Chapter 103: Supernatural Being: “I’ve Defected.JPG”
“A-rank?!”
“A-rank?!!”
Kamishiro Naraku saw everything that was happening on the high wall.
Kamishiro Hime’s long, gray-white hair was lifted by the wind, dancing with it.
Flawless white wings extended from her back. Although she wasn’t flapping them, she naturally floated in mid-air, the wind like her servant.
Her originally pure white eyes were now tinged with a faint cyan, like a noble god looking down on the mortal world.
A silk-like, snow-white, extraordinary robe covered her body, inlaid with golden, swirling cloud patterns, exuding a luxurious, elegant, and otherworldly aura.
And on the right side of her cheek, a high-nosed, red mask was worn sideways.
In her right hand, she held a pure white fan. A single glance at the fan felt as if a fierce wind was blowing, attacking one’s eyes.
The more he sensed that Kamishiro Hime had truly stepped into A-rank…
The more furious and disbelieving Kamishiro Naraku became.
“Why?! Why?!!!”
“I desperately schemed, desperately survived, and became this, and that foolish little sister did nothing and became an A-rank?!!”
“This world is so unfair!”
He had completely broken down.
Natsuba Hanae’s verbal taunts hadn’t been able to do it, but Kamishiro Hime’s promotion had.
Even the Old God’s will was suppressed by Kamishiro Naraku’s intense and extreme resentment. The tentacles of its massive body trembled violently.
“I will destroy Kamishiro Hime! I will destroy…”
“All of Kyoto!”
However, Natsuba Hanae’s subsequent words further stimulated his and the Old God’s rationality.
She had actually declared that she would deal with them in an hour.
What a joke.
Indeed, when the crimson blood bird had appeared, her physical stats had suppressed them.
But physical stats weren’t everything. Just in terms of regeneration speed, in the current situation, even if she let the crimson blood bird kill her for a few more days…
Although it would consume power, the Old God could fully regenerate.
But this was not the full extent of the Old God’s abilities.
After all, the Old God was a Nightmare-level supernatural being!
And every Nightmare-level supernatural being possessed a Rule, let alone an evolved Old God with divinity.
When Kamishiro Naraku had immersed himself in the Old God’s interior, he had learned about the Rule it had given birth to.
Even he thought it was unstoppable.
However, using this Rule was a double-edged sword. It would harm the enemy by a thousand, but harm himself by eight hundred. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he didn’t want to use it.
Even with the Old God’s current life force, it could only be used three times. At that point, without anyone else attacking, the Old God would completely wither.
At that point, even a B-rank could probably kill it.
And after using it twice, when Kamishiro Hime’s grandfather or father came as reinforcements, the Old God at that time would probably be no match for them.
But the situation was now urgent.
With three chances, after killing the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain and Kamishiro Hime, he had to run immediately.
This plan had to be aborted.
He could only make a comeback later.
In his extreme anger, Kamishiro Naraku’s thoughts were also pushed to the extreme.
He didn’t want to delay any longer.
And the Old God’s newly born, muddled consciousness was also vaguely following Kamishiro Naraku’s decision at this moment.
Because under Natsuba Hanae’s brutal beating, the Old God’s consciousness was already in a state of chaos. Like a newborn infant being beaten by an adult, it had lost itself.
A normal battle was now impossible to win.
Large chunks of its flesh were torn off by the crimson blood bird and then regenerated.
Kamishiro Naraku let out an inhuman roar.
“Master of Summer Harvest Mountain, you forced me to do this!”
“Vwooooom——————!”
In an instant, the sky fell silent, and the Old God seemed to become the center of the universe.
The Rule was activated.
An invisible vortex swept through the clouds, changing the weather.
The Old God’s life force suddenly began to wither. The tentacles on its head, one by one, began to rapidly wither and dry up like trees, falling off.
Even its size shrank by a circle.
Then, the incredibly dense power of the Rule, like boiling lava, spread out, vast and powerful, like the ocean.
However, strangely…
The power of the Rule always remained within the Old God’s body, until Kamishiro Naraku let out a hoarse voice, affected by the withering.
“Die!!”
