Chapter 172: Heaven’s Collapse

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In the beautiful coral forest, Tamahime sat cross-legged, tidied the hem of her palace dress on her knees, and gestured for Minamoto Kiyomoto to sit down as well.

“Do we have to do this at a time like this?” Minamoto Kiyomoto asked with confusion.

“This is the only time left,” Tamahime replied.

“If I give you my power, will you die?”

“I don’t know. Maybe I’ll die, or maybe I’ll continue like this. Hurry up.”

Minamoto Kiyomoto sighed, held the Yata no Kagami, and also sat cross-legged in the coral forest.

“This has to start from a sunny Thursday afternoon in April of this year. At that time, I was reading in the library to learn Spanish. Miko, who was wearing a white dress, came over and asked me if I believed in yokai in the world…”

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The yokai on the turtle’s back were driven by the “Coral Demon Moth.” They shrieked and ran wildly, rushing towards everyone.

The crowd was suffocated. The surging qi wave blew the flesh on their faces into waves, as if they were about to break free from the shackles of their skin and scatter into the distance.

Kamibayashi Miko let out a long and clear cry, and a golden light swelled.

Above her head, many golden streams of qi gathered and condensed into mammoths, heavenly ghosts, demon foxes, dragon snakes, and galloping horses…
These “golden yokai” roared and roared, and crashed into the rushing yokai.

At the same time, Himegami Izayoi and the Hokkaido Miko also reacted and hurriedly shot out a palm.

Bang!

A colorful and dazzling qi wave formed a huge vortex.

The terrifying suction force, even a thirty-time practitioner, stumbled and almost fell in.

“Ah!” The nine groups on the turtle’s back let out a terrified and miserable cry, grabbed the edge of the turtle’s back, and their whole bodies were turned upside down.

Monkey and Horse Face held onto the fainted Fatty tightly. Their entire faces were sometimes convex and sometimes concave in the qi wave.

The hundreds of yokai, including the twenty Kasen-level yokai, paused their charge and were forced back.

Not to mention the Shinto sect, even the Kyushu Shinto Lord was greatly surprised. He didn’t expect that just the three of them could deal with such a number of yokai.

Himegami Izayoi and the Hokkaido Miko were fine. Kamibayashi Miko, who was the main force, was not as relaxed as they thought.

Even she, at this time, her blood and qi were churning, and she couldn’t use her strength for a while.

At this moment, a three-colored divine light like a stream of water came from the distance and wrapped around the terrifying qi wave vortex.

That powerful suction force disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The strong wind stopped, but the hearts of the crowd sank—the “Coral Demon Moth’s” coral horns became more and more vivid, and those dark wings now also had a blood-red light flowing, like a series of photon blood, strange and charming.

“We can’t go on like this!” Minamoto Nagatoku shouted.

“Don’t mind the yokai, keep running!” the Taira clan was the first to rush towards the Shinto sect at the horizon.

The others followed closely behind.

Those yokai, I don’t know if they were afraid of the “Coral Demon Moth,” actually ran with them. Even the giant turtle whimpered and swam towards the Shinto sect.

The people of the Shinto sect were so scared their hearts were about to jump out of their throats, and they fled with all their might.

Itomi Sayaka saw that the yokai had all left the turtle’s back and rushed over again.

“Group leader!” Rabbit and the others shouted.

Itomi Sayaka glanced at the unconscious Fatty and said, “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine!” Monkey wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. “I just fainted.”

Itomi Sayaka nodded, did not leave the turtle’s back, opened a barrier, and rode the giant turtle forward.

The giant turtle was huge, comparable to a district in Tokyo. Only the sea could raise such a monster.

Besides its large size, its speed was not slow. It couldn’t compare to her speed, but it was a little faster than her speed with a few people.

Most importantly, the “Coral Demon Moth” leisurely followed behind them, with no intention of making a move.

“Group leader, I heard from Sanae Sara that Turdidae is Minamoto Kiyomoto. Have you joined the government a long time ago?” after it was temporarily safe, Rabbit asked.

Koi and the others also looked at Itomi Sayaka.

“Minamoto Kiyomoto is Turdidae, but I only recently joined the government. Don’t worry, as long as Minamoto Kiyomoto is here, you can also join.”

“Turdidae… Minamoto Kiyomoto? What about him? Why haven’t I seen him? Is he dead?” Yuka’s mood was complicated, both worried and gloating.

She didn’t expect that she would fall in love with Minamoto Kiyomoto again.

