Chapter 249: Yamata no Orochi: “I Don’t Know Anything!” p2
“Boom———————————————————!!!!!”
In the dark clouds that covered the sky, a hazy yet powerful golden light enveloped the entire sky, and a thunderous roar, like a demon god’s, echoed across the entire land below.
The buzzing sound was endless.
In the next moment, the airflow swirled.
The vast sky, carrying the clouds, rotated like a vortex, and an eye of a storm appeared.
And in the eye of the storm, there was no filthy aura, only a golden, sparkling residue of lightning, which swayed and fell.
In the center of the eye of the storm, behind Natsuba Hanae, a golden giant eye was unparalleled in its power, and it radiated the leap of lightning.
Natsuba Hanae stood in the air, her golden eyes looking at Its main consciousness.
And It looked at her…
And Its heart was shaken by her aura.
In a daze, It seemed to see that the new god in the center of the eye of the storm, her power had surpassed Susanoo’s.
And in Its heart, a deeper fear was left.
The fear that could completely kill It.
“This is impossible!”
A look of venom appeared in Its snake pupils.
“No one can kill me! Susanoo can’t, and a nameless new god can’t!”
“It’s just the loss of two snake bodies. As long as I’m not dead, as long as any one of my snake bodies isn’t dead, I can be reborn.”
“The regeneration of a snake body just takes time.”
“When I return to the peak god level, to regenerate a snake body is just a matter of a moment.”
“It’s just a little bit more… my plan, it’s just a little bit more…”
“In this filthy land, the victory will only be in my hands.”
And at this moment, Natsuba Hanae landed steadily.
She looked at It. In the instant that that sub-consciousness of Its had exploded, a hint of confusion had appeared in her heart.
That Yamata no Orochi also had a chance to curse.
But why hadn’t it continued to seal Natsuba Hanae’s ability, but had just died like that?
However, to be in Its encirclement, even if Natsuba Hanae had just killed one of It…
But the bad premonition in her heart had not subsided, but had grown more and more intense.
Natsuba Hanae did not hesitate for long.
She looked at the two Yamata no Orochis she had killed. The two were adjacent. And at this moment…
There were only two bloody snake tails left. Countless filthy auras were frantically repairing, but the progress was very slow.
If the first Yamata no Orochi was because of a curse sacrifice, so the repair was so slow…
But the second Yamata no Orochi did not cast a curse, but the repair speed was almost the same. Natsuba Hanae always felt that It was still planning something.
Without any more hesitation, Natsuba Hanae prepared to withdraw from Its encirclement, and then have a battle with It again.
Its current form had completely appeared, and there was no hiding. Natsuba Hanae had no reason to fight It in a place that was unfavorable to her.
In the next moment, a fierce wind howled.
And Natsuba Hanae rode the wind and rose.
And the golden lightning giant eye in the sky continuously struck down with lightning, to cover Natsuba Hanae’s retreat.
With the acceleration of the wind and the swiftness of the lightning, in just an instant…
Natsuba Hanae came to the border of the two snake tails and prepared to break through.
However, just as she was preparing to step out…
“Boom———————!”
A sound of impact.
As if a massive, transparent air wall, but it was extremely tough. Natsuba Hanae crashed into it, but was bounced back.
And the air wall was not damaged at all, only a grayish-black divinity flashed and flowed past.
Natsuba Hanae’s brow furrowed slightly.
Natsuba Hanae condensed a powerful lightning power in her hand and fiercely struck at it.
“Boom——————!”
A deafening explosion.
But the air wall still existed. And this time, even the flow of the grayish-black divinity had completely disappeared.
“It’s useless.”
At this time, Its voice came.
“It seems you sensed the existence of a crisis, and that’s why you wanted to leave.”
“Your divinity actually possesses this kind of perception ability. It’s an aptitude I’m even envious of.”
“But it’s useless.”
“If not for having made complete preparations, I would not have appeared in this world, and would not have expected Susanoo to come.”
“Because I have enough confidence.”
“Even if Susanoo were to step here, I could also leave him behind, and even kill him!”
“I’ll tell you.”
“Just now, because of enough arrangements and materials, I used my second snake body as a medium to cast a curse on this land.”
“The only way to break it is to completely kill me.”
At this, a playful look appeared in Its snake pupils, as if It wanted to see what kind of expression Natsuba Hanae would have.
