Saize and the others were going on a wild rampage through the tower. To be precise, Saize was going on a rampage while the other four could only make panicked noises. This wasn't because the others didn't want to help, but because Saize's eyes had turned blood-red, as if he had completely lost his mind to battle frenzy. If Saize hadn't still been able to greet them normally, they would have fled in terror long ago.
"Hey, Juggler, is Saize really going to be okay like this?" Kurenai Gai asked cautiously from the side.
Juggler replied with some uncertainty, "He should be fine, I guess..."
Just then, Saize suddenly shouted, "What are you guys whispering about over there? Are you talking trash behind my back?" His voice was filled with killing intent and chill.
Hearing this, the group quickly looked up, and the sight made their hearts skip a beat. Behind Saize, a small Beelzebub was quietly raising the stinger on its tail, preparing to stab it fiercely into Saize's back. Because Saize was in a berserk state, his passive perception of his surroundings was weakened, and he completely failed to notice the danger behind him.
At the very instant the stinger was about to pierce Saize's body, a miracle occurred. The moment the stinger touched Saize's skin, it suddenly caught fire and instantly turned to ash. As it turned out, the immense energy of a solar core explosion contained within Saize's body raised his internal temperature to thousands of degrees, comparable even to the Sun itself. This extreme heat could not only melt metal but instantly destroy anything attempting to harm him.
Seeing this, Juggler and the others wore expressions of astonishment once again. They had originally thought Saize would be controlled by Beelzebub's puppet poison, but they never expected him to easily resolve the crisis thanks to his own special abilities.
The group continued forward and soon heard a horribly out-of-tune song. Yui chimed in, "Listen to that awful singing, it's definitely Captain Shinra." Following the sound, everyone rushed toward the source and indeed discovered a cage made of lasers, inside of which Captain Shinra was trapped.
After a brief exchange, the group successfully opened the cage. However, at that exact moment, a huge electronic screen appeared before them, and Psyche's figure materialized on it, mocking and ridiculing Saize and the others.
Shortly after, the top of the tower split open, and the spacecraft carrying Psyche rapidly shot out, hurtling toward the depths of space.
At that moment, the newly awakened Dyna flew over from another direction. As luck would have it, Dyna collided head-on with Psyche's spacecraft. Psyche suddenly launched an attack, creating a cloud of smoke, and as the smoke cleared, Dyna felt a wave of dizziness wash over him.
Psyche seized the opportunity to escape. When Dyna finally cleared his head, he found himself surrounded by a horde of monsters. These monsters came from various planets and dimensions, all of them subordinates controlled by Psyche through puppet poison.
Dyna was deeply confused, wondering why these monsters had appeared here. He tried to communicate with them, but was met with an attack. The monsters unleashed powerful beam attacks one after another, forcing Dyna to dodge frantically.
Meanwhile, Saize and the others also rushed to the scene. They saw Dyna engaged in battle with a group of monsters—or rather, Dyna being beaten up by a group of monsters. There was no helping it; Dyna had to watch out for Beelzebub's stingers on one hand and various monster beams on the other. He constantly shifted his position, trying to evade the monsters' attacks. However, their numbers were simply too great, and their coordination was so seamless that Dyna gradually began to feel overwhelmed.
At this critical juncture, Dyna decided to unleash his full strength. He gathered energy and fired a powerful beam, knocking down a few nearby monsters. Yet more monsters surged forward, plunging Dyna back into a desperate struggle.
Seeing this, Saize and Kurenai Gai transformed.
Orb leaped forward, taking on a portion of the damage for Dyna (or rather, taking the beatings in Dyna's place).
Meanwhile, Saize raised both hands high as crackling blackish-purple lightning wrapped around his arms, then shot forth from his palms. Twisting his waist, Saize shoved his hands forward and roared, "Wrath of the Demon Thunder!"
Dyna was startled, thinking to himself, *Why does this move look so much like Senior Legend's Spark Legend?!*
A moment later, streaks of blackish-purple lightning swept past both Dyna and Orb. The two Ultras didn't dare make the slightest movement until the lightning dissipated, at which point their legs turned to jelly and they nearly collapsed.
Saize hurried over to steady the two of them. Dyna asked with lingering fear, "Saize, why did that move of yours look so much like Senior Legend's Spark Legend?"
"It does look a bit similar, but my move is completely different from Senior Legend's Spark Legend! Senior Legend's Legend is formed by condensing cosmic energy before releasing it. As for my Wrath of the Demon Thunder, it absorbs surrounding negative energy, combines it with dark matter from the universe, and adds the energy from planets like the Sun and Mars inside my own body before releasing it!"
Hearing this, Juggler and Orb nearby asked in shock, "Saize, you have a connection with the Sun, Mars, Earth, and the Moon too?"
Saize turned to them with a grin and said, "That's right. To be precise, I'm their successor. I carry the energy of those four planets inside my body, and I'm also the vessel for their heritage."
Upon hearing this, Yui, Jiefa, and Captain Shinra all stared at Saize in astonishment, their jaws nearly dropping to the floor, fully displaying just how shocked they were at that moment.
Juggler and Orb weren't doing much better, staring blankly at Saize like a pair of fools.
Asuka, standing to the side, looked as if he couldn't understand why they were making such a big fuss, and said, "The last time Saize and I fought Belial at the Monster Pasture, the phantom projections of the four planets—Mars, Earth, the Moon, and the Sun—all came out to help Saize."
"What? All four planets came to help you?" the others shouted in unison.
Saize scratched his head and laughed, "Hehe, actually I was pretty surprised myself. But since they chose me, I certainly won't let down their expectations!"
Though he said that aloud, Saize was thinking to himself, *It wasn't them choosing me; it was me choosing them.*
At that moment, the System chimed in quietly, *What are you putting on an act for? If it weren't for the great me, you'd still be lying around in who knows what dusty corner!*
Saize glanced at the System and engaged in a fierce mental greeting that lasted a full second—though in System Space, who knows how long had actually passed. To be precise, whenever Saize entered the outside space, System Space paused.
Well, not exactly paused, more like moving at an extreme crawl. To anyone outside the space, it would seem as though Saize hadn't moved an inch from his spot—and indeed, none of them moved either, their consciousness locked in the same stillness.
"Quiet down!" Saize roared internally.
He took a deep breath to calm himself.
"Still... thanks, System," Saize said softly in his mind.
After all, without the System's help, he never could have made it this far.
*Hmph, as long as you know,* the System replied haughtily, retreating back into System Space like a victorious general. Saize could only shake his head helplessly and log out of System Space.