Cornerstone Gate.

This inverted pyramid-shaped complex located in the center of Genshin Island is, as its name suggests, the center of Genshin Island. It is not only responsible for managing the entire artificial island, but also the core part that connects all the artificial island blocks together. The reason why this artificial island floating on the sea has not disintegrated due to the influence of ocean currents and typhoons is entirely due to the fact that the cornerstone gate absorbs and buffers this part of the impact.

Because of this, the security here is extremely strict, with 150 fully armed guards stationed here, including 16 magic attackers. In addition, there are countless barriers used to protect the cornerstone gate. It can be said that it is an impregnable fortress.

However, just as the Maginot Line was ultimately useless, the core of the Genshin Island was also hit by an unprecedented attack today. The barrier protecting the wall was destroyed without any resistance, the sixteen magic attackers were completely defeated, and the guards were completely wiped out.

There are only two people who can do all this.

"how so……!"

Looking at the burning corridor and the soldiers lying on the ground, Asagi covered her mouth with a pale face. As Ai Li's classmate and friend, Asagi is not just an ordinary high school girl, she is also a member of the Central Management Agency on Genshin Island. Because of the explosion in the warehouse area today, she also rushed to the Central Management Area to help, but what Asagi did not expect was that the suspect in the warehouse explosion was so bold as to attack the Cornerstone Gate - and succeeded!

"boom!!!"

The wall was broken, and then Asagi saw a blue-haired girl who was covered in a white giant monster, and a tall and burly man holding a battle axe walked out. They stared at Asagi standing in front of them without saying a word. Asagi stood there stiffly, not knowing what to do for a moment - although she had powerful computer skills, Asagi herself had no fighting ability.

However, at this moment, suddenly, a beam of white light flashed from the passage next to it, and the next moment the light suddenly appeared, and then Ai Li and Xue Cai appeared in front of Asagi.

"Ellie!"

Seeing her friend appear, Asagi immediately shouted, and when Ai Li heard Asagi's voice, she was relieved and turned to look at her.

"Are you okay, Asagi?"

"I'm fine!"

Asagi nodded vigorously, and then looked at Ellie anxiously. She realized at this moment that Ellie was covered in blood under the light of the fire, and the cloak and witch hat she usually wore were also tattered. Just seeing this scene made Asagi tense.

The tall man on the other side also noticed Ellie's presence and narrowed his eyes.

"I never thought you were still alive."

"I'm sorry to disappoint you... But this time, I'll stop here. No matter what you want to do, don't expect to succeed as long as I'm here. Just surrender."

"Humph! You want me to surrender?!"

Hearing what Ai Li said, Teacher Jian suddenly became furious.

"You have no idea what kind of sins this city of yours has!"

"……?"

Hearing this, Ai Li, Xue Cai and Qian Cong looked at each other in confusion, obviously not understanding what he was talking about. Teacher Jian stared at them coldly and continued speaking.

"This city, which you call Genshin Island, was designed and built forty years ago. Using spiritual lines, or what the East calls dragon veins, to create artificial floating islands and build new cities was a groundbreaking idea at the time. However, the power of dragon veins is not so easy to use, so the designer at the time, Genshin Senra, divided the artificial island into four parts and used the four sacred beasts in feng shui to control the power of the dragon veins. However, he encountered a problem."

Teacher Jian snorted coldly.

"The foundation stone was not strong enough. With the technology at the time, it was impossible to create building materials strong enough to support the entire artificial island. So he resorted to a despicable evil method..."

At this point, Teacher Jian became even more furious.

"He stole the noble body of the saint of our temple and used it as the cornerstone of the island that allowed many demons to run rampant. This trampling on our faith - absolutely cannot be forgiven!!!"

Hearing this, Xue Cai also spoke hurriedly.

"The use of sacrificial building materials is now prohibited by international treaties, not to mention the use of the remains of a saint that was usurped. With current technology, it is possible to create the foundation stone needed to connect the artificial island without using human pillars. You can obviously request to replace the foundation stone and then return the holy relics..."

