Chapter 249: Yamata no Orochi: “I Don’t Know Anything!” p3
Natsuba Hanae naturally had her own way of isolating the outside world’s prying. With a thought, an invisible ripple instantly covered this entire area, and the heavens and the earth also changed slightly.
But it was as if nothing had changed.
Only Yamata no Orochi could clearly feel what that new god had done just now.
A string of characters appeared in each of Its snake pupils.
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[You have entered the Half-Hell-level Otherside—Summer Harvest Mountain]
A Half-Hell-level Otherside?!!!
It was quickly attracted by this news.
It looked at Natsuba Hanae in disbelief. The existence of an Otherside meant that the new god before It was an evil god transformed from a supernatural being.
But the strength of this strategy made It feel deeply suspicious.
After all, a supernatural being had no real wisdom. And even an evil god transformed from a supernatural being, although its wisdom would initially appear, it would also be extremely limited.
But in the face of a Half-Hell-level Otherside…
A madness from the depths of Its soul suddenly appeared in Its snake pupils. It longed and was eager to destroy the Half-Hell-level Otherside.
In a flash, all of Its sub-consciousnesses suddenly fell into this madness.
But in the next moment…
It seemed that one of Its sub-consciousnesses had not fallen in.
The main consciousness and the other sub-consciousnesses began to gradually regain their clarity.
It couldn’t help but be strange about Its reaction just now. At the same time, It also remembered the strangeness of a Half-Hell-level Otherside.
A thousand years ago, it was not as if a Half-Hell-level Otherside had not appeared.
But whenever one appeared, after a short while, it would completely disappear.
It didn’t know the reason.
And as a peak god, It had even entered a Hell-level Otherside. But It had only taken a quick glance and felt that it was a brand new world.
But in the next second, It was preparing to explore again…
And It would return to Its original world.
And since then, even if It had heard that there was a Hell-the-level Otherside somewhere, Its subconscious would also tell It that there was nothing good to go to, and that there was a threat there.
The moment It saw a Half-Hell-level Otherside, It had thought a lot.
But in the moment of clarity now…
It felt that a Hell-level Otherside was not worth threatening at all, because It had never been threatened by a Hell-level Otherside.
This contradiction in Its memory made It feel very strange.
“Boom——————————!!!”
The explosion of the blood-red lotus dyed Its scales with a clear pain, and it made It instantly sober up from Its hazy memories.
It looked ahead, and only saw the purplish-black small snake curse It had released before, being pecked and swallowed by countless black or white small birds that had drilled out of the spatial cracks.
And after the purplish-black small snakes had been consumed, they had all transformed into feathers and disappeared without a trace.
As for Natsuba Hanae…
When she saw that It was a little distracted, she had already understood in her heart.
It was probably Xiao Bai who was affecting something.
But if Natsuba Hanae had known that It would have fallen into some kind of madness and would have been easier to deal with, but because of Xiao Bai’s existence…
And thus had regained Its clarity from the madness, she would probably also be a little speechless.
However, Natsuba Hanae had no time to consider those. She would only fight according to the strategy she had set.
Now, her own Half-Hell-level Otherside, to trap a god of the same rank, the time was quite limited. She had to be quick.
Without any more hesitation…
Now, all her powers were complete, and it was her home field.
She would first kill Its main consciousness as much as possible. This way, everything else would be much easier to handle.
With her thoughts confirmed, Natsuba Hanae immediately began to act.
She willed it.
In the next moment…
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To Natsuba Hanae’s right, a wave of energy spread like water, and the free-flowing divinity in the air gradually became active and boiled.
A sword hilt quietly appeared beside Natsuba Hanae.
Without any more words, Natsuba Hanae decisively drew the Umbrella Sword.
In an instant, the aura of a divine artifact was revealed, and Natsuba Hanae’s divine artifact became more and more serious.
And when It saw this sword-shaped divine artifact…
A look of nostalgia appeared in Its snake pupils.
Back then, Its Kusanagi no Tsurugi was also a sword-like divine artifact.