Itomi Sayaka looked at the “Coral Demon Moth.” It was flying slowly in the sea with the composure and majesty of a god patrolling the human world.

“That’s Minamoto Kiyomoto,” she said.

“What?!” The crowd’s mouths were wide open, and their eyes were wide. They were all stunned for a moment.

“He failed the demon body spell and also turned into a yokai?” Monkey asked in surprise.

“He hasn’t failed yet,” Itomi Sayaka explained briefly.

Kamibayashi Miko, Himegami Izayoi, and the Hokkaido Miko flew at the very back, paying close attention to the “Coral Demon Moth” at all times.

At the forefront of this meteor shower-like team, the Kyushu Shinto Lord, Amatsumara, and other Kasen had already caught up with the people of the Shinto sect.

“Use your divine artifacts and kill them all!” the Kyushu Shinto Lord ordered sharply.

The people who were caught up were not the group leaders, but the core experts of the Shinto sect.

They usually carried out various missions and stirred up trouble. At this time, facing the Shinto Lords, Kasen, and clan leaders, relying on their numbers and the occasional help of their group leaders, they could actually fight and retreat.

Sanae Sara glanced at the giant turtle behind her, exchanged a look with the leaders of Group Two and Group Three, and formed a seal at the same time.

The demon dragon nails left in the giant turtle’s body buzzed, and a series of small yellow spring demonic dragons rampaged in its huge body.

The giant turtle let out a world-shaking painful roar. The sound traveled far and wide. Even the demon-hunting ship, which couldn’t keep up with the crowd and was left behind the “Coral Demon Moth,” found it ear-piercing.

The crowd subconsciously turned their heads and saw the giant turtle, which had become angry and violent, struggling to get up from the sea.

The turtle shell rose higher and higher, and the entire sea surface seemed to be lifted up. The huge waves rolled outwards in circles, and the white foam shot up into the sky.

It wailed and roared as it crashed into the “Coral Demon Moth.”

The waves were monstrous, and the giant beasts fought.

“Mmm!” The “Coral Demon Moth” was furious, and its wings closed.

Itomi Sayaka, with the six members of Group Nine, left the giant turtle. Just as they shot out a mile, they heard the giant turtle’s wail from behind.

Her head was dim. She turned her head and saw the giant turtle’s huge body, like a huge rock, crashing towards everyone.

Not only that, but in the three-colored divine light, the giant turtle grew bigger and bigger. In the blink of an eye, it was like the sky, covering everyone.

“What is this?” the crowd said in terror.

“It’s Minamoto Kiyomoto’s spell!”

The giant turtle fell, like the sky collapsing. The seawater, under the powerful pressure, fled in all directions like crazy.

The Shinto sect, the yokai, and the government, everyone joined forces and subconsciously attacked the turtle shell.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”

The dazzling light exploded, and the fireworks in the sky were instantly sucked away by the three-colored divine light.

“No!” the Kyushu Shinto Lord’s face changed.

Amatsumara took out a wooden stake-like divine artifact, chanted a spell anxiously, and the wooden stake grew rapidly, supporting the giant turtle.

With a “crack,” in just a second, cracks appeared on the wooden stake.

“Quickly help me!” Amatsumara spat out a large mouthful of blood, his expression ferocious and terrifying.

Kamibayashi Miko raised her hand, and the Divine Medium’s Aya floated into the air, becoming a second pillar of heaven.

With a “creak, creak” sound, the giant turtle was gradually fixed in mid-air.

They couldn’t see the sky. The giant turtle covered the sky and the sun. Looking into the distance, it was all a vast and boundless darkness. With the vision of a practitioner, they couldn’t see where the boundary was.

“Shinto sect, you’re looking for death!” Himegami Izayoi’s face was cold.

“Boom! Boom!” The entire “sky” burned.

The flowing fire was like a rainbow, whistling past from above, like a splendid meteor shower, crashing towards the Shinto sect.

The dark world was a sea of red. The Shinto sect was so cold all over.

Before Sanae Sara could make a move, the three-colored divine light covering the turtle shell scooped up and sucked away Himegami Izayoi’s spell.

“Your Excellency, Ise Miko, it seems your lover is reluctant to let you harm me,” Sanae Sara said with a giggle.

Himegami Izayoi sneered and raised her demon-sealing bow.

Just as she was about to draw the bow and shoot an arrow, with a loud “boom,” the “sky” sank another hundred meters.

