Chapter 166 Suzumura no Naruto

Just as Su Baiwei's hand touched the kusanagi no tsurugi, a powerful burst of Qi suddenly erupted from the blade.

Startled, Su Baiwei retreated at an incredible speed. The moment she pulled back, a terrifying Sword Qi shot out from the kusanagi no tsurugi, slashing at the spot where she had just been standing!

"Sshh!"

The friction between the Sword Qi and the air produced a piercing sound, leaving a cyan streak in the air that lingered for a long time.

This anomaly clearly caught Su Baiwei off guard.

"Is there something special about this sword?" Jiang Chen's tone was curious.

Su Baiwei did not hide anything and said directly, "The kusanagi no tsurugi is a Magical Artifact forged by Susanoo after he ambushed Xiangliu—hmm, also known as Yamata no Orochi in later generations—and extracted a piece of its tail bone. It contains a portion of Susanoo's authority and divinity, which is very useful to me."

Jiang Chen could tell that this kusanagi no tsurugi was extraordinary. The power it had just unleashed had already exceeded the limits of a Tier 4 Magical Artifact, placing it somewhere between Tier 4 and Tier 5.

This indicated that its owner's strength was likely around the Bitter Sea Realm—the same statue that was confronting Jianzhen.

It seemed, however, that the two had perished together.

Before Jiang Chen could even feel sorrow, his attention was drawn to the statue.

Crackling sounds constantly emanated from the statue, and flakes of stone flew off as they peeled away from its surface.

"Susanoo… is still alive?" Su Baiwei's expression tightened.

If she were in her prime, she naturally wouldn't fear Susanoo, but she was currently weak and her divinity was separated, so she dared not be careless.

Seemingly having heard the commotion outside, a long, heavy voice imbued with the weight of history slowly resonated from within the statue.

"Who calls my true name? Who dares to claim they are undefeated? Even the heavens and earth are too narrow… Ah!"

Before he could finish speaking, a dazzling golden light shot over and struck the statue directly.

It caused the statue to let out a cry of pain.

"Who, who dares to offend a Divine Venerable?!"

"And a chuunibyou Divine Venerable at that," Jiang Chen said coldly. He then pinched a seal with his fingertips, and an even more majestic and irresistible golden light slashed out.

"This is the forbidden ground of the Divine Kingdom! How did you Mortals get in here?!" The statue that Susanoo had transformed into suffered a massive gash across its chest from Jiang Chen's strike, almost cutting it in half.

However, this injury didn't seem particularly serious to him. On the contrary, the golden light only accelerated the shedding of the stone flakes.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, Susanoo is formed by the condensed faith of the island nation; his Physical Body is merely a vessel for him!" Su Baiwei reminded him.

Upon hearing this, the statue suddenly turned its head, and two beams of high-intensity blue light condensed and shot out from where its eyes should have been.

"It is you! The one who usurped the divine throne, Tamamo-no-Mae!"

He gripped the kusanagi no tsurugi tightly and exerted force, attempting to pull the sword from Jianzhen's grip.

But at the same time, Jianzhen's skeletal remains emitted a faint golden light, like a golden body, holding onto the kusanagi no tsurugi with a death grip, preventing even Susanoo, its owner, from pulling it out in the slightest.

"Damn monk from the Eastern Lands!"

Susanoo cursed angrily and reached out to crush the skeleton, but by then, another Golden Light Incantation strike from Jiang Chen had already arrived.

Forced to, Susanoo had no choice but to temporarily abandon the kusanagi no tsurugi and turn back to defend himself.

"Boom!"

This Golden Light Incantation was not comparable to the last one. Even with Susanoo blocking with all his might, he still felt a sharp pain in his arms.

Then, he saw his two arms, which had not yet fully broken free from the statue, fly high into the air.

Immediately after, a force like a heavy hammer slammed into his chest, sending his figure flying backward uncontrollably.

"Boom!"

With a loud crash, a cloud of dust filled the air. The palace, which belonged to Amaterasu, seemed poorly constructed, as Susanoo had smashed a deep crater right into it.

"Is he dead?" Su Baiwei watched from the side, surprised by Jiang Chen's strength and looking toward the dust-filled area in disbelief.

Susanoo's presence seemed to have plummeted in that instant, leaving her unsure.

"The 'no damage when there's smoke' law—don't you know it?"

"W-what?" Su Baiwei did not understand what Jiang Chen meant and couldn't help but look bewildered.

Sure enough, beams of azure light pierced through the layers of smoke, shining out from the ruins.

Immediately after, Susanoo's presence grew strong again, even more powerful than before.

He slowly emerged from the dust. By now, all the stone flakes on his body had peeled off. As he moved, granulation tissue began to grow rapidly from his severed arms, developing into intact limbs.

Countless streams of water seemed to be swirling around him.

"Ah! You have angered the noble God of the Ocean and Destruction!"

With his violent roar, the entire palace seemed unable to bear the weight and began to tremble.

And it seemed that it was precisely because of Susanoo's rage and the wanton release of his Divine Power.

Jiang Chen sensed that a second divine presence in this palace had begun to awaken rapidly.

"Ohirume-no-Muchi?" Susanoo shouted in surprise and suspicion, then seemed to become even more furious.

At this moment, a soft, ethereal, yet dignified female voice rang out.

"Who calls my true name? Those who recite my true name shall attain eternal life in Reincarnation…"

Jiang Chen: "…"

So this chuunibyou behavior is hereditary.

It's no wonder the people of the island nation are so chuunibyou nowadays; after all, they have abstract gods setting the example.

But these words from Amaterasu Omikami seemed to make Susanoo even angrier.

He thought to himself that those were originally his lines!

With the awakening of Amaterasu Omikami, waves of powerful Divine Power spread from the palace across the entire Takamagahara. It seemed to trigger a chain reaction, as one after another, Divine Powers began to awaken and respond!

The eight million gods of Takamagahara were beginning to awaken!

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, I sense that my divinity is right where Amaterasu Omikami is hiding!"

Su Baiwei's expression was agitated; she wished she could rush to Amaterasu Omikami's side immediately to reclaim her divinity.

She also sensed that because of her arrival, her own divinity was showing signs of awakening from its dormancy, responding to her call.

However, the fact that almost all the gods of Takamagahara were awakening at this moment was completely beyond her expectations.

On her own, she could barely suppress Susanoo, but if Amaterasu Omikami were added to the mix, she would be completely outmatched.

At this moment, she could only pin her hopes on Jiang Chen.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, with all the gods awakening, the two of us alone will likely be unable to cope. Help me reclaim my divinity first; once I am whole and unified, I can ensure our safety!"

Su Baiwei's words did not move Jiang Chen in the slightest.

In his view, apart from a few gods, the rest here were nothing but mere rabble!