The Heavenly Martial Empress Returns: An OP Xianxia Returnee LitRPG-Chapter 248: Ruby’s Master Plan

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“Nice weapons; you can have them back!”

Marvelous Woman was honorable enough to send the weapons back to Elena, although not as the mother expected, as both javelins were fired at her at lightning speed, imbued with flame-like divine auras.

“S-Shit!”

Elena quickly unleashed her aura to catch both spears, as the two hit her hands directly, releasing an explosion of divine flames everywhere.

BOOOM!

“MOM?!”

Ruby rushed towards her mother, finding her hands bleeding, but with her spears in her hands, she felt relieved and worried at the same time.

“She pierced through mom’s steel skin?! That bitch’s a monster!”

“Don’t worry about me, Ruby. We have to take her down whatever the cost. If she descends, then all of Buenos Aires will be gone before we can do anything…” Elena said to her daughter. “Where’s Juan?”

“Ah! He’s…!” Ruby looked down, only to hear a voice from above.

“I’m here…” Juan appeared, looking slightly tired, his Aura fluctuating around his muscular body. “So we’re taking on her together, mother-in-law? Good idea.”

“No other way, son,” Elena nodded. “Ruby! Focus, your boyfriend and I will charge at her; you remain behind us and attack her weak points whenever you find one. Anything goes; go for the kill if you must, okay? It doesn’t matter if she’s being possessed or whatever; our lives are on the line now!”

“Y-Yes!” Ruby nodded, albeit stuttering; her resolve was palpable.

“Good, come, all three of you come to me right now! I shall not accept it otherwise!”

Marvelous Woman, confident of her strength, laughed at them and mocked them, looking down on the family as weaklings. She asked them all to attack her at the same time!

Without saying a word, they rushed forward. Elena and Juan clashed against Marvelous Woman at once, unleashing techniques immediately, one after another, without stopping.

“{Heavenly Golden Spear of Light Arts}: {Consecutive Crescent Shining Thrust}!”

Elena unleashed several thrusting attacks with her spear at once; Marvelous Woman’s eyes shone bright red as she smiled, clashing against her sharp spear with her blade and parrying most blows!

“{Twelve-Armed Weapon Master Arts}: {Meteoric Onslaught}”

Meanwhile, Juan unleashed a barrage of constant attacks using all his weapons at once, generating an explosion of flames generated out of the pure friction of his blows against Marvelous Woman’s shield and body.

“HAH! NOT BAD!”

Marvelous Woman laughed as she quickly spun her giant body around; her muscles grew larger, and so did her height, reaching at least over three meters of height as she quickly attacked them with her arms and legs, kicks, punches, slashing attacks with her sword, and slams with her shield, and with her lasso she stopped them time and time again.

BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!

The battle became more and more intense, explosions of light and flames erupting through their desperate clash!

Ruby rapidly sneaked around, and once she saw the point, she rushed forward, diving into the battle with her two katanas.

Where did she aim? To Marvelous Woman’s back, of course, specifically her spine and neck!

“[Space Tearing Black Star Swordsmanship]: {Hollow Thrust}!”

Pointing both katanas forward and while spinning like a drill in midair, Ruby’s swords impacted the tougher-than-steel neck of Marvelous Woman, beginning to dig through her flesh and muscles.

CRAAASH!

“SNEAKY RAT!”

The superheroine punched Elena in the face and kicked Juan’s crotch mercilessly, sending them flying away while in agony, as she rushed towards Ruby, aiming to behead her with her massive sword.

“HAAAAHHH!”

The two roared in unison as Ruby managed to pierce through the neck muscles, hitting Marvelous Woman’s bones and shattering her own spine a split second before her whole body was to spin around, the massive blade looming above her head.

“NNGGHH!”

However, through raw Primal Power and her Divinity, Marvelous Woman, even with her spine broken, continued moving her arms and aimed at Ruby, striking her head with her sword as strongly as possible.

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“DIE!”

CRAAASH!

Elena and Juan panicked, ignoring their agony and rushing towards Ruby, but unable to reach her in time, they saw as the giant sword sliced through her head.

SLAAASH!

“RUBY!”

As they screamed in horror… Marvelous Woman’s eyes widened, noticing her sword had no blood on it.

“Wait a second, you’re…?!”

However, instead of blood and brains, what she sliced through was pure black flames, as Ruby’s entire body exploded into darkness and smoke, revealing a tiny cat where her torso was.

“Mereow!”

The cat suddenly transformed into a sword, rushing towards Marvelous Woman’s chest, piercing through it without stopping.

CRASH!

“ACK?!”

As the amazoness tried to figure out what happened, she saw Ruby above her, the one that attacked her was never her, but her Doppelcat!

“I-I thought you needed the damn cat for your transformation?!”

“Not really, but he does give me a lot of power.”

Ruby, who hadn’t even been fighting, suddenly finished her demonic incantation, her aura transforming into several hands with eyes and mouths that conjured several combined demonic spells at once.

“I got you!”

She smiled like a demon, as the Aura of Belze could be seen through that smile; the Demoness had taught her rather well the art of demons, deceiving.

“{Abyssal Demonic Formation}: {Apocalyptic Circle of Hell}”

FLUOOOSH!

Flames surged beneath Marvelous Woman, as she saw a giant pentagram of hell emerging above her and below! Her eyes widened; demons were among her deadliest of enemies back home.

“DAMN DEMONS!”

She roared furiously, rushing towards Ruby with the last of the strength she had, enough to kill her, but…

RUMBLE!

