"Foul beast! Feel the power of a god!"
After transforming into a Shinigami, Yomi Emperor didn't just grow larger in size—his strength had increased exponentially!
He gave a slight wave of his hand. A surge of power, followed by swirling air, lashed out toward Ye Liang like a whip.
Ye Liang remained silent.
He formed hand seals.
[Gate of the Underworld!]
A massive gate materialized out of thin air, blocking Yomi Emperor's strike. Then, Ye Liang leaped forward, landing atop the gate. He aimed the Sword of the Thunder God at Yomi Emperor's head, and a bolt of lightning shot forth from its blade like an electric serpent.
Seeing this, Izanagi no Mikoto quickly joined the assault.
His Yasaka Magatama Sword flew forward in sync with Ye Liang's attack.
Looks like Izanagi no Mikoto wasn't just bragging after all!
His Yasaka Magatama Sword truly possessed demon-sealing properties. As soon as it was thrown, it emitted a faint golden glow. Ye Liang could clearly feel the surrounding malevolent aura dissipating rapidly.
Their attacks combined.
The Yomi Emperor's pupils trembled slightly. He frantically retreated backward. Just as the magatama sword closed in on his back, his entire form suddenly froze in place.
At that exact moment, Ye Liang's lightning strike hit Yomi Emperor squarely in the waist.
Letting out a pained cry, he opened his mouth wide, his face contorted in agony, as if struck by a thunderbolt itself.
"Did we succeed?"
Izanagi no Mikoto naively asked.
Ye Liang sweatdropped.
"Yeah right—we'd see ghosts if that worked!"
Sure enough, the words had barely left Ye Liang's mouth when a faint smile appeared on Yomi Emperor's face.
"I lied!"
A short blade dripping with the aura of the dead instantly slashed toward Izanagi no Mikoto.
"Crap!"
Izanagi no Mikoto shouted loudly. Ye Liang immediately sprang into action, using a Flying Thunder God Kunai left behind at his original position. His body swiftly teleported to beside Izanagi no Mikoto and activated Fly Thunder God!
Just as the short blade grazed Izanagi no Mikoto's hair, both figures vanished instantaneously.
Then, Ye Liang left half a stack of Explosive Tags at the spot where they stood.
"Boom!"
Thick smoke engulfed the battlefield.
Gasping for breath, Izanagi no Mikoto realized how close the blade had come—it had even sliced off a clump of hair right off the crown of his head.
"T-thank you… Ye Liang," he said shakily.
"You're fine. But don't act so recklessly again. Based on current circumstances, the Shinigami Body of the Yomi Emperor completely ignores ordinary attacks. I'm not sure whether your Yasaka Magatama Sword is effective. So unless you can guarantee sufficient power, stop wasting your energy."
"Hmm."
Izanagi no Mikoto nodded.
Ye Liang darted across the battlefield under the thick smoke from the explosion. He circled around the Yomi Emperor, planting several kunai imbued with Flying Thunder God Cursed Seals around him. Then, forming hand seals, he activated the surrounding eighteen kunai, unleashing a formidable sealing formation.
[Four Red Yang Formation — Improved Version!]
Ye Liang abandoned manual activation. He poured all the chakra from one of his Shadow Clones into a single kunai, using it to replace the presence of a ninja.
An eighteen-member Kage-level masters' Sealing Formation – even he himself wasn't sure he could break free!
This definitely counted as a trap.
Ye Liang's arrival here had been meticulously prepared for several months. With that much prep time, there's no way this is just a normal fight.
He had something far more special up his sleeve!
He hurled the Sword of the Thunder God toward the top of the Sealing Formation. At this moment, the thick fog around the Yomi Emperor dissipated. Before he could even process what was happening, it felt like lightning had struck his head!
The Sword of the Thunder God quickly projected thunderbolts overhead, and soon after, dark clouds gathered in the sky. The sword had actually summoned heavenly lightning!
"You son of a bitch! You actually set me up like this?!" The Yomi Emperor showed fear on his face. This wasn't some game anymore—he was genuinely terrified by Ye Liang's level of preparation!
Izanagi no Mikoto also looked stunned!
He never imagined that within just a few months, Ye Liang would prepare so thoroughly! Facing such an overwhelming situation, if it were him instead, he probably would've been finished the moment the sealing began!
"Are you even human anymore?!"
Ye Liang didn't respond. His focus was locked on the Yomi Emperor.
Certainly, such a cruel trap could wipe out countless Kage-level masters. But the Yomi Emperor was different—he wasn't an ordinary mortal; he was a cultivator!
Lightning energy surged through his brain like wildfire as the storm above reached full fury.
"There's no way I'm losing like this! No way!" Roared the Yomi Emperor as he raised his Tanto and stabbed it into the 'Eighteen Scarletsun Formation'.
The immense force caused the 'Eighteen Scarletsun Formation' to tremble violently, nearly shattering.
Ye Liang frowned.
In theory, brute force shouldn't have been able to crack this formation—you needed to find its weak spot. And yet, now it was actually being shattered bit by bit through sheer physical strength. It was simply unbelievable!
"What terrifying strength!" Ye Liang swallowed hard.
The formation was crumbling piece by piece, yet the thunder from the heavens still hadn't struck.
The power of lightning certainly required buildup—thunderclouds had to form and create electric charge through friction. The Sword of the Thunder God merely played a guiding role—it wouldn't actually use its own energy to summon such massive electricity!
"No choice—I'll go!" Izanagi no Mikoto stepped forward.
So far, he hadn't contributed much, and his inherited Yasaka Magatama Sword had no effect.
"You going? Do you even know how strong the Yomi Emperor is?! Even I wouldn't dare clash head-on with his physical might. If you go, you're just throwing your life away pointlessly!"
"Heh, Liang. Don't underestimate me too much. Although my formations aren't as powerful as yours, I'm still a god-ranked ruler of the Yomi World. Even if I can't defeat him, I can at least stall him."
After saying this, Izanagi no Mikoto ignored Ye Liang's protests, soared forward, and charged directly at the Yomi Emperor, drawing the Yasaka Magatama Sword from the scroll.
Just as he said, the suppressive effect of the Yasaka Magatama once again flew toward the Yomi Emperor. It was still that golden light—but this time brighter and in greater quantity.
[Yasaka Magatama – Sealing!]
The radiant light fell onto the Yomi Emperor. In Ye Liang's incredulous gaze, it actually managed to slow the Yomi Emperor down significantly.
Although it had slowed by only about 5%...
"Slow Jutsu?" Ye Liang raised a question mark over his head. Only then did Ye Liang see Izanagi no Mikoto clutching his stomach, gasping for breath.
He has exhausted all his strength!
Just from using that one supportive skill.
"The Yomi Emperor is too powerful! I poured all my power into holding him back, even if just for a moment. The rest is up to you!" Izanagi no Mikoto stepped back into a supporting role.
Ye Liang shot a glance at the Yomi Emperor—
It was barely delayed, but just enough! Right as the [Eighteen Scarletsun Formation] developed cracks, bolts of lightning roared from the heavens and struck with earth-shaking force!
[BOOM!]
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