Chapter 716: Three-Way Standoff

"I'm afraid that really is the case! It seems Westcott is at the center of the magical torrent. It looks like he intends to use himself as the core to activate the Technique." Takamiya Mio gazed toward the aerial warship in the distance.

"But if he could do something like this, why didn't he do it sooner? If he could turn himself into a Spirit, wouldn't there be no need to go out of his way to collect the Spirit Crystals of other Spirits?" Itsuka Kotori asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Because, to achieve this, an extremely harsh condition is required, a condition he did not possess at the time. But now, that condition has appeared!" Takamiya Mio said.

"A condition?" Itsuka Kotori was somewhat confused.

"That's right! Thirty years ago, when the three of Westcott activated the Technique, they chose a key point located in the center of the Eurasian Continent. This is because at that location, there existed a vital hub of the magical torrent—what is referred to in magic or immortal arts as a Spirit Vein. The Technique was activated successfully, and I was born as a result. But as the price for my birth, the function of the Spirit Vein, along with the magic stored in the world, was entirely absorbed by me," Takamiya Mio explained. "So, to create a Spirit equal to me, one must wait until a massive Spirit Vein forms in the world again. However, that would truly require waiting hundreds or even thousands of years."

"Then why is this Technique able to succeed now!" Itsuka Kotori asked, somewhat distraught.

"That must be because I am here! After all, the current me can be considered the embodiment of a Spirit Vein, and Westcott is continuously gathering magic precisely through me!" Takamiya Mio's expression was somewhat complex.

"If Westcott becomes the Origin Spirit, then we're in big trouble!" Itsuka Shido looked at the sky, filled with worry.

Just at this moment, a burst of insane laughter came from the sky, and a figure approached this location rapidly from the distance.

"Westcott!" Looking at this figure, a trace of killing intent could not help but flash in Takamiya Mio's eyes.

If not for this person's existence, the person she loved most would not have died; if not for this person's existence, she would not have stained her hands with so much blood. Now, seeing her enemy appear before her, the first thought in Takamiya Mio's heart was to tear the person before her to pieces, preferably blasting him into the most microscopic particles.

The change in Takamiya Mio's emotions caused the Spirit Power around her to fluctuate instantly, and the Band of Light surrounding her body turned into lethal javelins in an instant, piercing toward the figure in the distance.

"The current me possesses power of the same origin as you; an attack like this cannot hurt me!" Westcott spread his arms and said with a loud laugh.

Vast Spirit Power was released from his body, but this Spirit Power carried an ominous aura, causing everyone present to frown.

"Is this... Inverse Spirit Power?" Tobiichi Origami, who had experienced an inversion, could not help but frown.

The powerful Inverse Spirit Power condensed into a formidable Shield around Westcott. The Band of Light bombarded the Shield, causing ripples to spread across it, but it could not break through it completely.

Having failed to land a hit, Takamiya Mio's expression remained unchanged. Her figure appeared instantly in front of Westcott, and vast Spirit Power was released from her body, pressing toward Westcott's direction. Westcott did not show weakness, and equally powerful Inverse Spirit Power was released from his body. The two forces entangled crazily in the sky, causing the entire space to distort.

"If they continue to confront each other like this, we're in big trouble!" Itsuka Kotori looked at the sky and said with a frown. "More importantly, there are a large number of reinforcements around Westcott, and those reinforcements seem to have Spirit Power bestowed upon them by Westcott!"

"Commander, the evacuation alarm has been issued." Just at this moment, the communicator in Itsuka Kotori's hand rang, and Kannazuki Kyouhei's voice sounded from the communicator.

"Well done, Kannazuki. Now, bring the Fraxinus EX over. I think we have a tough battle ahead of us!" Itsuka Kotori said with a calm face.

"Leave the matter of Takamiya Mio and Westcott to me! Leave the rest of these DEM people to you all," Lingyun landed in front of Itsuka Kotori and said. "By the way, I need to borrow Itsuka Shido!"

"Can you participate in the clash between those two?" Itsuka Kotori asked.

"Of course I can. But you all need to be careful of these DEM people; I will leave behind some measures to assist you!" After Lingyun finished speaking, three rays of light rushed out from his body, releasing powerful fluctuations of energy in the sky.

"Go, Three Phantom Gods, and tear those pieces of junk to shreds for me!"

"This, what is this?" Looking at the three huge figures appearing in the sky, Itsuka Kotori could not help but open her mouth wide.

"The Three Phantom Gods, one of my trump cards!" Lingyun chuckled, and his figure instantly turned into a stream of light, rushing toward the sky.

As Lingyun's figure rushed toward the two confronting each other in the sky, a colorful stream of light suddenly shot out from the small shop, chasing in Lingyun's direction.

In the sky, powerful forces stirred the clouds, emitting shrill whistling sounds. Spirit Power and Inverse Spirit Power clashed crazily against each other, tearing any object that dared to invade this area into pieces.

Just at this moment, a figure broke through the layers of crisscrossing Spirit Power and descended abruptly between the two. Powerful force was released from this figure, actually pushing all the Spirit Power and Inverse Spirit Power away. Subsequently, this force that had intervened in their struggle also hovered in mid-air, forming a three-way standoff with the powers of Takamiya Mio and Westcott.

"Swordsman?" Westcott frowned, clearly not expecting that Lingyun could intervene in the battle between them.

"Hmm, why is he closing his eyes?" Takamiya Mio looked at Lingyun, a trace of doubt in her heart.

"The clash between the two most powerful existences in this world is indeed a very interesting thing. I wonder if I can have a hand in this?" Lingyun said indifferently.

"Hum—"

A sword hum sounded, a stream of light pierced the Void, and a Long sword appeared abruptly in front of Lingyun. Lingyun reached out and grasped the Long sword, slowly opening his eyes, revealing heterochromatic eyes of gold and silver to the two. The moment he opened his eyes, the aura on Lingyun's body surged again and again, actually suppressing both Takamiya Mio and Westcott simultaneously with his own strength.

Under the influence of Lingyun's power, the space around the three distorted instantly, and the world was divided by a perfect arc, forming two distinct worlds of black and white. Takamiya Mio was located in the white world, and Westcott was located in the black world.

"Is this... Taiji?" Westcott looked at this peculiar world that enveloped them and asked.

"Taiji, perhaps!" The Long sword in Lingyun's hand swung, "It is time for the battle between us to come to an end!"