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Sazex's body tensed up abruptly, and a vast magical power surged from within him, forming an invisible barrier to resist the earth-shattering dragon's might that was transmitted merely through sound!
For the first time, an expression of "horrified" appeared on his handsome face.
This pressure...
This stirring at the level of the soul...
Can’t be wrong!
It's definitely the Crimson Dragon Emperor Draig!
"Brother...Brother..."
Rias murmured in a dreamlike voice, her face pale and her body swaying precariously. If Akeno Himejima hadn't been there to support her, she probably would have collapsed to the ground.
Her brain had completely shut down.
Just now... she was still vying for the position of "official wife," trying to compete with Nami and Saeko Busujima.
And now, she has discovered with horror that her real rival is...
Is it the legendary "Heavenly Dragon"?!
Are you kidding me?! How are you supposed to argue with that? Are you going to fight with your head?!
At this moment, the glory of the Gremory family and the pride of pure-blooded demons were all crushed to dust.
She felt like a kindergarten girl trying to challenge a Gundam – ridiculous and pathetic.
Himejima Akeno's condition wasn't much better; the purple lightning in her eyes had long since died out, leaving only endless shock.
As a half-angel and half-human, she knew better than anyone the significance of the Celestial Dragons in the mythological system.
That's one of the world's top beings, on par with gods and demon kings!
And the other side.
"hiss--"
Nami gasped. Her eyes, which were usually so sensitive to Beric, were now devoid of any monetary significance, replaced by a fervent fascination at the sight of a creation artifact.
[What...what level of treasure is this?!]
[A talking, living, mechanical celestial dragon?! If this thing were auctioned off... no! This is priceless! It's a walking divine kingdom!]
[Where did the boss get this monster from?!]
Saeko Busujima's reaction was the most direct.
All the muscles in her body were tense to the limit, and the veins on her hand gripping the hilt of the knife bulged, not because of fear, but because of an excitement from the deepest part of her soul, an excitement for the strongest!
Her swordsmanship was frantically warning her that the mechanical dragon before her could obliterate her with a single thought.
But at the same time, an even more frenzied fighting spirit was burning in her heart.
To witness such a view from the "summit" is a life well-lived!
The entire reception room descended into various forms of madness due to the awakening of a mechanical dragon.
Only Zhou Ye remained calm and composed, sitting there with his red tea in hand, as if nothing had happened.
[Tsk tsk tsk, look at those expressions, they all look like they've seen a ghost.]
My brother-in-law's "demon king" image is almost shattered.
Rias was completely bewildered.
That's more like it; otherwise, it would have been a waste of my trump card.
"How can it be……"
Sazex finally regained his voice from the extreme shock.
He forcefully suppressed the surging magic power and stared intently at the mechanical dragon.
"The [God-Slaying Gear: Crimson Dragon Emperor's Gauntlets] should currently be in the human world, on a human host! I've personally confirmed it!"
"How did you get here? And why are you in this state?!"
This is the core point of contention!
The core of a [God-Slaying Tool] cannot appear in two places at the same time!
"Oh? That's all in the past. I was taken out by the gearshift long ago. What was placed in the previous human's body was a fake."
The mechanical dragon's electronic voice carried undisguised contempt.
Its head mechanism turned, and its eerie green eyes met Sazex's gaze.
"I was able to move freely from the God-Slaying Gauntlet form thanks to my partner."
As they were talking, Draig transformed from his previous miniature form into a 2.5-meter-tall mechanical dragon, which then transformed into a mechanical dragon girl.
Sazex felt that his worldview was being ruthlessly overturned and reshaped.
Not only him, but Rias, Akeno, and the others were the same. They had seen Mechanical Draig before and thought it was a mechanical pet made by Zhou Ye, never expecting it to be the famous Second Heavenly Dragon, Red Dragon Emperor Draig.
Chapter 159 Deceiving the Demon King
Sazex felt that his worldview was being ruthlessly overturned and reshaped.
Not only him, but also Rias, Akeno and the others thought the same thing. They had seen Mechanical Draig before and thought it was a mechanical pet made by Zhou Ye. They never expected it to be the famous Second Heavenly Dragon Red Dragon Emperor Draig.
In the deathly silence of the reception room, enough for a historian of the underworld to write a 100,000-word paper, came a series of hurried yet lively footsteps from outside the door.
【boom! 】
The door was pushed open with such force that it slammed against the wall with a loud, protesting thud.
"Sazex—! I heard that Leah brought back a super—powerful man, is it true?!"
A beautiful woman dressed in a gorgeous magical girl outfit, with black twin tails, rushed in with an exaggerated gesture.
