Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

At this moment, Longhua's anger descended upon them.

"If so, this is the way for mankind to reach the salvation of my Lord. I will hold the wheel of heaven in my hand to guide you in order to save all beings for my Lord."

The voice rang out again, utterly familiar to Ilya and the other two. However, even more familiar than the voice was the face—the radiance revealed beneath the discarded fabric.

It was exactly like Sakuzuki Miyu, with silver hair and blue eyes, completely different from her black hair and red eyes.

Chapter 408 Moon Cancer Miyu, Star Illya, and Chloe.

Illya and Chloe, Miyu and Ryuka, the four of them like two pairs of sisters, in this dreamlike scene.

For a fleeting moment, Miyu even thought that the silver-haired girl in front of her, who looked almost exactly like her, was a being similar to Chloe.

I thought about it that way, but there wasn't time for her to continue thinking it over or to speak.

This person is no opponent who can be defeated in a direct confrontation; this is obvious at a glance. He is a powerful being whose strength is so disparate that it is almost hopeless. The instinct of the sapphire power is tensely warning Meiyu of a strong danger, and this warning comes from his creation as the Second Law.

Even Miyu's physical instincts were conveying the warning, "Don't take another step forward, or you'll die in vain."

Presumably, the same applies to Ilya and Chloe.

Even if you had anticipated it before it arrived, you can only truly experience this despair when you confront it. Your body trembles involuntarily, your mind is filled with fear, and even your soul feels like it is shattering.

"My name is Longhua, and I hereby convene the three assemblies of all living beings."

Longhua's words fell softly once more, and then the enormous Longhua leaf began to tremble as if the world itself were shaking.

Then, it was distinctly different from the black smoke and mist of the Mirror World. It didn't emerge, but rather it was as if it were absorbing all the surrounding light into a single point and permeating outwards towards the Dragon Flower Tree, expanding its domain.

A divine light enveloped the three of them, extinguishing all light in their sight and even the sensation of the wind brushing against their skin.

"Pudu? No way, you're clearly trying to kill someone!"

Chloe, who was experiencing a real sense of death, couldn't help but retort.

"That doesn't matter."

"It doesn't matter if he's killed? How many people do you think can accept that? He... wouldn't agree either."

With a slight frown, Miyu said this to Ryuka, who was expressionless.

On the other hand, Ryuka seemed genuinely incredulous upon hearing Miyu's words, tilting his head in bewilderment.

"Huh? If one cannot accept the salvation of my Lord, then one should not regard the other person as a human being, a superior being of this moment..."

She paused for a moment, then her expression returned to an unwavering, emotionless indifference.

"But all beings in the world have already accepted this, therefore even your evil deeds only need a slight guidance to be attributed to me, for the sake of my Lord—"

Ilya and the other two saw it instantly: when Longhua uttered the word "My Lord," her eyes suddenly became fanatical.

It was a radiance akin to faith, just like the gaze of countless fanatical believers who worshipped it day and night.

The Mahayana Sutra of the Original Mind-Ground states: "One will be reborn in Maitreya's inner palace, behold the white hair mark, and transcend birth and death."

With thirty-two marks, he is the most honored among humans and gods, the king of all saints—

It was initially defined as a mark that only the holy kings and universal monarchs of ancient India could possess. However, enlightened beings who chose the path of enlightenment spread it, so even those who are not holy kings or Buddhas can learn it through long-term virtuous deeds.

The White Hair Aura, one of the Thirty-Two Auspicious Marks, is also known as the White Hair Aura Light. It refers to the presence of white hairs between the eyebrows that spiral clockwise, like the sun at its zenith. When emitted, it emits light that illuminates the entire world in the east, leaving nothing untouched.

However, it is extremely difficult to acquire even one aspect of a Buddha's appearance. It takes one hundred years of cultivating merit to achieve one aspect of a Buddha's appearance. Even a Bodhisattva needs to go through one hundred great kalpas to achieve a Buddha's appearance. One kalpa is 120 billion years, and one hundred great kalpas is the equivalent of 100 solar systems in Buddhist terms.

Therefore, Buddhism believes that only those who universally save all sentient beings can fully attain the thirty-two marks of a Buddha.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the 'past' which has already passed and the 'future' which is yet to come have the thirty-two marks. Even without the 'past', there would still be the thirty-two marks, after all, 'Maitreya is the true Maitreya, with billions of incarnations, constantly showing himself to the world, but the world does not recognize him.'

"When liberation is attained, the Dragon Flower Assembly will be held three times."

Thus, it takes place not in a war of gods or in hell, but in a fantastical place akin to the 'Garden of Eden' where all beings are redeemed—

The sound of bells rang out.

A dazzling golden light shone down, and the space actually twisted and turned, just as she said—'liberation is attained'. A huge vortex formed in the hazy Dragon Flower Tree, with surging waves. At the end of what seemed like infinite conflict, an endless chanting seemed to come.

