Chapter 69

"Strengthen your own attributes with the power of the night, the symbol of water, the ruler of blue, the guardian of the moon, the protector of the rear, its name is [Divine Power]!"

Snow-white wings unfolded behind Misha, then transformed into water wings, and countless water pillars rose from the sea behind her, connecting to Misha's back. Misha's body gradually rose, floating in mid-air, and she looked at Tsukino with a cold gaze.

"Shakurei Kureha, can you go protect the inn?"

"Tsukino, do you know what you're doing? Or should I..."

"If you don't go, I will consider you an enemy."

"Tch, I understand." Shakurei Kureha did not dare to test the truth of Tsukino's words.

As countless ice pillars and water-like ice pillars collided, Shakurei Kureha retreated to the inn.

At this moment, everyone in the inn was in a panic. They all saw the situation outside, and the sky had changed. Could this be achieved by human power?

Shokuhou Misaki and Saten Ruiko were somewhat anxious. They did not know who Tsukino's enemy was this time, but it was an angel from mythology. However, this did not prevent them from seeing the strange sky.

"What's happening?" Misaka Mikoto felt something was wrong. The person who asked her to look up someone's address earlier had already made her very curious. She stood up to go out but was stopped by Saten Ruiko. "Ruiko?"

"Misaka, we can't get involved in this!"

[It's not that we can't get involved, but we shouldn't... ] Bai Tsukino, who was well-versed in human relations, immediately understood the meaning behind Saten Ruiko's words. "We won't get involved, but we can watch. It's better than worrying here."

Saten Ruiko had no way to resist this, so she stepped aside. The group came to the entrance of the inn and saw two figures battling in the air, with countless ice and water colliding and shattering.

"I want to help!" Misaka Mikoto didn't know what was happening, but she knew Tsukino was in a battle.

A tall figure blocked her path, and Misaka Mikoto recognized it as the person who was with Tsukino earlier.

"You..."

"No, you can't get involved in this."

"What are you talking about! I'm a Level 5 in Academy City."

"That's an angel."

...

"What?" Shakurei Kureha's words stunned everyone.

"That's right, it's an angel from mythology. But it's hard for you to understand the situation here." Shakurei Kureha didn't really want these people to understand; she just needed to protect them.

"We know, [Magic Side] person, please tell me, does Tsukino have a chance?" Shokuhou Misaki's words were also surprising.

"What, what magic, angels, these..." Misaka Mikoto and Bai Kuroko found it hard to believe what they were hearing.

"It's hard to say, after all, it's an angel." No one paid attention to Misaka Mikoto and Bai Kuroko's doubts, and Shakurei Kureha watched the battle with worry.

While watching the battle, Tsukino's situation was getting worse. Although both could control water, one could control it directly, while the other had to freeze it first. One had the sea at their back, while the other had nothing. In the continuous collisions, Tsukino's control range was getting smaller. It wasn't obvious yet, but Tsukino was already feeling the strain.

Tsukino originally wanted to freeze the surface of the sea directly, but the angel's divine power kept interfering. If Tsukino used the advanced freezing power, it would be difficult to maintain the current balance before completing the freeze.

[Should I use it?]

Tsukino's mind was full of struggle. If he used his trump card, he could definitely defeat the angel, but how would the people behind him see him? That posture... the previous cold and cruel image was already enough to make people keep their distance. If...

[No matter, hold on, if Tsuchimikado doesn't make it in time, I'll have to—kill you!]

However, as time passed, seeing that the attack was not working, the angel raised a hand, and a sky-obscuring magic array centered on the moon spread out.

Time was running out. If Tsuchimikado Motomasa didn't resolve the ritual site, a world-level magic would descend, and the world would be rebuilt. However, it would take Tsuchimikado an hour to get to Kamijou Touma's house, and time was running out.

"It's your own fault, don't blame me."

Tsukino gradually lowered his head. As a Heroic Spirit, he had a class, and as a Berserker, he had an inherent skill—[Berserk].

Tsukino really didn't want to use this skill. He knew what berserk meant. Although self-induced berserk could retain reason, that posture was truly ominous.

However, now, in his normal state, he couldn't match the angel, so he had no choice but to—

—"Berserk!"

The onlookers noticed something strange. Tsukino's ice gradually turned black, no... not turned, but blackness was spreading within it.

While marveling at Tsukino's strange condition, no one noticed that Hijiri Kusaha's eyes turned blood red. Hijiri Kusaha felt her blood boiling, but she quickly shook her head, thinking it was an illusion.

Finally, Tsukino raised his head again. Unlike before, Tsukino was now emitting black gas, no... not gas, but an unknown ominous substance. Tsukino's eyes turned completely red, like a demon descending.

Black ice crystals appeared. Whether it was the ice spears Tsukino created or the water he froze, everything turned ominous black. At this moment, a blue glow appeared; it was Frost's Sorrow! Even in his berserk state, Tsukino's reason was affected. He wouldn't have used it in front of so many people, but now Tsukino's mind was only focused on killing the target—the angel.

Tsukino leaped up, and black and blue auras intertwined. Without any technique, just one slash, he cut the water wings supporting the angel's body in half. At the same time, blackness gradually spread across the sea, and Tsukino seized control of the water from the angel, treating the angel's divine power as nothing!

Seeing this, the angel was also somewhat panicked. The angel had never seen such a transcendent power.

The magic array in the sky changed again, forming a cylindrical shape pointing at Tsukino, turning the world-level clearing magic into a single-target spell.

Seeing the change in the magic array, Shakurei Kureha couldn't help but hold her breath. The angel's active change in magic meant that in the angel's mind, Tsukino's threat was greater than the destruction of the ritual site and the return to the heavens!

The defensive field generated by the magic array pushed Tsukino away, but Tsukino was already preparing his next attack. It was a sword technique he couldn't fully master in his normal state—Fusion Moon.

Fusing with the moon, my body is the moon, attacking with the power of a planet—this was Fusion Moon. Of course, it wasn't really the power of the moon, but that realm completely transcended the norm. And in his berserk state, Tsukino made it possible.