“Wah!” Amatsumara spat out a mouthful of blood, his face as white as paper, frighteningly pale.

“What’s going on?!” the crowd said in terror.

“Boom!” Another loud noise. The “sky” sank another hundred meters.

The wooden stake divine artifact, with a “bang,” shattered into pieces of light. Amatsumara fell towards the sea like a kite.

A Kasen quickly flew over and caught him.

Kamibayashi Miko’s pure and beautiful face also frowned slightly.

“Boom!” After a loud noise, the “sky” sank another one hundred and twenty meters this time.

Himegami Izayoi put away her demon-sealing bow, drew the folding fan from her waist, and threw it towards the sky.

The folding fan did not open, but instead spun rapidly, turning into a red iron rod. It flew higher and higher, growing bigger and bigger, becoming a second pillar of heaven.

The Hokkaido Miko raised her hands, and the seawater rolled up. The ice crystal divine artifact continuously released cold air in the “tornado water,” and a huge ice pillar formed a third pillar of heaven.

“Boom!”

The three pillars of heaven trembled, and the “sky” did not continue to sink.

“Quickly go!” The Shinto sect rushed towards the “horizon.”

“Goo—quack!” The toad yokai, whose tongue had been cut off by Itomi Sayaka just now, jumped in the air and was the first to rush out of the “horizon.”

Just as it was about to go out, a three-colored waterfall suddenly poured down from the edge of the giant turtle’s shell.

The toad yokai, like a moth flying into a spider’s web, was stuck on it. A strange purple-black divine energy was continuously sucked away.

The rampaging demons and the practitioners were so scared their scalps were about to explode, and they all stopped.

A small calf yokai was almost only fifty meters away from the three-colored waterfall when it barely stopped. Just as it was staring with wide eyes in a state of shock, it was hit by a mammoth that couldn’t stop behind it and was directly hung on the waterfall.

“Moo!” “Quack!” The two yokai let out miserable wails, and their divine energy was continuously sucked away.

But compared to the divine power that was released, the speed at which it was sucked away was much, much slower.

Despite this, no one or yokai dared to fly out even a meter further.

“Boom!” “Boom!” Two loud noises came from the sky again.

“What on earth happened?” Itomi Sayaka asked with confusion.

The few members of Group Nine, who were wrapped in her circular protective shield, were so scared they went limp, their legs losing all strength.

“Maeda!” the Kyushu Shinto Lord shouted.

The Kasen named Maeda roared to the sky, the veins on his neck bulging. His hands were as if they were holding something heavy.

With a “rumble,” a wave of earth shot out from the deep sea.

“Go!” The Kyushu Shinto Lord and the others threw out their divine artifacts, which merged into the wave of earth.

Under the joint efforts of the crowd, a fourth pillar of heaven was formed.

At this moment, all the official practitioners were held back by the “sky,” but the Shinto sect and the yokai did not dare to take the opportunity to make a move.

Kamibayashi Miko’s eyes glanced at the golden light of the three-colored waterfall at the “horizon.” Her heart suddenly moved, and she spread her fair hand. A golden butterfly danced gracefully, scattering sand-like golden dots.

The golden dots gathered into a picture.

A piece of land. Above the land, five mountain peaks were placed like chess pieces.

Immediately, another loud “rumble” was heard. A mountain peak shot out from the bottom of the sea, and the seawater cascaded down the mountain’s cliffs like a waterfall.

“Boom!” This mountain peak was placed on the land.

The four pillars of heaven trembled at the same time.

The “Coral Demon Moth’s” coral reef’s black light exploded. With a “rumble,” two more mountain peaks shot out from the sea surface and flew towards the “chessboard.”

The crowd was speechless. Even Kamibayashi Miko was a little stunned for a moment.

“It’s all your fault!” Himegami Izayoi shouted at her.

The crowd followed the sound and looked at the two of them.

They heard Himegami Izayoi continue to say to Kamibayashi Miko, “You had to live in Hakusan and let him learn how to move mountains and fill the sea!”

“…” Kamibayashi Miko was a little stunned for a moment.

“Boom! Boom!” Two loud noises. The four pillars of heaven sank.

The demons shrieked, as panicked as a frightened herd of horses.

The Shinto sect’s face was also ugly. Once the “sky” pressed down, with a human body, they would be turned into meat paste!
“What should we do?” in the colorful divine power, someone asked in panic.

“Damn it, let’s join forces and lift this turtle shell!”