Because this was a dead loop.
The ultimate goal of their battle was undoubtedly to kill each other.
And if Natsuba Hanae wanted to leave, she had to kill It to leave. But it was precisely because Natsuba Hanae couldn’t kill It here that she wanted to leave.
This was almost unsolvable.
However, when Natsuba Hanae turned around, It found that her lips were still curved in a faint smile.
This faint smile made It for some reason a little uneasy.
And Natsuba Hanae said at this time,
“As expected.”
“To use Mount Fuji as a filthy land, and with the crater as the center, to radiate a filthy aura in all directions, was probably to make the people who came in think that the crater was your real hiding place.”
“And you did indeed place a ‘Yamata no Orochi’ at the crater.”
“And it was to let the person who came in, now, that is, me…”
“Come to the crater, and then until now, completely activate the curse and trap me here.”
“Next, there will probably be another curse with astonishing killing power, to forcibly kill me here?”
“My bad premonition should have come from here.”
Natsuba Hanae had already understood.
The Yamata no Orochi in Mount Fuji had always been a bait, to lure her to the center and become a caged bird.
And in Its cage, It could naturally do whatever It wanted with her.
However, It had clearly not expected that the life and death of the first Yamata no Orochi might have been within Its expectations, but the second was definitely not.
Its curse undoubtedly needed time to prepare.
And the death of the second Yamata no Orochi, the moment Natsuba Hanae had prepared to break out of the encirclement, It, to stop Its losses…
Could only give the curse of the second Yamata no Orochi to this land.
Otherwise, with the siege of seven Yamata no Orochis, and with the curse It had already prepared, and with her own deathly stillness sealed, it was a sure-kill situation.
It had to be said that Yamata no Orochi was indeed cunning. Once It sensed a change in Its plan, It could instantly stop Its losses and minimize them.
Until It achieved Its goal.
It was no wonder that It was a god who could survive by parasitizing Susanoo under the condition of certain death.
And Susanoo’s intimidating power…
From the ancient texts and Ebisu’s mouth, Natsuba Hanae had also heard of it.
He was almost one of the strongest gods a thousand years ago.
At the same time, It saw that Natsuba Hanae had guessed all Its purposes, and a hint of surprise appeared in Its snake pupils.
Its layered voice said hoarsely,
“Not only is her aptitude extraordinary, but her strategy is also quite astonishing.”
“If not for the fact that you entered my home field, at the same rank, the outcome is not certain.”
“Unfortunately, in this situation…”
“We are already mortal enemies.”
“Otherwise, as an evil god, I could give you a master-servant curse, to let you serve me and save your life.”
Hearing this, the faint smile on Natsuba Hanae’s lips deepened.
The golden lightning in her eyes slowly faded, and transformed into pure, red, glass-like beautiful eyes, but now they were dazzlingly brilliant, and bloomed like a brilliant firework.
And Natsuba Hanae said softly,
“From what you say, you seem to think you have the victory in hand?”
“Do you know? My existence is very strange. Inpi is me, Kōsei is me, the Heavenly Emperor Girl is also me, and of course, Ubume is also me.”
It heard this and replied,
“Of course. The curse that will kill you is about to take effect.”
“It doesn’t matter how many divine names you have. My curse is not against a god, but against you yourself.”
“You can’t escape from my cage. This is absolutely impos…”
“…………………………”
“……………”
It fell silent. In Its snake pupils, It looked at the place where Natsuba Hanae had been standing, and a black bird beast, about a meter long, appeared there.
And Natsuba Hanae was nowhere to be found. At least in the range of Its cage, It had not sensed a single clue.
And at this moment, the bird beast’s crimson eyes were filled with violence.
And it flew at It with a series of squawks, and then pecked at Its scales with its sharp beak, which didn’t hurt or itch.
But it made Its sense of humiliation soar.
It had been slapped in the face.
In Its extremely confident curse domain, It had been slapped hard in the face.
Silently, in the curse It was sure Natsuba Hanae could not escape from, that one new god had escaped, and It didn’t know where she had gone. Its numerous schemes had all come to nothing.
It had become a joke.
However, just then…
A soft laugh came from a distance behind It.
“Oh, isn’t this the former peak god Yamata no Orochi?”
“Now not only has he fallen to a high-level god, but even his curse has become so lame? I’m so disappointed.”
