116: Japan is doomed!

Could it be... it should be... perhaps... nothing happened... right?!

Su Chen forcefully suppressed the turbulent waves in his heart, trying to comfort himself with memories from his previous life.

However,

an extremely intense sense of unease tightly coiled around his heart like a venomous snake!

In his previous life,

Mount Fuji had not erupted early due to his and Aria's battle, nor had it alarmed the Sealed Right Leg!

He was afraid... afraid that his rebirth,

had flapped its wings,

and already triggered an unpredictable chain reaction... leading to a certain seal loosening prematurely... or even... being destroyed?!

Just as Su Chen's mind was in chaos and he was trying to sort things out—

[Ding! Detected the host devouring a high-concentration Eternal-grade Ice Elemental Energy Core—the “eternal ice core.” Due to partial damage to the infinite devouring system, the energy cannot be fully absorbed and converted temporarily, and has been forcibly compressed and stored in the system's temporary space.]

[Affected by the passive erosion of the eternal ice core's Extreme Cold Origin Power, the host's relevant gene sequences are being forcibly activated and reorganized... The host is awakening an unknown Ice Talent and derivative Skills... This process will consume a large amount of mental energy...]

The system's prompt echoed in Su Chen's mind like a final death knell.

In an instant,

an indescribable feeling of extreme exhaustion, originating from the deepest parts of his soul, instantly overwhelmed all his consciousness like a tsunami!

It felt as if he hadn't closed his eyes for months or even years!

“Eating this thing... the after-effect... is really strong... I can't hold on... I need to... sleep for a bit...”

Su Chen only managed to send this message via mental fluctuation to Aria and the terrified High Priest in the distance,

and his massive, mountain-like body slowly and involuntarily collapsed, his ten tentacles lying limply on the ice.

The next second,

a low, rhythmic breathing sound arose, and he had actually fallen directly into the deepest sleep.

Only the surface of his colossal body occasionally flashed with streaks of eerie blue cold light, indicating that the power of the eternal ice core was quietly taking effect within him... Meanwhile.

Fusang.

The capital Tokyo was reduced to ruins, Mount Fuji had a massive volcanic eruption, and the Prime Minister and a large number of high-ranking officials perished... Fusang, having just experienced a series of devastating blows, was like an injured person with a broken spine, barely managing to restore a semblance of order and vitality.

At this moment,

countless Japanese who had survived the catastrophe were gathered in front of screens, watching the combat footage of Divine Summer's guardian giant monster, Kraken, crushing the Nightmare Behemoth Rlyeh in Los Angeles, USA.

The world-destroying power and absolute crushing dominance displayed in the footage filled the eyes of every Fusang person with immense envy and jealousy.

“Ahhh... Kraken... is too powerful... suffocatingly powerful... Why... why doesn't our great Fusang have such a mighty National Guardian Beast?!”

“Sigh... I really envy the Divine Summer people... The world has entered the ‘Divine Summer Era’... all because of Kraken...”

“Baka! Don't boost the morale of others! Our Great Fusang Empire is blessed with outstanding people and resources, and has deep foundations! We must be hiding a Guardian God Beast even stronger than Kraken! As long as we find it! Our Fusang will surely be able to overwhelm Divine Summer and once again become the Overlord of the world!”

Just as this extreme longing and resentment reached its peak—

Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A terrifying roar, seemingly from the deep core of the earth, violently shook the entire Fusang Archipelago!

Countless people looked up in terror!

They saw that in the direction of Mount Fuji, the earth violently swelled and cracked like a fragile eggshell!

A terrifying black shadow, massive beyond imagination,

was tearing open the earth,

slowly rising from the abyss!

It possessed eight hideous snake heads, like mountain peaks!

Each head was covered in dark purple twisted scales and burned with pale green Chaos Fire!

Its body resembled an endless giant mountain range, covered in bronze-colored keratin and bone spurs, reaching an astonishing length of about five thousand meters!

This appearance... was exactly the same as the monstrous demon from Fusang Mythology that brought chaos to the world—Yamata no Orochi!!!

After a brief moment of deadly silence,

the entirety of Fusang instantly erupted in heaven-shaking, nearly frantic cheers!

“Yamata no Orochi!!! It's Lord Yamata no Orochi!!!”

“Hahaha! I knew it! I knew it! Our Fusang also has its own Guardian God Beast!!”

“Banzai! Yamata no Orochi Banzai!!!”

“Lord Yamata no Orochi! Please lead our Fusang! Become great once more!!!”

Instantly,

countless Japanese, like the most devout believers, frantically knelt and prayed toward the terrifying giant beast, their eyes filled with morbid fanaticism and hope!

However, what they couldn't see was... embedded deeply like a parasite in the center of the largest, main snake head's brow, was a pale, humanoid upper body!

It was Minamoto no Yoshinobu, who had been corroded and transformed by the will of the Cthulhu Remnant Limb!

Minamoto no Yoshinobu slowly opened his eyes, which had completely turned a chaotic pale green, and coldly looked down upon the tiny humans kneeling and cheering like ants below, a profoundly cruel and disdainful curve forming on his lips.

“Hehehe... How interesting... It seems the form I instinctively chose happens to be the monster worshipped in the mythology of these ants...”

His voice was grating, like countless pieces of glass rubbing together, filled with indifference that desecrated life.

“In that case... I shall use this form you ‘anticipate’ the most... to bestow upon you... the most complete despair and destruction!”

The next moment!

Yamata no Orochi's eight massive snake heads suddenly reared high!

Destructive energy, terrifying enough to make one's heart palpitate, began to frantically gather in each giant mouth!

Pale green, dark purple, ghastly white... energy spheres of different colors rapidly expanded, emitting terrifying fluctuations that could freeze the soul!

The Japanese frantically kneeling directly below instantly froze, their cheers coming to an abrupt halt!

Everyone stared blankly at the eight snake heads, lit up like Stars of Death, their faces filled with confusion and gradually emerging terror.

“Yama... Lord Yamata no Orochi... What... what are you doing...”

“It... it looks like... it's going to attack us?!”

“No! Impossible! Lord Yamata no Orochi! We are your most loyal subjects! You are our guardian god!!”

However,

the response to their pleas—

was Yamata no Orochi's ruthless, destructive blast!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!!!!!!!!

Eight beams of Destructive Light, varying in thickness and color, shot forth abruptly from the snake mouths like eight Giant Swords of Death wielded by Heavenly Gods!

Some of these light beams contained energy of extreme corrosiveness; wherever they passed, steel dissolved and buildings melted like wax figures!

Others emitted Absolute Freezing Aura, instantly freezing the running crowds and then shaking them into dust!

Still others were pure energy impacts, leveling entire city blocks and all life within them like a road roller!

And some were wrapped in maddening Chaos Whispers; those swept by them did not die immediately, but fell into eternal mental breakdown and mutual slaughter!