"Can you say the same thing when your loved ones are being trampled and in pain? This is a holy war between our religion and this heretical city! We will never surrender!"

“…”

Faced with Teacher Jian's angry questioning, Xue Cai was speechless for a moment, while Ai Li yawned.

"Okay, I understand your idea. So, prepare to die."

"Why?"

Hearing Ai Li's answer, Setsuna and Asagi looked at her in surprise, but Ai Li shrugged her shoulders after noticing their gazes.

"No matter what the reason, it is unacceptable to involve innocent people in terrorist attacks. Whatever he wants to say is his business, and what we want to do is our business...Oh, of course, Americans are not included. After all, the United States is an exception."

Having said that, Ai Li revealed a somewhat ferocious smile, then turned her head and looked at Teacher Jian again.

"Yukina, please take Asagi and leave here first."

"But Senior..."

"It's going to be a big mess next, huh? You weren't in a good condition just now, and Asagi doesn't have much fighting power, so I'll have to trouble you to help take care of her."

"Okay... I understand."

Hearing Ai Li's request, Xue Cai hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, then she grabbed Asagi's hand beside her.

"Senior Lan Yu, please follow me."

"Hey? Wait, who are you?! What's your relationship with Ellie? Where are you taking me...?"

However, before Asagi could finish her words, Setsuna grabbed her hand and quickly left the battlefield.

"snort."

Watching the two people leave, Teacher Jian narrowed his eyes and turned his gaze to Ai Li.

"Do you really think you have a chance to defeat us?!"

Do you really think you have a chance of defeating us?

Fang Zheng opened his eyes and scratched his head in frustration.

"This won't work. This requires cheating... As of now, this character still has a bit of difficulty dealing with the enemy..."

If it was before, it would be enough to just rely on the beast, but now the situation is different. Because the spell was completed from the "Snow Wolf" of Yukina, the beast currently summoned by the blue-haired girl has the buff of "magic attack invalid", and the skills in Ai Li's hands are basically all magic attacks...

Well, this is equivalent to asking a fire mage to fight a fire element, which is basically a free kill.

What to do?

Fang Zheng was not very familiar with the lightning-attributed fighting style. He only knew one person, Misaka Mikoto, who used lightning, but in Fang Zheng's opinion, that person had no reference value. After all, even if it was Misaka Mikoto, wouldn't she still be defeated if she met Touma? Not to mention that the blue-haired girl was more difficult to deal with than Kamijou Touma. Touma only had one hand, but the blue-haired girl was immune to magic all over her body.

It would be great if Ellie could use a greatsword, but unfortunately her strength is less than 20, so she can't use wolf swordsmanship - shouldn't she have increased strength instead of agility?

Forget it, there is no way to delete and start over now.

That’s right!

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng suddenly snapped his fingers.

Don’t you still have some spiritual crystals left in your hands?

Of the spirit crystals that were recovered from the spirit world, the ones that had already been used were the Angel of Extinction, the Whispering Banner, the Lord of Seal, the Fake Witch, the Songstress of Broken Army, and the Lord of Ao Sha. Now Fang Zheng still had two spirit crystals left, the Burning Ghost Slayer and the Hurricane Knight. Although considering Ellie's attributes, the Hurricane Knight was a good choice, but if we look at the destructive power...

As expected, it is better to burn and kill ghosts.

Although it's not a big sword, the big axe is also very powerful.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng also waved his hand, and soon, a bright red spiritual crystal appeared in his hand. Then Fang Zheng stared at the spiritual crystal in front of him and was silent for a moment.

Although you create your own character, there is a limit to the power you can bear. Just like the robots in the mecha wars, you can only have four slots at most. It is obviously impossible to add all the plug-ins. Now Ellie's "plug-in slot" has already added vampires and werewolves. If she adds an elf... it will almost reach the limit.

The last one depends on the situation after all.

But for now, Burning Ghost Killer is the best choice, which can make up for Ellie's shortcomings in close combat.

Well, it’s decided then!

