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Chapter 404 Natural Disaster Strikes! (Page 12)
Tokyo, Pure Land.
An Qingyu's fingers trembled slightly on the last page of the document, the words on the paper seeming to transform into cold blades, piercing his pupils.
"It's over..."
His voice was soft, yet it struck everyone's heart like a heavy hammer.
Jiang Er's projection flickered; she rarely saw An Qingyu with such an expression. "What's wrong?"
An Qingyu slammed the document shut and spoke rapidly: "The Pure Land is not a refuge built by the gods at all—it is the legacy of a technology company!"
His voice echoed in the control room, and everyone stopped what they were doing.
"Before the fog descended, the Japanese government secretly funded a company called 'Pure Land Technology' to research technology for uploading human consciousness."
An Qingyu tapped her fingers on the holographic screen, bringing up a long-forgotten video: "After the fog descended, the gods of Takamagahara chose this company and transformed its technology into... a human breeding farm."
In the scene, countless Japanese people are driven to the bottom of the silver disc, their souls are extracted and turned into fuel for the Yata no Kagami (Eight-Span Mirror).
“Fifty million people…” Yuri Takihachi’s voice trembled. “They weren’t saved, but used as batteries for faith?”
“That’s right.” An Qingyu pulled up the oracle’s transformation records. “These seven executives voluntarily accepted the gods’ transformation and became sheepdogs managing the farm.”
Decades ago, the gaze of the gods disappeared, and their ambitions emerged. They wanted to create gods, which is why Yuri Takihaku, the son of Yuri Kurotetsu, was chosen as a tool to create gods because he possessed royal blood.
They wanted to transform him into a god.
But none of that is the most important thing. The most important thing is that although the seven oracles are renowned and are regarded as gods by ordinary people, they are still very powerful.
but.
They are not the most powerful beings in the human realm.
The most powerful one is actually the spirit of the divine artifact Yata no Kagami—the Raiju.
However, it doesn't usually appear.
His fingertip hovered over a line of blood-red warning text, "The most lethal one is this—"
An ancient oracle pops up in the center of the screen:
"If all seven shepherds perish, the Thunder Beast will awaken, and the Cleansing World will be restarted."
Cao Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted: "So the Oracle is actually... a safety pin?"
The control room suddenly shook violently!
Yuri Kurozuke instantly activated the Royal Blood Barrier, only to see the entire Tokyo sky outside the window distorting.
The originally suspended silver disc 'Pure Land' began to collapse, and countless metal fragments were vaporized by lightning that appeared out of nowhere during their fall.
“It’s here.” An Qingyu stared at the monitoring screen, where the energy readings were soaring exponentially. “The spirit of the Yata Mirror—the Thunder Beast Takemikazuchi.”
Jiang Er's projection fluctuated violently as she reviewed city-wide surveillance footage: "No... I can't find the main body! The entire electromagnetic field of Tokyo has become its sensory organ!"
A bolt of lightning, over 100 meters in diameter, suddenly struck the Tokyo Skytree, a kilometer away. The Tokyo landmark crumbled like a toy crushed by a god, disintegrating in a blinding purple light.
The shockwave, carrying lightning and fire, swept in, even cracking the royal blood barrier!
"Qi Ye and the others are still in the ruins..." Cao Yuan's Black King Armor automatically covered his entire body. "We have to hold out until they come back!"
The dark clouds in the sky suddenly spun into a huge vortex, and a giant claw made of pure lightning tore through the clouds.
The mere aftershock of the claws slicing through the air shattered all the glass within a ten-kilometer radius!
"What is that..." Yuri Takihaku's pupils reflected the approaching lightning.
A beast's head slowly emerged from the clouds—a head resembling both a wolf and a tiger, entirely composed of pulsating lightning, with six diamond-shaped eyes radiating a ghostly blue light like a nuclear reactor.
When it opens its mouth, what people see is not a mouth, but a collapsing starry sky.
“It’s not a living thing…” An Qingyu’s eyes frantically adjusted their focus, “It’s a natural disaster that has materialized from a concept!”
