Chapter 237: Fūken Yūkō Wins MVP!

The time has come—attack!

With that interruption, Yagumo Shikie didn't say another word.

It was a simple declaration—no further explanation needed. Though the demons hadn't caught the final words of the 【Ursa Major】's envoy, they clearly heard: "Follow me!"

After him, Fūken Yūkō stepped forward calmly and decisively, without hesitation, becoming the second demon to set foot on the Moon.

Next came solitary great demons, like Rumia, still unmarried and alone.

Whether the Oni Four Heavenly Kings were mature women or little girls, all had long been eager to charge.

With a mighty roar, the battle-hungry demon horde let out earth-shaking howls, surging like a tidal wave around their great demon lord, flooding into the rift's passage.

The instant the demons stepped onto the Moon's reflection on the lake, their figures vanished without a trace—in an instant, the demon army passed through the reflection and arrived on the Moon's surface.

Before the demons stretched an endless, desolate, and freezing landscape.

The Oni, as vanguard and main force, and the Tengu, as scouts and air units, charged toward the Moon Capital under their leader's command.

The Rich Sea, the Clear Sea, the Rain Sea, the Storm Ocean… one after another, layer upon layer of seemingly impregnable barriers were breached. These were the Moon Capital's prideful defenses—yet they should not have fallen so easily.

They should not have been shattered in such a short time; at the very least, they should have thinned the demons' numbers and weakened their strength… but that assumed no extraordinary combat power was involved.

BOOM!

A deafening explosion suddenly ripped through the sky—a demonic cannon, concentrated enough to obliterate all life into ash, surged from the fingertip of a flower demon. A dazzling, unrivaled beam of light effortlessly pierced through every barrier, sweeping away everything in its path like a janitor clearing debris.

Light brighter than the sun descended—and all was reduced to nothing.

The layered mountains, the interwoven ridges, the countless craters scattered like stars—none existed before Fūken Yūkō.

On the Moon Capital's screens, no target could be seen—only a blinding white glow. From the holes left in the craters, it was clear she had advanced in a perfectly straight line.

As if she meant to split the Moon cleanly in two—utterly impossible to stop.

Any foolish demons who dared rush ahead of her were likewise reduced to ash along with the barriers. The rest learned quickly—they obediently followed behind the Flower Tyrant, watching as she replicated the same destruction, dismantling each defense one by one.

It seemed her power had not diminished at all—in fact, it had grown stronger in the vacuum of space, her demonic energy still boundless.

Various automated flyers, weapons, and adaptive counter-rituals activated to intercept the demon army—but as they approached, each was instantly shattered by Fūken Yūkō's fist.

Nothing could halt the footsteps of this Flower Demon God.

Fast. Too fast.

The demons advanced without obstruction, following Fūken Yūkō to the Moon Capital's final and greatest barrier.

"Beyond that barrier lies the Moon People's nation and city, doesn't it?"

Rumia, hidden within a darkness perfectly fused with the cosmic void, asked the Demon Sage with a strange expression.

"Yes…"

Aside from opening the passage between Earth and Moon, Yagumo Shikie had yet to defeat a single enemy. This left her, who had prepared for a brutal battle, deeply unsettled.

Yūkō raised her right hand—her demonic power coalesced once more. As she moved, a terrifying golden energy wave surged from her body, rapidly gathering into a massive energy cloud above Earth's satellite, shooting straight into the cosmos!

——Break——

Unparalleled destruction descended before the ancient capital!

The sky over the airless lunar surface was always dark. But the Moon People, accustomed to the barrier's seasonal adjustments, had long stopped caring—yet now, the sky suddenly blazed with unnatural brightness.

Many Moon People who hadn't closed their eyes in time went blind in the instant of blinding light. Countless others clutched their eyes and collapsed, screaming in agony.

A few seconds later.

The light and noise faded, revealing what lay beyond the barrier: roads and buildings vaporized and melted, stretching for kilometers—entire regions reduced to scorching ruins by the demonic cannon, orange-red flames burning everywhere, as if struck by a nuclear bomb.

Vast demonic energy swept across the Night Moon Plain. The wind, reeking of blood, and the thunderous tremors shook the entire Moon Capital into chaos.

Fully armed Moon Rabbits poured from all directions, trembling, forced to confront demons far beyond their comprehension.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

Fūken Yūkō continued advancing as if walking through an empty land. Yet her inner thoughts, her sole desire—were just one:

Ukon flower… where are you…?

…

Even Yagumo Shikie had to admit that Fūken Yūkō's contribution surpassed everyone else's. Yet she couldn't help wondering: where was the one who should have been first to reach the Moon Capital's barrier, eager to be the first to step on it?

Jia Ji had once again played the role of a free rider—and vanished again.

The Moon Capital's sages had received word of the invasion, but having lived in peace for so long, they and their Moon Rabbit soldiers could not possibly react in time to dispatch forces against just one intruder—rather than the full demon army.

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Could it be the legendary Moon Princesses? One of them possessed instantaneous teleportation—if it were her alone, she might have arrived in time.

No.

Nor was it any Moon Princess.

Then why hadn't Jia Ji appeared?

After Jia Ji stood alone atop all demons, who in this world could make him stumble? Who could make him fear? Who could make him retreat?

Beyond the Silent Sea, the outer lunar terrain was dotted with countless ancient, bright highlands and prominent impact craters. Jia Ji, leaping forward at breakneck speed, could only be tracked on the Moon Capital's monitors when slowed a thousandfold—he paused for an instant at the edge of one crater, then vanished before it could be clearly seen, already arriving at the next.

His speed led all other demons—but just before reaching the Moon Capital… an unexpected obstacle appeared.

An obstacle that should have been impossible—yet fate, cruel and mocking, placed it directly before Jia Ji, leaving him frozen, trembling, drenched in cold sweat—

——a lady in court robes.

【Great Spirit: Sis, weren't we supposed to fight Moon People and little bunnies?! @ForeverSeventeen】

【Great Spirit: Why the hell is it Pure Fox?!】

(End of Chapter)