Responding to Mirai's actions, Agathos voluntarily leaned down.
Seeing this, Mirai excitedly asked, "Is it still you?!"
Agathos nodded and smiled, remaining silent.
Such a simple response brought immense surprise!
Mirai's face immediately lit up with joy, wanting to get intimate with the newborn Miss Agathos.
But at this moment, *clang*~
Like a drop of ink in clear water, a crisp bell sound abruptly echoed in Mirai's ears!
This was not Mirai's inner voice.
The vibration of his eardrums proved that it was indeed a bell sound ringing in reality!
Mirai instantly felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy!
A terrifying sense of crisis, as if being hunted by a primeval beast, suddenly struck him!
Agathos also reacted instantly, immediately scooping her master up by the waist, placing him on her beastly back, and using three furry tails to protect him.
Just then, directly in front of Mirai and Agathos, light and shadow intertwined, reality and illusion reversed.
Two rows of ghostly black dog-like phantoms suddenly appeared!
They howled to the sky, roaring with abandon, announcing Its arrival!
At the end of the black dogs' guard, a colossal cocoon, like a tangle of spider silk, stood majestically in the void.
Its name was—Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga!
"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."
"Is this a joke?!"
"I've never initiated the subjugation ritual for Mahoraga!!!"
Mirai's voice trembled slightly; he was currently in the weakest period of his life.
His Cursed Energy, mental energy, and physical strength were all on the verge of exhaustion.
Rekseus couldn't be summoned for now; his only reliance was the newborn Miss Agathos.
Although Mirai had vaguely sensed the powerful, latent aura within Agathos, he wasn't sure—
Without his Cursed Energy support, could Agathos defeat or even crush Mahoraga?
If she couldn't achieve that level, it would be meaningless!
"Damn it!"
"This isn't scientific at all!"
"Those useless ancestors are so unreliable; they didn't even record this kind of information. What a bunch of good-for-nothings!"
After thoroughly cursing the wicked ancestors of the Zen'in Family in his heart, Mirai tried to concentrate his mind and forcefully summon Rekseus, but he failed repeatedly!
With a splitting headache, he could do nothing at the moment but reluctantly place all his hope in Agathos.
In a blink of an eye, Mahoraga had already bared a set of healthy white teeth, smiling as It broke free!
"Roar!!!"
Half-naked, muscles bulging.
The Mantra Wheel, adapting to all phenomena.
The demon-slaying sword on Its right arm, cutting down evil.
The Strongest corner of the Ten Shadows Technique.
Mr. Mahoraga, truly the Cursed Technique version of the Wall of Sighs, grandly descended!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Like a typhoon passing through, without any fancy probing, Mahoraga instantly transformed into an afterimage, disappearing from Mirai's sight.
"Agathos!"
"No need to test!!!"
"Go straight for the big moves!!!"
With the roaring wind at his back, Mirai's heart was practically in his throat; his command to Agathos was a full-blown shout!
However, *bang*!!!
Before Agathos could gather strength for an attack, Mahoraga had already struck, delivering a powerful punch directly at Mirai, who was protected by three furry tails!
The immense force, capable of shattering gold and stone, did not immediately break through Agathos's defense.
Before Mirai could even rejoice, the residual impact, greatly attenuated by the three furry tails, passed through his body, making him vomit a mouthful of old blood on the spot!
"Cough, cough, cough..."
"Damn it!!!"
Mirai cursed, his defenses broken!
Through his brief mental communication with Agathos, it was clear that, in her nascent state, to acquire the powerful firepower needed to defeat Mahoraga, this "Wall of Sighs," she would have to sacrifice a certain amount of movement speed to charge up.
But a stationary artillery cannon against a high-speed tank simply wouldn't work!
Charging meant taking hits, taking hits meant not being able to charge, but not charging meant not winning.
Faced with this impossible situation, Mirai could only send a single-word command to Agathos from his heart—"Run!"
"Huh??"
"What the..."
"What the heck!!!"
Under the bewildered and terrified gaze of Ogi Zen'in, who had just arrived, Agathos carried Mirai, and at his command, extended two long tails, wrapping Naobito Zen'in and Toji Zen'in like dumplings and rescuing them.
As for Ogi Zen'in?
What kind of trash was he?
Unfamiliar, truly unfamiliar ==
Glancing back, Mirai could no longer see Ogi Zen'in's ugly, despised, dog-hated, dead horse face.
Presumably, he had already been slapped by Mr. Mahoraga and sent flying to who knows where.
But contrary to Mirai's plan, Mahoraga's attention wasn't diverted by Ogi Zen'in in the slightest.
It seemed to have locked onto Mirai, pursuing him directly.
She fled, It chased, and his eyes rolled back!
Along the way, Agathos was like a runaway locomotive.
No matter what buildings stood in her way, she disregarded them, unswervingly maintaining her straight path.
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line; Mirai had taught her that.
Agathos's speed was similar to Mahoraga's, but the weak Mirai could no longer endure such violent jostling.
Looking back at Mirai's pale, youthful face and the relentless pursuit of Mr. Mahoraga, a hint of anger appeared on Agathos's mature, charming, and aloof face.
Then, using her tail as a hand, she tucked the now-treated Mirai into Toji Zen'in's arms.
She then flung the three of them away with great force, turned around, and directly confronted Mahoraga!
Immediately, it was like Mars colliding with Earth.
The Zen'in Family's grounds were like a broken, soft patch of farmland, repeatedly rubbed and fiercely ploughed by Agathos and Mahoraga!
Boom!
Boom!!
Boom!!!
Watching the "harmonious" scene in the distance, Naobito Zen'in's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and he stammered, "Mirai~ how could you unilaterally initiate Mahoraga's subjugation ritual in the family grounds? This is preposterous TT"
"And also, that Shikigami is..."
Mirai scratched his little head apologetically but also righteously, "Ahahaha~ Accidents, all accidents~"
"However, I'm the family head now, so it's just a small matter~"
Looking at the boy's prodigal demeanor, like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water and spending the family's money without a care, Naobito Zen'in covered his forehead, speechless with emotion.
To his side, Toji Zen'in continuously focused on the fierce clash between the two great Shikigami in the arena.
He could clearly feel that the infinite monstrous power contained within those two Shikigami far surpassed his own current state, which had not yet reached its peak.
Clenching his fists in frustration, Toji Zen'in was eager to try, his heart stirred.
True gold fears no fiery refining.
If he didn't also have to protect the young family head, he would have charged forward right now to intervene.
After all, fighting strong enemies was the fastest shortcut to improving oneself!
In the arena, having been with Mirai for a long time and influenced by him, Agathos was well aware of Mahoraga's power.
Therefore, before she was confident of a one-hit kill, she consistently relied only on her speed and strength to contend with Mahoraga.
She gave It no chance to adapt to spell damage.
However, even though their basic stats were nearly identical, as time passed, the scales of victory gradually tipped towards Mahoraga.
With a *clang*, Mahoraga once again dodged the piercing attack of Agathos's nine long tails, and the Mantra Wheel floating behind Its head rotated once.
It gradually adapted to Agathos's strength and speed, and on this basis, further strengthened Itself.
Like a rolling snowball, Agathos's disadvantage became increasingly apparent.
The first duel between the two Shikigami.
Undoubtedly, the victory would ultimately belong to Mahoraga.
However...