Chapter 399: The Virgin's Rebellion

Fengcheng Meiyu was awakened by the alarm's sound, slowly rousing from that bizarre, fantastical dream, she opened her eyes and took a deep breath.

She turned her head to look at the nightstand beside the pink large bed; on it sat a small black spherical object, slightly larger than her fist.

Now its tiny body trembles incessantly, and when it moves, this little creature lets out a scream—precisely a shriek emitted at a volume humans can hardly bear.

Mixed with various noisy sounds, it absolutely can wake someone from a dream; although it's said to be intolerable for humans, Fengcheng Meiyu has grown somewhat accustomed to it, after all she has been relying on this little thing to force herself awake during this period.

This is her alarm, a specially made, expensive device designed to torment people; if you don't turn off its power, it will keep blasting unpleasant noises until the energy stored inside that can last a very long time is exhausted, and it will let you know what real noise is.

Fengcheng Meiyu watched the incessantly noisy alarm, a faint smile appeared, then she picked it up and gently pressed the button on its back to turn it off.

From today on, she won't need this anymore, because today is the university's internal exam; as long as she follows the plan, she will become a college student.

After turning off the alarm, Fengcheng Meiyu sat up on the large bed and stretched widely; though her face was originally lively and delicate, it now bore faint dark circles.

For this exam, she has expended all her lifelong effort these past days.

"Miss, we should go." At that moment, a knocking came from outside the door, the rhythm steady, full of patience, not at all annoying.

"Understood." Fengcheng Meiyu jumped off the bed, stood before the full-length mirror in her room, carefully examining her black hair that fell like a waterfall, gave it a light toss, satisfied, then walked out the door.

Waiting outside was a woman with a fairly good appearance, short black hair, dressed in a black professional outfit; she was Fengcheng Meiyu's personal maid and secretary, responsible for all of Fengcheng Meiyu's miscellaneous affairs.

"Miss, you should go wash up now; the university's internal exam will be in two hours, that is, starting at nine. Although the time is fairly ample, based on prior experience we need to arrive there an hour early to make the necessary preparations." The housekeeper gave a slight nod.

"I understand, please wait outside." Having said that, Fengcheng Meiyu closed the room door again.

A few minutes later, the room door opened again; Fengcheng Meiyu tied her long hair, which she had been growing for a while, into a high ponytail, her original pink pajamas replaced by a clean, neat white coat in cool tones; in the sunlight, her fair skin looked almost translucent.

Fengcheng Meiyu was very satisfied with her appearance today, and her condition was also excellent; the confidence in her heart was about to overflow.

"Let's go, today is the last day."

"Yes."

"How do you feel, Miss?" the housekeeper asked, watching Fengcheng Meiyu stand out prominently in the flowing crowd.

The students attending this university are elites from around the world; naturally the competition is fierce—if one hasn't reached a certain deviation value in high school, they may not even qualify to apply for the exam; of course, this university is also very famous nationwide.

"Of course no problem." Fengcheng Meiyu listened to the housekeeper's inquiry, she said with a hint of pride about how this exam went, while the housekeeper listened silently, occasionally giving praise; she knew the difficulty of this exam, because she herself graduated from an institution of the same level.

"Miss, should we go home first or to the mall?" the housekeeper asked; having cared for Fengcheng Meiyu for so long, she knows her personality well—after every exam or competition, she buys a lot of things to relax.

"To Heavenly River, my friends are still waiting for me." Fengcheng Meiyu took out a mirror, examined the completely different self reflected, and smiled.

Although the sky has now darkened, she is already impatient; she wants to tell him this news, and more importantly, she has finally shed her identity as a Heavenly River student.

"Wait, what is that?" Fengcheng Meiyu, full of anticipation, suddenly looked with horror at the distant crimson light pillar shooting up into the sky.

The Dark Nebula was rapidly expanding, a spatial portal large enough to shroud the sky opened; the twilight sky instantly fell under night's dominion, that crimson light pillar like a sword piercing the heavens, with booming thunder and crimson lightning continually surging.

Fengcheng Meiyu suddenly realized what it was: a Star Disciple, only a Star Disciple could produce such a scene; gazing at that light pillar like a heaven‑and‑earth‑destroying blast, her formerly confident face turned pale instantly, she realized something, and her body began to shake violently.

Strong unease was enveloping her body, the fear in her eyes spreading rapidly, she could no longer control her own body.

"Please don't let anything happen!" "Accelerate!" she said, trembling.

"What?" the housekeeper looked at the terrified Fengcheng Meiyu, she didn't understand why she would be so frightened by what should be some strange astronomical phenomenon caused by a laser.

"I told you to accelerate!" Fengcheng Meiyu roared.

"Understood."

"Come on, Dark Nebula, guide me to the side of the bestower."

