[Xia] Gritted his teeth and exerted force, and surging flames erupted from the severed arm.

A vibrant arm struggled to regenerate in the flames, and Xia's complexion was clearly not good.

"Hello……"

He was breathing heavily when he shouted.

"Why can't I hit you?! How can I kill you?!"

Such a direct question caught Aykaren off guard, and she began to think about how to deceive him.

Suddenly, he paused.

Why should I lie to him? Why should I answer him? Just do it!

He gripped the knife and charged forward suddenly, his magnificent wings leaving a beautiful trail of neon light in the air.

[Xia] Seeing that the other party did not answer her, she stomped the ground in frustration and retreated passively to create distance.

While pursuing Hera with various attack methods, Ekalen began trying to contact her and tell her the information she had heard.

"Um?!"

His pupils contracted slightly; it felt as if his connection with Hera had been completely severed!

Could it be because he died once?!

Ekalen swallowed hard, only then realizing that her ability to coexist with Hera was indeed gone.

Previously, Ekaren could vaguely sense Hera's location, but now, if it weren't for the signs of a fight, he wouldn't even be able to find this place.

"ha--!"

While Aikalen was stunned, [Xia] suddenly spewed out a wide-ranging burst of flames, engulfing the opponent entirely.

The flames subsided, but what awaited him was not Aikaren's charred corpse, but several thick dragon bone cannons.

...

Unexpectedly, tenacious vines sprouted from the ground, coiling around Hera like pythons and violently throwing a building down.

boom--!

Hera struck the building like a white missile, sending up clouds of dust.

【Winter】 and 【Spring】 stood side by side below, looking at the building, while several ice spears, each several meters long, condensed in the air.

With a thought, he suddenly shot towards Hera.

The building, which already had a large hole smashed into it, was easily pierced by the thick ice spear.

An office worker was peering out the window, mouth agape, at the large hole below.

The building swayed slightly, and his already weak legs caused him to collapse to the ground.

"What, what, what's going on?!"

He crawled backward in terror, only to bump into a pair of fair legs.

He looked up and saw an extremely beautiful and charming white-haired girl coldly looking down at him.

He opened his mouth, about to say something, when the girl's hand transformed into a giant mouth and swallowed him whole.

"ah--!"

Upon witnessing this, the others screamed and scattered in all directions.

Several tentacles grew out from Hera's back, precisely piercing and devouring everyone present.

Hera lifted her leg and blasted the wall in front of her open, revealing the two people below.

In an instant, dense sword energy surged toward the two of them. [Spring] hurriedly raised her hands, and a sunflower made of warm light protected them.

After being blocked, the sword energy spread out as scarlet blood, staining the warm sunflowers crimson and obscuring the two women's vision.

Hera took a step forward, her body compressed to its maximum density, allowing her to fall from the high-rise building to the ground almost instantly.

Its body rapidly transformed into its best-suited beast form for charging, and in the blink of an eye, it bypassed the shield and struck at [Winter] with a claw.

[Winter] Her beautiful eyes trembled slightly as a thin layer of ice formed on her neck, which was about to be attacked by Hera.

A flash of scarlet light appeared, and shards of ice, stained red, flew out, revealing shocking wounds on that jade-like neck.

"ah--!"

[Spring] screamed in fright as thick vines wrapped around Hera.

Hera twisted her body, spinning rapidly through the air with blades covering her entire body, shredding the vines as if they had been hit by a meat grinder.

[Winter] The wound on her neck was frozen, and anger flashed across her cold and beautiful face. A powerful chill burst forth like an explosion.

Hera was thrown back, and the frigid temperature caused ice crystals to form on her body.

At this moment, everything around, from the greenery to the buildings, is covered in a layer of hard ice, making it look like we've entered the Ice Age.

If it were anyone else, their movements would be severely restricted in this environment, but Hera is different.

A tentacle, almost as thick as itself, grows from its back, covered with dense barbs.

With a forceful flick of its tentacle, all the barbs shot out.

[Winter] grabbed [Spring]'s hand and slid quickly across the ground with her to dodge the attack.

Having already learned her lesson, she wouldn't make the same mistake twice.

Hera's sharp limbs were firmly embedded in the ground, and the tentacles on her back continuously produced barbs that shot out.

It's like a gun emplacement.

While trying to avoid it, [Winter] began to sense that something was wrong.

Hera wasn't shooting at them continuously; she was deliberately blocking their escape routes.

They were now surrounded by a ring of barbs stuck in the ice, and the space they could hide in was getting smaller and smaller.

"A little trick..."

[Winter] gave a cold laugh, and the ice beneath her feet suddenly rose, carrying her and [Spring] into the air.

Unexpectedly, Hera's tentacles suddenly broke off and lashed out at the two people who had just been lifted up.

[Winter] gently retreated, flew towards its own tentacles, and then brushed past them.

The tentacles suddenly made a sharp turn in mid-air and surged forward again as if they were alive.

The two women, who thought they had dodged it, didn't even have time to react before they watched helplessly as the tentacle transformed into a huge, scarlet mouth in mid-air and lunged at them.

Black insects buzzed as they flew over, swarming around the two women and dragging them away. The tentacle missed its target and bit through the ice pillar.

"Really... I have to be the one to save him..."

"Thank you, Qiu!"

Spring gratefully opened her arms, wanting to hug Autumn, but was stopped by the other.

The tentacle activated the feathers within its body, flying back to Hera's body and merging with her.

Looking at the remaining three [Four Seasons], she came up with a strategy: kill [Autumn] first.

Both Winter and Spring have some defensive and restraining capabilities, but Autumn has almost none. Moreover, its attack power is almost powerless against Hera's direct attacks, which is why it has been hiding.

A metallic tip grew from Hera's front, and her entire body transformed into an arrow-like shape, which she then thrust towards the three of them.

The three exchanged glances and retreated in two different directions, while Winter, who was with Spring, launched an attack on them.

But Hera paid no heed, and like an arrow, she drew a beautiful arc in the air and plunged the tip of her sword straight into Qiu's body.

puff--!

A mouthful of black blood suddenly spurted from his mouth, his once youthful face now gaunt and his face filled with disbelief.

A pair of strong arms grew out and gripped Qiu's arms tightly to prevent him from resisting, and began to tear them outwards with force.

The metal spikes that pierced the opponent's body also began to change shape and violently expand.

"ah……!"