s half-body twisted and deformed at a visible rate, finally shattering with a loud crash. Thousands of meters of the dragon were violently crushed in part.
“Roar!!!”
But such an attack was clearly insufficient to kill the yellow dragon. With an angry roar, it spun on its axis, and the missing section instantly regenerated. Simultaneously, it opened its colossal maw and unleashed a thick beam of light that illuminated the entire starscape.
The Cosmic Map had no time to evade and was struck head-on by the beam, instantly disintegrating.
Yet, within the vastness of space, the Cosmic Map could draw upon an inexhaustible supply of power. In the blink of an eye, it reformed, even larger than before. The flow of the nebulae within it accelerated once more, surging toward the yellow dragon.
The battle between the Cosmic Map and the yellow dragon reignited, and the Evil King and Dark King were far from mere spectators. Seeing that her Cosmic Map failed to suppress the dragon, the Evil King was far from displeased; instead, she burst into excited laughter. “Excellent, excellent! This is far more interesting. If I defeated you in one instant, it would have been meaningless! Now take this next move… Force of Disorder! Inversion of Law!”
The maiden’s slender hand snatched and pulled outward. A lifeless planet light-years away was instantly wrenched from its orbit and hurled down toward the Dark King.
The Dark King spared it no glance. With a casual wave of her hand, she commanded, “Coiling Dragon Kill!”
Just as the planet began to descend upon her, a black dragon materialized above her, unleashing boundless power that successfully halted the incoming celestial body. The black dragon’s body then rapidly expanded, tightly coiling around the planet. Finally… Rumble!
That planet, no smaller than the Moon, was utterly pulverized by its grip!
What was even more terrifying was that the fragmentation of a planet produced no ripple or vibration, as if merely crushing an egg!
The terrifying might of these two combatants was enough to make the entire universe tremble!
“This must be the place.” Just as the Evil King and Dark King were locked in fierce combat, Lin Luo’s figure materialized in Snow City. He looked around but didn’t find the person he was searching for, then lifted his gaze toward the sky.
“So that’s it. Out in the Outer Star Domain.”
A moment later, Lin Luo had his answer and sped toward the Outer Star Domain.
In the star sector of a certain world, a massive battleship dozens of kilometers long floated silently. Hatsune Miku, holding the rank of Captain, was dozing in the command chair… Suddenly, a small, seven-colored pebble flashed within the cockpit.
Miku snapped awake, grasping the stone and concentrating intensely for a few moments.
“Found it!” Upon sensing the information transmitted by the seven-colored stone, a look of excitement finally broke through Miku’s lazy expression. “I’ve finally locked onto that guy’s coordinates again. Heh heh, time for games is over.”
The moment the words left her mouth, her figure vanished from the spot.
In the same star sector, within a similarly structured battleship, a slender girl with straight, black hair tied back with a yellow ribbon, clad in a gleaming military uniform, was excitedly issuing orders to her subordinate soldiers. “Attack! Attack! Smash their battleship to pieces! Haha hah hah!”
Amidst the deafening roar of cannons, as the enemy vessel slowly dissolved, the girl’s triumphant laughter became increasingly unrestrained, brimming with supreme arrogance. In mere moments, a slight alarm sounded within the battleship.
“What is it? What’s wrong?” the girl asked quickly.
“Report, Supreme Leader, the enemy commander has inexplicably vanished,” a non-commissioned officer reported respectfully, stepping beside her.
“Vanished?” The girl was momentarily stunned, then comprehension dawned. “Ah, that scoundrel dared to flee in private, breaking our agreement?”
“Damn it! You won’t escape from me!”
The girl spat the words with hatred. In an instant, the soldiers around her, along with the entire battleship, disappeared. She herself stood alone in the void of space. After a brief search, she finally grasped the faint, almost imperceptible trace of energy. With a toss of her hair, her figure vanished as well.