“It’s like a…”
“Joke.”
It stiffly turned Its snake head, but saw that Natsuba Hanae’s faint smile had not changed at all, and she was looking at It.
And Natsuba Hanae continued to say,
“You think so too, don’t you?”
If Chikari Makoto had been here, she would surely have clapped her hands and applauded Natsuba Hanae’s mischievous taunt.
Unfortunately, she was not here, so Natsuba Hanae could only entertain herself.
And on the surface of Its pitch-black scales, because of Its humiliation and anger, they were almost about to stand on end.
It forcibly suppressed the anger in Its heart.
It, who prioritized scheming, would not allow this kind of emotion to make It lose Its reason.
After Its anger had gradually dissipated, It said,
“You still dare to appear before me?”
Hearing this, Natsuba Hanae asked in return,
“Why not?”
“Yamata no Orochi, you probably haven’t realized your current predicament yet.”
And Natsuba Hanae pointed downwards.
“The position I’m in is already outside the area of the filthy land. In other words, completely outside your home field.”
“All the advantages you’ve established have all disappeared.”
“Now it’s a fair duel.”
“Next, it’s my turn to devour you.”
“And let me ascend to the peak god rank.”
The tide of battle had now completely reversed.
And fair?
In a battle between gods, there was never such a thing as fair.
Natsuba Hanae had already deciphered all of Its means, and had made It reveal Its true form. And the groundwork Natsuba Hanae had laid had not yet been fully revealed.
Now, it was not a fair duel.
But her home field!
Like a vortex, Natsuba Hanae devoured all the supernatural power around her, and transformed it into her own power of the Old God.
And a dark and uncertain look appeared in Its snake pupils. It continued,
“New god, did you forget something?”
“Your deathly stillness is still in my seal, and your lightning power… heh.”
The lightning power was also on Its prepared curse list. The lightning power had killed one of Its snake bodies. It could use another snake body at any time as a sacrifice to also seal Natsuba Hanae’s lightning power.
Although It had lost Its home field advantage, It felt that It had also figured out the new god’s bottom.
However, in the next moment…
Its snake pupils suddenly went into a daze.
It saw…
Natsuba Hanae did not speak again, but in her hand, a ball of black fire, which It was very familiar with and filled with a deathly stillness, appeared and condensed into a black and red lotus.
And Natsuba Hanae threw it at It.
But the main consciousness was in a daze, but a few sub-consciousnesses were not.
They jointly controlled the body, and Its main body also quickly woke up and began to pull out Its body together.
In an instant, the entire filthy land…
Began to shake violently, like thousands of earth dragons turning over, and the shock was immense.
Trees and stones frantically fell downwards.
A massive, sky-blotting, purplish-black monster emerged from the ground with its entire body.
Yamata no Orochi’s true form was revealed.
The so-called filthy land…
Was just an area above Its back.
Its six snake heads hung from the clouds, and then bent down completely again. Its snake pupils were firmly fixed on Natsuba Hanae’s figure.
With a thought, the filthy aura in Its body surged towards the two snake bodies that were only left with their snake bodies.
In the next moment, the snake bodies frantically regenerated, and Yamata no Orochi returned to Its proper form.
However, these two regenerated snake bodies now had no ability to sacrifice for a curse. They would need a lot of time to recover before they would have it again.
Yamata no Orochi had regenerated them because It felt a threat from Natsuba Hanae.
The two snake bodies, although they couldn’t curse, could also release a sulfur bomb-like attack to provide It with support.
Not only that, but it was also to increase Its own chances of survival.
As long as one snake body survived, It, as the main consciousness, could re-grow it in the future.
Facing Natsuba Hanae, who had regained her Sanctuary Flame, It was a little wary.
The divinity flowing in Its body, carrying the curse power, erupted again.
In an instant, countless purplish-black small snakes surged towards Natsuba Hanae.
In the next moment, the black and red Sanctuary Flame Natsuba Hanae had thrown before exploded brilliantly. More than half of the purplish-black small snakes died, but a very small part still survived.
And they rushed towards Natsuba Hanae.
Natsuba Hanae understood that although she had escaped Its cage, in contrast…
If a god were to pry, she would also be in the god’s prying.
But still, that sentence…
As long as Natsuba Hanae escaped Its home field…
Then it was her home field.