Not only that, but just by sensing the aura of the Umbrella Sword, It could feel that even without the buff of divinity, just with the sharpness of this divine artifact itself, it was a rare existence.
As Its thoughts turned…
Natsuba Hanae, who had taken out the Umbrella Sword, did not immediately swing it, nor did she let it condense all its power and transform into a slash with a move name.
She was waiting for an opportunity.
But Its eight snake heads were always coordinating with each other. Originally, when they were separated, Natsuba Hanae could still seize an opportunity to launch a surprise attack on one of them.
And thus kill it.
However, now…
The eight snake heads were gathered together, and their consciousness was one. Their offensive and defensive coordination was extremely excellent, almost impregnable.
Natsuba Hanae simply couldn’t find a chance to prioritize killing a snake head with a curse, let alone killing Its main consciousness.
As for whether to use Xiao Bai…
Natsuba Hanae felt that it was for fashion. Xiao Bai’s exposure had to be determined when she could kill It with a single blow.
Otherwise, if she was exposed early, with Its cunning…
There would probably not be a second chance.
Moreover, Xiao Bai’s strength was only that of an early-level god. Once It discovered her existence, with Its perception of strength, It might have some countermeasures.
However, if there was no opportunity, Natsuba Hanae couldn’t just not act.
In that case, if there was no opportunity, she would create one!
Natsuba Hanae’s red, glass-like beautiful eyes, in an instant, shone with a brilliant light, like the rising sun. Her crimson vertical pupil appeared, filled with a hint of violence.
“Crack—! Crack——————!!”
With the manifestation of Natsuba Hanae’s will…
The sky, which was as pure and flawless as a jade, made a crisp sound like glass shattering.
The sky showed a spiderweb-like crack.
And in the next moment, the sky had not yet completely cracked…
The existence within seemed to be completely impatient.
“Boom——————!”
A blow with a great sense of power, a bird’s claw covered in crimson feathers appeared.
And it shattered the sky. The fragments of the sky fell into mid-air and transformed into countless star dust and disappeared without a trace.
And the massive crimson bird’s claw went forward without stopping. It aimed at Its main consciousness’s snake head and fiercely grabbed!
There was no power added.
Because the existence of the bird’s claw itself was the incarnation of the Heavenly Emperor Girl. It was one of the most extreme powers.
There was no need for other powers to embellish it, which would instead be a bit restrictive.
Seeing that giant claw coming from the sky…
It wanted to dodge.
However, in the next moment…
Countless chains emerged from all around It. They either wrapped around one of Its snake heads, or the intermittent chains burned with a Sanctuary Flame or a brilliant lightning arc, and fiercely pierced into Its flesh.
And came out from the other end.
In a continuous entanglement, it firmly bound It in place, and It couldn’t move an inch.
The main consciousness’s snake head frantically shook. Its divinity and filthy aura surged, and with the corrosion of Its venom…
The chains that were wrapped around and inserted into Its main consciousness snake head gradually loosened and dissolved.
But the crimson giant claw had already arrived!
“Boom————————!!”
The incredibly sharp giant claw grabbed Its main consciousness’s snake head, as if pressing down on a fish on a cutting board. The tip of the claw plunged into the ground, and it was firmly held down.
Even if Its divinity surged, Its filthy aura invaded, and Its venom corroded, the crimson giant claw did not move at all, like a statue.
An opportunity had been created.
In the next moment, Natsuba Hanae did not hesitate at all.
Her red, glass-like pupils, the red sun fell, and a black flame rose, and it burned fiercely, symbolizing the deathly stillness of all living things.
In her indifferent pupils, a killing intent was clearly visible.
Her two eyes were fixed on Its snake head, and based on Its desperate struggle, they slowly turned.
The will to kill was completely carried out.
Thousands of crimson lights shone in Natsuba Hanae’s eyes at the same time, and the black flame in her heart burned. An endless, brilliant light was rendered in her heart.
“Annihilation.”
In this Half-Hell-level Otherside that Natsuba Hanae had created, the name of this move was spoken.