A huge shadow obscured the sky, devouring the remaining sun, turning the world into a dark, lightless shade; Sagittarius's body followed the twelve Constellation Switches and shot up into the heavens!

At the center of the rotating black hole a bright beam gradually appeared; Sagittarius hovered beneath this translucent light pillar, rising from the ground, flying all the way to this rotating black hole, then raised both hands, lifted its head to gaze at the continually opening white light, its heart filled with anticipation.

Crimson thunder, driven by an impulse to destroy everything, struck down hard; lightning flashed again and again, illuminating the surroundings like a lightning‑spewing dragon soaring above the clouds.

"Could it really end like this?" Ruyue Xian Tairan lay on the ground, the Dark Nebula's opened whirlwind tossed all the seawater continually surging toward the shore.

The wildfire sparked by lightning was spreading, scorching flames engulfing every corner of this beach; the gradually expanding light in the sky illuminated their somewhat desperate faces.

Leo, Libra, Virgo, together with this terrifying Dark Nebula, at this moment Ruyue Xian Tairan felt the wounds on his body hurt even more.

Then a young voice echoed across the beach:

"It's not that simple to say. Ruyue, I remember I should have taught you: never give up until the very last moment; in the deepest despair, hope often lies hidden."

"Teacher? And Xianwu?" the desperate Ruyue Xian Tairan straightened his body.

"Have you finally come?" Shuotian Xingxing leaned on the storm‑staff, barely managing to rise from the ground.

"That person has finally appeared." Leo let out a low growl.

The engine roar surpassed the thunder; a silver‑white motorcycle arrived at the beach in the blink of an eye, its white exhaust like a swimming dragon.

"It looks like the Leap‑Through Gate is about to open, though unfortunately your plan won't succeed." Jiang Xia took off his helmet and stepped down from the motorcycle.

On the way he also picked up the already unconscious Cao Chuntail, so he was a bit late.

And the arriving Ge Xing Xianwu, looking at the Sagittarius floating in the air, shouted loudly:

"I hope, you are not invincible now; if you want to leap through the Dark Nebula, when Sagittarius uses the twelve switches to open the Leap‑Through Gate, its attack power becomes zero."

"What?" Sagittarius lowered its head to look at Ge Xing Xianwu.

"You collected the twelve Constellation Switches waiting for this moment, and unfortunately I am also waiting for it." Jiang Xia looked at Sagittarius and smiled.

The Constellation Switches have finally been gathered; only a little bit remains.

"You don't need me to teach you this, do you? Ruyue, Xingxing." Jiang Xia said. "Yeah, Xingxing, go now!" Ruyue Xian Tairan shouted, the Holy Blade Bariyin in his hand suddenly opened, blue cosmic power began to boil at this moment, sword light surged from the blade, the strong air currents even formed a spiraling storm—this was his full effort.

"Don't even think of succeeding!"

Leo's body blazed with blinding, dazzling starlight, the air even rang with a trembling roar—this was the prelude to Leo's roar.

And seeing this, Shuotian Xingxing simultaneously charged toward Leo, the storm spiral on his Meteor Storm Staff rotating rapidly.

As Leo prepared to unleash unparalleled power to deal with them, a red spiral coiled around the staff of the storm burst forth—this was his strongest strike.

"Boom!"

Before Leo's roar could erupt, the staff accompanied by the crimson storm had already struck its head, spreading crimson wind blades outward, hitting with full force.

Countless blades and explosions flew outward, the firelight from the explosions enveloping Leo; defeating it was not the goal, stopping it was what mattered most.

Seeing Virgo, whose Lion was blocked, suddenly flare with constellation light, its vast wings instantly unfolding, facing Ruyue Xian Tairan who had already flown into the sky, the staff in his left hand ignited with a crimson energy wave.

This time Virgo, who had not revealed mountains and waters, likewise exerted full force; the already materialized burning energy could generate a small spatial black hole, capable of annihilating and piercing most matter in this world.

The terrifying power of this strike even left Wang Guangming, who was at the center of the Dark Nebula, astonished by its attack power.

Such an attack gathers all of one's internal cosmic energy in one breath.

Virgo's normal staff attacks can spatially cut most objects; the attack now condensed from Virgo gathering all its power likely indicates what fate awaits the target.

It's like releasing all the stored power of many years at once—not just a simple block, but betting all energy on this attack, essentially a do-or-die effort.

Of course this is the last; regardless of which way the scales of victory tilt, this very moment is a one-of-a-kind opportunity.

The life-burning technique always emits brilliant splendor.

Ruyue Xian Tairan paid no heed to Virgo's movements—or rather, he didn't care at all; his sole target now is Wang Guangming, and even if someone chooses to launch an attack now, he will seize this moment to hard-resist, solely to save the world.

