Doomsday Pillars

D-Day #495

Singapore, 5 days before the arrival of tribulation.

Deep within the Abyss Hole in the Island of Singapore, where pitch darkness resided as if swallowing all lights entering it, a series of painful screams and loud shouts were heard. The \'bustling\' atmosphere was also accompanied by the roar of a mighty beast.

ROAR!!!

Belligerent roars echoed inside the hole, as the beast seemed to be enraged by those who attacked it.

"Watch for the tail!! Everyone, watch for the tail!! Those who have shields go and raise them!!!!"

A middle-aged woman with a scar seen across her face was giving orders to 40 or so Sky realm fighters around her. As the sequence of orders were delivered, the woman eyed the creature in front of them with extreme resentment.

"They are incoming! Everyone be prepared!!"

Hundreds of poisonous spikes rapidly flew towards the group of Sky realm fighters. Loud clanking sounds resounded in the air, as most of the spikes were able to be blocked by the massive shields that fortunately had been prepared beforehand.

Alas, this group of Sky realm fighters could not relax yet, as they knew the threat, or rather, the creature was not dead yet. After all, the spikes were just one of the various means of attacking from that beast.

"Nam!! Hold it! Hold it!" the middle-aged woman shouted.

A figure with a body completely covered by a dazzling silver luster and a striking tattoo on his shoulder. Huge chains connected to the massive beast were wrapping over his entire body tightly. Through great effort the beast was restricted in its movement.

"Just a bit longer, Nam! You just need to hold just a little longer!"

On the other side of the beast, another part of the chains were held down by a huge woman with red blazing hair. While her face was pale and her body drenched in sweats, the woman still flashed a wild grin, as she looked at the tattooed figure.

"You are not going to lose to a girl, aren\'t you Nam?!" the red-haired woman shouted with vigor.

Upon hearing the female\'s provocative words, the tattooed figure only snorted. Of course, he also began to pull the chains with even more power, as he was indeed somewhat provoked by her. Naturally, the tattooed figure didn\'t forget to throw some words at the woman as well, "Huh! I am not sure if you are a girl or not, Maxine."

While the tattooed man and the red-haired woman argued and threw shades at each other, the area around them wasn\'t calm in the least!

Around them, at two different sides, a man with a weird and intriguing hairstyle and a girl with long black hair were seen moving around, launching strike after strike onto the restricted beast. The two of them were cooperating and complementing each other as they attacked every part of the beast, while also dodging the attacks the monster threw at them.

The other Sky realm fighters didn\'t remain still either. They casted everything they had in them and delivered countless spells and weapons towards the beast, in their endeavor to distract or even injure said beast.

While they continued to do their actions, the group held their ground as they waited for the perfect moment, the figure who would do the final attack. Moments later, a bright red light appeared and lit the entire cave, catching the attention of everyone.

"She\'s coming!!"

A figure completely cloaked with fiery flames plunged down towards the massive beast like a blazing meteor. Using the momentum the gravity bestowed her, the figure inside the flame swung her sword downwards.

[Nine Sun Manual - Stage 6]

[Fire Blade]

From the cusp of the sword\'s blade, a wave of fire materialized and formed into a crescent-shaped slash that swiftly zoomed towards the massive beast. In the blink of the eye, the flaming slash had reached the still clueless beast.

SPLAT!!!

The beast was cut from its head to the bottom of its tail by the raging fire. It was almost split in two! 

When the beast\'s body fell to the ground it caused dust and smoke to rise in the air, one could see the wounds the slash caused had already been cauterized and blackened, proving the flame reached an extremely high temperature.

Alas, it appeared the beast still hadn\'t died yet, as the dying head on the back of the beast was screeching in pain before its huge tail began launching its poisonous spikes in frenzy.

All the Sky realm fighters quickly retreated back to their shields, while those who didn\'t have enough time to do so gave their best to dodge the incoming spikes.

The blazing figure quickly dashed towards the woman with the scar who had been shouting orders to the fighters. When the middle-aged woman saw the figure, a joyful expression appeared on her face as she said, "Good job, Christina!"

Christina could only nod her head, as she was still panting out of breath. It looked like she was at the end of her stamina, as the last attack consumed most of what she had left.

"Last one, Sister Jennie... Only one left."

"Yeah! Just one last head remaining! Everyone, let\'s go!"

The middle-aged woman named Jennie looked at the other Sky realm fighters and shouted, "Everyone! Just one more! One last attack!!"

The group\'s spirit immediately rose through the sky, as they swiftly spent the remaining of their energy to jump in and launch their most powerful attacks towards the massive beast.

Dozens of Sky realm fighters were dashing towards it made the extremely bloody lion head confused and cower.

Noticing the opportunity had come, Christina leaped into the air and made her way to the beast with the sword in her hand already engulfed in the flames again. She tried to give the last-breath beast the last blow from above to end its life.

Realizing it would be dead if the attacks landed on it, the Chimera used its [Lion Roar] ability as its last resort. The piercing roar caused the charging fighters to come to a complete halt before they swiftly returned to where they were before, as the roar flung them all backwards through the air.

However, the roar didn\'t manage to stop Christina due to her high stage Sky realm strength. Hence, she pushed on the dying beast.

Splat!

The blazing blade went straight into the lion head.

"We won!!!"

The lion screamed in pain, shaking its head as its last attempt which resulted in the exhausted Christina thrown to the ground from its head. However, the sword still stuck in its head causing it unimaginable pain.

When everyone, without exception, thought that it finally ended, the chaotic movement due to the beast\'s last struggle caused its tail launching its few remaining spikes randomly.

Unfortunately, one of the spikes headed straight for Christina. She noticed the incoming spike, but she was too exhausted to even lift her finger after the last attack, which already drained all the energy she had.

*swish*

Splat!!

Blood splattered as some of them covered Christina\'s body and face. However, the blood didn\'t come from her, but from her best friend and sister, Jennie.

Jennie was towering over Christina with her back pierced by the poisonous spike, gazing at Christina with a caring smile on her face. Jennie was about to say something when she suddenly spurted black blood and fell down to Christina\'s embrace, unmoving.

"Jennie! NO!!!"