Hearing Tapion's melody, the body of the Phantom Majin, which had been wreaking havoc, became sluggish as if rusted.
He turned his head stiffly, looking in the direction the sound came from, and raised his sharp claws high.
There was not a shred of fear on the Hero's face; he closed his eyes slightly and continued to play according to the tune, absorbed in his own world.
The music contained his soul and his determination.
Listening to this melody played by Tapion, which sounded like the music of the heavens, Ino felt her spiritual world—which had nearly been destroyed by the Phantom Majin's malicious attack—slowly stabilize. She felt a vigorous power surging from the deepest part of her heart. Perhaps this was the "power of the heart" that the Grand Kai had spoken of?
The God Tree in her spiritual world had fallen, the sun, moon, and stars were nearly completely destroyed, and the spiritual power she had previously purified was covered in black spots.
But Ino had a realization: one cannot see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain.
After such a heavy blow, she discovered that a brand-new seed had been planted once again in her heart. Given time, it would grow into a towering tree. This seed had nothing to do with Master Six Paths; it belonged entirely to her.
Ino was experiencing a nirvana-like rebirth.
The Phantom Majin looked down on a minor character like her. His killing intent was firmly locked onto Tapion. While resisting the residual consciousness of the god within his body, he controlled his palm to press down forcefully, seemingly intending to crush this insect to death.
Ino watched from afar. She was unfamiliar with the Hero brothers' techniques and had no room to intervene.
Tapion played the song three times in a loop. He had originally thought it would completely trap the Phantom Majin—even just one or two seconds would have been enough—but he hadn't expected the Phantom Majin to still possess the ability to move.
His forehead was covered in sweat, and the Phantom Majin's sharp claws were getting closer and closer to him.
Activate that alien woman's sealing technique now? The enemy was still moving; it would be difficult for the brothers to grasp the timing for the seal.
Use their Konatsian sealing technique? That move also required trapping the enemy with music, otherwise it would be very hard to hit.
Tapion was incredibly anxious. Nearby Minotia and the distant Ino were also somewhat worried.
Just as the Hero was struggling to think of a countermeasure, the Priest, who had kept a low profile all along, suddenly appeared behind him. The middle-aged man's movements carried a special rhythm; he reached out and grabbed—a plain and ordinary movement that seemed to contain extremely profound mysteries.
He was seen drawing the sharp blade known to the Konatsians as the "Hero's Sword" from Tapion's back. The middle-aged Priest made no charging or accelerating movements; he simply ran over lightly, as if unconsciously, and slashed his sword horizontally at the Phantom Majin's waist.
A dazzling white light flashed. In Ino's view, the Phantom Majin, whose battle power was likely comparable to a Super Saiyan 2 or even Super Saiyan 3, was easily sliced into two pieces by the middle-aged Priest.
The Priest delivered one slash, then re-sheathed the sword into Hero Tapion's scabbard. He reappeared beside Ino like a ghost, sighing with emotion: "Truly a good sword."
Ino's face was full of shock. Like hell I believe you!?
The sword might indeed be a good sword, but the key depends on who uses it!
Such an invincible Phantom Majin was cut in two by you with a single slash, and you say it's because of the sword?
Rapid thoughts collided in her mind. She thought of a certain possibility.
How could such a strong existence appear on Konats a thousand years ago? Is this current one the main body? Or a clone?
Her eyes looked at the Priest with a bit of complexity. Is now not the right time to "bow down and acknowledge him as a godfather"?
The middle-aged Priest pointed forward: "Look quickly, the brothers have moved!"
Ino followed his gaze and saw the Phantom Majin trying to repair its body. The body that had been cut in two was currently rejoining, but it would take another second or two to fully recover, and this was the Tapion brothers' chance.
"Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei!"
The two brothers, one on the left and one on the right, slapped the Yin Seal and the Yang Seal onto his body simultaneously just as the Phantom Majin repaired his body but hadn't yet regained control.
Yin and Yang merged. An obscure energy vortex appeared on the Phantom Majin's chest. The startup energy for this vortex was the Six Paths power Ino had given the brothers. The vortex rotated rapidly, and after growing to a certain degree, it began to absorb the Phantom Majin's energy. The more the Phantom Majin struggled, the more energy the vortex absorbed.
Massive amounts of sand, stone, trees, and metal were pulled by the suction, smashing onto the Phantom Majin like rain. The suction grew larger and larger, finally pulling nearly all the buildings in the capital and the rocks and soil within a hundred-mile radius, forming a massive sphere with a diameter exceeding a thousand meters.
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The Phantom Majin was sealed by the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei.
The seal was as strong as his own energy was. The ingenuity of this move lay in "using one's own spear to attack one's own shield." If the Phantom Majin calmed the energy within his body and kept himself in a peaceful state, he might have had a tiny chance of escaping. But he was a Majin incarnated from negative emotions; how could it be easy to calm down?
The Konatsians, aided by music, cast some spell-like abilities. They joined hands to send the sphere far away to the end of the universe.
Would this thing break the seal and come out to harm other intelligent life in the future? Apologies, but that wasn't their concern.
Ino's plan to "acknowledge a godfather" died in the womb. The other party left a "Goodbye" note and then vanished.
He vanished in the literal sense of the word.
She went to ask the Konatsians, including Tapion, but found that no one remembered this middle-aged Priest who was said to like fishing but never caught any fish.
Everyone spoke with certainty, saying there was no such person and that the Konatsian Priest had already died during the great battle with the Phantom Majin. They spoke so firmly that for two whole days, Ino felt she was suffering from delusions.
Tapion was very grateful to her. If she hadn't stepped up to help at the critical moment, the brothers would have become vessels for the Phantom Majin by now.
Ino didn't want to cause changes in the timeline, so she kept an incredibly low profile, pushing all the glory onto the Tapion brothers.
Tapion was extremely upright and felt that he didn't deserve to enjoy the cheers of his clansmen.
To express his gratitude, he gave his Hero's Sword to Ino, stating that someone like her was the true lonely Hero and that only she was worthy of this sword.
"The Hero's Sword is made of Katchin. This steel is the hardest substance in the universe. I hope this sword can help you in the future," Tapion said sincerely.
Ino never knew how to refuse gifts from others; this was her weakness. After declining slightly, she accepted it.
The Priest said this sword was good. Although a large part of that was polite rhetoric, the quality of this sword was indeed not bad.
The Hero's Sword could truly be called indestructible, and its conductivity for energy was far higher than Chakra metal. Ino tried swinging it twice; without needing hand seals, just inputting the corresponding chakra allowed the blade to unleash various ice blades and fire blades.
The most critical thing was that she perceived a hint of an indescribable rhythm within the blade. It seemed very simple, but upon closer investigation, she found she couldn't understand it at all. Was this the "trace" left by that middle-aged Priest when he slashed the Phantom Majin?
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