32: Chapter 32

Luo Yu creating such a huge commotion naturally attracted quite a few gazes.

However, most of those gazes were filled with disdain.

"Just because you used the Eternal Paradise to take out Hades, God of the Underworld, you think you can kill Dragon Eater Samael?"

"If Samael were that easy to kill, the gods would have acted long ago. Would it have ever been your turn, Red Dragon Emperor?"

"Even Samael's creator, that primordial deity, struggled to erase this Evil Dragon."

"What kind of thing do you think you are, Red Dragon Emperor?"

This incident did not delay the gods on their journey.

In their eyes, the Red Dragon Emperor was just wasting his effort. If he didn't leave now, he would know what true despair was once he was tainted by the Dragon Slayer Curse.

Boom!

The entire Underworld was shaking.

It was exactly the same as when Hades, God of the Underworld, and the Underworld were erased just a moment ago.

The space that had just been repaired was blasted into dust by the Eternal Paradise again.

The massive black void looked as if it were about to smash right through the lowest level of the Underworld.

Dragon Eater Samael let out a roar and was annihilated just like Hades.

But soon, a ball of black liquid about the size of a basketball—the source of the Dragon Slayer Curse—slowly condensed in the void.

Seeing this scene, no one—neither Cao Cao's side nor the gods—felt surprised.

Samael was just that kind of thing; it was impossible to kill, and its tenacity was on par with a primordial dragon soul.

Otherwise, the gods wouldn't have just sealed it away.

"Now the Red Dragon Emperor should understand that Samael isn't so easy to deal with."

"Wait… My god!"

A main god of a second-tier pantheon suddenly stopped and exclaimed.

"Is the Red Dragon Emperor not afraid of the Dragon Slayer Curse? He actually rushed in!"

"Isn't that just courting death?!"

"Does he think he can be immune to the Dragon Slayer Curse?"

"…"

The gods all stopped and watched, dumbfounded.

The Red Dragon King dragged his massive body and charged straight toward the source of the Dragon Slayer Curse.

That is, toward that guy called Samael.

He completely disregarded the fact that he might die if he touched the curse.

But what happened next left all the gods stunned—

That Red Dragon actually opened his massive mouth and swallowed the source of the Dragon Slayer Curse in one gulp.

Then, he tore through the space of the Underworld and vanished without a trace.

All the gods were stunned.

Shiva's expression also shifted slightly.

Is this Red Dragon King guy tired of living?

The Dragon race fears the Dragon Slayer Curse most of all, yet he actually dared to swallow it?

And he swallowed the source of the curse, no less?

Is this guy really throwing his life away?

"Then… are we still going to the Underworld?"

A main god of some third-rate pantheon asked foolishly.

No one paid him any mind.

Samael has already been eaten; what's the point of going to the Underworld?

The most important thing now is to find that mad dragon within the Three Realms.

He must be found before the curse takes effect, otherwise it will be troublesome once he escapes.

In an instant, the sensory perception of all the gods swept across the entire Three Realms.

Weaker beings were so terrified they curled into balls.

They had no idea what was happening.

Why are so many gods suddenly staring at the Three Realms all at once?

…

"Hey, hey, hey, is this guy's brain waterlogged? Is Samael something you can just eat?"

Dulio Gesualdo had not yet recovered from the shock.

He couldn't figure out what on earth the Red Dragon King was thinking.

To actually swallow Samael.

This was the first time he realized that the title "Dragon Eater" could actually be related to the act of "eating."

"Find him. Find the Red Dragon King."

Cao Cao spoke up.

He found himself increasingly unable to read that dragon.

Courting death? Impossible.

It must be related to the previous conversation between the Red Dragon and those two Heavenly Dragon souls.

After speaking, Cao Cao used the True Longinus to tear open the barrier of the Underworld and pursued him toward the Human World.

Vali and Dulio Gesualdo followed close behind.

…

Human World, Kuoh Town.

"Phew… Master is really something, leaving without even saying a word."

In the villa garden, Tsubaki Shinra stopped her sword practice.

She took the towel handed to her by the maid and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

She now had to not only practice the physical techniques taught by Luo Yu but also study the demonic knowledge Sona had shoved onto her, in addition to Underworld magic.

This period had been quite a torment for her; it was practically like living in hell.

Every day was nothing but training and burying her nose in books. When she finally had a bit of free time, she still had to help the President organize Student Council documents.

When would these days ever come to an end?

"Sister Reya, Senior Sister Tsubaki Shinra."

It wasn't just Tsubaki Shinra training in the garden.

Reya Kusaka was engrossed in a book on Arcane Magic, and Tsubaki Shinra was also practicing physical techniques nearby with meticulous focus.

Tsubaki Shinra tiptoed up to the two of them and lowered her voice.

"Do you think… Master might have eloped with that Shirone? I happen to know that as soon as Master left, Shirone also disappeared."

These words were like a stone thrown into water.

Reya Kusaka's hand, which was turning the page, paused abruptly.

Tsubaki Shinra's swinging blade also froze in mid-air.

After a few moments, everything returned to normal.

"Tsubaki, Shirone just happened to go out at that time. If you keep spouting nonsense, be careful that the President doesn't hear you, or today's training will be increased again."

"You still haven't finished the training task the President punished you with yesterday."

Reya Kusaka 'kindly' reminded her.

Ever since they entered Kuoh Academy and joined the Student Council, Sona had instructed them not to call her 'Master's Wife' at school, but just President.

Tsubaki Shinra and Reya Kusaka didn't have any objections.