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng no longer hesitated. He flicked his right index finger, and the spiritual crystal that was shining with bright red light instantly turned into a meteor and disappeared into the pages of the book in front of him.

"Do you really think you have a chance to defeat us?!"

"Is that even a question?!"

Ellie suddenly opened her eyes, and at the same time, scorching flames erupted from all around her body.

"Show yourself, Camael!"

As Ellie called out, a huge, bright red axe suddenly appeared in her hand. At the same time, the tattered clothes on Ellie's body also changed into a pure white style similar to a fairy's feather dress. A huge magical aura instantly exploded and spread, condensing with the shining thunder, turning into a terrifying pressure that shook people's hearts.

“What, what is this!?”

Teacher Jian had obviously never seen such a phenomenon before. Just facing the huge amount of magic power condensed in front of him almost made him breathless. Even so, he still had no intention of retreating.

"Astarudi! Defeat her!"

"Order accepted."

Hearing the order from her creator, the blue-haired girl controlled the white giant to rush forward again and swung her fist at Ellie. However, facing the blue-haired girl's all-out attack, Ellie did not retreat. Instead, she clenched the battle axe in her hands with both hands and swung it forward with force.

"boom!!!"

The battle axe collided with the troll's fist, and the next moment the troll's body shook and retreated.

“Haa ...

However, Ellie did not stop. She gripped the battle axe with both hands and swung it again.

At this moment, the power of the beast shining with thunder combined with the power of the elves, and was inhabited by the "Scorching Demon Killer" in Ellie's hand, blasting forward with a scorching wind. Then, accompanied by a dull thud, the giant monster that stretched out his hands to resist the attack was directly knocked to the ground by the axe that fell from the sky.

"Impossible! Why is this happening?!"

Teacher Jian was stunned when he saw this scene, because he could clearly see that the beast that had completed the spell did block the flames and thunder that Ai Li burst out, but it was powerless in the face of the huge axe. Could it be that there was something strange about this axe? !

"Do you think it's weird? Of course it is weird!"

At this moment, Ellie didn't care at all. She seized the opportunity and chopped down again with the axe. This time, the axe in her hand even tore through the surface of the white giant and cut deeply into it.

The reason why it was able to cause damage to the white giant monster in front of him was naturally because of the effect of "Burning Ghost Killer".

The weapons of the elves are all powerful, but they are also divided into two parts: physical attack and attribute attack. Ai Li uses the magic power of the beast and her own magic power to infuse the output of "Scorching Ghost Slayer". In this way, the overall attack power of the Scorching Ghost Slayer will increase sharply.

Simply put, now when Ellie chops with her axe, she can cause 5,000 points of damage, of which 2,000 is physical damage and 3,000 is attribute damage. Even if the blue-haired girl's beast can resist 3,000 points of attribute damage, it does not mean that the remaining 2,000 points of physical damage are invalid.

The only question then is the proficiency of the operator himself.

Unfortunately... Ellie said that she is most proficient in using two-handed weapons!

"drink!!"

The white giant stood up again, but this time, Ellie rushed into the arms of the white giant with the axe. The sharp part of the axe in her hand, like a spear, directly penetrated the wound caused by the axe and stabbed into the body of the white giant.

Then Ellie raised her head and looked at the blue-haired girl inside the white giant's body, who looked confused and surprised because of her advance.

"I'm sorry, but don't worry, it will only hurt at the beginning...!"

"!"

Hearing this, the blue-haired girl seemed to realize something and hurriedly controlled the beast to try to retreat, but unfortunately, it was too late.

At this moment, Ai Li has already called out the name of the familiar that was awakened by Setsuna's blood.

"Explode, Lion's Gold!!"

“——!!”

The flashing lightning instantly exploded in the body of the white giant, and the blue-haired girl who was bombarded by the electric current did not say a word and fainted directly. As the host fell into a coma, the white giant, as a familiar, immediately released its form and then disappeared into the air.

Ellie reached out and put the unconscious blue-haired girl on the ground. Then she looked at the pale-faced teacher not far away and raised the battle axe in her hand.

"Next, it's just you."