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As the h, Mika’s eyes flared with an unholy light Under Lan Jue’s direction she had been atte to call forth the power of Satan, to control it Under Lan Jue’s guidance, they could watch to see if she was tending toward a loss of control He would then step in and help stabilize her Now, she feltherself to let it free She needn’t fear losing herself to the evil
Finally able to employ and cultivate her powers, Mika’s powers had ih ninth level first rank, and closing in on second As Satan’s successor, she was certainly the strongest of his Aards to potential
The Hellfire Wand pulsed with an unsettling, dark red energy A corona of light hung around it, expanding A terrible, oppressive aura hung over the field The pirates grew frightened at the sight of her That stifling sensation slithered through the it difficult to breathe
The first pirate to try and flee was near the edge of the conflict A second followed, then a third
Mika’s fiery hair flailed through the cockpit like it was caught in a spectral wind The feral strands darkened until they were the sarunt, she poured her em at the top of the Hellfire Wand shone brilliantly like a small sun The red aura thickened, and spread like stor stone was a power gem, an a-ranked Hellfire Stone to be precise Its function was to greatly amplify any fire-based Disciplines It increased Mika’s by three hundred percent In truth, no nor
The clouds grew dark, but instead of lightning their lines were painted red Mo from the heavens There were few at first, but they were soon followed by countless ry fire and choking smoke while they barreled like inevitable doo pirates Where they landed, the earth was obliterated, scorched black and ruined The land around the pirates was blanketed in all-consu blasts
Charlie, Delta and Echo had completed their objectives, and their foes lay slain or fled in terror They watched in stunned silence as the world before them burned indiscriminately
This…
No suit was capable of this level of destruction No, this had to be the teaching assistant This had to be her Discipline! This red-haired, nor their foes
Alpha squad had succeeded in taking the planetary defense systeyun watched the distant horizon as it was painted red She saw that od, and her pupils contracted
At her level of cultivation, she was of course capable of sussing out another’s power level No wonder she was so confident that day, Tan Lingyun thought, she was a ninth level Talent Herto behold, and powerful if it could strengthen her Discipline to this level
The apocalyptic meteor shower continued for a few minutes more The earth beloas desecrated beyond recovery, and belched fires that would melt the student’s suits Clearly, there were no survivors in that lake of fire
Jezebel and Asura descended to join the others on the ground A ing all of theht have escaped The squads fanned out in all directions and proceeded to hunt down any re foes There was no more fear, or worry over the result This battle on, it was just tiround his teeth so hard they threatened to break He could see all that was happening below, on his Crie to blast the planet with the ship’s ive them support He wouldn’t delay one second – that was Zeus, the stuff of nightmares!
1 108 is an important number in Buddhist lore It’s also important for Hinduism and Jewish faiths, but the author likely meant to evoke the Buddhist bit As far as I reht lessons of the Buddha It’s almost ubiquitous with martial arts, and is seen often in fictional literature as a superhuman technique or series of techniques that ties the user to the universe
2 Unless I’m mistaken, this is the first time we’ve seen Mika in her suit I’ve chosen to name her Jezebel after the tale of Jezebel, which while I don’t see it here, is sometimes referred to as the ‘Mother of Harlots’, or Satan’s Whore In Chinese the nah, I think If I’, and I’ve already named her mecha, please remind me