From the massive maw facing the crimson blood bird, a jet of black aura, composed of the dense power of the Rule, shot out, like a beam of black light, at Natsuba Hanae!
This caught Natsuba Hanae somewhat off guard.
It seemed that due to the divinity, the Old God’s use of its Rule had also changed considerably.
According to the original rules of supernatural beings, it could only be used for area-of-effect attacks. But now, the Old God had turned it into a targeted attack.
But at this speed…
A glint of light flashed in Natsuba Hanae’s red, glass-like eyes, and she controlled the crimson blood bird to leap high.
However, the light, which was supposed to shoot straight, instantly turned and tracked the crimson blood bird.
In the next moment, it hit directly!
The Rule was a lock-on attack.
When the power of the Rule hit the crimson blood bird…
Whether it was the scale-like feathers or the bones that gleamed with a metallic luster, they all melted like ice cream, turning into a pool of blood.
And splattered on the ground.
However, Natsuba Hanae still floated in mid-air, a strange light in her red, glass-like eyes.
This scene was seen by Kamishiro Naraku, and his eyes were filled with astonishment. He screamed,
“Damn it!”
“I wasted nearly a third of my life force!”
“Why didn’t you turn into a pool of blood with the crimson blood bird?!!”
This question, in Natsuba Hanae’s view, was naturally very simple. Because strictly speaking, although she was the Heavenly Emperor Girl, she was not the same living being as the crimson blood bird.
The essence of the crimson blood bird was actually like Inpi and Kōsei. Although it was stronger, it was essentially her summon.
However…
When Natsuba Hanae tried to use the blood-red feathers to re-condense the crimson blood bird…
She found that she had failed.
This made her pause. Clearly, this was related to the Old God’s Rule.
Based on Kamishiro Naraku’s words, Natsuba Hanae had a vague guess. This Rule was likely the Old God consuming its life force, and then making the designated creature bear this consumed life force at the same time.
And the Old God’s life force was evident.
Even among supernatural beings, it was definitely at the peak.
And the crimson blood bird that Natsuba Hanae had summoned had thus “died.”
She would need a lot of time to reconstruct another one. For a short time, she probably couldn’t summon it again.
And Inpi and Kōsei were on her main body’s side, so she couldn’t summon them now.
Originally, according to Natsuba Hanae’s thoughts…
For a large-sized supernatural being like the Old God, it was best to use a being of similar size, so that each attack could inflict enough damage and cause as much damage as possible to the Old God.
But now, it was impossible.
Then…
Natsuba Hanae’s brow furrowed slightly. She began to think about the methods she had at her disposal.
She wasn’t fully familiar with the ability she had gained from the Daitengu template, so she didn’t plan to use it.
So, besides the others, the only thing she could use was…
—The Umbrella Sword.
But the Umbrella Sword was in her main body. She couldn’t get it now…
“?!!!”
When Natsuba Hanae thought of this, she subconsciously explored for the existence of the Umbrella Sword within her body. However, to her surprise, the Umbrella Sword was floating inside her body.
Enveloped in the crimson light of divinity.
How did the Umbrella Sword get in this body?
After thinking about it, Natsuba Hanae got the answer.
Indeed, the Umbrella Sword was in her main body. But since reaching the Heavenly Emperor Girl stage, she had possessed divinity, and the Umbrella Sword had undergone an unpredictable change under the nourishment of the divinity in her body.
And now, the change was obvious.
The Umbrella Sword had become deified after being nourished by divinity.
In layman’s terms, it had become a so-called Divine Artifact.
However, because the Heavenly Emperor Girl’s rank was still a little short, the Umbrella Sword was not complete, but it was indeed in the category of a Divine Artifact.
Originally, Natsuba Hanae had been thinking of using a more costly method to kill the Old God.
It seemed that was no longer necessary.
A gentle smile appeared on her lips, and she began to communicate with the Umbrella Sword in her body. It would take some time to use it for the first time.
And at this moment, Kamishiro Naraku was releasing a wisp of black Rule, its target the top of the high wall, Kamishiro Hime.
Kamishiro Hime was currently fighting three Black Mountain Goats.
Since she had just reached A-rank and hadn’t had much time to get used to it, and with many allies around her, she was fighting with her hands tied.