"boom--!!!"
The roar of the Thunder Beast transformed into a thunderstorm of billions of volts, and the entire city of Tokyo was instantly engulfed by blinding purple-white lightning.
Streetlights, electronic billboards, traffic lights—all powered equipment on the street shattered in the same second, with glass shards and electrical sparks flying everywhere like a torrential downpour.
The high-voltage power tower twisted and collapsed, the cable broke, and the burning copper wire twitched and fell like a dying snake.
Even more terrifying were the humans who were struck by the lightning.
Their bodies were pierced by ultra-high voltage current in a fraction of a second, their skin carbonized, their muscle tissue instantly vaporized, and their bones burst in the high temperature.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
One body after another exploded like a balloon being detonated, turning into a bloody mist in the lightning, and then being evaporated by the high temperature, leaving not even ashes behind.
The steel frame structure of the skyscrapers softened during the thunderstorm, and the glass curtain walls melted into a crimson liquid, pouring down from hundreds of meters in the air like lava.
The entire city collapsed amidst the roars of the Thunder Beast, as if the end of the world had arrived.
An Qingyu's eyes flashed wildly, his irises contracted to their limit, as he tried to analyze the energy composition of the Thunder Beast.
“This is impossible…” His voice trembled unusually, “This level of energy release has exceeded the scope of a ‘spirit’!”
Jiang Er's projection flickered violently. She was accessing city-wide surveillance footage, but all electronic equipment was paralyzed by the thunderstorm. Her voice carried a hint of terror: "Tokyo... is being erased!"
Cao Yuan's black king armor automatically covered his entire body, but his pupils beneath the visor contracted. He had seen countless mysteries, but had never felt such pure destructive power.
"This thing... is more ferocious than a god!"
Yuri Kurozo's royal blood barrier instinctively deployed, protecting everyone within it.
His face was extremely gloomy: "Takemikazuchi... the legendary war god who wields thunder, actually turned into the spirit of the Yata no Kagami?"
Yuri Takihaku gripped the game console controller tightly, his knuckles turning white. His royal blood was boiling, yet his body trembled slightly under the pressure of the Thunder Beast.
"Father...can we really win?"
Yurina didn't speak, but silently drew the short sword from her waist, the blade gleaming with a faint bloody light.
"Whether we win or not—" Cao Yuan drew his katana, its blade wreathed in dark patterns that devoured lightning, "We can't just stand here and wait to die!"
"Black King - Thunder Devourer!"
He leaped up suddenly, his blade flashing like black lightning as it struck the thunder beast's giant claws.
The moment the lightning collided with the blade, a gap was actually cut open!
But the next second, more lightning plasma surged in like a flood, and Cao Yuan was thrown away by the shockwave, crashing heavily into a half-melted office building.
"Cao Yuan!" Jiang Er's projection flickered, trying to pinpoint his location.
"I'm fine!" Cao Yuan's roar echoed from the ruins. "This thing can swallow lightning, but it can't digest too much!"
Yuri Kurotetsu's royal blood boiled, and crimson wings unfurled from his back: "Taki Shiro, activate 'Ragnarok'!"
Yuri Takishiro took a deep breath and pressed the red button on the controller.
"Ragnarok System - Activated!"
"Om-!"
Countless crimson runes suddenly appeared in the sky above Tokyo, weaving together into a giant net that temporarily suppressed the thunder beast's thunderstorm.
"Anqingyu!" Youli Heizhe shouted, "Find its core!"
An Qingyu's eyes locked onto the Thunder Beast's chest: "Below the sixth eye... there's a reverse scale!"
"Then tear it apart!" Yurina's figure suddenly disappeared, and when she reappeared, she was already on top of the Thunder Beast's head, her short sword piercing straight for Reverse Scale!
The Thunder Beast seemed to sense a threat, and its six diamond-shaped eyes lit up simultaneously—
"boom!"
A bolt of lightning, over a hundred meters in diameter, descended from the sky and struck Yurina directly!