The chanting, sometimes near, sometimes far, with an unclear distance, seemed to exist at a balance point where the universe and the earth were mutually attracted.

The bells rang again and again.

Sometimes near, sometimes far; sometimes near, sometimes far.

Then--

The three of them felt neither the impact nor the shock; they simply quietly accepted reality.

The planet trembled, as if struck directly from beyond the universe by dense, fine lines, a shock like lightning, but far more intense—to give an example, the density of a piece of cloth that appears to merge into a seamless fabric.

From the perspective of the locals in Fuyuki, these dense, fine golden lines seem to have suddenly appeared from outer space, without any apparent reason.

However, if it were located within the Milky Way galaxy, this scene would certainly be seen—

The surrounding space had become as dark as the night sky, and the stars were intensely emphasizing their existence. Thus, outside the Earth, 'light' appeared.

The light was incredibly vast, and the cannons that appeared within it, in a literal sense, seemed endless at first glance. However, upon closer inspection, their number was not infinite, but rather 84,000.

Unlike the weapons thrown by the Hero King Gilgamesh, the dense, randomly deformable, and homing beams of light shot from the cannon were impossible to dodge, making it a powerful weapon far beyond what could be imagined in this era.

The cannon gate, circulating with high-density magic, distorts the space of the universe, bending the light rays that any planet could shoot out to Earth and reconstructing them into part of the cannon gate, as if it were going to envelop and erode the Earth. If it is not stopped, it may threaten the survival of the entire real world and shake the laws of the world.

Holding the Heavenly Wheel is not an arrogant statement by Longhua. This is Maitreya's small Heavenly Wheel, which should only have seven gates of armor. However, this moment may be the moment when Maitreya is 'in the process of transitioning from Bodhisattva to human and then to Buddha,' hence the number of eighty-four thousand gates.

If the true Dragon Flower Assembly were to end, its quantity would rise to the level of 9.6 billion of the initial assembly.

In short, there is absolutely no chance that Ilya, Chloe, and Miyu can win, and even evasion is impossible, because the light formed by these thin lines is too dense and has its own tracking function.

"..."

Just seeing all this caused Ilya to feel an unusual heat in her body, and like heat itself, a numbing sensation spread throughout the girl's entire body in the blink of an eye.

She had this feeling that if she dared to move even a step, those thin threads would wrap around her like a net, and then instantly shatter her entire body, leaving not even her body behind.

Before coming here, Ilya had told herself that she had to fight no matter what, but now she couldn't even fight. At the very least, a fight requires physical contact, right? Now she couldn't even make contact.

Even the ruby, which had just mustered its courage, trembled uncontrollably.

“...very...very painful, right, Ruby.”

Ilya whispered softly to the ruby.

Ruby responded by reading the following words:

When I noticed it, I couldn't even confirm it. Ilya, did you see that "cannon gate"? If I take a step forward with you, it means I will disappear from everything. I feel like that's the only ending I can see.

You could tell from her voice that this usually unreliable ruby ​​had a slight longing in her heart. In the past, Ilya would have comforted her, but now she understood that simple willpower could do very little in the face of such a disparity in strength.

"but--"

The ruby ​​spoke, not by reciting words, but by making a sound as it always had.

"If it were Illya, she could definitely reverse this outcome, because you are the strongest magical girl."

"Ah, of course, a magical girl can't give up halfway!"

Ilya smiled and nodded, looking refreshed.

Then, gripping the ruby-engraved stones tightly in both hands, and staring intently at the dragon flower ahead, he raced towards the road with its endless fine lines.

Therefore, sensing this movement, the thin lines shot from the cannon gate rushed towards Illya and Chloe and Miyu from all directions, like a huge beast about to snap its jaws shut, all rushing towards the three who wanted to get close.

Then, an overwhelming radiance enveloped the three people who were about to be shattered.

The burst of energy transformed into a dazzling aurora-like phenomenon, adorning the universe above Fuyuki.

Ding.

At that very moment, a sound rang out, a sound like the tinkling of bells, emanating from the plastic magic wand at Illya's waist, the jade pendant around Miyu's neck, and Chloe's body. At the same time, it emitted a light similar to the thin lines that enveloped the heavens and earth, causing them to stop.

Longhua wasn't too surprised by this scene. Although the three people in front of him were insignificant in terms of strength, they had received gifts from their master. Two of them were representatives of the Three Assemblies, so the Maitreya Armed Forces, which were dedicated to saving all living beings, could not attack them.

However, that was an unconscious judgment of Maitreya's armed forces, which, for Longhua who was conscious, meant that he had already decided to eliminate them.

While she did find the three of them to have impressive willpower, and had to admit that even though Miyuki Sakuzuki was incredibly annoying, however—

In the vast world, among all living beings in the heavens, who wouldn't have some expectation as they look towards the highest point during the chanting?

