Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 327 Mission: 07-1 Substituting
"Damn... they're getting closer to the church."

The full-strength attack was once again easily deflected. After passing by Nero, Izayoi Sakamaki looked back and gritted his teeth.

Now the dominance of the battlefield has completely fallen into the hands of Nero and his team. Although Izayoi and Sandra seem to be still struggling, they are unable to prevent the battlefield from shrinking gradually.

They did not choose to quickly defeat Izayoi and Sandora, but chose to take a slow and steady approach and prioritize returning for reinforcements to ensure they would not fail. This was very bad news for the contestants.

Because in the case of insufficient frontal combat power, "blitzkrieg" is their only strategy to win.

He looked at the crimson flames that were suppressed by the black clouds and knew that Sandora would soon collapse. This result was determined the moment she put on the Sun Armor and prepared to pursue, but was defeated in turn.

But in fact, even without the Sun Armor, he can still defeat Pest with the help of Izayoi's full-strength Aurora Pillar - provided that Nero is not here.

Therefore, for him, this place has become a complete dead end. If Sandora is defeated, the surprise attack force will be instantly defeated by the returning reinforcements of Pest, and Izayoi has no way to get past Nero to provide any help to his companions.

"It's time to go to bed."

In a blink of an eye, the red flames were completely swallowed up by the endless black clouds, and no trace of light could be seen anymore.

"——!!!"

"Is now the time to be distracted?"

The cold blade slashed down mercilessly. Izayoi narrowly avoided it by leaning sideways and tried to fight back in the air, but was kicked away by Nero again.

So, Izayoi and Sandra launched their final fight here.

Blue flames and red flames flashed alternately, and Izayoi, who had just been knocked away by Nero's counterattack, suddenly turned into Sandra who had been swallowed by the black mist. A dazzling stream of flames spurted out from behind her, pushing her back and turning her into a meteor rushing towards the church.

However, Izayoi blew away the rolling black clouds and emerged unscathed, this time swinging his fist filled with terrifying power towards Pest.

After a wonderful exchange of positions, Izayoi was able to hold off the two of them on the front line, while Sandra rushed to the church area to provide support before the other party.

This was truly their "last stand." While the contestants theoretically controlled the number of personnel they sent out to a level where they could avoid total annihilation, in reality, everyone knew that if they were completely wiped out while the organizers maintained their personnel, then sending anyone else would be a matter of waiting to die or committing suicide.

Therefore, before Pest and Nero could successfully return to support, they had to first kill at least one person, and that target was Weser who was guarding the church.

The prolonged battle had yielded no results, proving that even with Asuka's help, Leticia couldn't truly defeat Weser. Therefore, one of Izayoi and Pest had to take action. However, if one of them left the battlefield, the remaining person would have to face attacks from both of them. Sandra, who couldn't even defeat Pest in a single fight, naturally couldn't do it. Therefore, the only hope was Izayoi, who wasn't afraid of Pest's power.

To achieve this goal, he chose to launch a reckless attack. He barely had the upper hand against Pest, and even if Nero went after Sandora Izayoi, he could unleash the Aurora Pillar and defeat Pest. So as long as he could keep attacking Pest without losing, he could keep both of them here.

It must be said that he is indeed a tough nut to crack.

But launching a surprise attack through teleportation is actually not a decisive move.

Pest's expression of astonishment was renewed as her Gift—the Wind of Death—was shattered. She could understand that the power of the sun could dispel the Black Death. But the idea that an ordinary, unremarkable human could shatter it with their bare hands was a bit too far-fetched. Furthermore, generally speaking, a "Gift that destroys Gifts" cannot coexist with other Gifts; it's a natural antagonism, and it's also the most unique aspect of Izayoi Sakamaki.

Originally, with Izayoi's power, she couldn't inflict fatal damage to the Old Deus. To put it more bluntly, if faith in the gods couldn't be uprooted over the course of time, then the gods within the little garden would be practically immortal. If a god were to be brought down by force, that blow would have to be powerful enough to shatter the stars and shatter the history of a planet spanning tens of millions of years.

Otherwise, no matter how much damage was inflicted, the gods would be able to recover in an instant. This was why spirits with faith were so powerful—their place in history was so firmly established that it was more difficult to completely destroy.

Knowing this, Pest was originally fearless, but the power that Izayoi suddenly displayed to shatter the gift frightened her a little, making her a little afraid that his fist might have some other special power.

"The gift was broken?!"

"Hahaha—if you're so surprised, how about trying that attack again? Lord Spotted Loli Demon King!"

But in front of Shizayoi, a blade emerged from the void and pointed directly at his forehead.

Izayoi, who was laughing heartily, suddenly turned serious and dodged the blade. However, the blade that tore through the void followed his movement, leaving a deep scar in the air.

"Who allowed you to..."

As Nero spoke in a low voice, Izayoi grabbed the sharp blade and tried to break it with force. However, the blade suddenly accelerated, and the indestructible Yanma Sword instantly cut Izayoi's skin, forcing him to let go to save his fingers.

"—left before the winner was decided?"

Nero, sneering, passed through the crack and appeared in front of Izayoi, repeating to him exactly what he had just said.

Ignoring the bleeding palm, Shizai immediately activated the gift of teleportation and left, preparing to launch another sneak attack. However, he actually did something wrong.

A very wrong thing to do.

He shouldn't have let Nero succeed in hurting him.

"Nero..."

"Pest, go to Weser first."

Nero said calmly, stabbing the Yama Blade into the void again, chasing after Izayoi who was leaving, disturbing the space and hindering his accurate teleportation.

Even though it was only a brief moment, Nero had successfully left a "mark" on Izayoi. For a short period of time, he would no longer be able to escape Nero's sight by teleporting.

The situation reversed again.

(End of this chapter)