Tsubaki Shinra would be even less likely to object—she felt uncomfortable just hearing the term 'Master's Wife,' let alone saying it out loud.

"Uh…"

At the mention of extra training, Tsubaki Shinra's heart skipped a beat.

But she looked around, confirmed the President wasn't there, and couldn't help but mutter.

"I just feel like the relationship between Master and that Shirone is unusual."

To this day, she still remembered that Shirone's bold and explicit self-introduction when they first met.

Tsubaki Shinra, who was practicing physical techniques nearby, felt a wave of irritation.

She had an instinctive aversion to that 'Shirone,' even more severe than Sona's.

Ever since she saw her once, she especially couldn't stand that woman who was always clinging to Master.

Tsubaki Shinra was just trying to suppress the irritation in her heart and continue her physical training.

Suddenly!

Several authoritative gazes swept over them, like judgment from the firmament—cold and ruthless.

An immense pressure weighed down on their hearts.

Their bodies trembled, and they didn't dare to move, feeling as if all their secrets were laid bare by those gazes.

After quite a while.

Once the gazes completely moved away from them, Reya Kusaka and Tsubaki Shinra stumbled and fell to the ground, their eyes filled with panic, cold sweat soaking their backs.

They had no idea what had happened.

Tsubaki Shinra's strength was roughly on the level of a High-Class Devil, a cut above Tsubaki Shinra and Reya Kusaka, but she couldn't hide the fear in her eyes either.

She could clearly feel that those projected gazes didn't take them seriously at all.

To the owners of those gazes, people like them were no different from ants.

"Gulp… That was too terrifying. Senior Sister Tsubaki Shinra, what on earth were those things?!"

Tsubaki Shinra took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, swallowed hard, and asked.

She was genuinely stunned with fright, and Reya Kusaka nearby wasn't doing much better; the panicked expression on her face didn't fade for a long time.

"Those were the gods patrolling the Three Realms."

Before Tsubaki Shinra could speak, a cold voice came from behind them.

"President, you said those were the gods? Was that terrifying gaze from just now the gods looking at us?"

Tsubaki Shinra turned her head and saw Sona standing there with a furrowed brow. Her heart was still racing, so she quickly asked.

"That's right."

Sona nodded, looked at the sky with a serious expression, and said, "The main gods and god kings from the myths have all come out."

"Is something major about to happen?"

Reya Kusaka looked puzzled.

She remembered Master saying before that the main gods and god kings of the major pantheons usually stayed in their divine realms to guard them, and unless something earth-shattering happened, they wouldn't leave their divine realms easily.

Tsubaki Shinra thought the same thing.

She had been to quite a few pantheons and knew that those god kings and main gods, even within their divine realms, were elusive and rarely seen.

Now that they had all come out, something big must have happened.

"Just now, the Sitri Clan sent word. The Four Great Emperors attacked the Underworld and forcibly erased the Underworld along with Hades, God of the Underworld. From today on, the Underworld will cease to exist in the Three Realms."

Sona's voice was low, her tone carrying an indescribable gravity.

"The Underworld and Hades, God of the Underworld, were both wiped out?!"

This news struck like a bolt of lightning from the blue.

Tsubaki Shinra, Tsubaki Shinra, and Reya Kusaka were all filled with shock.

Tsubaki Shinra and Reya Kusaka had been reincarnated as devils for some time, so of course, they knew that the Underworld was the lowest level of the Underworld, governed by the famous Hades, God of the Underworld, from Greek mythology.

Moreover, judging by the President's implication, Hades was one of the top ten strongest beings in the world.

A deity who had lived from ancient times to the present had actually been killed by the Four Great Emperors, with not even the Underworld left remaining.

It was simply unbelievable.

"The Four Great Emperors… those four people who developed their Sacred Gear to the limit…"

Tsubaki Shinra's eyes were dazed as she muttered to herself.

She herself possessed a divine artifact, so she understood that the Four Great Emperors stood at the very pinnacle of all divine artifact wielders.

But she never imagined that they would be this strong, far exceeding her imagination.

To actually do something like this—using a Sacred Gear to personally slay a god.

Sona had not yet recovered from the shock when the intelligence sent by the Sitri Clan pierced into her mind like a knife.

The strength of the Four Great Emperors was already strong enough to shock the entire Three Realms.

Compared to the four Devil Kings of the Underworld, they were not far behind.

Especially that Red Dragon Emperor, who was simply outrageously strong.

Bang!

While Tsubaki Shinra and the others were still digesting this news, a loud explosion suddenly burst in the sky above Kuoh Town.

Sona suddenly lifted her head, her eyes wide.

The azure sky cracked open at that moment.

A massive white dragon claw reached out from the crack; the claw was entwined with a black aura that looked wrong.

The sky was like a mirror, torn apart viciously by that claw.

The space of the Human World was as fragile as paper, shattering into pieces.

The sky over the entire Kuoh Town became a pitch-black void.

A massive figure slowly emerged from that black mist.

Sona's pupils constricted.

Rias Gremory was also frozen in place, Akeno Himejima clenched her fists, and Koneko's breath stopped for an instant.

The ordinary people in the town were all tilting their heads back, the expressions on their faces looking as if they had seen a ghost.

The figure became clearer and clearer.

A body nearly a hundred zhang long spanned the sky above Kuoh Town.

It was a dragon.

A holy white dragon, its scales like meticulously polished jade, layered one over another, seamless and tight.

It lowered its dragon eyes, overlooking the entire town below.