Chapter 1275

People on the ground have returned, we… will challenge the sky again!

... but this time, I won't be overwhelmed by humanity's dark side. Face us, incarnation of the sky!

In an instant, Soralbis and Lunabis turned into two brilliant beams of light, shooting straight toward the giant eye on the celestial painting wall, and as the clouds roiled, the entire celestial painting wall began to tremble violently.

Baie and Fengjin exchanged a glance and nodded in silent understanding.

Soon, a golden chain shot from the giant eye; Baie, quick-eyed and quick-handed, leapt up and firmly grasped the chain in his palm.

Baie's arms tensed, and with a deep, angry shout, he jerked the chain downward with force——

"Boom——!!"

The celestial painting wall split open.

Countless fragments scattered like a rainstorm, the overcast weather began to change, as if a fireball had ignited the sky, and rolling heat waves surged forward like a tsunami.

However, what truly made everyone present hold their breath was the colossal creature revealed after the painting wall shattered.

It was a towering giant bird like a mountain range, its shadow nearly covering the entire platform beneath the people's feet. Its huge eye grew at the base of its long, slender neck, now constantly turning and surveying the tiny, ant-like crowd below.

Baie's pull actually hauled the Titan hiding behind the painting wall out by force! The golden chain now tightly coiled around Aigle's neck, forcibly imprisoning it on this mortal battlefield.

——

Crimson Red Pupil

This is Aigle… wow, wow, what a huge creature!!

Aigle spread its wings fully on both sides, like two dark clouds pressing down on the earth; in an instant the light dimmed, Weil stared up in shock, and a bead of hot sweat trickled down his forehead.

So how exactly did Senyeois defeat Aigle? Can a Titan that only appears in legends really be harmed by swords?!

Weil is curious?

"Sure…" Weil stared at Aigle without blinking; though he had seen huge dangerous species before, even the largest he'd ever imagined seemed like a rookie next to Aigle.

Flapping its wings, it summoned gales and thunder… Are the legends about Aigle not exaggerated but rather factual accounts?

"Weil, you're only focusing on Aigle, but actually Baie is the most terrifying, right?" Hei Tong said softly.

Baie?

Weil then noticed Baie still tightly gripping that golden chain in his hand.

"His strength is almost inconceivable—he actually hauled Aigle straight in from outside the painting wall. When Senyeois killed Aigle back then, she must have had this kind of strength, right?"

"And Weil, have you noticed? The weather seems a bit off…" Hei Tong put down his candy bag, looked up at the sky outside the window. Although the capital was supposed to be overcast and rainy today, not a drop of rain had fallen, and not even a decent cloud was in sight.

What replaced it was an inescapable, irritating heat. What truly unsettled her, though, was that the temperature kept rising……

——

"Is this weather to your liking, incarnation of the Titan? Then indulge your taste—try the blazing flames of Qinshen!"

Baie gripped his longsword, pointing the blade straight at Aigle's mountain‑like body.

"If you can still hear my voice, Lady Senyeois— the power of those who swore to save the world… please bear witness!"

Aigle slowly flapped its wings; the flames burning at the edges of its wings were flung off in the instant of motion, turning into countless scorching fireballs that rained down thickly on the people on the platform.

Baie showed no panic; with a sweep of his sword, a whistling blade came forth, and in the blink of an eye he deflected the dozens of fireballs hurtling toward him, like a dense sword net, tightly shielding those behind him.

But although Baie's sword could block tangible attacks, it could not stop the invisible heat. Everyone felt as if they were inside a sealed furnace, the scorching air seeping everywhere, greedily licking their skin.

"The temperature, rising——"

Dan Heng pressed his two fingers together and lifted them upward; Fajina's spiritual water instantly formed a thin water curtain, barely lowering the heat around everyone.

"We must first find a way to extinguish this heat flow!"

Fengjin looked around, quickly spotted something, and gazing at the two bud‑like devices beneath Aigle's wings that kept emitting heat, she shouted loudly: "Little Ika——!!"

"Boop… boop boop——!!"

Little Ika understood instantly; its chubby body suddenly kicked up a gust of wind!

Accompanied by a piercing sonic boom, Little Ika's white body shot forward like a missile, drawing a visible shockwave trail in the air and slamming with devastating force into the Yang‑Lei Crow beneath Aigle's wings.

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Dragon Clan.

The Tokyo Meteorological Agency has just issued a red high‑temperature warning. This is the first time such a warning has ever been issued in Tokyo's recorded history. Due to the rapid rise in temperature, please citizens cease all outdoor activities, do not go out, close doors and windows, turn on cooling equipment, and guard against heatstroke——

The television picture flickered again.

A news flash from NHK scrolled across the bottom of the screen: asphalt on roads in many parts of Tokyo began to soften, the exterior wall coatings of multiple buildings in Shinjuku blistered from heat, and pine trees in the outer gardens of the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda started to self‑ignite……

These lines rolled across the screen bottom like a virus, each more absurd than the last. If it weren't for Aigle in the sky canopy continuously emitting heat, Shuji Mai would even suspect that today's heat was a harbinger of the world's end.

She stood before the hotel's floor‑to‑ceiling window; although the air‑conditioning behind her kept sending cold air into the room, even so, standing close to the glass she could still feel the heat radiating from it.

21:03.

Although it was night, the sky over Tokyo was lit up like day by the canopy; she tapped the window glass lightly with her finger, and a burning sensation spread from her fingertip.

It's scorching. This level of heat could probably fry an egg on the glass. Outside, the Shinjuku night view twisted and warped in the heat haze; light from Tokyo Tower passed through the swirling hot air, refracted into eerie, wavering lines, like glowing jellyfish drifting in the deep sea.

"Titans fighting, we're the ones suffering— is this fair?" The voice of the chips girl came from the direction of the freezer; she was busy putting away the prepared ice packs, "I really don't know how long this heat will last, do you? I just had a staffer bring me an ice cream upstairs, but it melted before it even reached the floor!"

"My ice cream is ruined!" she added angrily, "Long‑legs, do you know what it feels like to watch your ice cream melt into a puddle on the road? It's worse than watching your ex‑boyfriend get married!"

"You say that… it sounds like you have an ex‑boyfriend." Compared to herself, the chips girl's love life was as clean as a blank slate.