They hoped for salvation in the future, and for mercy from their master.

Even just a glance at oneself is enough to become the only one, to become the number one among countless others.

Under my Lord, I alone represent all living things.

Thus, although Longhua appeared to make no move in the face of the three attackers, a deafening tremor could be heard in the distance.

Accumulating ferocious potential energy and inherent power over a short distance, without any slowing down or retreating, it all appeared before Ilya along with Longhua's figure. At that moment, Ilya, who suddenly looked up, saw Longhua dressed exactly like herself, wielding the 'Ruby' towards her—

A deafening roar erupted, and the roar of the Dragon Flower Tree arrived.

The girl's body was pierced by a force that resembled something else entirely, and she was slammed to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, which then seeped out all over her body.

At the same moment, Illya wasn't the only one struck; Chloe and Miyu were also hit. In Chloe's mind, someone dressed in the same Ryuka outfit as her and wielding similar dual swords had suddenly sent her flying to the ground. Amidst this senseless violence, Chloe vaguely heard these words:

"My Lord's mercy is within you, which is why you have this scent... However, it is truly disrespectful for the Greek gods to intervene. How dare a pile of scrap metal trespass into the Pure Land? The so-called elder sister and younger sister are all meaningless and false names. Within me, we are one, and Longhua is the true reality."

Longhua's words sounded strange at first, but the pain from being hit to the ground made it difficult for Chloe to think about it. Unlike Ilya, who was vomiting blood, Chloe's soul and spirit were trembling rapidly because her body was not yet fully formed.

It was something so utterly empty that Chloe had never experienced before; her heart trembled as she shook, as if her will were about to be crushed.

"Little Black, does it hurt a lot? Me too..."

"I knew I shouldn't have come. I feel awful. I want to leave. I don't want to stay here anymore. I want to go back. I'm a little scared..."

"As expected, you're very scared, unlike me, I'm not scared at all."

"You're still arguing like a child at a time like this, you're really too immature..."

However, neither of the two people having this conversation saw Miyu fall.

In that instant, Ilya and Chloe were both startled and looked up without thinking, thus hearing the second roar.

Compared to the two who were defeated in one blow, Ryuka's attacks on Miyu were more persistent, as if he wanted to bind her before delivering the final blow.

Wearing similar clothes to Miyu, Ryuka's gaze was fixed on Miyu, filled with intense anger.

Instead of using a magic wand, she danced across the sky, transforming the sky enveloped by the Dragon Flower Tree into her weapon.

Instantly, the echo spread throughout the sky, as if the sky had been clenched by invisible five fingers, turning it into an iron fist. As a result, Miyu, the target, felt immense pressure and was unable to move at all. Her arms hung limply, twitching and dazed.

With a blood-curdling scream from her throat, Miyu used all her strength to say this.

"Longhua, why did I forget the wish my mother made to Ivia!"

at this time--

Miyu suddenly realized that everything had become quiet, everything was silent, even Ilya and Chloe below.

Longhua also gave up on this attack, keeping his eyes fixed on Meiyou. His gaze was as if he were searching for something behind the black-haired girl that was driving her, but in the end he found nothing.

So, Longhua squinted his eyes:

"...Indeed, your own power of desire dares to defy me and send you here without my permission. Well, if the power of a wish granted by someone approved by my lord dares to do this, then as his only servant, I can only choose to forgive him."

"……what?"

Judging from Ryuka's words, it seems that Miyu was rejected from entering this world from the very beginning, but somehow she overcame the 'rejection' and entered this world.

“You mean, if you hate my Lord so much, why don’t you just leave obediently? After all, what you want is happiness, right? I can easily fulfill your desires in place of my Lord.”

Longhua laughed, and then from Meiyou's perspective, everything around her turned into darkness, as if she were in some hidden place in outer space, a place where light could not reach, the dark side of the universe.

Staying here for a second could feel like a year, or even a thousand years. In an instant, Miyu saw something flickering around her, like bubbles.

Before she even saw it, the content spontaneously jumped into Miyu's mind. It contained several different worlds, among which the most eye-catching was the scene of 'Miyu being happy in it'.

"How is the world now? The Shuoyue family has lost its power, so you and Yangdaizi can live a peaceful life for the rest of your lives."

Only then did Miyu notice that those were actually round bubbles floating from Ryuhwa's hands, arranged in an orderly fashion around her.

"How can it be……"

Miyu said in a low voice, trying to suppress her pain.

"How could such an absurd thing happen..."

"Yes, yes, there are too many worlds in the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and many of them have already been destroyed. Creation is not impossible. Although it is just cutting out a certain thing and recreating it in the destruction, the future is already coming, so there is no need to worry."

"For example, in this world, the Shuoyue family possesses power but has not suffered any disasters, and can still live happily."