“You idiot, didn’t you see just now? The Coral Demon Moth’s divine power is wrapped around it!”

“Then what do you say we do! Wait for death!”

“Don’t argue!”

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” Three more loud noises. Kamibayashi Miko, Himegami Izayoi, the Hokkaido Miko, the Kyushu Shinto Lord, and the others all felt a stuffiness in their chests and were dizzy.

The arguing crowd was like mosquitoes that had heard a frog’s croak. They trembled with fear and didn’t dare to make a sound.

Fortunately, the “golden pillar” was the Divine Medium’s Aya, and the “fire pillar” was Himegami Izayoi’s folding fan. They were carried by the “Lord of Kyoto” and were not ordinary divine artifacts. They were very sturdy.

The “earth pillar” gathered all the divine artifacts of the Kyushu Shinto Lord and the others, and it was also indestructible.

The weakest was the Hokkaido Miko, but on the way here, she had encountered a county-level or higher clam girl yokai and absorbed an incredible amount of cold air. Before this cold air disappeared, the “ice pillar” also firmly supported it.

“Boom!” Another loud noise.

Some of the practitioners who had fused their divine artifacts into the “earth pillar” spat out blood, obviously unable to hold on.

“You still won’t help? Do you want to die?!” the Ashiya clan leader cursed at the Shinto sect.

The people of the Shinto sect looked at each other and all looked at Sanae Sara.

Sanae Sara smiled and did not speak, just watching the show.

“Damn it, if the turtle shell falls, you won’t be able to escape either!”

“Let’s just risk it and kill them!”

“Bullshit, why did the Coral Demon Moth press us down? Isn’t it just to let us fight and then absorb the divine power? How can you kill them?”

The sky rumbled continuously. Even with the support of the four pillars of heaven, the “sky” was still sinking.

“There are no more mountains nearby!” a practitioner who had been watching the butterfly projection exclaimed in ecstasy.

The crowd hurriedly looked over. Sure enough, the mountain peaks that had risen from the bottom of the sea were getting smaller and smaller, some even only ten meters high.

“Great!”

“We can hold on!”

Before the crowd could cheer, the black Tathagata sitting on the clouds suddenly pressed down its hand.

The cloud layer was torn apart, and a strong wind rolled. The Buddha’s hand pressed down like the Five Finger Mountain.

“Pfft!” At least a hundred people were shaken so much they spat out blood and almost fainted.

The “sky” sank a full three hundred meters.

Those who were flying low, their shoe uppers had already touched the dark seawater.

“Can we get out from the sea?” someone looked down and plunged into the sea surface.

The others watched with trepidation. Soon, that person flew up again, his face full of fear.

Before the crowd could ask, a three-colored divine light, like oil floating on water, slowly spread across the sea surface under the turtle shell.

Some yokai were panicked and attacked the turtle shell. The “night sky” rippled with circles of colorful light wheels, all of which were sucked away by the three-colored divine light.

“You still won’t make a move?” the Kyushu Shinto Lord also couldn’t help but shout at the Shinto sect.

Suddenly, with a loud “rumble,” the seawater under their feet suddenly sank. The crowd quickly looked towards the butterfly projection.

“Overturning the river and stirring the sea”

One after another, monstrous waves surged up to the turtle shell, like water flooding a golden mountain, rushing up the mountain peaks, and then accumulating in the valleys.

Another divine light flashed past, and those mountain peaks made of earth actually slowly turned into steel.

“Turning the ground into steel”

The increase in weight was not as sudden as the mountain peaks, but it was still slowly rising, challenging the limits of the crowd every moment.

“When did he learn so many spells?!” Itomi Sayaka was both shocked and angry.

“He learned them on the spot,” Himegami Izayoi and Kamibayashi Miko said at the same time.

“Instinct can also be learned?!”

“It’s precisely because it’s instinct…”

“Bang!” The earth pillar cracked open, and countless divine artifact fragments fell out. The “sky” began to sink again.

“Sanae!” Spider looked at Sanae Sara anxiously.

Sanae Sara observed Kamibayashi Miko and the other three. Seeing that they were also frowning and obviously having a hard time.

She threw out her divine artifact, which merged into the earth pillar. The others from the Shinto sect breathed a sigh of relief and also hurriedly threw out their divine artifacts.

The sinking momentum was temporarily stabilized.

Minamoto Kiyomoto’s “Overturning the River and Stirring the Sea” and “Turning the Ground into Steel” were not yet proficient and were just empty shells.