Behind her followed a girl with a face somewhat similar to hers, wearing glasses and possessing a calm demeanor. She was none other than Rias's close friend and rival, Sonashidi.
"Sister, please be mindful of your manners..." Cang Na helplessly adjusted her glasses, but when she saw the scene inside the room, she froze.
The newcomer was none other than Leviathan, one of the four great demon kings, Seraph Lucid.
"Wait a minute, may I interrupt?"
Seraph's energetic voice, like a pebble thrown into a stagnant pool, instantly broke the frozen atmosphere.
She immediately spotted Draig, the mechanical dragon girl who had just transformed and exuded an aura of science fiction and mythology, in the center of the room, and her eyes lit up.
"Wow! What a cool robotic dragon girl! Is this a new weapon developed by the Gremory family?!"
She was completely oblivious to the horrified look on her brother's face, and the deathly pale faces of Rias and the others.
"I am Seraf, one of the Four Great Demon Lords and Sona's older sister!" She gave Zhou Ye a cute magical girl bow.
Zhou Ye nodded, indicating that he understood.
Seraph's curiosity clearly didn't stop there. Her big eyes darted around Zhou Ye before she asked a question that made everyone present, especially Sazex, perk up their ears.
"Zhou Yejun, I heard from my sister that your God-Destroying Gear is [The End], right?"
"But my sister also said that your God Destroyer Gear demonstrates more of the ability to manipulate time and space, which is completely different from the style of the super cool mechanical dragon girl next to you!"
This question gets straight to the heart of the matter.
Sazex quickly recovered from the shock of Draig and his sharp gaze refocused on Zhou Ye.
That's right, that's the biggest point of contention.
How could a person's power system be so fragmented?
Spatial control, mechanical creation, and the legendary soul of the Heavenly Dragon... This is simply illogical!
Rias and Akeno also looked at Zhou Ye nervously, wanting to know the answer as well.
Zhou Ye showed no sign of panic at being exposed; on the contrary, it was as if he had been waiting for this question for a long time.
He took a leisurely sip of tea and, in a tone so bland it was almost boring, uttered words that were enough to overturn the common sense of the underworld once again.
"Because the God Destroyer Gear I used was a complete set."
"[Origin], [End], [Reincarnation]."
With each word he uttered, Sazex and Seraph's expressions grew more serious.
"I merely attained the [End] and comprehended the [Origin]. The Divine Annihilation Tool [Origin], possessing its own will, appeared before me and merged with me."
"As for the final cycle of reincarnation, unfortunately, I did not comprehend it. Nor did it occur."
What kind of nonsense is this?!
Sazex and Seraph exchanged a glance, their eyes both conveying the same three words: [We've been tricked?]
Is it true that the God-Slaying Gear comes in sets?
Where did this fictional setting come from?
As demon kings who have ruled the underworld for hundreds of years, they have searched through all the forbidden libraries, but they have never heard of such an outrageous theory!
Zhou Ye ignored their suspicious expressions and continued talking to himself, as if he were giving a lesson to two curious children.
"The Divine Annihilation Tool [The Purple Flame Priest's Dismemberment Platform], [The Holy Lance of Twilight], and [The Holy Grail of the Netherworld] are actually a set."
"It was only because they separated for some reason that you mistakenly thought they were independent God Destroyer Gears."
【boom! ! ! 】
If the previous theories of "origin", "end", and "reincarnation" only seemed absurd to the two demon kings...
These words are tantamount to overturning their table and pointing a finger at them, saying, "You demon kings have been wrong for tens of thousands of years!"
"Nonsense!" Seraph abandoned her magical girl persona for the first time, her cute face now serious. "The [Twilight Lance] is the ultimate weapon created by the God of the Bible. The [Holy Grail of the Netherworld] is not only a powerful world-class artifact capable of altering dimensional rules, but it is also said to have been used at the Last Supper to hold the blood of Jesus, an item capable of overturning the laws of life, possessing the power to reverse or distort life, allowing others to achieve a certain degree of immortality or resurrect the destroyed. The [Purple Flame Priest's Crucifixion] is one of the three holy relics, the Holy Cross, shaped like a palm-sized purple cross. This holy cross itself harbors someone's will and has the characteristic of constantly changing masters!"
This is no longer a matter of common sense; it's challenging the very foundation of the entire mythological system!
"Oh?" Zhou Ye raised an eyebrow. "Then why is it that the wielder of the [Holy Lance of Twilight] always encounters the wielder of the [Purple Flame Priest's Dismemberment Platform] under the guidance of fate, and then they fight to the death?"
"Why is it that the Holy Grail of the Netherworld possesses endless life, yet cannot perfectly replicate the power of other God Destroyers?"
His two consecutive rhetorical questions left Seraphrou speechless.