Inside the mind space, Momo was staring at the screen with sparkling eyes, totally focused on the silver-haired woman. Even though Maya hadn't unleashed her power yet, Momo's instincts as the Abyssal Lord kept screaming at her…

This opponent was insanely strong, way stronger than Heinotim when he burned his soul.

Facing such a powerful enemy, Momo's fighting spirit was completely fired up. She was so hyped, she could barely sit still.

"Hey hey, dummy! Let me do it, let me do it!"

But this time, Yumo didn't agree to Momo's request.

"Nope, I'm handling this one myself."

"Eh?!!"

Momo instantly looked super disappointed.

"Why not?"

"If you go up against the Holy Maiden, you'll totally lose control, you know…"

"Ugh…"

"Alright, how about this. After this is over, I'll bump your daily game time from six hours to ten. Deal?"

"Wait, really?! For real?!"

The second she heard that, all of Momo's gloom and grumpiness vanished.

"Yup, really~"

Yumo grinned.

Seriously, what an easy kid to bribe.

Yumo couldn't help but roast her a little in her head. At the same time, her own eyes were shining with excitement.

Part of the reason Yumo didn't want Momo to take over was because she was worried the little goofball would lose control. But honestly, Yumo herself wanted to try something new…

She wanted to try something she'd never dared to do before.

If her opponent was Maya…

Maybe she could finally go all out?

…

Back on the battlefield, Vinova was staring at the bloody red light that was crushing the golden divine power, and she was shaking all over.

"No way, am I dreaming? How is this possible?!"

She'd already used up so much energy. How could that Abyssal Lord still fight the Holy Maiden, and even push her back?

"Is this for real?!"

It wasn't just Vinova. Everyone from the Alliance watching the fight had the same look of disbelief, and a bit of fear, in their eyes as they stared at Yumo.

On the other side, the sound of the explosion was deafening. The bloody red light was like a hungry beast, roaring and devouring the golden energy, completely breaking the balance from before.

The next second, with Yumo's crazy strength, Maya and her giant holy shield got sent flying into the air with a single slash.

"What… what is this?"

Maya narrowed her eyes, looking down at Yumo below, and she became dead serious.

Right now, under Maya's sharp gaze, the Bloody Butterflies swirling around Yumo were flapping like crazy, spiraling around her and wrapping her up.

Inside this vortex of butterflies and bloody light, Yumo's aura started to go wild. The abyssal power she'd kept locked deep in her soul burst out all at once, flooding the whole battlefield. A wild, uncontrollable force gathered around her, burning like bloody fire, twisting the space around her, like it was about to swallow everything.

The sky turned dark, the air felt suffocating, and the ground started to shake. Mountains collapsed, corpses all over the battlefield turned to dust. It wasn't just the Felder Family's territory, pretty much the whole Sky Nation, and even the outer star regions, started shaking from this unleashed power.

With the bloody light swirling around her, cracks started to appear all over Yumo's body. Her hair, which used to be black fading to red, turned completely bloody red and glowed with a weird, ghostly light.

As Yumo's appearance changed, her aura shot up like crazy.

With Maya and the surviving coalition soldiers watching, the level of shadow power around Yumo jumped from about 50 million to 90 million.

Destructive energy started to ripple out from Yumo, spreading in every direction.

Yumo didn't even have to do anything. Just standing there, she wiped out everything nearby. Where she stood, there was now a crater several kilometers wide.

"Is this for real?!"

Vinova was shaking, feeling Yumo's power, and was about to have a mental breakdown.

Compared to Vinova and the others freaking out, Yumo herself was feeling better than ever.

She felt totally free, like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.

This feeling is amazing.

She pressed a hand to her chest and licked her lips, her eyes shining with excitement and a little bit of madness.

Facing Maya, Yumo didn't hesitate at all. She did exactly what Mengxi told her and went all out from the start.

For the first time in her life, she let all the power she'd kept locked away in her soul burst out, and it felt incredible.

At the same time, under the influence of this power, the usually peace-loving Yumo felt a burning desire to fight for the first time ever.

She stared at Maya like a predator eyeing its prey and staring at her playfully.

"Don't let me down, Guiding Saint~"

Before she even finished talking, Yumo's body twisted, and she shot through the air like a bloody meteor, charging at Maya in midair. She swung her sword, and just the shockwave from the slash broke through Maya's protective power and left a crack in her Holy Spirit Shield Arona.

That shield was supposed to be unbreakable, even against a full-power hit from a normal Abyssal Lord.

"Tch…"

Maya glanced at the crack in her shield and frowned.

The next second, she made a quick decision and broke down the shield herself.

Golden holy light gathered behind Yumo.

"Heaven's Wings, Lonora!"

As Maya chanted, her golden ring changed shape again, turning into a pair of golden bone wings. With those wings, Maya turned into a streak of golden light and shot into the sky, putting some distance between herself and Yumo.

"Trying to run? Hah, not a chance!"

Yumo spread her butterfly wings, and with a swarm of blood-red butterflies around her, she took off after Maya, sticking right on her tail. The two of them started a high-speed chase that was honestly jaw-dropping.

Very quickly, the gold and red auras closed in on the edge of the Sky Nation's world.

Outside the Sky Nation, Lawrence was leading the main Alliance fleet, locked in a brutal fight with the horde of abyssal demons Yumo had summoned. Even in the middle of all that chaos, the Alliance soldiers immediately noticed the two powerful auras about to break out of the Sky Nation.

"The Holy Maiden? And… who's that behind her? Abyssal Lord?!"

They didn't get why their all-powerful Holy Maiden was being chased by the Abyssal Lord, but seeing the Guiding Saint in trouble, the Alliance elites instinctively wanted to help.

As the golden light broke through the world's barrier, tens of thousands of mechs and a main battleship rushed toward the crack, trying to block the Abyssal Lord from coming through.

Too bad for them, the second the bloody light burst through the crack and that terrifying shadow power showed up, all those soldiers looked terrified, hopeless, and full of regret.

What kind of monster is this?!

But there's no medicine for regret.

Before the Alliance could even react, the tens of thousands of mechs near Yumo were shredded by her shadow power. The massive battleship exploded in a storm of Bloody Butterflies. Just passing by, Yumo's power left the Alliance forces in ruins.

The millions of abyssal demons, sensing Yumo's aura, got even stronger and more fired up.

Their roars shook the whole star system.

Maya glanced at the wrecked battleship and got even more serious.

She had really evolved this far?

This was way beyond what I expected.

Good thing she lured Yumo out of the Sky Nation. If Yumo kept going wild inside, the whole sub-world would have collapsed.

And she was just letting loose with no restraint.

Hah…. Looks like Yumo been holding a grudge for a long time.

Maya let out a bitter laugh, but at the same time, she frowned. She understood why Yumo wanted to beat her, to leave the Source Star Universe with a deep, unforgettable impression.

But…

Why…

"Why is this kid staring at my butt the whole time?!"