Miracle Summoner

Just as Rozen completely suppressing Vatler, Yukina likewise overwhelmed Itogami Meiga.

"Haaah!"

Yukina dashed forward like a gale, swinging countless strikes at Itogami Meiga as if she were a whistling bullet, dancing her spear in a blur that dazzled the eye.

"Gugh...!"

Itogami Meiga had somehow ended up on the defensive, constantly parrying Yukina's white spear attacks with his black spear, yet struggling and unsteady. Against Yukina's storm-like assault, he was completely unable to counterattack.

"How is this possible...!"

Shock and fury clouded Itogami Meiga's expression.

He couldn't believe he was being suppressed by Yukina.

With the power of Fangzahn in play, Yukina's Mechanical Demon-Purging Assault Spear Mark Seven shouldn't have worked. Her mana should have been nullified, making her unable to use jujutsu or even Future Sight. Even with her Sword Shaman combat techniques, she shouldn't have been able to withstand the physical capabilities of a Demon like Itogami Meiga.

Yet here she was, completely suppressing him. No wonder he was shocked and furious.

But no matter how shocked or furious he was, it was already meaningless.

"Tenyuryo!"

Yukina called the name of her spear. Her figure turned into a flash of light, speed resembling lightning, slicing toward Itogami Meiga in a blinding strike.

"Splurt!"

The brilliant slash landed, injuring Itogami Meiga's arm.

"Argh!"

Itogami Meiga cried out and clutched his arm, retreating quickly.

"Swoosh!"

Yukina moved with seamless grace, as though dancing on the wind, pointing the tip of Tenyuryo toward him. Her breath steady, her gaze cold—she was the very embodiment of a Sword Shaman of the Lion King Agency.

Seeing this calm, resolute, and valiant display, even Itogami Meiga was momentarily stunned.

Only now did he realize that the weapon Yukina wielded wasn't what he had heard about.

"Tenyuryo?" he exclaimed in disbelief. "What is this? Since when does the Lion King Agency have a Mechanical Demon-Purging Assault Spear like that? Weren't you using Sekkaro before?"

As a former developer of divine weaponry at the Lion King Agency, Itogami Meiga was well-acquainted with the known variations of the Mechanical Demon-Purging Assault Spear.

The weapon Yukina held was entirely foreign to him.

Yukina didn't hide the truth.

"This was crafted by Senpai. As for Sekkaro, I've returned it to the Lion King Agency," she said. "I now use Tenyuryo. Its power far surpasses Sekkaro. Even though the divine vibration waves it releases are nullified by your Meigaro, the power of both spears can now cancel each other out. So, my own spiritual energy is no longer affected by Fangzahn."

"What?" Itogami Meiga's expression immediately changed.

If that was the case, then this was a serious problem.

His entire strength was based on Fangzahn. If its power was neutralized, he would merely be a Demon with a half-baked undead body. Against a Sword Shaman skilled in anti-Demon techniques, he would stand no chance.

Not to mention...

"Tenyuryo can amplify my spiritual energy and even enhance my physical abilities. It has a will of its own and can synchronize with my movements to unleash perfect spear techniques."

So Yukina said.

"You're no longer my match. Surrender now, Itogami Meiga."

At her words, Itogami Meiga's eye twitched, then he let out a furious laugh.

"Surrender? A Sword Shaman wants me to surrender?" He chuckled coldly, before shouting, "Impossible! Even if the world changes, I will never surrender to the Lion King Agency!"

"...Is that so?" Yukina was silent for a moment, then took a deep breath. "In that case, prepare yourself."

She channeled her spiritual energy into Tenyuryo. The spear shuddered with excitement, releasing a surge of divine energy as its divine vibration waves shimmered.

Amid that radiance, divine energy surged from Yukina as well, forming luminous wings behind her back.

"Angelic Form..." Itogami Meiga muttered darkly. "You can even wield the power of angels freely now...?"

As he murmured, he lowered his spear, and a strange change occurred in his aura.

The transformation filled Yukina with a growing sense of unease.

Her acute spiritual senses screamed: she had to stop him.

But it was already too late.

"Looks like I can't play around anymore."

His tone returned to eerie calm as he made his declaration.

"Let me show you the power we've obtained."

As he spoke, a silent, deep crimson glow suddenly flared from his body.

"Oooooh... OOOOOOOHHH...!"

Itogami Meiga roared, firing crimson light particles like bullets toward Yukina.

"...!"

Yukina's whole body shivered.

There were many crimson light particles, unnervingly silent, seemingly harmless—yet they gave her the feeling of death approaching.

Instinctively, she flapped the luminous wings on her back and darted away.

The crimson particles struck where she had stood.

And then—

"Buzz!"

The ground hit by the crimson light suddenly turned to salt.

It scattered like sand, leaving a salt-filled crater.

Seeing this firsthand, Yukina felt a chill in her heart.

Meanwhile, Rozen faced a different situation.

"Buzz!"

With the same sound, crimson light rained down like a storm, sweeping the ground and aiming at Rozen.

Wherever it passed, frost spread like a plague, freezing the land.

"Mesarthim Adamas."

Rozen summoned the immaculate diamond Beast Vassal—the diamond ram—raising a thick wall of gem-crystal to block the crimson light.

But to his surprise, even the gem wall that could reflect all attacks began to freeze under the crimson light.

"Boom!"

The next moment, the ice shattered into countless shards flying toward Rozen.

Rozen's eyes narrowed. Without hesitation, he vanished into space itself, avoiding the ice shrapnel and reappearing high above.

Rozen and Yukina met mid-air, back-to-back, hovering in the sky.

Below them, Vatler and Itogami Meiga stood enshrouded in crimson radiance, their forms twisted with evil.

Sensing the total transformation in their aura, presence, and even existence, Yukina's expression changed repeatedly.

Rozen, on the other hand, stared down at them, especially at Vatler.

Vatler had fully recovered and opened his arms toward Rozen.

"How is this power? Isn't it wonderful?"

Vatler chuckled in ecstasy.

Rozen remained expressionless.

But at that moment, using his Wise Eye and Mind's Eye, he finally detected something strange about Itogami Island.

The entire island radiated an eerie silence. The dragon veins flowing through it churned wildly, becoming endless torrents of mana pouring into the island.

"Could it be..."

Rozen had a good idea what that power truly was.

There was no doubt—this was the hidden power Itogami Island had kept secret all along.