A demonic force stopped her, paralyzing her body! She glanced down below, noticing hundreds of demonic specters emerging, made of flames.

They grabbed her long, muscular legs and arms and torso and began burning and eating the blood and flesh of her wounds, worsening them.

“YOU DARE…?!”

She furiously swung her divine weapons, killing many of them, but more kept coming, keeping her in place as she roared in anger and wrath like a savage warrior.

“DAMMIT! COME HERE! FIGHT ME LIKE A TRUE WARRIOR!”

As she roared back at Ruby, the girl smiled, as Juan and Elena regrouped with her, surprised by the trick Ruby had pulled out.

“W-What the hell is this thing, Ruby?! I had no idea you could do this?!” Elena wondered.

“It’s insane… Ugh…” Juan looked like his soul left his body after Marvelous Woman kicked his manhood. Luckily, his natural regeneration took care of it to not be permanent.

“Yeah, I spent a lot of time learning stuff with Belze,” Ruby smiled. “She taught me a lot of tricks but told me to keep them a secret even from allies. That’s the only way to truly surprise a foe.”

“Well, I’m glad it worked, but won’t she free herself?” Juan asked. “We have to finish her off.”

“I agree,” Elena nodded.

“There’s something inside of her constantly controlling her…” Ruby said. “I think killing her might go too far. But I got a way to take that thing out. With the formation, those Demonic Specters can eat away at her soul, but the thing inside will be a victim too… We have to hit her as hard as we can; that’ll proc the demonic specters to devour her faster as part of the formation’s effect. And then, if that thing doesn’t want to get eaten, it’ll leave. It’s a gamble; she either dies or lives… I guess you’re all fine with that?”

“Yeah,” Juan nodded.

“Sure, let’s go for it then,” Elena nodded.

The trio unleashed their Auras, as Marvelous Woman glared at them descending towards her. She smiled viciously, swinging her giant blade and throwing her lasso at them.

“COME AND FIGHT ME! YES!”

However, the Demonic Specters grabbed her shield and sword and her arms, beginning to push them down constantly.

“NNGGH! W-WAIT, YOU DAMN…!”

And in that moment, Ruby’s sword slashed through her entire body like a storm of black flames.

Elena’s twin spears pierced through her body several times, leaving small holes and explosions of holy light.

And Juan’s weapons struck her entire body at the same time.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

In that moment, as Marvelous Woman screamed in agony while trying to resist, the effect of the formation activated, and the demonic specters wrapped around her divine soul, beginning to eat it.

“AAGGH! W-WHAT THE…?! AAAGGH!”

Marvelous Woman screamed in agony as the thing inside of her began to be bitten thousands of times, struggling and squirming in agony.

“D-Dammit! W-What is this?! No! I won’t let you eat me, you damn maggots!”

The monstrous dinosaur-like specter suddenly came out of Marvelous Woman’s mouth, flying away into the skies and disappearing.

“It escaped!” Ruby said, dispelling the entire formation, which disappeared into flames. “Catch her!”

Juan rushed down, catching Marvelous Woman’s huge body, barely being able to do so after being so exhausted.

“S-She’s unconscious?” Juan wondered. “She’s alive, though. What a woman; she’s like that Fiery Hair girl.”

“Kind of, yeah,” Elena nodded. “I can see the similarities.

“Don’t eye her though!” Ruby said jealously as she grabbed Marvelous Woman. “Let’s go back to Big Sis and show her this; the other spaceships are gone too. What happened?”

“That huge thing exploded…” Elena looked into the skies. “Looks like the entire thing was resolved while we fought.”

“Sweet, I want to go take a warm bath; I’m beat…” Sighed Juan.

“Yeah, let’s go,” Ruby nodded.

As they flew away, Ruby noticed the lasso that Marvelous Woman wielded glowing brightly. And as she grabbed it, the lasso suddenly wrapped her with a bright, divine light.

FLASH!

As the light momentarily engulfed her, Ruby found herself floating within a world of pure white light, which slowly changed into a gigantic floating island in the middle of the heavens.

“W-What the fuck?!”

As she screamed in surprise and disbelief, suddenly, a giant emerged amidst the clouds, its presence making the entire world rumble.

“Are those the words you would use to address me? Ha! You’ve got guts, mortal.”

The giant had red skin, wearing a huge Spartan helmet and armor that covered his face. Ruby could only see his red, fiery eyes, as he wore a golden and red cape that blazed with flames.

“Who the fuck are you? Get me out of here!”

“By the rules stated by the power of the Lasso of Judgement, when a Female Warrior with the capabilities of a true Spartan defeats the previous owner, they have the right to inherit the Divine Weapon.”

“Hah?! Hey, what are you even…?”

“You’re not the descendant of any divine being, and yet I feel great divinity from you! I shall allow you to take hold of the Lasso. Despite your snarky attitude, you’re a pure-hearted warrior, and an honorable and prideful one at that, ideal for my relics.”

“So you’re giving to me the-”

“However, because the previous owner has fallen from grace and become unworthy of the lasso and my other relics, you shall inherit them all. Until the previous owner becomes worthy again and defeats you in battle, she shall never hold their power again or use it against innocents.”

“Wait a second, you’re…?!”

“Now go! I declare you my Divine Warrior! Fight for Justice, Enact Judgement, and Defeat Evil in my name, Ares!”

“Wait a moment, dude. I never asked for any of thisssss!”

FLAAASH

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