"Damn it!" Yuri Taki's eyes widened in disbelief.
At the critical moment, a silver star streaked across the sky and collided with the lightning pillar!
"The Mortal Realm of Gods—Open!"
Lin Qiye's figure appeared in the lightning, his straight sword [White Slash] splitting the lightning pillar in two!
"Sorry I'm late." He turned to look at the crowd, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were piercing. "Now... it's our turn to fight back."
...
The sky over Tokyo was torn in two.
Half of it was a purple-white thunderstorm from the Thunder Beast Takemikazuchi, with billions of volts of electricity raging like a mad dragon, turning the entire city into scorched earth.
The other half —
It is a burning sun.
Wu Xiangnan floated in the air, his body wreathed in blazing golden divine fire.
His skin had completely turned into a dark gold color, and his pupils had transformed into two miniature sun discs, each breath bringing with it a scorching wave of heat.
The phantom of the sun behind him expanded to a kilometer, and wherever the light reached, the thunderstorm dissipated!
"Old Wu, your look..." Zhang Yun stood on the ruins and whistled, "Pretty flashy, huh?"
Wu Xiangnan did not answer.
He raised his hand, palm facing the Thunder Beast—
"The Law of the Sun - Burning the Heavens".
"boom--!!!"
A torrent of solar fire, a hundred meters in diameter, burst forth, distorting space and evaporating the magma wherever it passed!
The Thunder Beast's six diamond-shaped eyes contracted simultaneously, hastily condensing a lightning shield to defend itself, but it was forcefully pushed back thousands of meters by the true fire, crashing into the ruins of the Tokyo Tower!
The Thunder Beast was enraged and roared, shaking the heavens and the earth.
A second giant lightning claw emerged from the clouds, merging with the first one to form a lightning spear that stretched across the sky!
"Takemikazuchi: Spear of Divine Punishment!"
The purple-white lightning spear tore through space, piercing towards Wu Xiangnan with world-destroying power!
"Well done!"
Wu Xiangnan crossed his arms, and the illusory image of the sun suddenly shrank to his body, transforming into a suit of sun god armor.
Instead of retreating, he advanced, charging straight at the thunder spear—
"Solar Law - Godfall Strike!"
"Boom——!!!"
Golden and purple-white light collided at a height of a thousand meters, and the shock wave spread out in a spherical shape, instantly vaporizing all the glass in buildings within a ten-kilometer radius!
The onlookers had no choice but to lower their bodies, and Garan's golden flame gauntlets automatically protected him, creating a barrier.
"This is like gods fighting..." Wei Dong gripped the ground tightly, his hair standing on end in the strong wind.
The Thunder Beast's attacks grew increasingly ferocious.
Its six eyes rotated, drawing seawater from Tokyo Bay into the sky, where it was electrolyzed into hydrogen-oxygen explosives amidst lightning.
The clouds were torn apart and reassembled, turning into tens of thousands of lightning crystal spears; even the nitrogen in the atmosphere was ionized, forming a deadly plasma storm!
Wu Xiangnan countered with the law of the sun.
With a wave of his hand, he summoned a solar wind, scattering the lightning crystal spear into fireworks; the illusory image of the sun spun, refracting the plasma storm into space;
They even detonated real fire, creating a miniature nuclear fusion explosion above the Thunder Beast's head!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Each collision sent tremors through the continental shelf.
The melting of snow on Mount Fuji in the high temperatures triggered mudslides;
The seawater in Tokyo Bay boiled, evaporating steam vortexes several kilometers in diameter.
High in the sky, thunderclouds surged, and the clash between the sun and thunder continued.
Just as Wu Xiangnan and the Thunder Beast were locked in a stalemate, Zhang Yun, dressed in black, suddenly grinned, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes.
"Old Wu, I'm here to help you!"
He suddenly stepped into the void, and the dark blue runes beneath his feet bloomed like lotus flowers. The God-Slaying Spear was plunged upside down in front of him, and his hands quickly formed hand seals—