Then, in an instant…
The crimson divinity, the black Sanctuary Flame, and the leaping golden lightning arc, the three powers intertwined and transformed into three colors, and poured into the cold and mottled sword body, a sword light that would annihilate everything.
In the next moment, even the swinging motion could not be seen, just a flash and it was gone.
The sky seemed to transform into a golden and black alternating color, and the heavens and the earth were filled with the color of this one sword strike.
The blade of light appeared.
A thunderous sound, and the silent death of the Sanctuary Flame.
At the link of Its snake head and snake tail, the three powers instantly exploded. The cut was as if it had been electrocuted, and it exuded a burnt smell.
And Its snake head fell to the ground.
But even so, It possessed an extremely strong life force.
Its severed snake head frantically writhed, and Its hoarse, cyan roar was quite tragic.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah———————!!”
Seeing this, Natsuba Hanae said softly,
“Yamata no Orochi, if you tell me the information about Amaterasu, I will give you a quick and complete end to your pain.”
And the severed snake head heard Natsuba Hanae’s words, and It continued to roar,
“I don’t know, I really don’t know, ahhhhhh!”
“Painful—! So painful, ahhhhh—!!!”
Hearing the snake head’s unbearable words, Natsuba Hanae’s crimson vertical pupil leaped slightly, and a bad premonition arose in her heart.
Its main consciousness had survived from a thousand years ago. It could not possibly be so fragile.
And the other consciousnesses, with each death, a new consciousness would be derived. And the snake head before Natsuba Hanae, this kind of voice, this kind of inability to endure pain…
It was just like a newly born consciousness.
Could it be that Its main consciousness was not limited to a single snake head, but could switch between any snake head and the other sub-consciousnesses at will?!
This news, It had actually not shown any clue until now, and had hidden it until now.
It was simply the pinnacle of cunning and venom.
But in that case, to find the main consciousness was simply extremely difficult.
Unless Natsuba Hanae cut off all Its snake heads at once!
And in the next moment, Natsuba Hanae’s guess was verified.
A deep and hoarse voice, under the suppression of the chains, easily lifted its snake head and said proudly,
“With the sixth snake body as a sacrifice, I curse you here.”
“—Divine artifact, Stri—””
Before It could finish Its sentence…
A young, infant-like voice instantly sounded.
“Damn bad thing, don’t snatch Mom’s divine artifact!”
“Eat my headbutt!”
“Thump—!”
A crisp sound.
A snake head beside Its main consciousness instantly gave Its main consciousness a rocket headbutt. To make it hurt more…
It even contained a wisp of a divine attachment.
Having been interrupted in Its casting of the curse, Its main consciousness was a little stunned. A hint of anger appeared in Its snake pupils, and It looked at the snake head that had just attacked.
Its voice was cold and cruel.
“What are you doing?!”
“How did you get out of my control?!!”
However, that one snake head returned to normal. Its voice was also hoarse, but filled with a hint of bitterness.
“It wasn’t me. I suddenly lost consciousness just now. I thought it was the main consciousness that had taken over my control. I don’t know anything.”
And in the next moment, when Its main consciousness looked at that snake head…
Beside Its main consciousness’s other side, a young voice appeared again. The snake head opened its snake fangs and instantly bit Its main consciousness.
And shouted loudly,
“Mom, Mom.”
“I’ve bitten this bad thing. Quickly, cut It with a sword.”
“It’s so hard. My teeth are about to break.”
“Oh…”
“It seems these aren’t my teeth. Then it doesn’t matter if they break.”
Natsuba Hanae: “…”
Natsuba Hanae simply didn’t know what to say about Xiao Bai, who was not playing by the rules. It was clearly not her turn to appear, but she had appeared early.
However, Xiao Bai was also protecting Natsuba Hanae. Natsuba Hanae couldn’t blame her.
Xiao Bai didn’t know that Natsuba Hanae had already been trying to figure out how to break Its seal.
If it were just a single snake head’s seal, Natsuba Hanae actually had a high probability of breaking it.
And now that Xiao Bai had been exposed…
Then Natsuba Hanae could only adopt a new plan.