To Ruyue Xian Tairan, the lives of the people living on this land are far more important than his own survival; even if it means mutual destruction, he will stop Wang Guangming—this is the answer he found in despair, having found hope.

「Knight Super Galaxy Galaxy Finale! 」

At the moment the blue light blade aimed at the suspended swing, Virgo, who had been facing Ruyue Xian Tairan and storing power, also acted; the black hole formed from the ultimate spatial power shot violently from Virgo's staff.

「Huh? 」 Ruyue Xian Tairan looked at Virgo in astonishment.

And having exhausted all strength, even unable to maintain flight posture, Virgo fell to the ground but instead nodded at Ruyue Xian Tairan hovering in midair.

Because at the last moment, Virgo's figure instantly shifted; the black hole originally produced from stored power did not attack Ruyue Xian Tairan, but turned its barrel and, together with Ruyue Xian Tairan, aimed at the Archer in midair, forming a left‑right pincer.

The combined full-force attack of the two finally hit, reducing the Archer's attack power to zero at the moment of impact.

At the moment the attack landed, the hurricane‑like pressure and soaring firelight swept all directions, blasting Ruyue Xian Tairan, who was midair, away by the explosion's power.

A piercing sound rang on his body; even though he was the final form Fourze, he was directly blown apart by the explosion's aftershock.

Meanwhile, Libra and Leo on the ground could only crawl, feet braced against the ground grabbing nearby supports, while Leo even spread its claws and drove them into the ground to resist the tremendous impact.

And while this impact was not yet over, everything around turned to silence.

But this wasn't true silence; rather, the explosion's sound at the moment was unbearable for ordinary human ears, so one could only feel the earth shaking in the silence.

The coastal waves surged skyward, then turned into a downpour; the earthquake stirred a huge sea tide, possibly in a few minutes Heavenly River will face a massive tsunami.

The Dark Nebula above shattered instantly at the explosion's birth; together with the dark nebula, the earth also shattered, the ground instantly covered with countless cracks, and the reefs at the beach's edge were directly flung upward.

The shockwave, accompanied by the earthquake, spread throughout Heavenly River; even the seismic waves had reached Kyoto.

And when Ruyue Xian Tairan, Ge Xing Xian Wu, and Shuotian Liu Xing, who had been disintegrated by the first wave of impact, finally opened their eyes, they discovered they were all enveloped in a brilliant blue protective shield.

And when they looked up, Jiang Xia stood before them, emanating a pale blue halo, in human form.

「Teacher, you…」 Ruyue Xian Tairan stared at Jiang Xia before him, eyes wide.

「What's wrong, you don't recognize me? 」 Jiang Xia gazed at the surrounding smog, withdrew the protection; the explosion had ended, but the battle had only just begun.

「Teacher, are you an extraterrestrial? 」 the forthright Shuotian Liu Xing asked; barehanded resisting an earthquake‑raising explosion, and still able to spare energy to protect everyone—how could this be an earthly lifeform.

Ge Xing Xian Wu, standing behind Jiang Xia, lowered his gaze upon hearing Shuotian Liu Xing's words.

「Of course not, I'm an earthling; this is merely a method of using cosmic energy. 」 Jiang Xia replied, 「I'll first restore you; the battle isn't over yet. 」

Speaking, the brilliant blue cosmic power equally covered each person, healing all wounds from the explosion and battle, even their clothing.

This is Aquarius's healing ability; even clothing can be repaired.

「How is that possible? The Dark Nebula has been dispelled; Wang Guangming should already be dead. 」

Virgo's body emitted black‑red cosmic energy; in an instant, the Star Disciple's super‑evolution was forcibly undone, returning to Jiang Benzhou Hui, who clutched his chest in disbelief.

If Jiang Xia hadn't just used his power to stabilize Jiang Benzhou Hui's body, he would now have lost the side effects of the cosmic energy and wouldn't even have a chance to speak.

「Professor Tachibana, look back. 」 Jiang Xia pointed ahead.

Virgo is Tachibana of the Anti‑Star Disciple Alliance! When Shuotian Liu Xing realized this, his formerly handsome face twisted from shock.

「I never thought the traitor would really be you, Virgo; I never imagined I'd one day have to kill my comrade with my own hands. 」 Wang Guangming said regretfully.

The Archer's body broke through the sky‑filled smoke and dust; in such an extreme explosion, its body bore not a single scratch, even remaining in peak condition.

「How could this be possible? 」 Jiang Benzhou Hui exclaimed in disbelief.

There aren't many things that could surprise him, but what's before him is absolutely a huge matter; he can't imagine what he's seeing.

All the officials of the twelve constellations gathered beside Wang Guangming, even including his own Virgo that originally belonged to him.

(End of chapter)