But because of her high talent…
She was quickly adapting.
And Kamishiro Naraku had clearly discovered this. He had consumed a portion of the Old God’s life force, and one of the eyes in its massive maw had closed.
He was going to use this wisp of life force to make Kamishiro Hime fall between peak B-rank and A-rank.
Then, he would take this opportunity to have the three Black Mountain Goats attack at the same time and kill Kamishiro Hime completely!!
His vengeful nature would not let her live in this world.
When a wisp of the black Rule entered Kamishiro Hime’s body, her face paled, and under the combined attack of the three Black Mountain Goats, she was instantly in a precarious situation.
At the same time, with their tireless nature, the supernatural beings began to overwhelm the humans and supernatural users. They climbed the high wall.
The casualties on the supernatural user side began to increase sharply.
At this rate, Kamishiro Naraku would achieve his ambition of slaughtering the city and then leave before the other A-ranks arrived.
His pure black eyes narrowed, clearly very satisfied.
With the eruption of the Rule, the situation was instantly reversed.
Although he hadn’t killed the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain, after killing the crimson giant bird, she had no countermeasures and was no longer a threat.
But what he wanted to do was kill the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain!
The culprit who had almost completely ruined his plan and even turned him into this!
A look of gleeful cruelty appeared in Kamishiro Naraku’s eyes. The next beam of the Rule’s light would turn her into a pool of blood.
Under his control…
The Old God’s life force began to drain rapidly again. Two of its four thick hooves began to rapidly wither and dry up, and the remaining tentacles also turned to dust and dissipated.
In the Old God’s mouth, the blackness intensified, and the surging power of the Rule was on the verge of becoming tangible.
A terrifying aura rolled out.
The high wall also showed countless cracks under the attack of the supernatural beings, and was about to collapse. Kamishiro Hime was struggling under the siege.
Kamishiro Naraku’s lips curled into a manic grin.
“Master of Summer Harvest Mountain!”
“This time, the winner is me, and it can only be me!!”
“It’s over!”
“Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz——————————!!!!”
A clear, melodious sound of a sword suddenly echoed through the heavens and earth, instantly clearing one’s mind, and at the same time, a dense chill rose from the bottom of one’s heart.
Floating in mid-air in front of the Old God, Natsuba Hanae’s figure seemed so small.
But in the next moment…
Natsuba Hanae’s red, glass-like eyes were rapidly enveloped in black. In the depths of her pupils, a blood-red bird seemed to flap its wings, filled with a crimson violence.
She murmured softly,
“Indeed, it’s over.”
Although the voice was not loud, it shook the four corners of the earth, and was transmitted to the ears of every person, every supernatural being.
For some reason, they all stopped their movements as if they were machines, and looked at Natsuba Hanae in mid-air.
The aura of this land became extremely oppressive.
Countless humans looked up, countless supernatural beings began to tremble.
Under the watchful eyes of all…
The bone-chilling deathly stillness, the brilliant divine power, the cruel and terrifying body of the Old God, the terrifying and true law of the Rule…
Their power sources suddenly rose up, suspended above Natsuba Hanae’s head.
In the phantom of a red sun, they began to swirl and rotate around the center.
The interweaving of countless powers, the fusion of countless powers…
Finally condensed into its true form.
And transformed into a magnificent and fragmented crown, which appeared on her head.
Then, under the crown, countless black-edged red tentacles rose up and swung wildly, instantly enveloping Natsuba Hanae, and injecting her with that surging power.
Her crimson clothes disintegrated, and a deep black dress, formed from the new body of the Old God, tightly clung to Natsuba Hanae’s body. Her back and chest were exposed, revealing a large area of fair skin, making her already full figure even more alluring.
But this beautiful light only lasted for a moment.
On her exposed skin, blood-red Rule markings spread.
At the same time, a vast divinity intertwined with the blood-red markings, forming golden markings.
A noble and elegant, yet evil and strange aura of an Old God.
The supernatural beings trembled… the supernatural beings trembled… the supernatural beings trembled…
Finally, they all bent their knees and knelt before Natsuba Hanae, who stood in mid-air, a dark mass of them.
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